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Miniature Camera
ond S U PE R-FRAll l(ARETTE
24x56
INSTRUCTION FOR USEView original page 2Page 3 · Read text
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ftJ"ore pl'eosed to be oble lo welcome you os ihe owner of o Fronko Minioiure Comero. you ore
in good compony, becouse we hove been moking comeros for the post 45 yeors ond our long yeors of experience
will guorontee lhot you hove purchosed o product with quolity, precision ond lrodiiion
Before you stort to work with the comero, pleose reod lhrough lhe instructions for use corefully ond
prociise oll monipulotions corefully ond deliberotely. This will sove you from.mony o foilure ond from onger.
Do not believe thot, iust becouse you olreody own one or o number of comeros, you will olso be oble lo
hondle the new one. Do not, under ony circumstonces, try to moke repoirs yourself ond never use force. This
will omost olwoys moke motters worse. lf you hove ony trouble, then bock to ihe foctory or to on expert with
the comero. Hondle your comero lovingly; it will repoy you with long yeors of foithful service.
And now we wish you o greot deol of pleosure with your Fronko, becouse the
$r."/.a uriLL 6iue qau rVleasuze
Your
FRANKA-WERK, BAYREUTH i GERMANY
Comero Focf ory since l9l0View original page 3Page 4 · Read text
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CAUTION I
Before using this camera, carefully read the instructions book and
shutter leaflet supplied. Please pay particular attention to the
following :-
1. lt is most important to press theshutter release button (8) firm-
ly down to the fullest extent. Failure to do this may cause the double
exposure prevention device to remain locked.
2. On no account must the milled ring of the Prontor SVS shutter
be forced beyond the normal light value coupling disrance withour
!I! pr.tring rhe aperture secting button (49).
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FRONT VIEW
a
I Comero housing 40 Time setting ring
3 View finder housing 4l M-X-V chonge-over lever
4 Quick-shifting lever 42 Distonce setting
5 Film counter disc 43 Speeds
6 Setting ring for film counter disc 44 Aperture figures ' ' 7 Index mork for film counting 45 lndex mork for diophrogm ond Speeds
8 Body shutter releose key 46 Depth of focus volues
9 Wire releose lhreod 47 lndex mork for ronge setting
l0 Ronge finder window 48 Ronge figures
I I Holder for occessories 49 AP'erture selting
l2 View finder window 50 Lens
l3 Film rewind knob 5'l Nipple for connection of floshlight
l4 Film morking disc
l5 Knobs for odiusting the film morking disc
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LOADING THE CAMERA
26 25 24 Opening the bock woll of fhe comero
Drow lock hook l6 to the outside. Fold open bock
woll of comero 2. Drow out rewinding knob .l3.
lnsert film cortridge in the film chomber 21. Pins of
the film coriride into the recess of the film chomber
21. Press rewinding knob l3 into the comero ond
lurn until the cross bor of lhe cortridge slides inio
the slot of the rewinding oxle 22. Drow the pointed
end of the film out of the film cortridge push it into
the slot 26 of the empty spool 25 ond hong the per-
16 forotion into the hook. By turning the empty spool 25
15 by hond, wind some film onto the spool until fhe film is tout. (Pict.) Toke core f hot the teeth of the
lronsport oxle 24 engoge in the perforotion of the
film ond thot the film runs obsolutely stroight. Close
the bock woll of the comero 2. Set lhe counter disc5
in lronsport knob 4 to A (Stort) by turning the thooth-
ed ring 6 to the left. Press the quick-shifting lever 4
in the direction of the orrow up to the stop ond ollow
to spring bock into iis originol position. After eoch
f ull operof ion of the quick-shifting lever 4 it is outo-
moticolly locked. The releose is effected by pressing
1 on the releose knob I (exposure). Afler closing the
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lhe releose key 8 twice eoch, os lhe film which wos exposed to doy-
light while the bock woll wos open hos become useless. At the next
operolion of the quick-shifting lever 4, the counler disc 5 is ot the I
position ond the comero is reody for the first exposure. lt must be noted
thot when lhe quick-shifting
lever 4 is operoled, lhe re-
winding knob 13 must turn
olong in the direction op-
posite to its orrow.
This is the check for the
perfect tronsport of the film.
Core must be token thot the
rewinding knob 13 is not
prevenled f rom turning by
holding the comero owk-
wordly. lf , when lronsporiing
the film, your finger slips off
the shifting lever uninlen-
tionolly, so thot it snops
bock premolurely, the film
will only hove been trons- Piciure 6
ported o port of the woy.
When the lever is operoted ogoin, it will only become engoged ot
the point where fhe interruplion look ploce, so thot the film ond
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Removing lhe erposed ftlm
The films con be inierchonged in doylight. After fhe lost exposure
press knob 32 ot the lower side of the comero ond ot the some time
turn the rewinding knob 13 in the direction of the orrow until the
whole film is bock in lhe cortridge ogoin. This is noted by o drop
in the resistonce during the rewinding. Open fhe bock woll of the
comero ond drow the rewinding knob 13 to the outside, ofter which
the cortridge with lhe exposed film con be token out of the comero.
The fresh film is inserted os described ot the beginning.
Film-cortridge
Only use undomoged film cortridge. Second-hond or bottered cor-
tridges often ore the couse for scrotched negotives.
SHUTTERS
The following shutters ore used in the Fronkorette :
rlx tlso !/roo 1/:oo sec. built-in outomotic Pronto Times: B - shutter releose (deloyed oction releose) ond floshlight
synchronizotion.
tl,.o rleo l/rx l/soo sec. built-in Prontor SVS Times: B - 1 rlz tlr rle rl$ Picture 7 outomotic shutler releose (deloyed oction releose)
floshlight synchronizotion for oll instontoneous speeds
for the M ond X models.
The shutter is set oulomoticolly by operoting the quick-shifting lever 4.
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r he operture is set by displocing the operture pointer 49 to one of the
desired operture figures 44.
Aulonotic shutter releose (Deloyed oclion releose)
Pronto After operoting lhe quick-shifting lever 4, press lhe red
setting lever ot the lower side of the shutter lo the lefi
upto the stop. The comero is then r,eody for shooting with
the outomotic shutter releose.
' The outomotic shutler releose con be used for oll instont-
oneous speeds, but not for B.
Prontor SVS See speciol-instruction.
Floshlight syndrronizolion
The floshlight synchronizotion or the connection nipple 5l is locoted ot Picture 9
ihe front side of the comero. Insert the coble of the floshlight unit into
the connection nipple 5l ond screw the flosh lomp into the tripod
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.|1. threod 3l of the comero or push it into ihe holder Releosing the shutter will outomoticolly set of the synchronized ignition of the flosh.
Chonge-over lever 4l to M: for Osrom, Philips lomps etc. Chonge-over lever 4l lo X: for electronic flosh units.
l1
l Depfh of focus ring (Pict. 8)
When setting to o-specific ronge, e. g. '10 feet, not only this point.will be in shorp focus, but olso o certoinrl distonce in front of ond behind the l0 feet. This is the so-colled depth of focus.
At ihe front side of the shutter there is the depth of focus ring 46, which mokes the oppropriote depth ofll
focu.s eosily legible. The operture volues in the some sequence, Jrom 2.8 lo 16, locoted to'the left onj right
9f the setting msrk 47. Underneoth th-ere is the rotory front ring 42 with the ron,ge figures 4g. The depth of
focus is now limiled by the number of feet under on operture fiture to the left ond the some operture figure ot the right.
Exomple: Ronge for on obiect io be photogrophed: 10 feet.
Set the front lens 50 to '10 feet.
Chosen operture 5.6: depth of focus from g to 13 feet.
chosen operture 11 : depth of focus fromT feet to 20 feet.
Setting the front lens 42 to o differeni ronge will noturolly olso shift the depth of focus volues.
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LENSES
Selting lhe ronge (without ronge finder)
Turn the lens mount 42 so thot the stop 47 points to oo, lhe comero is
thereby focussed shorply for "infinity" , i.e. for ronges of more lhon
40 feet.
For obiects within o shorler ronge, the setting is mode by turning the
front lens mount to the desired number of feet.
Estimole, or better meosure, the distonce b,elween the obiect to be photo-
grophed ond the comero ond set the stop pointer 47 on the lens lo
coincide with ihe number of feet found in thiswoy. lf the distonce found,
for exomple'12 feet, is not given on the lens mount, then set lhe front
lens in such o woy fhot the mork 47 comes to rest between l0 ond
13 feet, or, if possible, correct the ronge from the obiect to be photo-
Picture l0
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grophed to one of fhe ronges shown on lhe front lens, such os l0 or
l3 feet.
Selling the ronge (with ronge finder)
Hold the comero firmly in both honds ond bring fhe eyepiece lens of the
view finde' l7 close lo the eye. The front field of vision lens l2 limits
lhe picture. In the blueish view finder picture lhere is o yellow squore
stonding on one corner, showing the obiect to be photogrophed in
double outline. Turning the lens focussing 42 will disploce the second
picture. When both pictures hove been moved one on top of lhe other
so thot only one picture con be seen, lhe lens is shorply focussed for
fhe exposure.
The picture should, if possible, be set in the middle of the squore
stonding on edge, os the meosurements ore most occurote in this position.
Piclure '11
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CAMERA
Body shulfer releose
The shutter is releosed by genlle, uniform pressure on fhe
body shutfer releose B.
T-Time Exposures. For long exposure times, os in lhe cose of
exposures by night, indoor exposures with insufficient light-
ing, exposures wifh floshlight powders, etc., use is mode of
o wire releose with fixing screw, which is screwed into lhe
threod 9 of the body shutter releose.
Set the shutter to B, press the wire releose ond tighten the
fixing screw. The shutter will remoin open until the screw on
lhe wire releose is loosened ogoin. These long exposures
con only by mode on o tripod or on q firm bose.
View finder.
The comero is equipped wilh the successful lelescopic view
finder. When using it, bring the eyepiece lens l7 of lhe view
finder close to the eye. Whot you see will be the field of
vision.
Picture l2
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Holder lor occessories
At the top of the view finder housing 3 there is o holder'll for occessories, such os floshlight lomp, exposure
meter, efc. These units hove stondordized ribbed guides for sliding them into the holder.
Exposure
In order to ochieve perfect pictures, it is o prerequisite thot the comero is held properly. Pict. 12 shows the
proper woy of holding the comero while o picture is being token.
Hold the comero firmly in both honds, guide the view finder close to the eye ond bring the obiect being photo-
grophed into the middle of the field of vision. Then press the body shutter releose I oll the woy fhrough slowly
ond gently. Photogrophs with on exposure time of more ihon r/gr sec. should olwoys be token with o tripod
or on o firm bose.
Film morking disc
A film morking disc'14 is fitted into ihe rewinding knob .|3. There ore 2 setting pins15
on the morking disc for operoting it.
The purpose of the morking disc is io show you the type of film you hove in the
comero. The DIN or ASA volues ore given on lhe pocking of the film.
Turn the morking disc until the index mork poinls to the DIN or ASA volue of the
I film being used.
For color fflms use the fields Color T for doylight films, Color K for ortificiol
light films.
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Snopshot setling
ln order to toke pictures of moments which will never return or scenes of ronges which chonge ropidly, such os
children ot ploy or ot sports events, the time is usuolly locking for the proper setting of the operture, the ronge
ond the speed.
The so-colled snopshot seiting is used for this purpose.
'll; ihe ronge scole 48EnncAon qnd lsconor I :2.8. On the operture scole 44 there is o red dot between 8 ond
olso hos red dots between 8 ond l0 feet os well os between 20 ond 40 feet.
Xensr ond Ennit | :2.8. In the cose of this lens, the operture figure I os well os the ronge figures 1.5 ond 4
ore red. g
.|.5Use: The red dot between 8 ond l0 feet ond the red figure ore used for close-up views; the dot belween
20 ond 40 feet ond the red figures 4 for long-distonce views.
Set the operture pointer 49 ond the mork 47 on these red dots or figures ond you will hove the proper volues
for oll coses. The only thing you will hove to decide is whether you wish to hove or require close-up or
long-distonce views.
The exposure time 43 is chosen between rlrc or 1/oo ond 1/roo or l/rer sec., depending on the light conditions.
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HINTS FOR BETTER PICTURES
Alwoys keep the comero lens cleon ond cleon it only with o lens cloih. Never use ordinory
fobrics, os they moy scrotch the lens.
Do not ottempt to pictures closer ihon 3,5 feet, os they will not be shorply focussed.
For speeds of longer thon 1/:s second olwoys use o tripod or o firm bose. The comero hos o
socket for o tripod.
Under normol light conditions, 1:.|1 ond llro or 1/oo sec. ore the most suitoble comero seitings. Use
1/roo or 1/r:r sec. for obiects moving ropidly, rlzoo or 1/soo sec. for very ropid movements, such os in
sports, etc., whereby o lorger operture of I :4 or 1:2.8 will noturolly be needed.
'lOn dull doys open the operture to :8 or I :5.5.
On very bright doys with sunshine on woter or snow, close lhe operture to f :'16. The opticol
exposure meters which con be obtoined of your deolers ore o good help.
It is odvisoble to use on electricol exposure meter, if you ottoch porticulor importonce to
occurote lighting or when you ore required to work under difficult light or room conditions.
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Speciol feofures of the P RO NTO R- SVS 'M-X-Synchronizolion, I permils the use of flosh ot qll shutier speeds.
I Deloyed oclion device (self-limer). Set outomoticolly in the some
operotion thot cocks the shutter. Con be engoged or disengoged
ol will.
I Shuiler rpeed-operture-coupling with erposure volue scole.
Adiustment for fhe type of exposure to be mode
This is effected by meons of the synchro lever, os follows:
l. Ordinory doylight €rporures: Setfing M or X.
2. Florh exposurer: Seftings os indicofed in the ioble overleof.
3. Deloyed oction erposures: Setfing V. In fhis position the lever
clicks into ploce only when the shutter hos been cocked! The use
of flosh is possible os wilh setting X.
Two significont qdvontoges :
o The synchro lever con be freely moved from one posif ion to onother
even when fhe shutter hos been set, so ollerolions con be mode
ot ony lime os required.
o When on exposure with deloyed oclion hos been mode lhe lever
qulomolicolly relurns from V to X.
Operoting the Speed-Aperlure Coupling
ln normol conditions speed ond operlure setting ore coupled which
meons thot when the speed selting ring is turned lhe corresponding
lens stop is outomoticolly set ol lhe some lime, thus ensuring uni-
formly exposed piclures. Eoch of lhese poirs of volues con be ex-
pressed by o single number, lhe so-colled exposure volue.
Exomple for Speed: 1/8 l/15 l/30 I /60 11125 l/300 sec
exp.voluel?: f-Stop 22 16 ll 8 5.6 3.5
Pleose note' The chonge of thespeed setting from 1ll25to l/300 represents
one ond o holf steps of the normol progression. lt follows ihor the chonge in
operture slze mu!l be proporlionote, i. e. from f 15.6 to f/3.5, on increose of one
ond o holf steps.
Exomple for Speed t 114 112 1 2 B 4 8 15sec
exp. volue 5: f-Stop : 2.8 4 5,6 11 16 22
Pleose note:. The green figures from 4 to 60 ore only intended to focilitote
B In serles this colculotion. tsee exomplel. Exposure times of more thon I sec - 2 'orb woy usuol B. obtoined in the seiting ot
It should be noted thot lhe speed ring must be set only ol click stops
ond not of intermediote positions on the scole.
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To enoble shutler speed ond operlure to be selected seporolely lhe
coupling lever must be pushed down. The lwo selting rings con lhen
be rototed independently of eoch other in the usuol monner. Tbe
speed-operlure coupling device hos click stops of full ond holf volues
on the exposure volue scole.
A specific speed-operlure combinolion is obfoined either by seporote
setting of speed ond operlure os reod off from on exposure meter,
for exomple, or by setting lhe oppropriote exposure volue on fhe
red scole provided for this purpose.
Type of Bulb Possible Shutter Speeds
Vocublitz X9aIP _ ___O_srom
l/30 sec Generol Eleclric, Sylvonio M-2 I to
Generol Electric Power Mite M-2
Generol Electric, Westinghouse SM I to I /60 sec
Sylvonio SF
Westinghouse M-2 I to l/30 sec I /60 ond I /l 25 sec
Osrom Vocublitz
xMl, xM5, S0, 52
Philips Plroloflux
PFI, PF5, PF60. I to l/30 sec I /60 to I /300 sec
Generol Electric,
Westinqhouse No. 5, 11, 22
Svlvoni-o No. 8, 25, 40,0,2
Generol Elecfric No. 50 I to l/15 sec l/30 sec Sylvonio No. 3View original page 24From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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