FW Franka User manual

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                  24x36  Fn         Miniature Camera


     Instructions for Use

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AttentiOn! New Film counter disk
Close the comero bock. When using o film for 36 u*porrru, set exposuire
counter disk 5 ot red A between figules I ond 36 by iurning tothed ring 6 to
the feft; when using o film for20 exposures set counter disk 5 ot redAbetween
figures 25 ond 20.
Turn film winding lever4 in direction of orrow to stop mork ond o.llow to spring
bock. Eoch full turn of the film winding lever 4 outomoticolly cocks shutter ond
moves films on for next exposure.
The film winding lever 4 connot be moved until body-releo,se 8 hos been
de,pressed.
After closing comero bock ond setiing expo'sure counter disk 5 to A turn film
winding lever 4 twice releosing os neccessory by meons of body releose so
thot the port of the film, exposed to doylight during the looding operotion, is
wound on to the toke-up spool. Now turn the film winding lever to set the next
frome of the film for your first exposure when the exposure counter should
show 36 respective 20. The film counter disk works from 36 respective 20 to  1
so it is olwoys to see how mony exposures ore now ovoiloble.

FRONT VIEW
  'l Comero housing                             40 Shutter
 3 View finder housing                           4l Time setting ring
 4 Quick-sirifting lever                          42 Aperture setting
 5 Film counter disc                            43 Speeds
 6 Seiting ring for film counter disc              44 Aperture figures
 7 Index mork for film counting                 45 Index morl< of ihe setting ring
 8 Body shutier releose key                      46 M-X-V chonge-over  lever
 9 V/ire releose lhreod                        47 Nipple for connection of floshlight
10 Ronge finder window                       50 Lens
'I 'l Holder for occessories                         5l Mount for front lens
'12 View finder window                        52 Ronge figures
13 Film rewind knob                          53 Depth of focus volues
l4 Film morking disc                                        r- 54 lndex.mork for ronge setting
l5 Knobs for odiusting the film morking disc
16 Sofety lock

REAR VIEW
  I Comero housing                       2l Spool chomber
 2 Bock woll of comero                 22 Rewinding oxle  t
 3 View finder housing                 23 Film guidewoy
 4 Quick-shifting  lever                   24 Tronsport oxle
 5 Film counter disc                     25 Winding oxle
 8 Body shutter releose key              26 Clomping iob for film
 9 Wire releose lhreod
I I Holder for occessories                      LOWER SIDE13 Film rewind knob
'14 Film morking disc                     31 Tripod nut
17 View finder ond ronge finder eyepiece 32 Releose knob for rewinding

4 ond the releose key 8 twice eoch, os lhe film which wos exposed to
doylight while the bock woll wos open hos become useless. At the next
operotion of the quick-shifting lever 4, the counter disc 5 is ot the  1
position ond the comero is reody for the first exposure.  lt must be noted
                                          thot when the quick-shifting  R
                                              lever 4 is operoted, the rew-
                                      inding knob 13 must turn
                                           olong- in the direction op-  6
                                             posite to its orrow.
                                    This is the check for  the
                                                                                              7                                             perfect tronsport of the film.
                                     Core must be token ihot the
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                                      prevented from turning by
                                     holding the comero owk-
                                         wordly.  lf, when tronsporting
                                           the film, your finger slips off
                                    ihe shifting lever uninten-
                                             tionolly, so thot  it  snops
                                  bock premoturely, the film
                                              will only hove been trons-     Piclure 6
                                     ported o port of the woy.
                              When the lever is operoted ogoin, it will only become engoged ot
                                      the point where the inlerruption took ploce, so thot the film ond
Picture 5                                   the shutter will be tronsported ond set properly.

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                                       Removing lhe exposed film
                                    The films con be interchonged in doyright. After the lost exposure
                                             press knob 32 of the lower side of the comero ond of the some time
                                              turn the rewinding knob 13 in the direction of the orrow until the
                                      whole film is bock in the.cortridge ogoin. This is noted by o drof
                                              in the resistonce during the rewinding. open the bock woll of the
                                     comero ond drow the rewinding knob l3 to the outside, ofter which
                                             the cortridge with the exposed film con be token out of the comero.
                                      The fresh film is inserted os described ot the beginning.

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                        SH UTTE RS
32                                     The following shutters ore used in the Fronko:
                                                Pronto       Times: B -  Llzs llso 1/roo 1/eoo sec. built-in ouiomotic
                                                              shutter releose (deloyed oction releose) ond floshlight
                                                                 synchron izotion.
                                                                                                                 llzs rlso rlno l/soo sec. built-in                                            Prontor svS Times: B - 1 L/z lls ll.'
                                     Pi:ture 7               oulomotic shutter releose (deloyed oction releose)
                                                                     floshlight synchronizqtion for oll instqntoneous speeds
                                                              for the M ond X models.
                                         The shutter is sel outomoticolly by operoting the quickshifting lever 4.

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The operture is set by displocing the operture pointer 42 lo one of the
desired operture figures 44.

Aulomotic shutter releqse (Deloyed oction releose)
Pronto        After operoting the quick-shifting lever 4, press the red
              setting lever ot the lower side of the shutter to the left
             upto the stop. The comero is then reody for shooting with
             the outomotic shutter releose.
            The outomotic shutter releose con be used for oll instont-
             oneous speeds, but not for B.
Prontor SVS Set lever 46 to Y; ihe outomotic shutter releose is ihereby
                set. The sequence of the setting of the speed, the setting
            of the shutter ond the setting of the outomotic shutter
              releose is opiionol. With this shutter the outomotic shut-
                ter releose con olso be turned off ogoin ofter it hos been
                                                                                               B.                 set. - The outomotic shutter releose connot be used of

Floshlight synchronizolion
The floshlight synchronizotion or the connection nipple 47 is locoted ot
the top of the shutter. Insert the coble of he floshlight unit into the     Picture 9
connection nipple 47 ond screw the flosh lomp into the tripod threod  3'l

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LENSES

Setting lhe ronge (without ronge finder)
Turn the lens mount 5l so thot the stop 54 points lo o; ihe comero  is
thereby focussed shorply for "infinity",  i. e. for ronges of more lhon
40 feet.
For obiects within o shorter ronge, the setting is mode by turning the
front lens mount to the desired number of feet.
Estimote, or better meosure, the distonce between the obiect to be photo-
grophed ond the comero ond set the stop pointer 54 on ihe lens to
coincide with the number of feet found in this woy.  lf the distonce found,
for exomple 12 feet, is not given on ihe lens mount, then set the front
lens in such o woy thot the mork 54 comes to rest between l0 ond l3 feet,
or, if possible, correct lhe ronge from the obiect to be photogrophed to
one of the ronges shown on the fronl lens, such os l0 or13 feet.

Setting lhe ronge (with ronge finder)
Hold the comero firmly in both honds ond bring the eyepiece lens of lhe
view finder17 close lo lhe eye. The froni field of vision lens 12 limits
the picture. In the blueish view finder picture there is o yellow squore
stonding on one corner, showing the obiect lo be photogrophed  in
double outline. Turning the fronl lens 5l will disploce the second picture.     Picture l0

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When both pictur"es hove been moved one on top of the other so thot
            only one picture con be seen, lhe lens is shorply focussed for the
              exoosure.
          The piclure should, if possible, be set in the middle of ihe squore
             stonding on edge, os the meosuremenis ore most occurote in ihis position.
            Depth 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 certoin distonce in front of ond behind the
              l0 feet. This is the so-colled depth of focus.
            At the front side of the shutter lhere is the depth of focus ring 53, which
            mckes the oppropriote depth of focus eosily legible. The operture volues
              in the some sequence, from 2.8 to'16, ore locoted to lhe left ond right
             of the setting mork 54. Underneoth there is the rotory front ring 5l wiih
             lhe ronge figures 52. The depth of focus is now limited by the number of
              feet under on operture figure to the left ond lhe some operture figure
             ot the right.
          Exomple: Ronge for on object to be photogrophed:'10 feet. Set the front
                          lens 5l to l0 feet.
                     Chosen operture 5.6 :  depth of focus from 8 io 13 feei.
                     Chosen operture 11 :  depth of focus lrom 7 feet lo 20 feet.
              Setting the front lens 5l io o different ronge will noturolly olso shift
Picture  ll     the depth of focus volues.
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CAME RA

Body shutler releose
The shutter is releosed by gentle, uniform pressure on the
body shuiter releose 8.
T-Time Exposures. For long exposure limes, os in the cose of
exposures by nighf, indoor exposures with insufficient  light-
 ing, exposures with floshlight powders, etc., use is mode of
o wire releose with fixing screw, which is screwed into the
threod 9 of the body shutter releose.
Set ihe shutter to B, press the wire releose ond tighten the
fixing screw. The shutter will remoin open until thelcrew on
lhe wire releose is loosened ogoin. These long exposures
con only by mode on o tripod or on o firm bose.

View finder
The comero is equipped wifh the successful telescopic view
finder. When using it, bring lhe eyepiece lens jZ of the view
finder close lo lhe eye. Whot you see will be the field of
vrsron.

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Holder for qccessories
At the top of fhe view finder housing 3 there is o holder ll  for occessories, such os flcshlight lomp, exposure
meler, elc. These unils hove stondordized ribbed guides for sliding them into the holder.

Exposure
ln order. lo ochieve perfect pictures, il is o prerequisite lhot the comero is held properly. Pict. l2 shows the proper
woy of holding lhe comero while o picture is being loken.
Hold the comero firmly in both honds, guide lhe view finder close to the eye ond bring the obiect being photo-
gro.phed into the middle of lhe field of vision. Then press the body shutter releose 8 oll the woy througi ilowly
ond genily. Photogrophs with on exposure time of more lhon 1/zr sec. should olwoys be token wilh o tripodor on o firm bose.

Film morking disc
A film morking disc 14 is fitted inio the rewinding knob 13. There ore 2 setting pins 15
on the morking disc for operoting   it.
The purpose of lhe morking disc is lo show you the type of film you hove in the
comero. The DIN or ASA volues ore given on the pocking of the film.
Turn lhe morking disc until the index mork poinls to the DIN or ASA volue of the
film being used.
For color films use lhe fields Color T for doylight       Color K for ortificiol
light films.

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Snopshot setting
In order lo toke piclures of momenls which will never return or scenes of ronges which chonge ropidly, such os
children ot ploy or ot sporis 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.
Weslor l:2.8. On the operture scole 44 lhere is o red dot between 8 ond  l'l ; the ronge scole 52 olso hos red
dots belween 8 ond l0 feel os well os between 20 ond 40 feet.
                                                                                                                                .|.5Xenor l:2.8. In lhe cose of lhis lens, the operture figure 11 os well os the ronge figures    ond 4 ore red.
Use: The red dot belween 8 ond'10 feet ond the red figure 1.5 ore used for close-up views; the dot between 20
ond 40 feet ond the red figures 4 for long-distonce views.
Set the operture pointer 42 ond lhe mork 54 on lhese red dots or figures ond you will hove the proper volues
for oll coses. The only thing you will hove lo decide is whelher you wish to hove or require close-up or
long-distonce views.
The exposure time 43 is chosen belween 1/ro ond 1/roo s€c., depending on the light condifions.





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HINTS FOR BETTER PICTURES
Alwoys keep the comero lens cleon ond cleon it only with o lens cloth' Never use ordinory
fobrics, os they moy scrotch the lens.
Do not ottempt to pictures closer thon 3,5 feet, os they will not be shorply focussed'
For speeds of |onger thon 1/g; second, olwoys use o iripod or o firm bose. The comero hos o
socket for o tripod.
Under normcl light conditions,  I  : l1 ond 1/ro S€c. ore lhe mosi suitoble comero settings' Use
Vroo r".. for obieits moving ropidly, 1/:oo or  l/:rrc sec. for very ropid movements, such os in sports,
etc., whereby o lorger op-ertute of 1 :4 or I :2'8 will nolurolly be needed
On dull doys open the operture to l:8  or l:5'6'
On very bright doys with sunshine on woier or snow, close the operture to f :16' The opticol
exposu;e,"1"r, which con be obtoined ot your deolers ore o good help.
 It is odvisoble to use on electricol exposure meler, if you ottoch porticulor importonce  tooccurote lighting or. *h"n you ore required to work under difficult light or room condilions'



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