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Galileo GaMi 16 mm camera User manual
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- Galileo GaMi 16 mm camera
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GaMi 16 mm Suhminiatune Gamena
o F F r c t N E G A L T L E OD t M T L A N O ( t T A L y ) V T A L E E G T N A R D O2 9
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Exposune-meter automatically contnolllng exposure
GaMi t 6 mm. Subminiature Camera It has a built-in exposur€-rteler cou-
pled aulomatically to rhe mechanismO f f l c i n e G a l i l e o o f M i l a n o , l t a l y , a f t e r m a -
controlling exposure (stop aperlure andny years of research, have successfully
shutter).
developed a tota lly new type of camera
This represenls a unique achievemenlof the h ig hest perf orma nce, both f oi'
in the field of photography.a m a t e u r s a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l s .
T h e c a m e r a u s e s 1 6 m m f i l m i n c o l o r o r * B a n g e f i n d e r , v i e w e r a n d p e r a l l a x c o r -
b lack-and-w h ite. r e c t o r b u i l t - i n e n d c o u p l e d t o t h e l e n s .
H ere a re some of the speciaI f eaiu res of The focussing and the stop aperture
t h e G a M i , w h i c h a r e n o t f o u n d c o m b ; n e d a re reg u lated by th-^ operator when
i n a n y o f t h e e x i s t i n g s u b m i n i a t u r e m o d ' e l s . looking into the viewer window vhere
h e f i n d s a l l t h e i n d i c a t i o n s n e e d e d .* l t i s l i g h t a n d c o m p a c t , t r u l y p o c k e t
s r z e . * The film transport from frame to frame
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is automatic after each shot. To per- automatically take into account the in-
form the transport and to cock the sertion of the filter.
shutter, there is a special built-in spring
* The film magazine, double cassette mechanism allowing the taking of three
shots in rapid sequence without any arrangement, can be inserted or ta-
intermediate operation. ken out of the camera in broad day-
iight even after partial use of the film,
* T h e l e n s i s o f s i x e l e m e n i s , F : 1 , 9 a n a - without damage of the shots already
stigmat with antireflecting coating. i a k e n . T h i s a l l o w s t h e q u i c k c h a n g e
* The shutter ranges from I /2 second to from a Black-and-White film to Color
l / . | 0 0 0 s e c o n d a n d B . f i l m a t a n y t i m e .
Such a high speed, combined with such a With this small camera more natural and
wide aperlure lens permits the taking of spontaneous photos can be taken than
any fast moving subiect. w i t h a l a r g e r a n d h e a v i e r o n e .
The negatives are so detailed and sharp
When lhe front cover springs open, lhe that the enlargements seem to be obtained
camera is ready to take pictures. from much larger negatives.
* The camera has also a built-in yellow Wiih color film, one can proiect on the
light filter that can be inserted or exclu- same screen dimensions as from standard
ded al will. The exposure meter will thirty-five mi I limeter transparencies.
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MAIN FEATURES Six Element Anastigmatic F:1,9 [ens, 25
mm (l inch) focal length fully correctedSize of the Negative: 12x17 mm on non- for color, black and withe or microfilm -perforated 16 mm film (about 2.5 times
Antireflectingcoating of all surfaces.the size of the 16 mm movie picture) or
l0 x 1V mm on perforated 16 mm movie lris Diaphragmwith click stops for F/1,9 -
fi im. F/2,8 - F/4 - F/5,6 - F/8 - F/11 apertures.
Type of film: regular 16 mm movie film lens Shutler, all metal construction,speeds
or l6 unperforatedfilm. Color or Black- 1/2 second, 1/5, 1/10, | /25, 1/50,
and-White. 1 / I O O , l / 2 5 O , 1 / 5 0 O , l / . | 0 0 0 a n d B .
Weight: 290 grams or about l0 oz. ,,Viewerof the Galilean type, at eye level,
Overafl Dimensions: I 15 x 55 x 27 mm or and adiustable eyepiece for individual
about 41/2x23/rox I inches. eye correctionfrom - 3 -i 3 diopters.
Spring Mechanism: is incorporated for Superimposed lmage Rangefinder is loc-snapping open of the cover, the transport ated at center of the field of the viewer,
of the film and the cocking of the shutter Ranges from .50 meters (20 inches) toafter each shot. This mechanism allows infinity.
fhree shots either separatelyor in rapid
sequence. The closing of the front cover Automatic Parallax Correcfor is coupled to
provides automaticallyfor reloading of the rangefinder, so that it regulates the
the spring mechanism. correct framing of the image at closeups.
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.Deprh of Field Indicator is engraved on excluded by means of a small lever, which
the scale of distancesconnectedwilh the also acts automatically on the exposure
rangefinder. meter, to correct exposure-time.
Emufsion Speed lndicalor, marked 6-12- Flash Bulb Synchronization is incorporated.
.|00 ASA sensitivitiesfor black- Flash attachment can be screwed on the25 - 50 -
threaded tripod socket - X-tipe synchro-and-white,anC l0-20-40-80ASA for color.
nization (also for electronic flash).
lncorporated Automatic Exposure Meter of Frame Counter sets back to zero automati-
the optical extinction type is coupled to cally when camera is reloaded.
the shutter speed, stop number, the emul-
sion speed indicaiorand the filter inserter. Threaded Collar around release button lor
The exposuremeier can be matchedeither attachment of flexible release, selftimer,
by setting a chosen stop nurnber and or special synchronizator.
adiustingthe time of exposure,or by set- Tripod Socket (3/8"1, is incorporated in
ting the exposure time and adiusting the the body of the camera. Connection for
aperture.In both caseswhen fhe exposure l /4".
is matched all other elements are auto-
Red Warning Indicator appears when ca-maticallyadiusted.
m e r a i s u n l o a d e d o r w h e n f i l m i s f u l l y
Built-in Yellow Filter can be inserted or exposed.
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Automatic lock on shutter prevents release The Camera is an All Metal Construciion.
when front cover is closed or camera un- Meials used are mainly stainless steel,
loaded. phosphor-bronzeand anodized light al-
loys.Back Cover of camera can be opened by
a hinge for loading or inspection.
Oulside Finish is made of hard aluminum
loading and Unloading of camera is very alloy, in natural color, in two-toned satin
s i m p l e , c a n b e c a r r i e d o u t i n f u l l d a y l i g h t , finish and anodized.All edges are smoo-
with fast loading magazines which can
thly rounded oft and all optical parts arecarry up lo 30 exposures in color, black-
and-withe and microfilm: protected by the front cover so that the
camera can be carried in the pocket wi-
Change of Magazine, can be performed thout a case.
in broad daylight, at any time. lt is the-
refore not necessary lo wait till the film
The GaMi | 5 mm is an entirely difrerentis all used up before changing to another
lype of camera. Becauseof its novelty inmagazine. When opening the back cover
of the camera the last exposure is not design it is necessaryfor both the profes-
damaged and one can use fhe unexposed sional and the amaleur to read carefully
film later on. lhe following inslructions.
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IIST OF PARTS ter speed adiustment coupled to expo-
suremeter.
Figure I 6 The calibrateddial for shutter speed -
(reading from l,/2 second to l/1000
I The front cover, when open, is also and B).
a strong and comfortable grip and
when closed,it reloadsthe spring me- 7 fhe dial control thumbwheel for lens
chanism which actuatesthe film tran- focussing, coupled lo rangefinder.
sport and the cocking of the shutter 8 The calibrateddial for range, reading
after each shot thus allowing the from .50 meters to infinity, including
taking of three photos separatelyor in depth-of-field indicator related lo stop
rapid sequence. number.
2 The hinge of the front cover. 9 The u loaded camera , indicator, sho-
3 The push button for the opening of wing a white sign when camera is
the cover. loaded and a red sign when camerais
unloaded or film is totally exposed.
4 The release button with standard thre-
aded collar for attachmentsof the fle- Figure 2
xible extension, the ( autorelease>, lO The combined front window for the special synchronizorsetc. viewer, rangefinder and exposureme-
5 The dial control thumbwheel for shut- ter.
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l l The front window for the lens and for finder, parallax corrector and exposu-
the other base-end of the rangefinder. remete r.
t 2 Reference pin f or accessories (tele- | 5 Focussing control knob for adiustment
lenses, sunshade, filters, etc.). of eyepiece lo individual eye correc-
t 3 Lever for inclusion or exclusion of t i o n .
bui lt-in fllter.
t 6 Hinged back cover for camera loading.
Figure 3
l4 Eyepiecefor combined viewer, range- t 7 Screw lock of back cover (0 =-= Open
and C - Closed).
r 8 F i n g e r g r i p s f o r e a s y o p e n i n g o f b a c k
cover.
| 9 Screw socket for tripod and flash atta-
chment.
20 Electric contact for flash, dt botlom of
screw socket.
Figure 4
2 l D i a l f o r s t o p n u m b e r s e t t i n g , c o u p l e d
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2 2 E m u l s i o n s p e e d i n d i c a t o r , c o u p l e d to
ex pcsu re meter.
23 Frame counter, setting back to zero
a u t o m a t i c a l l y w h e n b a c k c o v e r i s ope-
n e d .
Figure 5
| 6 Back cover of camera in open position
ready to receive film magazine.
24 Fi I m pressure p I ate, pressing t'iI m
a g a i n s t f r a m e w i n d o w .
2 5 F i l m a d v a n c e g e a r w i t h s q u a r e s h a f t
f o r w i n d i n g f l l m o n t a k e - u p s p o o l o f
m a g a z t n e . F i g . 7
3 C o n n e c t i n g p i e c e .
Figure 6 - Fast loading magazine.
4 F il m .
I C a s s e t t e c o n t a i n i n g u n e x p o s e d f l l m .
5 Cavity spool to engage square shaft
2 Cassette with spool receiving the ex- o f t a k e - u p g e a r i n o r d e r to adva nce
posed fi I m. f l l m .
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loading of Camera
It can be done in broad daylight if care
is taken to avoid direct rays hitting open
camera and magazine.
I Open back of camera (Figure 7) using
a penny, dime, or similar obiect to Fig . 8
turn the opening screw towards the
left, until the black slot takes the po- v////////z////t
sition O (Open).
2 Pull out arm (Figure 8) carrying the
pivot for the winding sPool.
3 Insert winding spool on the pivot (2 Fig. Fig. ll
in Figure 9), gentlY Push cassette
downwards into the camera, following I l) - take care that magazinesenter
the rotation of the arm carrying the easily in camera;this will always be
pivot (Figure l0). true unless magazine has been acci-
dentally damaged.
4 Rotate the magazine upwards in order
to allow the other cassette io enter 5 Close back cover and turn screw to-
upper lodging in the camera (Figure wards the right, to position C (Closed).
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Speed and Type of Emultion . Color ' arrow and point it toward the
After loading the camera,adiust the emul- position nearest to the ASA number of
sion speed indicator in accordancewith your film - Example, l0 ASA in Color
lhe type of film used (22 Figure 4). (figure l3).
lf lhe film is black-and-white,you move This setting'will automaticallyadiust the
lhe .B & W' arrow to point to fhe exposuremeter calibration to the particu-
black ASA number which is nearest to lar film you are using.
the ASA number of your film. Opening of CameraExample, 25 ASA black-and-white (fi-
gure l2). You open the front cover by pressing the
lf the film is in color, you will use the small upper button (3 Figure l).
MEAI{ING OF THE SYMBOLS ENGRAVEO ON DIAL OF DIAPHRAGM STOP NUMBERS
ffi)w
sunehino Gloudy eky lnlenion Antlflclal
"o;"'"11H day-llght light
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The release button (4 Figure 2) is now
Flg. 12 Flg . 1 3 set ready for use - you press it three times
till the frame counter passesfrom the red
indication to zero reading on film counter.
You close the front cover again to reload
the spring mechanismand you reopen it.
Setting of Srop
Use the large dial (21 Figure 4) where all
the stop numbers (1,9 - 2,8 - 4 - 5,6 - B
- I l) are indicated.
To choose a suitable stop number you can
use the symbols which indicate the diffe-
rent gradings of light. Example,Sun sym-
bol correspondsto stop number F/8 - (Fi-
gure l4).
Adiustment of Viewer
4 5.6
F i g . 1 4 Look into viewer (14 Figure 3) and adjust
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3
(+
a FiS. l s b
bols in exposuremeter appear in focus in Regulating of exposure-time.
h i g h e r s e c t i o n o f V i e w e r ( l F i g u r e l 5 ) .
N o w t h e v i e w e r f i e l d w i l l g i v e a l l t h e i n - Looking fhrough viewer, direct camera lo-
dications necessary fo set the camera for wards obiect to be photographed and look
proper adiustment of exposure-time. ai exposuremeter indication appearing on
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top of field of viewer (l ad 2 Figure I5). example in Figure I5b shows the symbol
You will notice a series of transparent u Cloudy sky " over the ., Phofometer
numbers from I to B appearing on a dark numberu 4. This operation automatically
background. The visibility of these num- adiuststhe speed of the shutter in relation
bers increases from the lowest to the hi- to the stop number already set and to the
speed of the emulsion.ghest numbers. Afler adiusting of siop
lf the word u TRIPOD> appears in theaperture as directed in previous paragraph,
field, (as in Figure 15a) it means thatthe lowest numbers will be obscured
the tripod or a flrm support is necessary (Figure 15 b). You must now pick out the
because the shutter speed has been set f i r s t n u m b e r t h a t i s i u s t v i s i b l e . W e w i l l at a longer time than 1/25 of a secondc a l l t h a t t h e < p h o t o m e l e r n u m b e r , . T h e and it would be dificult to keep the ca-number immediately preceeding the u pho- mera steady. lf at the extreme left the let-tometer number > must be thoroughly ter B appears, it means that light condi-
i n v i s i b l e . I n ( F i g u r e l 5 b ) 4 a p p e a r s t o b e tions require a time-exposure.Shutter is
u p h o t o m e t e r n u m b e r u . open when set on B by pressure on shut-
You now proceed io act on the dial con- ter button, and closes by relaese of that
trol thumbweel for shutter speed adiust- pressure.
ment with the lefthand thumb uniil the
symbol best representing the outside light Setting of Rangefinder
condition of the subiect will appear direc-
tly over the "photometer number". The The rangefinder built in the Viewer is
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ME A NING OF P HOTOME TER S Y MBOLS
TRIPOD LSJvHI \zSW Fired B -E rp o s u r e
Support Required llt"#t"i?,i,:fiiggll croudvskv sunshine.t;;:1,',iX
coupled automatically to the focussing me_ Deplh of the Field
chanism of the lens. lt operates from .50
meters (20") to infinity. The range within which the obiects will
The central part of field of view is framed be sharp enough on the negative can be
in a small rectangle, slightly tinted, whe_ read on the depth of field indicator incor-
re the image appears double (as in Figure porated in th,- rangefinder dial (Figure l7).
l6a), where the lens is not exatly focus_ The range of distances contained between
s e d . B y t u r n i n g o n t h e f h u m b w e e l ( 7 i n the two equal numbers represenling the
Figure l), the two images can be brought stop number used, will represent the
to coincide (as in Figure l6b). When this depth of field. (Example, using an F/B
is done the lens is properly focussed on stop, depth of field in Figure 17 is from
the subiect. 1,50 meters to 5 meters).
2 1
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F i g . 1 6 a F i g . 1 6 b Parallax Correction by pushing to the right the small lever F The difference in framing between vie- (13 Figure 2). Looking into the Viewer, wer and camera lens at all distancesis one is aware of the presence of the filter automaticallycompensatedwhen camera because the exposure meter field will also is correctly focussed. be tinted in yellow. The exposure meter Yellow ligth Filrer will thus take automatically an account of The built-in yellow filter can be inserted the presence of the filter. 22View original page 24
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Summary of Operationr which can be car- release button (4 Figures l8 and l9). In
ried out when looking into Viewer most cases lack of sharpnessin the nega-
tive is due to minor movements of the I Framing of subiect.
camera during exposure. The second and 2 Warning of presence of filter. third phoio can be taken in the same way,
3 Control of exposure-time. in rapid sequenceor at long intervals,wi-
4 Warning of necessity of Tripod or B thout any intermediate action - After the
exposure. third shot, close front cover and open if
5 Focussingof subiect and automaticcor- again - the camera will be ready again for
another sequence of three shots. Natu- rection of parallax.
rally if the distanceof obiect changesfrom
Relearc one shot to the following, correction musl
Tc shoot your first photo, press gently the be made adiusting the rangefinder again
(7 Figure l). Also, if fhe light conditions
change, one must adiust the exposureme-
fer again using thumbwheel (5 Figure I ).
Film transporting is automatic. The front
cover can be opened and closed any num-
ber of times between shots without waste
of film, because the transport mechanism
Flg. l7 acts only after the release button has been
pressed.
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Frame Counler and End of Film Each shot is registered by an advancing number of the frame counter - (23 Figure 4). After loading camera the frame counter wilf register zero only when the release button has buoen pressed three times. This is necessary to use up the first bit of film which has been exposed to light during l o a d i n g . When the film is used up, the red warning signal appears near the release button, the release itself will be locked and can- not be operated. Unloading of Camera Open the back cover and take out maga- zine, holding it by the connecting link of the cassettes. Pull out the upper Gos' sette firsl, then the lower. The counter will automatically go back on the small red area preceding zero.View original page 26
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