Gossen Sixtus User manual

o,lways fel/s you quickly and reliably
the correcf exposure time, ifs ope-
rotion being so simp/e.

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 The block center-disk of the SIXIUS
 is odiusfed so thot fhe speed of
 the film in your comero oppeors
 in fhe smoll notch.
Now fhe SIXfUS is direcfed towords
 fhe scene fo be photogrophe d ond
fhe pointer shows the exposure
 time on fhe upper black scole, in              tlwoIJr exomple    sec. fhis volue
which is engro ved on the odi usf-
 ment ring is ploced opposife the
 notch of the block cenfer-disk ond if
con eosily be seen thot r/zs sec. with
o film roting of ASA 50 requires o
diophrogm-opening of 16. You con
now choose ony diophrogm ond
reod off the correct exposure fime:
                                 ti uo sec. ond so on.Stop 1l

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 ll the poinlet docs nol dellect
   indoors ond in twilight -  thercd butlon is pr'essed ond the
reoding is foken from the lower
 te,d scsle. In our exomple 4 sec.
Agoin fhis volu e, engroved on fhe
odiustment ring is plucedopposite
fhe nof ch of the blctck cenfer disk
ond agoin if is possible fo reod off
lhe correcl exposure for ony dio'
phrogm: 4 sec. :  for diophrogm
16; 2 sec. for dicphrogm 11.

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In taking counf erlight picturesl core
should be token thot lhe sun roys
do nof sfrike the /ens t'f the STXIUS
directly. fhis con be och ieved bY
shoding  it  f rom obove vith the hond.





Counferlioht-phons will be more
successful" if' the exposure time
given by the S,)IUS is doubled.

Froctions of seconds
                                             '1r %  50 '1oo %0 ffoScole and odiusfment-ring
show fhe some figures.
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