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Heiland Futuramic Strobonar Model 64 User manual
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THEIUTURAMICSTROBONAR
Reflector DUAL TRANSISTORMODELS64-8AND 54.8X
VIBRATORPOWEREDMODEL64.A
Expo s ure i A revolutionorynew product in fhe field of photog-( l - q lsulqle
( on b o c k ) rophy, the Futuromicis the only lifetime flosh unit
thof is self-poweredond completely contoined in
one unit fhe size of o conventionolflosh gun. A
hondsomemofch for miniofure,reflex ond folding
comeros, it gives you o convenienceof operotion -A C Co rd Ou tle t Reody Lighl (le ft sid e ) heretofore unknown in flosh photogrophy. Becouse (on bock)
of its utmostsimplicityond eosy hondling, you con
use the Futuromicfor oll your pictures-not only BATT._OFF-AC.
Switch indoors,but for supplementingdoylight os well.
The Futuromicis ideol for color pictures.The doy-
light-typelight motchesdoylight color films without
the need for ony filters. The new circulor light
source ond reflector provide doylight-type light
with moximum ef f iciency. This scientific design
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picture oreo covered by normol ond oll but ex-
tfery Cose freme wide-ongle lenses.The light hos o speciol
quolity lhot gives you soft, noturol-lookingillumin-
otion ideol for portroits ond condids olike. A re-
peofing source of light copoble of lighting mony
thousondsof pictures,the Futuromiceliminotesthe
Bottery Cose Cop need for corrying ond chonging bulbs. lt "freezes"
Two lone Model 64-B illusfraled.
Mo d e l 6 4 - B Xs i m i l a r ,w i t h da rk g ra y switchp a n e l. I
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ocfion ot | /2000 sec., regordless of the shutter ilMERA.FIASHSYNCHRONIZATION
speed you use.Thus, comero ond subiect movemenf
The Futuromicis designed for toking pictures wifhore eliminoted, giving you shorp, cleor pictures
comeros hoving built-in flosh contocts.lf your com-every time. Operotion of the Futuromicis econom- ero hos o between-the-lensshutter with X-contocts
icol. lt moy be powered with "D" photoflosh bot- ("O" deloy), the Futurqmicwill synchronizewith it
teries (stondord f loshlight size), rechorgeoble ot oll shutter speeds. lf your comero hos o focol-
nickel codmium "D" cells, or by household olter- plone shutter with zero-deloy synchronizotion,it
noting current. will synchronizeonly of slower speeds-up to | /25
or 1/50 sec. (See Shutter Speeds, poge 10, ondOperotion of the Futuromic is os simple os ony
your comero instruction monuol.) Most comerosfloshlight. Just insert the botteries ond turn on the without built-in X ("O" deloy) synchronizotionconswitch. The eosy-to-use exposure diol ollows you be eosily odopted for the Futuromicby o compe-
to quickly determine the lens setting for lomp-to- tent comero repoirmon. lf you wish to check the
subieci distonce, ond eliminotes the guesswork ond synchronizotion yourself, see instructionson poge
mentol colculotions usuolly necessory in f losh 10.
photogrophy.
You'll find thot the Futuromicgives you oll the od-
vontoges of the highestquolity lighting equipment.
Its components ore the finest mode, speciolly de-
signed for photogrophic opplicotion. This unit is
precision engineered ond, like oll good photo-
grophic equipment,will lost o lifetime with normol
core. The convenience,efficiency, ond economy of
operoting the Futuromic will moke your photog-
rophy more fun ihon ever.
Strobonar photo by
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FUTURATUIICOPERATION
Futuramic Photography is simple and easy. These outlines for AC
and Baffery operation are provided as convenienl check lists. Use
lhem only after you read and undersiandfhe informafion on opera-
fion of the Fuiuramic in the paragraphsthat follow.
BotteryOperotion AC0perotion
l. lnserl baf+eries* J. Mount on comerq
2. Mount on comerq 2. Attoch shutter cord
3. Attoch shutter cord 3. Attoch AC cord to
4. Set guide number on Futuromic
exposure diql (from 4. Plug AC cord into
p o s e 1 4 ) woll outlet
5. Defermine exposure 5. Switch remoins ot
ond set lens operture OFF-AC
6. Push swirch ro BATT 6. Set guide number on
7. Woit for Reody-light exposure diol (from
p o s e 1 4 )8. Shoot picture
7. Determine exposure9. Turn switch to OFF-AC * ond set lens operfure during ony deloys
8. Woit for Reody-light
9. Shoot picture
*With the "f " end firsi. See page 5.
Top-Futuramic ready
for batlery operalion
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READY.TIGHT EXPOSUREDIAL
The Ready-Light(see illustration)indicateslhat Anolher feature for vour convenienceis the Fut-
the unit is ready for operation. Wait {or this uramic exposuredial. This easy-to-usecalculator
light to appear,then shoot your picture.* The gives you the l/stop setting for lamp-to-subiect
Fuiuramic is fasi. On AC operation you can dislancewhen ihe Futuramicis used as the main
shoota shorisequenceof picluresat 8-secondin- sourceof light. Simply set the exposuredial so
iervals. Slightlymore time is required between the guide number for the film you are using
flasheson batlery operation (see Batfery Oper- alignswith the point of ihe Ready-Lightopening.
ation, page 5). A progressivelylonger time will (Findyour guide numberin the iable on page l4)
be requiredas the batteriesgrow weaker-a con- Readthe proper lensopeningoppositethe lamp-
dition which the Ready-Lightsignalsby taking to-subiectdisianceon the dial. The calculation
longerto glow. normallymade to determinethe proper exposure
in flash photographyis: Guide Number . dis-
- tance in feet leris opening. With the Futur- 'calculation amic's handy exposuredial ihis is
done for you.
Example: The film you are using has a guide
numberof 120,listedin ihe table of guide numb-
ers. Sel quide number 120 on the dial at the
pointer. The lamp-to-subiectdistanceis l5 feet.
Opposite l5 feet on the dial, you find the proper
lens opening is f/8.
Fufuramic Slrobonar back view showing
R e a d y - L i 9 h t a n d e x p o s u r e d i a l
rThe Ready-Lighl may flicker or light with a sleady glow. ln
either cacc. operalion is normal
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BATTERYOPERATION
Botteries ore the ideol power supply for situotions
thot demond moximum freedom of movement, for
outdoor shots, ond for cosuol, intermittent use.
Three size "D" photoflosh botteries ore used to
power the Futuromic. These botteries ore ovoiloble
ot oll comero shops ond most drug stores where
photo supplies ore sold. For the ultimote in bot-
teries, Heilond rechorgeoble nickel-codmium Per-
mocod botteries ore recommended.
To instoll the botteries, remove the screw cop on
the bose of the bottery tube. Insert the three bot-
teries os in on ordinory floshlight (with the "+"
ends first)i Then push the switch to the "BATT" posi-
tion, where the red dot is visible, ond woit for the
Reody-Lightto glow.
*Eatteries must be inserted f end firsl in Models 64B and
64-BX Dual Transisfor Uniis, oiherwise the transistors may be
permanentl yd a m a g e d .
TOP-lnserting batteries in Futuramic Strobonar
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BATTERYOPERATIONCHARACTERISTICS PERMACADBATTERYFEATURES
Average cycling time betweenflasheswith fresh HeilandPermacad"D" Batteriesare rechargable
photoflashbafteriesis 8- l2 seconds.When there nickel-cadmiumcells. One set of these batteries
is a relativelylong inlerval befween flashes,turn (whichare chargedin the PermacadCharger de-
ihe unit off to save your batferies. TO SAFE- scribed below)will give a long life of convenienl
GUARD YOUR FUTURAMICFROM THE BAT. and economicalservice. Cycling time befween
TERYCORROSIONTHAT SOMETIMESRUINS flashesis 6- l0 secondsand as many as 100**
FLASHLIGHTS, REMOVE BATTERIESWHEN flashescan be obfained from each full charge.
STORING THE UNIT FOR ANY EXTENDED The Permacadsmay be chargedas often as nec-
LENGTH OF TIME. Since the cosf of only 3 essaryand, when storedin a fully chargedcondi-
standard "D" photoflash batteries is extremely tion, will hold their charge for severalmonihs.
low, we suggesithat these batferiesbe replaced Make it slandard praciice lo give the baiteries a
wheneverthe unit has been in siorage for a per- full charge before storingthem, and your Futur-
iod of months,or when you are uncertainas lo amic will be ready to use when you need it.
their condition. With average intermiitent use, **Double this num ber for 64- 8 and 64- BXlr ansistorm odels.
you can expecf over 250 flashesfrom a set of
EvereadyE-95batferies,or 100flashesfrom ordi-
nary D-cell phofoflash bafteries. (Double lhese
numbers for 64-8 and &4-BX lransistor models.)
lf the Futuramichas not been used for a period
of a month or longer,plug the unit into the wall
outlet for about five minutes,and flashit 9 or l0
times, using either the camera flash contacls or
the Heilandmanualtripping cord (#53-l). This
will bring the Futuramic up lo peak efficiency
and conserve your batteiies. The Futuramic
ihrives on frequent uss-l,rse if often! ry6
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photogrophy. Models 64-A qnd 64-8 ore designed
CHARGINGPERMACADBATTERIES to operote from o ll5-voh source of olternoting
current, stqndqrd in most U.S. locqlities. Model
The Permocqd Chorger is designed to chorge 4 64-BX, which operotes from o 220-volt source of
Permocod Botteries.For use with the Futuromic,the olternoting current, is designed primorily for use
3 Permocods ond one dummy bottery (#gOO749) in countries other thon the U.S. Just connecf the
ore ploced in the chorger, which is then plugged line cord to your Futuromic ond plug the other end
into ony householdAC outlet. The chorger rnoy be into o woll outlet. The switch locoted under the
left plugged in overnight ond the botteries'will ff qsh reflector hos two positions:"BATT" ond "OFF-
ioke o moximum chorge in 12 to 16 hours. The AC." For AC operotion the switch must be in the
PermqcodChorger is on occessoryevery Futuromic "OFF-AC" position, where the red dot is not vis-
photogropher will oppreciote. ible. The unit will not be domoged if the AC cord
is connected when fhe switch is in the "BATT" posi-
ACPOWEROPERATION tion-you simply would be operoting from bottery
power insteod of AC. To turn off the unit, iust dis-
,AC power is the most economicol meqns of operot- connect lhe cord, either from the woll outlet, or
ing your Futuromic,ond is ideolly suited for indoor from the Futuromic, 7
Fuluromic reody for
AC power operolion
Strobona r
photo by
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IUIOUNTINGTHEFUTURAMICON
YOURCAN,IERA
Heilond monufoctures the finest line of mounting
brockels, clomps, ond other flosh occessories on
the morket. lllustroted ore o few of the woys of
mounting the Futuromic on your comero. Custom
mouniings ore olso ovoiloble. For snop-on mount-
ing, which permits instont releose of the unit for
off-comero flosh, use the Heilond Quick-Releose
Clomp with one of these brockets:
Bracket Ccmero
for most minioture ond
StondordComeroBrocket roll film comeros
R-7 most reflex comeros
B-l ZeissSuper lkonto B
r35 Kine Exokto
135-VX Kine Exokto VX
R e t i n ol , l l o n d l l o 335 RetinollC ond lllC
Leico All Leicos
TOP-Futuromic with heovy duty mounls on Grophic
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Or you moy use lhe Futuromic with one of these
snop-on Heovy Duty Mounts:
HeovyDuty
MountingBrockel Comerq
70 Anniversory Speed Grophic, oll sizes
7 l Meridion, 21/ax3t/a Busch,B & J Press,
PressKing, Romlose
72 Crown-Speed Grophic "23"
74 for flot mounting
75 Crown-Speed Grophic " 34"
76 Crown-SpeedGrophic "45" ond I955
Pocemoker Speed Grophic
R-7A most reflex comerqs
Selectthe proper Heilond shutter cord for connect-
ing the Futuromicto your comero. you moy choose
o l2-inch cord for on-comero use, or you moy
desire the versotilityof o Koiled Kord for'both on-
ond off-comero flosh. Your Heilond deoler will be
hoppy to ossistyou in selectingthe proper mount-
ond connecring cord for your
ltr".rTbinotion
TO P - F u t u r o m i c w i t h S to n d o rd Co me ro b ro cke t o n p o lq ro id
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GENERAI PHOTOGR,APHIC I NFOR.MATION
SHUTTERSPEEDS CHECKINGSYNCHRONIZATION
lf your comero hos o conventionol between-the- lf you ore not sure obout the shutter speeds ot
lens shutter,you will usuolly use the higher shutter which your comero is synchronizedfor flosh, you
speeds.When photogrophing ociion in bright doy- con moke this test yourself. Connect your comero
light, the higher shutter speeds will give o good to the Futuromic with the shutter cord. Set the
shorp imoge ond ovoid ony secondory (ghost) comero ot the widest lens opening ond point the
imoges. lf your comero hos o focol-plone shutter, Futuromic ot o light colored woll so the reflecfeduse the highest speed which will offord o com-
flosh will be visible through the lens. Open thepletely opened shutter ot the instont of exposure.
comero bock, ond wotch for light coming through
the lens when you trip the shutter ot vorious speeds.
When you con see q full circle of light, synchroni-
zotion is good, ond you ore getting the benefit of
oll the light from the Futuromic.You moy use ony
of the shutterspeedsthot give o full circle of light.
Arrongement for checking
synchronizotion
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c0r0RFttMs stolled; the proper shutter speed is set; ond the
Becouseits light is opproximotely the some os noon shutter cord is connected from the Futuromic to the
doylight, the Futuromicis ideolly suitedfor use with comero. lf your shutterhos odiustoble synchronizo-
doylight color films without correctivefilters. Even lion, moke certoin thot it is set ot ttx'r (ttO, deloy).
though colors ore cleqr ond true without the use Then, before toking o picture, consider the ele-
of filters, your personol preference moy be toword ments of ony good picture-composition, lighring,
slightly wormer colors. lf so, o Horrison C t/n, Ansco bolonce of moss ond color, depth of field, bock-
UV-16, or Wrotten 8lA filter moy be used with ground, scole, ond center of interest. pton your
Kodqchrome Doylight film. The filters recom- picture corefully. Consider the lighting effecf you
mended for electronic flosh in the doto sheets desire. Rememberthot your picture is mode when
pockoged with Doylight Ektochrome ond Ansco- you click the shufier.
chrome moy olso be used. The smooth, evenly dis-
tributed light from the Futuromicwill give you reol
pride in your color photogrophy.
TAKINGBETTERPICTURESWITH
THEFUTURAMIC
Firstof oll, be sure your Futuromicond comero ore
reody to go. Be sure the botteriesore properly in_
S lro b o n o r 6 0 -5 S lo ve L ig h t o n Ho ld -it.
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For generol use, mount the Futuromicon your com-
ero. The ongle of light distributionis sufficientfor
oll but extreme wide-ongle lenses. This gives the
even distribution of light, colled "flot lighting,"
most desiroble in group pictures ond mony con-
dids. For color pictures, this flot lighting is espe-
ciolly good, bringing out smooth, true colors with Strobonar 50-S high above
soft, open shqdows. For portroits or pictures where model, for background liqht. white reflector 2 feet
you desire modeling or o dromotic effect, use the fr6m'model to reflecf light
Futuromic off the comero with light directed to the fromExposure:Futuramict/22 aton l/500camera.on
subiect. This gives you better light control ond VerichromePan.
enobles you to get finer modeling with the use of
one light source.
STR()B()NAR60-5"SLAVE''UNIT
For the ultimote in flosh photogrophy, you will
wqnt one or two odditionol lighting units.The ideol
secondory light is the Strobonor 60-5, o completely
self-contoined "slove" unit. The 60-5 is triggered
remotely by lhe flosh of the Futuromic ot the com-
ero, without ihe use of ony connecting or power Strobonarabove model60 -atS leftslightlyfor
cords. The exomples of multiple-lightingorronge- 60-5main useiliqhtassourc€.back-groundOne
held liqht, wiih Futuramicments reproduced here show the results you con right and rear for fill to
expect using the Futuromic with one or more 60-5 light. Exposure: l/22 at l/500 on Yerichrome Pan.
units.
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GUIDENUMBERS
A "guide number" is on indicotion of the relotion from the subiect, its guide number is l60, or
between the light source ond the film speed ond 8 X ZO. Using the some equipmenf ond some guide
disfonce from flosh to subiect. Guide numbers ore number ot 40 feet, the colculotion is os follows:
used only for flosh photogrophy. The proper ex- 160 +- 40' - I/4. At 15,: 160 + 15, - l/10.6
posure for pictures token by noturol lighr is deter- (or, using the neorest morked f/stop on shufier:
mined by ond vories with the omount of light qvoil- l/11). lf on operfure of f /16 is wonted, colculote
oble. With flosh, however, o fixed omount of light os follows: 160 :- t/16 - l0'. At f/6.32 160 .
is pockoged in eoch flosh. The omount of light f /6.3 : 25.4'.
reflected from the subiect is importont, however,
With the Futuromict f ov do not hove to go throughond this depends on the distonce from flqsh to
lhese colculotions. Simply furn the exposure diolsublect. With o fixed omount of light ir is possible
to ihe guide number of the film you ore using, ondlo determine the proper operture (f/stop) if the
set your lens to the f/stop shown opposite thedistonce (from lomp to subiecf) is known. Likewise,
distonce to your subiect.with o fixed omount of light, it is possible to deter-
mine the proper lomp-to-subiect distonce if the With the conventionql flosh lomps o new guide
operture is known. Thus it is possible to colculote o number musf be computed for eoch shufier speed.
"guide" number which will give on indicotion of This is not necessory with the Futuromic. All the
the proper exposure. light oufput from the Futuromic possesthrough the
lens while the shutter is wide open; none is tosf orlf experiment shows thot q given flosh unit gives
wosted os the shutter opens ond closes.the proper exposure ot t/8 when ploced 20 feet
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0UTD00RUSE(Asfill-inlisht)
Using the Futuromic os o fill light in sunlight re-
quires o speciol exposure determinqtion. There
ore now two light sources ond both must be con-
Futuromic is too short to be offected by shutter
speeds, you mqy now odiust the shutter speed for
the outside light conditions. Use on exposure meter
on fhe sunlit or highlight side to determine the
p r o p e r s h u t t e r s p e e d f o r t h e l / s t o p o t r e o d y
determined.
EXAMPLE l: Using Ektochrome (ASA lndex 32),
sublect l2 feet owoy. The guide number, from the
tobfe on poge 14, is 65. Set guide number 65 on
the ExposureDiol ond reod the f/stop opposite 12,
on distonce scole. Note thot indicoted I/stop is
shown os f /5.6. Stop down I f /stop, seiting'rhe
T OP -Ba cklig h te dsu b ie ct in b rig h t sr.rn li ght.
B OTTOM-S iro b o n a rfill-in e limin atesr5 sh a d o wsa n d g ive s crisp d e fail.
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comero of f /8. Now, with on exposure meter or
guide, determine the shutter speed tor f /8 with the
brighfesf oreo of the doylight lighting conditions.
EXAMPLEll: Using Ansco Supreme (ASA Index 50),
subiect l0'owoy. The guide number, from toble on
poge 14, is 80. Set guide number 80 on Exposure
Diol ond reod the f/stop opposite I0' ond note
thot recommended operture is I/8. Stop down 2
f /slops, selling fhe comero ol f / 16. Now, with o
meter or exposure guide, determine the shutter
speed for l/16 wirh the brighfesf oreo of the doy-
light lighting conditions.
EXPOSURE
Proper exposure requires thot the importont
shodow oreos of the subiect be exposed enough
to offord detoil in ihe finol print. lt olso requires
thot the importont highlight oreos sholl not be
"blocked up" by too much exposure. The Futuromic
helps obtoin proper exposure becouse the ex-
tremely short durotion of light prevents lhe high-
lights from blocking, even when the shodows ore
fully exposed.
To ochieve proper exposure, moke your first tesl
exposures using the guide numbers suggested on
poge 14 . The results should be sotisfoctory, but
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Enioy yoursell -phofogrophy is Jun!
THEPHOTOSTELTTHESTORY
See how the Futuromic distributes the light corner-
to-corner over the entire picture oreo_not merely
"spot-lighting" the center of the picture ond leovini
the corners dork. EVEN WITH ALL BUT EXTREME
WIDE-ANGLE LENSES, the Futuromic aives the
e.ven fight distribution over the entire piciure oreo
thot is obsolutely vitol for good pictures.
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