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Another feofure of the Strobonor 72-A of primory CATUIERA.FTAS H SYNCH ROiI IZATION
interest to the serious photogropher is fhe extro- The Strobonor 72-A is designed for toking pictureswide ongle of light coveroge provided by its spe- wifh comeros hoving built-in flosh contocfs. lf your ciol reflector, lube, ond lens. This exclusive com- comero hos o between-the-lens shutter with X-con-
binotion gives you even disfribution of light over tocfs ("O" deloy), the Strobonor 72-A will synchro-
on incf uded ongle of 70"-omple for oll but ex- nize with it ot oll shutter speeds. lf your comero
treme wide-ongle lenses. This is porticulorly im- hos o focol-plone shutter with zero-deloy synchro-
porlont when you ore switching bock ond forth nizofion, it will synchronize only ot slower speeds
belween normol ond wide-ongle lenses during o to l/25 or l,/50 sec. (See Shutter Speeds, -upshooting session. There ore no odiustments to poge 10, ond your comero insfruclion monuol.)
rnoke in ihe 72-A; you know you'll get the some Most comeros without built-in X ("O', deloy), syn-
brilliont light output, ond the some even coveroge,. chronizotion con be eosily odopted for the Strob-
onor 72-A by o competent comero repoirmon. lfno motter which lenses you ore using. you wish to check the synchronizotion yourself, see
instructions on poge 10.When toking o lot of pictures in o hurry, you'll
olso oppreciote the exposure diol, which eliminotes
off the guess work in figuring the proper t/stop;
the Reody-Light, convenienfly locoted on the bock
of the lompheod; ond the eose with which the
unit moy be chonged from one comero to onother
when they ore equipped with the proper Heilond
brockets. Everything possible hos been done to
give you, in the Strobonor 72-A, o unit fhot will
deliver professionol results with simplicity ond eose
of operotion.
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STROBONAR 72.A OPERATION
qnd eosy.Strobonor 72-A Photogrophy is simple
Just follow fhe steps outlined below:
l. Mount Slrobonqr on comero
2. Connecl Pro Pok lo Sfrobonor
3. Artoch shulter cord
4. Set guide number on exPosure diol (from poge l4)
5. Delermine exposure ond set lens operture
6. Push switch to BATT. ON
7. Wqit for Reody-light
8. Shoot piclure
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READY.LIGHT EXPOSURE DIAI
The Reody-Light (see illustrofion) indicotes the unil Another feoture for your convenience is the Strob-
is reody for operofion. Woit for this light to op- onor 72-A exposure diol. This eosy-to-use colcu-
peor; lhen shoot your picture. The Reody-light fotor gives you fhe f/stop setting for lomp-fo-
moy flicker or light with o steody glow. In either subiect dislonce when the Strobonor 72-A is used
cose, operotion is normol. The Strobonar 72-A is os lhe moin source of light. Simply set the exposure
fo$. You con shoot o shorl sequence of pictures ot diol so the guide number for the film you ore
3-second intervols. A progressively longer time using oligns with the point of the Reody-light
will be required qs the bottery grows weoker-o opening. (Find your guide number in the foble on
condition which the Reody-Light signols by foking poge 14.) Reod fhe proper lens opening opposite
longer to glow. the lomp-to-subiecl disfonce on the diol. The col-
culofion normolly mode to defermine the proper
exposure in flosh phofogrophy is: Guide Number
+ distonce in feet : lens opening. Wirh the
Strobonor 72-A hondy exposure diol this colculo-
tion is done for you.
Exomple: The film you ore using hos o guide num-
ber of 130, listed in fhe toble of guide numbers.
Set guide number 130 on the diol ot the pointer.
The lomp-to-subiect distonce is 20 feet. Opposife
20 feet on the diol, you find the proper lens open-
ing is t/6.3.
Sfrobonor 72.A bock view showing
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BATTERY OPERATIOil
One 510-volt bottery (Evereody 497 or equivo-
lent) is used to power the Strobonor 72-A. These
boileries ore ovoiloble ot virtuolly oll comero
shops. The bottery is enclosed in o genuine leother
corrying cose with o nylon slrop. The light weight
pock moy be slung from lhe shoulder by the nylon
strop or it moy be worn on the belt. To put it on
your belt, simply unsnop lhe single foslener on the
front of the pock, slide the leother tongue qround
belt, ond refosten the snop. To instoll bottery,
ploce the bottery contoct ossembly on the lerminol
end of the 510-volt bofiery. Be sure fhe two out-
side terminols of the bottery mofch the corre-
sponding two pins of the conlqct ossembly. Now
slip the bottery bond lengthwise qround the bot-
tery ond confoct ossembly to hold the two firmly
together.
TOP-The lerminols of thc bolfcry musl molch
the lwo pins on lhe contoct oscmbly
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Slide the ossembled unit into fie leqther cqse, con- push the switch to the BATT. ON. posifion, where
tocl ossembly first, wiih the plug socket on fhe the red dot is visible, ond woit for the Reody-Light
some side os the smoll squore opening in the to glow.
leother cose. Snop the cose closed.
OPERATI]IG CHARACTERISTICS
To use the Strobonor 72-A ond the Pro Pok, iust
plug fte Coiled Cord into the lompheod ond into Averoge cycling time between floshes is 2-5 sec-
the recessed sockef on the side of the pock. Then onds. When there is o relotively long intervol be-
lween floshes, turn the unit off fo sqve your bot-
tery. With qveroge intermitlent use, you con expect
600-800 floshes from o boileqy before ony loss in
the light output becomes opporent.
CAPACITOR FORilIIiIG
Before ony electronic flosh unit con perform ot
peok efficiency, iis copocifor must be fully formed
il must be copoble of being completely -i.e., chorged. When o unit is used often, this tokes core
of itself-the constont floshing of the tube droins
the copocitor, which then builds up o new chorge
-o cycle which is repeoted with eoch flosh.
When on electronic flosh unit hos not been used
for quite o while, however, the copocitoJ becomes
complefely deformed. In o sense, it goes deod,
ond somerhing extro is needed to put it bock in
shope.
The ropid cycling 72-A is pcrfect for wcdding photogrophy. .
Slrobonor photo by Buckinghom Pholor, D
Son Frqncirco.
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f f your 72-A is in doily use, no copocitor forming Slrobonor con be operoted on AC by following
is necessory. lf it is not used for o week, it should this procedure: First, chorge the unit wilh ihe switch
be formed for obout five minutes before putting it in the CAP. FORM position; lhen push the switch
into operotion. lf it hos been out of use for two to the BATT. ON position ond flosh the picture.
weeks or so, form the copocitors for obout l0 min- (The unit will not flosh in the CAP. FORM position.)
utes. And, for top performonce ofter it hos been Before onofher picture con be floshed, the switch
out of use for 30 doys or longer, form the coPo- must be returned to the CAP. FORM position, ond
citors for two hours. ihe copociior formed for obout 30 seconds. Agoin,
switch to the BATT. ON posifion before floshing
To form the copocitors, use the line cord provided. your next picture.
Connecf the line cord lo the lompheod, ond plug
into o woll outlet. The Strobonor 72'A is designed NOTE: The unit should be floshed within 30 sec-for copocitor forming on o I l5-volt source of onds ofter swifching fo the BATT. ON position.olternoting current, stondord in most U. S. locol-
ities. The switch must be in BATT. OFF, CAP. FORM
position. The unit will be fully formed in two hours Slio$onor 72-A
or less, but it will not be hormed if formed for o ACFormingCopocitor
longer period. This operotion brings the Strobonor
72-A up to peok efficiency ond conserves your
bottery. The Strob onor 72'A thrives on frequent
use-use it often!
MODIFIED AC OPERATION
The 72-A is nol designed to be operoted on AC.
However, if on emergency orises, such os foilure
of the boftery when o sPore is not ovoiloble, the
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mOuilTllrlc THE STR08O]{AR Z2-A Oil
YOUR CATIERA
Heilond monufqctures the finest line of mounting
brockets, clomps, ond ofher flosh occessories on
the morket. lllustrofed ore q few of the woys of
mounting the Strobonor 72-A, on your comero.
Custom mounfings ore olso ovoiloble. For snop-on
mounling, which permits instont releqse of the unit
for off-comero flosh, use the Heilond euick-Re-
leqse Clomp with one of these brockefs:
Brocket Ccmero
for most minioture ondStondord Comero Brocket roll film comeros
R-7 most reflex cqmeros
B-I Zeiss Super lkonto B
r35 Kine Exokto
135-VX Kine Exoho VX
335 Relinq l,ll ond llo
Retino lllc Brocket Retino lllC
teicq All leicos
Poloroid Brocket All but 80 ond 80A
TOP-Strobonot 72-A wirh Groflex heovy duty mountr on Grophic
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www.butkus.us Or you moy use the Sfrobonor 72-A with Groflex Heovy Duty Mounts. Select the proper Heilond shufier cord for connecf- ing the Sfrobonor 72-A to your comero. You moy choose o l2-inch cord for oltrcotrt€to use, or you moy desire lhe versolility of o Coiled Cord for both on- ond off-comero flosh. Your Heilond deoler will be hoppy to ossist you in selecting the praper mounling combinolion ond connecfing cord for your comero. TOP-Sfrobong,r 72-A wifh Leico brockel BOTlOM-strobonor 72-A wirh Poloroid brocket on PoloroidView original page 12
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GENER,AI PHOTOGRAPHIC INFOR,MATION
SHUTTER SPEEDS CHECKING SYNCHRONIZATION
lf your comero hos o conventionql 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 synchronized for flosh, you
speeds. When photogrophing oction in bright doy- con moke this test yourself. Connect your comero
light, the higher shutter speeds will give o good to the Strobonor 72-A with the shutter cord. Set
shorp imoge ond ovoid ony secondory (ghost) the comero ot the widest lens opening ond point
imoges. lf your comero hos o focol-plone shutter, the Strobonor 72-A ot o light colored woll so the
use the highest speed which will offord o com- reflecfed flosh will be visible through the lens.
pletely opened shutier ot lhe instont of exposure. Open the comero bock, ond wotch for light com-
ing through the lens when you trip the shutter ot
vorious speeds. When you con see o full circle of
light, synchronizotion is good, ond you ore getting
the benefit of oll the light from rhe Strobonor
72-4. You moy use ony of the shutter speeds thot
give o full circle of light.
Arrongemenl for checking
synchron izolion
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c0t0R FrrMs connected to the Pro Pok; the proper shutter speed
is sei; ond the shutter cord is connected from the Becquse its light is opproximotely the some os Strobonor 72-A to the comero. lf your shutter hos noon doylight, the Strobonor 72-Ais ideolly suited odiustoble synchronizotion, moke certoin thot it is for use with doylight color films without correctiveI filters. Even though colors qre cleor ond true with- set ot 'txt' ("Ot' deloy). Then, before toking o pic- ture, consider the elements of ony good picture- out the use of filters, your personol preferenceI composition, lighting, bolonce of moss ond color, moy be toword slightly wormer colors. lf so, o depth of field, bockground, scole, ond center of Horrison C 1/a, Ansco UV-I6, or Wrotten 8lA filter interest. Plon your picture corefully. Consider the moy be used with Kodochrome Doylight film. The lighting effect you desire. Remember thot your pic- filters recommended for elecfronic flosh in the doto ture is mode when you click the shutter. sheets pockoged with Doylight Ektochrome ond
Anscochrome moy olso be used. The smooth,
evenly distributed light from the Strobonor 72-A
will give you reol pride in your color phofogrophy.
TAKING BETTER PICTURES WITH
I THE STROBONAR 72.A
Strobonor 72-A ondI First of oll, be sure your
comero ore reody to go. Be sure the Strobonor is
Slrobonor 60-5 Slove Iight on Hold-it.
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For generof use, mount the Strobonor 72-A on .'
your comero. The ongle of light distribution is suf-ficient for oll but extreme wide-ongle lenses. This 9'l
gives the even distribution of light, colled "flotlighting," most desiroble in group pictures ond tflu
mony condids. For color pictures, this flot lighting 60-5 slove unit high obove
is especiolly good, bringing out smooth, true colors thelight,modelwhite forreflectorbockground2 feet
with soft, open shodows. For portroits or pictures from model to reflect light from Slrobonor on comerq,where you desire modeling or o dromotic effect, Exposure: +/22 of l/500
use the Strobonor 72-A off the comero with light on Verichrome Pon.
directed to the subiect. This gives you better light
control ond enobles you to get finer modeling with .J
the use of one light source.
STROBONAR 60-3 "SLAVE" UNIT
For the ultimote in flosh photogrophy, you will
wont one or two odditionol lighting units. The
ideol secondory light is the Strobonqr 60-5, o com-
pletely self-contqined "slove" unit. The 60-S is
triggered remotely by the flosh of the Strobonor
72-A ot the comero, without the use of ony con-
necting or power cords. The exomples of multiple-
lighting orrongements reproduced here show the 60-5 slove unit slightly results you con expect using the Strobonor 72-A obove model ot left for moin light source. One with one or more 60-5 units. 60-S used os bockground
light, wiih Strobonor held
to right ond reor for f ill fight. Exposure: l/22 of
l,/500 on Verichrome Pon.
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GUIDE iIUMBERS
A "guide number" is on indicotion of the relolion from the subiec?, its guide number is 160, or
between the light source ond the film speed ond 8 X 20. Using the some equipment ond some guide
distonce 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' f/4. At l5': 160 +- 15'-- f/10.6
posure for pictures token by noturol light is deter- (or, using the - neorest morked f /stop on shufier:
mined by ond vories with the omount of light f /11). lf on operture of f /16 is wonted, colculqte
ovoiloble. With flosh, however, o fixed omount of os follows: 160 + f/16 l0'. At f/6.3:160 -:- light is pockoged in eoch flosh. The omount of f /6.3 25.4',. - - light reflected from the subiect is importont, how-
With the Strobonor 72-A, you do not hove to go ever, ond this depends on the distonce from flosh
ffij to subiect. With o fixed omount of light it is pos- through these colculofions. Simply turn the expo-
ore sible to determine the proper operfure (f/stop) if sure diol to the guide number of the film you using, ond set your lens to the f/stop shown op-hi the distqnce (from lomp to subject) is known. like-
wise, with o fixed omount of light, it is possible to posite the distonce to your subiect.
H determine fhe proper lomp-to-sublecf distonce if With the conventionol flosh lomps o new guide
ffi1 the operfure is known. Thus if is possible to cotcu- number must be computed for eoch shutter speed.
lote o "guide" number which will give on indico- This is not necessory with the Strobonor 72-A. All
fion of the proper exposure the light output from the Strobonor 72-A posses
lf experiment shows thot o given flosh unii gives through the lens while the shutter is wide opent none is lost or wosted os the shutter opens ond the proper exposure ot f /B when ptoced 20 feet closes.
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0UTD00R USE (As fill-in lisht)
Using the Strobonor 72-A qs o fill light in sunlight
requires o speciol exposure determinotion. There
ore now |wo light sources ond both must be con-
sidered. Otherwise, the picture moy be over-
exposed ond look os though fwo suns were shin-
ing. For best results, lel the sun do mosl of the
lighting, ond odd iu$ the right omounf of light to
fill in the shodows cost by the sun. With the guide
number set on the Exposure Diol, reod the t/stop
for your lomp-to-subiect distonce. Now, sfop down
1 odditionol f/stop for color film, ond 2 I/stops
for block ond white. This keeps the flosh-fill sec-
ondory to the sunlight. Since the flosh durotion of
the Strobonor 72-A is too short fo be offected by
shutter speeds, you moy now odiust the shutter
speed for ihe outside light conditions. Use on ex-
posure meter on the sunlit or highlight side to
determine the proper shutler speed for ihe f/stop
olreody determined.
EXAMPLE l: Using Ektochrome (ASA Index 32),
subiect I I feer qwoy. The guide number, from the
loble on poge 14, is 90. Set guide number 90 on
the Exposure Diol ond reod the f/stop opposite I l'
on disfonce scole. Note thot indicoted f/stop is
shown os {/8. Stop down I f/stop, sefting lhe
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GIOSSARY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TERMS (conl.l STROBOI{AR 72.A CHARACTERISTICS
Ghorl Incge-The secondory im- Light Output *Kodqchrome guide number 50.
qge fhqt results when eleclronic 90 wqtt seconds slored energy. flosh ir used, ol too slow o rhuiler Reflector Coveroge 70o, omple for mosl wide-onglc speed, to supplement doylight-il-
luminoted qction subiecis. Here's lenses.
how thir hoppens: During the time Effcctive Exposure Time l/1000 sec. shufier is open, one imoge ir re-
corded with noturql light, o second Color Temperqlure Approximoiely noon doylighr, ideol
imoge is recorded by fhe split-sec- of Light for doylighr color films.
ond burst of eleclronic flosh lighi. D.C. Power Source Pro-pok wifh 51O-voli Evereody
Becquse the subiect is moving, lhe #497 or equivolent.
two imoges do not coincide. A.C. PowerSource 105-130 volts, 50-60 cycles per sec-
cyclesLens Opening-The size of the operture (os indicoted by for Copocitor Forming ond, or 2lO-250 vohs, 50-60
fhe f/stop of rhe diophrogm). per second, with suitoble step-down
lrqnsformer or voltoge divider to
llodeling-Using flosh off comero (or keeping fhe sun off supply nece$ory 105-130 voltr.
lo one side of the subiecf) to ochieve beiler controsi, detoil, Height 9/r inchestexlure, elc.
Heqd Diometer 33/e inches
Slop-Two photogrophic meonings: (l) fo holt or "lreeze" Hqndle Diometer I /z inchesoction in o picture; (2) os q synonym for "operture"-i,e,,
stop 6.3, insteqd ol t/6,3, or "stop down lo 1/8." Pro-pok 6tAx3%x2inches
TotolWeight 30 oz. without Pro-pokSynthronize-To time ihe firing of the flosh with the cqm- 3 lbs. t4 oz. including Pro-pok withero shufier so lhot oll rhe lighi posses lhrough fhe lens when bottery.the shufier is open.
ECPS formulo used by some photogrophers is weightedX-Conlocts-Flosh conlocfs designed to fire qn electronic *The
flosh unit ql the exoci inslont the shufier is fully opened. fo toke into considerqlion the fqll-off of light chorqclerisfic
of ordinory reflectors. Since the superior reflector-tube de-
Zero ("O"1 Detoy-Synonym for X-Contqcls. sign of lhe Slrobonor 72-A eliminoler this, the ECPS formulo
does not opply io the Strobonar 72-A. lt is suggesied, in-
steqd, fhqt the guide numbers listed on poge I4 be used qs
o sforting poini for ony lest exporure3.
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WARRANIY POIICY All Heilond Strobonqr equipmenl sold in the United Sfofes ond its possessions is unconditionolly guon onleed ogoinst defects of moteriol or workmonship for o period of 90 doys. Service will be rendered ond defective ports will be reploced without cosl to you within thot period, provided lhe equipmenf hos nol been obused, oltered, or opero?ed conlrory to instruclions. Flosh lubes qre furfher guoronieed beyond the 90-doy period, up fo one yeor ogoinst defecis in monufoclure. Afler 90 doys, ond up lo one yeor, defeclive flosh fubes will be reploced for the cost of lobor qnd postoge only. Heilond sholl not be lioble for ony repoirs or olferotions excepl fhose mode with its wriften consent ond sholl not be lioble for domoges from deloy or loss of use or from other indirect or consequenfiol domoges of ony kind, whether coused by defecfive moferiol or workmqnship or otherwise; ond it is expressly ogreed thot Heilond's liobility under oll guorontees or worronlies, whether expressed or implied, is strictly limired fo the replocement of ports os hereinbefore provided. In order to vqlidote your worronfy, rhe worronty cord musl be filled in COMPLETETY ond mqiled lo the foctory within five doys of purchose. PROCEDURE DURING 9GDAY WARRANTY PERIOD Any unit which proves defeciive during lhe 90doy worronty period should be returned lo your Heilond deoler. YOU MUST FURNISH YOUR VAIIDATED WARRANTY CARD BECAUSE NO WARRANTY REPAIR lS POSSIBtE WITHOUT lT. The deoler will forword the unit, wiih its volidoted worronty cord, direcl to the foctory, or to his Heilond foctory representotive, who will check it for couse of molfunclion. DO NOT SEND YOUR UNIT DIRECTLY TO HEILAND YOURSELF. All models, prices ond specificoiions ore subiect to chonge without notice. UNITS SOLD lN CANADA ore distributed by W. E. Booth Co., Lid., Toronto, ond ore protected by fhe some worrqnty policy oullined obove. Worronly Cords should be moiled to lhe Heilond foctory in Denver, but Sfrobonqrs requiring service in Conodo should be senl direct lo: Honeywell Controls, Ltd. Ellesmere Rood Scorborou g h, Ontorio, ConqdoView original page 21
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