Ilford Ilfoflex BOOKLET Product booklet

ILFOFLEX
CAMERA

Twin-Lens
Reflex
  Instructions





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ILFOFLEX CAMERA
Your  llfoflex   is  a  simple  twin-lens  reflex  camera
taking 12 pictures on '127' film. In summer sunshine,
use llford Selochrome film; in winter, use llford HP4.
Get to know  it with this diagram:—


                                             Flip-up
                                            viewfinder
                                       hood
    Neck strap lug                      Neck strap lug
                                           Viewfinder lens
Film wind-on knob                                       Upper spool clamp
                                              Shutter setting    Shutter release                                                  lever
Picture taking lens
                                      Lower spool clamp
                                  Catch—move to O          FIG1                                                 to open camera
Before using the camera, attach the neck strap to the
lugs provided.
PUTTING A FILM  IN THE ILFOFLEX
Load  in the shade.
1.  Place the camera, lens-down on a flat surface and
slide the catch to O (for open). See Fig  2. Open the
back cover.
2. Make sure that the empty spool  is in the space at
the top of the camera. The spool-clamps are spring-
loaded and pull-out to allow you to insert the spools.
3. Unwrap the film (keep the wrappings) and pull a
short length clear of the spool, do not allow the film to
unwind.





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Red window
                                                                      4. With the shutter-setting lever at  'I' (instantaneous)
                                                              press the shutter release downwards, and the picture
                                                                                  is taken.
                                                                      5. Wind the film until the next number appears in the
                                                               red window.
                                                Empty     NOTE
                                                       spool      When the shutter setting lever is in the 'B' position, the
                                                                  shutter will be open for as long as the shutter release
                                                                                 is pressed down.
                                                Make sure that you return the lever to  (I)  after using
                                                             the (B) setting.
                                  FIG 2               TO REMOVE THE EXPOSED FILM
                                                                     1. Wind-on until the film is completely on the take-up4.  Insert the film spool in the camera as shown in Fig 2                                                              spool. (You will see the end of the film pass the redand push the tapered end of the paper into the long                                                    window).slot in the empty spool.
                                                                      2. Open the camera  in the shade and remove the
5.  Hold the film in this position, and turn the wind-on                                                         upper spool with the  film, by  pulling out the spool
knob in the direction of the arrow (marked on  it) until                                                          clamp.
the paper  is secure, close the cover and lock   it by                                                                     3. Secure the end of the film with the gummed strippushing the catch to L (lock).                                                    and re-wrap the film in its original wrapping.
6. Wind-on the film until you see markings in the red                                                                      4. Take  it to your Ilford dealer to be developed.
window. Now wind slowly until the figure 1 appears in
the window. You  are now ready  to take your  first
picture.
TAKING PICTURES WITH YOUR iLFOFLEX
Stand 6 feet.or more from the subject for best results.
1.  Hold  the  camera  at  waist  level  with  the  lens
pointing at the subject.
2. Remove the lens cap.
3.  Raise the viewfinder hood and compose the picture
on the viewing screen.                                 ILFORD LIMITED  ILFORD  ESSEX
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