Iloca RAPID I, IL, IIL User manual

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J  he following poges will moke you fomilior
    witholl thedetoilsof your JLOCA RAPID.
   Therefore pleose reod these instructions core-
    fully to be sure of the purpose ond operotion
   of the vorious controls of ony time.
   Once you ore fully fomilior with the hondting
    of the comero your very first film roll will show
   wonderful results.

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 l.  Film type indicotor ond setting  14. Aperture setting ring
    knob                         15. Shift lever-for deloyed oction
 2. Rewind knob ond opening of        releose
   comero bock                         16. Rewind releose button
 3. Rongefinder window             17. Setting Mork for exposure volue
 4. Film counler                          18.  Exposure volue scole
 5. Accessory clip                    19. Flosh contoct
 6. Viewfinder window             20. Hondle for speed ond operture
 7. Body ond csble releose             coupling
 8. Film speed setting               21. Shutter speed scole
 9. Ropid winding                  22, Film spool
10. Exposure volue scole            23. Film geor
11 . Exposure meter                 24. Setting wheel for film counter
12, Focusing ring ond - scole        25. Film cortridge
13. Depth of field ring              26. Viewfinder eyepiece

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  For.your JLOCA RAPID you moy use ony 35 mm block
 ond while or color film roll ol'20 resp.'36 exposures.
 TOADING THE CAMERA
 Never lood in. dozzling light!
 To open lhe comero,.pull.rewind knob (2) oll lhe woy
  oul. unlil il stops, ond slighlly turn it to ihe riqht. Thi;
  will releose fhe unlocking device for rhe .o.Eto bock
 which con eosily be removed. Now inserl firm cortrid- ge         lhe chomber (25.) provided for lhis purpose     .info
 ond drow film ocross width'of comero unlo lhe toke-
 up spool. Insert end of film in rhe iur-our. should
 lhe cul-ouf nol be visible lhe spool con eosily be lurn-
                                                                                     is :9i"  lhe,position desired when ropid winding (9) operoted
 Yh.l now operoling lhe ropid winding (9) once, lhe film is engoged to lie strelched on th6 *idtt, oi th"
 comero. Moke sure lhot this is ocluolly lhe cose ond
 thot fhe. fj.!m ge91 Q3) fully engoges the perforotion.
   f hen sel lhe red figure "35" on lhe film counter win-
 dow (4). by. turninglh" ggor (2a) which is visible be_
 tween the lower edge of the top prote onJ tti"  til,.nwith comero bock opened
\".*  put- comero bock in of rhe cornered side to theright ond close by.slightly.pressing the left hond side;
o clicking noise indicotes'thot  it isTocked in ploce.
Then ocluote the ropid winding (9) until it stops ond
returns to its iniliol posilion. Re-leoie (7). when wind-ingono|her|imethefigure,,|',oppeois.inlhecounter>
window (4). Now you ion loke your first pi.iri..

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}YINDING
While operoling fhe ropid winding.(9) y-ou..ocluole
lwo funclions slmullqneously, viz. film winding ond
shuller cocking.  ll is, lherefore, necessory.lo s-queeze
lhe lever smSothly, however nol forcibly, forword
 until it slops ond then ollow lo snop bock lo its initiol
position. if of lhe end of the film you con no longer
iqr..t.  the winding lever oll the woy forword, pleose,
niver try by force 6r it might hoppen lhof.you would
leor lhe'film from the mog'ozine spool of the cotrid-
ge. lt would no longer be possible then lo rewind ond
l-he.o."ro could only be unlooded in the dork room.
lmmediotely ofter looding lhe comero, sel the DIN
or ASA figure of your film lype indicolor (1). Use the
block figures for block ond white film ond the red
figures for color lilm so os lo be olwoys reminded o{
the film lype you ore iusl using in your comero.
EXPOSURE METER                     *a9,zt
After selting the film type indicolor pleose olso sel
the film speed on fhe DIN/ASA ring of lhe exposure
meter (8). For lhis purpose you only need lo sel lhe
triongle morked with DIN resp. ASA to lhe film speed
required by you. Now no more selling on lhe ring (8)
is necessory. When buying color films we would sug-
gesl lo osk your photo deoler whelher lo sel the film
speed indicoted on lhe film-pock or o lower volue.

PRACTICE
Hold the comerq in lhe direclion of the subjecl lo be
phofogrophed. Reod lhe exposure volue from lhe de-
fleclion of index obove lhe chonnel ond sel lhis volue
on lhe shuller. When sligfhly pressing in lhe hondle

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for speed ond operlure coupling (20) you cqn move
  lhe operlure setling ring (la) bylurning  it lo qnd fro.
 Now set fhe exposure volue (red figuie), which you
 hqve leod off, opposite lo lhe mork (red dot resp. red  triongle) for the exposure volue (17i.
  Affe.r selling of the exposure votue figure on lhe shul-
 er lhe correcl exposure lime is oulomEricolly olloched
 lo lhe resp. operture or the correct operllre to rhe
 exposure lime wonfed.
 wlh.very brighl subjecls the lid of the exposure meler
  (11.) is        _closed. In lhis conneclion lhe block exposure
 vqlue figures refer. lf the defleclion of index corinol
 cleorty. be distinguished open the lid of the meosuring
 ronge.(L1); now the red exposure volue figures on lhJ
 scole (10) refer.
 Wilh brighl londscopes don't poinl lhe exposure meler
 loo much lowords lhe brighl sky buf incline the comero
 slighlly.
 Pleose nole fhe following rules:
 1) Spore brighl sky-light by inclining the comero.
 2l   WL"l meosuring in sunlight shode exposure meter       (l I ) iust os usull with t-he lens of th't-comero.
 3) In cose of doubt use shorr ronge meosuremenr of
    lhe.most imporlont point of rhe lubjecr to be roken
   or incident-light meosuremenl *hi.h should be
    preferred for snow or ogoinst-the-lighl piclures.
SI{ORT RANGE MEASUREMENT OF SUBIECT
 lf the fr9m.9 o_f piclure lo be loken shows vorious pict-
ure porls thol ore.considerobly conlrqsling in brighl-
ness use the so-colled shorl ronge meosuremenf.
F.or lhol purpose meosure os precisely os possible the
dorkest ond the brightest porl of ihe bicture ond
choose for exposure lime for'piclure roking thol volue

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ler speed foble.
Exomple: brighlesl volue: 1/rzs sec.
          dorkesl volue: r/s S€c.
           correcl volue for lhis piclure: t/so sec.
L|GHT MEASUREMENT I|ND|CENI-LIGHT MEASURE-
MENTI
ls mode use of where subjecl, bockground ond sur-       1
roundings ore exlremely conlrosting. One meosures
the light thot is folling on the subjecl lo be loken. To
meosJre the light, ploie the smoll opol plote thot goes
with the comero, before the honey-comb shoped win-
dow or before lhe closed lid (11) ond lhen meqsure in
the opposite direcfion, lrom subjecl to comero.
FOCUSING
Eslimole or meosure the disfonce you ore owoy from
ihe subjecl lo be photogrophed. Then lurn the focus-
ing ring (12) unfil the distonce found by you oppeors
opposilelo lhe redquodrongle onthe deplh of field
ring (13).
                                            1Wilh lhe comero wilh coupled rongefinder lurn fhe
focusing ring (12) while looking lhrough the finder. By
lurning the ring fhe smoll reflecled picfure is pushed
inlo lhe slroighl seen finder picfure until it coincides.
Thus lhe distonce is exoclly focuscd.

www.butkus.us Exomple: Seffing lo operlure 8

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The exomple given obove shows you thot when
 setting to operture 8 ond to o distonce of ll'the
depth of focus ronge reoches from 8'4" to l5'.
NEAR POINT AND FAR POINT SETTING
You will  f ind o red lriongle ond o rhomb on lhe focus-
in9 ring (12).
NEAR POINT: Line up the red lriongle,
                                dePrh of fierd            lh';f.'|3}?;nrl^"
               since you hove set the exposure volue
           on lhe shutler before, lhe correcl ex-
              posure lime is oulomolicolly sel. You
                                                     ex-                    '   then hove o deplh of field ronge             tending from 8'4" to 15' (pleose see
           obove exomple).
              This is o slondord selting for loking
                piclures of individuols ond groups.
FAR POINT: Jusl proceed in lhe some monner bul
             equolly olign lhe red rhomb of the
               focusing ring wilh the red rhomb o{ the
              depth of field ring ond wifh operlure 8;
               the exposure volue hoving been sel on
               lhe shuller before, lhe correcl exposure
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lime is olso set oulomolicolly. You
                    then hove o depth of field ronge reoch-
                    ing from 17'                    corres-                                       -to .infinily_which                 ponds lo o slqndord selling for lond-
                     scopes.
,b   When your counler indicoles lhol the 36lh exposure     hos been lqken resp. your ropid winding is blocked
     holf-woy yoqr film is finished.
      Pleqse, nevel lry lo forcibly squeeze the ropid wind-
  i     ing forword.
l    Now lhe exposed film musl be rewound first into ils
      corlridge before you con remove  il from lhe comero.
      Pull rewind knob (2) oul for obl. rft inch. unlil you ieel
    q resislonce!
     Stop pulling ss ofherwise lhe ccmero bock would
     oPen.
     At  f he some  f ime press rewind releose bulton (16). By
     lurning lhe rewind knob lo lhe right you con eosily
     rewind lhe film into ils corlridge while keeping lhe
     rewind releose bullon (16) presled in.
   When your counler indicoles "35" ogoin (it counts
     bockwords) pull rewind knob (2) oll thL woy oul ond
     os soon os you hove removed the bock you loke lhe
     corlridge out of the comero.