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Kaligar Aux Lenses User manual
User manual for Kaligar Aux Lenses. 5 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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r IMUGAR AUXILIARY
. TETEPHOTO IENS
The auxiliary relephoto .leqs is placed over the
, froot of the carDera leos aod is beld io place by
meaos of the adapter riog supplied wisb it (always
specify the naoe, model and leos of your camera
wlren orderiag). Its use resultsin a moderate increase
io effective focal leog$ oagoifying aoy given objecr
by 2 areas, $ Iy, tioes liaear. This increase io
. focal length improve.s portraiture perspective W
providing a lafger ioage siz.e at a given distasce aod
by avoiding dis:orrioo caused by having the caoera
tm close ro [he subject. ]lediuo distance sporrs
€veots, distant sceoery, camera-shy subjects and
- s-mall obiects noroally requiring the camera to be
used at closer thao its nornal focusiag raoge, catall
be photographed witb ioprove.l p€rsp€crive rendirioo
>regd !{lqreased ioage size sith tlte Kaligar Auxiliary' felepboto Leos.
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|NIIGAR AUXII.IARY
WIDE ANG,I,E I.ENS
Tbe auxiliary wide angle leas is simply placed
over the ftont of tbe carnera lens asC is held in
postttoo by the acl,apter ring supplied for rbe specific
casrra ou which it is to be used. A wide aagle leos.,
tt givi'ng increased angle of coverage is al@sr iodis. --
peos'able.wheo sbooting io craoped quarrers, espe- !'
F cialli in group photography iodoors. For sweepiog
panotaoic photos of sceoery ourdoors, tbe side
angle lens has defioite applicati,oo. The use of the
auxiliary wi.le angle leos results in ao area iocreasq
of abont 75% as coopared vi6 de otcr:cr,yfrra1I leas used at t\e same distasce koa-d6 subiect.
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7oz ?eot Reaall*
Kaligar Auxiliary leoses will provide bighly
satisfactory results if the followiog factas are takeo
into consideratioo. Auxiliar', leoses cao oot be
uqd successfuIly with 35on cameras whose staod.
| lesses are faster than f:2; with cwio-ieus reflexes "rd Lirb close-up orcopy f :2.8 work; for extrere leoseslf-
witb or lenses than ttstaodard" focal length. of ocher.
I lhere is ateodeocy for auriliaryleoses to"vigaettet'
[\ or cut off coroers of the oegative area, especially ifit tbey are orouoted too far froo tbe froot surface of th,
, camera's prime lens or if they are used with the 43-
t- 45mm focal length lenses supplied oo sme 35on
cameras. The insertioo of filters betweeo the prime
aod auxiliary leoses oay result io oargioal image
cut-off by increasiog the distasce between the two
leoses. The same effect oay be ooticed s'hea prime
leoses are positiooed deep *'ithin their mouotiog
'barrel. Aoy cut-off that may result iocreases as the
leos diaphragm rr cl91e,f dowo torbe smaller a5rs-3-.
aures.-=-f", indximom tlEfinrrronanel r-magestrarpoe ss c/hen
usiog auriliary lenses, use leos opeoiogs f:4'5- or
(f .i, 115.9, tz8; f:ll, etc')' vheo softer apectures oay beI res.rlts"r"ir"t zrf,e-accePtable, larger leos
used.
TelePhoto llow to tocus '
r$ith the auriliary telephoto lens in place on the * tbe distaoce sc"le of the ptime leos should' 'b€".Jr.,seG at 0.6 tioes the actual subiect to camera
For example; of infinity' the erceptioo wicb..-"'- ii",*e, distance the camera distance ii 20 feet, ii L. 12'i '."u"i"g"ctu"lshould be serat l2feetbecause 20 r 0'6=
! lf de-acnral distasce is 5 feet, tbe camera is set at
t* i t.., as 5 r 0.6.= 3. Remenrber, when shootiog at
E: ioti"i y, howeYer, leave leos distaoce scale set at
infiaity.[. mio using a rqflel focusing camera' set distanceI
tU"tp.o *ia telepboto-lam-iq Pl1"t :o ""tiUary calllera.View original page 4Page 5 · Read text
How lo Forus - Wide Angle
The Kaligar Auxiliary wide angle leos has beCo
designed to permit a uoiversal setting for all dis-
tances berween 18 feer aod iofinity, by setting the
focusing scale of the camera at 'i feet. Wheo actual
shooting distance is closer than l8 feet, use camera
tettings as below:
Actuol Subiccr Comcro Sciling Conero Dislonce
l8 ft. . oo 4 tt.
l6 ft. 3'lo "
l2 fr. 3'6n
8 ft. l'2" 6 tt.
Note that for each foot of actual distaace less
than 18 feet, you set rhe camera at I iocb closer
- discance. These settiogs are only approximate bo- cause dre prime leos depeb of field iq-_greagy ia-
creased by the use of tbe auxiliary wide aagle lens. i
tlitb a leos aperrure of f :g aod camera disuace. -"1rl
lr-..s€rt..-.L . of J'6", all objgq,c_s bqqvc.eq tO fr. aad' iofiarlry will be io focus.
Read tlese iastructioos again carefully. If your
resulcs. are oot completely satisfactory, you have I
oot followed the directioos accutately. Good shootiog
a*J edded canrcra enjoymeot will be obtaioed wheo
Kaligar Auxiliary Leoses a-re properly used.
Kaligar Telephoto or wide Aogl.,Lfryg*.--
flsx Carneras aod other caoeras witb tayooit-T3.5
leoses. Complete wirh leather case. . . . List $19.95
Kaligar Telephoto or Wide Aogle Leqses for 35om
cane.ras. Cooplete with leatber case . . .. List $l 6.50
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