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Kaligar Aux Lenses
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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.
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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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