Kalimar reflex 120 twin lens User manual

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SPECIFICATIONS
Type                           2'/ox2'/0" (6 x 6cm) Reflex Comero
Lens                     Twin Lens 75 mm F:3.5, with 75mm F:2.8 viewing lens
Film type                120 formot
Opficol conslruclion  3 elements in 3 groups
Self-limer                l0 seconds
Hot Shoe             X contoct
Flosh synchronizolion  All shutter speeds
Shutfer                Metol blode leof type
Shutter speed                  I fo I/300 seconds plus "B"
Shutter releose        Mechqnicol
Film odvqnce            Circulor orm type
Exposure counler      Window type with outo reset
Viewfinder             Woist level with mognified viewer, plus eye level
Finish                     Non-reflective block
Size                        51A x 33/o x 3t/2" , 14 x 9.5 x 9cm
Weight                  34.5 o2.,966 groms


                                                                .:IMPORTANT:
l. Alwoys odjust the shutter speed before roloting the film odvonce
  cronk (cocking fhe shutter).
2. Do nol slore lhe comero with the film odvonce cronk rototed (with
  the shutter cocked) or the self-timer engoged.

FIIM TOADING
Use 120 formof film. Alwoys lood ond unlood film in subdued
light (never in direct sunlight).
 l. Unlock fhe bqck cover by pushing the bock cover sofety
   releose (20) in while lurning the bock cover locking
   wheel (21 ) counterclockwise.
2. Open fhe bock cover. Pull out the lower film spool releose
   (16) ond move fhe empty spool to fhe upper chomber.
    Insert ihe poper tope seoled film into the lower film chom-
    ber, with the right side of the spool entering in firsf.
1 Once the film spool is oll the woy correctly info the chom-
   ber lhe lower film spool releose (16) will spring bock
   towords the comero body, lhereby securing the roll.
4. Next pull oul the upper film spool releose (17), which will
   ollow you fo inserl the empty foke-up spool info the upper
   film chomber. Insert the right side of the spool firsf. Agoin
  once the film spool is oll the woy correctly inlo the chom-
   ber, the upper film spool releose (17) will spring bock
   towords the comero body.
5. Now remove the poper lope seol from the end of the film,
  ond extend fhe end of the film (or film leoder) into the
   long horizonlol open slof on the upper film toke-up spool.
   The film should be evenly posifioned between the lwo red
   index morks.

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FRAMING
Lift open the viewfinder housing (l) os indicoted by
the orrow. View by looking down into lhe viewfinder
housing (l). Note thot the imoge seen on the
viewfinder focusing screen  is o mirror imoge.
Direcl Frqme Viewing
Direct frome viewing is helpful when toking pictures
of moving objects by viewing directly through the
viewfinder housing  (l ).
After focusing, push the viewfinder front ponel (2)
inwords, os indicofed by the orrow, so thot  it swings
into the viewfinder housing (l) ond locks inlo ploce.
Now view lhrough lhe smoll squqre opening locoted
on lhe bock of the viewfinder housing.
To relurn bock fo normol downword viewing, push
genlly ogoinst fhe two hinged oreos on the side of
fhe viewfinder housing (l). The viewfinder fronl ponel
(2) will pop bock to ils originol position.

SETTINO THE SHUTTER SPEED
The shutter speed confrols lhe durotion of time in
which lighf reoches the film. lf the shutter speed con-
trol (10) is set to o higher numbet (i'e., moved from
60 to 125), the qmounf of exposure (or lighf reoching
fhe film) will be reduced by holf.  lf il is sel fo o lower
number (i.e., moved from I25 to 60), the omount of
exposure will be doubled. The numbers "1," "2'"
...'300' on fhe shutter speed lever represenl  1, 1/2, or
 I /300 second, ond the letter "8" is for bulb exposure.
To set fhe shutter speed, slide the shutter speed con-
trol (10) fo lhe setting you wonl, opposile the index
morkings on lhe pholo lens housing (8).
"8" Selling Exposure
The "B" setting is used for long lime exposures of  I
second or longer. To use, slide the shutter speed con-
frol (10) to the "B" (bulb) position. When you press
down on the shutter releose button (7), the shutler
will remoin open os long os the shutter releose bul-
ton (7), is depressed. To prevenl comero shqke,
olwoys mount the comero on o lripod ond trip lhe
shutter wilh o coble releose.



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DEPTH OF FIETD
The depth of field is the zone of occeptoble
focus, or whot portions of the bockground
ond foreground will be in focus in your
picture.
The depth of field is controlled by the size of
the lens operture or F-stop setting. The
smoller the operture, the greoter the depth
of field. When you focus on o moin subject,
different ports of the bockground ond fore-
ground will olso be in focus, depending on
how much depth of field you hove. You con
control the depth of field by chonging the
operture size, Alwoys odjust the shutfer
speed to ensure correct exposure.
Using lhe Depfh of Field Scole
The ronge of the depth of field con be colculoted by look-
ing of the depth of field scole (18). For exomple,  if the object
you ore focusing on is 5 meters owqy (16.5 feet), qnd the
operture on the comero is set to F:l l, then the ronge of your
depth of field will be opproximotely 3 meters to l5 meters
(9.9 feet to 49.5 feet). Or for exomple,  if the object you ore
focusing on is 4 meters owoy (13.2 feet), ond the operture  is
set of F:22,then the ronge of the depth of field would be
opproximotely 2.25 meters to infinity (7.5 feet to infinity).

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SE[F.TIMER
lf you wont fo include yourself in fhe picture, mounl the
comero on o fripod ond lrip lhe shutter with the oid of the
self-timer.
l. First focus the lens, ond set fhe correct exposure.
2. Push the selFfimer (5) down until  il is in the locking
   position.
3. Depress lhe shutter releose butlon (7). The self-fimer will
    storf, ond  it will kip the shutter in opproximotely l0 sec-
   onds giving you time to get info the picture.
The self-limer con olso be used in speciol coses where o
slow shutter speed is required, but o coble releose is nof
ovoiloble  (i.e., shutter speeds under l/30th of o second).
Use o lripod or other firm support fo ovoid comerq shoke,
ond use the self-fimer os described obove. This will ovoid
comero shoke coused by your finger fripping the shutter
releose button (7).

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EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
 lf there is o significont difference in brightness between the
moin subject ond its bockground you will not be oble to get
even exposures when metering correctly. In these situotions
exposure compensqtion (or overexposure) moy be necessory.
Toking Bocklighted Subjects
lf you ore toking o bocklit subject or if o bright bockground
occupies o lorge oreo of the picture frome (i.e. portroits with
o bright sky, seo in the bockground, or subjects stonding in
front of sunshine coming through o window, etc.) your moin
subject will turn out underexposed or too dork. In such coses
increose your exposure (or overexpose) so thqt the mqin sub-     correclly exposed
ject is exposed correctly.
Exomple:
lf your seperote exposure meter or exposure chort indicotes
F:16 of  I l25O second, to get correct exposure moke overex-
posure compensotion with either one or both of the following:
l. Compensote with the operture control (4). For lX exposure
   compensotion, move the operture from F:16 to F:l L For 2X,
  move the operture control (4) from F:16 to F:8.
2. Compensote with the shutter speed control (10). For 1X expo-
   sure compensotion, move the shutter speed control (10) from
   11250 second to l/125 second.For 2X, move the shutter
  speed control (10) from 11250 second to l/60 second.                                                             underexposed

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FILM UNTOADING
After your finol picture hos been loken, continue to lurn lhe
film odvonce cronk (13) unlil lhere is no more tension on
the odvonce cronk (13). This indicotes thof fhe film is now
fully wound onto the loke-up spool. Open the bock cover
(22), using lhe some procedure os shown on poge 4, in the
section on film looding. With the bock cover now open,
remove the roll of film by pulling out fhe upper film spool
releose (17), by litting up on fhe lett side of the film spool
first. With the film out of the comero, now seol the roll by
opplying moisture to the odhesive tope, ond wropping  it
oround the roll, lhereby seoling  il closed. Be sure lo keep
the film wound tightly during this seoling process to ovoid
light enfering lhe film. Toke the film to your locol processor
immediotely to ovoid color shifts.