KINOX Super Automat meter User manual

KI]IOX SUPER AUIOilAT
    VER,Y SENSITIVE GaS EXPOSURE METER,



Designed ond produced by the monufocturer speciolized in production of  electric ex-
posure meters with long history ond high technique, KINOX SUPER AUTOMT is o
codmium sulfide exposure meter of high sensitivity. By combinotion of high sensitive
CdS cell ond equidistont lineor scole of meter reoding, this is o hondy ond powerful
exposure meter for precise meosurement of light in wide ronge by very simple operotion.
All moteriols used for the meter ore of the best quolity for long ure.


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0ulstonding feotures of the meter:      I                                   -
By virtue of high sensitive property of CdS, the meter hos o remorkoble performonce
in meosurement of light covering wide ronge.
Its meqsuring copocity is 128 times lorger thqn thot of conventionol exposure meters.
It mokes possible to meosure very foint light.
Being provided with o built-in bottery tester, errors in  meosurement due to voltoge
drop of the bottery will not occur.
The CdS cell put inside of the body is tightly seoled up in o speciolly processed  gloss
tube for prevention ogoinst deteriorotion of its performqnce over o long time.
The meon ongle of field of vision of the light occeptonce window is designed 30" wide
which minimizes errors in meqsurement.
Being provided with scoles for reoding Frome/sec. for cinecomeros, film sensitivity (,AS,A
& DIN), ond light volue, it enobles everybody meosure precisely the time for optimum
exposure.
The meter meosures both incident light ond reflected light.  Incident light meosurement
is used to detdrmine the exposure time by meosuring light on the subiect, ond reflected
light meosurement is for light reflected from the subiect to the comero.
The follow-needle system of the meter mokes the precision meosurement of lighf very
eosy by simple operotion.

Description of Ports

   Bright light ottochment
   Incident light ottochment
   Light occeptonce window
  EVS volue
   F-stop vo lue
   Push- butto n
  Frome second for Cinefilm
   Shutter speed
   Film speed ; ASA, DIN
    " LOW " indicotor
    " HIGH " indicoior
   Needle
   Atlochment holder
  Zero odiusier
   Bottery tester push-button
   Dio I peg
  Green o reo bo nd
   Externol rototion ring
  EVS indicotor
   Bottery inlet

Set the film speed either  in ASA or DIN of the film
lcoded in the comero ot the V mork (9) by rototing
the diol with peg (16).

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    o) Meosuremenl of dlm llght (lndoor)
        Direct the light occeptonce window (31 right to the subiect from the comero position, ond
      press gently the push-button (6). The needle (12) moves ond comes to still corresponding
      to the intensity of reflected light under meosuremeut.
       Rotote externol rototion ring (18), ond set "LOW" indicotor mork {l0l on thc diol ot
      the needle position. In this stote, oll flgures of F-stop (51, shutter rpeed (8), for correcl
      exporure to be given to the looded film will be reod simultoneously.
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b) Meosurement of bright reflected light (outdoor)
When the needle (12) swings over lhe green oreo bond (17) in meosurement of light in the
                                                                                 occepto ncemonner os described obove, put the bright light ottochment (l) on the light
window (3). Reod required figures, in this cose, ofter setting the needle (12) of " HIGH "
indicotor  (l  | ).

Put the incident light ottochment (2) on the lighl occeptqnce window. Meocure the light
      from ihe porition of the rubicct directing the meter right ongle to the comero.
           lf thc needle (12) swings lorge going over lhe green oreo bond (171, put the bright lighf
       ottochment (l) on top of the incident light ottochment (2).  ln this cose, the "HIGH"
        indicotor {llf    il to be used for motching the needle (12).  lt ir importont thot the incident
         light ottochment (2) should olwoys be used flrst, ond meoture light in the order or obovc
      mcntioned. Otherwise, the meosurement moy foll inoccurole.
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For ihc comcro3 wilh sctling dcvicc for lighr voluc,
meo3urc lhc lighr in the monner os deccribcd in thc
prcccding porogrophs. Reod EVS figures (4|, ond
sct thc comcro occordingly.





Mcorurc the lighr in ihe 3ome woy oforcsoid.
Rcod figurec of Frome/second for cincflm (71, ond
ret the comero occordingly ot F-stop voluc (51.
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Thir mefhod is in generol Proctice
     for shooting londscopes ond scene-
    ries. For meosurement of light bY
     this method, direct the oecePtonce
    window of the meter to the subiect
    or 3cene from lhe comero Position,                                                                                             **#.     pointing the window slightly down'
   word to ovoid light from skY which
   moy give infloted volues ond oPt
    to couse underexposure. This is o
    convenient method ond suitoble for
    shooting o subiect under the light   .
    where the controst belween light
    ond shodow ic not shorp. However,
       it is not recommendoble for shoot'
    ing principol subiect with bock-
   grounds like  bright londscoPe,
    beoch, or open sky. Neither re-
   commcndoble for shooting smoll
     subiect.
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When there exists pronounced controsr between bright light ond dork
shodow on the subiect, toke two reodings, one for bright port ond the
other for shodow port. The meon volue of these two reodings will
give optimum exposure time.
Coution hos to be token in shooting with color film the subiects of
strong controst which is over I :4.  As the lotitude of color film is
within the ronge of I :4, it is difiicult to obtoin good result whsn the
controst of light on the subiect is beyond I :4 rotio.





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The life of the mercury bottery will lost for obout one
yeor used ueder normol condition. For tesiing the life
of bottery, press the bottery tesier push-button (15) on
the bqck of the meter. When the needle (12) is in the
green oreo (17) the bottery is good. For replocement
of bottery, toke ofi the cover of the bottery inlet (20)
turning it gently with o coin or q screw driver. Core
should be token to put the new bottery without mistoke
of "plus; minus" morkt.




It moy hoppen thot the needle does not sioy precisely
ot Zero point when the light occepionce window is com-
pleiely covered shutting out light from outside.
ln such o cose. cover the window not to let light into
the window, ond turn the Zero odiuster (14) to left or
right gently until the needle comes to the precise Zero
position.
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