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Kodak B and W User manual
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- Kodak B and W
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- User manual
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- English
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- 37
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Your Kodak Pony IV is a fine quality miniature Camera with many
features* found only on more expensive cameras. Outstanding is its
handy, simple system of exposure-value settings-you merely select
the correct exposure-value number from the card on the back of the
camera; then, make two camera settings which equal this number.
Before making any important pictures - a trip or some special
event-shoot a magazine of film, including some flash pictures. This
will give you practice and provide an equipment check. If you have
questions, see your Kodak dealer.
Brief , outline instructions-intended for
those with preuious experience-are giuen
on the next four pages. These utill help to
KODA'K use the canlera quickly; for more detailed information, read further in the manual.
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v , CONTENTS
GAMERA KodakFilm 6
Loading 8
CameraSettings l3"Becauseof the doubleexposurepreven-
tion featureof this camera,it is necessary Takingthe Picture 20
to advancea frame of film each time be- FlashPictures 22
fore the shuttercan be released. PhotoAids 28
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COLOR FILMS Kodak Ektachrome Film
LikeKodachrome,EktachromeFilmproduces
K o d a c h r o m e F i l m lifelikecolortransparenciesfor projection
Forcolortransparencies,whichcanbe pro- or fromwhichcolorprintsandenlargements
jectedon a screenor from whichprintsor can be made.The speedof this film, how-
enlargementscan be made. ever,is fasterthanbothKodachromeFilms.
Two typesare available,(1) The Koda- You can processEktachromefilm yourself
chromeFilmwhichltas beensuppliedfor or haveit processedas describedbelow.
manyyears-(2)KodachromeII Film,which UseKodakEktachromeFilmfor Daylight
is faster,with improvedsharpnessand im- for exposurein daylight,and KodakEkta.
agequality.Eitherfilm,20 qr 36 exposures. chromeFilm,TypeF, for pictureswithclear
o Use KodachromeFilm'for Daylightfor flashbulbs.20 exposures.
daylightpictures.
o UseKodachromeFilm,"TypeF, for-flash l(odak High Speed
pictureswithclearbulb's. Ektachrome Film
With this new, extremelyfast color filmo UseKodachromeII Filmfor Daylightfor youcanstopactionin low illuminationand, both, at the sane time,get faithfulcolorrendi-
picturesin daylight tion with excellentdefinition.Availablein
andflashpictureswithblueflashbulbs. DaylightTypeandTypeB. 20 exposures.
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Kodacolor Falm BLAGK.AND.WHITE FILMS
Thecolorfilm for colorprintsor transpar-
KodakPanatomic-XPanchromatictilmencies.Exposethe sameroll of filmby day-
lightor clearflash.Seebelowfor process- Thefilm to usefor big enlargementswhen
ing. Enlargementsas large as 11 by 14 highfilm speedis not a factor.lt combines
inchescan be orderedthroughyour photo exceptionallyfine grainand the abilityto
dealer.20 exposures. recordextremelyfinedetail.20 or 36 expo-
sures.
KodakPlus-XPanchromaticFilm
An excellenthigh-speediilm for generalout-
Yourdealercanarrangeto havgtheabove doorand interiqruse.The low graininess
colorfilmsprocessedby Kodakor anyother and highresolvingpowerpermithigh-qual-
laboratoryofferingsuchservice.Somelabo- ity enlargements.20 or 36 exposures.
ratories,includingKodak,also providedi-
rectmailservicewherebyyou can mail ex- KodakTri-XFilm
posedcolorfilm to the laboratoryandhave An extremelyfast panchromaticfilm of
it returneddirectlyto you.Seeyourdealer moderatecontrast,wide exposureand de-
for the specialmailingdevicesrequired.Do velopmentlatitude,and color sensitivity
notmailfilmwithoutan overwrapor special suitablefoi.all typesof indoorandoutdoor
mailingdeviceintendedfor this purpose. illumination.20 or 36 exposures.
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Open the back of the camera by
pressing the LATCH in with the ball
of the finger and, at the same time, L O A D I N G
pushing the slide lock down. Swing
out the back and lift it off. L o a d i n s u b d u e d l i g h t o n l y -
2 Place the film magazine in the recess
next to the REwTNDr{Non by pushing
out the rewind knob shaft, as shown
in the illustration, far enough to al-
low the magazine to drop into place.
Turn the knob slightly if necessary.
3 fnsert the end of the film in the slot
in the take-up spool with the prN on
the spool engaging a hole of the film.
Turn the wrNDrNG r(NoB one full
turn to be sure that the film is bound
on the spool, and make certain that
the sprocket teeth engage the film
holes. If the winding knob should
lock, push the REwTNDLEVEn and re- LATC H
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4 Replace the camera back with the
wide flange in the wide slot. Hold
the back closed and pull up the slide
lock (bV attached neck strap) until
the latch snaps into position.
s=D Winding off film leader requires four
"lock-ups," as follows. (a) Turn the
winding knob in the direction of the
arrow until it locks. (b) Now, push
and release the lever marked RE-
wIND; then turn the winding knob
until it locks again. {i) Repeat this
procedure ( push and release lever
and turn knob) until the winding
knob locks for the f ourth time.
6 Turn the film counter, by its BUT-
ToN, in the direction of the arrow, to
0 for a 36-exposure rnagazine, or to
20 for a 2O-exposure magazine. The
counter moves one mark per pic-
ture and shows exposures remaining.
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Note: lf the mechanism
lockedin step No. 3, this BUTTON
is to be consideredthe
first of thefour"lock-uPS."
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After the 20th or 36th exposure, and
before the back of the camera is re-
moved, it is necessary to rewind the U N L O A D I N G
film into the magazine. - l n s u b d u e d l i g h t
To do rhis:
Press (toward the viewfinder) and
hold the REwTNDLEVER.
2 Continue holding the rewind lever Note:lt's wise to havethe film developed
and turn the npwrND r{Non in the di- soon after exposure.Alwayshavea new
rection of the arrow. .._ magazineof film on hand,so that you can = reloadyour.camera.
3 You will note that the winding knob
also turns. Rewind until the wind-
ing knob stops turning; then give a R E W I N D K N O B R E W I N DL E V E R
few extra turns to bring all of the
film into the magazine.
4 Remove the back; then pull out the
rewind knob. Turn the camera
over and let the magazine fall
into your hand.
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The exposure value is a number cor- responding to the amount of light EXPOSURE-\'ALUE SETTINGS necess aty for correct exposure of an average subject. Setting your lens opening and shutter speed by expo- sure values is the modern system. Exposure Cqrds-Supplied with your camera is a set of exposure cards- one for each of the 10 popular Kodak color and black-and-white films. One side of the card sho;vs exposure- value numbers for the five most com- mon outdoor lighting conditions; the other, the exposu4e values for flash shots, using diffr,rent lamPs at various subject distances. Slide into the holder on the back of the camera, the card which cor- responds to the film you are using. For convenience, an extra card can be stored in the holder. l 3View original page 16
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Seiling the Exposure - Foroutdoor*picturetaking.
Note the exposure-value number, on
the exposure card, directly under
the prevailing light condition.
Turn the knurled ring of the LENS-
oPENTNGscAr-,n and the knurled ring
of the srrUTTER-spEED scALE, until
the srun of a sHUTTER NUMBER and
LENS-oPENTNGNUMBER(read at in-
dex mark between scales) equals
the number noted on the exposure
card. The black dots=hetween lens-
opening numbers indicate r/2-stops. Forexample:lf the numbernotedon the expo-
If you wish to know what f/num- surelight cardTypewereexposed11.5under(Kodachromebright sunFilm,condi-Day- ber and shutter speed (in fractions tions),a shutternumberof 6 and a lens-open-
of seconds) have been "dialed" by ing numberof 5.5 (dot between5 and O),or
the exposure-value method, consult a shutternumberof 7 and lens-openingnum-
the scales (shown page lb, top) on ber of 4.5, or one of severalother combina-
the under side of the shutter housing. exposrire.tions.couldDobe setnotat theset indexin-betweenmarkforshutterproper
The finumber setting is important numbers.
for depth of field.
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For hqndy clasfqnce seffing. l hree
subject zones CLOSE-UPS,
GROUPS, and SCENES aie shown
with the distance figures on the lens DISTANG
mount. Rotate the lens rnount until
the diamond of the appropriate zone Settingthe
is opposite the distance'index mark. distancecontrolsoftheyoursharpnesspicture.
For example: The illustration shows
the diamond of the GROUPS zone
set at the index mark. This zone in-
cludes subjects at distances from
about 5y2 to about 14 feet. "-setting.
For coreful distqncer For
nearby objects, for all flash pictures,
and whenever lens-opening numbers
of 3.5 to 5 are set on q,thescale, esti-
mate the camera-to-subjectdistance *
carefully and rotate the lens mount
until the figure repr.esenting this
distance in feet is at the index.
*For mostcriticaldistancesetting,measurefrom
the subjectto the film plane.The film planeco- Carefuldistancesettingwith these
incidesapproximatelywith the back edge of the Lens-OpeningNumbers
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DEPTH OF FIELED
The subject focused on will be ing is set at f lS,read from the f/num-
sharpest in the picture. Other ob- ber scale underneath the shutter
jects in the picture, both in fnont of housing, the depth of field will be
and behind the subject, will also ap- from a little under 6 feet to about
pear sharp. The range..between the 2O feet. These distances were found
near and far distanceS that appears by looking opposite the red 8 on
sharp is known as the depth of field. each side of the focus-index mark.
The depth-of-field scale (see illus- The near and far distances for other
tration), printed in red, has two sets lens openings can be read directly
of identical lens-opening //numbers. opposite the other lens-opening
It is used like this: If your camera is l/numbers, which are arranged on
focused at I f.eet and the lens open- either side of the focus-index mark.
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Set the exposure-value number by
rotating the lens-opening ring and
the shutter-speed ring until the sum
of the two scale numbers, when read TAKING T P I G T U R E
opposite the index, equals the expo- Avoidcameramovement
sure-value number. i t h i sw i l l b l u rt h e p i c t u r e ,
2 Set the distance by rotating the lens
mount until the diamond of the ap-
propriate zone (or the actual dis-
tance) is opposite the distance index.
3 Cock shutter by pressing down the cocKrNG LEVER as far .as it will go.
4 Using one of the illustrations oppo-
site as a guide, look through the
viewfinder and compose the picture.
Hold the camera steady and slowly
press the shutter release all the way
down with a Squeezing action.'i' \.lf !0u1.cannotpress the shutter release,turn
/ the win'dingknobto advancea new frameof film.
5 Advance film for next picture by
turning the winding knob in the
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Flash pictures, with your Kodak
Pony IV Camera, are as easily made
as pictures in daylight. The Kodak
flasholders described below are rec- FLASH PICTURES
ornmended for your camera.
The Kodqlite Sup€r-M 40 Flqsholder Attach a flasholder to the
is supplied complete with inter- camera by inserting the posts
changeable 4-inch and 3-inch reflec- of the flasholder in the flash
tors for greatest efficiency with No. receptacles on the "rewind
5, No. 25, or M-2 lamps. end" of the camera; then tight-
The Kodqk Rotory Flqsholder,Type I en the flasholder knob.
features rapid-sequencb Iamp firing.
Six M-2 lamps are preloaded in the
magazine and advanced, one at a
time, to firing positiofr ,by rotating
the turret. CAUTI0N:Do not attachor remove
a flashholderwith a new lamp in
The Kodqk Supermite Flqsholder the socket.
(not illustrated) gives full flash pow- , a '
er with the extra-small AG-1 flash
lamps.
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From the correct exposure card on
the back of the camera, select, under
the number representing the lamp- Y
to-subject distance in feet, the prop- TO MAKE FLASH PIGTURES
er exposure-value nuirber. This
number will be read opposite one of For example: with Kodachrome
the lamp groups, depending on which Film,Type F, at a lamp-to-subject
lamp is being used distanceof 10 feet,withNo.5 or
7 25 lamps,theexposure-valuenum-
2 Set the . selected exposure-value ber wouldbe 11.5.
number on the front of the camera
as follows: (a) Set the shutter-numberscale
so that 5 (L/30 second)is at the
3 Set the distance scal6. by rotating index,mark. The shutter number
the lens mount until the number must alwaysbe set at 5 for flash
representing the lamp-to-subject dis- pictures with photoflash lamps.
tance in feet is at thq index. (b) Set the lens-opening-number
4 Cock the shutter. scalenumbersoandthatthethe shutter-speedlens-opening
5 Compose the picture in the finder. number(5),at the indexmark,add up to the selectedexposure-value
6 Press the shutter release all the way number.
down to take the picture.
Advance the film.
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S O M E B L E S
Comerq moyemenr-The whole picture 4 Cluttered bockgrounds - Trees, wires,
is blurred. It happens when you poles - steal interest from subject.
"punch" the shutter release. Stand Look beyond the subject before you
steady; hold your breath, and release shoot; if background is bad, change
the shutter with a squee ziryg action. camera position, or move the subject.
2 Subiect moyement - Prodflcels a differ- 5 Subiecr out of focus - You get fuzzy
ent effect than camera movement - pictures when the camera is too close
everything but your subject is sharp. to the subject or, if you have set the
Snap fast-moving subjqcts at high distance setting wrong.
shutter speeds. 6 lens obscured - You'll get a picture
3 Dirty lens - Your camera can't see like this if your neck strap is in front
through a dirty lens. Keep it clean; it of the 1"4p. Just learn to handle your
pays. I-Ise Kodak Lens Cleaning Pa- camera s0 that your strap or fingers
per and Kodak Lens Cleaner. don't get out in front.
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KodakPonylV FieldCase oToVAIDS
Thistop-grainleathercasecombinespractical
protectionwith drop-awayfront convenience.
A retainingscrewfits the tripod socketand
holds the camera securely in its case. A
strap in the top storesexposure-valuecards.
2 KodakSlideProjectors to color picturestaken in the open shadeor
TheKodak500 Projector,ModelB (illustrated), on overcastdays.A KodakEaylightFilterfor
and the KodakCavalcadeProjectorare com- KodakType F CotorFilms(No. 85C)converts
pact, portable,ruggedlybuilt projectorsthat indoor(TypeF) colorfilms for outdooruse.A show color slidesbig, brigtrt,and sharp.The KodakDaylightFilter for KodakType B Color rr500"
is equippedwith Readymaticslide Films (No. 85B) convertsType B color films
changeror a choiceof two other changers. for outdooruse.Thereare also KodakFilters
The Cavalcadeis completelyautomatic.Just for black-and-whitefilms. turn it on, and it does the rest- changes
slidesautomatically. 4 Otherlens A.ttachments
9 KodakFilters KodakextendPortrathe camera'sLenses,picture-taking2t, and 3f range, Seriesdown5,
The retainingring on the lens mount of the to 8t/e iriches,lens-to-subjectdistance,with
cameraunscrewsto accept Series5 Kodak an appro)timatefield size of 4s/axGt/z inches.
Filters and other lens attachments.Use a A KodakLensHood,Series5, excludesunde-
KodakSkylightFilter (No. 1A) to add warmth sirableside-lightfrom the cameralens.
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5 KodaslideCompartmentFile 7 KodakPublications
It's easy to find your color slides in this Kodakpublicationscovera multitudeof sub-
sturdy,a ll-metaI fi ling system.This fi le has jects;and if you are the usualphotohobbyist,
twelve swing-outcompartmentsthat hold as youwill wantto collecta photographiclibrary.
manyas 240 cardboardor 96 glass-mounted "Howto MakeGoodPictures,"for example,
slides. is perhapsthe most famousand popularpic-
6 Kodaslide400 File Box theture-takingkeys tobooksnapshotof all time.success,In it youbasicwilldark-find
It's styledlike a booftfor convenientbookcase room advice,etc.
storage.This file box holds up to 400 card- YourKodakdealerwill be gladto showyou
boardor 176 glassslideswhichare storedin this and other inexpensivebookson photog-
16 Kodaslideboxes for handy slide-group raphy.
fi ling. a KodakEktachromeProcessingOutfit,35mm = (not illustrated)
This outfit includesthe KodakDay-LoadTank
and all riecessaryequipmentand suppliesfor
processingyour own 35mm EktachromeFilm.
No darkroomrequired,either.
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V
GARE OF T H E C A M E R A
Your Kodak Pony Camera is rug- coating applied to all air-glass sur-
gedly built, and a fine precision in- faces. This increases light transmis-
strument; so protect it from dust and sion and decreases internal reflec-
dirt and avoid rough handling. Use tions, thus improving the brilliance
a rubber syringe to blow out any of black-and-white pictures and the
dust that may be inside.the camera. color purity of Kodak color films.
If any of the lenses freed cleaning, Do not attempt to make any repairs
first brush or blow away any grit or or remove any parts from the shut_
dust. Wipe the Surface gently with ter, lens, or camera. Never oil the
Kodak Lens Cleaniirg Paper. If shutter or any parts of the camera.
moisture is needed, use Kodak Lens If you find that service is necessary,
Cleaner. return the camera to your Kodak
The tinted appearance of the lens dealer who will have repairs made
is due to Lumenizing-aspecial hard Iocally,.'or send it to Kodak.
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G}GIIARAIYTEE %
Within a year after purchase, any repairs necessary
to this Kodak Ponj IV Camera due to a defect in ma-
terials or workmanship will be made or, at our option,
the camera will be replaced without charge. No other
warranty or guarantee, express or implied, shall be
should be sent directly or through a Kodak dealer to
Eastman Kodak Company or a repair firm authorized,
by us to make suph repairs. rt should be accompanied
by a description of the trouble encountered and other
avaiiable information regarding the camera, includ-
ing the date and place of purchase.
,,;
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochesrbr4, N. y.
PT. NO. t 48883
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