Kodak close range viewfinder User manual

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Window for the    Foot of
Ronge Finder      the Finder



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KODAK CTOSE RANGE AND VIEW FINDER  \
The Kodqk Close Ronge ond View Finder is o combined   )q
ronge finder ond porollox-correcting view finder for use
oi close lens-to-subiect distonces when the Kodqk Auxi-
 fiory Lenses N l, N ll, ond N lll ore used wilh Kodok
Retino ll qnd llo Comeros. The ronge finder is of the super
posed imoge type. Pole filters within the ronge finder
provide increosed controst belween the spot (light yel-
low) ond ihe view finder field (light blue-violet). The
odiusting wheel hos lhree seporole scoles on it  lo
indicote which ouxiliory lens qnd which comero lens
focusing scqle selting lo use. Note: The comero connot
be closed when the ouxiliory lens is on the comero.

ATTACHING
To ottoch the Close Ronge ond View Finder lo the
comero, slide lhe foot of the finder inlo the occessory
clip on lhe top of the cqmero. The lwo reclongulor
opertures should be toword the cqmero lens ond the
single round operlure should be toword the bock of fhe
comerq. Moke sure lhot the finder is pushed oll the woy
into lhe clip ond thot oll the gloss surfoces ore cleon.

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ollel to the edge, one wifh two lines, ond one with three
       lines. lf the index is opposite the scole with one line,
     use o Kodok Auxiliory lens N I over the comero lens;
     lwo lines, use qn N ll lens; lhree lines, use on N ill  lens.
     screw the proper ouxiliory rens on rhe comerq tens. The
      lenses ore idenlified by one, rwo ond three lines engro-
     ved on lhe edge of their mounting rings.
 T     4. Note the reoding on the scole. The figures on the
     scqles indicote rhe proper comero lens focusing scole
                                                          There- I     settins !+.      fore, set lhe comero lens@espond
     with the reoding on rhe close Ronge qnd view Finder
      scole. lf the index is belween two morked selfings, the
     proper setting of the comerq lens focusing scole con be
     estimoted with sufficient occurocy. (The relotive spocing
    of lhe morked settings on the Close Ronge ond View
     Finder scoles ond rhose on the comero lens focusing
     scole is lhe some.)
     5. Set lhe lens opening, shulfer speed, qnd cock lhe
t,l   5.shuller.look through lhe eyepiece of lhe Close Ronge ond
   View Finder ot the subiect. DO NOT rfnOVt THE
    ADJUSTING WHEEL bur move rn" ffi+    ffitwo               netas or" ogoin in coincidence.
     Then, trip the shulter fo moke lhe exposure.

is       lf the cqmer<l is mounted on q tripod, lhe procedure
                                                            posilionI   lhe sqme 1;s obove excepl thot, since the cqmero
     is fixed, it will ngt be necessqry to move the cqmer11 to
     reeslqblish coincidence in fhe close Ronge qnd view
    Finder fields. Slep 6, in this cose, is simply moking fhe
    exposure. lt would be well, however, lo check lo see
     thqt the comero hqs not been moved qnd thot lhe subiect
     is  still properly cenlered ofler plocing the quxiliory
     lens on the cqmero, selling the focusing qnd lens open-
    ing scoles, ond cocking the shulter
   HINTS FOR PICTURE.TAKING
  WITH KODAK AUXILIARY IENSES
    NOTE: KodEk Ar,rxillory Lenses N l, N ll, ond N lll  ore
                                                                                      1 +, 2*,       to be confused with Kodqk Porlrq Lenses    ond".t 3+. Kodqk Portro Lenses qre not of the sqme focql
    length ond lherefore c o n n o I be used with the Kodok
    Close Ronge ond View Finder.





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Th" use of Kodok Auxiliory Lenses does not.!ryoffect fhe exposure. Therefore, use the some exposure
thot you would use without on quxiliory lens.
Lens Opening. For best resulls, use o lens opening of
fB or smoller. At short lens-lo-subiect dislonces, the
depth of field or ronge of occeptoble shorpness  is
limited. Using o relotively smoll lens opening will help
lo increqse the ronge of shorpness of obiecls in front of
ond behind the point focused on. The smoller lhe lens
opening, the greoter the depth of field. lf it is desiroble
to minimize lhe ronge of shorpness, use o lens opening
of t15.6.
Shutter Speed. For hond-held exposures, use o shulter
speed of Uroo second whenever possible. Under odverse
 light conditions or with slower films, it moy be necessory
to use o slower shuller speed. With shutler speeds
 slower thon l/so second, mount lhe comero on o tripod
or olher firm support lo reduce comero molion of the
 instont of exposure.
 Filters. When o filter is used with o Kodok Auxiliory
i6r-rn"  ouxiliory lens is screwed into position ond the
 1t/o-inch Kodqk Adopter Ring slips over the ouxiliory lens.
 Series Vl filiers ore used in the odopter ring.
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II   robles. The fof fowing fobtes give the comero rens
'   focusing scole sefting, the depth of field or ronge of
'   shorpness for lens openings from t15.6 to f/15, ond fhe
["  relolive mognificqlion when Kodok Auxiliory Lenses N l,
i  N ll, ond N lll ore used with Kodok Retino ll ond lloI   cor"ror.





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