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Kodak No. 1a Autographic User manual
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?ICTURE TAKING WITH THE
NO. 14
AUTOGRAPHIC
KODAK
Published by
EASTMAN KoDAK coMpANy, RocHESTEn,r\.v.View original page 2Page 4 · Read text
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PICTURE TAKING !rITH THE
No. 1A
AUTOGRAPHIC
KODAK
( Rapid Rectilinear and F. 7.7 Anastigmat Lens )
a
Publishedby
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Rochester. New YorkView original page 4Page 5 · Read text
ORDER FILM
BY NUMBER
All Eastnran Films may be distin_
guished by the numbers on the encls of
the cartons :
A-116
is the number of filnr for this carlrera,
(No. 1A Autographic Kodak)
The number appears on the carton, on
the cartridge, and on the Autographic
door which is located on back of Kodak.
Autographic film can be used in olcl
style Kodaks, old style film can be used
in Autographic Kodaks, but to get auto_
graphic reswlts Autographic film must be
used in an Autographic Kodak.
IMPORTANT.
When Autographing film, bear down
with the stylus as heavily as the paper
will stand without tearing.
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BEFORE LOADING.
Before taking any pictures with the No. 1A
Autographic Kodak read the following instruc-
tions carefully. Make yourself perfectly fa-
rniliar u'ith the instrument, taking especial
care to learn horv to operate the shutter. Work
it for both time and instantaneous exposures
several times before threading up the fihn.
The first and most important thing for the
arnateur to bear in mincl is that the lisht which
scrves to impress the photographic i,rrege ,pon
the sensitive film in a small fraction of a sec-
ond when it comes through the lens, can de-
stroy: the film as quickly as it makes the pic-
ture. Tl-rroughout all the operations of loading
and unloading, be extremely careful to keep
the red paper wound tightly around the film
to prevent the admission of light.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY,
Rochester. N. Y.
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CONTENTS.
Panr I.
Loading the Camera.
Panr II.
Ilaking the Exposures.
Section 1. Operating the Shutter.
Section 2. Instantaneous Exposures.
Section 3. Time Exposures.
Section 4. Flash Light pictures.
Panr III.
Removing the Film.
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PART T.
t
LOADING WITH FILM.
The film for the No. 1.A
Autographic Kodak is fur-
nished in light proof cartridges
and the instrument can there-
fore be loaded in daylight. T,he
operation should, however, be
performed in a subdued light, not in the glare of the bright rffisne ,r 11n.1
sunlight. It should also be ' A - 1 1 6 .
borne in mind that after the
seal is broken care must be taken to keep the
red paper taut on the spool, otherwise it may
slip and loosen sufficiently to fog the film.
The Autographic Film Cartridge is made
with a thin red instead of the familiar thickt
red and black (duplex) paper. The thin red
paper is not light proof in itself. Between it
and the film is inserted a strip of tissue. This
tissue serves two purposes: To supplement the
red paper in light proofing the cartridge, and
to permit the recording, by light, of the writ-
ing upon the'fiIm.
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FIG. 1.
I. l-o load the Kodak, take a position where
the daylight is somewhat subdued, aud grasp-
ing the instrument with the left hand press in
with the thumb of the right hand on the con-
FIG. 2.
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ceaied button located on the back near the red
rvindow and then pull the lower section of
b:rck dorvnwards, as indicated in trig. l.
l'unr Kodaii over. Pull out the winding key
:rs shown in Fig. 2. Remove the f ront of
$FIG. J .
iiotlak by first lifting up that end opposite the
lr.inrling k.y, then draw out and remove en-
tirel5,-that part of the Kodak. Fig. 3.
t I. The Kodak having been opened, zn
cnrpty spool having a slit in it will be seen in
the rvinding end of the camera. This forms
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posure. The full spool is to be placccl in the
recess :rt thc opposite encl of the Kocl:rk. To
accomplish this pull ont spool pins as sholvrr
in ftig. 1.
III. Place the fil'r cartridge irto this recess"
as shorvn in trig. 5.
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Be careful to gct the to\ of tlte spool at the
top oi thc cotltct'e. The top is the winding side
of the camera. E,ach cartridge is marked with
the rn'ord "Top" on the red paper near the top
of the spool.
Norr: If the cartridge is inserted wrong end np,
the red paper insteacl of the frlm rvill be brought next
to the lens, resulting, of collrse, in the absolute loss
of the pictr-rres.
t r I G . 6 .
IV. Push spool pins into place making sure
that the pins are in the holes at each end of
the spool, so that the spool revolves uporl them.
Fig. 5.
V. Renrove the gummed slip that holds the
encl of the recl paper; pass the paper over the
tr,vo aluminum rollers and thread into the
lorrger slit in reel, as shown in Fig. 6. Be
careful in so doing that the paper draws
straight and true.
To secure a tight grip on the red paper, do
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in reel with the parper creased. By doing this
the red paper will not be liable to slip.
VI. Give the reel one or tll'o slight turns
u'ith the thumb arrd finger using thc rouglr
,,:',l,,,lrt;
F'IG. 7.
edgc of thc slottecl disc into which tire r,r,'inrling
ke5' fits-just enough to bincl the pap; on tht,
reel-ancl no lnore . See lrig. 7.
T h e p a p e r
should now be
in position indi-
cated in trig. 8. FIG. 8.
VII. Replace Shon'ing position of papcr.
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thc f ront part of Kodak into the ba ck, bcing
c:rreful to insert the er-rclopposite the full spool
lirst, aucl into the encl of b:rck on u'hich th,'-
carrying strap is fasterrecl. Thr:'.r ltush th,:
ior,ver section of tire back ttpu'ards, fully intcr
place. until the c:rtch is hc:rrcl to snap irLtc
position.
'l'ltroug/tottt
the i orcgoittg o ltu'tttiort, I t't,,r,t,t
tltc tiutc tl'tc gLtitt,utt'tlsli1, is t-Ltt otL tltc frcsh
roll of fi,ltn until tltc frout uttd bucle (u'c olLCe
lnor( in, plttcc, licclt tlte re d ltupct' LUoluttl tight-
/1' on tltc roll. If it is ollowcd to looser,t, light
zt'ill bt trdrntttctl artd thc filnt, foggcd.
t
T
1
F'IG. 9.
VIII. The roil of filnr in the camer;,r is cov-
erecl'uvith red paper and this must be partly 'furnreelecl off before a picture can be taken.
the k.y siowly to the left and rvatch the little
red celluloid window in the back of the c:rln-
era. When 15 to 18 turns have been giverr, a
hand pointing toward the first number will ap-
pear, then turn slowll'until the figure 1is ex-
actly in the center of tl-re red window. trig. 9.
The film is no\v ir-r position for taking the
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\ PART II.
MAKING THE EXPOSURES.
Tke general instructions in this No 14
Autographic Kod,ale mamual ap|ly equally -rttell
to the cat71,cra,zuh,etlt,erfrtted with thc Rapid,
Rcctilinear or the f.7.7 Ano,stigmat Lens.
Before making an exposure with the No. 1A
Autographic Kodak, either time or instautane-
ous, be sure of four things:
Finsr-That the shutter is adjusted properly.
(tror instantaneous, time or bulb exposure.)
SecoNo-That the diaphragm lever. is placed
at the proper stop opening.
Tnrnn-That the camera is focused.
F'ounrH-That an unexposed section of the
film is turned into position.
Nors: Exposures are made by pressing push-pin
at end of cable release D or pushing down on re-
lease C.
The shutter is self-setting.
Avoid making too sharp a bend in the cable
release as by doing so it will be liable to kink.
SECTION I.
OPERATING THE SHUTTER.
Perfect familiarity with the shutter is es-
sential to successful picture taking with arty
camera. The following directions should.
therefore, be carefully read and the shutter
operated several times before threading the
film up for use.
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1'his illustratiorr shorvs the shntter olt the Korlak
rvhen it is equippecl tvitir the Rapid
llcctilinear f,ens.
II\STANTANEOUS EXPOSURES.
Irrnsr-Set thc lever A at 25, 50 or 100 (rcpre-
senting the speedsof the shuttcr), according
to the timc of instant:rrrcorlsexDosrlre de-
sired.
Norr: The lever A shoulcl be used at 100 onlv
u'lren taking moving objects in bright snnshine, an,t
lever B must al'uvays be placed at No. 4 or f . 7.7
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A
B
'l'lris
iilrrstration shows the shutter otr thc I{otlak
when it is ecluipped rvith the l. 7.7
Anastigmat l-eus
Sr,t',-.rND-Setthe levcrr B at \o.8 or f. 11.
i,cver B controls the Iris diaphntglrl and No.
I ,rr i 11 is the proper opelrilrg fot- orclitrurl"
instrrrrt:llrcor-1sexpostlres in bright stttriight,
rusing speed 25.
\')'r'i- : l"or instatrtaner)Lls e\1)ost1[es u'1tett thc stl11-
iigirt is trntrstt:rll1' strong zrncl there arc lto lrear'1-
:iru.ti,,rr-. suclr ars irr r-ieu-s o1r the seashore or o11 thc
iviit..'r'. rlse tli;r1rlu-:rg11.lNo. 16 and speeci 50. With
i i , ; i i 1 c i i - r r r t i s r ) 1 - . i 1 r . g / i f h ' s n r o k - v a t m o s p h e r e t l s e N o . I
, ) r i " . 7 . i ; i l r r l : l ) c c ( l i 5 . I I ' i t h l t e t t ' r ' y c l o u , . i s d o n o t
t f i i t - ,i i ! h t l l i . s l , l l l r ( t 1 l c ( ) l l s t : - 1 ' f O S t t l ' c S .
Tnrnr-Pre ss pr-lsh-pilr or ptlsh clorvtr o11 re-
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lease C. This makes the erposure.
Norr: Press push-pin with a firm, quick move-
ment. at the same time be sure to hold the Kodak
rigid, as a slight jarring will cause a blurred nega-
tive.
TIME EXPOSURES.
Frnst-Set the lever A at the point T (time).
I'his adjusts the shutter for time exposures.
SBcoNn-Set the lever B at Nd. # 8, 16, 32, 64
or 128. If the Kodak is eqttipqq,dwith the
f , 7.7 Anastigmat lens, set the lbv6r at f . 7.7,
71, 16, 22, 32 or 45. See instructi-6nsfor the -
] use of the stops for Interior Eiposures rs
grveniven inrn tabletable onon pagepage 35,J5, alsoalso t{Stable for
Time Exposures in the Open Ai
Tnrnp-Press the push-pin. Tki
shwtter. Time the exDosure t
Again press the push-pin. This cloies tlt,e
sh,wtter. Shutter may. be opened. by'{5essing'
release C and closed by a second preFsure if
desired.
BULB EXPOSURES.
When it is desirable to make a very short
time exposure this is best accomplished by
making a "bulb exposure." ('B" Frnsr-Set the lever A at the point
(bulb). This adjusts the shutter for "bulb"
exposures.
SBcoNn-Set the lever B controlling the stops
at No. 4,8, t6, 32, 64 or 728. If the Kodak
is equipped with the f . 7.7 Anastigmat lens,
s e t t h e l e v e r a t f . 7 . 7 , 1 1 , 1 6 , 2 2 , 3 2 o r 4 5 .
See instructions for the use of the stops
for Interior Exposures as given in table on
page 35, also the table for Time Exposures
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f-urnn-Press push-pin to opelr the shutter,
:rrcl release it to close the shutter. Th,ii
tttnhcs thc erposurc. The shutter lvill re-
nrain open as long as the push-pin is uncler
prcssrlre.
Irrponr.rxr-Do not oil ort1,por.t of tttc sltttttcr.
Irr case of accidert retufir shutter to \ror1r
clcaler or to r1s, for repairs. ,i\F_ g.ri"ril-r"l."re rulc, nrake exposrlres rvlth the chbt."
irsteacl of rvith thc rele:rse c, as tfb.i.".rri" i.-
lease is less likel1' to j:rr the ."r.r"r".f.
SECTION 2. d
INSTANTANEOUS EXPOSURDS. ,.sI{APSHOTS" i; 'l-o
t;rkX iigstarr-
llrrreotrspic't\rres
the subject &nust
be in the broad,
open sunlight, but
the czrlnera shorrld
r r o t . J ' h e s u t l
shor-rlcl be behincl
f he b:rck or o\rer
the shoulder of
[he operator.
I_F'OCUS ON
ITIG. I. THE SUBJECT.
C)lrening the f ront.
Press the con-
ce:rlcd ltutton :rs shown in trig. 1 and push
clown the bccl of czLltter:rto the limit of motion.
On the cirlltt:r:L becl rvill be forrnd alr irrdex
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d"
trrc. 2.
Extending the Bellorvs.
plate rvith slots marked for 6, B. 10, 15, 25 and
100 feet. This is for focttsing the camera.
Norn: The inclex plate is scaled both for feet and
for meters and care shoulcl be taken not to confound
them.
Grasp the bottorn of front board, pressing ir1
the spring plungers on each side and pull out
front to the point trearest the estimated dis-
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in feet, where it locks automatically. Fig. 2.
Except when working at distances of 15 feet
or less, it is not necessary to estimate the dis-
tance with any more than approximate ac-
curacy; for instance, if the focus is set at 25
feet (the usual distance for ordinary street
work), the sharpest part of the birct.ur" will be
the objects at that distance from tlld camera,
but everything from 15 to 35 feet ,&t f" itt
good focus. For general street work,ihe focus
may be kept at 25 feet, but where theil:S;inciltat
objcct is nearer or farther awayt tho focus
should be changed accordingly. E$eryhing
beyond 100 feet is in the 100-feet focus. Noth-
ing nearer than 6 feet can be focused uf,thout
using a portrait attachment. See page 36.
2-How to use the No. 1-A Autographic Kodak
) as a fixed focus camera.
Ssr rocus er 25 r'Bnr.
UsB spero 25.
SBr nrapHRAGM MrDwAy BETwEEN 8 ern 16,
on /. 11 eNr 16.
By following the above suggestions this
camera can be used as a fixed focus instru-
ment with the additional advantage of being
instantly convertible to a focusing camera
when conditions call for it. It must be remem-
bered, however, that when using this Kodak as
a fixed focus type, it is necessary that the sub-
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ject be in brilliant sunlight,'i.n order to obtain
a fully timed exposure.
EXPLANATION.
A lens is often spoken of eii{cneously as
having a fixed focus. {
There is no such thing as a fixe{"{ocus lens,
but in certain cameras,3fuxa/a'and smaller
(equipped with short focus lenses) tlQ lens is
-immovable, i. e., set at a distancq that is a
'''farcompromise, as to its focus, between and
near points. A camera with a lens so focused
used in combination with a. relativelv small
stop, is designated a fixed focus lnstruf,ieirt.
3-USE STOP No. 8 or F. 11. ** '
For all ordinary outdoor work, when the
sun is bright, use stop No. 8 or f . 11 and use
speed 25. If a smaller stop is used for ordi-
nary snapshots,the light will be so much re-
duced that it will not sufficiently impress the
imag,eon the film and failure will result.
In views on the water, when the sunlight is
unusually strong, and there are no heavy
shadows, diaphragm No; 16 and speed 50 may
be used.
If a smaller stop opening than No. 16 is
used for snapshots, absolute foilure zuill re-
sult, except that No. 32 or f . 22 may be used
for extremely distant views, marine or snow
scenesor clouds, in bright sunshine, at speed
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