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Kodak Recomar Nos. 18 and 33 User manual
User manual for Kodak Recomar Nos. 18 and 33. 12 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Kodak
- Model / document
- Kodak Recomar Nos. 18 and 33
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- User manual
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- English
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- 12
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- Film cameras
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Picture taki'ng with the
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT Kodak Recomar
Nos. 18 and 33
AonrrroNAr. AssrsrANCE Fon
Mar<rxc BBrrpn PrcrunBs Xenar Anastip,mat Lens /.4.5
LTHOUGH u-egivein this manual A
/ r the essential directions for using
the camera it accompanies, there are
amateurs who u'ish for further knowl-
edge of photography.
The Service Department is at their
service, your serviee.
Do not hesitate to call on us for in-
formation on any photographic subject.
We are at your seruice, write l,o us-
there is no charge, no obligation.
Addressall Communications
SBnvrcB DspenrN{BNr
Easruaw Koner< CoupANy Publi'shedbY
RocnosrER,N. Y., U.S. A. EASTMAN KODAK COM PANY
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the camera and the prirtci,pal object to stop down the lens to about f .Ll. This
be photographed. will make the entire picture sharp.
The distance between the subject Close the shutter. Push over the
* catch 2, page 2, and slide out theand Kodak can be estimated without
focusing on the ground glass, when the I focusing panel. When inserting a
I plate holder or the Film Pack Adaptersubject is fi,fteenfeet and beyond. t hold back the catch 2, page 2. For ordinary street pictures the I
focus may be kept aL 30 feet, but
where the princi.pal objecl is nearer or THn SnuttBn
farther away, the focus should be The Compur Shutter is marked for
changed accordingly. making exposuresof 1 second and l12,
For distant views set the focus at tl5, tlro, L125,ll50, 1/1oo and
Infinity. 11250second on the No. 18 Recomar q (L1200secondon the No.33 Recomar),
FocuSrNG oN THE GROUND GIESS as well as Time and "Bulb" Expo-
Push the latch holding the focusing sures.
hood to the right, and open the hood. Exposures of intermediate speedsTurn the collai A (page 6) of the shut- can be made from 1 second to 1/100ter until "T" is above the. pointer E, by setting the shutter between thethen press the lever B to open the exposuie numbers on the shutter, thusshutter. The stop opening lever D
should be at f .4.5. Focus the Kodak '* an exposure of L 175 secondis made by turning the knurled collar so that themoving the lens back and forth by white pointer e (page 6) is midwaymeans of the focusing screw 6, page 2, between 1/50 and 1/100. Interme-until the image appears sharp on the diate exposures cannot be made be-ground glass. The eyes should be at tween 1/100 and the highest speed.the ordinary reading distance, from
the ground glass. When focusing on a Revolve the knurled collar o on the
subject which has considerable depth, front of the shutter until the figure
or on a group of people in several rows, representing the time of exposure
focus on the middle distance, and then desired is at the white pointer e.
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f , to the encl of the slot. Push the
exposurelever b or the push-pin of t,he
cable release. Get int o the picture.
L i After about fifteen seeondsthe exp()-
sure will be made.
f ) This self-acting release cannot Lre
ttsed with speeds of 11200 or I 1250
q second, nor with'firne or "Bulb'n
F)xposures.
Tlnrp AND "BuLB" ExPOSURES
'l'ime l'-or all exp()suresfrom 1 second to To rnake a Exposrlre the ( (rft 200 or' 1 1250secon(lttre shutteymrrst letter " engrar.ed on the shul ter
be ;et l-r)' pressing the ler.err'/ towar:ds must be a,t the white pointer e, and 'l'hethe top of the shtrtter. shutt er the exposure lever b or cable release ttBulb" c pressed twice, once tr-r open t herrtu st n,ot lte set f or Time or
f')rirosures. The exposure is made by shutter, and agairr 1o ckrseit.
pressingttre exposnrelever b or by the F or "Bulb" Exposures the lett elr
crrble releuse which can be scrervecl d(8" engraved on the shutter rnrrst ire
into t he opetttingc. at the white pointer e, and the erpo-
sure lever b ()tr"cable releaselr' lrressed
TtrE SBrp-TIN,IER i clown; the shultcr renrains open rts
'I'here is a self-a ct ing release built \ l long as the lever b or cable releast,c
int o the shutter, f or t he convenience I is held down.of those rvho wish to be inclucled in I Automatic exposures of 1 second,
the picture. L i'2, I l'5, 0r li 10 seconclmust not be
To use the "Self-f irner," push the made with the ca,rnera held in the
setting let'er /, :rs far as it u'ill go, then hands. The Kocla,k has two tripod
push the knob g, t,owards the back of soekeits for use with a tripod, &r
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opening the greater the depth of Look into the finder from directlY
focus. over the center of it and include what
is wanted by turning to the right or Uso op rirp Dounrp ? left. ExrrNsroN BED :'i! Only what is seen
The full extension is obtained by f in that part of the
pressing on the focusing catch 5, page finder shown as white
2, and drawing out the front standard # in this diagram, will
by the finger grips as far as it will appear in a vertical
come. Then extend the bellows by picture.
racking out the extension bed by To make a hori-means of the focusing screw 6, page 2. zontal picture, turn Focusing must be done on the the finder and holdground glass. This long bellows draw the Kodak in thewhen used with the regular lens per- horizontal position.mits photographing small objects in Only what is seen inalmost their actual size. It also per- that part of the finder large head and making ofmits the wiII shown as white in the diagram,ffi portraits. The supplemen-shoulder appear in the picture.tary lenses A and B are especially
suitable for portrait work as they THB Wrnn Fna.nrp FrNnBn
lengthen the focus of the lens with In addition to the brilliant view
which the camera is equipped, and finder the camera is equiPPed with a
thus give a more pleasing perspective. wire frame finder 9, page 2.. This con-
sists of a folding peep sight attached TnE VIEw FrNoBn to the side of the camera and the wire The view finder 10, page 2, shows #{rframe, see page 2. To use this finder
what will appear in the picture, but on raise the sight and swing out the wire
a much reduced scale. It can be turn- frame as in illustration on Page 2.
ed quickly for either r.ertical or Hold the camera with the sight as
horizontal pictures. close to the eye as possible and frame
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vour picture within the wire frame of RrsrNc AND SrrorNc FnoNr
ih. fi.td.t. AII vertical lines in the
subject should be kept p-arallel with The rising front is used to cut out
the-vertical wires of the finder, when undesirable foreground or to include
holding the camera either in the the top of a high building when mak- ing a vertical picture. The slidingvertical or horizontal Position. front is for this same Purpose when
# making a horizontal Picture. HOIO THE KODAK LEVEL
The Kodak must be held level. If To raise or lower the front'turn the
all the subject cannot be included in milled screw L4, page 2. To oPerate
the finder without tilting the lens up- the sliding front turn the milled screw --l 15. After using either the rising orwards. move backwards until it is all
included with the canl,eraheld leuel. The sliding front be sure to return the lens
spirit level 11, page 2, aLt'achedto the to its original position before closing
view finder is a, great help for holding the camera. The two white dots located below the milled screw 14,the camera level. page 2, must be in line and also the red
If the subject is below the normal and white dots on the standard direct-
height, like a small child or a dog, th.e ly below the shutter.
Kodak should be held down level with
the center of the subject. To make the entire picture sharP,
when using the rising front, use a small expo- instantaneous making When this .22 openlng (f or f .32) and as + stop hold the Kodak or snapshots,sures long a comparatively necessitatesfirmly against the bodY (or hold it 1 exposure, a tripod or some other firm,rery tt"udy with the hands if using the support must be used.wire frame finder), and when pressing t
the push-pin (if it is attached to the When using the rising or sliding
camera) or the exposure lever, ^ho-ld front the view finder does not show
the breath for the instant. If the exactly the same view that is regis-
Kodak is moved during the exPosure, tered on the film or plate bY the lens
the picture will be blurred. of the camera. Ib is advisable to focus
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and compose your picture on the PRICE LIST
ground glass. Kooer VnnrcnnorvrnFrr,nrPecr; V 52O,
a* for the No. 18 Kodak Recomar, size
Cr-osrNc THE KoDAK 2rAx3fu, twelveexposures .. $ .60.
Before closing the Kodak make sure IL Koner Frr,u Pecx, 520, for the No. 18
that the extension bed is racked en- 'I Kodak Recomar, size 2% x 3rA, * twelve exposures tirely back; and that the focusing
scre\ry6, page 2, is pushed back and Kooar Vnnrcsnolrn Frr,lr P.tcr, V 541'
Iocked in place; that the view finder is for the No. 33 Kodak Recomar, size
in the upright position and the wire 3rh x 4fu in. or 9 x 12 cm., twelve e x p o s u r e s : . . . . . l . 2 O frame finder folded over into its closed
position. Korex Frr,u Pecx, 54L,for the No. 33
Kodak Recomar, size 31k x 4V4 in. If the rising or sliding front had or 9 x 12 cm., twelve exposures 1'00
been used make sure that the lens is
centered. Kooer Vnnrcnnoun Frr,u Pecr, V 518, for the No. 33 Kodak Recomar, with
Press the finger grips at the bottom the kit in the Film Pack Adapter,
of the lens standard and slide it back size3l x 41A,twelve exposures.. . . 1.10
as far as it will go. Koner Frr,nrPacr, 518, for the No. 33
Important: The cable release must Kodak Recomar, size 3rZ x 4rZ,
*. be in position below the catch used for twelve exposures .90 ,-
locking the camera bed. If the cable * Kooer Cur FrlM, Rpcur,en and
release should be between the catch Supnn SrnnD, size211x 31/2,for the
and top of the Kodak, when the cam- No. 18 Kodak Recomar,per dozen. . .45
era is closed, it will be impossible to Eesruew Ponrnerr PeNcnnoMATrc open the camera. I Frr,lt or Supnn-SENSITTvEP,c.NcHno-
MATrc Frlu, size 2Ll x 3%, for the
Press the bed braces at each side of No. 18 Kodak Recomar,per dozen. . .50
the standard and raise the bed.
EesrntersPontnerr FrlM, Pan Spnnn
and Suppn Spnnn.size9 x 12 cm., for
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, 'the No. 33 Kodak Recomar, per ,
Rocnnsrnn, New Yonx, U. S. A. dozen
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