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Kodak Retina Reflex User manual
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THE KODAK RETINA is the most odvonced model of the RETINA series' o genuine single-lens reflex comero Ior 24X36 mm nego- tives. lt feotures o full-size ground gloss screen, split- imoge rongefinder, ond built-in exposure meter wiih precision scole. Like oll RETINA models, lhis comero is very eosy to use. And you hove the speciol con- venience of the ground gloss screen: fhe screen shows exoctly whot the film will record, whotever the focol length of the lens you ore using. The brilliqnt screen imoge is upright, the right woy round, ond completely free from ony porollox error ot oll subiect disfonces. When you shoot with the ston- dord lens, the screen shows the subiect in opproxim- otely noturol size. You con focus ihe imoge either on the ground gloss, or with the opticolly coupled split imoge rongefinder. With your RETINA REFLEX you ihere- fore hove full ond immediole control of every subiect, ond you see the correct view with ony lens.View original page 2
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www.butkus.us The precision sco le of the bu ilt-in exposu re meier of the RETINA REFLEX gives reodings of whole ond intermediote light volue settings. You therefore olwoys know the exoct exposure on indispensoble oid in colour photogrophy. - All scoles of your RETINA REFLEX ore cleorly loid out. Whether you ore o beginner or experienced photogropher, we suggest thot you reod this instruciion booklet reolly core- fully. The scope of your RETINA REFLEX is immense; you should be oble ro moke the fullest use of it. To stort with, proctise operoting the moin controls withour o film in the comero; by the rime you toke your first picture, you will then be reolly fomilior with your RETINA REFLEX. With your RETINA REFLEX ond the versorile RETINA sysfem of equipment you con tockle virtuolly ony iob, from tele- photo shots to photomicrogrophs, ond from stereo photo- grophy to copying. Pleose osk your photogrophic deoler _ or wrife to us RETINA ond - for the generol cotologue ,.The its System" which will give you full informotion obout oll occessories for your RETINA REFLEX. KO DAK AG. STUTTG ART.WANGENIView original page 3
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Contents
Holding lhe Comero
Using the Exposure Meter
Determining the Light Volue
8-9 Getting the Picture Shorp
On the Ground Gloss Screen
With the Split-imoge Rongefinder
'10-t I Setting the Shuiter
12 Light Volues ond the Aperture-speed Coupling
l3 The Green Numbers
14 Tensioning ond Releosing
l5 Opening the Comero Bock
16 Inserting the Film
17 Setting the Film Counter
t8 Setting the Film Speed : ]'
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19 Unlooding
tn The Depth of Field Scole
21 Focusing Zones
22 Synchronized Flosh
Flosh To ble
,a' The Self..timer
24 The Interchongeoble Lenses of the RETINA REFLEX
25 Setting the Disionce
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26-27 Focusing Zones with ihe Interchongeoble
Lenses (Wide-ongle ond Telephotoi
28 Telephoto Shots between 3l/z and 6112 leet
29 lmportont Hinis
Reflected ond lncident Light Reodings
30 Complete Freedom from Pqrollox
Buying Additiono I Lens Units
Eyesight Correction
The Right-ongle Finder Eyepiece
JI Infro-red Photogrophy
The Film Releose
Double Exposures
Core of the Comero
32 RETINA REFLEX ond RETINA System
Lens Hoods ond Filters
C I ose-u ps
The Close-up Attochment
33 The Toble Stond
The Copying Stono
The Frome Finder Model c
The Kodoblitz
The Stereo Attochment
The Micro Adopter
Jz+ Light Volue Correction when using Filters
JC-J/ The Comero Feotures
Jd Chonging Portly Exposed Films
QO A Finol Hint: KODACHROME in the RETTNA REFLEXView original page 6Page 8 · Read text
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The Comerq Feolures 21 Light volue setting index (red dot)
22 Light volue setting lever
I Button to open comero bock 23 lndex mork (for operture,
2 Sofety lever shutter speed ond focusing)
3 Tripod bush 24 Aperture scole
4 Locoting hole for occessories 25 Aperture setting ring
5 Finder eyepiece 26 Shuiter speed scole
6 Ropid winding lever 27 Shutter speed setting ring
7 Rewind knob 28 Green seconds sco le
8 Button to set film counter 29 Distonce scole
9 Reversing butlon 30 Focusing ring
l0 suitt-in toke-up spool 3r Depth of field scole
I I Tronsport sprocket 32 Red dot on boyonet ring
l2 Comero bock
33 Sofety cotch
13 Copping plote
34 Red dot on .lens mounf l4 Exposure meter setting ring
35 Flosh socket 15 Bea iriongulor setting index
.l of exposure meter 36 Synchronizing ond self-timer
l6 fitm speed disc of exposure lever
merer 37 Locking lever for synchronizo-
l7 E*posrre meter window tion ond self-timer
l8 Shutter releose button 38 Film counter
19 fitm releose button 39 Film indicolor
20 Ligtrt volue scole 40 Accessory shoeView original page 8Page 10 · Read text
www.butkus.us Holding the Comero Your honds get o reolly comfortoble grip on ihe RETINA REFLEX. You moy hove noticed thot the lens is mounted slight- ly to one side of the comero centre; this mokes the RETINA REFLEX porticulorly eosy to hold. Normolly grip lhe comero with both honds, os shown in the occomponying illustrotions. The best comero hold is of course olwoys the one which you find most convenienf, so try experimenting until you find which suits you best. A sleody comero hold is very importont for shorp pictures.View original page 10
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Using the Exposure Meter
The RETINA REFLEX hos o photo-electric exposure merer wnn
precision scole built inro the body. This eliminotes o lot of col-
culolions, for it indicotes ihe correct "light volue,,for olmosl
ony subiect. This light volue is shown by o number {morked in
red) which is o meosure of the omount of light required for cor,
rect exposure.
The precision scole of the exposure meter enqbles you to reod
off whole os well os intermediote light volues, which is imporronr
fcr occurote exposure with colour films.
Delermining the light volue
To obtoin fhe correct reoding, first sef the oppropriote film speed
(poge lB). The different merhods of toking reodings (reflecred
ight ond incidenr lighr) ore described on poge 29.
Poinf the comero ot the subiect, toking core not 1o obscure the
honeycomb lens of the exposure meter with your fingers. The
pointerwhite the meter of move will Turn in the window ilZ). (14) .tothe meter setting ring poinler move the yellow co- until il
incides with the white pointer. Now reod off the Iioht volue
opposite the red triongulor index mork {15) on the metir settino
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Getting the Picture Shorp
Hold your RETINA REFLEX up to your eye, ond loock through the
eyepiece (5) *. The finder imoge is only visible ofler operoling fhe
ropid winding lever (6) *. In the centre of the ground gloss screen
you will see o bright circulor oreo divided by o horizontol edge;
this is the split-imoge rongeflnder.
There ore lwo woys of getting the picture shorp' by meons of
the ground gloss screen imoge, or with the oid of the opticolly
coupled split-imoge rongefinder. The choice of the method
depends lorgely on the noture of the subiect.
Subiects without promineni horizontol or verticol lines ore more
eosily focused on the ground gloss screen. But if the subiect
hos such lines, the split imoge rongefinder is very suiioble for
checking the correct focus (with the comero held horizontolly for
verticol lines, ond upright for horizontol lines).
o) On the Ground Gloss Screen
Turn the focusing ring (30) until the ground gloss screen imoge
oppeors perfectly shorp. Your comero is then correctly focused'
Note the remorks on poge 20 obout depth of field.
b) With the Split-imoge Rongefinder
Direct the comero so thot the bright circulor oreo in the centre of
the screen imoge covers o verticol line of the subiect (e. g' o
telegroph pole, window frome, tree, or building, etc.). On lurn-
ing the focusing ring (30), the imoge in the lower holf of the
circle moves relotive to thot in the upper holf. When the two
holves ioin up exoctly, the cqmero is correctly focused. Note the
remorks on poge 20 obout depth of field.
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*) See Comero Feotures poge 35-32. TIit
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www.butkus.us Setting the Shutter The Synchro-Compur shutter of yoJ, RETINA REFLEX corries the following three scoles: The Shutter Speed Scole (26) The numbers signify froctions of o 'second; thus 2 stonds forl/2 second, l5 forl/rs second, 125 for l/rzr second, ond so on. The outomoticolly timed shutter speeds from I to l/soo second ore morked in block on the shutter speed scole (numbers I to 500). The green numbers signify full seconds (see poge l3). The Aperture Scole (241 , The stop numbers indicote relotive oper- tures. The lorgest operiure is f/2, rhe smollest f/22. The Light Volue Scole (20) The red figures from I to l8 ore the 'light volue settings. The light volue determined with the exposure meter (see poge 7) is now set on lhe comero shutter. Press the milled light volue setting lever l22l in the direction of the orrow (see illustrotionl, ond move it sidewoys to set ihe red dot (21) to the required light volue. lf the lever comes to o stop before you reoch the light volue number, turn the shufter speed setting ring (27) until the light volue to be used is opposite the red dot. You con olso set iniermediote light volues, e. g. 111/2. Once you hove set the light volue lo, soy, 12, the operture ond shutter speed index mork (23) will indicote one of the following operture-speed combinolions : Shufter speed in seconds 22 16 I I 8 5.6 4 2.8 Aperfure f/ r/s 1lu 1/ro l/oo litzs llzso l/soo According to the requirements of the subieci you con now selecl the most suitoble one of these combinotions. For instonce if vou wont to toke o sports shot ot l/soo second, lurn the shutter speed seiting ring (27]l to r/soo second. The operture outomoticolly od- iusts itself to f 12.8.View original page 14
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www.butkus.us On the other hond if the subiect colls for greot depth of field, for exomp- le on orchitecturol view, ser o ccrrespondingly smoiler operture. The shutter speed will ogoin follow suit outomoticolly. In oll cqses the efiective exposure remoins the some, whichever woy you move 'ihe shutter speed seiting ring 127). You will olso notice thot the ring clicks into position oi eoch step. This ensures exoct ex- posure ttmes.View original page 15
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www.butkus.us Light Volues ond the Aperture-speed Coupling lf you wont to set the exposure without using lighl volues, os you hove to, for instonce, with flosh shots, be sure to set firsl lhe shulter speed, ond lhen lhe operfure. lf you do it the other woy round, the operture-speed coupling would olter the operture when setting the shutter speed. To set the shutter speed, turn the shutter speed setting ring l27l until the required speed figure is opposite the index mork (23). To set the operture, press the milled light volue setting lever l22l in the direciion of the orrow (see illustrotion on poge ll) ond move it sidewoys until the required operture is opposite the index mork (23). Even when you hove set the exposure in this woy, you con use the operture-speed coupling to odiusl the shutter speed ond operture logether ot will by turning the shuiier speed setting ring, os olreody described. It moy olso hoppen thot the shutter speed setting ring reqches the limit of its movement during odiustment to the required shutter speed or operture. This indicotes thot the lighting conditions ore nol suitoble for the operture or speed you intended to use.View original page 16
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The Green Numbers
lf o subiect needs o longer exposure fime .thon I second, the
green seconds scole (28) indicotes the time in full seconds oppo-
site the operfure numbers. The green lelter B stonds for .,Brief
Time". When you set this green leffer ,,B,, io the index mork (23),
lhe shutter opens on pressing the releose, ond remoins open os
long os ihe releose is kept depressed {use o tripod ond coble
re leose). IHere is on exomple (see illusfrofion): The correct light voluefor fhe subiect is 4, ond in you this cose con only uselp or rn. Islowesl shulter speed second. of I however, you lf, use wonf fo
f/ll to obtoin odequote depth of field, rhe green number opposite
f/ll indicotes thot you must expose for g seconds. Sei ihe shurer
therefore io B, ond f/ll opposite the index mork {23). Expose for8 seconds, ond the picture is ,,in the bog,,.
You moy hove noticed ihot ihere is no number 2 in the series of
green numbers. When reoding ofi full seconds, irs ploce is,oken
by lhe leiter B. lf in the obove exomple you wont to use f/S.5,
you Would hove fo expose for 2 seconds.
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Tensioning ond Releosing
To tension the shutter, pull out the
ro pid winding lever (6) in one
moYemenl os for os it will go.
Then let ii shoot bock into its
originol position. lf it does not
move bock, you did not pull out
for enough, so corry on 10 com-
plete the movemenl. This ot the
some time tensions the shuiler,
mokes the finder imoge visible,
winds on the fllm by one frome
(provided you hove o {llm in the
'----\\ countercomero),(seeondpogeodvoncesiZ). Nowthe youfllm
con press the releose buiton (181.
Moke o hobii of operoling lhe
ropid winding lever immediotely
ofier every exposure, so os to
hove your RETINA REFLEX olwoys
reody for oction. Keeping the
shutter tensioned - even for some 'ime - does not horn it in ony woy.View original page 18Page 19 · Read text
Opening the Cqmerq Bock
You should by now be fqmilior
w:ih the mosr irporront opero iors,
ord con roKe your fi,sr pic.Jre.
Check ogoin oll ihe controJs, ond
moke sure thot you hove not for-
got'ten onything.
To insert o film, first openopen theihe
comero bock os follows,
On the bottom of the co mero you
will find rhe rripod bush {3), sur
rounded by o double sofety lever
(2). Pushing the milled end of rhe
lever in the direction of the orrow
I lcovers rhe opening buIon ll).
Depress this buiron, ond tlre co.
mero bock (12) will spring open.
The odvontoges of this lockirg sy,
stem ore obvious. You con only
open your RETINA REFLEX deliber-
otely, cnd never by ony occident-
or movement or knock.
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Inserting the Film
lf you operote the ropid winding lever ond the releose butfon
with the comero bock open, you con wotch ihe movement of the
copping plole (13) through the film operlure. This copping plote
springs up on pressing the releose, ond folds down ogoin in
front of the film window on working the ropid winder. To ensure
perfect functioning of the precision mechonism of your RETINA
REFLEX never press ogoinsi this copping plote.
To insert the film, fully pull out the rewind knob {7) to ils second
stop. Then turn the built-in ioke-up spool (10) by ils serrofed
flonge until the slit in the core points upwords. Push the lrimmed
end of the film into the slit so os to onchor o perforotion hole in
the little hook of ihe slit.
Now drow the film ocross the fllm trock, ond insert the cosseite
in the cossette chomber. Push bqck the rewind knob (7) ogoin,
'iurning it ot the some time in the direction of the orrow to ten-
sion the fllm. Moke sure thot the "teeth" of fhe fronsporl sprocket
properly engoge the lower row of perforolions of the film, ond
thoi ot leosi lwo perforoiions holes of the upper row overlop'the
film trock (see illustrotionl. Now close lhe comero bock.View original page 20Page 21 · Read text
Sefting fte Film Counfer
Press the film releose button il9j ond ot the
some time push the buton {g) in it,u air".tion
of the, orrow. Repeolhis until the aioronJl rcped mork I Neor No.36 of the fllm counter
rJot.rs opposije the notch in the upper edoe
of rhe film counrer window. lf t";";;. ;X;
1 20-expozure cossefie, set to the inaex mori I oi No. 23.
Now opg16le the ropid winding lever ond
oress rne rrtm releose button (19). Repeot this
until ih€ film counrer indicotes No. 3f or iO 'espectively. At fhe some time the rewind xnoo (/) must-rolole ogoinsi lhe orrow en_
grqved on it. Thot shows thot the film is oJ_ voncing properly.
The lllm cou.nter olwoys indicoles lhe number rn9tr, stitt ovoiloble. When you releoseoiler9l. reoched No. l, the whole film is rr ,hosexposed, ond on oulomolic lronsport lock
comes .inlo operof ion {see o lso ,;f n. f il,Nseose on poge 3l). The fi jm releose button{r71. o sofety lock to prevenr ,rnc.orporo,es.occtdeniol releosino.
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Setting the tilm Speed
Alwoys remember lo sel lhe speed
of the film in lhe comero, This
should be done:
o) on lhe film speed disc of the
meter setting ring (16). Turn the
flm speed disc by meons of the
smoll Lnob until the block lriong-
ulor mo.l, po:nts lo rhe opprooriote
speed number of the fllm in the
comero in one of the two windows 54- r{ (for DIN ond ASA respectively).
For instonce use l2 for o l2il0''
DIN fllm.
lf you forgel this setting, you moy
obfoin incorrect light volues ond
lhus wrong exposures!
ond b) on fhe film indicotor (39),
on top of the rewind knob (7),
which is morked with the vorious
lypes of filn ovoiloble. This is o
smoll but useful oid for your me-
mory, ond olwoys indicotes the
type of film looded into the co-
mero. Grip the rewind knob with
two flngers, ond lurn the inner ser-
roted ring with o finger tip of the
oiher hord ulli the triorgrlor ir-
dex mork V points to the type or
speed of the fllm looded in the
comero. The position of ihe film
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Unlooding the Comero
To rewind the exposed film depress the re_
versing button (91 in the bose of the comero.
ond holf pull our the rewind knob IZJ to irs
trrsi stop (see poge l5J, io get ot il more
eosily. Then turn the rewind knob in the direc_
tion of the orrow until the reversing button (9)
ceoses lo rotofe. This button corries o blockdol neor its edge for eosier observotion.
You hove now rewound the film into its cos-
sette. Open the cqmero bock (see poge 15),
fully pull out the rewind knob (Z), o-nd ,"-move the cosseite.
Do not lood or unlood films in fulj sunlight or
strong ortificiol light, or you moy fog rhe
Irrst lew exposures. After removing ihe ex_
posed film, re-wrop i.t in its originol pocking
for full protection ogoinst the lighi.
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www.butkus.us The Depth of Field Scole The lens reproduces shorply not only thot port of ihe subiect on which it is octuolly focused, but olso o certoin zone in fronf ond behind. This zone is colled the depth of field. To permit instont reodings of the depth of fleld for ony oper- ture ond distonce, o depth of field scole (31) is orrcnged sym- metricolly oround the index mork (23). Suppose you hove set fhe distonce to 7 feet. This is how you reod off the deprh ot f/ll: To the left of the distonce index the line morked with the figure 11 is opposite obout 4.5 feet, ond to the right opposite l5 feet. This tells you thor wilh o setting oI 7 leet ot f/1 1 you hove o depth of fleld zone from 4.5 to l5 feet. Within ihis zone everyrhing will be shoro.View original page 24
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Focusing Zones
You moy often come ocross fost moving subiects where you iusl
hove no iime io focus the imoge occurotely on the ground gloss
screen (e. g. sports shots, children, unobserved condid shots, etc.).
For such occosions your RETINA REFLEX corries two zone focus
setti ngs.
o) For neor sublects sei the
distonce to the smoll circle
neor the lo-feet mork, ond the
operture to f/8. This yields o
depth of field from obout 6 to
20 feet.
b) For more distont subiects
use the smoll circle neor the
20-Ieet mork, ond on operiure
of f/8. You then hove o depth
of field from oboui 9 feet fo
infi n ity.
Wifh these setfings you must, however, hove enough light. The
exposure meter will indicote whether the light is odequote for on
operture of f/8 (e. g. o light volue of 12 corresponds to t/eo second
or f/8).
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