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Konica Auto S2 User manual
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POINTS TO REMEMBER POINTS A SE RAPPELER
PUNKTE ZU BEACHTEN PUNTOSIMPORTANTESDELUSO
:FYour IOIICA AUIO 3 2 contoins o codmium sulphide (CdS) exposure meler which
requ i r e s o s m o l l e x c i l in g cu rre n l fo r fu n ctio n in g o s o light m eosur ing instr um ent. T his
c u rre n t i s f u r n i s h e d b y o tin y me rcu ry b o tte ry. B e fo re using your IOXICA IUT O S 2'
mok e s u r e t h o t t h e m srcu ry b o tte ry is in se rte d in th e her cur y botfer y chom ber .
* When t h e o p e r t u r e rin g is se t o t lUtO, o n d wh e n the film speed lever is set ot the
l3A or DII roting of your film on the filmspeed scole, your IOXICI fUtO S 2 is
odiusted for lE (outomotic electric-eye) picluretoking.
* Wh e n t h e p o i n t e r o f th e o p e rtu re sco le visib le in side the viewf inder is within the
c o rre c l e x p o s u r e r o n g e (ye llo w p o rtio n o f th e sco le ), your pictur es will be cor r ectly
exposed. When the pointer is in the red portions, the subiect is too dork or too
bright for proper exposure, ond the shutter button connol be operoted.
* lh re I O I I C f l U l O 3 2 h o t e in e n e in g e b o u le n Cd 3 -Belichtungsm esser , der fiir seine
B e t ii t i g u n g e i n e n g e r i n g e n Stro m b ro u ch t. Die se r S tro m wir d von einer kleinen Queck-
s ilb e r b o t t e r i e g e s p e i st. B e vo r Sie lh re IOX ICA fUTO 3 2 benutzen, stellen Sie fest, I
d o s s d i e Q u e c k s i l b e r b o tte rie in d e r Qu e cksilb e rb o tte rie kom m er eingelegt ist.
: t c Wen n d e r B l e n d e n e i n ste llrin g o u f lUfO u n d d e r He b e l fiir F ilm em pfindlichkeit ouf den
l3l- o d e r D I I - W e r l lh re s Films e in g e ste llt ist, lh re fOXlCl IUIO 3 2 fijr lE-
A u f n o h m e n e i n g e s t e l l t.
: F Wen n d e r Z e i g e r f iir. B le n d e n sko lo im S u ch e r in n e rholb des Ber eiches fiir r ichtige
Blende (der gelben Zone der Skolo) lie g t, e rfo lg t e in e r ichtige Belichtung. F olls der
Zeiger on rolen Teilen liegt, ist dos Mo tiv zu d u n ke l oder zu hell, und der Ausloser
liisst sich nicht betiitigen.
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NOMENCLATURE NO MEN CLATURE
BEZEICHNUNGDER EINZELTEILENO MEN CLATURA
(E Rongcfinder window (p lon$-view lindcr window O Depth of f ield scolc
(D sollrirncr lcvcr
O Phorocell window
(on f retlings seleclor @Synchrolhsh sotkcr On:rlroll lcnr (Olorusint lcucr
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NOMENCTATURE NO MENCLATURE
BEZEICHNUNGDER EINZELTEILE NO MENCLATURA
Oshuilerrpced ond opelfu?o inder nork (Dshutterspecdscole (EAUIO s.olc (Dtonuol opetlure scolo
(D Shuilerspeed ring @Distoncescole
lDAperture
(nonuol)rin!
O Shuller butfon
(D Rewind @ I i l m
(ounlol
(Dlocol ploric nork
@Corling lcYer
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NOMENCT A TURE NOME NCLATURE
BEZEICHNUNGDER EINZELTEILE NOME NCLATURA
@Iilmspeedscole(lsl, oltl) @ Iilnspeed lever
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NOMEN CLATURE NOM ENC LATURE
BEZEICHNUNGDER EINZELTEILE NOM ENC LATURA
@ Rewindspindle 0) Eyepiece @foke-up spool @ Pressure plote
(D Sprotker (D litn stibilizing rollcr
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E To remove f he cover of the botlery chomber @ ot the boilom of the comero, furn
with o coin or some suiloble tool. Unscrew by turning counterclockwise.
@ Ploce lhe mercury botlery in lhe chomber so thot the positive (+) side foces
upword ogoinsi the cover, then screw down the cover.
E u t d e n D e c k e l d e r B o t t e r i e k o m m e r@ o r B c c l e nd e r K o m e r o z u e n t f e r n e n , s c h r o u b l
mon mit einer Mijnze oder einem onderen possenden Zeug ob. Dobei im Gegen-
u h r z e i g e r s i n nd r e h e n .
p Mon legt die Quecksilberbotterie so ein, doss sich die positive (+) Seite noch oben
gegeniiber dem Deckel wendet. Donn den Deckel onschrouben.
I Pour retirer le couvercle de lo covit6 de lo pile @ qui se trouve sur le fond de
I'opporeil, lournez-le ovec une pibce de monnoie ou outre instrumenl oppropri6, dons
le sens inverse Ces oiguilles d'une monfre.
@Potez lo pile i mercure dons lo covit6 de focon que le c6t6 positif (+) fosse foce
conlre le couvercle, ensuite remeilez le couvercle.
I D6se vueltos o lo izquierdo con uno monedo o lq lopo de lo c6moro de pilo de
mercurio @ qr" se encuentro en lo porfe inferior de lo C6moro y to topo se quito.
pl Coloquese lo pilo de mercurio de tol monero que lo morco (*) r" enfrente con to
(*) d" lo topo, y despu6s ci6rreselo orornill6ndolo.
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Chorking ilre Bottery lor Power
To check the mercury boltery for voltoge,
press in, os f or os it will go, the bottery
check button @ ot the botfom of the comero.
lf there is sufficient power in the bottery,
the pointer of the meter indicotion @ on the
comero top will move ond come to rest ql the
boltery check mork @ colored oronge.
*With normol use, lhe mercury bottery should
lost well over o yeor. A chorocteristic of
mercury bolteries is thoi voltoge does not
d r o p g r o d u o l l y w i t h u s e . T h e r e w i l l b e o
shorp drop f rom the roted 1.3 volt loword :FWhen the mercury bof tery is
t h e e n d o f s e r v i c e l i f e . dischorged, ond the pointer of
the meter does not move os for
o s t h e b o t t e r y c h e c k m o r k ,
r e p l o c e w i t h ' o f r e s h b o f t e r y
{<When putting the comero owoy f or ony ( i l o l l o r y P X - 1 3 , P X - 6 2 5 ,
length of time, remove the mercury bottery lvereody IPX-|3, lpX-625
ond slore in o cool dry ploce. or GE llo.625).
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COCKINGLEVERANDFILMCOTJNTER LEVIERDARMEMENTETCOMPTEURDEFCSES
FILMAUFZUGHEBELUNDBILDZAHLWERK P A L A N C YA C OD EN ET AN RD OO TR L ADME I ET NO TMO A S
>t When the cocking lever (D of your KOtlCA
AUIO S 2 is pushed os for os it will go, the
film is odvonced one frome, ond the diol of
the f ilm counter @ will olso odvonce one
s t e p . A t l h e s o m e f i m e , t h e I E - c o n t r o l l e d
operture is releosed, ond fhe shutter mechonism
is cocked (reody for oction upon operotion of
t h e s h u t t e r b u t t o n ) .
* Once the cocking lever is operoted, it will
remoin locked unt il the shutter is releosed.
This prevents blonk f romes on your film. Once
the shutter is releose, ond the f rome in position
is exposed, the shutter button becomes
inoperoble. This prevents multiple exposure of
o s i n g l e f r o m e o f f i l m .
{ < T h e f i l m c o u n t e r @ i s o c t u o t e d e o c h t i m e t h e
cocking lever @ is operoted, ond it indicotes
the number of f romes exposed. When, ofter o
roll of film hos been exposed, ond the film
hos been rewound bock into its sofety cor-
tridge, the bocklid is opened, the f ilm counter
o u t o m o t i c o l l yr e t u r n s t o " S " ( s t o r t ) p o s i t i o n .
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OPENING THE BACKLID COMMENTOUVRIRLECOUVErcEDEDOS
OFFNEN DES RUCKENDECKELSCOMOABRIRLA TAPATRASERA
Zom Ollncn des Ri.ickendeckels @ den
Ru cksp u lknopf ( B ousziehen und gegen
Fe d e rd ru ck einen weiter en Z ug geben.
Zun Schliessen des Rtickendeckels dos
fre ie En de des Deckels her unter dr i.r cken
u n d o n p r essen. Der Deckel ver r iegelt
s i c h s e l b s t t o t i g .
Ptour ouvrir le cou,rerc le de dos @,
tirez le bouton de rebobinose (E, ensuire
tire z-le encor e o fond conlr e lo tension
d u re s so rl.
Plour lerrner le couverc le de do s, op-
p u ye z su r le boui libr e. ll se f er m er o oinsi.
Poro obrir lo topo t rosero (D de lo
C o mo ro , soquese el bot6n de enr ollo-
lo open the bo:klid @, pull our the mie n to inver so @ y tir eselo uno vez
rewind knob @, then give on odditionol mos poro ofue,ro, entonce se obre lo
tug ogoinst spring pressure. to p o t ro ser o.
To dose the bocklid, press do,rn t he Poro cerror lo topo trosero, opimose el
f r e e e n d f i r m l y . l t w i l l c o t c h , q n d e xtre mo de lo topo con el debo y se
remoin c losed. c i e r r o p o r s i m i s m o .
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p Insert the cortridge contoining unex- E Pull out lhe tip of the film leoder o
posed f ilm into the f ilm cortridge l i t t l e o n d i n s e r l i t i n t o o f i l m s l i t o f
chomber @ ond then depress the re- t h e f i l m t o k e - u p s p o o l @ . T h e f i l m
wind knob bock lo the originol posi- t i p m o y b e i n s e r t e d i n t o o n y f i l m s l i t .
tion. lf it does not fully return to the
originol position, slightly turn fhe knob
bock ond forth until it fully sinks down
inlo its seot.
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Eil Turn the cocking lever @ to wind rhe E A f t e r t h e b o c k l i d i s c l o s e d , f l i p u p r h e
f ilm onto ihe toke-up spool, ond close rewind cronk (D ond genily turn if in
the bocklid ofter if is oscertoined thoi the direction morked by the orrow lo
the teeth of the sprockel @ engoge t o k e u p o l l s l o c k o f l h e f i l m i n t h e
the f ilm perforotions. The bocklid moy co rt ridge.
be closed by fingertip pressure.
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@ Monipulote lhe cocking lever ond de- fo cherk filn roke-up
press the shutter button O to releose Whether or not the film is being pro-
the shutter. Repeot this blonk shot perly token up when operoting, the
once more. Then rhe film counter @ cocking lever @ con be seen by
should indicote one step bef ore nu- wotching the rewind knob lE which
merol " I ". s h o u l d t u r n c o u n l e r c l o c k w i s e ( o g o i n s t
t h e o r r o w m o r k ) . l f , o f t e r f i l m s l o c k
hos been properly token up, the re- After the cocking lever is once ogoin wind knob (E foils lo lurn when the
monipuloted, your comero is reody c o c k i n g l e v e r @ i s o p e r o t e d , t h e f i l m
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EE(AUTOMATIC)PHOTOGRAPHYPH0T0GRAPHrE EE (AUToMAilOUE)
EE (AUTOMATISCHE)PHOTOGRAPHIE FOTOGRAFIAA CELUI,AFOTOELECTRICA(EE)
[[ Den Blendeneinstellring(monuell)(D ouf AUIO scholten. Donn isl lhre l(OlllCA AUIO
3 2 zur jl (outomqtischen)Aufnohme bereil.
E DenA 3 A - o d e r D l l l - W e r t l h r e s F i l m s o n d e r F i l m e m p f i n d l i c h k e i t s s k o@l o e i n s t e l l e n .
Den Einstellhebel(D driickend bewegen und verschieben,bis er ouf den entsprechen-
den Wert on der Empfindlichkeitsskolo@ kommt.
[l Raglez I'onneou d'ouverlure (monuel) d lo posifbn AUIO. [e l(OlllCA AUIO S 2 est
oinsi pr6t pour une prise de vue oulomotique ovec I'oeil mogique.
p R6glez l'6chelle de lo sensibilit6 de pellicule @ d lo voleur de lo sensibilit6 de lo
pelliculeque vous ulilisez. Appuyez sur le levier de lo sensibilit6de pellicule @ et
foites concorder lo morque ci-dessus d lo vqleur de lo sensibilit6de votre pellicule
indiqu6e sur l'6chell" @. lorsque le r6gloge esl correct le levier ressort, et sero
bloqu6 d cette position.
'AUIO"
fl Col6quese o lo posici6n @ el onillo (D d" orreglo monuol del diof rogmo.
Enlonces el meconismo de Jo l(OtlCA AUIO S2 esl6 pronlo o funcinorse o c6lulo
fotoel6ctrico.
@ AiOsteseol jndice de sensitividod(A3A o Dlll) de su peliculo. Mu6vose lo polonquillo
indicodoro O d" lo sensitividod de peliculo, oprimi6ndolo un poco. D6iese lo cortoduro
de esto polonquillo ol indice de lo escolo de sensifividodde lo pelitulo @ en uso.
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E Set the operture(monuol)ring (D or E Set the ASA roring of the film you
AUf0 position. Your l(OlllCAAUT0 S ore using on the filmspeed scole @.
2 is then set for EE (outomotic) Move fhe filmspeed lever (D while
picture-loking. opplying inword pressure, ond turn it
so thot the notch in the lever motches
lhe f ilmspeed roting of your film os
indiccted on the filmspeed scole @.
When properly motched, the f ilm-
speed lever @ will spring up, locked
in position.
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B D e c i d e w h o t s h u t t e r s p e e d t o u s e , o n d @} While sighting the subiect through the
t u r n t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d r i n g @ s o t h o t vie wfin der , glonce ol the viewfinder
t h e s e l e c t e d s p e e d i s in o lig n me n t o p e rtu re scole @ in the viewfinder
w i t h t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d - o p e r t u r e i n d e x ' zofield.n e lf the pointer is in lhe yellow
mork @. T h e m o s l c o n v e n ie n t se ttin g s indicoting the oper lur e scole,
ore 25O (t /ZSO second) for outdoor yo u r piclur e will be pr oper ly ex-
p ic t ure s , o n d 3 0 ( t / f O se co n d ) fo r posed. All you hove lo do is to press
indoor p h o t o g r o p h y . T h e sh u tte rsp e e d th e sh utter butlon.
r i n g @ m u s t b e s e t o t i t s c l i c k s t o p
p o s i t i o n s ; i n l e r m e d i o t e s e t l i n g s c o n n o t
b e u s e d .
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Whcn undcrcxposureis indicoled
usc slower shutterspeed
16il I56 4 28 t8
lf the poinler is ot the red worning mork (D ot the l.S (f /l.E) end of the operture scole
(0, if meons yoD will not obtoin sufficient exposure with the shulterspeed you hove
selected. Shifr rhe shulterspeed ring (D ro o slower setfing. lf rhe poinler fhen moves
into t+re yellow zone, C: picture-toking is possible, ond the shutler bulton will be
operoble.
Wird oine Untorbolicht'ung ongcreigl -- uerwenden 3ie cine liingere Uersthlusszeit
W.enn der Zeiger on der rolen Wornmorkie.ung @ om l.S - (f /l.S) Ende der Blenden-
skolo @ liegt, ist die Belichtung bei der Verschlusszeif,die Sie gewiihlt hoben, nicht
genijgend. Den Einstellring fijr Verschlusszeit@ ouf eine liingere Zeit scholten. Wenn
der Zeiger donn in die gelbe Zone geht, ist die EE-Aufnohme miiglich, und der Aus-
lirseknopf liissl sich drUcken.
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lorsque I'ciguille indique lo sous-erposition -- uritiiez un tenps de pose plus grond
Si I'oiguille se lrouve d I'int6rieur de lo zone rouge @ sur le c6t6 LS (f/l.S) de l'6chelle
d'ouverture @, celo signifie que I'exposition ne sero pos suffisonte ovec le iemps de
pose gue vous ourez choisi. D6plocez I'onneou de temps de'pose (D d une voleur plus
importonte. Et si d ce momenl, I'oiguille se d6ploce vers lo zone ioune, on peut fo,ire
une photo ovec le systdme de I'oeil mogique (EI), c'est-d-dire que le bouton d'obturoleur
pourro 6tre oclionn6.
Cuondo se indico lo folto de exposici6n, opliquero nenor veloridod del obturodpr.
Cuondo lo oguio se coigo en lo morco de couci6n @ ol lodo de 1.8, indico lo folto de
exposici6n boio lo velocidod de obturodor entonces pre-estoblecido, y hoy que combior
lo velocidod de obturodor @en menor velocidod. Y si lo oguio indicodoro se coye en
lo zono omorillo, es posible fotogrofir o c6lu.lo fotoel6ctrico.
1EXS HOOD tOn ilOXICA AUIO S 2 A lens hood h indispensoble to preventing
hormful roys of lighr from folling on the toking lens. The lens hood for the
f,OXlCl AUIO S 2 is designed so lhot it is usoble os o lens hood of lhe pull-out
lype'
SOXilEXBIEXDEFUR l(OtlGA AUTO 32 Die Sonnenblende isl erforderlich, um
dos Einfollen der unerwunschten Iichtstrohlen zu verh0ten. D ie Sonnenblendef Ur
f,OXICA AUIO S 2 ist von ousziehbrem Typ.
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Whcn ovcrerporure is indicoted
incrcosc shuttcrspeed
.t
t61t 8 56 4 28 ts
ff the poinler is ol lhe worning mork ol the 16 (l/16) end of the operture scole @,
your piclure will be overexposed using lhe shullerspeed of your choice. In this cose,
shift the shutlerspeed ring lo q fosler setting lo bring lhe poinler inlo the yellow zone.
Wird eine Ubcrbelichlung ongezeigr -- yerkiirren Sie die llerschlusszeit
Wenn der Zeiger on der rolen Wornmorkierung om 16 - (1/16) Ende der Blendenskolo {
@ liegt, wird dos Bald bei der vorhondenen Verschlusszeit uberbelichtet. In diesem Foll
ouf eine kiirzere Verschlusszeil einstellen und den Zeiger in die gelbe Zone bringen.
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lE (oulorrotic) hposurc Conlrol Rongc
- The CdS exposure meler of your l(OtlCA AUTO S2 is cross-coupled to the operlure,
shulerspeed ond filmspeed odiuslments lo provide outomolic conlrol of exPosure'
dependingon the brightness of. the subiect. The ronge of outomoiic conlrol vories wilh
f he f ilmspeed roting, but on extremely wide ronge is provided. When using f ilm. roled
or Ajl 16O, ouromotic conlrol is possible from EY 1.7 (l second ot l/1.8) to EU lt (l/500
second ot f/|6).
*Shuilerspeed t (t second) connot be used with outomoiic conlrol when using films roted
ol ASA 125 to ASA 2OO, shutterspeedsI ond 2 (l /2 second) connot be used when lhe ' filmspeedsore f rom ASA 250 lo ASA 400. Resistoncewill be felt when the shutlerspeed
ring is lurned to these low settings. Do not opply force. The odiustments moy be
,shifted f rom AUTO lo monuol exposure control.
Bereich der EE (outomorischen) Belichrungsregelung
Wenn ein Film von ASA IOO (Dlt 2l) benutzt wird, ist die outomotische Regelung
zwischen EY l.Z (l Sekunde bei l/1.8) und IU t7 (t/sOO Sekunde bei l/16) moglich.
*Die VerschlusszeitI (l Sekunde)konn nicht fijr die outomotischeRegelungbenutzt werden,
wenn die Empfindlichkeir des Films zwischen ASA 125 (DlX 22) und ASA 200 (DlX 24)
liegt. Die ieiten I und 2 (l/2 Sekunde) konnen ebenfolls nicht verwendet werden,
folls die Filmempfindlichkeir zwischen ASA 250 (Dlll 25) und ASA 400 (Dlll 27) liest.
Wenn mon in diesem Foll ouf solche liingere Zeifen einstellen will, fijhh mon einen
Widerstond. Nicht Gewolt onwenden. Mon soll von AUIO ouf monuelle Belichtungsrege-
lung umscholten.
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@ Cornero @ terer indicotion (D Belichtunosnstselonzeige lop nolcr Pointer (toncru toD)
@ Zeiger
@torkierung liir Bclleriepriifung
@ Blendenskolo
@ Connteur-indiroteur(en hcut de
I'opporeil)
@Aiguille du ronpleul en hout de
I'opporeil
@illorque de :.onlr6le de pile
@ khelle d'ouverture
@ Ixposinetro (porte superior)
@Aguic indicodoro
@ Indicodorde verif itotirin de pilc @ Bottcry @ lpcrlurc reolo
@ Escolode diof rogno clccl norlt
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