KONICA S II User manual

KONISHIROKU is grotef ul  for your inrerest in rheir KONICA
S II  35-millimeler minioture comero.
 This comero of exquisitely relined design is  equipped wirh
 o  fully  cross.coupled exposure meter which permits   the
 setling  ol  correct exposure volues outomoticolly by  sight.
A needle indicotor in the viewfinder field enobles you to moke
 exposure odiustments  wi thout shilting from the focusing, sighring,
ond picture-toking position.  Automoric porollox compensotion
you see iust whot you get  is proviCed. The MX Iull synchro.
 nizing  shuller hos o built-in .sel{timer (deloyed shuler ocrion
mechoni sm). Also the  f os.t, shorp ond occurote HEXANON lens,
enobles you to  creote good pictures without  drsoppoinring
 foilures.


          ATTENT ION

I  When setf ing your comero for correcl exposure by meons of
   the coupled exposure meter, be sure nol to cover or shode
   the photocell window with your fingers.
I  When wiping cleon such ploslic ports os photocell window,
   viewfinder window frome, ond eyepiece guord ovoid use of
    elher, locquer thinner ond olher solvents. A smoll quontily
   of olcohol is permissible.

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EGENERAL DESCRIPTION,  IIL.,.                   KONICA                     sfl     -lI-
         Picture Size (negotivd) 24X36 millimeters

        Film U sed                  35-millimeter in sofety
                                   cortridges  of 20 ond 36 exposures.

          Iens               HEXANON l/2,1:alnn   6 elements
                                        in 5 groups, improved omber cooting.

          Shuiter               COPAL SVE, equidi stont shutterspeed
                                                    setti ngs in multiples o{ 2:B.   1.  2.
                                     4. 8. r5. 30. 60. r25.  250. 500, MX
                                   settings {or full synchronizotion  ot oll
                                              !                                     shuller speeds, built-in selltimer.

        Coupled Exposure Meler   Needle in line-o[-sight, zero-in method,
                                   outomol ic cross-coupli ng of   f  i lmspeed,
                                  shutterspeed ond operture.

          Focusing                   Helicoid lens mount, {ocusing  ring
                                 operotion couses merging of  double
                              imoge in {ocusing spot in center o{
                                     view-{inder  field.

         Viewf inder                Bright  illuminoted frome, outomoiic
                                     porollox compensotion, x 0.65 mognifi.
                                           cot ion.

         C ocki ng                 Thumb-operoted, single.stroke  lever
                                  (120'swing,   20"  initiol   plov)  for

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Rongefinder Window

     Exposure Meter Needle                      Viewf inder
              llluminotion Window                       llluminotion Window


Strop Eyelets





 Photocell                                         Ronge-Vrewf inder
    Window                                      Window
               Synchrof losh

                     HEXANON Lens


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I  When'cocking lever is swung {ully through irs orc, the
   shutter is cocked, ond the film  is odvonced one frorne
   one {rome s'multoneously.

I  For eoch full strcke oi the cocking lever, the {ilm counter
   moves one slep, indicoting the number o{ exposures modq. At
    36, rhe counler mechonism becomes Cisengoged, ond the ccunter
    returrls ouiomoticolly lo  the triongulor stort  rnork when
   the bocklid is opened {or relooding o{ {,1m.

I   G"t  in  the hobit o{ operofing the cocking lever       'i usl
    be{-ore shooting.  Keeping the shutrer cocked unnecessorily.

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stroins the mechonism, ond occidentolly pressing the shutter
   bulton will woste o shot.
I  you moy set the shuiterspeed either before or ofter cocking.

  ATTENTION
  When you hove finished o roll, the cocking lever moy some
   times stop before the completion of irs stroke.
  Do not ever force it. Keep the rewind button depresseo,
   to releose the sprocket ond {inish rhe cocking lever stroke.



  FILM TYPE INDICATOR
  By turning the diol ot the bose of the cocking lever, the
   colors o{ block, blue ond red con be mode to oppeor in the
  window of the film type indicotor. Block stonds for monochrome,
  red for color positive (reversol) ond blue for color negotive.


      KONIFILTERS for COLOR FILMS
 Filter   Type of Film                      Purpose
U-V      doylrght                                                                     I o cut hoze
 B9(80-B) doylrshr                          with photolloods
B7(80.C) doylishr                          with cleor ilosh
8l-A    Super Anscochrome Tungsten      with phoro{loods
Bl-C    Type A                                     wi th cleor flosh
8l-D    Super Anscochrome Tungsten      with cieor'{losh
82(82-A) Type F or Kodocolor               with photolloods
A9(85)  Type A or Anscochrome Tungsren   in doylighr
85-B    Super Anscochrome Tungsren      in doylighr
A6(85-C) Type F                           in doylrght

I  fh" KONICA S II uses 35-millimeter film, either 20 or 36
   exposures, prelooded in sofety cortridge.

I  Wh"n looding or unlooding film, olwoys ovoid direct light.
  When no other meons of protection {rom direct sunlight  is
    ovoiloble, use your own body to shode comero ond film.

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                                        push up rewinda Pull out bocklid cotch,  open bocklid, ond

      spi ndl e.





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                                                        in cortridge chomber, ond push     a Ploce unused so{ety cortridge
               in rewind spindle, turning slightly so thot it cotches on
               film spool inside cortridge.





     B Pull out o short length of fllm, ond iit  the end in slrt of
            the toke-up spool (loke-up spool con be turned to bring slit
            to convenient position by opplying {inger slight pressure)





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@  Fit the perforotions onto the sprocket teeth, ond operote
   cocking lever to wind film onto toke-up spool. Press shutter
   button ond repeot cocking oction until perforotions on both
    sides of the {ilm ore engoged by the sprocket. Close bocklid
   ond reoloce coich.





          Motch film perforolions to sprbckel.teelh





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l5 Turn rewind knob in direction of orrow to toke up slock  f ilm.





   Repegt twice shutter  button ond cocking operotion to bring
   film counter to block dot position odiocent to numerol l.





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a Operote film speed scole  lever so thot the ASA roting of
         r he {ilm looded in comero  is indicoted in the film speed
    scole window.





         Now you comero is reody  f or piclure.toki ng.





tr   lf operoting shutter bution ond cocking lever, os described
   under 6,  obove the rewind knob {oils to lurn ogoinst the
    orrow, this meons thot the {ilm is not being odvonced properly.
   Check corefully, open bocklid, ond repeot looding operotions.

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First, lood comerci with  {ilm, os described obove. Set
        shuler speed ot desired poi nt on shutler speed diol. Aim comero
        ot  subiect. Sight through eyepiece, ond turn oPerture ring
       so thot the exposure meter needle, visible in the viewfinder
                       f ield,comes into olignment with the  f ixed mork. Next,lurn  f ocusing
         ring to bring subiecf into focus by motching the double imoges
         in the focusing spot ot fhe center of view{inder  field.




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      Be sure to hold comero  f irmly with both honds, pressing it
                                                                                                 pi cture inside          ogoi nst your {oce {or exrro stobil.ity, Compose
        the bri ght frome o{ the viewlinder {ield. Next genlly press ihe
        shutter button so thot the shutter is releosed withouJ ierking
        the comero. You now hove your sub;ect on {ilm.

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       Get reody for your nexl shot by operoting the cocking lever

       Your comero  moy be ottoched lo o lripod by meons of the
         rripod sockel   ot  bottom of comero. A coble releose moy be
        screwed into  the socket ot the center of shutter button.

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           When {ocusing the comero on the subiect, turn  f ocusing ring while
               sighting the subiect through the eyepiece. One of the two imoges
            of the subiect visible in the center of the focusing spot will
           move loterolly. !Vhsn the two imoges merge exoctly, the subiect
               is in  focus. The distonce to the sublect (from the foccl pl:ne
             mork) con be reod off bv the distonce scole'

            ILLUMINATED BRIGHT FRAME
              Visible in the viewfinder field demorcotes the bound-ories  of
            your picture. Since with this systern oll sighting error is
               eliminoted, there is no risk of lopping off the portions of ycur
            subiect.                  it

          AUTOMATIC PARA LLAX COMPENS,ATICN
               This orrongement outomoticolly corrects the error,ot b!o:e rcn3es,
              resulting from the {oct thot the viewfinder cnd lens c:cupy
               different posirions. Look through the eyepiece cnd turn lccusing
              ring. You will note thot when the focus is ct close rongc, the
              bright frome co.ntrocts in size ond moves loword ihe opticol
                oxis oi the lens. This shows  f he porollox compcnsction mechcnismI
                in oction. Not only is the position o[ thc frome shlfted' but
             the norrowing down of the picture ongle ct close ronges isI
              duly ollowed for.  Picture ongle reduction ot close ronges is
            due to the .forword movement of the lens borrel , cwoy {rom the
                focol plone. This  f ully outomotic compensoiicn is o revolutionory
              development which permits occu:'oie sighiing ond cornposition
             ot oll distonces.
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HUTTER AND APERTURE
               PERATIO


  The KONICA S II  is equipped with o COPAL SVE shutter of
   lotest design. Not only is there provided o built-in selftimer,
   but {ull {losh synchronizotion oi oll shutter speeds is ovoiloble.
   Shutter speed is odiusted by turning rhe shutter-speed ring to
   bring shutter speed diol reoding in olignmenr with shurer speed
   index mork. Shutier speed diol volues ore indicoted os follows:
    I {or I second, 2 lor l/2  second, 125 Ior l/125 second, ond
  so on. "B" indi cotes bulb setting, ot which the shutter remoinns
  open {or os long o9 the shutter button is kept depressed, providing
  monuol control for exposures o{ longer durotion thon I second.
   Shutterspeed diol should, ot oll times, be ser or the click stop
   pos  it ions.
 Whot lhe shutter Does
  The shutter serves two purposes    :
 E  Regulotion of lhe omount of lighr for exposure In rhe some
    woy thot the operture con be used for reguloting the intensity
     of the light reoching the {ilm, chonge of shutter speeo con
    be used to control the omount of light entering the comero.
 E  stopping or "freezing" the subiect For sublects in motion,
     {ost shutterspeeds ore used to prevent blurring. The neorer
     the comero to the moving sublect, the foster must be the
     shutterspeed ro prevent motion blur.


                       SHUTTERSPEEDS
     B                     I      2     A      8     r5    30    60   t25  250  500

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The operture is odiusted by turnrng the operrure nng.  The
           operture diol is olso scoled equidistonrly so rhot eoch step
            results in o doubl'ng or holving o{ the rnrensrry of rhe lrght
            enterrng the comerq. At +,/2.A, the inrensity of the lrghr  I s
           holf thor or  ( ,/2, ot  t ,/2.9, double rhot or  f ,/q. vou moy ser
          the operture ring in between the morked t,/stops Ior   f rner
           odjustments of the light enterng your comero.
        Whot the Aperture Does
         The operture serves two purposes    :

      E  tr regutotes the intensiry of the light used for exposure.
           The operture works like the iris of the humon eye, whlch
       I           opens up when the light is low, ond closes down when the
       ;             light is intense. when the coupled exposure merer is used in
ll             coniunction with the operture ring, with zeroi ng in of the
            exposure meter needle, the operture opens u.p when the
               inlensity of the light meosured by the exposure meter is low,
            ond vice verso, outomoticolly control ling the intensity of the
               light possing through the lens to the film.
      E  Adiustment of the Depth of field When the comero is focused
            on o certoin subiect, there is o zone, in   f ront ond behind
            the subiect, wirhin which oll oblects will regisrer shorply
                 in correct focus. This zone is known os the "depth of {ield"
             (q.u.)  The smoller the operrure, the greoter becomes the
              ovoiloble depth o{  f ield.


                           APERTURE SCALE
              2       2.8       4       5.6       8           ll       r6      22
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For correcl usq of the coupled exposure meter   :

tr
Ser ASA roting o{ iilm in use correctly on {ilmspeed scole ol
the comero.

a
Set shutier ot desired sPeed.

B
Sight subiect through view{inder, ond turn operture ring so
thol exposure meier needle comes inio  occurote olignment
with  the  fixed  mork.  Then.the  proper operrure size  for
 correct exposure is sel outomoiicolly'

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The some procedure is used for
        zero ing- in the externol (top)
        exposure meler needle.


          I   For overoge photogrophy, set
           shuilerspeed ot 250 (l/250
          second) out of d$lt,  or ot
         30 (l/30 second) lidoor, to
                                f oc  ilit ot e oper  t ur e.o'diu s t m ent.





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The coupt ed exposure merer Incorporored in the KONICA S II
 mokes use of light ref lected  f rom the subiect.The zero-in odiustme-
 nt is by vorioble resistonce. Full cross-coupling of the foctors
 governing exposure - shutter-speed, operture size, ond filmspeed
 - is ochieved. The exposure meter needle indicotion   f o'
 operture odiustment is provided both inside the view{inder ond
 ot the top of the comero. With the view {inder needle, it  is
 possible to odiust your exposure without shifting the eye
 {rom the sighting ond focusing position


                FTLMSPEED (ASA) SCALE


fhe dots between l6 ond 32 ond 50 ond IOO indicote ASA25
ond 80. The dot representing ASA 25-berween l6 ond 32.is used
for the new Kodochrome II  filrn


I   E"porrre meter needle visible in the viewf inder  f ield moves
   in the some direction os the operture ring. When zeroing-in
   on the Iixed mork, move operture ring in the desired direction.
     lf zero-in connot be occomplished by the operture ring orone,
   chonge shutterspeed setting, ond moke fine odiustments
   by turning operture  ring.

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When selling your comero for correcl exposure by meons of the
coupled exposure meter, be sure nol to cover or shode the
photocell window with your fingers.





I  When using the exposure
   meter indicotion ot top
   of comef o, point comero
   toword o subiect, ond
   odiust exposure meter
   needle so thot  it comes
    into olignment with the
   fixed index mork.





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When presett ing operiure {or obtoining desired depth of  f ieldt
   set operture ot suitoble size, then turn shutter.speed ring
    {or zero-in of exposure meter needle. Shutter.speed  ring must
   be set or click stop, intermediote positions connol be used.
   Bring needle, by click stop settings, to os close to  f ixed
   mork os possible, ond moke  f ine odiustment by operf ure ring.
I  When using lilters, ond odiusrment for obsorption foctors
   is necessory, first set for correct exoosure in the normol
   woy, then compensote for filter by odiusting operture ring.         I
   When  f ilter is used continuously, compenso?ion for obsorption



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   focior con be eff ected on the filmspeed scole. Be sure
    to  dronge  f ilm- speed when  f ilter is removed.
     e. g. When using film roted ot ASA 100 in coniunction with
  o {ilter with o foctor of x 4, set filmspeed scole ot
   ASA IOO : A SA 25, ond odlust for exposure in the normol woy'
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 I  Wh"n toking pictures o{ scenes with lorge omounts of bright
    sky, or of people in front of o brrght bockground, oim your
    comero slightly down toword the neor loreground or go   t o
    your sublect ond toke on exposure reoding up closv ln this
    woy, you will ovoid the coufusing effect of extroneous'
    light on your meler.
 I  rne coupled exposure meter of the KONICA S II  is designed

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With the MX sefting lever ot position X, move selftimer lever
(V)  to cock selftimer mechonism. Operotron of the shutter
button will now rel eose sel.{ttmer so thot shutter oction occurs
obout l0 seconds loter.

Aport {rom gettrng yourself  in the picture,  the selltimer  is
use{ul  for  such work os  microphotogrophy ond close-ronge
copying, rn whrch the slrghtest movement must be ovoided.

T  Sel{rimer con be used in coniuction with oll shutterspeeds
   except " 8".

                                      "M",  sel{t'mer connotI When shrrtter  ig  set  oi  posifion
   be used.

I  Drrotion o{ the deloy of shutter octton con be odlusted
   by choice of the poi nt to which the self timer lever is moved.
   When short deloy rs desired, set selftrmer leuer occordingly.
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