Kowa Six exposure Finder User manual

Distinctive Feotures                         SPECIFICATIONS
                                          Typ"  woistlevel viewf inder incorporoting
The KOW A/SlX exposu re finder combines                       the TTL (Through-the- lens)exposure
the occurocy of through-the-lens exposure                    meter for the KOWA/SlX
control with the convenience of woist-level              Finder Mognificotion  rotio
                                                                                                                                                                 le'rsviewing.                                                                           I x(ot infinitv) with 85 mm stondord
Four CdS cells ore diogonolly orronged in                        1.8 x with l50 mm telephoto-lens
                                                                   0.7 x with 55 mm wide-ongle  lensthe housing oround the eyepiece ond ore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ,s!i
                                                                      Finder viewf ield, 90oZ Ytstbility,-2 diopterdesigned to reod the overoge light intensity                                                           Exposrre AAeter
of the opposing focusing screen surfoce.                        Typ", Joini use of full operture ond
So o suitoble overoge volue of light meosu-                      stoo-down meosurement.
rement con be obtoined through ihe integroted                    TTL exposuremeter with integroted
meosurement of the spots(4divided meosuremnt)                   meter reoding system zero method
The exposure finder is hermoticolly seoled                     used for centering the mejter needle
ond provided with o eyecup so entry of                      to the index.                                                                                   Arletering ronge(ot ASA 100)'stroy light from the eyepiece is completely                                                     EV2-12 with 85 mm stondord lens
eliminoted.                                                              EV2.5-12.5 with l50 mm telephoto lens
Both full-operture ond stop-down meosure-                  EV 3-18 with 55 mm wide-ongle lensment ore possible.                                                    Film speed rong€: ASA l0-3,200       IThe zero method is obopted for centering                    Power source  , 1 mercury bottery
the meter needle to the index.                                Others , bottery checker, power supply
                                                                         switch ond  f inder cover Provided
                                                               Dimensions,  Z'l mm x 95 mmx 86 mm
                                                  Weight      g                                                               '280

How to Use the Exposure Finder
How to Attoch ond Remove the Finder
To ottoch the exposure finder, remove the bottom
 cover from the finder ond ofter fittirg both sides to
 the insertirg grooves provided on the comero booy,
 slide the finder in towords the bock side of tne co-
mero until it becomes locked  for. meosurement.
To remove lhe exposure finder, press the intercho-
 ngeoble finderhood releose button ond slide  ifre
 finder out towords the front ol the comero. -
How to Insert the Bottery
Open the boitery chomber by unscrewing the cover.
Insert the bottery inio the chomber with the plus(f  )
side focing oulword, tfeq reploce the cover with'the
inside plus  ( +) morking contocting the plus (*)  side
of the bottery. l.3V mercury bottery should be used.
How  to Use the Bottery Checker,
Motch the B.C. (Bottery checking) mork on the cho-
nge-over switch to the index mork. When the me-
ter needle remoins within the ronge of the dented
porlion, the bottery is in proper working condition.
To ovoid unnecessory droin of the bottery, the po-
wer switch should be turned off when the meter  is                www.butkus.us
not u.sed. lf the comero will not be used for'o long
time,it is odvisoble to remove the botterv from
the botterv chomber.

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          o. How to set the Film Speed(ASA),
                 Pull out the F diol  s! ightly ond turn it so the
              speed (ASA) of the film in use moiches with
               ihe index (notch) on the  f ilm speed (ASA) scole
              window. Then, releose the F diol ond you wi ll
             hove the film speed set.
          b. Compensotion when moking full- operture
            meosurement using interchongeoble  lensest            Since this exposure linder is o TTL exposure
               meter thot meosures the light possing through
                                                             -whenl             the lens, compensotion becomes necessory
              the lens is interchonged during full-operture
              meosurement. For this compensotion, the T diol
                 is turned ond the focol length of the inrerch-
             onged lens is motched to the compensotion sc-
              ole index. W hen correctly motched,  'it   wi  ll
                click into secured oosition.
       W hen stop-down meosuremeni is mode (Refer
               to the stop-down meosuremement metnoq
             mentioned in the lotter porogroph of  this
                 instrucuction), motch it to the S.A. mork re-
               gordless of the type of lens used.
           Nofe:
il            The block  f igures on ihe T diol such os 1,2,
              4,8, ond l5,indicore shuiter speed l,l/2,1 /4,1 /B
            ond l/15second, whereos, the green figuressuch
           os 2,4,8, ond 15, indicote 2,4,8 ond l5seconds.
           Use ihe T groduotion(Time)on  the shutter speed
              ring for exposures exceeding I second.
            Refer to pogel2of comero insiruction forTime
              exoosu re.

To Perform Full- operture                         Meter needle window Meter needle
 Meosurement
c. Turn the chonge-over switch ond set the power                            Index(Zero setting)    supply switch to  oON'          tr
d. Foce the comero towords your subject, dererm-
    ine the view-field ond bring your subiect into
    shoro focus.
e. Turn the F diol while viewing through the finder
   ond qenter the meter needle to the index (zero
     sett ing)   .
 f. When the meter needle motches with the index,                             FINDER
   the combinotion volue of the shutter speeo onc
   ,lens operture will be indicoted on the F ond T
     diols.
g. Reod the shutter speed for the designoted oper-
    ture or the operture for the designoted  shutter
   speed, ond set the volues obtoined to eocn
   corresponding scole on the lens.





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When priority is given to ihe
     shutter speed
         f. Turn the shutter speed selection ring ond
          preset the desired shutter speed.
      9. Turn the F diol of the exposure meter ono
          set the index (( ) to the shutter speed.
      h. Turn the depth-of  -f ield Preview lever to full
          extent with your left hond ond hold it  in
            this position.
          i. Turn the lens operture selection ring ond
          sei the meter needle to the index (zero
            setting)   .
          i. The operture obtoined wi ll be the proper
          operture to provide correct exposure under
                ' the preset shutter speed.


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