Leica Reflex User manual

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                                     How to use it
The reflex housing is screwed into the LEICAiust like o lens.
The TELYT20 cm. ond 40 cm. lensesore colibroted for ihe reflex housing.
The HEKTOR 13.5 cm. lens con olso be used with the reflex housing. lnsteodof the
stondord mount, with rongefinder coupling,o short mount (ZOOAN) is used.
The imoge is focusedwith the help of on odiusloblemognifier (5 x mognificotion)on
the fine-groinedground glossscreenof the reflex housing.The ground glossscreen
hos o circulormork on which the mognifiercon be focused before the octuol focusing
tokes ploce.
 It is recommendedto keep both eyes open when odiustingthe mognifier,in order to
keep the viewing eye focused ot infinity.
The mognifiercon be odiustedfor minor foults in vision (+'1.5 ond -2  Dioptre).
Correcting lensesfor long ond short sightednessond olso ostigmotismcon be screwed
into the mognifier.
The mognifier is ovoiloble for woist-levelviewing or for eye-levelviewing ol 45"
(right-woy-roundmognifier PEGOO). Both models ore fitted with o boyonet mount
ond ore interchongeoble.

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Upright or horizontol formotsore
obtoined by pressingthe button
(l ) ond turning the comero ot
the some time. The turning me-
chonism locks in both positions.
Pressureon the button (2) roises
the mirror. The end of the twin
coble releoseto fit the button (2)
for roising the mirror is morked
with o block ring (illustrotion2.1
Wlth time or slow instontoneousexposures
it is importont to keep the plunger of the
coble releose depreeseduntil the shutter
hos completely run down. Ottrerwise the
mirror would  foll bock ocross the poth
of the light from the lens still during the
exposure.
The mirror con be locked in the oPen
position (for instoncewhen the fromefin-
der is used) by depressing ond turning
the ring (3) to the right.

In oddition, the completetwin coble releoseond the coble releosefor the reflex housing
itself ore eoch fitted with o locking screw, to lock ihe shutter ond lhe mirror olone.





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Theshoe(4) iokesthe fromefinderfor the TELYT20 ond 40 cm. lenses.
When usingo tripod,the lolter mustbe screwedinto the tripod bush(5) of the reflex
housing,ond not into the tripod bushof the LEICA.With the TELYT40 cm. lens the
tripod for boll-ond-socketheod is screwedinto ihe bushon the lensitself.
To corry the comeroond outfit roundthe neck,two eyelets(7) ore providedto ottoch
o strop.


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The
L E ITZ-CobleReleose
tFor Reflex Housings from No  72001
Screwthe thickernipple (A)                                              F i s . 3
with  fhe  block ring on
button (2) of  the  ref lex
housingond the other end
(B) on the releose button
of the LElcA.
For viewing pressthe but-
ton (D)of the coble releose.
This octuoteso tensioning
mechonismwhich immedi-
otely roisesthe mirror when
the co mero is operoted.



 The length of the coble releoseis colculotedto ollow olso exposuresto be mode in the upright positionwhile
 ottoched to the reflex housing.                                           Position of the coble releose
                                                                                                      \                    os illustrofed.
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Adiusting the Coble Releose
When the releoseis first ottochedto the LEICAond         This coble releose permits
the reflex housing,the LEICAshould not be looded        instontoneousshort expo-
with film. Tensionthe releqse by pressureon the                                                  sures with the LEICA ondbutton (D) ond, ofter releosing the shutter of the
LEICA,check thot the mirror hos been roised         reflex housing held in the
completely.                                       hond,os the comerocon be
Shouldthe shutterreleosetoo lote,removethe ring                                                   gripped firmly ond sofely(B) on ihe LEICAond turn the screw inside it by
opproximotely holf o turn to the left until it is         with both honds. VVhen o
correct. This is the screw which presseson the          tripod  is used, the LEITZ
releose button of the LEICA.(On the whole this                                                     coble releosecon be screw-
should not be necessory,os the coble releosehos
been odiusted ot the foctory).                       ed on the releosebutton (C).

We mnnot  be responsible for perfeci operotion of ihe LEICAwith occessoriesnot mode by us, nor con
we  fit or odiust such occessoriesto the LEICA. Preciseodiustment of genuine LEITZ occessoriesis cqrried
out with speciol testing geor, developed ofter yeors of experience which guorontee obsolute reliobility
ond perfeci long-ferm service.



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