Leotax Model F User manual

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   coftefully before moking procticol use cf the
   . " t6otoX," This comero's high power ond
   efficiency wili g ive you  f u ll sotisfoction o nd
   will beeorne your fovorite choice, if  you
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INSTRUCTIONS    ..
  FOR USE OF THE

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 Sl|O}lA OPTICAI WORK$ IID
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toke-up spool in
     the right. I-et the                             rt ridge
     emulsified side of
    the film fqce to-
    wo rd s the  lens.
    Put the  to ke-u p
     spool on the shoft.
    Set both the co !'-
       trid ge   o nd  the
     spool oll the woy
   down in position,
   ond ploce the
       perf orotions of  t he
    film corefully in                                                             Fig.2
    the sprockets.
                                                                                                                in5.   After checking thot the cortridge, the spool, ond the film ore oll set  -                                                on,, the comero ond turn the orrow from the 'oPen'     position, PUt the bqse Iid
                                                                                          inside    to the  ' lock ' position. As the co mero  is closed, the cortridge opens
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fhe comero, ond the
             fi lm becomes reody
     to use.
6.   In order to wind up   -    the film leod, turn
     the film winding ond
     shutter setting knob
    (A) in the direction
    of the o rrow to the
       full extenf, ond press
    the shutter releose
     button (C). Repeot
     this operotion mo-
                                       Focusing for the distqnce with the left hond,    king two exposures                                           releosing the shutfer with the right hqnd
     with the lid ovei the
       lens.
Z.   Set the exposure counten (P) so  f hcrt the orrow points qt the mork  -         Now the comero is reody for toking the picture.
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How to Toke the Piclure
l.-Drow out the lens borrel io the full exlent ond iurn it.lo the right so thot
       it will go into the seoted position, ond the lens fixes itself in position to
    be reody for toking the Picture.
2.-Adiust diophrogm to the proper stop.
                                                                     go3.   Turn ihe fitm winding ond shutter setting knob (A) os for os it will  -    toword the direction of the orrow. This  sets the shutter ond brings the
     next frome of the film into position.
4.-Pull up ihe shutidr speed diol (D) ond set the shutter speed os                                                                                     desired.               il                                                                   speeds from   When fhe shutter is used either on " B " (Bulb) or ot shutter

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      shutter diol (L) to the mork " 25"
5.   Adiust the shutter speed diol (D) to  -      the mork " 25-1 " before determining
     the shutter sPeed when the Picture
                                                    T,      is token ot low speeds, 1f25,
     1115, 1f10, 1 5, 1,2, I  sdcond.          Double imoges in the rqnge finder
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6.-After determing the operture of the diophrogm ond the shutter speed, get
    on occurote focus by moving the focusing lever (K) with the left hond os
       illustroted in the picture.
 7.-----To get the correct focus, look through the ronge finder moving the focusing
      lever (K) up ond down until double imoges exoctly lie one upon onother.
    When the double imoges exoctly lie one upon onother, the lens which
      outomoticolly ond coniunctively octs with the distonce scole is ploced in
     ihe proper focusing position, ond is reody for toking the picture.
 8.-Then merely oim ot the obiect through the view finder ond gently press
     the shutter releose button (C) until you heor the pleosont sound of the
      shutter releosed. Now the picture is token.
 9.-  lf picture-toking is to be continued under the some condition with the dis-
      tonce, the operture of the diophrogm, ond the shutter speed unchonged,
     mere turning of the winding knob 14) sets the shutter ond bring the next
     frome of the film into position one ofter onother.
]0.-Alwoys see to it thot o new film is relooded when the exposure counter
       (P) shows the number " 36."   lf this rule is not observed, the film will come                                              F      ofi the cortridge ond moy possibly not be rewound into the cortridge.

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Relooding the Comerq
l.-To  toke exposed film out of the comero, press the shuiter releose button
     (C) to moke sure thot the shutter is not set, move the rewinding lever (N)
                                                     knob (G) revolving    from the 'A' to the 'R'  position, lift the film rewinding
       it in the direction of the orrow, ond rewind the exposed film bock into
     the cortridge. Rewinding becomes light when the fflm is completely off
     the ioke-uP sPool.
2.-  After the film is entirely wound up into the cortridge, reverse the comero,                  j
      set the clip on the bose lid of the comero from the 'lock' io the 'open  '                                                       I    ond the cortridge is outomoticolly closed inside the comero in o sofety
     conditton, reody for removing the cortridge.
                                           'R' to the 'A'  position, when the                 '3.          the rewinding lever 1N) from the  -Return    comero is looded os describeC previously.
How to use  :                -
1)  Double Exposure
     ln cose you wont Double Exposure, wind up the shutter diol onticlockwise
      until the shutter diol stops. The comero is reody for toking piciures.
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2)   Film Indicotor
     In cose you wont to keep your film (ASA-Sensitiveness), turn the film
    winding knob ogoinst the orrow io the mork which you need.
3)   Infrored film
     In cose of using Infrored film ond filter, odiust the focus by focusing lever.
     After determing the distonce scole, turn ihe distonce scole to the point-"R"
     (red mork).
4) A dot on the shutter releose button
     In cose you push the shutter button without toking fhe lens cop off ond
    wind up the film, move the rewinding lever from "A"  to " R ",  lift the
     film rcwinding knob, revolving it in ihe direction of the orrow until the
    dot hos rototed once. By this operotion, unexposed film moves bock one
     spoce.
      Flosh        pl(unuS5)
    Leotox model F  is provided with o flosh synchronizotion plug ot the side
    of the eyepiece of the finder ond the chonge lever of F, X is found on
    the left side of the comero foce.
     In cose of using focol plone shutter bulbs, set the chonge lever in ihe
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'l/25th of o second'     verticol position ond choose ony speed higher thon
     (for storobe or speed closs bulb, use X)
                                                                                 horizoniol   When lens shutter bulbs ore used, the chonge lever down to
                                                                       second'     position ond set the shutter speeds lower thon 1l25th of o
6)         (bulb)
                                                                                                 set                                         shutter speec diol to mork 25 ond     ln cose of " B ", odiust the low
                                                            B'     the high speed shutter diol to mork
     ln this cose, shutter is opened, while you ore pushing the shutter releose
      button.
7) T lTime)                                     25 ond set the low     In cose of using T, odiust the high shutter speed to
                                                        ore  pushing the shutter    speed shutter diol to mork " T "'  When you
     releose button, ihe shutter stop in open'                                                                 " | "  lishtly.     ln cose of closing, turn the shutter diol toword mork
8.-Click stop on the slow shutter diol'
                                                               second, push     ln cose of using low shutter speed less thon 1l25lh of o
     the click.
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Some Pieces of Suggestion for Picture-toking
*  Before putting on the comero lid, moke sure the perforotions of the film
 ore properly set in the sprockets.
*   Before toking the picture, drow out the lens borrel oll the woy forword os
 for os it will go, ond turn it to the right until the lens is firmly sei in position.
 otherwise, occurocy in focusing for the distonce will probobly  foil.
*    lt is urged thot the operture of the diophrogm be odiusted olwoys before
 focusing for the distonce for feor thot the odjusting operotion of the diophrogm
 gives rotory motion to the lens borrel, occidentolly oltering the focus.
{< See thot the film winding ond shutter setting knob (A) is wound os for os
  it will go in ihe direction of the orrow. Otherwise, some fromes of the film
 moy not be exposed properly or occurotely when the shutter is releosed.
*     lt is importont thot the following operotion be strictly observed.
    'l ) Turn the film winding ond shutter setting knob (A).
 2) Adiust the speed of the shutter.
 3) Regulote the low speed shutter diol (L).
 4) Set the low speed shutter diol (L) by ihe mork "25" when o shutter speed of
     either " B " (Bulb) or foster thon l/25 second is colled for in picture-toking.

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possible, os o*  To releose the shutter, press the button os softly ond gently os
 ierky pressure on the button gives the comero o shock, moking the exposure hozy-
                                                                     winding*  The film rewinding knob (G) revolves simultoneously with the film
                                                                   the film is off ond shutter setting knob (A) when ihe lotter is turned. lf not,
 the toke-up spool.
                                                                                       the*  Should the film winding knob (A) becomes heovier thon usuol before
                                                                                     is short exposure counter points to the number " 36 " either becouse the film                                                         0 " immediotely or becouse you foiled to set the exposure counter ot the "
  ofter looding the comero, do not wind up the film by force lest ihe end of
                                                                                                 film the film comes off the cortridge ond becomes impossible to rewind the
 bock into the cortridge.
                                                                         by*   Before rewinding the exposed film into the cortridge, check the shutter
  trying the shutter releose button (B).
                                                   under direct roys of the*    lt is recommended not to hondle the film cortridge
 sun or strong lights.
                                                           bumpt< The comero is o precision instrument. Be coreful not to drop it or
                                                                                                                                             is  is ogoinst ony obiect, os the precision moy be nullified, even fhogh it
  solidly ond strongly mode.  .    't'

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Good Focusing.
     There is o vorying ronge of shorpness in focusing on obiect. This is colled
the depth of focus os indicoted by ihe diol. The depih of focus increoses
when o norrow operture of the diophrogm is used. For exomple, when the
center of the focus depth scole is plocted ot 9 feet ond diophrogm opening
of F3.5, focus is shorp from 8 to l0 feet. When the diophrogm is set ot F8,
o shorp focus is between 7 lo 12 {eet, os shown by ihe distonce scole.
        lf the shorpness of neor view of obout  I 6 feet os well os of distont view
 (" co " or infinity) is desired, ii is necessory to ploce the center of the focus
depth scole ot the 30 feet nick with the diophrogm set ot F 8.
     This is the most efiective method to get the shorpness of pictures when
there is no time io estimote the ronge.  lf you wish to eliminote o certoin
 points of focus in order to give pictures the tinge of distonce, it is olso odvi-
 soble to use this focus depih scole to good odvontoge. For instonce ; in cose
you desire to ploce the reor of on obiect situoted ot the distonce of 12 feet
 out of focus set the diophrogm ot F 8 ond the focus depth scole ot " 9 feet."
How lo Toke Accurofe Piclures of Moving Obiects
       It is well known thot the focol plone shutter which runs directly in front of
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the film is needed to moke o snopshot of the speedy movement of on obieci.
As the " Leotox " comero Jros o shutier which runs horizoniolly  it is copoble of
toking such pictures os moving oirplones, outomobiles, ond the like.
    To toke pictures of speedily moving obiects it is necessory thot the shutter
runs in the opposite direction to the movement of the imoges reflected on the film.
In other words, to toke the picture of on obiect moving from the right to ihe left,
it is oll right to hold the comero in such position os it is usuol. ln this cose,
the shutter runs in the some direction os thot of the moving obiect, becouse
the imoge reflects itself reversely in the film.
     For on obiect running from the left to the right, it is required to turn the
comero up upside down (with o view finder down), ond there is need of holding                              lrlr
the comero lenghtwoys with the shutter setting knob (A) up for photogrophing
obiect moving downword such os diving.  lf this rule is observed, you will surely
be oble to toke shorp ond occurote pictures wifhout ony distortion.


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  F-7.5cm  I               '35
r: Copol B. 1,1f2,-1 fsoo
   sec. with  self-timer
   flosh-synch ron izer.

 Finder: not coupled to
   Lens.