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LORD 4D User manual
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- Lord
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- LORD 4D
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- User manual
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- English
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- 34
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Venmo @mike-butkus-camera Ph. 2083 PayPal Name Lynn@butkus.org www.PayPal.me/lynnbutkusView original page 5
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l. Turn Bock Logk KeY in the 2. Pull out fhe Rewind Spool
direction of "0". ond lood the film.
6. Set the Light Volue Scole. 7. Trim lhe composition of 8. Releose the shutter button to
picture ond get correct focus. toke picfure.View original page 6Page 8 · Read text
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@ The Bock Lock will open @ Putt out Rewind Knob ond put
when the key is tu rned the cortridge in the film chomber, the cortridge with protruding side
in the direction of "0". of spool being downword.
l. Use stondord 35 mm. film cortridges (35 mm. 20 or 36 exposures)
2. Do not lood the film under the direct sunshine.
3. After the film is looded ond lock the bock lid. turn the rewind knob
genf ly in the direction of orrow to tight the f ilm.
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@ Push in Rewind Knoo, rurnrng @ lf you will not see red dot @ Push the rewind releose button
ge ntly. of the sprocket ofter iwice swings to fix the sprocket. of winding lever, moke the red
Aal eamo t^ ^^^a^r hrr nracc;na
t,re rewind button
@ Putl out ond insert the end @ HAoke it sure thot the perforotions
of f ilm into o slot of the spool, of both sides of the f ilm f ;t @ The film counter outomoticolly
then swing the winding lever 9CUr) Ur^t JPrVrKr^--^ ^r -.t. Close the register "S" whenever the bock
gently. bock lid ond turn the bock lock lid is closed ond shows figure
key in the direction of "C" " 1" of ter only 2 blonk shots.View original page 9Page 10 · Read text
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"LORD 5D" Comero incorporotes the LIGHT VALUE SCALE which is crcss-coupled with the
operture ond shutter speed setting. Around the lens you will see the ring which hos
figures engroved thereon from 3 to l6. li is the LIGHT VALUE SCALE. Heretofore you
hod to get the correct exposures by controlling the shutter speeds ond lens operiures
seporotely. But, with the LIGHT VALUE SCALE you need not do such complicoted
operotions os before, You con obtoin ihe correct exposures only by setting the LIGHT
VALUE SCALE occording to the LIGHT VALUE indicoted by your exposure meters or ihe
exposure toble. ln oihe r words, even when the shutter speed is chonged, the lens
operture will be outomoticolly in the some rotio so os io give olwoys the indicoied light
volue.
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4l Then, os per diogrom A. in cose of L. speciol picturing conditions, the
V. 6, turn the operlure guide ring so shutter speeds ond/or operfures be
os to hove the operture guide mork odiusled occordingly. For instonce,
coincide with figure 6 on L. V. Scole. fhe piclures of swifr moving obiect
In cose of L. V. 14, set the guide mork would need lhe ropid shutter speeds
to be coincided with figure l4 on L. ond fhe piclures desired with vogue
V, Scole os per diogrom 8. bock ground, the wide operiures. In
such coses, you moy slide the red dof
Now thus lhe comero is odiusted on L. V. Scole foword the properr
for proper exposures. shutier speed. ond you moy get lhe
5l But, for lhe shootings under some correct exposures oufomoficolly.
B l2 510 2ss0 l00Z]{0 500
(A) 17 16 15 14 13 ll' rl ru 5
'22 t6 5
B z5t0z550lo02 500
(B) t'l t6 t5 l4 'I 654
2? 16 rl g I 2A
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NOTE:
ll In chonging fhe shutter speeds by EXPOSURES WITHOUT
moving the L. V. Scole Ring, if rhe USING TIGHT VATUE
coupling operture goes beyond the
limits (2 or l6l, the shutter speed scole You con use the MXL shutter some os with
Will slip ond the L. V. Scole connof MX shutter.
will slip rhe ond L. V. Scole connot Set the red dot on L.V.Scole so os to give ony correct volue. coincide with the desired shutter speed ond
2l ln chonging the operture by moving ihen set the operture guide ring to the
the L. V. Scole Ring, it is necessory desired operture.
to set lhe shutter speeds occurolely Then the correct exposure will outomoticolly
even in cose lhe operture guide mork be obtoined, the shutter speed ond
comes between the figures. When operture being coupled with eoch other. you need to set the shutter speed.
ot l/500 sec. sel the L. V. iust one
, reoding higher. e. g. 13 when it is 12.
You con olso get lhe correcl
exposures only by seiling the operlure NOTE: guide mork ond L.V.Scole togerher, 'relotion ignoring the of yellow or In this cose, pleose, sef the shutter speed
green morks on L.V.Scole. FIRST ond set the operture next.
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Ihe film con be wound up by swinging the
Winding Lever twice for one shot.
(l) Hold the comero firmly os shown l2l By the obove operotion, ihe
in the diogrom ond swing the shutter releose butfon iumps up to
winding lever right-word by thumb. show you the red mork. lt meons
When the lever stoPs. remove Your the comero is reody for exposure
thumb to the former Position, so upon the shutter setting.
thot the lever comes bock outo'
moticolly. Do this twice for one NOTE:
shot. The lever rorely stops in the midst of
winding in cose the film is entirely
used. In such o cose, do not wind by
lotss. pu5h the rewinding button in-
steod ond rewind the film.
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(Al Horizontol (Ordinory) position:
Hold the comero in both honds using the right index finger to
operote the shutter button ond the left index or middle finler to
odiust focusing.
To look rhrough rhe viewfinder either the reft or the right eye will
do. Use whichever is convenient to you. stobilize the comero by
so holding it thot the left hqnd thumb is pressed ogoinst your cheek.
The shutter con be releosed so smoothly thot you con toke pictures
even ot the slow speed of 1/5 or l/10 sec. without using o tripod.
(B) Verticol position:
There ore two woys to hold the comero for shooting verticol picrures;
one is with shutter releose button obove your eyes, thoi is with
your right hond obove the comero, the other is with the shutter releose
button below eyelevel.
ln either position, hold your comero firmly ond tuck your orms well withbody to ovoid the comero shoke.
Stop your breoth while exposing, ond push the shuiter releose buttton geniry.
Be coreful ol your fingers which will sometime be obstocle io the lens
unconsciously.
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The system is "Single-window Rongefinder
Viewfinder coupled with Lens"
When you look through the f inder, two Turn the helicoid lever uniil two imoges get
imoges ore seen in the diomond shope f rome together os (Bl picture, thot is,
of center port os in lAl picture, thot is,
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The "bright line f rome system" is odopted ro the LORD SD.
All subiects cought within this bright line frome will be
recorded on your film.
For the short distonce shooting within 3 feet, the subiect
must be cought within the morkings in the finder frome,
otherwise the subiect will go out of center.
Look stroight through the finder. lf ony portion of bright
line frome connot be seen, it meons thot you ore not
'in looking through the finder correct monner,w@
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Film Counf-
ar, show-
ing 36
When the entire roll hos been exposed, the film winding
lever will not move ony more or the film counter indicotes
the figure 20 or 35, the film must be rewound bock into
the cortridge.
First of oll, press the rewind button (29) ond secondly
lift the rewind c'onk, then lurn it in the direction of
orrow... During the rewinding, the red spots on the 'rewind
button go round to show the film is being rewound.
When the red spots stop their turning, the film is perfectly
rewound into the cortridge. Then open rhe bock lid ond
The toke out the corlridge
rewind
button
tu rns
when the NOTE,
film is Do not try to toke out the cortndge in the direcr
being re-
wound. sunshine.
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thel. The term depth of field os used here, meons the depth of the subiect (or depth of
view). When o subiect is focused ot o certoin distonce, it goes without soying thof the
subject ot o given distonce will be most shorply focused, but for procticol purposes' the
port of the view in front of ond behind o,f the subiect oi o given distonce is considered
os within the shorply focused iield.
This oreo where it is considered shorply focused is colled the depih of field.
Generolly speoking the depth of field
c. increoses os the distonce grows longer.
b. increoses os the operlures ore set smoller.
c. is shorter for the view in front of the
focused sublect thon for the view behind. .
This relotionship is shown on the "toble of depth of field indicotor" ir' poge 29
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5f.t.
Su biecft in shorp Foc (3f.t.)
An exon:ple of how to use the depth of field indicotor is given below:
It hos olreody been exploined thot exoctly focused distonce con be reod from the position
of the center mork of the depth of field indicotor. Now, os in diogrom, let us ossume thot
the rongefinder is focused on o subiect 5 feet from the comero. lrrespeclive of the
operture, the subiect ot 5 feet distonce will come out shorply. Supposing the lens operture
is set or f/9. Whot will be the depth of field?
Observe the dislonce scole figures opposite the figures 8 morked on the depth of field
scole on the right ond left hond side of the centrol a mork. The mork 8 of the depth
of field scole on the left, points to obout 4 feet on the distonce scole ond the mork 8
on the right points to obout 7 feet. Therefore, the depth of field where it will come
out shorply is from 4 feet to 7 feet. Conversely, when toking the subjects between 4
ond 7 febt, it focused ot 5 feet ond the operture is set of (/8, both subiects will come
out shorply. This relotionship hos been mode into the toble os in poge 29. When the
operture ond the distonce ore known, then the depth of field con olso be obtoined.
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(1)
The "HIGHKOR" lens is o 40mm. short focus lens, ond one
of its speciol feotures is the greotness of its depth of field.
The distonce most frequently used for snopshots is (2)
between 6 ond l5 feet, the middle distonce click mokes
it possible to toke the snopshots very quickly by setting
the helicoid in such o position where the click operotion
con go into oction, which eliminotes the focusing through
the rongefinder for subiects thot ore between the obove
disfonce ot the operture f/8.
When the click is in the position shown in the diogrom
(21 the click is in operotion. When the helicoid is turned
o.f t_:rk distonce (3), neorly diogrom ot theos in "b.:Yt -8is ( 3 ) if it Therefore oction. goes intofeet click operoiion the
set of this position ond the operture ol I/8, os con be
seen from rhe depth of field indicotor, everything from 6
feet to l5 feet will be shorp.
NOTE:
Set bock the click os it wos, when you do not use it.
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When moking multiple exposures, press in the rewind button os in
diogrom. Then the winding lever is operored in the usuol woy, the
shutter is tensioned without odvoncing the film, ond the releose button
will iump up into the reody-for-shooting position ond then the shutter
con be releosed. lf this operotion js repeoted, multiple exposures ore
mode on the some frome.
After the multiple exposure is mode, press in the rewind releose button
in the direciion of the orrow os in diogrom ond the rewind button
outomoticolly return to the originol position, ond from the next wind,
the film will be odvonced os before.
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l. When you wont to develop the olreody exposed film before the whole
roll hos been completely exposed, by pulling out the film cutter knob
. os in the monner shown in diogrom, you will hove cut your film iust
ofter the exposed frome.
2. Remove the cut film in q dork room.
3. Another use of the film cutter: lf, for exomple. the first holf of the roll
wos loken ot nighttime or somewhot under exposed. ond the lotier holf
loken in doylight under correct exposure, ond when you wish to give
q o different tone in the process of its development, in such q cose if
smoll incision-of obout 2/16 to 3/16 inches-is mode on the
line of demorcotion between the 2 groups with fhe cutter, ofter'full
exposure of the roll, this smoll cut will oct os o distinguishing mork for
seporoie developing. qnd lherefore the film con be cut in two ond
developed sePorotedlY.
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ASA L
400 +3
200 +2
100 +1
50 o
25 -1 !2 -2 The film indicotor of LORD 5D shows rhe film sensifiviry ond Lighr Volue
Coefficient.
The window "AsA" shows the film sensitivity ond you ore olwoys owore
whot kind of film is loqded. {Exomple, "200" is for SSS film, "100",-SS
film ond "50"-S filml
The figure in the window "1" is rhe Light Volue coefficienr for odding
to eoch film.
As the Light vqlue of "sElKosHA MXL" shuiler is designed for srondord
ASA 50, the exposure toble is listed in poge26, bosing upon ASA 50 or
S film. So, when you use rhe orher films rhon ASA 5O-S film, iust odd,
if necessory, the Light Volue Coefficient to whot you find in the
Light Volue Toble.
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There ore three kinds of flosh bulbs, F closs, M closs ona Sp""a Light.
To synchronize the flosh with lhe shutter, the contoct ogreeoble with the flosh
bulb must be used.
The SEIKOSHA M. X. L. Shutter is o fully synchronized equipment hoving three
types of contocts, M. F. ond X., so it fully synchronizes with the whole kinds of
the flosh bulbs & speed light os well os Shutter speeds.
Guide number : Correct operiure
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sublect
Guide number Correct distonce Aperture
As for the correct operlure ond the distonce, see the obove formuloe. About the
reloiion between the contocts ond the flosh bulbs, see the next poge.
NOTE:
Pleose use [ens Hoocj lor flosh shots.View original page 26Page 32 · Read text
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t. Pleose treot the comero gently, never use force.
2. When using o bulb ond o slow speed {l-l/10 sec.} exposure, the lever
must be wound of ter th e shutter is completely closed, if not, it moy
become the couse for s:rious occidents of the shutter, so be very
co refu l.
I Avoid leoving the shutter tensioned for doys on end, especiolly when sel
to I /500 sec.
4. When not using o flosh, olwoys keep the synchronizing lever in the X
stotion.
5. When it is windy, it is desiroble to corry the comero in its closed
ever-reody cose porticulorly ot ihe seoside to protect it f rom windblown
sond. Open the cose only when octuolly moking exposures.
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