Mamiya 16 EE de luxe User manual

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      MANUAL


                       d.e luxeMAMIYA 16 EE

NOfrfiENCTATURE
         1. Lens Cover (and Shutter
             Button Safety)
         2.  f-ens Window
         3.  Shutter Button
         4. Cocking Wheel
         5.  Film Counter Window
         6. Film Counter Adjustment
         7.  Backlid Catch Safety
         8.  Backlid Catch
         9.  Cartridge Chamber
       10. Pressure Plate Release

FIIM TOADING
  Your MA\{IYA 16 EE De Luxe uses all types of 16-millime-
                                                  non-perforated,ter film, monochrome or color, perforated or
preloaded in the special MAMIYA 16 safety cartridge (single or
double) in lengths of about 19 inches to give twenty exposures.
 when loading film (preloaded in safety cartridge) in your
MAMIYA 16 EE, or when unloadin g, alottays avoid direct light-
                                                      noing. work in the shade to prevent fogging of film.  If
shade is available when in the open, use your own body to
shield your camera and film.
  1. To open and remove backlid, push backlid catch safety (7)
to " O " (open) position, then press down backlid catch (8)'
  2. Insert safety cartridge containing unexposed film in car'
tridge chamber (9). When using double cartridge, match the
arrow marks. If single cartridges are used, insert empty (take'

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up) cartridge in chamber pointed out by arrow mark. Insertion
will be eased if pressure plate release (10) is kept pushed against
spring tension (this operation, however, is not absolutely essen-
tial).  If safety cartridge does not sink snugly into the chamber,
turn the take-up spool (pointed out by arrow mark) slightly
rvith your fingertip. Spool will engage spindle with a distinct
click, and the cartridge be seated accurately (See F igs. 1 and z.).
  3. Replace backlid, and set backlid catch safety (T) at                                                                                                                             .( L,,

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to appear in  the
window in alignment
with the index mark.
Next, turn the shut-
terspeed control (15)
together with  the
filmspeed (ASA) dial
(16) so that the index
mark at  the  top
center of the film-
speed dial window
is set against the triangular index mark. When this is done,
the appropriate shutterspeed   f or the film in use has been
                                                        andselected. The relationship between filmspeed (ASA)
shutterspeed  is as shown below.
  Refer to this scale for selecting shutterspeed when manual




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aperture control (overriding automatic control by means of the
      electric eye) is in use.
                   Set thc EE tever ct pothlon  .. A"    6Ak4,ug
      Move the EE lever (13) to " A " (automatic), and check the
   ND filter lever (17) to see that it  is at the extreme left (as
.    seen frorn the front of the camera), with both filter and
      photocell mask fully retracted.
       Erect viewfinder (18). Now you are ready for picture-taking
     by automatic exposure control.
       Estimate the distance to your subject, and more the focusing
I|     lever (11) along the distance scale, and set at the estimated                                                             yourI     distance.,.        Sight subject through the viewfinder,,composeI
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 trticture, and at the right instarrt press gently' hut firnrly on
ttre shutter button (3) without jerking your eanlera. "fhe
shutter will operate at the eorrect aperture,size for  the
 briehtness  ( light valuel of the subject.
                 FOCUSING
  Because your MAMIYA 16 trtr De l-uxe is equippeC with a
tast lens of extrenrely high nesolving power,, giving arnple
tiepth of fietd- felcusing is not eriti
r"al ; and when shooting sulrjects                                                          l5       Inlore than six feet away some error"
in judging distance is permissitlle
Sharpness of register is neit badiy
irnpaired" I{owever" al dist ances  r)t'
tress than six feet nlore L"are rnust
lre given t0 ilccutract" in rneasuring

area of the frame has shifted diagonally downward toward the
      right. When measuring distances at these close ranges, use
      the focal plane mark (22) as the starting point.
     The rounC mark between 6 Ft and oo on the distance
     scale indicates approximately 12 feet (fixed focus setting),
     at which with aperture at   f 18 all objects lying more than 5
     feet away from the canlera will  register sharply witho:rt
    any further adjustment. For details refer to the depth of
       field table.
              PICTURE.TAKING CAUTIONS
       With your MAMIYA 16 EE De Luxe, automatic picture-        t
     taking with accurate exposure control is accomplished by pre-                I
  .    setting of the shutterspeed according to the filmspeed (ASA)                I
      rating of the film in use, and by automatic adjustment of                  I
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,I      aperture size by the brightness (light value) of the subject as

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     measured by the photocell (electric eye operation). Conse-
      quently, when the brightness of the subject is such that the
      aperture size range is exceeded (too bright at minimum open-
      ing, or too dark at maximum) you will not obtain correct ex-
     posure without adjustments for compensation. Therefore, before
     pressing tlte shutter for picture-taking, you must make sure that
      the brigldness of your subject-matter is withtn tlrc range of auto-
     matic control. This is done by noting the position of the red
     needle of the exposure indication (14).
      Automatic control of exposure is available so long as the red
     needle is between the inner edges of the thin black line at
     the extreme right of the scale and of the broad black segment
     at the left (range A in the illustration). When film with a
     speed rating of ASA 100 is in use, the automatic range is
    from light value 10.5 to 15.5.
     When rcd ncedlc  lt on llne Nl

This means that your
                                    subject is too bright, and
                            minimum aperture size is
                              not enough to  prevent
                                   overexposure. In this case,
move the ND filter lever (LZ) fully in the direction indicated
by the arrow mark. The lens will be coverel by a neutral
density filter with a factor of x4, while the photocell window
area will be reduced to % bV means of the mask.
 When red needle foils lo moye into ronge A
  This means  . that your
subject is  not   bright
enough, and that exposure
will be inadequate even at
full aperture. Compensa-
tion by means of shutter-

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     speed adjustment is necessary.
      When the red needle is on broad segment 1 (see illustra-$it:       tion), turn the shutterspeed control (15) counterclockwise, and
      set dial against lst dot to the left of the triangular index
      mark.
      When the red needle is on white segment 2 (see illustra-
      tion), use 2nd black dot to the left of the triangular index
      mark.
     When the red needle is on the black line 3 (see illustra-
       tion), use 3rd black dot.
       With the camera set in these ways, the light value range'
      with filmspeed at ASA 100, is extended to cover from LV 7 to
    LV 17.
       ATTENflON Exposure indicaticn (74) is in operation only after
      the cocking wheel (4) has been turned to ready the camera for
      the next shot. Also, cuhen noting red needle position, keeP finger
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away from the slnttter bcttton (3).
               CATIERA GRIP
  Your MAMIYA 16 EE De Luxe may be held in any com-
for,table way' Be sure, however, that your finger.s to not ob-
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       indication (14) for automatic control range, be sure that the
     camera is pointed toward the subject as when shooting.
         Illustrated are examples of methods of holding your camera.
    The most important thing is to prevent the slightest jerking
    when the shutter button is pressed. Apply finger pressure
       firmly but gently.
I      The use of film of high speed ratings is recommended for
      the best results.
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FI      When the brightness of the subject is insufficient for good
       register, that is to say when the red needle of the exposure
r      indication (1a) fails to swing and point to any of the three               i
i     segments below automatic operation range, the use of synchro-i      flash is recommencied.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       l
       Mount your flashgun on the accessory clip (19), and plug

the connector cord
                                               into the synchroflash
                                   socket (21). Turn
                                   the    shutterspeed
                                          control (15) so that
                                         the red mark on the
                                                   dial matches the red
                                                                                             '( FL " on the scale,
                                  Shutterspeed  will
                                       then be  'l *  second
                                       to provide full flash
                                         synchronization  re-
gardless of f,lmspeed. (Actual duration of the flash deter-
mines subject stopping ability.) Next, move the EE lever (13)
away from position " A" and set at proper. aperture value.
Aperture value is determined by referring to the instructions