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Mamiya Super 16 User manual
User manual for Mamiya Super 16. 3 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Mamiya
- Model / document
- Mamiya Super 16
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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- 0.7 MB
- Category
- Film cameras
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INSTRUCTIONS
For use oF
The
MAMIYA 5UFER.16
THE GREAT MII'GET I:.-wIERA
Construction of the MAMIYA SUPER-16
1. Lens operring (closes when f inder frame is retracted)
2. Filter ]ever (filter in position when pushed fully
towards finder frame)
3. Lens Stc,r lever (adjusts lens speed from f:3.5 to f.11)
4. ^t'rame-type view finder (locks shutter button when
retracte l)
-F ie^ftr--ir.r ^altarco rr cctiorr(ffiirnici- .irar i re- I"'
for close-up shots at 1 foot or 1+ feet)
6. View finder eye-piece (pull fully out for use)
7. Shutter speed control lever (bulb and from + to 1/2OO
sec.) t^; U
B. Picture number indicator
9. Shutter button and cable release screw
10. Fil m-wind and shutter-cock thumb wheel
11. Eyelet for neck cord G
12. Bottom cover release button
'13. Syncro-flash connection and tripod socket-screw combined
14. Irilter change rever (push towards lens opening, filter drops out)
15. Focusing lcver (adjusts litrm 1 foot to infinity)
Toadins tISJg
When loa:ling or unloading the MAMIYA SUPER-IO, it is
advisable to avor,l direct sunlight or other bright lights.
'I'he
unloide<i MAMIYA SUPBR-16 ry prepar"d fgl_tgg!3g-[_*_---6ockrng-?nd
reieasingi tfre shutter until numbei I g Crea j sfto*t;n
the picture number.indicator (B).'Remove bottom cover by pressing
bottom cover release button (12) with thumbnail and pulling up- ( I r i e 3 )
ward. Flace camera in position shown in Fig. 4 af,tet removing empty
film ca.r'tridge. Remove empty cartridge cover and take out empty
spool. Draw out about two inches of unexpose'l film from loaded ll
cartridge. Fasten end securely to empty spoo! (A ) by means of the
spring clip an.l its nail (B) provided. (Fig. 1) Replace spool and
cartridge cover. (Fig. Z)
Then as shown in Fig. 3 and 4, the cartridge are dropped into
position with the loaded cartridge to the right and the take-up
c'artridge to the left. If the take-up spool does not catth p.'operly
with the f ilm-wind spindle, the take-up cartridge will not sink
flush with the camera bottom. In this event turn take-up spool
with finger-tip as shown in Fig. 5, until spool catches and the
cartridge falls into position with a distinct click.
Replace bottom lcover by hooking round _hole on positioning (Fig s ) /-...
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screw and snapping shut. Make two blank exposures to take up
exposed portion of film, watching picture number indicator until
No. 1 appears.
Takins piglures with the MAM.IYA SUPER-16
Pull out view finder (4) and eye-piece (6). Set lens stop (3) (Fig. 6)
anl shutter speed (7). Determine distance between camera and
subject, and set focusing lever (15) accorJingly. Aim at subject
through ei e--piece and view finder. Press shutter buttor gently but
firmly. For qi:ick picture taking at distances of over 6 feet, set fo-
cusing lever beforehand at mark between 6 and co. Stopping down
the lens as much as permissible sharpens the picture and gives
greater depth of focus.
. The _ MAMIYA SUPER-16 is fitted with an extra high quality.
hard-coatei anastigmat leas with a speed of f : 3. 5 and a focal
length of 25mm. It has high resolving power and considerable depth
of focus, so focusing is not critical at distances of over 6 feet.
At distances less than 3 feet care rnust be exercised to focus accu-
rately. More over, at close range the view finder must be correctcd
for parallax by setting at suitable position as indicated by the
notches cut on f inder f ra rne (5). It is better to s.et shutter speed
before winding film" To use f ilter, push filter lever towards finder
frame. Retracting vier,v finder automatically clears lens of filter.
The MAMIYA SUPER-I6 is furnished with a Y-2 (yellow, double exposure tirne) filter.
For cleaning or changing filter, firsi pull out view finder then push filter change lever
toward iens opening, filter will drop out when camera is set right side up.
Holdir.rgthe MAMIYA !UEPR-16 CFig. 6)
Fig. 6 shows two ways of holcling the MAMIYA-16 wl.en taking pictures. Any other
comfortable way of holding the camera may be useC, but care must be taken not to lct any -sloivlf*-i;u
finger cover the teai ;ffi shutler release buf ton sh ould be presseii* t
f irmly.
The camera must not be jarred while a picture is t,eing taken.
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1 . 5 f t 16 rnm or Dbl. I ntm rnovie fiLm avaiiable for reloading cartridge.
Depth of field table f or MAI\IIYA -qUPER-1 6 ( C ircie of conf usion '/ n, nnm )
Distance c o 1 2 '
h n I 3 . 5 co ^-28 21 - I 7-5 +- 0. 3// '----0. 3 11
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II m - 1 8 , 3 6 - 7 9 - - 4 . 5 3 . 5 - 2 . 6 + 1 . 3 - - 1 . 1 + 0. 5^,-0. 5 O 5 . 6 I
l
a +-2 .- -1 .5 + 0. Z --0. 6
J COa, 9 4 . 3 - - 2 . 3 -+2.8 - -2. 1 + 1 . 0 - - 0 . 8
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