MANDAL-ETTE User manual

IntroCuction
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  The "Mandel-ette" is unlike any eamera in
 the rvorld.
    It is very important, therefore, no matter how
 much experience you have had rvith other c&rrl'   T
 eras, that you read the directions ca,refully be-                                        ,,'t
 foro attempting to rnake pictures.
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  We have taken great pains to make these in-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ,.! away with professional photographers' terms. It
 requires no knowledge of photography to make
 pictures with the ''Mandel-'ette". Read these in-                     l
 structlons two or three times, and you will have
 no trouble in getting excellent results.
    If these instructions are not plain enough and
 you are not making good pictures, please write
. us, enclosing samples of pictures which you have
 made, either good or bad, and we will be glad to
 help you and advise you how to get better results'
  We want you to make it a point to refer to
 thcse instructions if at any time you are not get-
 ting the best results.
   But, if you cannot get results, consult us only,
 because we are the manufacturers of the "Mande[-
 ettc" Cameras and all supplies for them, under-
 stand our products thoroughlY, and are in a better          I
 position than an;zone else to help you out of any
  difficulty which maY arise.                                              I
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     Directions for Operating the
             ttMandel-ettet  t
          UNPACKING THE CAMERA
       At the back of the camera you will find a cloth
       sleeve, firmly attached to the box of the camera
     and tucked inside the box. If you will gently
      loosen the folds of this sleeve and pull one end
      of it out straight (without, of course, detaching
      the other end from the box) you will be able to
       insert your hand in the camera.
        Inside the camera you will find we have packed
      the developing cup; take this out through the
     open end of the sleeve.
       This developing tank or cup is to be attached
     to the bottom of the camera as shown on the
      rliagram. If you will glance at the bottom of the
     camera you will see a piece of metal fastened
        ihere, the sides of which are bent to form a groove.
        'fhis groove is for the purpose of inserting  tfr. d.-
      veloper cup.
      "        CHAIN AND HOOK
     On the top of the developer cup you will find
     a small chain with a hook at the end. Insert this
           I ook through the tiny hole in the center of theI
     hack of the metal on bottom of camera. (NCTE
L    --Sometime in enameling the metal, this little              i
      hole is filled, but you can easily open it with a     t 4     pin.) The object of this chain and hook is to     prevent the developer cup being accidentally      :.      pulled out of the groove.                                                                                                                                       ,.t,1.:
       Ajter setting up the camera you arc ready to      -       ltlad it with cards.

Study earefully the diagram on this pr,g€-
farrriliarize yourself u'ith. the different parts of
the camera, so that u'hen t:hese parts are referred
to you lvill know exactly u-hat is mea,nt.
   1.  Paekage of Post Cards.
  2.  \Iagazine Clard'I{old€r.
  3.  Ears or Clainps.
  1.  Lens and rShutter.
  5.  I)eveloper Tank or Cgp.
  6.  Vierv Finrler.
   7..  Arrrilet or Sleeve.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOADING 16 POST-
    CARDS INTO THE MAGAZINE
        OF THE CAMERA
  Prepare the magazine of the cam,era for  re-
ceiving the post-cards, by inserting your hand
in the camera through the sleeve (7). Open the
magazine card holder (2) with your right hand,
by pressrng the two ears (3) together and pulling
them towards you. The magazine is now ready
f or the insertion of the cards. To do this, first
remove your hand from camera, take the package
of post-cards  ( 1) in your right-hand (right side
up), anC insert it arrorrt half way into the sleeve
(7)  (See Cut A.)

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  Take hold of the package firmly with your left
hand, from the outside of the sleeve. Tear off
the top of thrs envelope with your right hand,
(See Cut B.)





  Take the post-cards out of this package with
your right hand and .place the cards into themagazine card holder (2). Be sure that the sen-
sitized side of the post-cards (marked on out-
side of the package) faces the lens. (Note Cut
C.)  NOTE-This  is very important.  If  you
have inserted the cards right side up into the
sl.ceve and have hetrd the envelope with the front
facing the front of the camera all the time during
this operation, the sensitized side will be facing
the lens when you take the cards out of the en-
velope.  If they are put in card holder with the
back of the card facing the lens, you will get no
picture-the cards will come out of developer all
black or blank, and with no sign of a picture on it.
The first card, if you have placed the cards in
holder correctly, will be a piece of heavy brown
cardboard. Remove this and throw it away.
  Now, push the magazine card holder (2) for-
ward as far as it will go. (See Cut D.)
  The post-cards are now loaded and ready for
exposure. You may throw the envelope away, as
you will have no further use for it.

Ycu are now ready to fill the developer cup.
  Before pouring the developer out of the can
into the cup, shake the can well.
  Pour the liquid developer into the cup until it
is about three-quarters full, a little more will not
matter. NOTE-You  must at  all times have
enough to entirely cover the card when it  is
placed in the cup-otherwise the part not covered
r,vith developer will be blemished, or irnperfectly
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     LOCATTNG YOUR SUBJECT
  Locate your subject throrugh the finder (6). Be
sure that you locate your subjectsubJect inrn thethe centercenter ofot
the finder, otherwise the subject will not appear
properly centered on the finished picture.
   WHAT WE MEAN BY EXPOSURE
  To those who are not familiar with photography
a few words on this subject may be appreciated.
  Up until the time pictures are taken the post
cards (which are coated upon one side with a
sensitive substance) should never have seen the
light. They are rnanufactured in a room in which
daylight never enters, they are packed carefully
in black paper so as to keep out all light and if
you have been careful in loading to keep them
well covered by the bldck cloth sleeve until you
placed them in the magazine card holder, they
are still strangers to the light.
   ff, however, you have not been careful, or have
opened them up outside of the camera they have
been spoiled and it is of no use to go further, for
all of your pictures will be yellow or streaked
with yellow.-
 We will presume, however, that you have fol-
lowed all directions carefully.
  Now, the next step is to press the button.
When you press this button you open the shutter
(4) and daylight comes through the lens (a) and
strikes the cards. This makes the picture. This
is called exposing the card. If you press the
button too long you allow the card to be exposed
to the light more than is necessary and this is
called "Over-Exposure."  If you don't press it
long enough you do not allow the card to be 'ex-
posed to the light long enough and this is called
"Under-Exposure."
  Remember-light must never reach the sensi-
tive post-cards in any other manner than through
the lens.

HOW TO MAKE THE EXPOSURE
  Press the button gently-do not jar the camera
while so doing.
  See another page for "Exposure Directions."
          DEVELOPING
  After you have made the proper,exposure gPen
the rnagazine card holder (2), and remove from
the m{gazine holder the front card -(th9 cardnearest the lens), and place the card in the de-
veloping cup (5). (See Cut E.)
   It  is advisable not to put more than 2 or 3
cards in the developing cup at a time.
                                                                                                                   f or One full minute (60 seconds) is required
developing the pictures, but at no time is there
d,angef of pictuies becoming over_-dev-eloped. To
rem-one th;  pictures from the developing -cuP,draw out the cup (5) and raise the pictures from
the solution by means of the dipper or lifter which
is in the cup. Rinse the pictures well,_ in -clear,cold water after taking them from the developer.
     EXPOSURE INSTRUCTIONS
  Place your camera where the brightest tight
shines on the face or front of the person or sub'
ject being photograPhed.
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  Stand with your back towards the place where
the sun is. The brightest light of the sun, even though it is behind a cloud, will then fall upon
 the subject you are photographing. If this posi-
tion is reversed the result will be that the faces
of the persons whom you are photogra.phing will
appear very dark. The reason for this is that the
strongest light is not shining on their faces.
  When subjects are standing directly in the sun-
 shine, press the button quickly, as only a short
exposure will be necessary.
  fn the shade or on a cloudy day an exposure
of about one or two seconds will be sufficient.
  In the deeper shade or on a dark cloudy day,
press the button about two or three seconds, or
longer if pictures are not light enough.
  The "Mandel-ette" is intended primarily for
outdoor picture-taking, although fairly good re-
sults can be obtained indoors in the davtime  if   ,
the light is strong and exposures are long-enough.
Be sure to let the strongest light fall upon the
face of your subject and do not point the camera
towards the window or door through which the
daylight enters.
  The longer you press the button the lighfer the
picture will become.
   If the picture is too light you pressed the button
too long.
   If the picture is too dark you did not press the
button long enough.
  Pictures that are too light show over exposure
and too dark under exposure.
   It is not advisable to take pictures before three
hours after sunrise or after three hours before
sunset. The light at this time, .though it may
app€ar blight, is not strong enough for photog-
raphy. The exposure required is too long.

Do not guess at the length of a second in mak-
ing exposures but learn to count seconds by prac-.
ticing with a watch and saying "one little second,
two little seconds, etc." The length of time that
th: average person takes to say "one little secondt'
is about one second.
  After you have learned to time your exposureft
correctly you will have no difficulty in gettinlS
good pictures.
  While pressing the button s6e that the camerit
stands perfectly still as the slightest movement
                                                                                                                                                                                 )or vibration will blur the picture.
  The closer your subject is to the camera the
larger it will appear upon the picture. The fur'
ther away from the camera the smaller. Do not
attempt to take pictures at a closer range,tharrfour feet from the camera. In making photo"graohs of groups you will have to place thent
farther away from the camera.
  IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
  Always keep the developing cup closed until the
post-cards are fully developed, ot-herwise the post'
cards will become "light-struck."
  Developing reguires sixty seconds.
  Allow the post-cards to remain in the develop-
ing solution i little.longer on a cool day, becauseth; action of the developer is slower on cool
days than on warm days.
  Pictures are spoiled by removing them from the
developer too soon.
  Rinse each pictirre thoroughly in'clean, cold
water for about fifteen to twenty seconds.
  The longer you wash the pictures the longer
they will last.
  Remember-if the pictures are not washed
properly, they will fade away in a few hours.
  Do not touch the face of the picture until it is
dry. After the picture is dry, it wifl last for
years.
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   If the card holder is tightly closed and the
sleeve at back of camera is tucked in well, cards
can be left in camera indefinitely.
 When you have finished developing for the day,
if you pour the developer out into a bottle and
coit tigtttly you can use the same develo-per-againuntil weak-eried. You can tell when it begins to
get weak by the greenish color of the pictures.
 YOU NEED NOT FINISH PICTURES AT
             ONCE
           YOU WANT TO-     -UNLESS  Though one of the leading features of the
"Mandel-ette" is that you get a finished picture inone minute. it is not necessary to develop cards
at once, if to do so is troublesome.
   If you wish to take a trip and do not wish to
carry the developer cup with you, simply slide a
pieci of heavy caldboard in_ the groove into which'the    developei cup fits, so that no light will enter
the camera. You may make the exposures on
the cards and lay the exposed cards on the bottom
of the camera, or back of the cards in the card-
holder (separating exposed from un-exposed by- a
piece of cirdboard cut to, size) and develop the
pictures whe'r you get back home or at any other
convenient time.
  Even in using your "Mandel-ettet'in this m?fl'
ner it scores over every other camera' inasmuchas you have a finished picture in record time. One
rninute for each pictuie (after you commence de-
veloping), dr even less time, fcir you,ca! develop
two or three at a time. Snap a hundred pictures
if you wish, take them. home and when you areready to develop them-be  it one hour or onemonih later-you can have them all ready to ad-
mire in less than one hour.
  By what other method of photography can such
3 wonderful thing be done?
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PRICE LIST
       of Supplies for Mandel-ette Carnera
       "Manejlel" Positive Post Cards (50 in
       a box), per box              ......  .   lilc S oz.
     "Mandel" Positive post Cards (16 in         !;
       a package), per pkg..           ZSc 2 oz,
     Card Mounts, per hundred           40c lg oz,.
       3-in-1 Liquid Developer, per pint can 2Sc lS oz.


          IMPORTANT
           . P-g no! attempt to take pictures while         holcltng the camera in your hand. Fasten            it to-a tripod or place it-on a table, chair oi       anything substantial. This is  a'bsol.utely
        necessary otherwise your pictures will bL         blurred.
        {ny dealer will sell you a tripod_or send---        us $1.00 for one of our substantiat tripoas.


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