MEC 16 User manual

ILorge size,medium size,smoll size... ond finolly smollest
 size; this is lhe trend of generol development,os we hove
 witnessed in the post 50 yeors-from the coorse to the
 minute?
 First long-wove, then medium,wove ond short-wove up to
 the  ultro short ! The outsize Rodio receivers become
 portoble ond pocket models-the orig inol 35 mm. wide
cinemo film become the 8 mm. norrow fllm. The originol
gromophone disc with its wide groves developed into the
                                           Anno1865very much refined ond reduced long-ploying record.
The soteliteswhich ore encircling the eorrh of present,ore
corrying with lhem complete electro-loborotories,the size
of o footboll. To sum this up: the trend of the time goes
from the coorse to the refined.
And the further reductionof the phoro-sizefrom 24 x35 mm.
to 10x14mm.  is only the logicol consequenceof this
development. Todoy the system is not  in the stote of
reseorch ony longer, but is olreody tested ond reody. The
film exists olreody os it is needed for block ond while ond
for colored photos in smoll size. There is the speciolly
constructedMEC-16 with its odvontoges of eosy monoge-
obility ond comprehensive reodiness ond  oll necessory             Anno l9O5
occessoriesto obtoin first closs resultsin the simplestwoy,

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 selles You hove 24  expo-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       '  I        Ipockoge counloins fwo cos-
selles,r e 48  exposures in
o l l ( 2 x 2 4 p r c t t r e s ) T h e yo r e
oocked rn troprc-proofmetol
screw-lins,lhese shou/d oiso
be used f or the exposed fi/ms

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F o r t h e M E C - 15 l h e r e o r e t w o b r o n d so f f l l m so f w o r l d r e n o w n : f o r b l o c k o n d w h i t e D r c t u r e s
t h e A d o x K B 1 4 , f o r c o l o r e d t h e A n s c o c h r o m e T h e K B 1 4  i s o s p e c i o ll l l m f o r e f f e c i i v e
e n l o r g e m e n t sT,h e p r i n t sf r o m t l ' r er e l o fi v e l ys m o l lM E C - ' 61 - n e g o t i v e st h, o n k sf o t h e o c c u r o c y
o n d b r i l l i o n c yo f t h e K B f . i - n e g o t i v e st u, r n o u t w i l h c o r r e c tc o n t r o s t . T heex c e l l e n qt u o l i t yo f
 i t s r e n o w n e df o u r e l e m e n tC o l o r - E n n i lt e n sm o k e sf u l l u s e o f t h e f r n e - g r o i nK B - .41 f l l m .
T h e " P i c o f l n "{ r n e g r o i nd e v e l o p e ro n d t h e " N e o f n - B l u e "o r e s p e c i o l l ys u i t o b l ef o r d e v e l o p -
r n g t h e K . 8 1 4{ l l m  l f y o u d e v e l o pw i t h " P I C O F l N " y o u s e t t h e c x p o s u r em e r e ro r ' 1 4 0D I N
l l l m s e n s r t i ' r r t 7N E C F I N " o n t h e o t h e r h o n d , m o k e sb e t t e ru s e o f t h e s e n s i t i v i toyf t h e f r l m .
l n t h i sc o s e1 7 0D I N  i s o d v i s e dT. h e n e g o t i v e ws i l l h o v eo f i n e g r o r n .
T h e A n s c o c h r o m ef l l m h o s t o b e e x p o s e dl i k e ' 17 0 D i n . l i s d e e p c o l o r o n d e x o c t n e s os l o w o
s o t i s f o c l o rpy r o j e c t r o no f t h e s m o l l M E C - 1 5c o l o r d i o p o s i t i v eusp t o l h e s i z eo f





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The illuslrolion close-byshows the cqmerq from the
      lop, qs it is seenolso in reodinessfor toking o photo.
    One recognisesthe "At o glonce orrongement"of oll
      conlrols: left the operture @ from 2;8 lo 16, in the
     middlethe distonces@. o -30 cm. ond right the vorious
      shutterspeedsO B tlro-tlt000sec. The top view olso
    showsthe FloshConfqct(@os well os the Quick-Trons-
     port-Lever(O which, of the sqmetime cocksthe shutter
     ond fronsportsthe film on to the next pidure @.
    The profruding ports ore: fhe ReleoseButton@ wilh
     coble releosethreod for time exPosure.The pulled-out
     Finder Brocketwith view Finder@ ond FinderWin-
    dow@.





    The lower port of the comero hos q tripod bush@ for
     deloyedqclion exposureson o tripod ond olso q filter
      shoft@.
    The color filters shown on poge 15 ore kept sofefrom
     dust behindthe closedbrocket.
    The green letfer S inside the distoncescole meons
     "snopshotposition." With the normol working lens
     stop (5,5) ond the shutter speeds(t/.0 secondslboth
     mqrked in green os well<ne hos on "everreody sett-
      ing" occordinglo tqble on Poge15, from 1,7 m. to o.
     Without ony qdditionol occessoriesexPosurescon be
    mode os closeos 30 cm. This is of speciolsignificonce
    when Floshexposuresore mode.




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With the
reody for oction
of everyoccosion
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Close-ups,
ore no problem for the MEC-15,
e v e n w h e n  f l o s h  l i g h t   i s u s e d
with lens stop 16 (see poge 1 5)
Belween B0 cm. ond 30 cm. d is-
toncesyou hove to considerthe
flnder morks for the Dorolloxon
co rrection.
The meosurementsfor the focus-
 i n g s c o l eo r e :
     30 cm.   16x72,5 crn.
     5 0 c m . = = 2 5 x 3 5 c m .
    B 0 c m .- , 3 5 , 5 > < 5c1m .
thot meons they conform oppro-
x i m o t e l y w i t h   t h e n o r m  s i z e s
D I N - A / 5 ,D I N - A 1 4o n d D I N - A / 3 .
T h e D e p t ho f F i e l di n f o r m o t i o ni s
g i v e n i n t h e t o b l eo n p o g e 1 5

 L e ft i l / u s f r o l i o n' 3 O c m d i s f o n c e;
/ensstop l6 ; Mecoblifz lO0 f Free
 f rom your hond)
Lower r//uslrofion' 3Ocm  drs-
fonce;/enssfop ll;  I second (Doy,
 /ight-fripod-photo/

Freehond shols from 5O cm distonce Lensslop B, r/125secc)ndNo-
tice the deplh of field fronr 3B cm up tct67  cnt I/Fourleen lirrres
en/orged cutttng f rctmthe ortgtnol photo )

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f he proleclion-chonging/ens(Focol
/ength 48 mm./firsin with the normol
profeclorsof the firms:Broun,Leitz
ond Liesegong.





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Color slide proieclion
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M E C - 1 5 - c o l o sr l i d e sc o n b e p r o j e c t e dw i t h o l l                                                        stze

 n o r m o l m i n i o t u r ep r o j e c t o r s l.f t h e s l i d e so r e t o

 be projecied porticulorly lorge you only hove

 t o e x c h o n g et h e p r o j e c t i o nl e n s .T h o n k s t o t h e

 l i g h t s t r e n g t ho f  t h e  l e n s ( o b o u I 1 : 4 ) y o u g e t

 l r g h t , c l e o r , p r o j e c t e dp i c t u r e si n m o g n i f l c e n t

c o l o r s . T h e c o l o r  f r l m s o r e  c u t s i n g l y o n d

mou nted in the usuol woy betweentwo g losses

 in the fromes,

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     i.            Ronge of Deplh of Field                                                                                 Filter Exlension  Fqclors
  t   '  :                  Setling                                                                                                                            f. blqck-white  or color  film
  ,  f
               Aperlure                                                                 Light Yellow Filfer   | 1,5 x
                 1 : 2 , 8    o -5,0  1V2,4 1,9-1,2 0,9-0,70  0,55-C,45| 0,32-0,29   MediumYellow Filter| 3 x
 :               1 : 4      o4,0   10-2,0 2,2-1,1  1-0,65  0,59-0,43| 0,33-0,27   Oronge Filler       6 x
                 1 : 5 , 6   co-3,0   cp-1,7   2,6-1.0 1 ,1-0,60  0,614,41   | 0,3'+4,26    UV Filter           0
 I,,              1 : B      o-2,3      - - 1 , 4    4-0,95 1,3-0,55  0,67-0,39| 0,36-0,25   R 1 ,5 (Skylighi)      0?
 I                1 : 1 1    co-1,6   cp-1,1   1c4,7   1,7-0,50  0,75-0,35| 0,39-0,24   R 3 (domping Blue)   |  0 I
                1 : 1 6     co-1 ,1  co _0,8   o -0,6    3-0,45   1,0-0,32| 0,410,22    B 3 (domping Red)    | 1,5 r


         The ronge of the Depth of Field is still lorger with the MEC-16thot with the minioture come-
          ros.Thereosonbeing the short focol lengthof the Color-Ennit(20 mm.);tfrisis cleorlyshown
              in the bottom row of the toble (for lens stop 16). When toking free-hond shots the little
          hond-choin serves os o meosure, os its length from the corbine-hook to the comero is
           exoctly 30 cm.; in spite of thot, exoctnessdoes not motter so much, os the toble soys: bet-
         ween 72 ond 45 cm. everythingis shorp.
          With normol shotswith the working stop lens5,6 ond fixing to "S" (snopshot)o spocefrom
                 " i n f l n i t e "i o 1 , 7 m . i s r e p r o d u c e de q u o l l yc l e o r l y .
             Filter lengtheningfoctors ore elosticond do not hove to be odhered to strictly. For instonce
          three times prolonged shutterspeed meons one ond o holf times enlorged lens stop. This
        meonsfor instonceinsteodof 5,5 o middle fixing between 4 ond 2,g.

           fhis is the "PocketEdition"of the
       MEC-16 fhe /eofhercose s/ips
        down olong the choinwhenfoking
         o pho/o In order to hove every-
          thing fogether, the litttefilrercose
        con be ottochedto the /eofhercose
          with o clip.
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