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        Your Boby Flosh lurns
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       Boby Flosh will be qs successful qs in the brighlesf
                                                             pos-I         sunshine. Moreover, il opens up mony inleresling           sibililies in fhe choice o{ subjecl, qnd lhe woys ol
          lighling objecls lo be phologrophed.
         This is why rve congrolulole you heortily on choosing
      o Boby Flosh, ond wish you o succession of  "bull's
         eyes" in lhe loking of your floshlighl shols.
        Below ore given oll detoils os lo how you con obloin
        lhe mosl originol floshlighls, ond how lo monipulole
        your Boby Flosh.
         The Baby Flash and your Camera
      How lo secure the lloshlight stick fo lhe cqmerq.
       The floshlighl slick con be secured lo ony comero.  lf
        your comero hos o finder shoe, inserl lhe connecling
        end of lhe {loshlighl slick, ond screw lhe slroighf-knurled
         nul lighf. (lllustrolion),
             l{ you hove o comero wilhoul o finder shoe, use fhe
         Universol foslening roil. Screw the comero wilh lhe
          slroighl-knurled screw in lhe mosl convenienl ploce of
        lhe long orm. Secure lhe {loshlighl slick in occordonce

wilh your porliculor purpose ond orrongemenfs (horizon-
      lol-verlicol size, or lighting more lrom side), in the
    opening of the shorl or lhe long orm.
    You ore olso oble lo {oslen lhe universol roil on o
     fripod. For lhis purpose you hove lhe opening ol lhe
     long orm.





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The ignition coble is connecled to the syndrronous con-
loct.
The Boby Flosh works wilhoul relordolion.  ll con lhere-
fore be releqsed by the synchronous conlocf of lhe
comero. For lhis purpose, ploce lhe conlocl plug of
the ignilion coble over lhe conlocl nipple of lhe shuller.
For fully synchronized shullers (Pronlor SV, Synchro-
Compur), sel the synchronous lever ol poinl "X', or
for lhe Robot use fhe conlqcl morked "Xo.
Toke core lhol the ignjlion coble does nol lie in fronl
of lhe lens of lhe comero.





Seleclion of diophrogm.
Wilh lhe very shorl lenghl of flosh (oboul 1/r,oo of o
second), lhe omounl ol light folling lhrough lhe lens

on lo lhe negolive con no longer be reguloted with
fhe help of diophrogm ond exposure linre, bul only
wi{h lhe opening of fhe diophrogm. An importonl qid
 in eslimoling lhe diophrogms for vorious dislonces frorn
lhe objecl lo be phologrophed is the socolled perm-
eobility coeflicienl, resulling from lhe conslonl lenglh
ond lighl oulpul of the flosh.
The proporlion belween lhe permeobilily coefficienl,
lhe diophrogm ond lhe dislonce o{ lhe llosh is:
 Permeqbility coefficienl    diophrogm x distqnce of                             -
                              flosh
The permeobilily coefficienfs o{ lhe Boby Flosh for lhe
usuol degrees o{ sensiliveness of films ore given on
poge 11. There you will olso find ihe diophrogm loble
lelling you which diophrogm you hove fo selecl {or
lhe vorious dislqnces. A similor loble you hove con-
slonlly be{ore you on your {loshlight slick. For phofo-
grophing in lhe open cir, ond inleriors wilh dork bock-
ground,  il is betler io loke lhe neoresl lorger diophrogm.
You ore lhus sure of obloining suflicienlly exposed ond
cleorly oullined negolives.
Correcf shufler speed.
lf you hove o cqmero wilh cenlrol shulfer, sel it ot
1/roo sec. Experience hos shown thot lhis gives the
besl resulls.

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With slit shullers (Conloxf, Leico) you work besl with ql
leosl 1/zr sec. ln cose of doubl, your pholo deoler will
be pleosed to tell you wifh whol shuller speed you con
best loke {loshlighls wilh your comero.
Whqt qbout odjustmenl of dislqnce!
You odjusl the dislonce jusl qs you would for doylighl
pholos,
       Now we can sfarl!
Turning on.
Turn on your Boby Flosh by pressing lhe tumbler swilch
ol the side o{ lhe cose (E   on, A :  off). Your Boby                                -Flosh is reody for use o {ew seconds ofler you hove
lurned il on. You con lhen lesl il by pressing the pres-
sure conlocl of lhe lop o{ lhe floshlighl stick.
How quickly con you toke floshlights!
The lime loken for chorging lhe condensers of the Boby
Flosh is very shorl. You cqn loke {loshlighls every
3 seconds, ond lhus loke piclures in ropid succession.
After photogrqphing.
Firsl ol oll, lurn off the inslrumenl. Then wind up lhe
connecling coble o{ lhe floshlight slick ond lhe ignilion
coble on lo     f he bock of the ref lecfor. Altoch the

universol foslening roil lo lhe lloshlight stick so lhol
 lhe long orm lies in fronl ol lhe refleclor, lhen secure
 lhe lloshlight slick firmly with lhe cord. Folded up like
 this, your Boby Flosh is o hondy, ollroclive componion.





A lew hints or to hondling the Boby Flosh.
The diophrogm loble on poge 11 is boseC on overoge
degrees of brighfness of objects lo be phologrophed.
For indoor pholos wilh light, brighlly reflecling sur-
foces, you will hove lo loke o smoller diophrogm. For
pholos in lhe open oir, however, or lhose wilh o dork
bockground, loke o lorger diophrogm lhon lhol given
in lhe foble.

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You con olso eosily loke colour pholos with Boby Flosh,
os il  is "coloui-sure",  i' e., its speclrum is similor lo
thof of nolurol sunlight' For fhis purpose use doylight
colour moleriol. For colour phologrophy lhe permeobi-
lity coefficienl is of course di{ferenl' ll is besl lo keep
lo one sorl o{ coulour {ilm. ond lo delermine the
pei'meobilily coelficienl by meons o{ lesl piclures'
6-8 moy be considered os o bosic number lo go upon'
Floshlight negofives show o belfer oulline  i{ developed
oboul 3Ooh longer. l{ you do nol do your own deve-
loping, lell your deoler thot lhe films fo be developed
ore floshlighl ones.
Do you know lhqf lhe Boby Flosh is on involuoble
oid in doylight phologrophy, ond os supplemenlory
lighfing? For inslonce, dork shodows in cournler-lighl-
pholos cqn be morvellously lighted up wilh o floshlighl'
You con oflen gel lhe mosl delightful lighting e{fecls
wilh lhe Boby Flosh os on oddilionol source of li9ht.
In choosing the diophrogm you con go by the dioph'
rogm toble, lhough for lhe shufler speed you musl 9o
by the moin source o{ light {or such piclures'  lf resls
rvith you lo ollow lhe moin or lhe oddifionol sou!'ce
of light credominqle in exposing lhe negolive by
corresponding ollerolions in shuller speed ond dioph-
rogm. Try it out, lhe resull will oslonish you.

Wilh your Boby Flosh you con olso gef piclures of
 exlremely ropid movemenls, lor inslonce of  {olling
 objects.
Don'l   f orgel   lo  lurn  ollyour  Boby  Flosh
of ler  use.





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            Tedrnicql Deloils of Boby Flosh

Lighl oulpul: 28 wolf-seconds
Temperolure of flosh: obout 5500 0 C (10,| 12o F;),
                      similor lo  sun.
Lenglh of flosh: oboul 1/;oo of o second
Flosh sequence: oboul 3 seconds
Suppf y of currenl: 2 90 V microdyne onodes
Number o{  f loshes: 2500 to 3000 wilh one sel o{ bqlleries.

   Permeabitit!, c0efliciGnt (0uld8 [umDsr) 89 at zul0  01il.
                     100 A$[, 3l 0
   Permeabliltt,  c||sfiicient (0utde ilumDer) 64 at t7lt0 l|n,
                    40 [$0, 27 o
   Pcrmeabllltt, c||clllclsnt (0uide llumber) lg at ll0dacnrtlmc
Diaphragm Table:
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