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Minox Heliotron ME-1 User manual
User manual for Minox Heliotron ME-1. 13 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Minox
- Model / document
- Minox Heliotron ME-1
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- User manual
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- English
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- 13
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- Film cameras
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'--:L- lTl t n CrX" heliotron irlG! - 1 E 'l ELEcTFlotvtc FLAsiH cturFtr 7."'5 A- i will give you greater "around-the-clock" picture-taking
lL enjoyment with your MINOX. lt is easy to use . . affords the r-'(c}t.. convenience and advantages of f lash photography at lowest
possible cost The built-in nickel cadmium battery can be
recharged again and again for thousands of llashes
l4oD € LL 5 Cr'/ *t CNH Wherever you are you will always be ready for ,9 Nf - 7-ie-68 wonderful flash pictures of family, friends and associates-D € t,t ..'7 ttl
lV - | -GGcc whether at home, on vacation or at business meettngs. For
best results, please take lust a few minutes and read the
simple instructions and suggestions on the {ollowing pages
The Minox ME-l Flash Unit does not fit the Minox IIIS and earlier models.
Before using your MINOX-Heliotron for the f irst time, sive IMpORTANT it a full 16-18 hour battery charge. (See page 1O)
For consistently good results and long life, the built-in nickel cadmium battery of your
MINOX-Heliotron-like any rechargeable battery--requires attention. As you know,your automobile :
battery maintains its efficiency and adequate power only because it is automatically recharged when
necessary while the car engine is running. Similarly, the battery of your MINOX-Heliotron should be
recharged 16-18 hours:-after every busy shooting session
the ready sigiral takes more than 3O seconds to glow after each flash
-if or after extended storage.
-before "OFF" during a shooting pause or before you store it away! MINOX-HeliotronView original page 2Page 3 · Read text
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ATTACH FLASH HEAD: CONNECT CABLE: THE CONVENIENT POWER
The llash hcad of the lnsert the angled plug of PACK:
lllNOX lJcliotron firs the connecting cable firmly You can slip the
drrectly on thc MINOX. into the keyhole socket at power pack into your
Slide thc flash hcacr the end of the flash head. coat or shirt pocket . .
all the way onto the canrera . . and the straight plug . or loop it with its .
wrth the f lash rr",indow and into the keyhole socket snap button over your
cut-out facrng in the same of the power pack (to the trouserbelt...
dircciion as the camera lens. right of the diats ) . or open the snap'Does not lit ilB ot, bLrtton and slide the loop
earlier models over your hand
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SET THE ASA FILM SPEED: Brackets/Sections on
Turn the knurled ring to set the left: (shaded black
the ASA number of the f ilm bracket or red section
you are using to the index marked " F") For exposures
at the black scale. ASA with gray f ilter before
speeds shown by lines camera tens.
between the scale numbers lf the {ull power setting are : 1 6-20-25-32-40-50- gives you too much light 64-80-1 00-1 25-1 60-200-
250-320-400. f or close distance shootrng, turn the Flash Range Switch
FLASH RANGE: to partial power (small
Turn the Flash Range Switch circle on the right )
to full power (large circle CAUTION: Hold the switch
on the lef t) . in the middle position for
The while distance scale one second before switching
in combination rryith the all the way. (This brief
adjacent black brackets interval serves to eoualize
(f or black-and-white f ilm ) the charge of the
or red sections (for color built-in condensers )This shading {ilm) indicates the distance Now. read the flash distance
indrcates red on unit. range within which you will ranges as explained above
get properly exposed Due to the exposure latitude
pictures with the specific of {ilms (particularly
film and f lash power setting black-and-white) . the
Brackets/Sections on distance ranges with f ull
the right. For Exposures or partial power overlap
without filter to some extent.View original page 5Page 6 · Read text
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF www.butkus.usFLASH DISTANCE RANGES: 1
lf you are using color film (Minochrome or Color Negative CN14) ($
set the ASA scale at 20 (first line
above 25) and read distance
scale next to red sections.
1 FULL POWER-switch turned to
large circle on the left:
Without filter: subjects between
5 and l0 feet
With gray filter: subjects between
abt. 11.1 and 21ta f eet.
2 PARTIAL POWER-switch turned to
small circle on the right: Digitally signed by Mike Butkus
cn=Mike Butkus, o=ButkusWithout f ilter: subjects between DN:camera manuals, ou=butkus.org,3t/z and 7 teet Mike Butkus email=mike@butkus.org, c=US
With gray f ilter: subjects between Date: 2021.07.19 19:39:29 -04'00'
abt. lr/4 and 2 feet.
lf you are using ASA 25 black-and-
white f ilm, set the ASA scale at 25,
and read distance scale next to
black brackets.
3 FUtL POWER switch turned to
large circle on the left:
Without filter: subjects from
abt, 4t/z to 14 feet
With gray filter: subjects from
abt. 1tla to 3Vz feet.
4 PARTIAL POWER-switch turned
to small circle on the right:
Without filter: subjects from
abt. 3 to l0 feet
With gray filter: subjects from
abt. 10 in. to 2'10".View original page 6Page 8 · Read text
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SWITGH OFF:
Push the sliding switch
backward (red signal at the
FLASH: switch disappears) . Make it
You can shoot as soon as the "ready a habit to switch your
light" at the side of the llash head glows. MINOX-Heliotron off
Sight the subject through the viewf inder whenever there is a pause
and squeeze the shutter release button. in picture-taking, or before
Wait f or the ready light to glow again you store the unit awayl
be{ore you take the next llash picture. This practice will assure
With partial power, the interval is about you the maximum number
6 seconds when the battery is fully of f lashes from each
charged. when switched to f ull power, battery charge Otherwise
the interval is about 1O seconds. you waste the power for
When the rnterval increases to 2O or one flash during every
30 seconds, the battery must be recharged minute vou leave the unit
(See page 10) needlessly swjtched onView original page 8Page 9 · Read text
EXTREME CLOSE-UPS:
For close-ups at 1B inches
or less. the flash head
should be taken of f the
camera, as the lateral
distance between {lash and
camera woulcl cause uneven
lighting of the subiect
area at this close range
For such close-ups-and f or
"off-the-camera" {lash
general lY-rtu an accessorY
flash extension cord to
connect the flash contact
of the camera to the contact
plug of the flash head.
(See iliustration)
For "f lat" shadowless
lighting, hold the flash head
flush against the underside
of your MINOX so that the
lens window and the {lash
r,,,lindow arc closc together.
lf you preier "three-
dimensional " illumination
with shadows, hold the
flash head separatelY so that
the light will {all on theView original page 9Page 10 · Read text
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subject at an angle from
above, being sufe that
neither you nor the
camcra will thlovv a shaclow
on the subject
When copying clocuments,
book pages. illustrations,
etc . it is best to f lash at a
45'angle {rom one side
so that there will be no
reflections from the
copied surface.
Remcmbcr. whenever you
use the f iash heacl of f thc
carncra: Th,: f lash to-sLrbjcct
distance (NOT the
camer.a-to-sLrb jc-.ct d i sta nce )is shown otr the flash \I
range sc;rle o{ yor-rr
M INOX-Heiiotron.
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FLASHING FROM AC GURRENT: SERVIGE: www.butkus.usMINOX HELIOTRON
lf you must use your The MINOX-Heliotron ME-1 SPECIFICATIONS
MINOX-Heliotron before is guaranteed to the original Flash head : weight 2 ounces
you have had an opportunity registered owner as shown Power pack : 0rmenst0ns:weight.l0 ounces
to recharge the battery, on the guarantee certificate 3Vaxlx4in.
you may Jlash direct f rom supplied with each new unit Color temperature : balanced for daylight
an AC outlet. (Use an lf repair or adjustment Powet sources : colorrechargeablefilms nickelextension cord if necessary. ) should become necessary, cadmium battery,
Connect the AC/Charge send the MINOX-Heliotron (l10-240110-117 Vv ACAcCord, as for charging, and (directly or through an with accessory
connect the flash head to authorized dealer) carefully AClCharge Cord)
the power pack. Wait ior packed, prepaid and Number 0f flashes : withbatterY:f ull charged
the ready signal in the llash accompanied by the partial power:160 full power:100head to go on as usual; then original guarantee card to: Flash interval : partial power:f lash in the normal manner. Minox Deoartment 6 seconds
Flashing direct {rom AC Photo-Tech Repair with battery full power: l0 seconds
power is. however. an Service lnc.. Flash interval : partial power:
emergency measure; f lash 78 East 13th Street with AC 30 seconds
intervals are about 40 New York. N.Y. 10003 full40 secondspower:
seconds or even longer if A brief description Flash duration I partial power:
the unit has been idle explaining the trouble full1,/700power:secondfor an extended time encountered should 1,2500 second
head,without recharging accompany lne pacKage, 0utlit includes : Flash powerGAUTION: Never open up the housing which must contain all four connectingpack, cord,
of the power pack or flash head! All components o{ the outf it 110-117 V
electronic flash units have high voltage (f lash head. power pack. ACICharger Cord.charges on some internal contacts, Severe
electrical shock may result if this warning connecting cord and
is disregarded. AC/Charger Cord.)View original page 12From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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