Miranda User manual

A FEW WORD ABOUT YOUR. MIRANDA
     ln the so-colled ronge-viewfinder type cqmero of the posf, the lens ond the
viewfinder, while operofed simultoneously, were opticolly entirely seporote enfifies.
Accordingly the corneromon, who odiusfed his focus by looking ot his rongefinder,
noturolly found his picture out of focus if there hoppened to be something mecho-
nicolly wrong. In ordinory photogrophy, where o stqndord lens is used, the in-
convenience moy not be greot. Nowodoys, however, close-up, enlorgement or copy-
ing work is often done by inserting q ring or tube between the cornero ond the
                                                      lens ; or minule medicol or scientificlens ; or telephoto work, by using o felephoto
speciol purpose photogrophy, by substituting o microscope for fhe comero lens-in
such o cose, sighting irregulorities, such os porollox ond foulty composifion, moke
the old ronge-finder system comero unsotisfoctory.
    The single-lens reflex comero which enobles the user to photogroph exocfly
whot he sees in his viewfinder, is betfer. However, even with this lype of comero,
the light which enters the viewftnder through the focusing lens, moy be dim ; or

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the imoge moy be reversed directionq  lly ;  or, due to q movement of fhe comero,
the imoge moy donce or shiff.
    Your Mirondo is qn opticolly ond mechonicolly perfect single-lens reflex comerq,                                                                                                                                                                                                              :
designed fo hqve oll those shortcomings eliminofed. The imoge thot you see of
your subiect fhrough its big prism finder is reproduced on film os it reolly is through            ,
its lens. Thus it hos reolized the ideol long cherished by comerqmen everywhere.
    Your MIRANDA will be o good componion to you for q long time to come.                                    ,
You will enioy using it qnd fhe picfures you toke with it will give you much pleosure
ond sotisfqction.





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I .  No porollox correction is necessory in photogrophing ony distonce for use of
    ony interchongeoble lens.
2.   Finder shows of o glonce beoutiful color controsf ond qccurote composition.
    Viewing fiield is 23 mm X 34.5 mm which covers 96% of one frome of film.
3.  Eye fevel finder gives eosier viewing for moving obiect holding the cqmero
     horizontolly or verticolly.
4.  lorge eye piece of finder is eosy to look into with gtosses on. Eyesighf od-
      iuster for longsighted, shortsighred or ostigmotic eyes con be fitted.
5.  The lens mount is screw-threqded inside ond boyonet-flonged with 4 clows which
    mokes if eosier to mount on Copy Stond, Focqbell etc. Further 136 lenses of
     other single lens reflex cqmer<ls con be utilized with odopter os well os mony
    stondord lenses for close-up photogrophy.
6.  The mosf unique outomotic diophrogm feoture of Soligor-Mirondo lens requires
    no extrq sefting for operture reduction.
7.   Close-up photogrophy up fo l8 inches is possible ond further close-up photo-
    grophy of I : I  is olso possible by use of Focobell.

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l.  High Speed Diol                           I l.  X Synchro socket               21.  Mirror
 2.  Slow Speed Diol Hondle      12. Shutfer releose butfon           22.   Eyepiece
 3.  Ropid film winding Iever      13. Eye level pento prism finder    23.  Sprocket
 4.  Film exposure counler         14. Ropid film re-winding hondle    24.  Rewind releose builon
 5.  Bock hinges                 15. ASA indicotor                  25.  Tripod socket
 6.  Slow speed indicoior         16.  Film type indicofor              26.  Film mogozine pressure
 7.  Slow speed diol             17. Bock lock                        27.  Film pressure plole
 8.  Coble releose sockel         18. Slrop cotch                    28.  Screw mounting flonge
 9.  High speed diol             19. Pento prism lock               29.  Film winding spool
10.  F. P. Synchro socket           20.  Boyonet mounfing flonge





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Prepqrqtion
             How io open
                        Push the stop button on the bock ond pull off the
                           cover slightly when fully opened ond then the cover will
                     come off.
             How to lood the film
                          o.   Pull up re-winding cronk ond put the film cortridge
                                    in ond push the crqnk down.
                          b.   Insert lhe end of film into slot of T<rke-Up-Spool
                          qnd turn the flonge of Toke-Up-Spool slowly mqk-
                                 ing sure thot fhe Sprocket cotches in perforotion
                                of the film.
                            c.  Turn the Re-Winding knob gently clockwise.
                          d.  Close the cover ond push down the lock.

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Seffing the Film-Counter
                       After closing the cover cronk the lever l80" by which
                one frome of film qdvonces simultoneously cocking the
                    shutfer mechqnism. When the Re-Wind Cronk moves
                    reverse woy fhe film is being looded perfectly then od-
                  vonce 2 more fromes of film cronking the lever ond lhenffi           set the diol number O. The number shows the film used.
               Seffing the Film-lndicqtor
                Move round the window until fhe mqrk coincides with
                the norne of film fooded then set the sensibility of the
                      film to the numbers of 5-1000 which oppeors in fhe
                        left window upon moving round fhe ring.
                                                     Type of Film
                       B.W             Block & White
                                  cot: D.                                                         ]  Color Doyllght Type
                                 col. T.          Color Tungsfen Type

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How to toke picture
                To sef high speed diol
                          For t/SO of o second or up, put the triongle rnqrk of
                         slow shutfer diol on the index ond then set desired
                      speed pulling out high speed diol gen'tly.

               To set slow speed shutler diol
                         For 1115 oI o second or under, set disired speed to
                         index leoving the high speed diql free.





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Selting of Automqtic Diophrogm
  Set the Aperture Ring os desired. Aperture will be
reduced qutomoticolly by shutter operotion.




Eye Piece
  Eye piece is so lorge thot onyone con look in view-
finder with glosses on. Eye sight odiuster for  long,
short or ostigmotic sighted eyes con be fitted on. These
eye sight od justers qre quite free from porollox or
oberrqtion.

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                   Unlooding the film
                    To tqke out used film, cronk the lever, pushing the
                           rewinding button ot the bottom of body. After the film
                            is releqsed from Toke-Up-Spool  open the bqck cover
                     qnd tqke the film.





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Chonging Prism Finder
  Toke off pulling Prism finder ond ploce Chest level
viewfinder insteqd. Chest level viewfinder hos smoll eye
piece with mognificotion of l5 times on fop of the finder,
which is used for microscopic phofogrophy ond for ordi-
nory photogrophy, when it is inconvenient with eye level
viewfinder, use fhe lorge eyepiece with mognifrcotion of
5 fimes fixing the collopsible porf upright.





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Accesso  r  i es
                 Mirqndo Aulomqtic Diophrqgm Lens
                              This 50mm t z 1.9 lens is speciolly mqde for exclusive
                       use with Mirondo Prismo'tic single lens reflex cqmer<r. lt
                               consists of 4-group 6-elements. The lens is free from oll
                           oberrotions qnd will give extremely fine resuh with color
                           film. Designed to give qccurote focus ot ronge os short
                           trs l8 inches. This outomqtic diophrogm lens permits
                         toking of detoiled photogroph of flowers, insects, printed
                         motter etc. without oftochement ond other extrq equip-
                     ments. Fitting ond removing is simple ond ropid by
                              virture of Mirondo's unique four-flonge quorter-turn lens
                           mount.

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Mirqndcr Wide Angle Lens
    This 35mm f : 3.5 lens with 5 elements hqrd cooted qnd
color corrected is speciolly mode for the Mirondo cqmerq.  lf
covers o view-ongle for 64 degrees ond is excellent por-
ticulorly for color photogrophy.


Mirqndq Telepholo Lens
    This l35mm f : 3.5 lens with 4 elements hord cooted ond
color correcfed is speciolly mode for the Mirondo cqmero.  lt
covers o view-ongle for l8  degrees ond is excellent por-
ticulorly for color photogrophy.

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Micro Adcrpter
   c.  Toke off eye-piece of Microscope.
   b.  Toke off Front piece of this odopfer.
   c.   Fix the eye-pice of Microscope on Top of the Front piece.
   d.  Attoch the Front piece to Microscope.
   e.  Tqke off the lens from the cqmerq ond screw in fhe
      other end of Adopter.
   f.  Connect csmero ond Microscope.
Then microscopic phofogrophy is possible.





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                    Vqrious Adopter
                    Mony other lenses of sqme kind ore utilized with
                         odopters. Lenses such qs Leico or Contox is otso utilized
                           with odopters for close-up photogrophy.
                     X.M Adopter   For Exokto lens
                     P.M Adopfer  For Proctico, Contox S & Proctino etc.
                            [.F Adopfer   For Leico lens
                         CT.F Adopter  For Contox Telephoto lens #ffi                             CS. F Adopter  For Contox Stqndqrd lens
                               x Extension Adopfer For use of Extension lube ond
                               Focqbell with Automqtic lens.


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Focobell
  With Focobell lhere is no need of using Ex-
fension Tube Set. All desiroble mognificofions,
from infinity to close-up, will be obtqined  in
single oction. Focobell is equipped with fwo
odiustments, ropid ond micro, so qs to moke
focusing qf ony condition eqsy qnd occurotel
It is usuolly used wifh tripod.





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CARE OF YOUR, CAMER,A
       (o) STORAGE
         x Keep MIRANDA in o cool, ventiloted ploce.
         x Do not store in o closed cqbinet.
            * Never store in o humid ploce, porticulorly during roiny seosons.
         x lf it is to be stored for some time, remove MIRANDA from evereody cose, put
                      it in q seoled box olong with o drying ogent such qs silicogel. Do not permit
             the drying cgenf to come info direct confoct with the comero body.
      (b) CARE OF MTRANDA
         x When MIRANDA is used out of doors if will in time pick up o cerfoin omounf
             of dusf which should be regulorly removed with o very soft brush ond qn
               oir blower,
            * On boord ship or of the seoside, your MIRANDA should be protected from
              contoct with soh wofer sproy which would cquse rust ond corrosion. Under
              fhese conditions cleon the metol qnd leother ports wilh o soff, cleon pieceI            of cloth, lightly dipped in olcohol or ether,
            * CAUTION. The lens surfoces ond the mirror surfoce should never be touched.
              They should be cleoned only with on oir blower, which con be purchqsed of
             moderote prices.

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