Olympus Electric Eye II User manual

OLYMPUS DLDCTATC EYE
 II TTH THE AUTOMATTC MDMONY

The Olympus Electric Eye is the resulf
of over 43 yeors of experience in the
monufocture of precision opticol in-
slruments.
It is designed ond engineered to the
highest specificotions, incorporoting the
most odvonced feotures.
The 35mm Electric Eye is for use by
bot.h professionol ond omoteur comero-
men. A World of fun ond creotive
expression owoits you.

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SPBCTFICATTONTS
Lens  :        D Zuiko f 12.5, focol lengrh of 43mm
Distonce Scofe z    3.6, 4, 5, 7, 10, 15, 30, lnf. (ft.)
                          l, 1.5, 1.6, 2, 3, 5, 10, Inf. (mts.)            \
Shutter  :          CopolXtypesynchronizqtion.Bui|tinself.timer.
                 B, l, I12, 114, t18, 1115, llg}, t160, 11125, 11250, ll5OOsec.
Exposure Meler:   Built-in meter outomoticolly synchronized.
              ASA film speed voriotions from l0 to 400.
                     Lighi Volue 7-17 ot ASA 100.
Focusing  :         Combined view ond coupled ronoefinder by front lens rototion.
Finder  :          Golden Luminous Frome Finder with outomotic porollox correction.
                   Mognificotion Foctor z O.7 X.
Film Winding :     Winding lever cocks shutter, ironsports film, indicotes exposed frome
                 count simultoneously. Double exposure prevented except by plon.
                   Film Counter relurns to Stort position outomoticolly when new film
                        . is inserted.
Film Rewinding:  Ropid rewind by fotd down cronk lever, without necessity of hold-
                  ing down rewind button.
ASA Lever:        All setting from lO ro 4OO.
Size:              Stlo" x 31/s" high x 271a" deep.
Weight t          24 ounces.

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FOR NORMAL OUTDOOR DAYLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY-AUTOMATIC
OPERATION


                                                                                                                                                '                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ,1
l.  Lood the comero with oppropriote film, block ond white or color:
2. Be sure red ,, A " is of red line, yellow  ,, A " of yeltow tine. (A-Automoric)
3.  Set ASA lever to film speed in use.  Simply pull up on fever, move
    pointer, snop down into position ogoin.
4.  Look through finder ond lurn focusing left or right until double imoge
   of most importont port of picture merges into one.
5.  Compose picture.
6.  Press shutter releose button slowly ond smoothly until you heor the
    shutter click. YOU HAVE TAKEN A PERFECTLY EXPOSED PICTURE.

M'TLnf, I,OATDTNG

l.  Roise Bock Cover Lqtch ; bock will swing open,
2.  Hold comero os shown. lnsert end of film into slot in toke-up
    spoot.
3.  Push up Rewind Kuy ond ploce film cortridge into chomber.
   Secure in position by returning Rewind Key fo originol position.
   Turn slightly until slot in Rewind Key.engoges with film cortridge.
4.  lmportont: Advonce Ropid Wind Lever slowly

5.  Close self-locking cover.
                                                                                                         tt6. When cover is closed,  f ilm counter shows  S " for stort" Use
   ropid wind lever to odvonce film one complete frome (full swing
   of lever). Press shutter releose. Repeot tor 2 more fromes.
   Counter wilt now register " I ".  You ore reody to set cqmero to
   toke  I st picture. Do not wind  f ilm ogoin until  I st picture  is
    token.

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SNTTTITG TIIB ASA LNYEN

On the opposite side of the shutter
speed ring is on ASA speed ring, with
qn ASA lever. Set the lever by pull-
ing owoy from the ring slightly ond
turning, until the pointer is opposite
the proper ASA number of the film
being used.
The ASA film number is found on the
instruction sheet pocked with the film.  lf the subiect motter is of normol brightness, set ASA
                                                                                               rtD".lever to "M" for medium. lf subiect is bright, set to .'8".   lf subiect is dork sef fo
For best results under olmost every condition, keep of " M " for medium. By so doing lhe
extro bright or extro dork portions of the picture witl be in their proper retotionships. Thet' M " is yellow, ond should be used for virtuolly oil your pictures.
Setting for Filters : When using o Y2 filter (lighr yellow) set the ASA lever ot  l 12 the normol
number (for exomple: 2OO lo lO0). For o Red filter (",A" filter), set the ASA lever of I 14the
normol speed number.'

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                              (some except for lEst psrogroph " ldofe: ")

                             Note : When film is odvoncing properly,
                               the rewind cronk will move qnticlockwise
                       os the film is qdvonced. Do not wind
                              6ver while shutter releose is depressed.





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At the widest portion of the ropid wind lever is o diol with o window.
The window reminds you of the film type being used in the comero.
After looding o new roll of film, turn the diol with the two bors until
lhe film type shows in the window. (PAN for block ond white, *coL
for outdoor color, @coL for indoor color, EMp for empty or no film
in comero.)

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                                 Pull up lever to form cronk, ond rewind film slowly (to prevent
                       normol stotic), in direction of orrow shown underneoth cronk.
                         Before rewinding, depress rewind button of bose of comero. ln
                          ordinory comeros the rewind button must be kept depressed by
                       hond during the entire rewind operotion. This is cumbersome ond
                         somelimes difficulf.  ln the OLYMPUS ELECTRIC EYE oll you need
                    do is depress the butfon ONCE. It stoys depressed until oll the
                             film is rewound. It then oulornoticollv resetg infself.


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VTErvFIITDDIT
 The brilliont Viewfinder of the Electric incorporotes o Luminous Golden Frome; o double-imogd
 coupled rongefinder; ond, Lens Aperture Indicotor ond Worning Signols. The operture is set
 outomoticolly os the Shutter Releose Button is depressed ond o number corresponding to the
 f-number of the operture set, oppeors in the viewfinder. Should the light conditions be too
 low or too high o red orrow signol oppeors. These qrrows indicote the direction in which the
 Shutter Speed Setting Ring should be rototed to permit effective operotion of the outomotic
 diophrogm setting mechonism.
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 In the viewfinder ther,e is o yellow rectongle in the center of the Luminous Golden Bright
 Frome. The twin imoges of the obiect upon which you ore focusing, must be merged exoctly
 by rototing the Distonce Ring. You ore now focused on thot point.
IIIEAMING
 Compose your piclure within the Luminous Golden Bright Frqme for scenes further thon eight
 feet from the cqmero. Should your subiect be closer thon eight feet, use the two porollox
 correction morks os the top of the frome for horizontol pictures. For verticols compose your
 subiect ot o similor distonce from the side frome.

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                 Automotic or Monuol buiton

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          By depressing the Shutter Releose Button, until o resistonce is felt, the diophrogm is outo'
            moticotly set to the exoct operture selected by the built-in exposure meter. The f/number of
              this operture, o exploined previously, olso oppeors in the Viewfinder. A continued downword
          movement of the Button then releoses the shutter. Thus, in one movement, the correct operture
          hos been set ond the picture token.
                  lf o red orrow oppeors insteod of on f/number,  it indico?es thot o correct setting of the
           operture is not possible ot the shutter speed chosen. Rotote Shutter Speed Setting Ring either
           to the left or right, until on f/number oppeors in the Viewfinder. (Other funcfions of the
I          Compu-Motic shutter reteose system ore deolt with in the Advonced Photogrophy section of
*             this book).
      IDRE.YfT BITTTOJ
                         (To focilitote the checking of light ovoilobility)                                         ,1
                                         l.  While looking through the Viewf inder, press down the Pre-Vu Button os
                                 for os it will go.
                         2. The Pre-Vu Button prevents occidentol shutter reteose (inodvertent picture
                                 toking) which moy occur if you press too hord or fost on the Shutter
                               Releose Button.
                         3. Actuolly the Pre-Vu button is simply on extro precoution, ond it is not
                                necessory to use it once you ore fomilior with the comero's operotion.
                            You con occomplish the some thing with the Shutter Releose Button, os
                              noted obove.

AI}VANORI}
PIIOTOI;R.+PHY
                              For normol doylight photogrophy your Auto Eye is completely
                             outomotic. However, when required, this outstonding comero
                             hos oll the feotures demonded by the odvonced qmoteur ond
                               professionol photogropher. The following section shows how
                              the Auto Eye moy be operoted to suit the speciol demonds
                          of the individuol photogropher working under speciol light
                               conditions or desirous of obtoining speciol effects : -
                                                ( q I  Monuol operotion of diophrogm.
                                                ( b l  Speciol lighting conditions.
                                                ( c l  Use of self timer.
                                                  ( d )  Use of flqsh'synchronizqtion.

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       OFMMATTON
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       The OLYMPUS ELECTRIC EYE olso provides odvonced photogrophers with the meons of setting
         the diophrogm monuolly, which overrides the outomotic electric eye coupling of the meter,
         shutter speed, ond ASA diol. The system is extremety simple to operote qnd enobles photo-
        grophers to utilize the full odvontoges of more or less depfh of field, to compensote for
         voriotions of controsf, to over or underexpose, to give full freedom to their creotive copocities.
       To operote monuolly  :
            l.  Set the shutter speed desired opposite the yellow line qfter depressing the smoll monuol
            buffon ro rhe left of AsA400 #.
       2. Compose the scene in the viewfinder.
       3. Press down the Pre-Vu button. Rotote the lorgest diol until the desired f/stop is centered
              in the block dot ot bottom of the viewfinder (looking thru finder).
,       4. Press shutter releose until exposure is mode.

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                       THE SELT'-TTMDR
                   (B)usrlTG BULB
  IN MANI]AL OPERATTOIT
 Depress smoll monuol lever (to left of ASA 400 #l ond
 lurn the shutter speed diol until B is opposite the yetlow
 line, Bulb is used for exposures longer thon I second.
 Determine the correct f/stop to be used ond turn the
 lorge diol until the f/opening is opposite the yellow line.
Compose the picture-in the viewfinder. To moke the
exposure, press down the shutter releose ond HOLD lT
DOWN for os long os you wont the shutler open.
When the releqse. is brought up ogoin, the shutter closes
(This is true for BULB exposures only).

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Ploce comero on o tripod or other firm support. Set ASA lever to speed of film in
use. lf using the Olympus Electric Eye for monuol operotion, do os follows :  I ) set
desired f/stop ond shutter speed .  2l cock the shutter by odvoncing the ropid film
wind lever. 3) Cock the self-timing lever by pushing to the left os for os possible.
Press the shutter releose ond in 8 seconds the shutter will be clicked. lf using the
Olympus Electric Eye for outomotic operotion, do os follows :  I ) press the Pre-VU
button while looking through the viewfinder. See the f/number thot oppeors in the
finder. 2l turn the lorge ffnumber diol so thot the some number thot oppeored in
the finder is opposite the yellow line. 3l cock the self-timing lever ofter odvoncing
the film. Press the shutter releose ond in 8 seconds ihe shutter will be clicked.
Remember thot if the red orrow oppeors in the viewfinder it meons there isn'f enough
light for o perfect picture. After using the self-timer with outomotic operotion os
described obove, be sure to return the lorge f/number diol so thqt "A"  is opposite
the yellow line.

SPDOIAL LTGHTTITG COITDITTONS
      To get ihe best results frum subiec?s thol ore bocklighted or sidelighted the following
       lechniques shoufd be used :                                                                                                                                                                                                       ,.                                    -
                                                                                                                   :           ( o ) When subiect CAN be opprooched
           Cock shulfer. Frome o smoll portion of the subiect, which hos o middle tone
                light volue, in the Viewfinder from o distonce of o few inches. Moke sure thot                                                                                                                                        i           comero is positioned so thot the Photo-Electric Cell is only registering light from
             portion of subiect chosen. Depress Pre-Vu Button with middle finger until the
            f-number reoding shows in Viewfinder.  lf red orrolv oppeors odiust shutter              .l
           speed in required direction. Keep Shutter Pre-Vu Button depressed with middle
             finger ond move to dcsired distonce from subiect. Focus ond compose picture.
           While Pre-Vu Button is still being held, depress Shutter Releose Button with
             forefinger to trip shutter.
           t b I  When subiect CANNOT be opprooched:
                In this cose substitute the hond for the subiect in order to get correct operlure
             setting. Cock shutter. Hold open polm of hond obout l2 iuches from Photo-
                Electric Cell ond toke reoding from hond.

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F.LASH SYITCHBOITTZATTOTS
                                                                l.  Attoched the flosh unit to the occessory shoe
                                       on top of the cqmerq. Inserl the cord. into the
                                             socket ot the bottom front of the comero.
                                                        2.  Set the ASA lever for fhe film speed in ure ond
                                                set shutter speed ring for speed desired (l/30
                                                            is recommended).
                                                        3.  Insert bulb in flosh unit (or switch on electronic
                                                 flosh unitpower).
                                                        4.  Focus on the most importont port of the picture
                                     ond reod the distonce'on the front ring (focus-
                                                ing ring).
                                                     5.  Check the Guide Number of the floshbulb be-
                                              ing used (or power) ond sei the f/stop occord-
                                                  ingly to the distonce reqd in f4 obove. Eoch
                                         time comerq-to-subiect distonce chonges, the
                                                f/stop should be chonged.

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                 T*OTIOE
For best results, fottow fhese simple rules  !
 l.  Depress the shutter button slowly, otherwise movement of the cqmero rnoy couse
    blurred pictures. Grip the cqmero firmly, hofC your feet steodily, hold your breoth
    for the moment the shutter is releosed. Some professionol comeromen spreod their
    feet to gel o steodier weight qnd to prevent swozing.
2. Do not keep the comero in o dusty or domp ploce. Keep the lens cop on when not in
    use, ond keep the comero in its cose.
3. Good results connol be expected"from ony film which hos been in q cqmero for more
   thon 6 months. lt is qdviseoble to hove the film processed within q week ofter the
    finol exposure.
4. Do not touch the surfoce of the lens with your fingers. lf you do by occident, im.
   mediotely wipe with o cleon cotton cloth gently or with lens poper. Dirt becomes
   very hqrd to remove if left for q long time. Do not use qn uncleon or qbrqsive
    cloth to dust off the lens.
   THE OLYMPUS ELECTRIC EYE GIVES A LIFETIME OF PERFECT PICTURE.TAKING