PAX M-4 User manual

( I  I Film type indicoring diol
 ( 2 ) R e l e o s e b u t t o n
 l 3 ) R e w i n d i n g b u i l o n
 | 4 ) Film winding lever
 ( 5 1 E x p o s u r ec o u n t e r
 ( 6 I Right window of finder
 | 7 ) Clip for occessories
( 8 I Depth of  field scole
{ 9 I Left window  of finder
(l0l Rewindingcronk
( l l l D i s t o n c es c o l e
(l2l Lens opening diol
{l3l Focusinglever
{ l 4 l F l o s h t e r m i n o l
(l5l Shutter speed serting diol
(l6l Eyepiece
(171 Sprocket wheel
(l8l Film toke-up spool
( l 9 l F - 9 , X - Q , s y n c h r o s e l e c r i o n
     lever
{201 Locking lever

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The Pox M4   is  outstondingly the  smollest,
finest, lightest, ond most compoct comero  in
its field.
It  is precision mode by one of  the   f oremost
monufocturesof modern comeros. The Pox M4
offers you o ll  thot you desire in  o 35mm
comero.

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   It  is eosy to  corry, simple to operote ond
  beoutiful to see.  The resultsyou con obtoin
  with  it ore surprising,ond with proper core, it
  will  bring you hoppiness ond  ioy   f or mony
  yeors. All controls ore simple to  operote, yel
  the comero hos such versotility os will meet
  the requirementsof exocting photogrophers.

TI{E MOST IMPORTANT
CAMERA IS ITS LENS.
The Pox M4  lens  is  the  cooted  "Luminor"
f  r 2.8, 45mm which hos excellent depth of
focus, unequolled brilliont definition, ond  is
highly color corrected. When using color film


The Pox M4   is  equipped with  o  iouplea
combined view  ond  ronge-finder, moking   it
eosy ond  speedy  to     f ocus  ond  compose
the  subiect.  With  every  picture you  con
be certoin of exoct focusing.

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Ingeniously designed with single thumb-stroke
film winding ond  shutter cocking lever which
helps in  fost sequence shooting ond prevents
the Conger of double exposure.
The exposure counter with on eosily reodoble
scole under o  built-in mognifier outomoticolly
records every exposure, ond reverts to its zero.
position when the bock of comero is opened
{or film relooding.

Your Pox M4  is provided with  built-in
F-X synchronizotion for use with  both
floshbulb ond electronic flosh.
The  high  quolity  of  the Pox M4   is
guoronteed ogoinst defects  in moteriol
or workmonship for one yeor from dote
of purchose.
Before looding  the comero with  film,
reod the following instructionscorefutly.

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       toADrNG   THE CAfiTERA (DO  NOr
       LOAD   Ftlrl   rN DTRECT SUNUGHT)
                  I To  open  the comero, turn  the  lock
            lever (21I on the bottom of the comero
           from                      ,,Lr' (lock) to  "O"   (openl in  the
            direction of orrow.




         2 And slide the bock  of  comero slowly
           towords the bottom  for obout one inch.
          Then slide comero bock  ofi body.t

         3 Pox M4 tokes stondord 35mm film.
          Ploce the looded film cortridge  in the
             film chomber. Pull out  the  film leoder
          obout 4 inches from cortridge towords
           the film toke-up spool (l 8l ot opposite
            side. Insert the leoder into  slit  in  film
           toke-up spool.


        4 Turn the film winding lever (41 slightly
             until both sides of  the sprocket wheel
           securely engoge the  performotions in
           the film morgin. Then, complete o  full
            turn of the winding lever, wotching  to
          see  thot  the   film   is  being  wound
           properly. Releose the shutter.

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  Turn lhe winding lever
   until it stops. Releose
   the  shutter.  Repeot
   these operotions once
  more.





  Now,   the  exposure
  counter indicotes the
   ftgure  "l",  ond  you
  ore reody to snop your
   first picture.


6 As o film reminder, set
  the ftlm type indicot-
  ing diol  lll  with  red
  dot  occording to the
  type  of  film you ore
  using lf you ore using
  o  film ot other  thon
   its roted speed  lsoy
  Tri-X, ot 400  insteod
  of 200 ASAI, set the
  diol os o reminder.

Ploce your right eye ot  the view ond ronge-
finder eyepiece  ll 6), ond oim  ot  the subject.
In the center of  the field of the  finder, you
will see o rectongulor oreo in which there is
o double imoge of the subiect. By moving the
focusing lever  (l 3) with index finger of the left
hond, the two imoges con be merged into one.
The lens is now  in perfect focus.

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ol The Pox-M4 should be             bl Push   the    shutter
hcld ftrmly, but not rigid-          releose  button   using
ly  in both honds. Core          steody  even  pressure
should  be   token   to           with  your index finger,
prevent movement of the        when you copture desired
comero  while  pressing         composition ond  figure
the releose button. Press           of  the subiect.
elbow to body for odded
support.

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o Never store comero for ony length
   of time with the shutter cocked.
o Be sure to toke off the lens cop
   before toking your picture.
o When    t oking o  picture, be  sure
   comero cose or flosh cord does not
   cover the lens.
o  ln corrying the comero with everreody
   cose, be sure to fosten the cose to
   the  comero  with  the  screw  nut
   oltoched.

'on                           rhos,Af ter                           been           enti'reroll of film
ex posed, the  fi,lm winding knob wif l
turn  furfher. Do not force  it beyond
this point. Now  the firlm rnust be  r€-
wound into the originol cortridge from
the toke-up spool.
The Pox M4 type is equipped with on
originofly designedr,eWinderwhich,,,es1'
obles you to rewind
the film ropidly ,ond
surely.
Press the  winding
button [3], ond pufI
out o  smoll cotch
on the rewinderwith
your firngernoil, gnd
the cronk shoft,wril,l
come  out  wit.h o
pop  os shown in
the picture.





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FILTERS
Your Pox M4  lens  will  give you  pictures of
excellent shorpness.But the mood of  picture con
often be improved by using filters. The ultro-violet
filter obsorbs ultro-violet roys ond mokes your
pictures cleor in both color ond block-ond-white
pictures. lt  is especiolly useful on hozy doys ond
when  distont scenes ore photogrophed. lt  olso
protects your comero lens.
Yellow filters help to bring out the clouds ond
ore o "must"  for snow scenesond scenes of the
seo shore. Green  filters lighten red  color ond
will bring out green in londscopes.They ore olso
recommended for out-door portroits.
IENS HOOD
The lens hood  is o voluoble lens occessory, ond
self-timer ottochment should be used whenever
possible. The Pox M4  is designed to use o  self-
timer op the top of shutter releose button.
                           The  shutter  re-
                             leose  coble   is
                               olso screwed into
                                the  some  port,
                           ond     it  prevents
                                 stroy  light  from
                               entering the  lens
                           ond gives pictures
                                 thot look crisp.

Pox ottochment lenses ore
 ovoiloble in two types:
   o. Pox TelephotoAttoch-
    ment Lens.
   b. Pox Wide Angle or-
    tochment Lens
 Theselenseswere especiolly
 designedfor use with  the
 Pox comeros offord to Pox
comero owners the odvon-
 toge  of   interchongeoble
 lensesond enoble them to
tockle more odvonced pho-
togrophic problems.
This lens increosesthe oreo
coveroge in o  photo op-
proximotely7 5% .
See occomponing illustro-
tion C.

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 Your Pox M4  is equipped with built-in 9 -+   syn-
 chronizotion to meet olmost every purpose.
 Flosh photogrophy is often the only woy  in which
 noturol, unposed pictures con be mode. For indoor
sports, such os bosket boll, boxing, wrestling,etc.,
synchro flosh photogrophy is ideol.
It is olso suited for photogrophingbobies, children,
ond  pets cotching their unpredictoble octivities,
protecting them  ogoinst the uncomfortob le  heot
ond glore of photofloods.

FTASH SYNCHRO  WITI{  FTASH  BUIB
 CALCULATING  EXPOSURE FOR FTASH
 Determining correct exposure for flosh is very simpte.
 with  o given flosh bulb  ond o given  film  speed,
 the distonce in feet (from subiect to floshl multipli-
 ed by lhe stop number equols o  constont foctor.
 This foctor  system hos been worked  out  by  the
 monufocturersof flosh bulbs, who  in their exposure
 guides provide o foctor number (usuollyreferred to
 os Guide Numberl of oll bulb.
As-on exomple of how  it works, let us ossume thot
you hove decided to use o flosh-bulb with o Guide
Number of 80, ot  I 0 feet.
Divided l0  (the distonce
 in feetl into 80 lthe Guide
Numberl ond you  get 8
 (or t/81, the correct lens
opening to use.
SETECTING FLASH.
BULBS FOR YOUR
Pox  M4
There ore three generol
closses of floshbulbs, F
(Fostl M  lMediuml ond
F. P. (Focol Plonel.
The Pox-M4 comero hos
been designed to  use F
:loss bulbs.  With these
bulbs (suchos No. SS or

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SWI  it is possible to toke flosh picture ot
 oll shutter speeds. Use of M ctoss bulbs
with the Pox-M4 is olso possibte.
However, when you use M  bulbs (such os
Press No. 5 or PressNo. 251 flosh pictures
shoufd only be mode ot 1/10  orl /25  of o
second.
F. P. bulbs (such os No. 6 or No. 221 ore
designed for use with Focol Plone Shutter
Comeros, ond ore not recommendedfor use
with the Pox-M4.
STEP BY PROCEDURE FOR FLASH
PICTURE WITH  FTASH BULBS
O Set g - +  synchro setection lever  ot
     (l 9l setting.
O Focus Pox-M4 on subiect with ronge-
   finder.
O Reod off the distonce to the subiect.
O Set shutter speed.
O Colculote the lens stop using the flosh-
   bulb Guide Number. Set the lens stop.
O  Insert floshbulb ond toke the picture.
rO  AVOID  MISFIRE
(l I Botteries should olwoys be fresh, ond
   when not  in use, removed from flosh
   gun.
l2l The socket of  floshgun ond  floshbulb
   boses must be  f re:   f rom  oxidizotion.
   Scrope contoct sunfoces with o knife
    or  file,  if necessory.

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When the ronge-finderneeds odiustment,
put the distonce lever on the mork of
infinity (oo). Toke out the front screw
of  the occessory shoe.  Through this
screw hole you con see inside oonther
smoll screw. Turn this screw clockwise
or unticlockwiseto olign the rongefinder
imoge verticolly.For horizontololignment
odiust the screw which  is  occessible
through the  smoll hole found  in  the
inside, bock,   in  the   f rome  locoted
between the  lens ond  film  plone.  A
distont chimney or o telephone pole is
ideol for viewing during correction.