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PETRI E Bn User manual
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- PETRI E Bn
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www.butkus.us CONTENTS SUPERLATIVE FEATURES Ot PETRI E. 8n. 2 DESCRIPTION OT PARTS . 4 HOW TO SET THE SHUTTER 8 HOW TO TOAD THE FITM 9 PETRI E. Bn COUPTED EXPOSURE METER l2 HOW TO USE COUPTED EXPOSURE METER t1 HOW TO HOLD YOUR PETRT E. Bn t6 HOW TO LOOK THROUGH VIEWTINDER AND TOCUS r8 SYNCHRONIZATION 20 HOW TO USE SETFTIMER 22 HOW TO REMOVE FIIM AFTER SI'IOTS 23 rHE EASY WAY TO TAKE F]NE PICTURES WITH PETRI E.Bn. 25 CARE TO HANDTE SHUTTEN 26 CARE TO HANDI.E APERTURE 27 DEPTH OF TIEI.D TAELE . 28 HOW TO MAKE GOOD USE OF COUPTED EXPOSURE METER . 29 PETRI E. Bn ACCESSORIES . 3l FILTERS AND THEIR USE . . 32View original page 4
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Superlotive Feq?ures of PETRI E. Bn PfCTURE S|ZE: 21x36 mnr FfLM SIZE: 35 mm film 120 or 36 exposuresl LENS : PETRI ORIKKOR 45 mm, F 1.9 or F 2.8, 6-elements or 4-clcments, color corrected lAmber cootedl lens SHUTIER : PETRI CARPERU MVE Shutier, wilh speeds : B, l, tlz, til, tla, tlrs, li3o, tlco,'lns, ttzso, tisoo, sec., lris Mul- tiple Diophrogm Ring, Self-cockinS MX full synchronizofion, Built-in sclflimer, leleose-pressure 200 gm. VIEWFINDER: " Green-O-Molic " system wifh Speciol Green Crown Gloss, Eright GOLD-Frome for Automotic Porollox CompensotionView original page 5
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www.butkus.us RANGEFINDER : Helicoid-Type Coupled Ronge Finder, Coupled Ronge , from 2-65 ft fo infinity COUPLED EXPOSURE METER : Zero-meihod Reflection-Type, pETRt ORTKKOR 45 mm F t.9 ffi$ Built-in Fully -Coupled Electric Exposure Meter FILM TRANSPORT & REWIND : Single-stroke (t 80'l ropid tronsporl lever which oulomolicolly tronsporls film ond cocks the shufter simulloneously. Cronk-type rewinding system. FILTER : Screw-in Type Filter t49 mm in diometer) ([,0. LENS HOOD: lnsert-Type lens Hood (51 mm in diometer] SfZE OF CAMERA : 136 x 8l x 72 mm PETRI ORIKKOR .f5 mm F 2.8 WEIGHT: 750 gm.View original page 6
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ASA INDICATION SWITCH
FLASHSELF_ TIMER LEVER SYNCHRO_TERMINAL
RETURN BUTTON OD HOLEView original page 9Page 10 · Read text
.f AKE UP S POOI, www.butkus.usR EIV IND S POOL }.;Y E T-,IECE
FTLM PRESSURE PLATE.
BACK COVER
[..II-M CHAMtsER T.'ILM GUIDE S PROCK ETView original page 10Page 11 · Read text
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li HOW TO SET THE SHUTTERt'
f Advonce lhe winding lever with your thumb-finger to the end (180"1
ond loose your hold. then the lever outomoticolly lurns bock to the
originol position. Wilh this single slroke, you con odvonce .one frome
of film ond con set lhe shutter simultoneously. lself-cocking system)
f In lhis posilion, the shutter will be releosed os you push the releose
bulfon. However, you con nol odvonce f le film, unless you releose
lhe shutler button. (Prevention of Mis-odvoncementl And once you
releosed the shutter bufton Vou con not releose fhe bulton ogoin unless
you odvonce lhe winding lever. ll,revention of Double-Exposure)
f film indicotor odvonces one eoch ot every odvoncement of winding
lever. And 36 exposures will comptef e the odvoncemenf . As yorl
open the bock-cover, the counter turns bocl to s mork outomolicollv
which meons lhe stort. Try to odvonce the winding lever iust before
your piclure-toking. ....|t is not good for the film to leove ir {or o
fong fime o(ter your sefling the shurter, so try to odvonce the winding
lcver iust before your shooting. You con chonge the shuiler speeds
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www.butkus.us l. Opening the bock coyer . Pull out lhe rewind cronk Pull down the lever with your thumb- Pull out the rewind cronk to lhe end by noil ond the cover will be releosed picking up the knob. outomoticolly.View original page 12
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4. Film looding J. Chcck the film if it is
wound correctly.Ploce the cnd of the ftlm into lhe Pull the cortridge bock, letting enough
slof of the tole-up spool. Bc sure film unwind so lhol You con Ploce
thot ihe sprocket holes in the film fhe corlridge in ils comPorlmenl.
line up with the Proiection on the
toke'up sprockef.
NOTE: Thc sprockel holes ond the leelh of toke-up spool
should completely be molched. Check it before
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PETRI E. Bn Coupfed Exposure Meter
f Couplcd Exposurc Mcter .which is equipped
wirh PETRI E. Bn comcro is of Lighf.Rcfleoion Type
ond docs not nccd ony switch to odlust the chong-
ing of light-condition. Thc crposurc mcrcr is fully
couplcd wifh 3 clcmcnfs which orc Shurtcr Spced,
Film Ssnsilivcncsr ond Apcrturc. As the mercr is
tequippcd with "Zero" mcthods, oll you necd
is thol you jurl lct lhc mctcr ncedlc to poinr ro
thc propcr crposurc morking which is morked on
thc mctcr indicotion plofc. (A,l
Thc tmoll point ( . I morlcd on the metor plore
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l. Turn ASA Indicotion Ring 2. Turn Shutter Speed Diol
to show ASA of film in use. to set the shutler speed os
you wish.
IN BEIWEEN OF SCALE MARKS. . . .ASA INDICATION WINDOW
As the shulter speed diol is of Click-Stop Type, you con set
The ASA Indicolion of film in use will the figure of speed exoctly ol o scolo mork. You con not
bo oppeored in this window. obtoin lho speod by setling fhe shuller spoed in belween
two figures. But il is olright for you to sef the diol in be-
fweon fwo operlure figures.
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Nofe in using Coupled
Exposure Mefer
t As o principle, the order of seiling the Expo-
sure Meler is ASA first, Shuiler Speed next ond
then Aperture in the lost. But in cose you set fhe
oper?ure, poanl your comero toword the sub-
jecl ond turn the shuiler speed diol to moke rhe
needle point the indicotion mork. lf the needle
points in between two speeds, toke the closer
3. Point your comsro loword the subject ond speed to the needle for your proper shutter speed
turn the operlure ring to let the needle meel selting, ond odiust the seffing by turning the oper-a the indicolion mork ond ture ring.
thol is the proper ex- f When you use o filter, it is convenient for you
posure. to set ASA indicotion by reducing multiple of ex-
posure indicofion fo simplify the here-to-fore col-
culolion of setting. For inslonce, when you use
ASA 100 film with o filter ( x2), you hovo ro
set the ASA 50.
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As you releose the shutter butlon, you hove to hold your PETRI E.
Bn steody ond os neor fo youi' eye os possible. The slightest
blurring of your comero greotly ofiects the shorpness of the pic-
lure. Crodle the comero in both polms. check your breoth ond
press ii'" shutler releose button with the right index finger in o
smooth ond steody motion. You do not need to give ony force in
releosing the button, for the button is very light. lt is importont for
you to stobilize your body os you releose the shutier while you
ore stonding by spreoding out your both legs properly. Leoning
ogoinsl o lree or woll is one of the woys to stoblize your picture-
foking. The speed limit of photogrophing held by your honds f or
slow speed is 1 30 second. When you use the slower speeds
under I I5 second, you hod belter to use f ripod or coble releose
by screwing it into lhe releose buiton cop. oil you need is to select
the Leicq-type Screw-rn Coble Releose ond iust screw it rnto ihe
cop.
Hortzontol Posrlion
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HOW TO IOOK THROUGH VIEWFINDER,
AND FOCUS
Wrong
Rongc of Focuring'Lcvcr Movcmcnt
vogue As you look through viewfinder ond turn Focusing-Lever, o
imoge will be oppeored os one cleor imoge. As long os o doubled
imoge is seen, il is out-of-focus. As the eye-piece is super-wide,
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ADVANTAGES OF
SYSTEfiI " GREEN-O-MATIC "
* " GREEN-O-MATIC " vicwfindcr is modc of Spcciol
Green Crown Gloss to eliminotcs Eyc-fotiguc ond
insures Eosy ond Accurolc Focusing. Bright ond
Eosy focusing is on odvontoge of " Grccn-O-Molic., I
I syslcm. 2.75 lccr f Gold-fromc in fhis systcm is to compcnsolc tha
I porollox outomoticolly. As you photogroph o sub. I
iecl in o short distonce, rhis Gold-fromc outo-
1 moticolly slidcs downword to rhc right to lct you f Supcr-Wide Eye-Piecc is for you ro lool lhrough i gel on cxocl imogc evcn in o shorl distonco. it cosily ond occurolcly.
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Shutter will bc rcleoscd 20 mm second 1f 66,,:.l/ chronizolion con be fully modc for cvcry spccd *
1000 secl of ter your releosing tha shutf er button. os you use the speed light without "time-to-peck".
So it is recommcndoblc for you to use M Type In F flosh-bulbs, thc synchronizotion con be gat-
bulbs which mork the top of brighf ness ot 20 mm formed ot oll shulter speeds slower thon l/60 scc.
sec. ofter your releosing fhe button. The synch- With M bulbs, it con be mode ot oll speeds slower
ronizotion is fully performcd for every speed when thon l/30 sec.
you usG this type of bulbs. f You con set lhe synchro lever ot eithcr M or
fhe shutter will be fully opened os soon os the when you photogroph other thon synchro photo- * X
switch-in is mode with X synchronizotion, so syn- groPhy
!
I
!| I '" (Y-::." SYNCHRONIZATION CHART f
I 5-:-- o, Florh Bulb M Synchronizotion X Synchronlrotion
I M Clorr All shuttcr speeds Slower thon I 30 sec.
I
Cforr Slower thon l,'60 scc.Ii F Elcctronlc Florh All shuitcr speeds
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l. Rcwinding Film 2. Pull out the rewinding cronk hondle
os the orrow mork indicotesPress lhe relurning bufton locoted ot ond lurn it
lhe boftom of Your comero. until the film is properly set into the
corlridge.
Noter : Af ter your shooting 20 or 36 exposures, you hove to re wind if into
the cortridge.
While the film is being wound you feel o slight pressure, but you will
not feel ony pressure when the rewinding of film is done.
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Notice in film-rewinding
* To check if the film-rewinding is done properly
or not, odvonce lhe lever ond yet the rewrnd cronk
does not move, then the rewinding wos done
perf ectly.
I Select the shodowy ploce for your film unlooding.
3. Removing Film * Do not rewind fhe exposed film complelely into
A{ter you rewind the film into the cor- the corlridge. Sometimes you misundersfond it os the
tridge, open the bock cover ond remove empty cortridge.
the cortridge out of comporlmenl. fr The developing of exposed film should be done
os quickly os possible. The negligence of developing
{or o long time. especiolly in Summer, couses the
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Care to Handle Aperture
odiust* As well os the shutler, the diophrogm is olso lo
rhe lighl volue coming to lhe surfoce of film. The Diophrogm
Scole which is morked in o line indicotes TWICE or HALF
os much ol every morking.
f Beside odiusting the light volue, fhe diophrogm is lo
shorlen or deepen lhe ronge of shorpness. The depth of
field which comes out when you focus o point is fha ronge
in which you con photogroph o Yery cleor imoge. The
depth of field becomes deep when you smollen fhe operfure
ond in turn il becomes shorten os you open lhe operlure.
So you con moke good use of this nolure for your getfing
o good result in toking lhe skelchy picture. When you loke
o porfroit you uso o lorger operlure fo gel the subiect
cleorly ond the bockground in vogue. And os you toke o
group piclure, you use o smoll operture io get everybody
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l|0f{ T0 ll|Al{E 0000 tJSt 0F C$r!plt0 [xp0stjnr ffitT[n
Ac the Grporurc mclcr which ir equipped with PETRI E. Bn ir of Light-Rcficclion
Typ", you mco3ure the rcficclcd light from the rubicct to dccidc thc Propcr
erporure. Howcver, lhc mcosuring difrers to lhe kind of rubiectr.
HUMAN PHOTOGRAPHY Meosure the lighl port of subiect ond fhe dork
Approoch to the humon subiect os neor os you con porl seporolely, ond you con get the overoge
ond moke the meosuromenl. In lhis cose. lry to lightness. You should poy your speciol core for
ovoid lhe unnecessory lights coming into the meler. no? meosuring your own ond comero shodows.
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SGENERY P}IOTOGRAPHY shodow of subiect. In this cose, be sure nol to
h receive ony light f rom lhe bockground into the
For toling lhe scenery wilh much sky, meosure fhe meter.
light with lhe mefer pointing toword fhe ground. To toke both the subiect ond bockground, you hove
For toking lhe vost scenery, such os mounloins, you to meosure the bveroge figure of whot you meo-
reduce the meosurernenl I i2 os much of whot you sured for the shodow of subiect ond the lighlness
hod meosured with lhe mefer. of bockground.
SNAP PHOTOGRAPHY GOLOR PIIOTOGRAPHY
Follow moslly the methods menlioned in the poro-
groph of Scenery Photogrophy. But to toke, for Follow'lhe melhods of Block & White Phologrophy.
instonce, lhe snowy scenery ond Summer seo-side With rhe color reversol film, you meosure the light
you scenery, reduce hove to holf os much of whot port of subiecl. With lhe color negotive film, you you meosured hod the meter. with
hove to meosure fhe dork port of subiect, Aftor
meosuring the lighl ond dork port seporolely ond AGAINST-IIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY lhe rotio is over 4 : l, you hove to use lhe sub-
For toking the silhouelte photogrophy, you hove to stonliol light, such os fhe silver reflection plole meosure the bright bockground to get the proper ond blue flosh, to weoken the controst brighlness exposure. When you wont lo toke the subiect
brightly, opprooch to lhe subiect ond meosure the of subiecl.
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