Pixie Camera User manual

Horv to Operate
            the
  ixie Camera





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       in Rochester,N. Y.,  LJ.;. A.
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   Gundlach-Manhattan
     Optical Companv

N  designing    the   Pixie   Camera   -
                  we   elirninated   every  operating
                          part  which   can  be  dispensed            -.ir
                         with  and we have  brought   every
                       remaining   part  to  its most simple
 *    and eficient  ioint.   (Jnderstand  this statement
      thoroughly.   The principles  of picture  taking
      are the same for  all camerab and no camera
     maker has any exclusive  features which  sim-      =
       plifies photography  with  his particular camera
      nor can any one make a camera which guar-
     antees a good negative for each exposure.

         Pixie  Cameras  guarantee  satisfaction  be-
                         'made     cause they  are  well        and  scientifrcally
      correct in every detail of  ionstruction.   They
      are fitted  with Acbromatic Meniscus  Lenses and             ,
      the lens of each camera is focused for the film             :
      plane.  UNCORRECTED   lenses CANNOT
    CIVE FINE DEFINITION.                                     T

       M.ny  Cameras  are not  designed  to.allow
     any adjustme:rt of the lens to locate  it in exact
      focus for the film and as lenses cannot be made
\     absolutely uniform  in focal length  it is obvious           {
      that some cameras of  this  kind   will  make                  l
.     sharper  pictures  than others merely  because        '_
      they have lenses which  happen  to be the right
,     focus while  others  will  have  lenses   | -32// or
     so too long or too short focue  to cuit the cam-
      era construction.

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\Ve   don't   make   canneras    this  way   aa we
 believe    that  a  camera   should   make   sharp
 pictures  no  matter  how   little    it  costs.   This   is
 true  of  all  the cameras  we  manufacture   and   it
 is well  Lnown   that  our cameras  are  equipped
 with   better   lenses  than  any  others  and   for  a
 good   reason.   We  have  made   high   grade
 lenses  for  about   thirty   years  and  supply   our
 own  lenses.   Other  camera  makers  buy   their
 Ienses and  naturally   use  the  cheapest.    Even,
 then  they  pay  some   optical   concern   a  profit
 while  we  put  the   firrest  lenses  in our cameras
 at  first  cost.
                                                                                   '     TO OPERATETHE PIXIE
  Tum   the  countersunk  wing  screw  in  the
 bottom.     It will  only  turn one \^/ay to a stop
 so you cannot make a mistake.  The box  will
 then come apart.  The cover contains a wind-
 ing key and  the  spool  for  the  film.   Raise
 the  spring  and  slip  the  spool  of  film  into
 place (first break the seal), pull the end of black
 paper around  until   it may be inserted  in the'slot
      in the empty spool controlled by the wind-
 ing key. Make sure that the paper will wind up
 straight then put the camera together and lock
 with  the wing screw in the bottom.
   Next, wind  the key and watch the red win-
 dow  in the rear end.   After  a few  turns you
 will see a hand B@  which  cautions you  that
 the first film  is nearly in position. When  "1"  is

in the center  of the window,  so (l),  the 6lm
     is in position to malce the first exPosure.
    THE TERM EXPOSURE   is used to express
    the meaning that when the shutter  is operated
       it  uncovers the  lens,  allowing   the  image
   formed by the lens to strike the film and then
    covers the lens again.   This takes only a frac-
    ticn of a second.
    DO NOT  give the shutter lever a quick  ierk
    or you may move the camera  quickly  at the
   same time and  blur  the irnage  because the
    shutter doei not work  fast enough to overcome
    your own movement.
      Hold  the camera steady and  merely  rrove
    the  shutter  lever  over  to  the  opposite  side
    gently and when   it comes to the release point
    the  shutter  spring  will  operate  the shutter
    blade which makes the exposure.
    When  you have made  the   first exposure
   wind  the film up  to number  two  and always
    wind up the exposed film as soon as you have
    operated the  slrutter.  MAKE  A HABIT  OF
    THIS.   After  exposing the  last  film keep on
    winding which   will wrap  the film  with  black3 paper to protect  it from the light so it may be
   removed from the camera in  daylight.  When
    you take the  spool of  film out  of the camera
    see that  it is rolied  tightly and seal it or put an
     elastic band around  it.
     To operate the shutter  for a time expoaure
     pull  out  the  narrow  time  lever  next  to the

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handle, push the lever over to open the shutter
' and back in the opposite direction  to close  it.
   The diaphragm  lever may be pulled  out  to
  stop the  lens down  for more depth  of  focus
 when taking time exposures.
   Double the exposure for the second stop and
  give four times the exposure  for  the smallest
  stop.
   TaLe  all  instantaneous  exposures   in  the
 open when the sun  is shining and remember
  that  the  light   is  strongest  in  the  sum:nel
 months.  Instantaneous exposures should  n.ot
 be made in the shade nor indoors.
   Do not place the subject clcser than ten feet
 from the camera when  taking  portraits.
             PRICES
 With Achromatic MeniscusLens and Brilliant Fin"il:r.
 No. 2  Pixie  Roll  Film  Camera  for
     2% x3%  pictures,               $2.50
 No' 2A  Pixie  Rc.ll Film Camera for
     2% x 4%  pic.tures,                 3.50
    Films of any kind may be used with  these
 Cameras.
   Obtain  frlms from  a dealer  in photographic
 supplies.
  Gundlach-Manhattan Gptical Co.
             ROCHESTER,  N. Y.

 Makers of Korona  Cameras, Turner.Reich  Anastigmat
  lcnres,  Plrgtographic  .A,pparatus, lenses  of  all kinds,
           Microrcopes amd Prism Binoculars
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ROLL  FILM CAMERA  has its              l

                                                                                                                                                       ,1                    limitations and must be used                        I I
                   within  them  to obtain  satis-          : r J
                    factory   results.    More  ad-   . 1     ){
                vanced  work  than  simple          l                snapshots under  good  light
conditions  requires  a  plate  Camera  with  a
ground glass for examining  the image and  ar-         l
rangement of the composition, means to focus
the i-ens to the best advantage, rising and  fall-
ing front and swing back adjustments.  A Lensof larger w,rrking aperture, and Shutter  allow- 11
ing  full control of the exposures needed to suit
the different conditions.  The beginner u:.ing a
simple 6xed focus  film Camera soon realizes          i'{
that a Camera wirh  the above features  offers
greater possibilities.  We look upon a little 6lm
Camera as merely a simple instrument  to intro-              i
duce the beginner to the pleasu.re and  interest        l
of photography  as a pastime.
  When the time comes that you outgrow your
Pixie get a Korona Camera for plates and you
will 6nd  it equal in every way to your advanced                        d
ideas of what a Camera should be.
  We also make superiorCameras  for commer-
cial photography and Photographic  Lensee of
every type.'
Gundlach-ManhattanOpticalCo.
     ROCHESTER,N. Y.

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