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Polaroid Sun Autofocus 660 User manual
User manual for Polaroid Sun Autofocus 660. 19 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Polaroid
- Model / document
- Polaroid Sun Autofocus 660
- Document type
- User manual
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- English
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- 19
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- Film cameras
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lmportant camera features
The autofocus system provides split-
second automatic focusing as you
take the picture.
The built-in electronic flash lifts up
for picture-taking, folds down for
carrying ease.
The flash is designed to be used for
every picture - outdoors and indoors.
The red button both charges the flash
and takes the picture.
1 . Press the red button haltway to
charge the flash. A red
light in the viewfinder
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camera to your eye
while the light is on. In about 5 seconds
the flash is charged, the red light goes off
and you can take a picture. Or, you can
release the red button and the flash will
stay charged for several minutes.
2. Press the red button allthe way to
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Contents Call us, free
2 lmportant safeguards Whenever you have a question
The system about your camera or pictures, call us
3 lmportant camera features toll free...
5 A better way to take pictures
6 The camera 800-34&5000
I The electronic flasn from anywhere in the continental
8 Electronic flash ranqe U.S.A. except Massachusetts, Alaska
8 Split-second automitic focusing and Hawaii. From those states, call
collect- (611) 494-8266. Our Customer Using the camera
9 Raising and lowering the electronic Service representatives can oe reached every weekday from B a.m. flash unit
to 5 p.m., Eastern Time. ln Canada, 10 Loading the camera
f ree - B0O-268-6920. 11 Holding the camera call toll
Great pictures in any light- For your convenience, these phone
outdoors and indoors numbers are on the inside of vour cam_
12 Use the electronic flash for everv era. You can see them when the film door is open. picture - outdoors and indoors
Specialsituations and
troubleshooting
16 Trouble-f ree picture-taking
17 Photographing a distant scene
through a window
17 Lighten/darken control
Customer information
18 Polaroid service centers and offices
19 Full one-year warranty
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A better way to take pictures
Few picture-taking situations provide
just the right lighting to take the best
photographs.
So Polaroid designed a unique new
photographic system that makes it
possible to take great pictures any
time- in any light.
Under the direction of a tiny electronic
computer, the system - a camera with a
built-in electronic flash and Polaroid
f rom the600 Land f ilm - measures lightscene and blends it with just the right
amount of flash to create an ideal pho-
tographic light for taking beautiful
pictures - outdoors and indoors.
Your camera has an automatic focus-
ing system, which consists of a fixed
front lens and an internal rotating disk
with four lenses. In a split second,
using sound waves to measure the dis-
tance between the camera lens and
your subject, the computer selects the
lens that will put your subject into
sharp focus, as you take the picture.
For the first time, the high-energy bat-
tery built into every film pack powers
both the camera and the electronic
flash, which means you need never
ourchase other batteries.
Polaroid 600 color film-the most light-
sensitive instant color f ilm made-was
developed just for this system . Other
Polaroid films will not fit into or work $with this syslem.
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The camera
1. Built-in electronic flash (1/3000 of a 1/2001o 1/3 of a second; apertures
secono). from f/1O to t/45).
2. Transducer (sends the sound waves 5. Red button (pressed halfway, it
and receives the echo). charges the flash; pressed allthe
way, it takes the picture).
3. Automatic focusing system (a fixed
front lens and an internal rotating 6. Flash override button (see page 17).
disk with four lenses). 7.Film door latch.
4. Automatic variable speed/aperture B. Film door. shutter system (speeds range from
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9 Film shade (shields each picture 13 Autofocus override button
f rom light as it exits the camera; it (see page 17)
rolls out with the picture, then
snaps back) 14 Viewfinder.
10 Film exit slot 15 Tripod socket
1 1 Lighten/darken control 1 6 Adjustable neckstrap
(see page 17) lT.Thumbrest
1 2. Photocell (silicon photo-diode- 1 B. Picture counter (indicates how
measures light f rom the scene, out- many pictures remain)
doors and indoors).View original page 8Page 9 · Read text
The electronic flash Split-second automatic focusing
Both the electronic flash and the cam- When you take a picture, your camera
era are powered by the high-energY sends sound waves, at f requencies
battery built into every film pack. beyond our range of hearing, to the
central part of the scene (approximate The battery supplies allthe power you area circled in blue). At the same time, need to fire the flash for every picture- an internal disk with four lenses (behind
outdoors and indoors. the fixed front lens) starts to turn.
The flash fully charges in about 5 sec- In a split second, a tiny electronic com-
onds. lt will stay charged for several outer measures the time it takes for the
minutes allowing you to take a sponta- sound to reach your subject and the
neous picture (see page 3). echo to return, and calculates the dis-
A red light in the viewfinder indicates tance between the camera lens and ,t
when the flash is charging. The camera your subject. The lens that will put your
will not operate until the flash is fully subject into sharp focus at that dis-
charged and the red light goes off. tance then locks into place.
Since you cannot take a picture while
the flash is charging, you never
waste film.
In addition to providing split-second
automatic focusing, your camera's
computer uses the distance measure-
ment to your subject to carefully con-
trol the amount of electronic f lash that
will reach the film.
Electronic flash range
Be sure to use the flash for every
pictu re - outdoors and indoors.
For best results indoors, your subject
should be from 2to14 feet away and
near a light colored background.
Outdoors, your subject should be at
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Raising and lowering the electronic flash unit Grio the sides of the flash unit. Swing the flash unit up to snaP it in olace. When you are not using the camera, lower the flash unit. lt will protect the lens and lock the red button.View original page 10
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Loading the camera
Use only Polaroid 600 color f ilm. door. The camera will automatically
eject the film cover.Push the latch forward. The film door
willdrop open. Save the film cover to order copies and
enlargements of your favorite pictures.Hold the film pack by its edges only, as
shown (printed side up), and slide it all To remove an empty film pack, pullthe
the way into the camera. Close the film colored tab on the film oaOk.
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Holding the camera
Grip the camera in the Palm of Your
left hand
Place your right thumb on the thumb-
rest, your index f inger on the red button,
and curl your other fingers into
your palm.
Or, if it is more comfortable, place the
fingers of your left hand over the top of
the viewfinder and your thumb Under
the camera- holding your right hand
I as described above.
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Use the electronic flash for every picture- outdoors and indoors ln this outdoor scene, photographed Your new photograPhic sYstem without electronic flash, bright sunlight wilt blend sunlight with just the right has created harsh facial shadows' amount of flash to soften shadows and When taking a picture in this lighting reveal the facial details you expect to situation, your eye adlusts to.fhese see in the picture. shadows, showing You, in the view- f inder, facial f eatures that will not be recorded on film.View original page 14
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Use the electronic flash for everY
picture -outdoors and indoors
Shade, such as that provided bY a Your camera's built-in electronic flash will
poolside umbrella, will spare your sub- automatically supply the additional light
ject f rom having to squint in the harsh needed to produce a pleasing photo-
sunlight, but it does not always provide graph.
enough light for a well-exposed picture
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Trouble-f ree picture-taki n g What to look for if the camera does
not operate: Hold the developing picture by its
wide white border. Check the picture counter. When the
film pack is empty, the flash will charge While it is developing, keep the picture but you cannot take a picture, out of direct sunlight.
Look through the viewfinder. When theWhen the temperature is below 55"F red light is on, the flash is charging and
(13"C), keep the camera and film you picture. cannot take awarm. lmmediately place the develop-
ing picture in a warm pocket for at least Be sure the sound waves have a clear
a minute. path to your subject.
Keep the developer rollers clean. The sound waves travelto the central
part of the scene (see page B). lf anDirty rollers can cause a repeated spot object in the foreground prevents theor bar pattern to appear in the picture. sound from reaching your subject, the
Jhe developer rollers are located internal lens disk will focus on the fore-
inside the film door. lf there is film in the ground object, causing your subject to
camera, open the door in dim light. be out of focus. lf this happens when
you are using flash indoors, your sub-
Clean the rollers with a damo, lint-free ject will also be too dark.
cloth.
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Photographing a distant scene Lighten/darken control
through a window Use this control only when you want to
Photographing a daylight scene (more reshoot a picture to make it lighter or
than 12 feet away)through a window is darker.
a soecial situation which requires that
you take these Precautions.
To avoid focusing on the window, hold
in the autofocus override button, as
shown. To avoid a flash ref lection, stop
the flash from firing and take the
picture by pressing the f lash override
button, as shown.
Autofocus override button To take a lighter picture, slide the con-
trol past the white arrow.
To take a darker picture, slide the con-
trol oast the black arrow.
Retum the control to center when you
have finished reshooting. Awhite dou-
Flash override button ble arrow appears in the bottom of the
viewfinder as a reminder that the con-
trolis not in center Position.
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Polaroid service centers
and offices
lf you think your camera needs repair, New Jersey
please call Customer Service toll free Polaroid Corooration
at 800-343-5000 from anywhere in the P.O. Box 607
continental U.S.A. exceot Massachu- W-95 Century Road
setts, Alaska and Hawaii. From those Paramus 07652
states, call collect- (617) 494-8266. Puerto RicoWe can be reached Monday through Polaroid Caribbean Coro.Friday, B a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time. Charlyn Industrial Park In Canada call toll free 800-268-6970. Road 190, Km1.7We may be able to save you the time Carolina 00630and trouble of returning the camera to Telephone: (809) 768-1 1 19one of the centers listed below.
Mailing address:
California P.O. Box 2032
Polaroid Corporation Carolina 00630
3232 West MacArthur Blvd.
Santa Ana92704 Additional Service Centers:
There are many other Polaroid-owned
Canada and indeoendent Authorized Service
Polaroid Canada, Inc. Centers in the U.S.A, and overseas.
350 Carlingview Drive To locate the one closest to you or to
Rexdale, Ontario MgW sco where you are travelling, call our Cus-
Polaroid Canada, Inc. tomer Service numbers listed above.
1470 CiIy Councillors Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2E5
Georgia
Polaroid Corooration
5601 Fulton Industrial Blvd., S.W
Atlanta 30378
Massachusetts
Polaroid Corooration
784 Memorial Drive
Cambridge 02139
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