Praktica TL 5B User manual

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                                                             ControlPortsof the PRAKTICA TL 58
 We wish you oll successwith this modern reflex comero. You own                                                                                     1 S h u t t e rs p e e d d i o l o comero with the novel metol-blode focol-plone shutter which                                                                                     2 Metering l,"y mokes it possible to obtoin moximum shutter speed stobility ond                                                                                     3 Shutter relecrsewith coble releose socket minimum synchronizotiontime for electronic flosh photogrophy.                                                                                     4 F o l d i n g r e w i n d c r o n l < The comero works on the through-the-lc'nslight metering system                                                                                     5 R e w i n d b u t t o n with the shutter speed, diophrogm number, ond film speed being                                                                                     6 Accessory shoe with flosh centre contoct coupled. Metering is occording to the centre-weighted LC method
 ond fully true to your motif. Before you stort snopping owoy hop-
 pily will you pleose reod these instructionsfor use corefully. You
 will ovoid trouble with the comero ond disoppointments with the                                                                                                                                                   I n  t h e  f o l l o w i n g i n s t r u c t i o n st h e n u m bers of the o bove elements pictures.                                                                          o re g iven in po ro ntheses,

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                                                                         Closing the bockOpening the comerq bqck
Pull rewindbutton (5) up to the stop, the bock is unlocked ond is       The bock locks outomoticolly when you press  it  to the comero                                                                 body ot the lotch side.hinged open. The exposurecounter (9) resetsto zero outomoti-
colly.





                                                                 Cocking qnd winding Film locding
                                                                Ropid wind lever (8) hos o deod stroke of obout 15 deg. till the Insert the cortridgu ond observe thot wire brockets (23) do not                                                           mechonism engoges. (This mokes for sofety.ot series exposures.) stond upwords. Turn ot the knurled spool disk,  if required. Pull
 the film leoder to the green mork (22) ond poss it under support        Swivel lever (8) to the stop, move  it bock ond releose the comero
 (20) so thot the teeth of film sprocket (19) engoge  in the  f ilm        by depressing the shutter releose (3).Repeot  the process ond                                                                                finish up by cocking the comero. The outomotic exposure counter perforcrtion.                                                                                   (9) will now reod exposure 1 , Should the film be heovily worped, put o wire brocket on  it by
 t u r n i n g t h e s p o o l d i s k . P u s h r e w i n d b u t t o n ( 5 )  i n o g o i n b y  t u r n i n g
 it o  little, if necessory.

www.orphancameras.com                              Depth-of-field scole
                                                  The depth-of-field covered by o certoin diophrogm setting con be
                                                         reod on scq le (14).
                                                  E x o m p l e : D i s t o n c e 3 m e t r e s ,d i o p h r o g m n u m b e r 8 ,
                                                                          depth-of-field extends from 2 metres to 5 metres.
                                                         For odditionolly checking the  depth-of-field in  the viewfinder,
                                                     depress metering key  (2) ond  set the diophrogm  operotion
                                                             sefection switch (12) to M, resp. infrored photos require o slight
                                                             correction of the focus;  let the determined distonce meet the
                                                              infrored mork on the lens.





Focussing
Focussing is by meons of the triple wedge,
microprism ring or ground gloss ring.
1  Triple wedge
   T his wed ge  sysfem  ollows high   f ocus-
   sing  precision. Optimum  focussing hos
   been ottoined when the contours ond  li-
   nes flow noturolly together, lf focussing is
   not perlect the contours of the subject ore
   disploced  in the middle circulor secfion.
   Microprism ring
   The  f ocus  i s correct  if the picture within
   the screen oreo  is cleor ond does not                                                        Releosing qnd cocking       f licker.
                                                      Pleose note before pressing the shutter releose:   Ground gloss ring                                                            1 . T h e s i g n o l  i s v i s i b l e i n  t h e v i e w f i n d e r o n  t h e  l e f t ; c o m e r o n o t
   This one is porticulory useful for magni-                                                          reody for snopping   swivel the ropid rewind lever (B) to the
    fied exposures and microgrophs os well                                                                   sto P.   as f or /enses with o relotively smoll oper-                                                                     2,  For shutter speeds of 1/15seconds ond slower use o tripod ond   ture (stop number which is greoter thon                                                               o co ble releose. Press shutter releose (3) smootnly but not    4). The picture must oppeor  cleor ond                                                         suddenly right ocross tlre eosy going section. Swivel the lever   shorp in the focussingrtng.                                                           ogoin for cocking otter exPosure.

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Film chonging                                                    Lens chonging
Observe the exposure counter for the number of pictures you con       A n y   l e n s e s h o v i n g  t h e   i n t e r n o t i o n o l M  42x 1 PRAKTICA tlrreod
toke with the film in your comero (12,20 or 36 exposures),After          c o n b e u s e d . G r i p  t h e   l e n s b o d y o n d unscrew in counter-clocl<-
the  lost exposure, press rewind releose (25)  (it  locks), tilt the       w i s e d i r e c t i o n; s c r e w  i n  t h e o t h e r  l e n s in clocl<wisedirection to
folding rewind cronk (4) out of rewind button (5) ond turn  it not         the stop,
too fost in the direction of the orrow (indicoted on the cronk (4)).
You  will feel the end  of rewinding by o somewhot increqsed
resistoncewith subsequent eosy running.Pull the rewind button
up to the stop, unlock the comero bock ond toke the cortridge
out.
 Note: Should you hove exposed o few more fromes thon specified
       o n y o u r  f i l m p o c k i n g  i t m i g h t b e p o s s i b l e t h o t  t h e  r o p i d
      wind lever co n on ly be tu rned po rtio lly. Do not use force
                 i n  t h i s c o s e b u t r e w i n d t h e f i l m .



                                                                     Flqsh photogrophy
                                                             The PRAKTICA TL 58 hos been designed  f or synchron izo-
                                                                                                                                                 t i o n o f  f l o s h b u l b s o n d e l e c t r o n i c f l o s h u n i t s . F l o s h u n i t s p r o v i d e d
                                                        w i t h o  c e n t r e c o n t o c t o r e p u s h e d  i n t o o c c e s s o r y s h o e  ( 6 ) . S e t
                                                                         the shutter speed diol either to 4  or  t.
                                                                  T h e  f i r i n g c i r c u i t  i s c l o s e d o n l y d u r i n g  t h e p e r i o d o f  t h e s h u t t e r
                                                                                                                         r u n n i n g d o w n . O b s e r v e t h e g u i d e n u m b e r o f  t h e  f l o s h u n i t o n d
                                                 m o k e  t h e o p e r t u r e o r d i s t o n c e c o l c u l o t i o n ( u s e  t h e c o l c u l o t o r
                                                                         d i s k o f  t h e  f l o s h u n i t ) .

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The use of flqshbulbs                                                     Bottery replocement
F o r f o s t b u r n i n g f l o s h b u l b st h e s p e e d d i o l is set to the symbol O       The outomotic exposure control system is powered by o mercury
or to o shutter speed longer thon 1/36sec.                               oxide  bottery type PX 625 or o nother type meeting the so me
                                                                          specificotion, of o roted voltoge of 1.35 V.
                                                                     Unscr"*  the cover of the bottery comportment (26) witlr o coin,
                                                                    note the plus (+)  ond minus (-)  morl<s,insert the bottery cor-
                                                                              rectly ond screw the cover of the bottery comportment in ogoirr.
                                                                        Bottery service lif e  is o bout 2 yeo rs.
                                                        D o n ' t r e c h o r g e o l d b o t t e r i e s ,d o n ' t p u t t h e m  ! n t o t h e f i r e !
                                                                  T h e r e i s d o n g e r o f e x p l o s i o n!


                                                                 Core of the cCImerq
                                                   O p e r o t i o n o c c o r d i n g  t o   i n s t r u c t i o n so n d p r o p e r c o r e o r e e s s e n '
                                                                                                                                                t i o l p r e c o n d i t i o n sf o r  t r o u b l e f r e e f u n c t i o n o f  t h i s p r e c i s i o n i n s t r u -
                                                                  ment. Protect it from shocl<s,blows, dust ond  moisture; cleon
                                                                                c o r t r i d g u o n d  s p o o l c o m p o r t m e n t s , f i l m  t r o c k o n d c o m e r o b o c k
                                                       w i t h o s o f t b r u s h i n s u i t o b l e i n t e r v o l s .D o n o t e x c e r t o n y p r e s s u r e
                                                                        o n t o  t h e s h u t t e r b l o d e s o n d d o n o t  t o u c h t h e m w i t h y o u r  f i n g e r s .
                                                        D u s t  t h e m i r r o r w i t h o  s o f t b r u s h o n l y   i f o b s o l u t e l y n e c e s s o r y .
                                                                Cleon the  bcrttery contoct ends  in  intervols of 6 months ond
                                                            remove the bottery from the comero when'   not required for o
                                                                      longer time. We  recomrnend to  protect the  co mero  in  cold
The use of electronic units                                                                   weother. When  not used slrut the eyepiece by meo ns of the
Synchronizotionis only of the symbol  , which corresponds to o        delivered protective co p.
shutter speed of obout llrzs sec. Longer shutter speeds con be set.