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Reflekta II User manual
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- Reflekta
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- Reflekta II
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- User manual
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- English
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- 13
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A) Loading and Changing the Film
The negative material used in the IIn is 'Reflekta the Standard 6x9 cm roll film B II that takes
12 pictures 6x6 cm.
Opening Hold the camera with the lenses in the palm of
the camera the left hand, in an oblique position, inclining the
upper part slightly downwards. Open the hinged ' latch (1,7\ at the base of the camera with the thumb
of the right hand, lift the camera back and
unfold the back and the baseboard by pulling
away the hinged latch as shown in illustration
No.3.
Loading Swing out the lower spool bed (19) and insert
the film the new film-spool, so that the coloured (red)
surface of the protecting paper lies on the outer
side when the film is being rolled ofi.
Pull out the film-transport knob (1) ,.,d fi* it by
a slight backward turn. Place an empty film-
spool into the upper spool-bed (18) which has
been swung out, with the notched end of the
spool {acing the film-transport knob. After
readiusting the upper spool-bed, press the film-
transport knob (1) with a slight forward rotation
into the camera again, until it snaps into the
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The paper tongue pro-
jecting from the film
must now be drawn
across the two sliding
rollers and pushed into
the slit of the empty
spool, after which the
film must be straightened
out by two or three
rotations of the film-
transport knob (l). Make
sure that the
film runs quite
evenly, without
rubbing the
flanges o{ the
spool. (see ill.
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Ill. No.4
Fold up the camerr bacJ<, pressing it to the Closing
body, so that the edge nexr to the hinged the camera
latch (17) fits precisely between the camera body
and the front plate. The hinged latcl can now
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Opening the Push up the knob (L4) underneath the film
film window window (13), and the red film window becomes
open to view. The white circle which is visible
when the film window is closed. now dis-
appears.
Transporting Advance the film-transport knob (l) slorvly until,
the film after the caution sign, the number 1 appears
in the film rvindow
Closing the Push back the knob (14), and the'white circle in
film window the film window becomes visible again. The
camera is now ready for the first exposure.
The perforrnances 4 to 6 are repeated every time
an exposure has been made, that means 12 times
with each film. After the twelfth exposure, the
film-rvinding knob must be turned until the film
is {ully wound up and the protecting paper can
no longer be seen in the film window.
Removing Open the camera as]described in paragraph 1 on
the film page 4, pull out the film-transport knob (l) and
give it a short backward turn. Swing out the upper
spool-bed (18,p, carefully remove the exposed film,
and paste down the gumstrip. Take the empty
spool out of the lower spool-bed, as described
in paragraph 2 on page 4, insert it in the upper
spool-bed, and load the new film in the manner
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B) fne Technique of Exposing ' .:
Press the lever (2\ on the side of the light-hood, Opening and
and the light-hood springs up. To close it, {old closing the
dorvn first the fear flap and then the front flap light-hood
until it clicks into the frame o{ the light-hood.
To focus the subject, lrlove the lever knob (8) on Focussing
the distance-scale and check the sharpness of the
picture on the ground-glass screen. The sharpness
can be regulated {rom infinity (rc) to a distance
': I of one metre. The exposed picture corresponds
precisely to the finder image, owing to the fact
f,.Elbl that the two lenses are connected.
(1 1) Critical For critical focussing, lift the magnifying glass
enlargement focussing in the light- hood, and a twofold
of the centre part of the picture will become
visible.
a) The Automatic Shutter ,Junioru forSettingthe
* instantaneous exposures o{ rlzsth, l/soth and shutter
l/rooth second and time exposures of any speeds
desired length (B).
Instantaneous exPosures: Tutn the
milled ring (R) until the notch (K) stands above
the desired number. The exposure with the
corresponding speed is made by pressing the
body shutter release (6).
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Time exposures: Set
the notch o{ the milled
ring (R) above the B
mark. The shutter opcns
by pressure on the re-
lease (6) and closes as
soon as the pressure is
relaxed. It is advisable
Ill. No.5 to use a tripod for time
exposures. A tripod bush for this purpose
is built into the bottom of the camera.
b) The o Prontor II o Shutter for instantaneous
exposures from I to r/zsoth second and for
time exposures of an-v desired length (B).
Instantaneous exposures: Turn the milled
ring (R) until the notch (K) stands above the
desired number. Wind up the shutter by push-
i.tg the lever (Sp) as {ar is it rvill go to the
left. The exposure is
made by pressing the
release (6) Ill. No. l. d:o/K
From lto t/rooth second
inbetween lengths can
be chosen (e. g. bet-
t/oth r/roth ween and
second), there being a
gradual rise in the
speeds over this range, Ill. No.6View original page 9Page 10 · Read text
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Instantaneous exposures with delayed action:
.Only {or speeds from 1 to 1/roo th second (sel{-
release).
After setting the speed and the lever (Sp),
move the lever (V) in the lower part o{ the
shutter as far as it will go to the le{t. Pressure
on the release knob in the camera body first
sets the delayed action spring working (about
10 seconds), whereupon the exposure takes
place.
Trme exposures (B): Turn the milled ring (R)
until the notch (K) stands above the R mark,
and press the lever (Sp) as far as it will
go to the left. The shutter is opened by
pressure on the release knob and remains
open until, after any length of time, the
a pressure is relaxed. It is advisable to use
tripod for time exposures. A tripod bush (16)
for this purpose is built into the bottom of
the cam era.
c) The Automatic Shutter uVelaxu for instantan-
l/roth l/zooth eous exposures {rom to second
and for time exposures of any desired
length. (B).
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Instantaneous exPosures:
(R) Turn the milled ring
until the desired number
stands above the M mark.
Th e correspond in g exposure
on is made by pressure
the shutter release (6) Ill.
lll. No.7 No. 1.
Time exposures: Turn the milled ring (R)
until the uBo stands above the M mark.The shutter
opens by pressure on the release knob (6) and
remains open until. after the desired length of
time, the pressure is relaxed. It is advisable to use a
(1 6) {or this t ripod for time exposures. A tripod bush
purpose is built into the bottom of the camera.
Setting the The diaphragm, between the largest aperture o{
diaphragm f/3.5 and the smallest o{1122 (uVelaxu Shutter Il16),
is adjusted by means of the moveable lever (9)
situated on the lower part o{ the obiective.
Important! The smaller the aperture, the longer
will have to be the exposure. The depth-o{-
sharpness, however, increases with the smaller
apertures. For example: When set at 3 metres
with an aperture oI 113.5, the depth-o{-sharpness
r eaches {rom 2.63 to 3.50 metres, but at {/8 it
reaches from 2.25 to 4.50 metres. (Compare the
clart (12) on the camera bacJ<).
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When you release the shutter, do absolutely press
down the release-knob to the touch, in order to avoid
the possibility of a mis-exposure,
(6), as d€scrrDeo
above. This is
done most con-
veniently with
\o
of '\\-\\ the thumb the right hand, while
the camera is held
firmly between the
right and the left hand,
as shown in illustrat-
ion No. 8. In this
position the camera is
well protected against
unsteadiness. A flex-
ible wire release can, if
Ill' No' 8 desired, be screwed
into the nipple (7) of the release knob
When the shutter is being released, the lock Lock against
against double exposures, rvhich is coupled with double
the shutter, is put into action. Only after the exposures
film has been transported by advancing the
transport knob (1) can the shutter be released
again. The, carhera is ready for the next exposure
as soon as the follou'ing number of the film app-
ears in the film windou'.
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C) A fewWinks for the Photographer
4f.
1. Do not {orget to turn the film on to the next
number immediately after each exposure.
2. Shutter speed and diaphragm are closely conn-
ected. The more the light is taken away by
setting the diaphragm at 8, 11, or a larger
number, the longer must be the time o{ ex-
posure. If, {or instance, the speed at a 5.6
l/rooth aperture has to be second, it is also
possible to take the diaphragm number 8 and
l/roth second, or the diaphragm nu--ber 11 and
l/zrth second. (These figures can be continued
The in an upward or downward sequence.)
only difierence lies in the depth-of-sharpness
of the picture. ,
3. The advantage o{ the small aperture (8, 1I, 16
etc.) is an extensive depth-of-sharpness' rvhich
means that the foreground and background
will appear sharp. The advantage of the wide
aperture: Shorter exposure time and less risk
of blurring the picture by unsteadiness. Rapidly
moving objects must in any case be taken at
a high-speed setting.
Agcnts:
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