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Ricoh 300 User manual
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- Ricoh
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- Ricoh 300
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- English
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B l Ro p id r ewinding cronk | 4l Film'tyPe indicotor 9l Accestory rhoe | 5l Shutter 3Pecd lcolc | 0l Cordlesr f, orh contoct I6} FLASHBULBSYNCHRO-RANGESCALE l l l F i l m c o u n t e r l7l F stop rcolc l2l Shutter releore button | 8l Dirtonce scole | 3 l Film wi nding fever t 9l Depth-of'fiel d rc o leView original page 4
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20) Rcwinding releose button 25l. Toke-up spool knob
2ll Rewinding spindle 261 Toke-up spool rlot
22l- View-ond-ronge-ftnder eyepiecc 271 Film pre33ure plote
23l- Film roil 281 Cortridge poritioning rpring
21l- Sprocket 291 Tripod burhing
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I Loosen the leother cose locking knob ond remoYe the comero from the cose. Pull th€ bock cover locking cotch to open bock cover. (Fig. llView original page 6
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Pulf-up the ropid rewinding cronk to pull-out Insert the end of the fllm firmly in the toke-up
t h e r e w i n d i n g t p i n d l e f r o m t h e c o r t r i d g e spool slot. (fig. 3) ff the slot is not in proper
chomber. Then, put the film cortridge in the position, correcl it by turning the toke-up r
corlridge chomber. (Fig. 2l Now, return the spool knob.
r o p i d r e w i n d i n g c r o n k t o i t s f o r m e r p o s i t i o n
o n d e n g o g e t h e c o r t r i d g e o x l e w i t h t h e
rewinding spin'dle sldt. lf the cronk cotches
for ony reoion, push down lightly on the
c r o n k o s y o u t u r n i t o n d i t w i l l s l i p b o c k i n .
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After moking sure the perforotions of the Turn the film-type indicotor on the top of the
film ore properly engoged on the teeth of film winding lever in the direction of the orrow
the sprocket, turn the film winding lever until ond motch it with the exposure index of the
it stops. Now, push the shutter button ond film. (Fig. 5l The " D Col " meons doylight.
ogoin turn the lever until it stops. (Fig. 4l type color film ond " T Col " indicqtes
color ftlm.5 tungsten-type
Lightly wipe ofi ony dust or fingerprints on
the film pressure plote with o soft brush or
gouze. The bock coyer locking mechonism
locks merely by pushing on the bock cover.
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Af ter pushin g the shutter butlon, turn the film 7
winding lever until il stops. Now one frome hos
been completely wound ond lhe shutter outo-
moticolly cocked. Now, push the shulter button
o n e m o r e t i m e o n d c o m p l e t e l y w i n d o n e m o r e
f rome. This tokes up ony ftlm thof moy hove
b e e n o l r e o d y e x p o s e d . ( F i g . 6 ) A l s o , i t i s p o s s i b l e
lo toke-up the film o little ot o time mony times.
Bul, pleose remember, if one f rome hos been
completely wound up, the lever WILL NOT MOVE.
Turn the film counter in the direction of the orrow 8
o n d m o t c h t h e n u m b e r o f f r o m e s o f y o u r f i l m w i t h
the a. mork. In other words, 20 fromes motch
w i t h t h e n u m b e r 2 0 o n d 3 6 f r o m e s w i i h 3 6 , r e -
s p e c t i v e l y . T h e n t h e . z r m o r k w i l l o l w o y s i n d i c o t e
t h e r e m o i n i n g n u m b e r o f f r o m e s .
N o w , l h e c o m e r o i s r e o d y f o r t o k i n g p h o t o g r o p h s .
(Fig. 7l,.
Coution
W h e n w i n d i n g t h e f i l m , m o k e d o u b l y s u r e t o
t u r n l h e f i l m w i n d i n g l e v e r c o m p l e t e l y u n t i t i t
stops.
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i.EI EXP0SURE, APERTUREAlID SHUITER When lighi, enlering the lenr, reqchec the film surfoce it is termed exPosure. This foct ir the firrt slep in phologrophic lechnique. f o c ont ro l t h e o m o u n t o f l ig h t sirikin g th e film, th e re o re o n oper tur e which conlr ols the intensity o f t he li g h t o d m i t t e d i n t o lh e co me ro o n d o sh u tte r wh ich e st oblishes the tim e lim it of light enter ' ing t he l e n s . Y o u c on b e t t e r u n d e r s t o n d th e fu n ctio n o f th e sh u lte r b y o p e n ing the bock cover when the com er o is u n loo d e d o n d r e l e o s i n g th e sh u tle r o l vo rio u s time limits' B is o n o b b r e v i o t i o n f o r B UL B wh e re th e sh u tte r will re mo in open os long cl3 you coniinue to p res s t h e s h u i t e r b u t t o n . l0 me o n s l/lO se co n d , 5 0 me o ms I 5 0 second .. ond 300 m eons l'300th of o second. Next, set the shutter ot I ond while pushing the shutter releose bufton, look through fhe lens from t h e b o c k o f t h e c o m e r o o s yo u ch o n g e th e F slo p se tlin g . You will notice thot os the F stop n u mber b e c o m e s s m o l l e r t h e o p e rtu re b e co me s lo rg e r o n d o s th e num ber becom es lor ger lhe oper tur e b e c o mes s m o l l e r . A n e x p o s u r e i s b o r n f r o m th e vo rio u s co mb in o lio n o f b o th . Therefore, occording to the brightness of the subiect, if the light from the subiect ir too slrong lhen mo k e t h e o p e r t u r e s mo lle r o n d u se o fo ste r sh u tte r sp e ed, ond conver sely, when ihe lighf f rom t he s u b i e c t i s w e o k , in cre o se th e o p e rtu re o p e n in g o n d use o slower shutter speed. I n ord e r t o o b l o i n p r o p e r e xp o su re s, e xp o su re to b le s o r o n exposur e m eter should be used lo f u ll odvo n t o g e . H o w e v e r , y o u c o n n o t e n i o y p h o to g ro p h y b y b e co min g o ve r-teniilive obout the r ight exPosur es. A d if ie r e n i e o f o n e g r o d u o tio n e ith e r wo y will n o t mo ke to o m uch difter ence so enioy your lelf. Keeping exposure records of eoch exposed film will olso serve os excellent reference moteriol.View original page 10
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MAKilG
THEBESTUSE
4OF
-OF-DEPTH FIEI.D
Therefore, os in Figure 8, if you motch t 2.8 with the red
dot on the distonce scole everything f rom 15 feet to 30
feel will be in shorp focus. lf you select F 8, then every.
t h i n g f r o m l 0 f e e t t o i n f i n i t y w i l l b e i n c l e o r f o c u s .
In this monner, if you motch the red line with the center
of the depth-of -field scole you con obto in much more
effective snops. This is colled normol focus.View original page 12Page 14 · Read text
TAKIlIG
f f i I
THEPHOTOGRAPH
T o p r e v e n t f o i l u r e i n o n e m e r g e n c y , e s t o b l i s h o s t o n d o r d
p r o c e d u r e o f t o k i n g p h o t o g r o p h s o n d l e o v e n o t h i n g t o c h o n c e ,
I ) Determine the. proper exposure.
2l Motch-up the shutter speed ond the F stop.
3 ) W i n d t h e f i l m .
4l Focus the subiect.
5) Releose the shutter releose button.
Regordless of how good the lens, movemeni of the comero
when releosing the shutter will nol result in o good picture.
when you push the shutter button be extro coreful not to
m o v e t h e c o m e r o .
First hold the comero firmly ond steody the comero on o port
of the f oce. Then, while holdin g your breoth, reteose the
rhutter GENTLY.
For exposures lon ger thon | 12Sth of o second, o tripod is
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When you use o self-timer o
tripod is o necessity, too. A
s e l f - t i m e r o s w e l l o s o c o b l e
releose is screwed into the
center of the shutter releose
b u t t o n .
ATTEREXPOSIIIG
At[ OFTHEFIIIUI
After the film hos oll been exposed, roise the ropid re-
w i n d i n g c r o n k o n d r e w i n d w h i l e p r e s s i n g t h e r e w i n d i n g
releose button. When the film hos bein completely r€.
w o u n d t h e r e w i n d i n g c r o n k w i l l s u d d e n l y b e c o m e l i g h t e r
to turn. Then open the bock cover ond remove the film.
ALWAYS AVOID DIRECT SUNLIGHT WHEN OPENING THE
COVER. Do nol open the comero bock cover until the film
bos been completely rewound.
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FI.ASH
PHOTOGRAPH
It is neceJ3ory to ure o ffosh producing o
light when toking fost-moving obiects ot night
or indoorr ond in softening shodows under
o scorching midsummer run.
!n the po3l, synchro-photogrophy wos thought
of os o troublesome operotion but todoy
synchroflosh photogrophy hos become univer-
solly populor becouse of its relioble perfor-
monce onywhere ond eose of operotion.
In floshbulbs, there ore the F Closs, M Closs
ond the electronic flosh. The RICOH 300 hos
o synchro setting of X, so oll three types of
bulbs con be used.
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SY]ICHRO.RAIIGE
SCALE
T h e R I C O H 3 0 0 h o s o u n i q u e F L A S H B U L B S Y N C H R O - R A N G E
S C A L E w h i c h s h o w s o t o g l o n c e w h o t f l o s h b u l b s l h c h r q .
nizes with whol shutter speeds.
As con be seen from the top of the comero, between the
shutter speed scole ond the t stop scole, there ore three
lines of different colors representing X, F ond M. This is
the FLASHBULB SYNCHRO-RANGE SCALE. X represents
electronic flosh, F meons F Closs floshbulbs ond M re-
presentt M Closs foshbulbs.
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For cxomple, when the shuiler rpeed Therc relotionr ore represenled in the toble below.
i c s e l o t B , l / 1 0 o n d 1 2 5 f h e V m o r k
on the right of the shutter speed scole
FLASHBULE SYNCHRO.RANGE poin t s t o o l l t h r e e l i n e s . Th is me o n s
lhof the electronic f,osh, F floshbulbs
ond M f l o s h b u l b s o l l s y n c hro n ize . M Clo ss flo shbulb B, lrl0--1i25
F Clo ss flo sh bulb B , l i l Q - 1 , t 5 9
Electronic flosh All speeds
In cose of l/50 the v mork points lo
lhe two liner representing X ond F, so
lhe electronic ftsh ond F floshbulb
rynchron ize
Al l/100 ond l/300, rhe .rz mork points
to only X, ro only lhe electronicflosh
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