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Ricoh Diacord G User manual
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@ Toking lens
@ M-X sychronizqtion lever
@ Aperiure selector
@ Fe-ed spool knob
@ Self-,timer lever
@ Viewing lens
@ Flqsh terminol
@ Accessory shoe
@ Cordless flqsh contocf
@ Toke-up spool knob
@ Direcf view-finder frqme
@ Sighting operfure for direct
view-finder
@ Mognifier for crificol focusing
@ Bock cover
@ Bock cover locking clomp
@ Bock cover locking disc
@ Tripod bushing
CAUTION
When winding the ftlm, never turn the film winding knob while
CONfTNUOUSIY, pr:essing the film odvonce button becouse this will
domoge-,fhe geors inside ond result in o breokdown. After presfi
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FIUN TOADING
The DlAcoRD tokes r2 exposures on r20 roil firm. Firm shourd
not be put into, or token out of the comero in- direct suntight.
OPENING TTIE CAMERA
5
(A). Rotote the locking disc @ in the direction of the red orrow
->O- The locking clomp @ will move owoy from the comero
body ond con be lifted up to the position shown in figure 4.
(B). Swing fhe hinged bqck open fo the position shown in figure
5. You will note fhqt the coun-
fer @ outomoticolly returned
ttOtt.to
(G). Put the empfy spool in the
"foke-up" chomber by pulling I
the knob @ owoy from the
comero body ond engoging
the slit on the spoot with the
end of thewinding knob's shoft.Releose the knob, engoging t
the spool with its shoft. Turn
the winding knob until the long
slof of the toke-up spool is in
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(D). Pull knob @ owoy from (E). Breok the seol ond pull
comero body. Plqce the film out the poper leoder.
rolltinto lhe "feed" chomber,
seoting the slit onto the stud.
Be sure to properly engoge
the spool on both ends.
(F). Drow fhe poper over fhe (G). Turn the film winding
two rollers ond slide the toper- knob, winding the fflm leoder
ed end into the long slot of evenly onto the toke-up spool
the toke-up spool ond out until the double-ended orrow
through the short one. points to the two red dots on
the comero body.
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(H). The reverse order of
opening the comero bock is now
used to close it. Shut the hinged
bock, push the clomp into ploce
ond move the locking disc in
fhe direction of ihe orrow-C->;
be sure the clomp is coughf
onto the smoll pin.
SETTING FIUN TYPE INDICATOR
INTRODUCTION +l
Film monufocfurers rote their vorious fitms occording to the
effect of the light upon the porticutor emulsion. Some film or"
more sensitive ond responsive fo light thon others.
Infernofionol stondords hove been odopted so thot yor'con
moke most effective use fhese volues, especiolly in sefting
meters. These rotings ore expressed os numbers which o[ "*porur"reierredto os the film's "ASA Exposure tndex".
The doto sheet in every film pockoge will give two numbers
under the "Exposure lndex"; one nrrnL"r is used when toking
doylighf shots ond fhe ofher when under <rrtificiol lighting, such oi
flosh or flood lomps. With block-
ond-white films, the fungsten
number is generolly 8016 of the
doylight index. However, wifh
color films the pockoge cleorly
indicotes thot if is for use with
doylight or ortificiol light. There-
fore, when using cotor film, set
the indicotor to the number listed
under fhe primory infended usoge
since the secondory index is quife
differenf specific becouse o filter *is olso required. The film dofo
sheet should olso be reod
fhoroughly since mony excellent
"ltot".on proper settings ore given. The beginning omqteur should
give close ottention to the doto, especioily ii it tor color film.
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SETTING
(l)- Turn the indicotor disc @ until the ASA Doylight Exposure
lndex is opposite the morker. lllusfrofed is o setting ;f r cio for
super XX film. lf the film is doylight type color, use thl ,,D-coLoR,,
reference number; for ortificiol lighi coloi, use the ,,T-coLoR,, number.
BRINGING THE FIRST FRAfiIE INTO POSITION
(J). Press the film odvonce buf-
ion qnd releose it @. This
oufomoticqlly engoges the infer-
il nol film odvoncing geors.
(K). Turn fhe film winding knob
@ in o ctockwise direciion until
it stops. As you cqn see in figure
14, the number " l " hqs oppeored
in fhe counter window. All suc-
ceeding frqmes ore brought into
position by repeoting steps ,,J"
ond "K". Affer the lost picfure,
lhe red circle will qppeor in
the window ond the film winding
knob cqn be turned confinuously.
This exclusive Riken feofure
prevenfs the film from being
, sincewoundqdvoncepost itsofproperthe filmpositiononly
becomes possible when the film
odvonce bulton is pressed down.
It completely eliminofes blonk
exposures ond gives equol spqces
between negofives, preventing
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COMPOSITION ANDwww.butkus.usEXPOSURE
FOCUSING
Duo-Lever Focusing is the most modern system since the subiect
is brought into shorp focus foster ond eosier. Also, hond move-
ments-the couse of blurred pictures-ore minimized.
OPEN THE FOOD
The hood is opened by
simply lifting upon the bock
pori of it. Be sure to remove
lhe protective lens cop.
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HOTDING THE CAMERA
When the comero is held ot chest or woist level, the best
perspective is obtoined since the lines of ihe subiect ore undistorted
in the picture formot.
The fingers should be on the Duo-Lever controls os illustroted
obove. By keeping bofh honds on the comero in this monner, the
subiect is quickly brought into shorp focus by moving the levers
the left lever is moved downword if the point of shorpfocus is further thon the subiect ond, conversely, the right lever is *
moved downword if the point of shorpness ii closer to the comero.
The oreo visible on the extro-br:ig[rt viewing screen is exoctly
whot will oppeor on the negotive. lt thus becomes very eosy to
select the desired subiect motter, bockground; etc., by moving the
comero to the right or left, ond up or down.
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CRITICAT FOCUSING
The wide-field mognifier
con be "flipped up,' in o froc-
fion of o second when criticol
focusing is necessory. As illus-
troted in figure 19, iust push the
direct viewfinder frome @ bock
obout 1f2 inch ond the mogni-
fier outomoficolly swings into
position.
When using the mognifier, hold the eye close to if !
Before crosing fhe hood, be sure fo push the mognifier down to its originol posifion !
EYE-LEVEL VIEWFINDER
ii for ropid eye-levelshooting, first
i purn fhe frome down into the hood I unfil if cotches on the lotch. Then,
i by sighting fhrough fhe opertuls @,
i the limits of fhe fietd wili be seen
i through the direct viewfinder. lt is
, odvisoble to focus first with the
viewing screen to obtoin the correct
distonce setting for the moin subiect.
The frome is brought bock to its
originol posifion by moving the hood
slightly bock. This releoses the lofch
ond fhe frome springs up into ploce.
GIOSING THE HOOD
Be sure the mognifier is in ifs originol position. Then, to close
fhe hood, iust puhs the top fowqrds the bqck of the comero.
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PICTURE TAKING
According to:
the light condifions,
the extend of oction of our subiect,
the desired picfure depth,
set the operture ond shufter speed to meer our picture-toking
requirements. lllustroted in figure 2l ctre <ln operture of f/g onj o shutter speed of llSO of o second.
Figure
cock the shutfer.by moving rever @ down qs for os if wirt go.
see the picture o1 the. reft in ftgure 22. After focusing on fhe moin
subiect ond selecting the desireJ oreo, press down on the shufter
releose button @ with o gentre squeezing oction. since very rittre
pressure on the button is required to puf fhe shufter's mechonism
into motion, o "iobbing" push on it should be ovoided becouse it
will couse the comero fo "move" of fhe moment when the diophrogm
is open. The illustrotion on fhe right in figure 22 shows the correcf
method of releosing the shutter. , *. :
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- The mosr imporronf operofions in the moking of on otfroctivepicture qre fo properly orronge the subiect motier ond to chooseth: comero ongle which p_oligxs jhe- best perspective. your big
odvontoge in using the DlAcoRD lies in'r""ing on the viewin!
screen ExAcrLY whqt will oppeor on the negotivl. lt beco.es oieosy motter to sel-ect the proper toking point io obtoin your desired
formot. on fhe following poges ore the bosic foctors which oreeosy fo use ond worth while remembering.
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By using these moin principles of good composition: simplicity,
bolonce, leoding line, bockground, depth ond comero ongle, your
pictures will be more ottrocfive to everyone ond of prize-winning
coliber.
Simpliciry. Every picfure should hove o moin point of interest
whether it be o single obiect or o group. lt should present one ideo
with clority ond not hove distrocting obiects or lines which would f,
prevent lhe viewer from recognizing the photogroph's. purpose. t
Bolcnce. Photo pictures of more thon one obiect (for exomple: 3
persons) ore considered to be well-bolonced when they ore in hor-
mony with one onother. This con be done by orronging obiects
I of similor shope ond size in vorious positions. lf you ploce your
moin interest holfwoy belween the center ond the edge of the
viewftnder, yoU will find your composition immediotely hos o pleos-
ing effect; it is generolly ogreed omong professionols thot the
principol obiecl of ottroction should not be in the exoct center.
This fechnique is very useful when toking o group picture-hove some
of the people pose in vorious positions, rother thon lined up obreosf.
Leadlng llne. Any line-stroight or curved-thot brings the eye
to the moin obiect is, on excellent feotdre in o piciure. This tech-
nique is especiolly useful in outdoor photogrophy where o roodwoy, -
or even footprints in the sond from the lower leff corner leodinp to
the subiect, con be included. Notice how, in the picture to the left,
the ripples in the woter leod
our eyes to the swons.
DATA: The line of the
comero ongle is from the
lower lefl corner through our
groceful swons towords fhe
typicol Joponese house in
the uppep right corner. . As you will note, we used oll
our bosic principles to bring
out o poslorol scene. En-
lorged, il become o restful
ond decorotive picture for
everyone to enioy its rustic
serenity ltl16 ot l/50 of o
second on Plus.X).
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DATA:
I Plus X film
(ASA 80)
tl4
1l2OO of o second
Y-2 filter
(see odditionol
defoils below)
Bockground. In o close-up picture of o specific obiecf, the bock-
grownd should be ploin or in hormony with the subiect. your
selection of oppropriote surroundings will be on indicofion of your
obility. lf conditions will nof permit on ogreeoble bockground,
overcome if by decreosing fhe depth-of-field through on increose
in the operture like we did for model obove.
Depfh. when toking o picture of o for-off scene, o 3-D effecl is
odded if o neorby obiect is olso included in shorp focus.
Gomero Angle. This does not refer to the holding of the comero,
but to whoi is selected for the picture oreo. Whenever possible,
within this oreo, ovoid horizontol or verficol lines (os seen through
the viewfinder) thqt divide the picture in holf !
Abour rhe photogroph obove. The film doto recommended
tl8 o| 1l1oo of o second. since o Y-2 filter with o foctorof 2 wos
used, fhe opeifure wqs opened to f|5.6. To increose the blurring of
the bockground, the stop wos opened further to tl4. Then, to
comp.ensofe for this lorger f-sfop, the shutter speed wos increqsed
to 1l2OO of o second. The smiling model now ,,rtond out', for o
pleosing picture to be put info the qlbum.
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SELECTING SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE I -t
is I , W" know you will find picture-toking is fun; if photogrophy
o new oddition to your hobbies, we believe fhot, offer reoding this I
secfion, you will see it is olso eosy.
' The combinotion of the lens opening ond shutter speed controls
I lhe omount of light entering the comero. The diophrogm setting
determines how much of the lens' oreo will be used ond the shutler
speed will govern the durotion of the opening. However, before selecfing these seltings, we believe you should undersfond whot they f
ore ond how lhey work. I
APERTURE OPENING
When we select on operture openingr we regulole the size of
the circulor hole in the diophrogm. This opening will control the
intensity of the light odmiffed into the comero.
The size of fhis opening is designofed by o number ond is
referred to by mony interchongeoble nomes: " lens stop, f-stop,
f-number, operture, ond diophrogm setfing (or stop)."
The "f" numbers ore exoctly fhe reverse of the openings. The
smsllest number (f/3.5) on the diophrogm scole is the moximum
. opening, while conversely, the torgest number (tll6l is the smollest
opening.
The operture scole hos these stop morkings:
3.5 4 5.6 8 rr t6
Beginning with the smollest opening, f lL6, eoch succeeding
setting doubles the quonfify of effective light possed through the
lens. Thus, ot t15.6 we put 8 times more light onto the negofive
thon we do ot tl16l
A " holf-stop " f-number con be obfoined by setting the scole
belween two numbers. For exomple : if we desire on f f 6.3 opening,
move the operture control lever so that the blonk oreo between the
f/5.6 ond 8 morkings is in the peep window.
Since lhe omouni of light required to reproduce o given subiect
is fixed, the shuiter speed must be considered before selecting this
opening; this is exploined on the nex.i poge.
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FLASH TECHNIGIUE
Your RI-COH DIACORD G hos on M-X synchronizqtion system. Per-
fect coincidence of the flosh with the shutter opening is obtoined whe;l
using strobe (electronic flosh) ond with ol.oJt every type of floshbulb.
''i'g*i, fl.:.{
.it 6r s
"X" Setfing "M" Selting
Figure 23
Typ" X synchronizotion is used with electronic flosh units ond
Closs F floshbulbs. Move the lever @ to fhe 3' X " setting os
illustroted obove.
When Closs M floshbulbs ore used, the lever @ is moved to the
M position. When ihe shutter releose button is pressed, the shutter's
opening is deloyed obout l6 milliseconds. This deloy will give the
lomp sufficient time to reoch its peok brillionce ot the exoct moment
thof the shutter is wide oPen, even ot the fostest shutler speed-
The chorl on the opposite pdge lists the speeds which con
used with the different types of floshbulbs.
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THE FTASI{ UNIT
't[OUNTING
Holding fhe contqci
spring up, slide the metol
plore of rhe RICOH Flosh,
Model 8-300, qs for os it cqn
go info the qccessory shoe
@. The circuit is completed
through the speciol flosh
contocf @ in the center of
the shoe. Figure 24 illustrqtes
the Model 8-300 monuted in
fhe shoe.
For other flosh unit models,
the connecfing cord must
hove on Europeon-type tip fo
fit onto the flosh terminoi @.
"Bottery cose-brockel', types of flosh guns con olso be used by ottoching the brocket to the tripod bushing @.
FI.ASHBUTBS USABTE SPEED RANGE
Closs I TYPE NUMBERS
M I 5,58, 9,25, 258, PF3&PF4 speeds B to ll25
sF, sm & ss NON SYNCHRO B ro l/50
M-2 B to l/100 B to l/25
FP 6, 68,26 & 268 DO NOT USE
ELECTRONIC FTASH ALL (STROBE) NON SYNCHRO SPEEDS
There is o toble of GUIDE NUMBERS on every ftoshbutb pock-
oge. under the fungsten index of your film, you uriu fina o number
for your shufter. spegd setting which giv"s the relotionship of
"distonce-from-subiect" ond tha operture.- Dividing this number bf
the dislqnce-in-feet from your subiecf, you obtoin ih" correct ,t;;
opening. For exqmple: if the number is I l0 ond you ore l0 feet owolr the operture should be set on f/11.
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MULTIPLE FTASH
By using on
odditionol lomp in on (B) E
extension unif, picture u')
quolity will be greoily
improved. Roundness
qnd depth will be
odded to the feotures
of the foce ond hqrsh
shodows will be
"softened".
Attoch the con-
necting cord from
the extension unit to
the terminol morked
"exiension". The di-
ogrom shows o bosic "Triongle" set-up thoi gives good results ;
one flosh (A) is on the comero ond the extension (B) is ploced
high ond to the right obout holf the distonce of subiect-to-comero.
This orrongement will give you the simplest professionol lighting.
An odditionol professionol "touch" is to ploce o white cord-
boord slightly to the leff, qbove ond behind the subiect. This octs
os o reflector ond directs lhe moin light bock into the shodows to
give highlight for the hoir.
The diophrogm setting must be closed one full stop to ollow
for the odditionol light. For exomple: your colculotor shows on
opening of tlll for one lomp; set the operture on 1116 for the
two lomps.
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SOME TIPS ON FI.ASH
I * Buy the proper type of floshbulb. Be sure to use blue-cooted
color film.IF bulbs with doylighr type
li
tl
I Use fresh bofferies. The right of o froshburb rosts onry o
I|. froction of o second. To cotch the picture, the comero shutter must
be wide open ot thot exoct moment. Weok bofteries will noi
produce the'light ot thot required instont.
* Don'r rer your subiect iust sit ; hove trrem. doing something
which ovoids the oppeoronce of o ,,posed,, picture.
x use flosh "fitt-in" to etiminote unottroctive squints ond horsh,
dork shodows coused by strong sunright. you,il find thot frosh
odds o sporkring quority to your pictures if you hove your subiects
focing off to on ongre from the sunright insteod of hoving it shine
into their eyes.
* whrn toking frosh pictures ourdoors ot night, in o very rorge
room or o room with dork interiors, increose the operture opening
by one f/-stop. For exompre: from the Guide Number ond
Distonce, your corcurotor teils you ro use |lrr ; set ihe operture
on fl8.
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RICOH FILTERS
J
Filters ore very creotive; their use morks the difference between
ever the beginner ond the serious photogropher' Hove you
photogrophed o distont mountoin or breoth-toking clouds ogoinst o
show blue sky, only to discover loter thot the finol prints do not
ond whot you wonted ? Most films ore over-sensitive to blue,
therefore reproduce it much too light. A RlcoH yellow or oronge
lightens;s**: filter reduces the blue intensity ond, ot the some time, it
For yellow ond red which moy otherwise be rendered too dork.
most pictoriol work with block-ond-white film, sets of two or three
filters ore sufficient. The most frequently used filter is the Medium
Yellow (Y-2) for "universol" use. lt mokes the most occurote lone
The correction for ony outdoor scene on either ortho or pon films.\#.
Skylisht Hoze (UV), Medium Oronge (O-21, Light Red (R-0) ond
the Light Green (o-01 ore olso populor filters used to improve toile
bolonce in the negotive ond print. Filters con olso be used to
exoggerote tones or dromolic effect, or to obtoin better light
solid bolonce for color film. RlcoH FILTERS ore m(lde from
opticol gloss with the some precision used in moking ihe RlcoH
LENSES. I All ftlters require on increose in exposure to compensote for the
{ FILTER FACTOR, is not lhe light they block. This increose, the 1
some for oll films ond oll filters. check the instructions furnished
with the filter ond use the foctor for your film. An exomple is the
Y-2 foctor for ponchromotic film which is 2; open the operture one
full siop or use the next slower speed'
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PreW V*w WgdUl/es a^d"p,rj",ts
You will probobly not be qbre to dupricote mony of your
fr exposures-keep fhem in speciolly designed files ; it will not only
preserve them for your losting pleosure (especiolly if they ore color
i shots), but it olso mokes it eosier to quickry locote o specific picture.
Likewise, you should olso keep your prints in on orbum or fire. .nfl
Mony peoplg prefer qlbums obout l0 by 14 inches in size since
severol reloted pictures con be mounted on the some poge. By l spendingon|yodo||orortwo,youmokeowisdinvestmenfsince
snopshots ore opt fo geto dirfy----' or torn when kept loose in o drower l
! orbox. . , You'll probobly hove mony shots of which you ore very proud;
your why not enlorge ond frome them for woll decorotions ?
fomily ond friends wilt be oble to oppreciote them os much os
you do.
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