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Ricoh Mate User manual
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@ Tripod bushing @ Rewindingspindte@ F stop selector buttorr
@ View-ond-ronge-findereyepiece@ Self-timer setting button @ Rewinding releose button@ Shutter speed selector b utto n @ Sprocker@ Film-type indicqtor @ Toke-up spoot knob
@ Toke-up spoot stot
@ Film pressure plote
@ Cortridge positioning spring
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TOADIIIGTHE
RICOHMATE
Avold direct sunllght.
Use 35 mm films In cclrfrldg€sr 20 or
36 frcrmes.
l. Pull the bock cover locking cotch to oPen
the buck cover.
2. Pull-up the rcpid rewindlng cronk' qnd put
the film cortridge in the cortridge chomber.
( F i g . 2 ) T h e n l i g h t l y p u s h t h e r o p i d r e w i n d i n g
crcnk bock in its ploce so thot rewinding
spindle moy cotch the cortridge oxle. lf the
cronk does not go bock in its ploce, revolve
it slowly.
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3. lnrert the end of the ftlm in rhe tcke-up spool
glot in the direction indicoted by white orrow
mork. (Fig. 3) lf the sfot is not in proper
positionr correct it by turning fhe ,qke_up
spool knob.View original page 8Page 9 · Read text
1. Moking sure the perforotions of the film ore
properly engoged on the teeth of the sprocket,
wind the film winding lever until it stops.
Now, push the shutter releqse bution ond
ogoin wind the lever until it stops.
5. Lightly wipe off ony dust or ftngerprints on
the ftlm pressure plote with o soft brush or
gouze. The bock cover is to be locked tightly
by merely pushing on the bock coYer.
6. Set ASA (or DIN) number of your film to the
mork " ) ", by turning the f,lm'type indicqtor
ot the bottom of the comero with the tip of your
noil on the tiny metol cotch. This is done so
thot you might remember whot the film speed
is, o motter of utmost importonce when toking
pictures. When the com3ro is empty, bring
the cotch (where there is no number) in line
w i t h t h e b l o c k m o r k . ( F i g . 5 )
7. Now film counter shows rt S '' (stort)-Fig. 6
Push the shutter releqse button' ond wind
the ftlm winding lever until it stops. This
device odvonces the film by one frome ond
cocks the shutter simultoneously. lf the lever
will not turn, NEVER force it ! In this cose
push the shutter releose butlon. Repeot this
oction until red line of the film counler
window points qt " I ". (Fig. 7) Now the comero
is reody for picture-toking.
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In photogrophy, EXPOSURE meons thot the light
reoches the film surf oce through the lens. tf
the omount of light is not proper, pictures
connot be nice. The omount of light con be
controled by " Aperture " ond " Shutter speed ".
Aperture ond Shutter speed ore selected freely
by revolving eoch scole.
The lorger the f stop number becomes, the
smoller the operture becomes; ond the lorger
the shutter speed number becomes, lhe foster
shutter time grows.
'r B " is the obbreviotion for BULB, when the
shutter remoins open os long os you continue
to press the shutter releqse button. rt I "
meons I (one) second, rr I O " stonds for I ll}
second, ond "400" does 11400 second.
An exposure is born from the vorious combino-
However, you lteed not be too nervous
lion of these lwo foctors, " operture " ond obouf correct exposure, which spoils your
" shulter speed ". When the light from the
delight in picture-toking. A difference of
subiect is too strongr select smoller operture
one groduotion either woy will not moke
(lorger f stop number) ond foster shutter speed
so much difference on the film. Keeping
(forger number) i on the controry under the dim exposure records of eoch exposed (picture)
light, lorger operture ond slower speed should
film will mqke you on expert in photo-
be used occordingly. ln order to get proper
grophy.
exposures, exposure meter or exposure tqbles
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USI]IGTHE
SElF-TffiER
After, or before, winding the film, set the self'
timer setting button ot the rt V " position (Fig.
r2l
Press down on the shutter releqse bultonr ond
the self-timer stort to moke l0 seconds' deloy
shof outomoticolly.
Since this device enobles you to toke pictures of
yourself, this will give you more delight in your
picture-toking.
NOTE: When you need self-timer no longer, set
the self-timer button qt 'X 'r position,
otherwise you will miss next instont
chonce. I
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MAKIIIGTHE
BESTUSEOF
DEPTH-OF,
FIETD
When we loke o picture we focus the lens ot The depth-of-fteld scole shows the relotion of
some definite distonce. Strictly speoking, every- these two f octors, operture ond zone. This
thing neorer to the comero or forther from it scole enobles you to estimote from the subiect
thon fhe focused point will be unshorp. In in exoct focus how for in front ond how for
proctice the decline of definition is groduol. behind the zone of shorpness extends.
Thus there is o zone-stretching from somewhere For toking snop shots, this will prove of im'
in front of the focused distonce to somewhere mence odvonloge.
behind it-within which the imoge will oppeor
sufficiently shorp to the eye. This is the
"Depth-of-Focus ". The smqller the operture is,
the wider the zone of depth-of-field spreod.
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FTASH
PHOTOGRAPH
Flosh is on efficient light source where you
hove no sufficient light ovqiloble such os ot
night, indoors, etc.
ln the post doys, synchro-photogrophy wos
regorded to require technicql operotion ond
to be troublesome, but todoy it is universolly
populor. F- ond M-Closs bulbs ond Electronic
flosh ore ovoiloble with RICOH MATE.
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RICOH MATE hos o unique Floshbulb synchro-torrgt!
scole which shows ot o glonce whot type of floshbulb
synchronizes with the shutter speed telected.SYIICHRO.
Just obove the shutter speed scqle, there ore three
lines of different colors representing ., X 'r (red), 't F 'r
. , M " ( g r e e n ) . RAIIGE ( b l o c k ) o n d
When you select o shutter speed of "30" (l/30 second),
you moy see oll these three lines, which tells you ony SCAI.E kind of flosh (M, F, X) con be used. In cose of I 160
second, green line goes out of the scole window, then
M-bulb is not suitoble. When the shutter speed scole
is set ot 1f 125, only one color (redl con be seen, when
only electronic flosh is ovoiloble.
Thus there is no difficulty in flosh photogrophy if you
use this unique synchro-rolrg€ scale of RICOH MATE.
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EXPOSUREIlI
FI.ASH
PHOTOGRAPHY
In flosh photogrophy, one of the most importont
foctors is correct f-stop. This is decided by the
luminosity of floshbulb ond the distonce from
comero to the subiect.
When you purchose floshbulbs, the ', Guide
Number " is supplied, which shows the retotion
between f-stop ond distonce to the obiect. F-
s t o p i s g i v e n b y d i v i d i n g G u i d e N u m b e r b y
dislonce, ond the distonce is obtoined by divid-
ing Guide Number by f-stop.
Shutter speeds moke no difference, os tong os the
speed is indicoted in the synchro-ronge scole.
However, in order to ovoid cqmero's shoke, you
hove to choose possible fostest shutter speed.
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RICOH FITTER(4gmm)
Any one of Ricoh Filters €nsUrvasthe toking of
pictures with right tone ond texfure, ond is
indispensoble f or better picture-toking. six
cofors (Yl, Y2, UV, Ro, Go & 02) qre ovqiloble
for RICOH MATE. According to your q!m, use
these effective Ricoh Filters.
RICOH IENS HOOD rrM" (43mm)
Ricoh Lens Hood t' M 'r (Screw-in type) is good
to protect the lens f rom useless, sometimes
hormf ul, light coming f rom outside the octuol
picture oreo. This light coming f rom obiects
outside the octuol picture will reduce the bril-
lioncy of the imoge considerobly.
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