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Ricohflex Dia M User manual
User manual for Ricohflex Dia M. 6 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Ricoh
- Model / document
- Ricohflex Dia M
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- User manual
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- English
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- 6
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- Film cameras
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FILM LOADING
T h e Ricohflex Dia takes 12 ex-
posures on number 120 roll
film. Picture size is 2 { x 2 1
inches. F i l m should not be
put into, or taken out of the
camera in bright sunlight.
A Before starting, the ex- B Push the locking lever in
posure counter must be on
direction of the arrow and lift
" O " . T o advance it to this E Pull knob away from F Break the seal and pull out
number, follow the instructions the locking clamp up to the camera body. Place the film the paper leader.
on page 5. position shown in fig. 1. roll into the " feed " chamber,
seating the slit onto the stud.
t
Again, be sure to properly
engage the spool on both ends.
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C Swing the hinged back open to the position shown in fig. 2.
G Draw the paper over the H T u r n the film winding knob,
D Put the empty spool in the "take-up" chamber by pulling the two rollers and slide the tapered winding the film leader evenly
knob away from the camera body and engaging the long slit on end into the long slot of the onto the take-up spool until
take-up spool and out from the the double-ended arrow points
the spool with the end of the winding knob's shaft. Release the short one. to the two red dots on the
knob, engaging the spool with its shaft. camera body.
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I T h e reverse order of opening the camera is novy used to close
it: shut the hinged back, push the clamp into place and move the
locking lever in the reverse direction of the arrow; be sure the
clamp is caught onto the small pin.
L T u r n the film winding knob M Aftei you first exposure,
until it stops. As you see in the film is advanced to the
figure dJ) the " 1 " is now cen- next frame by first lifting up
tered in the counter window. the release button (this causes
T h e A U T O - S T O P will prevent half of the " 1 " to disappear
the winding knob from turning and also releases the A U T O -
any further. A U T O - S T O P S T O P ) . T h e n turn the wind-
action is explained below. ing knob until it stops; number
" 2 " is now in the counter.
AUTO-STOP ACTION
J Set the film speed indicator K T o bring the film into po-
to the A S A exposure index sition for the first exposure, T h e A U T O - S T O P makes your camera the equal of most expen-
number for your film. Illus- the " O " must be advanced so sive twin-lens reflexes since it prevents the film from being wound
past its proper position. Advance of the film becomes possible onlytrated is a setting of 100 that only half of it is visible.
after lifting the film advance release button. T h i s completely
(Super X X ) . T h i s is done as follows: the eliminates blank exposures and gives equal spaces between ne-
T h e data sheet in every film release button is pulled up- gatives, preventing overlapped shots. T h e starting lever is moved
package will give two numbers wards at the same time that only once. When the counter is on " O " , the A U T O - S T O P is
under " Exposure Index " : one the starting lever is moved not engaged and the winding knob can be turned continuously.
number is used when taking forward. Moving the button Moving the starting lever and release button at the same time
outdoor shots and the other and lever simultaneously will puts the A U T O - S T O P in action.
when under artificially lighting, release the internal " O " hold-
such as flash of flood lamps. ing spring. I f half of the UNLOADING
number " disappeared ", proceed
After the last exposure (Number 12), lifting the release button
to the next step. Figure ® will dis-engage the A U T O - S T O P . When the winding knob is
illustrates this action. then turned, the counter will return to " O " . Make about 10
more turns of the knob to be certain that the paper is completely
wound onto the take-up spool. Open the camera, remove the
spool and seal the paper.
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FOCUSING PICTURE TAKING
Duo-Lever focusing is the most modern system since the subject
is brought into sharp focus faster and easier. Also, hand move- (1) According to the desired picture
ments—the cause of blurred pictures—are minimized. depth, the amount of action and
T h e hood is opened by simply lifting up on the back part. Be light conditions, set the aperture
sure to remove the protective lens cap. and shutter speed controls.
Looking into the hood, you see the ground glass viewing screen. @ Cock the shutter by moving the
The image on this screen is very bright due to the advanced lever @ as far as it will go to-
camera design. wards the shutter speed scale.
Movement in the opposite direc-
tion will release it.
(3) T h e subject's image on the view-
ing screen will come into sharp
focus as the Duo-Lever controls
are moved.
THE EXPOSURE
When holding the camera in For rapid eye-level shooting,
the normal viewing position, push the front panel of the (S) fiolding it chest-level is the most
the fingers should be on the hood down into the hood. T o natural way. After getting sharp
focus, a flip of the finger will www.butkus.us
Duo-Lever controls as illus- bring it back, press the direct
trip the shutter release lever.
trated above. T h e subject is view-finder window release. (3) For rapid eye-level shooting,
quickly brought into sharp Before closing hood, be sure sight through the aperture as
focus by moving the right (or to bring the panel to its origi- illustrated. T h e release lever
can be easily tripped by either
left) lever down. When using nal position !
index finger.
the magnifier to check critical
© Many people prefer to hold the
sharpness of focus, hold the camera at waist-level for better
eye close to it ! Before closing perspective. When held this way,
the Duo-Lever controls will bring hood, be sure to hold magni-
the subject in fast focus since
fier back to its original position !
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SELECTING APERTURE OPENING FLASH
Aperture scale markings are: 16 I I 8 5.6 4 3.5
Any flash unit may be used with your camera. Pictured below
Each number is referred to as the " f " stop, aperture opening, or are two models-one the " pocket " type and the other is a " battery
diaphragm setting (as well as various combinations of these terms). case-bracket" model. T h e connecting cord must have an " E u -
T h e largest number, f/16, represents the smallest opening and ropean type " connecting tip.
" 3.5" is the largest stop. Beginning with f,'16, each succeeding
stop doubles the amount of light passing thru the lens, except for
f,'3.5 which is only stop larger than f/4. T h e stop is selected by
moving lever @ to the desired aperture marking.
SELECTING SHUTTER SPEED
shutter speed markings are: B 10 25 50 100 300
These numbers represent fractions of a second: that is, 10 = 1/10
second ; 25=1/25 sec, and so on up to 300 = 1/300 sec. T h e larger
the number, the faster the shutter opens and closes. On the
T h e synchronization is an " X " interval. For correct coincidence
slowest speed (10), thirty times as much light will pass compared
of the flash with shutter opening, the chart below lists the shutter
to the fastest. On " B ", the shutter stays open as long as lever speeds which maybe used with different flashbulb types.
@ is held in the release position.
Selection of shutter setting is determined by the "movement" of C L A S S B U L B N U M B E R S S H U T T E R S P E E D R A N G E
your subject. Since a fixed amount of light is need for the ex- F S F , S M & SS B to 1/50 second
posure, shutter speed and aperture opening are interdependent. - M-2 B to 1/25 second
For example: your subject is moving and the exposure meter (or M #5, 8, 11, 25 & 40 B to 1/25 second
data sheet) shows at 1/25 second to use f/16. Since 1/100 sec. F P # 6 & 26 F P bulbs should not be used
will " freeze " the action, use it with f/8. E L E C T R O N I C F L A S H (strobe)—all speeds
There is a table of G U I D E N U M B E R S on every flashbulb pack-
4 A P E R T U R E age. Under the tungsten index of your film, you will find a num-
S C A L E ber for your shutter speed setting which gives the relationship of
" distance-from-subject " and the aperture. Dividing this number
S H U T T E R • by the distance-in-feet from your subject, you obtain the correct
S C A L E stop opening. For example: if the number is 110 and you are iO
feet away, the aperture should be set on f/11.
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