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Ricohflex VII User manual
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- Ricoh
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- Ricohflex VII
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- User manual
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- English
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- 12
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The RICOHFLEX comero is o precision instru-
ment, mode with greot core ond to exociing
specificotions. lt should therefore be hondled
with the core which o fine instrumeni deserves.
The corefully ground lenses ore the heort of
your comero. The protective cop should be kept
over the lenses whenever the comero is not
being used. Should the lens surfoce require
cleoning, brush it lightly with o fine comels hoir
brush or wipe it gently with speciol lens tissue.
The following oulline indicotes the essentiol
operoting procedure for picture toking with the
RICOHFLEX.
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You hove ot your commond s comero which is
copoble of the finest photogrophy; the resultswill
be limited only by your interest in developingi t your skill os o photogropher.I I
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LOADING THE CAMERA
Using 12O size film :
Pfoce the comero with the lens down ond turn the cqfch (,q, fig . 2)
in the direction of the orrow fhus permifting the hinged bock to be
swung open. Now grosp the film winding knob (4, fig. I ), pull it
out from fhe body of the comerq ond give it o slight turn counter-
clockwise. This hold the knob out in fhe disengoged position.
Liff the film coge (fig. 3) completely out of
the comero body. Ploce o roll of #12O size
film in the lower (4, fig.3) film chomber
ond drow the po per over the two rollers
ond oftoch the to pered end to the slit in
fhe foke-up spool (1, fig.3).
Reploce the film coge into the comero body
ond releose the film winding knob with o
slight turn clockwise. Be sure thot the knob
engoges the foke-up spool ond thot the
film is being tronsported os the knob is
turned. Close the comero bock ond lock
the cotch. Roise the protective slide covering
Figure 2
the film counter window on the bock of the
comero ond turn the film winding knob
until the num ber I is seen in the win-
dow. You ore now reody to toke your
f irst picture. The protective slid e should
cover the film window ot oll times except
when odvoncing the film. II
Figure 3
The Film Coge
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UNLOADING
After the twelfth picture hos been token turn the film winding knob
until fhe entire protecfive poper is on the toke-up spoof. open the
cqmero os before qnd remoye fhe film coge. Seol fhe roll of film
ond remove it from the coge by releosing the pressure of the flot
spring on the lefi end of the spoot. Ploce the em pty spoot i n the
toke-up position ond relood with fresh ftlm.
FOCUSING
open the hood by simpry rifting upword on the
bqck porf of the hood thus oilowing if fo spring
into the erect position. when the protective
lens cop is removed, fhe imoge moy be seen
on fhe ground gloss os you rook into the hood.
You will notice thot the ground gtoss hos four
thin block lines engroved on it; the smoil cen-
frol oreo is the fierd covered when using the
RICOHKIN 35mm odoprer. When using l2O
size ftlm fhe entire ground gross shows the
picture creo.
The clority of the imoge moy be seen on rhe
ground gloss ond is od justed by slowly rotot-
ing either lens fo the reft or right untir the
imoge oppeors ot- cleor os possible. lt is
olwoys odvisoble to use fhe wide fierd mognifier
(A, fig. I ) to obfoin criticol focus. Before
closing the hood be sure fo ford bock fhe
mognifier to its originol posifion. Figure 1
A "Depth of Fierd score" is engroved 6n fop
of the upper lens ond is seen from obove os fwo scoles of numbers
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Wilw:l!:3h#tuq RICOHFI.EX
theonlytwinlensreflexcamerain its class
thatoffersyouso muchforsolittle
35mrnRlC0HKltlBACKinsronrryreprocerr2o firm
coge. lt occepts stondord 35mm cortridger, loker
full double frome negotive3 or lronrporencier, rc-
quirer no rewinding. 8cm focur length, when ured
with 35mm size, provides pleoring perspective for
porlroits, moderote telephoto effect for distanco
shots.
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been focused, the distonce from the comero to the subiect is indicoted
by the number opposite the cenfer mork (A) on the Depth of
Field Scqle. The depth of field, or the oreo of shorp focus in front
of ond beyond the point of qctuol
focus is dependent on the f stop. For
exomple: wifh the comero focused of
l0 feet ond o dio phrqgm setting of
I:16, lve see on the right side of the
depth of field scole opposi?e f:I6 is .6
feet, qnd on the leff side opposite f:16
is 30 f eet, indicoting thot everything
between 6 feet ond 30 feet will be in
focus if we set the diophrogm ot f:I6.
lf we stop the dio phrogm down to
only f:8 we see thof the depth of field
(ot ronge of shorpness) now lies
between Z/i feet ond 15 feef.
Figure 5 The Depth of Field Scqle will be very
useful in determining whot t stop
will be necestory to keep obiects of vorious distqnces from the
comero in shorp focus.
USING THE EYELEVELFINDER
To permit eyelevel viewing of the subiecfi €n ouxiliory finder is
built into the hcod of the new RICOHFLEX.
look through the mqgnifying lens ot the reor of the hood with one
€ye, while observing the subiect with the other eye. The eye looking
through the mognifier sees two thin white outlines. The lorge squore
outfine shows the limits of the field, when l2O ftlm is used; the
smqll rectongulor outline shows the fteld covered by 35mm film,
used in the RICOHKIN ADAPTER.
With q little proctice, occurote eyelevel ftnding becomessimple ond
ro pid. When phofogro phing light conditions, when shooting sport
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subiects, when stonding in o crowd cnd hoving to hold the comero
obove the crowd these ond mony ofher occosions moke eyelevel
contour-type composing o greot help for successful twin lens picfure
foking.
SETTINGTHE SHUTTER
The shutter is of the rim set type ond the speed is selecfed by rotoi-
ing the rim (D, Fig. l)ot the bose of the lower tens so thot the desired
speed is opposife the block triongle on the upper leff porf of ihe
rim. The shutter must be "set" before eoch picfure is token ond
this is done by lifring the shuiter lever(F, Fig. l)slightly upwords until
it clicks. The necessity for selting lhe shutter before eoch piciure
will serve os o reminder fo wind the film for the nexf exposure. The
covenient design of the RICOHFLEX shutter combines the setting ond
tripping lever in one unit. After the shutter hos been "set" with the
upword movemenf, the piclure is token by releosing ihe shulter
wifh q steody downword movement of the shutter lever. For time
exposures, the shutter is set ol "B" ond the releose is held down for
the desired length of exposure.
SETTINGTHE DIAPHRAGM
The diophrogm is set on the scole on the side of the shutter housing
on the lower lens. The f volue is seen in the opening on the
diophrogm lever (A, Fig, 5). An exposure meter is recommended to
best determine whot combinolion of shutter speed ond f stop is
needed for ony lighf condition. A bosic guide for exposure is
enclosed with every roll of film ond excellenl results con be
obtoined by corefully following the recommendotion of such o
chqrt or exposure colculotor.
TAKING FLASH PICTURES
The RICOHFLEX shutter is. internolly synchronized qnd outomoticolly
fires the floshbulb of fhe some time the shutter is releosed.
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The shutter moy be set of ony speed setting when using clqss F lomps
such os SM or SF. When using closs M bulbs the shutter should be
set ot either t lZSldr'or t /SOttr second only.
Proper exposure is determined by reference to the chorf supplied'
with the porticulor flqsh lqmps you choose fo use. A simplified guide
for flosh exposures is given on the reor cover of this instruction
booklet.
USING THE RICOHKIN
35mm ADAPTER
The RIKOHKIN 35mm ADAPTER odds the versotility of the 35mm
comero to your RICOHFLEX.
The RICOHKINodopter substitutesfor the film (.qge thqt is supplied
with the cqmero ond is inserted
in the some simple foshion. lt is
necessory to substituteo new wind-
ing knob which is supplied with
the RICOHKIN. To do this, remove
the screw in the center of the wind-
ing knob; reploce the knob with
the RICOHKIN knob qnd reploce
the center screw. This substitution is
permonent qnd the new knob will
occommodote 35mm film or the
regulor l2O size.
Insert the co rtrid g e of 35 mm film
in the empfy chomber in the lower
port of the RICOHKIN. The topered
Figure 6 leod of the film is qttoched to the
core of the empty block cortridge by slipping off one end of the
cortridge ond removing the core so thqt the film moy be inserted
into the slit in the core. The cortridge is closed ond ploced in the
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u pper chom ber of the RICOHKIN. Mo ke certoin thot the
sprocket holes of the film <lre properly engoged by the sprocketed
wheels of the RICOHKIN. Inserf the Ricohkin into the comercr
body in the some monner os the regulor film coge. Ploce the
pressure plote Fig. 7) over fhe film qnd close the cqmero bock.
The fronsport mechonism of the RICOHKIN hos on outomqtic
stop which outomoticolly meosures fhe necessory film for eoch
exposure. To lronsport the film, the winding knob is pulled out from
the body ond releosed. This releoses the stop mechonism. The
knob moy now be turned in o clockwise direction until it stops,
fhus moving the film into position for the next exposure.
The film counter is locofed on the winding knob. After inserf ing the
new film, tronsport the film three times before toking your first
picture. Now set fhe counter of zero by rototing
the num bered ring on the counter knob until
the zero is sitting opposite the orrow reference
mork engroved on the eyer-reody cose.
The RICOHKIN yields l8 pictures on o 2 0
exposure roll or 34 on o 36 exposure roll of
film. After the lost exposure hos been to ken,
the comero bock is opened in su bdued
light, the film is disengoged from the
originol cqrtridge by cutting or teoring
off the film, ond then wound com p-
letely info the toke-up cortridge. The
empty cortridge is now ovoilo ble os
the foke-up cortridge for your nexf
roll of film. BE SURE TO IABEL THE
CARTRIDGE INDICATING THE
TYPE OF FILM ENCLOSED
SO THAT IT MAY BE ;*+si-WPROCESSEDPROPERLY.
Figure 7 g
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