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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  i  INTRODUCTION rhe Robbin Reflex comerq
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    simple instructions described in this booklef.
   BEFORE USING YOUR NEW CAIIERA tE SURE
    INSTRUCTION5:



       LOADI}IG THE CAHEIA
Rcmovr rhc boch covrr by purhing rhc bock rpring (illurrro-
fionr I t 2) gcnrly boclword wirh ilro rhumb ond rliding rhr
bock downwordl romoving bocl.
Pul[ our rhc ftlm rowinding lnob (noto rpring cction) ond
inrcrt tfir .mpty rpool provUrd wirh lhc comrra. Lct tho
rcwinding knob rpring bock into ploco moling tut. thor ilro
end of thc rpool .ngog.r the pim on thc knob. fo bo ob-
rolutcly tuio lu?n rho winding knob rrvorol timor qnd wolch
fo lcc if rhc ompty rpool turnr widr rhe knob. Intcrt o roll
of cithcr f52O or Pl20 film in rho compodm.nt ot thc bofiom
of rhr corncro. Yos will find rhor rhL ftlm will iutt ftt into
lho groovcr locq?ed on oithcr tidc ond hcld by thc rctoincr
tpring. Brcol thc rnl  on rhr  film
rnd drow thc poprr {illurrrofion 3)                                 -1-<--
rvcr lhc lquorc focol box. Thrcod
rhc pointcd end of thc popcr into thc
rlot of thc cmpty rpool moling turc
rhqt thc colorod ridc of thc popcr
ir oul ond thc blocl ridr foccr thc
inrido of thc rquorc focol box.  Mokc
turc thot thc popcr  ir ccntcrcd on
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                             rhc rmply rpool in ordcr thot ir w:ll
                       wind cvcnly. Now givo thc wind-
                           ing hnob obout ono full tum-iurt
                           onough ro bind thc popor nnd orrurr
                     o firm grip on thc rpool.
                                       lr moy bo ncccrtq?y ql limor to
                             hold rhc roll of film on fhc bottom
                             of comoro wi?h ono fingcr unril thr
                                ftlm hor bccn throqdod.
          lllurtroticn 3       WINDING THE FILM
                       You ore now reody lo reploce the
     bock by locking it in itr pioper ploce ot the bottom ftrrt,
    qnd then prer with your thumb ot the top until the bock
      rpring tnopr the bock firmly clored.
    Now lurn ?he winding knob until the
                         the                           red window                         in       figure             oppeorr                   I                                        Refiex    @                        Robbin         the                     fhe            bock                    of     on
      comerq (illurtrotion 4). An indicoting
     hond qnd o row of dotr will oppeor
       rhortly bqfore thc fi9ure I  oppeorr.
     Your Robbin Refiex cqmerq ir now
      rcody to tqke your 6rrt picture.
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    Either Eqstmqn #620 Verichrome or Agfo PB20
   Plenochrome film is refommended. Either of
    these por?iculor films will give cleqr shorp pic-
    lures under normol light conditions. You cqn
   roke pictures eorly in the doy, ql noon or even
    lote in the ofternoon.



         TO TAKE A PICTURE
    Ploce lhe neck strop qround your ncck, hold
    lhe cqmero woisl high ond frome the subjecl
   you wish to photogroph in the brilliont view
    finder. The sublecf rhould not bc closer thon 6
    feet from lhe comero. A single.downword or
   upword stroke of the shuiler rcleore operotes
    the rhuiler qnd snop3 thc piclure. Afler the
     firsl piclure hos been loken, turn the winding
   knob until figure 2 oppeors in the window. Re-
    peot this operotion unlil  | 2 pictures hove been
    snopped.

          REMOYINC THE FILM
    After the l2th picrure hqs been token turn fhe
    winding knob until the poper disoppeors com-
    plerely from view in the red window. Remove
   the bock. The exposed roll cqn now be r€-
   moved qnd its end fqstened with rhe glued
   poper found on lhe end of the film. Before re-
    plocing the bock, move the remoining emply
    spool to the lop of the comero ogoin to be reody
    for o new roll of film.

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   Alwoyt hold lho comoro rtcody whcn snqp- l.   ping picturcc ot fhc dlghtett movcmenl
    will courc o blur.
 2. Hold thc comcro lcvcl.
 3. Don'l try to get loo much Into onc picturu,
   ond be ruro you rc. your rubica in rhe
   vicw ftndcr bcforc rnopplng tho rhutlcr
    moking 3ure cveryfhlng you weint to tohc
      ir viriblc in thc view ftndrr.
 a. Hove the comcrq in thc rhodr whcn lood-
    ing or unlooding rhe ftlm.
 5. Wind film immediotcly aftcr toking coch
     picture.
 6. Hove eoch roll of rxporod film dcvetoped    03 soon ofter it is cxporcd or possible.
   Do not ever clttempt to clcon lhc lcnses wilh 7.    your fingers, bul uss only o dry, roft cloth.
 8. Tske your Robbin Reflex comero with you
    wherever you go.
 f. Whcn toking picluru olwtyr ttmembcr lo    hove the sun behind you. DO NOT EVER
   TAKE PICTURES FACING THE SUN.
10. Enlorgemenlr up to SxlO con be mode from
     oll rhorp negolivcr.

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   GUAR.ANTEE B              H                                 qi 15  fiisRRsssssssssRffi
The Robbin Reflex Cnmero is guoronteed ogoinsl
defective workmonship ond mcrleriol for o
period of one yeor.
lf service is requircd relurn lhe comero, filling
oui rhe informqfion rcquested below together
with 50c in either cufrepcy or stomps lo cover
the cost of portoge ond hondling.
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SPECIAL INSTRI'CTIONS
 A newly designed spool holding spring hos been
instolled in this comero to insure smoother, eosier,
ond more efficient film winding.
   Pull up spool holding spring obout one inch.
This will ollow eosy looding of new roll of film.
Be sure thot fhis spool is locked securely ond
centered in the two (2) pivots. Merely push down
the roll of film oll the woy ond then follow fhe
instructions outlined in regulor instruction booklet.