Robin Automat 1-9 User manual

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Yovr RO8,N 1.9 Comero is precision-engineered ond  embodies
fhe lolesf lechnicol developmenl in cornero design. fhe ROBIN is
typicol ol  modern ingenvity,originolity ond superb croflsmonship.
Yovr ROBfN will give yov excellenl piclures in color ond block-
o4d-white. Compocf, lighlweighl ond smorlly slyled, the ROBrN
will give you o  lile oI phofogrophic enioymenfl Pleose reod the
inslruclions before operoling your  cornero. By so doing. you
will become ocguoinled with lhe feolures o( the camero.

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t. Neck sfrop eyelets
  2. F ilm speed indicof or
  3. Film winding odyonce Iever
  4. Shulter releose bulfon
  5. Coble releose threod
  6. Exposure counfer
  7. F ronl of rongef inder
  8. A ccessory shoe
  9. F ront of ronge{inder-vie wlinder
    window
| 0. Film rewinding crank
lt. Comero bock lock
t2. Depfh of lield scole
t 3. Focusing Ie,ver
14. Disfonce scole
t5.  lris diophrogm odjusting ring
| 6.   f ris diophrogm scole
17. Shuller speed odjusfing ring

trr is odvisoble {or you lo lood {ilm in lhe dork ploce, ovoiding the  direcl
          sunlight. Pleose beor in mind thot lhe cdmero should be corelully hondled
        withoul giving ony [orce lo lhe mechonism, or  ir moy couse domoge.


l. Open the bock of the comero ly        2. Ploce the  f ilm  cortridge  in.             3. Pull lhe lilm leoder lrom  lhe
   pulling up the boh upwards.               the Iilm chomber.                              cortridge ond inserl il  into the
                                                                                         slol of lhe toke-up spool.

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 T urn the    f o cusing   I ever  locoted  ot  the bose o(
 lhe  lens  borrel  lo  either  fhe   telt  or   right' The
 lens  borrel   will  exlend  or   conlrocl- The  ronge-
 {inder  is coupled with'lhe  movemenl  ol  fhe  fens'
 In  the  c?nfer  o(  lhe  ronge{inder  window  is   o
 smoll  rectongulor  box  in which lwo  imoges  will
 oppeor when the comero  is oul  ol  focus' As You
 move. the focusing  lever, one imoge  will  become
 rsuperimposed upon the olher when you bring cclmer<r'
 into the correct  focus.
                                Operole lhe focusing fever so lhol
                                   the doubfe imoges fuse inlo one.





The picture   shown oul of  focus.

The iris  diophrogrn ond the shuiler speed ore udiusf oble by
       lurning fhe respecfive odiusting rings.





(A) Shutter speed odiusting ring.                     (8) lris diophrogm odjusting ring.

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                               The disfonce belween the comero ond                                                                                                                                                                                                   {
                                   the subiect is  ouf orn oticolly m eosured
                             and set by  the coupled rongefinder.
                                             Also, lhe oreo of shorpness oI lhe nego-
                                          five extends from the foreground lo  lhe
                                  bockground of fhe subiect. fhis  oreo of
                                     shorpness is colled " lhe Depth of Field"
and oll obiects within fhis ronge will  oFpeor noliceobly shorp. fhe depth of
#ield becorn es greater os fhe dislonce lo the obiecl  increoses, or when the
,fens aperlure is lessened.
With fhe ROBrN Brond Conrero, fhe depth of  field for ony given operlure con
be eosily obtoined by reodino lhe deplh of  tke {ield scole on the lens mounl"
When the lens is focused ot dn obiecl  I0  feet aporl the comero, wilh  fhe
F-slop sef ot F;8, the scole wr'lJ show fhof fhe deplh of field extends from 7
#eef lo l6  feel.

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There ore lwo sellings fo be used for
flosh photogrophy:M & X. Ser the lever
ol M when using closs M flosh bulbs.
fhe shuller is syncht>nized on ollspeeds
up to  | / 500 with closs M bvlbs. M is
olso  I o be used when using fhe  self-               "M " SYl'|CHR0ilIZATI0I'ltimer.For eleclronic (losh units ond for
closs F bulbs, sel the lever on X. The
shulter is  synchrgni zed on  oll  speeds
wifh eleclronic flosh, ond up to  | / SO
with closs F {losh bulbs.

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Attoch o flosh gun lo the ROBfN cornero,
pre{erobly the type which slips into the
occessory shoe of lhe top of the comero.
fhe connecling cord from the flosh gun
should be slipped into the flosh socket
(prolrvding lerminal)on lhe lens.

      Position of  synchronizing
       lever with floshbulbs
 Lever       M         x
   M             I  r /500       t-t / s0
    F                          t-t / s0

fhe self-limer permils you lo slep inlo
the  piclure, lo  foke  photogrophs of
yourself or  with others. Directly under
the lens is o lever wilh o red dot. By
moving lhis lever leftword,you will have
8 seconds of . momenl before shuller
works. So, ofler pressing shuller releose
ond during fhis 8 seconds, you conslep
inlo o subiect ond you loo con be foken.
The film odwnce lever rnusf be cocked
before you  con  press fhe  shutter
releose.

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fhe  shuller butlon  is  focoled ol  the
fop  ol  the  cc,mero. fhis  bullon    is
designed lo be connected wifh o releose
with ils inside threoded. Comero con be
hond-held on shuller speeds  f rom  | /25   lo
 | / 500 seconds. For slower speeds like
 | /  | 0 seconds, the  comero should be
pfoced on o lirrn resl sucfr os o tripod
lo ovoid shoking. A coble releose should
be used The coble releose is screwed
 direclly inlo the shuller button ql  the
top of the cornero. fhe tripod is ioined
with the cornero ol fhe lripod sockel lo'
coled right ot the botlo m of lhe cornero

After you hove loken your losl piclure
(either 20 or 36 exposures), you rnusi
rewind lhe lilm inlo   f he film cortridge.
Io do this.  f ifl  lhe rewind cronk ond lurn
it  in lhe direction of on orrow ond ot
the sorne lime press the lorge butf on   '
right under the comero. fhis lorge butlon
disengoges the sprockel wheel so lhot
your film will nol  leor. When fhe iilm
is rewound iold rewind cronk down fo
ils originol position.

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                                                                      tf you should wind lhe film loo
                                                 lor,beyond the 20or 36   exposures,
                                    you moy  f ind  lhol  fhe winding
                                            Iever will  nol  lurn. fhis  is qrly
                                                      noturol. Do nol force the  lever,
                                       Simply lollow the procedure for
                                                rewinding film.

Dusl your lens wilh o brush or wipe it  with o soft cloth. Do nol
fouch lhe lens with your fingers.
Do not keep shulter cocked for loo longo period. Disengoge shulfer
when the Comero is nol used for more thon one rnonfh.
Avoid your comero from louching with sond on the beoch, Leave your
ccrmer olwoys dry.
 ft you drop your comero inlo the woIer, wosh il with olcohol or
onolher volstile   f iquid lubricote it  with good mochine o.il o nd
hove it  renovofed os soon os possible.