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Rollei Rolleiflex 2.8 E User manual
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DESCRIPTION OF CAMERA (Defoiled explonofion + Poge)
I Focusing mognifier + 16 % Shutter speed control -+ 24
2 Mognifier flop -+ 16 26 Toking-lens
3 Focusing hood -+ 16 27 Locking device for flosh cord plug + 33
4 Locking clip for bock hinge --+ 32 28 Flqsh coble socket 32 - 5 Neck sfroo -+ 12 n Tripod socket --+ 32
6 Film frome counter window -t 40 30 Bock locking lever -+ 36 7 Cronk releose (to re-tension shufter 3l Adiustoble film pressure plote -+ 38
for double exposures) -+ 30 32 Combinotion bock for No.]20 (B ll 8)
8 Light volue scole .+ 24 ond 35 mm film -+ 36
9 Film odvonce ond shutter lensioning cronk -+ 30 33 Winding key for loke-up spool + 38
l0 Shutter releose guord * 30 34 Anti-reflection boffles
ll Shuiter releose with coble releose socket -+ 30 35 Automotic film feeler mechonism rollers -+40
12 Locoting sockets for ponoromo heod 36 Automotic depth-of-field indicotion -+ 26
13 Bock lock clip -+ 36 37 Focusing scoie -+ 26
14 Pin-socket for Rolleikin direct view 38 Light volue indicotion -+ 19
finder mosk + lZ 39 Adiusting for film speed -+ 19
l5 Direct view finder ponel + 17 40 Meosuring portion of exposure meter + l9
l6 Sbnsitivity ronge control + 19 41 Adlustment of film lype ond speed reminder -+ 19
17 Photo-cell + 19 42 Exposure meter odiustment ring + l9
l8 Attoching diffuser --+ 20 43 Focusing knob -+ 26
l9 Indicotor window for shutter ond diophrogm 44 Film-spool knob (Rolleikin rewinding knob) -+ 38
settings -+ 26 45 Mognifier lifting hondle + 16
20 Synchro lever (olso serves os cocki,ng lever for 46 Reor sight for direct view finder -+ lZ
self-timer) -+ 3l 47 Mognifier for eye.level focusing .+ lZ
21 Double boyonet mount for lens occessories 48 Retoining device for Rolleigrid lens + 16
ond lens hood (boyonet size lll) 49 Toke-up spool knob (Rolleikin counter knob) -+ 38
22 Viewing lens 50 Light volue toble for lime exposures * 23
23 Locking bufton + 24 5l Focol or film plone (focusing distonces
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Above oll, the ground gloss screen provides lhe
meons for focusing lhe comero. This is occomplished
by rototing the focusing knob. Both lenses, which
ore inflexibly coupled to eoch other by meons of o
sturdy common front plofe, ore thereby odiusted
simultoneously: o shorp viewing imoge therefore
guorontees on equolly shorp picture. Since the Rollei-
flex is equipped with o fost viewing lens ond on
opticolly prepored ground gloss screen, lhe viewing
imoge is extremely bright ond cleor ond focusing
con be done very criticolly.
The focusing hood, which is designed for one-hond
operotion is kept in both open ond closed positions
by spring tension. lt is equipped with o swinging
mognifier. lt offers ot opproximotely 2.5 times
mognificotion of the entire ground gloss imoge, o
still more precise meons for focusing the comerq.
lf the front ponel of the focusing hood is pushed
'inword,' ir' is tronsfo'frGd int6:;- di;E;inieil-tiriaei
ihrough which the subiect moy be seen in noturol
size moking it porticulorly eosy to follow fost oclion.
In fhis cose it is still possible ot oll times to mointoin
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o second mognifier in the bock of the focus-
ing hood, ond o diogonolly mounted mirror. A slight
roising or lowering of the Rolleiflex is oll thot is
required lo olternote between the right-side-up open
view in the direct finder, ond the reversed center
portion of lhe ground gloss focusing imoge. The foct
thot the lwo finder openings ore locoted so close
together, enobles quick froming of the subiect ofter
focusing. The usefulness of the open direci view
finder is thereby enhonced for sports pictures.
Focusing the front lens ponel throughout lhe ronge
)< from oo (infinity) 40 inches (distonces meosured - film plone to the subiect) is oc- from the focol or
complished by neorly one full iurn of ihe focusing
knob. The speciol design of the focusing mechonism (o
comdrive bosed on the principle of the orchimedic
spirol) insures uniform movement of the lens ponel in
both directions without ploy or bocklosh.
Tied in with the movement of the lenses is o simple
sliding mechonism, locoted beneoth the ground gloss,
providing completely outomotic porollox compenso-
lion. Consequenily, ihe finol picture is olwoys fromed
exoctly os originolly viewed on the ground gloss
screen. Similorly complete conirol is hod even when
using supplementory Rolleinor Ienses for close-up
work becouse of the prism which is built into ihe
Heidosmot-Rolleinor.
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Ihe exposure meter is mode up of the light sensi' tive element, or photo-cell, in the nome plote of the comero ond lhe meosuring mechonism in the focusing knob. lt con be odiusted for two ronges of sensiiivity: ln brilliont light the photo-cell is portiolly covered by on opoque shutter behind the honey comb lenses of the photo-cell. In dim light the photo-cell receives oll the light coming through ihe honey comb for f u | | sensitivity. The reoding is supplied in the form of the light volue for the film speed being used. The light volue con be obtoined by meosuring ihe light reflected from the obiect or scene, or the incident light, through the ottochoble diffuser. Tlre Synchro-Compur-Shutter is odiusted outomo- ticolly for the correct exposure when set to the previously determined light volue. After this is done the two controls (speed ond diophrogm) moy be locked together by the very simply operoted coupl- ing button. Shutter speed ond componion diophrogm opening moy thereofter be chonged ot will, within ihe ovoiloble ronge of operotion, using o single conirol ond without oltering the exposure' Eoch speed-diophrogm combinotion oppeors, os the con- trol is turned, in ihe peep window in front of the ground gloss. When required the two controls moyView original page 10
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be seporoiely odiusted by merely uncoupling the the sofety bock lock. lts odoptobility for lhe two
mechonism. picture sizes 21/t,X211,", ond 24X36 mm is the result
of the odlustoble film pressure plote which con be The depth-of-field indicotor on the focusing knob is set for 120 (B ll8)-film (with poper bocking), or for permonently coupled to the diophrogm ond indicotes 35 mm film (without poper bocking) when used in by meons of o white bond, thot portion of ihe field coniunction with the Rolleikin ottochment. In both
which is in ihe octuol ronge of shorpness. coses o film chonnel is creoted with o width thot
Since the two lenses ore of identicol focol length corresponds to the thickness of the film being used.
(f :80 mm, picture ongle [ocross diogonol], 53o) Thus thefilm con be properly held in lhe focol plone,
it follows thot the imoge in both sections of the ond olso con slide throuoh without undue friction
comero will olwoys be criticolly focused on the some when odvonced.
portion of the subiect simultoneously. The f z 2.8 The quick ociing cronk coupled with on outomotic
toking lens is o five gloss construction with geor mechonism performs five importont functions
two cemernled elements (modif ied Gouss-type) ond with eoch pendulum swing: l. odvonces film to next
feotures outstonding correction for block ond white frome, 2. odvonces film frome counter, 3. tensions
ond color pictures, while the viewing-Heidosmot lhe shutter, 4. releoses shulter lock, 5. engoges
f : 2.8 lens meets with the speciol requirements for film lock. The shutter releose ond film irdvonce cronk
criticol ground gloss screen focusing. Both lenses ore ore locked ond unlocked olternotely, thereby offering
treoted with obrosion resistont cooting. The boyonet full insuronce ogoinst double exposures or skipped
receptocles circling the mounts ore intended for fromes.
ottoching ihe lens hood ond supplementory opticol
occessories, which in this woy will be held' in For inlentionol double exposures the cronk musl be
opticolly correcl position ond form o solid unit with unlocked ot the cronk bose: Turning the cronk o full
lhe comero. turn lo ihe left cocks the shutter ogoin w i t h o u t
odvoncing the f ilm.
The removoble combinotion back is ottoched to the
comero by meons of two hinges with oulomotic lock Aulomotic stops limit the extenl of cronk swing. With
ond ot the bottom it contoins the tripod socket ond the increosing thickness of the film on the toke-up
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Holding fhe Comero ins O. ln this position diophrogm ond shutter con-
irols moy be operoted comfortobly.
Bosic rule: comero honging oround the neck wiih
tout strop ond the comero heid firmly by both honds' The comero is usuolly corried w,th o long strop over the shoulder. The strop remoins foui ond gives The right hond grosps ihe comero ot the bottom, required steodiness when using ground gloss @.
the index finger on ihe shutter releose, the thumb When using the mognifier, merely form o loop to
supporting the uplifted cronk (quick hondling of the shorten the strop, using the thumb of the right hond
film tronsport: + p. 42\. Ihe left hond does the focus- ond odiusting comero to required posiiion @. ttris
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method of holding will oid moteriolly in ochieving Woisi-level or eye-level positions for the comero ore
ihe steodiness required for shorp pictures. considered normo I f or most pictures. The extremely
Coution: o wrong or uncomforloble "gtip" moy f lexible Rollei, however, reodily permits exposures
couse you to lift inodvertently the honging top of ot or neor floor level, overheod, shooting stroight
ihe ever reody cose.
up or down, ond occosionolly, surprise snops "oround
possi-In order to ossure solid conloct when working with the corner". The illusirotions @-@ show o fewo tripod, do not use the ever reody cose. For o proc-
ticol method of quick mounting: use the Rollei bilities for such pictures with the comero in differeni
triood heod ! pos itio n s.
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Exposure Mefer
Adjusting fo DIN/ASA Speed Rotings: turn the od- uncovering red doi- use r e d light volue window @.
justing ring beyond the left or right stop @, uniil Meosuring for Light Volue: turn odiusiing ring @
the correct speed roting oppeors obove the indicotor until red ond block indicotors ore exoctly covered -mork. The dots ore for the usuol intermedioie holf- reod the indicoted full or holf-volue in the oppro-
volue DIN/ASA groduoiions. priote light volue window. lf the indicotors do not
reoch covering: chonge the ronge wiih the sensitivity
Sefting Sensitivity Ronge: in brighi light move control.
control (corner of nomeplote) to upper stop so tlrot The exposure meter is ruggedly built ond will with-
red dot is covered use forword light volue stond tlre strongesi light in both ronges of meosure-
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Two meihods of meosurement permit Rollei to moster oll light conditions:
Reflecfed light or objecf meosuremenf Incident lighf meosurement wirh Diffuser
(Meosuring the light reflected by the subiect) (Meosuring the light os it folls on the subiect)
Advonloge: Aiming comero in direction of Advonloge: Meosuring incident light gives
subiect is conven ient. The meter covers the light volue even in those coses where meo-
ongle covered by the film so thot it is very surement of light from subiect or deioil con-
eosy to point comero correctly, even when not be ochieved.
meosuring light from specific objects or
deto ils. Applicotion: For unbolonced lighring con-
Applicotion: For block ond white shots with ditions when it is not possible lo meosure,
well bolonced differences in light (ond shode) seporotely, detoils importont to the picture.
for color shots with front lighting or with Also f or Rolleinor shots. - light portiolly from tne side wilhout visible diff user in position shodows being included in picture. To get reoding: Ploce
over holding knobs on the phoio-cell ond oim
For meosuring detoils: When detoils ore most in direction directly opposile imporlont ond if subiect is unevenly lit. to thot to be used when shot is mode.
To get reoding: Aim ot subiect or detoil with Exomple: f rom sublect to intended comero
ground gloss ond reod light volue in this position, or (in open oir) lowords o ploce with
oosition @. some light conditions. Reod off light volue @.
The sun or other strong sources of light moy odversely offect the reoding even when locoted
outside the immedioie ongle covered by the picture. Shode the cell in such coses ot o distonce
of obout 20 inches.
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Reflecled light or subiect meosuremenls represenl
the norm, the most used method, when liglrt ond
shode ore oboui evenly opporiioned throughout
the piciure. The meosured light volue corresponcrs
to the overoll brightness of the subiect.
Defoil meosuremenls become necessory when either --very light or very dork oreos prevoil. In this cose -',
individuol meosuren'rents ore ioken of tlre light cnd ,l'-""'.
dork oreos, ond o mid-point light volue is used.
When odvisoble, this method con be voried to fovor
either the light dork oreos, whichever or is more i'i c,a ( a,Wimporiont. subiect vories lf the point of interestgreotly in brightness from ihe rest of the picture, ti Atoke the reoding directly from this portion of ihe el,:'l:"
picture. Exomple: o person in front of o light woll - -.r-L- -or, conversely before o very dork entronce. In both lncident lighl meosuremenls (with diffuser) ore oftencoses, ioke reoding directly from the p e r s o n. token os substiiutes for overoged deioil meosure-
Addiiionol Hinis: rnents. A light volue for overog;e brightness of sub-
i. When meosuring light from londscope, tilt comero ieci resu lts. For subiects of greoi controst, the meo-
forword lo fovor ground over sky. sured light volue should be voried (usuollyl/2 light
vcrlue) occording to wheiher the imporiont port of2. Toke close-up reodings when ihe reoding from the picture is lighter or dorker thon the overoge.
the whole picture does not fovor" moin port of sub- Exomples, Rolleinor shois of smoll obiects os for
iect. For instonce, meosure tlre foce in o portroit. instonce, o light or brilliont blossom with dork bock-
3. When o subiect connol be opprooched conveni- ground. Shois in shode with strong roys of sunshine.
enily for meosuring, choose o neorby subsiitule Obiects with brilliont sky bockground. Agoinst-the-
obiect of some brightness. Exonrple: onimols in en- light portroits. Piciures including bright reflections
closures oi o distonce. frorn snow, woter, beoch.
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Block ond whife films hove greot exp05ure lotitude. +
Over-exposure pro- con lorgely be offset by proper I negotive. Under-exposure, however. cessing of the
results in loss of shodow detqil. A lime-tried rule
is to expose for the shodows, generolly. lf in doubt,
it is belter lo err lowords over rolher lhon under- 11exposure. +
Color films hove considerobly less exposure lcrti-
tude ond strong Iighting controsts connot be repre-
serrted properly. Foilure to observe this chorocteristic
will result in chonged color volues. Over-exposure,
in the cose of color tronsporency films will l:e
indicoted by pole, woshed oul colors. Under-exposure
will couse tl-re colors to oppeor excessively deep, Light volues ond time exposures
olthough tlris is sometimes on odvonioge. Unless Below light volue 8, the shutter runs out of suitoble
you ore going ofter o speciol effect, odhere strictly speeds ond time exposures must be used. Wiih the shutier speed diol set ot "8", oppropriote exposureto ihis rule' Expose color film os exoclly os possible iimes ond diophrogm openings moy be chosen from
ond ovoid excessive contrqsts. Dork subiects tend 1o the toble on the bock of ihe comero. The meosured
light volue is locoted ot the top, ond the desired
oppeor too deep in proiection, even wiih good lighting diophrogm opening ot the left of the ioble. Where
ond seemingly correct exposure. The opposite is true these columns cross the time of exposure, in seconds,
will be found. Exomple: light volue 4, diophrogm li,of light colored ob jects. Therefore, o second rule, 8 seconds. When ih'e shut'ier is set ot "d", c"honge
Expose dork subiects fully (- l/2 light volue) ond diophrogm open ing by operoting ihe control with the coupling button depressed. The light volue scole
lighl subiects sporingly ( + 112 ligh? volue). on the speed control is inoperotive in this ronge.
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speed Light value (Shuffer speed and diophrogm) AdiustinE speed ond diophrogm: Turn the controt ring or, even better, turn both control
A. Normol cose: Adiustment with speed-diophrogm wheels simulioneously in the some direction @ coupling
To couple speed ond diophrogm: Align the coupling B. Speciol cose: Adiuslment withoul speed-diophragm
button with the morks on the diophrogm control coupling
wheel @. To uncouple: Set the coupling buiton so lhst il is
Adiusting lhe light vqlue: Tempororily decouple by diogonol to ihe morks on the control wheel @ depressing the button ond set to desired full or holf
light volue by turning speed contr"l C?). lf ihc Adiusting speed ond diophrogm: Operote botlr light volue connot be reoched before o siop is en- conlrol wheels independently. This monner of ope-
countered, releose the button, turn bock the speed rotion is usuolly used wiih flosh, when the light
control ond repeot ihe obove operofion. volue is not meosured.
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Hond-Held Pictures' I Tripod Pictures:
Fcrst Speeds I Slow Speeds I tim" Exposure
f/500 112fi 11125 lt6O l/30 | l/15 118 114 1t2 I sec I e
Shulfer Speed Diophrogm - Shorpness - Depth of Field
The shutter speed chosen must be suited to the speed The odiusted diophrogm opening figures oppeor in
of motion of the sublect (-+ poge 25). The Synchro- the peep window in block. The lines between the
Compur shutter con be odiusted to the obove figures indicote mid point diophrogm openings.
designoied speeds. Distinct click stops will be fell os Either the figure or the holf-volue mork will be in
eoch speed is reoched ond in-between speeds the center of the peep window. When uncoupled,
connot be used. 1/60th sec. is lhe mosi com- the diophrogm moy be set onywhere, ot will.
monly used spged, minimizing comero movement
nicely. Shutter speeds longer thon l/30th sec. ore noi The diophrogm, omongst other things, reguloies
generolly sofe, except wilh o tripod. The figures depih of field. Best shorp focusing technique requires
indicoting speed oppeor in the peep window in red thot lhe qreo of shorpesf focus be used to brocket
ond represenl froctions of seconds; for exomple 30 the principol obiect in the picture. Of course, suf-
: l/30 sec. The green ietter "B" setting permils ficient definition should olso be preseni both before
loAger time exposures. When using ony combinotion ond behind the point of focus. The zone of this
of speed ond diophrogm the setting of the speed depth of field shorpness con be ortfully enlorged.
must oppeor exoctly in the c e n I e r of the peep li is increosed both by closing down lhe diophrogm
window. ond toking lhe picture from o greoter distonce.
Shutter Speed Subiect Motion + Brishtness l-*@{ Lrgrrr vsrss I Film" speed I - | Opening Field Dicphrogm Depth of e
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lf the subiect hos on extended depth (for exomple,
londscope wiih forcground), you musl either chonge
the speed-diophrogm combinotion to one with o
smoller opening, or move bock with the comero.
The ronge of the depth of field covered by ony given
setiing is shown by the white bond odiocent to the
distonce scole. The indicotor is coupled fo, ond clronges with, the dioplrrogm. ss {1 l. Exomple: Focusing on 12 ft wiih dicrphrogm ot
f: 8 provides o depth of field from opproximotely
l0 to'15 fr. Focusing on j2 ft with diophrogm ot
22 provides, on ihe other hond, on increosed depih
of f ield from 7.5 to 40 ft.
Very smoll diophrogrn openings usuolly require
excessively long exposure times so thct some com-
prom ise is someiimes necessory:
\5-2. Exomple: The subieci requires o shorpness ronge
from 8 io l5 ft (both figures rnoy be oscertoinecl
exocily by focusing seporotely on tlre fwo pointswhich brocket the subiect). Solution: focus on the \
midpoint between the two distonce figures oncl
chonge the diophrogm so thol the whiie bond
reoches both figures. In this woy you will hove se-
lected the most fovoroblc storc, in this instonce f : l'l .
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Shuffer fensioning
Tensioning iogelher with film odvonce is outomotic
40). througlr cronk oction C (- p.
Tensioning without film odvonce possible only - with roll-film looded comero for intentionol double - or multiple exposures: move releose ring of bose of
cronk in direction of orrow ond then turn crorrk
through one complele boclcword revolution un-
iil ii siops @.
Tensioning with Rolleikin: outomoiic through cronk
oction. Double exposures noi possible.
Tensioning with Plote Adopler: swing cronk normolly, .l80o, through ond bock to stop. Repeoted tensioning
for multiple exposures possible.
Releosing Shufler
Insto,nloneous exposures: with releose guord in
lowered position (i), press releose bution gently until
it stops (fit.
Time exposures: set shr,lier lo "8", unlock releose
button (l), press ond hold for durotion of exposure.
To reduce possibility of comero movement, use o
locking type coble releose.
fu.r*H [ong Time exposures. Set shuiter to '8", depress
releose slightly (noi enough io open shutier) ond
swing guord to lock ii in this position U 6D. E*-
posure: press releose compietely Gi ond lerminote
by swinging releose guord downword {i) @.
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Self-fimer
The Synchro-lever (+ pqge 31) serves olso os ihe ffi^cocking lever for the self-iimer, In self-timershots o deloy of opproximotely ten seconds a{11$*#-occurs beiween releose of the shulier ond the f.S*=
ociuol exposure. Any shulter speed, excepling B, b
from I to l/5001h sec. moy be used. Cocking of the
self-timer mechonism is possible only ofter the slrutter
itself hos been cocked, ond is occomplished by swing-
ing the Synchro lever from position f @ in ttre
direciion of the orrow until it stops @. To move the
lever from Q to 4 , pull out the spring looded smoll q,knurled knob. Shorter deloys ore thon I0 seconds Wpossible by merely moving the lever only the port of c
woy. Upon releose of the shuiter tlre lever immedioielv
springs bock to / posiiion @, indicoting thot the
mechonism hos gone inio oction. This olso serves To
show thot the y' setiing is the only possible one ro
use when moking flosh self-timer shots (+ 8 p.5l).
To Use: F ir s t tension shutter (cronk), t lr e n cock
self-timer. Releose shutter os usuol. +o
The shutier ond self-timer moy be left cocked .o
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The selection of flosh lomp-iype depends on the mokes the toble on poge 34 contoins the necessory
light output required by the subiect. Mony mokes ore informotion ond lhe permissible shutter speeds.
crvcriloble in tlrree groups (normol, medium ond Connecling Flosh Unit: push flosh cord plug into lhe
high light ouipui). The seleclion is dependent on ilre socket on the comero
toking conditions, especio lly os to whether o room Setting for desired flosh posifion: Pull out the smoll
of shqllow or greot depth is fo be illuminoted. knurled knob somewhot ond swing lever to either ,
bocl<, O o, 0 (D. The knurled knol, will spring
Selection of M-X lever position, opplicoble speed ronge locking ihe lever in the chosen position.
ond exposures con be leorned from the instructions Removing Flcsh Cord Plug: unlock by swinging locking
of the different flosh light producls. For the best known lever @.
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Explonotion of fhe Toble of light from oll sources must be considered in
choosing the diophrogm opening.The "Conlocl" column indicotes lhe correct sefting
of the M-X lever for eoch lomp type. The Effective Exposure Time (os indicoted in ihe toble
by meons of colored ink) is not in eoch cose identicol
The "Shutter Speed" column shows lhe permissible to the shuller speed, bui depends on the portion
speed ronge: of the flosh lomp light output utilized:
Cenler: lhe recomniended shutter speed in- With X-Contoct the durotion of the flosh itself is
cludes procticolly the enlire light oulput of the ociuolly shorter thon ony of the permissible shuiter
flosh lomp. This ossures lhe moximum illuminotion os speeds. Therefore, the durotion of ihe flosh (figure
well os the smollest diophrogm (for greoier depth of shown in porenthesis) is the effeclive oppropriote
field). The following opplies os o generol rule' exposure iime ond the diophrogm opening must be
the some regordless of the shutter speed selected.
Use the stondord recommended speed With M-Contoct the shuiier speeds, from "fostesl,
together with the correct setting of the to "recommended" foll within the durotion of the
M-X lever for the lomp in use. flosh: they, therefore, represent the octuol exposure
lime ond if the shutter speed is increosed, the dio-
phrogm must be opened occordingly. Only when
Left: the f ostest speed indicotes the limit to which slower shutter speeds ore employed is the fully uti-
lhe shulter moy be set. For lively oction or sports lized light output equol to the octuol exposure
subiects, the foster speeds ore employed. time, ond this is the some os the recommended speed.
Right: the exposure lime moy be increosed to the The illustrotion should moke the utilizotion of the
s I o w e s t speed (l second or even time exposures), ovoiloble flosh light still more obvious: the white
if, in oddition to the flosh, it is desired to moke use symbols represent the f losh, ond their size, the
of existing light. In such coses the t o I o I omounl utilized lighi ot lhe shuiter speed employed.View original page 36Page 38 · Read text
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The bock is generolly removed only when reploced ond diri ond cleon it occosionolly with o soft comel's
by ihe plote odopier. hoir brush !
chonge Never film in direct sunlight, uiilize ot To Remove: open bock fully @ ond swing the locking leost your shodow! own body's lever on the right side bock hinge (cronk side) in the
meons some direction unlil ii stops @. St;p bock out of the The comero moy be otioched to o tripod by of ihe threoded socket on ihe boitom. Coution; opened hinge @. the length of the tripod screw must not exceed 3/16". To Attqch: insert detoched bock first into ihe lefi lf this is not possible, use "Rolleifix" or oiher similor
crnd then into the right hinge (with locking lever in device ond ovoid domoging bottom of comero. For
the upper position). comeros with continentol tripod sockets o reducing
Proteci ihe open comero ogoinsi prevoiling dust bushing is ovoiloble.View original page 38Page 40 · Read text
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necessoryProcticol Accessories"). To chonge filnrs both knobs snop bcrck inio ploce f ully @. lt is then
ore pulled to on outword position, where they will io turn the cronk until the long slot in the empty
remoin until o slighi pressure is opplied io moke spool comes uppermost @.
ihem return. The comero's bcrck should be clcsed only Note: The empty spool must be removed from the
ofler the knobs hove been reiurned to their originol comero when using on odopter however, keep it
f ilm.positions - closing the bock serves to lock the knobs hcrndy for use with the next roll of- ,]20in position. To Insert o Full Film Spool: in the some woy os
endTo Insert ihe Empty Spool: f irst f it the spool over opplies to ihe toke-up spool @. The pointed
the winding key on the righi (cronl< side) ond pull of the bocking poper must poini in the direction
out the guide knob @. Push the spool down on tlre of the toke-up-spool chomber, so thot the colored
left opplying slighi pressure, so thot ihe knob moy side of the bocking poper remoins on the outside.View original page 40Related documents and language editions
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