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Sabre 620 User manual
User manual for Sabre 620. 10 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Sabre
- Model / document
- Sabre 620
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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- 1.3 MB
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- Film cameras
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To obtain best results, follow
these simple instructions. Always
use the Sylvania M-2 Flashbulb.
F I.M DISTANCE-Comero lo subiect
ELACK AND WHITE 6AS
Ansco All Weather Film eight to fifteen feet
Ansco Super HY-Pan fifteen to thirty-five feet
Kodak Panatomic X five to ten feet
Kodak Verichrome Pan eight to fifteen feet
Kodak Tri X Pan ten to twenty feet
Ansco Anscochrome five to eight feet
Ansco Super Anscochrome eight to sixteen feet
Kodak Kodacolor five to eight feet
Kodak Ektachrome five to eight feetView original page 2Page 4 · Read text
Blft and White Pictures. Kodak Verichrome
Ansco Plenachrome is the f ilm for outdoor coming over your shoulder and falling on the
s in bright sun or indoors with subject. lndoors, use Kodak Ektachrome or
flash. 12 exposwes. Ask for the 620 Universal Kodacolor with f lash. From these films
size for your camera. you get color negatives or transparencies
Color Pibtures. For full-color pictures outdoors from which color Prints and Enlargements can
in bright sunlight, use Kodak Universal be ordered through your dealer.
Kodacolor or Ansqochromb. Take pictures in the
mid-morning or mid-afternoon with the sunView original page 4Page 5 · Read text
Hold your Sabre 620 in your left hand, and with the thumb of your right hand slide the bottom lock on your camera to the position "OPEN" as indicated by the arrow on the lock. Be sure the lock is clear of the cover wedge. After removing the front of the camera, place the empty spool in the holder next to the winding knob, fitting the slotted end of the spool into winding knob key and pressing the other end into the spring lock on the other side. Now, lN THE SHADE, slit the seal on your roll of fresh 620 film and place the spool in the holder at the bottom of the camera. The word START on the roll should be at the bottom next to the fixed brass pivot. Placing one end against the www.butkus.us spring on the left side and pressing against it, stide the opposite end of the spool into the fixed key at the right.View original page 5
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Keeping the colored side of the film up, pull it
gently over the back of the camera and thread the
.tapered end into the slot in the empty spool . .
as far as it will go. To insure that the paper
starts straight, turn the winding knob
two or three times.
Now, fit the back portion of the camera over the
front, making sure you push completely shut
and return the slide button back to its
original position,
Still holding the camera in your left hand'
look at the small red window in the back of your
Sabre 620 and turn the winding knob slowly.
Keep turning until you notice an arrow appearing
in this window and, when the numeral 1 appears
centered in the window stop, you are now ready
for your first Picture.View original page 6Page 8 · Read text
Taking f lash pictures with your Sabre 620 is simple. Even your child can do it, for with the bright precision light afforded your camera by the superior Sylvania M-2 Flashbulb the uncertainty of the right light is eliminated. Just aim your camera, compose your picture and, whether indoors or out, you're sure to get fine results. Using the films shown in your Flashguide and following the instructions regarding distance, you'll find flash photography the easiest, surest and most foolproof method.View original page 8
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The Sylvania M-2 Flashbulb is WINDOW AT BACK OF CAMERA
inserted into the flash holder socket, UNTIL NEXT NUMERAL APPEARS AND
merely by dePressing the bulb INSERT A NEW SYLVANIA
spring on the upper side of the M.2 FLASHBULB.
flash holder, Pushing the bulb
:into position and releasing the bulb The Sabre 620 Flash holder was'spling. When the exposure button designed for use with Sylvania M-2
' js. pressed, the lamP wlll f lash. flash bulbs . . . so small, you can
T0-eiect used bulb, Press down on carry enough for an entire roll of
bulb spring on the upper side of film in your pocket. The flash
the flash holder. AFTER EVERY holder is attached simply by placing
EXPOSURE, BE SURE IO TURN the two posts into the holder
wlNDlNG KNoB, WATCHING RFD holes at the side of the camera.
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For best results and long life, use
only Photo Flash Pen Light batteries,
To insert batteries follow these in'
structions.
o Remove flash holder back cover
plate.
o Insert one Pen Light battery into
position marked "Down" with the
battery head in that Position. The
other battery is pointed in the
"Up" position as markOd along'
side it.
o Replace cover plate.
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