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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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Brand
Sabre
Model / document
Sabre 620
Document type
User manual
Language
English
Pages
10
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1.3 MB
Category
Film cameras
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Page 2 · Read text
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 feet
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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 sun
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Page 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.
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Page 6 · Read text
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.
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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.
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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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