Samoca LE II User manual

.|0.I .  Focusing Lever                         ShutterSpeedRing
2.  Distonce Scole                                           I l.  ShutterSpeedScole
3.  Depthof Field Scole                12. LensApertureScole                                                   .|3.4.  Light Meter                          Lens ApertureRing
5.  ComeroBock Lock                   14.  View ond RongefinderWindow                                                   .|5.6.  Film Type Guide                         ShutterReleoseButton
7.  Film RewindKnob                    16.  AccessoryShoe
8.  Light Meter Diol                     17.  Film TronsportLever
9.  Light Meter Windcw
                          www.orphancameras.com

.|8.
     Viewflnder                         24.  Toke-upSpool
19. Film Guide Roil                     25.  Film TronsportSprocket
20.  Film RewindShoft                   26.  SprocketReleoseButton
21.  Film CortridgeChomber             27.  ExposureCounter
22.  Tripod Socket                      28.  Set Screw
23.  SynchroSelectLever                29.  FloshTerminol

TNTRODUCTNG    SAMOCA LE-II

Lens           D Ezumor 1 ,2.8 50mm hord cooted, fully color corrected
                   with helicoidollens borrel.
                                                                                                                                           'Shutter          X synchronizotion,shutterspeeds:
               B , l ,   I / 2 , 1 / 5 , 1 / 1 0 , 1 / 2 5 , 1 / 5 0 ,  I / l O 0 & 1 / 3 0 0 .
View & RongefinderHelicol type coupled view ond rongefinderwith bright frome.
                 Viewermognificotion0.7
Film Tronsport      Single stroke lever oction film tronsportoutomoticollycocks
                    shutteros film is odvonced.Positivelypreventsdoubleexposure.
Film Rewind       Ropid oction film rewind cronk.
Film Type Guide    Color coded,ASA ronge 6-800, DIN ronge 9-30.
Light Meter        Singleronge built-inlightmeterwith coupledpointer.
ExposureCounter   Automoticollyrecordsexposures.
Film Size       35mm
pictureSize      24mm X 36mm

                         www.orphancameras.com

The SomocoLE-II hos been designedond monufocturedby highly skilled croftsmen
to guoronteeyour completesotisfoctionin 35mm photogrophy.
Combinedin on ottroctive body ore the feoturesessentiolto enioyoblephotogrophy
with professionolresults.  Through the yeors its quolity, versotilityond eose of
operotionwill reword you with positive ossuronceof successfullyrecording,under
oll conditions,the scenesyou choose.                                                                         I
Properutilizotionof the LE-tr will ofiord you the unerringservicedesired.
For this reosonwe suggestthot you corefullyreod the following instructionson its
use.

FILM LOADING

 l.   Pull up the bock lock ond swing open the comero bock.
2.  Pull out the film rewind knob (Fig.  I ) ond insert the film cortridge.
   Push the film rewind knob brck, gently ond with o  slight twist, until  it engoges
    with the  fi lm spoo| .
3.  Drow out obout 4 inches of  the film leoder ond  insert  it  into the  slit of  the
    toke-up spcol, bringing the slit into position by stroking the film tronsport lever.
    (Fis.2l


                                                                                                                                                                                                     DN:org,Date:cn=Mikeemail=mike@butkus.org,2024.04.13signedButkus,by17:47:10Mikeo=ButkusButkus-04'00'c=UScamera manuals, ou=butkus.                                Mike Butkus           Digitally





             F I G .       I                                 F I G , 2                           www.orphancameras.com

4.  Slowly wind the film with the film tronsport lever, releosing the shutter when the
     film tronsport lever is stopped, until the sprocket teeth engoge firmly with  the
    perforotionson eoch side of the film strip. (Fig.3)
5.  Close the comero bock ond lock. Toke up the exposed portions of  film  before
    shooting by  odvoncing the  film on  odditionol two fromes.    lf the film rewind
    knob does not revolve counterclockwiseos the cortridge lets out film, the sprocket
    teeth ore not correctly engoged in the  film perforotions.   lf  this should hoppen,
    repeot the procedure outlined in the preceeding porogroph.





                F I G . 3

EXPOSURECOUNTER

As you shoot, the exposure counter will  outomoticolly record

the number of pictures token. After insertingfilm, turn the expo-

sure counter set screw until the counter window registers zero.
IENS APERTUR,EAND SHUTTERSPEEDSETTINGS

By using the built-in light meter the correct lens operture ond shutter speed settings
con be reodily determined under voryingt light conditions. However, you should under-

stond the  f unction o{ the two  in determiningthe film exposure in order to   f ocilitote

selectionof the oppropriote combinotion.
EXPOSURE

The omount of  light required to reproduce on imoge on film is fixed. Too  little light

will result in dull under-exposedpicturesond too much in bleochedover-exposedpictures.


                         www.orphancameras.com

The lens operture controls the omount of  light thot will poss through the lens to the
film. The shutter speed controls the length of time thot light will be ollowed to pots
to the film.  From this you con see thot  the  shutter speed ond  lens operture ore
interdependentin  controlling the omount of  light odmitted, ond therefore, the film
exposure.
IENS APERTURE
Thesizeof the lensoperturemoy be voriedby odiustingthe lensoperturering to
one of the colibroted settings (f stops). Most light is odmitted ot I/2.8 ond the leost
ot t/22. Eoch groduoted f stop between these two numbers decreosesthe omount of
odmitted light by opproximotely 50 percent of the preceeding f  stop.  To  put  this
onother woy, ot I/5.6  the lens odmits twice os much light os  ot  I/8,  ond ot  t/8
twice os much light  is odmitted os ot  f/l   l.
   LENS APERTURENO.    2 . 8    4     5 . 6        I             l l      1 6    ? 2

  LENS APERTURE        $  {i  {.} {t €.F5F 5.F
   RATIO OF LIGHT       1              ' / z    1 / 4      t / 8   1 / 1 6  1 / 3 2    t / 6 4
                                               -3!.tl!!qqF   e'aqIGlF-l3?aQF                     q,/'''i'

SHUTTERSPEED

Shutter speed in the LE-II  moy be voried by  rototing the shutter speed ring  to  B,
1 , 2 , 5 , 1 0 , 2 5 , 5 0 , l 0 0 & 3 0 0 . T h e s e n u m b e r s r e p r e s e n t o f r o c t i o n o f o s e c o n d ,
thot is, 1/2,  1f5,  etc. In the B position the shutter will remoin open os long os the     1
shutter releose button is depressed. This setting is used for  time exposures ond o
solid support, such os o tripod, will be necessoryto prevent movement of the comero.
TIGHT METER
Eoch film monufocturer lists the speed ot which his film  is roted on the  instructions
occomponyingthe film pockoge. This roting is colled the ASA or DIN number.                       l
Turn the insiCedisc of the light meter diol until this number is registered in the op-
                                                                                                                                                                             ,
propriote winCow. Correct settingof this number is essentiolin getting the oppropriote
combincticn of shutter speed ond lens operture for your pictures.
Point the comero towords your subiect ond rotote the light meter diol  until the red
orm is set to the light meter needle. When toking close-ups keep the meter obout
                         www.orphancameras.com

one foot from the subiect for  your reoding.   lf  the subiect hos o  wide  ronge of
light ond dork volues it  is desiroble to choose the overoge exposure of  the two.
For distont scenespoint the meter slightly downword to  ovoid excessive light from
the sky.
Once you hove set the red orm to  the  light meter needle the  correct combinotions
of shutter speed ond lens operture will be indicoted on the light meter diol.  Any
one of these combinotionswill be sotisfoctory ond the one thot you select will depend
on the subiects movement ond the desired depth of  field.

           .ry

COUPTEDFILM ADVANCE AND SHUTTERCOCKING
A single stroke of the film tronsport lever will outomoticolly cock the shutter os the
 film is odvonced one frome.  Once the shutter hos been releosed it connot be cocked
until the film is ogoin odvonced.
By coupling these two  functions in o  single operotion the LE-tr  positively prevents
double exposuresond permits you to shoot pictures in ropid succession.
HOTDING THE CAMERA
Grip the LE-II  firmly in both honds ond hold  it  in the position most comforroble for
you. Core should be token thot your fingertips do not obstruct the lens or rongefinder
window while shooting. We suggest thot you press your elbows close to  the body
for extro stobifity.





                          www.orphancameras.com

FOCUSING
As you  sight your subject through the combined view ond rongefinder window  you
will see o bright frome surrounding the picture oreo.  The uppermost line expresses
the picture oreo ot  infinity ond the  line beneoth  it  the  picture oreo  for  close-ups.
Sight your subiect through the finder eyepiece ond bring  it within the diomond locoted
in the center of  the bright frome, rototing the focusing lever until the double imoges
ore superimposed.
Selecting on obiect with  stroight verticol lines will moke focusing eosier.  Also,  if
you intend on using the comero in o  verticol position you moy  find  it more con-
venient to focus in the horizontol position ond then shift for the picture.
After focusing you con oscertoin the distonce in  feet  (F) or  meters (M) from your
lens to the subiect by reoding the number on the distonce scole opposite the red triongle.





                           N O
                                                     -                                 {ilffi

FIXED FOCUS
Fixed focus eliminotes the risk of  getting the sublect out  of  focus ond mokes the
comero eosier to  use.  lt  is  of  porticulor odvontoge when photogrophing ropidly
moving subiects.
Fixed focus in the Somoco LE-tr   is obtoined by setting the lens operture ot   f / A ond
the distonce scole to the red dot on the focusing ring. The oppropriote shutter speed
will depend on light conditions.
Obiects f rom  I    f eet to  infinity will be in reosonobly shorp focus.
Obiects less thon  I  feet  f rom the comero will not be in shorp f ocus.

                           www.orphancameras.com

DEPTHOF FIELD

When you focus on on obiect there is o zone extending in front of ond to the reor

of your focus point thot will be brought into reosonobly shorp fccus.  This zone of

groduolly declining shorpnessis colled the Depth of  Field or Depth of Focus. The

extent of the Depth of Field is dependent on o) the lens operture used ond  bl  the

distonceof the subiect from the lens.

At o given distonce o smoll lens operture (high  I /  number) increoses the Depth of
 Field ond conversely,o lorge lens operture (low  f /  number) decreoses the Depth of
Fiefd.  Moreover, os the distonce of  the subiect from  the lens is increosed there
will be o proportionol increose in the Depth of  Field, both to  the  front ond  reor.
The Depth of  Field scole is provided to furnish you with  the opproximote Depth of
Field for vorying combinotions of  lens operture ond subiect distonce.
As you look down on the scole with the comero pointed owoy   f rom yoU, you  will
see o double set of numbers, exoctly olike, extending to  the  right ond  left  of  the
red triongle. These numbers correspond to the  f stop numbers on the operture scole.
The numbers to the right ore used to determine the Depth of  Field in front  of  your
subiect ond the numbers to the left the Depth of  Field to  the reor of  your  subiect.
Sight the some number on the Depth of  Field scole, both  to  the right ond  left, os
you hove set on the operture scole. The Depth of  Field will be indiclted opposite
these numbers on the distonce scole both in feet ond meters.





                           www.orphancameras.com

;jffB"."*i*lrnrb

   RETEASINGTHE SHUTTER
                                                   'essentiol      To  obtoin  well  defined pictures it  is            thot  movement of  the comero be
      prevented when releosing the shutter. Hold the comero firmly ond squeeze the shuttertt       releose button. Do not snoP it.
             lf you desire to use o coble releose, it moy be screwed into the shutter releose button.
      Your tripod moy be  fixed either  to  the corrying cose lock screw or  to the comero
       bose.
 *   UNLOADING EXPOSEDFIIM
     When your  film hos been fully exposed it  will no longer be possible to stroke the
        film tronsport lever. Do not force  it. Remove the comero from the corrying cose ond
       while depressing the sprocket releose button, turn the film rewind cronk smoothly in
       the direction of  the orrow.
       Wlren the film hcs been returned to the cortridge the film rewind cronk will revolve
        freely. Open the comero bock, pull out the film rewind knob ond remove the cortridge.
      Do not unlood your film in direct sunlight.

FTASH PHOTOGRAPHY

The Somoco LE-tr   is equipped with  flosh synchronizotion for  both
flosh bulb units ond electronic flosh equipment.
When using o  flosh unit, set the synchro selection lever ot   I  ond
fix the end o f the flosh cord  to the flosh termino I on the comero.
For excellent synchronizotionond moximum bulb efiiciency we suggest
thot you use Closs F bulbs with shutter speeds up to 1/50.  Closs
FP onC M bulbs con olso be used but the shutter speed then should
be slower thon 1/25.
To determine the correct lens operture for  your picture, divide  the
Guide Number of  the bulb by the distonce in feet from the comero
to your subiect. For exomple, with o Guide Number of 80 ond o  dis-
tonce of  l0  feet the correct lens operture will be  I/g.
When using electronic flosh, set the synchro selection lever of   ,     .
With on electronic flosh unit the shutter speed con be set up to 1/300.
For detoils on  the use of  electronic flosh equipment refer  to  the
directions supplied by the monufocturer of  the electronic ottochment.


                              www.orphancameras.com

, r € "
CARE OF THE SAMOCA LE.II
Follow these suggestionsond you will  insure the LE-II's performonce.
??  Do not to.rch the lens with your fingertips. lf  neccessory,clecn with o  soft lens
    brush ond silicone cloth.  Reploce the lens cop when not  in use.
f.'  Do not store the comero with  the shutter cocked'
?tf  Set the focusing scole to  infinity when returning the comercl to the cose'
?t  Keep the film chomber free of dust.
?t  When storing your comero, keep it in o ploce free of dust ond moisture, especiolly
    when  it  is out of  the cose.