Simflex User manual

SIMFTEX  CAMERA



         O RAPIDADVANCELEVER  (9 FLASHCONTACT
              €) REWINDBUTTON       (9 DISTANCESCALE
         O SHUTTERRELEASE     (D FOCUSINGRING
          @) EXPOSURECOUNTER    (D SHUTTERSPEEDRING
       @ ACCESSORYSHOE      (D SHUTTERCOCKED                                           ''RED            G) VIEWFINDERWINDOW     SIGNAL   DOT''
               €) REWTNDKNOB          (9 CARTRIDGEWELL
               €) FILM TYPEINDICATOR  (D VIEWFINDEREYEPIECE
               €) DIAPHRAGMRING   @ SPROCKETWHEEL
       @ DIAPHRAGMREADING @ FILMTAKE.UPSPOOL
            (D SHUTTERSPEEDREADING {D LOCKINGKNOB

TO LOAD CAMERA
      Alwoys lood ond unlood comero in the shode, never in
        bright light. Use stondord 35mm block ond white or
       color film (20 or 36-exposureroll). Use doylightfilm for
       outdoorpictures,iungstenor color film for indoor pictures.
                                                  "1"   "O",      A To open comero,turnlock lever {21) {rom    to
           slide comero bock obout * inch downwordsond lift
                  it of{ body.
      B Insertlooded film cortridgeinto film cortridgewell tl7).
     O Insertfilm end into slot in film Spool (20).
     C Advonce lever  (l ) ond press releose{3). Moke sure
           film perforoiionsengogesprocketboih top ond bottom.
        Advoncefilm ond press releose2 or 3 times,or uniil
         sprocketis engogedboth fop ond boitom.

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bl) l-    D Slide comero bock into ils {ormer ploce until                                      "O"     "L".        secure.Next, turn lock lever {rom      to
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        Turn exposure counter {4) to  set exposure
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 t    E Operote ropid wind  lever  (  I  ) once. Press
        r-eleose( 3 ).  Operote ropid wind lever ( I  )
                                                               "   "        once more  to  bring the  figure      l    in  film
         counier window.
      Fiim is now in position for first picture.  lt will
        be token when you press releose ( 3 ).,1.
    O When lever is moved ond shutter cocked, it
 0.)       is indicoted by o red dot (16).

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O Set film index reminder (8) by turning inside diol  until the  ASA
  number o{ film being used is opposite red morker on outside ring
  green numbers ore    f or  doylight ASA, red   f or  color, ond inside
  numbersore DIN numbers).
O Determine lens opening ond shutter speed from  informotion sheei
   supplied with your film, or from seporote exposure meter.
O Rotote diophrogm ring  (9) until orrow  is opposite correct lens
   opening on diophrogm reoding (10).
O Rotote shutterspeed ring (15) until orrow is opposite correct shutier
   speed on shutter speed reoding (11).
O Judge the distonce from comero to  subiect, rotote focusing ring
    ('l4) until correct distonce is indicoted on distonce scole (,l3).
O Cock comero, center subiect in viewfinder window  (6), ond press

WINDING AND DOUBLEEXPOSUREPREVENTION



             Eoch time you operote lever ( I  l,   ii winds film
               forword one  f rome, chongesthe number in film
               counter( 4 ) ond cocksthe shutter. After cocking,
               pressto toke o picture.
           C Alwoys operote lever ( I  )  with core. Move
                smooihlyio right until it stops,then let it move
                 slowlybock.

REMOVING THE EXPOSEDFILM

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  (n          After on entire roll  of  fllm (20 or 36) hos been
 #-      exposed, fllm wind lever will not turn further. Do          not force  it beyond this point.
                   I  To rewind film into originol cortridge from toke-
           up spool, press rewind button (2) ond pull out
           rewind knob (7).
         o  Turn rewind knob clockwise until  the  film  is
 . F          completely rewound inio ihe cortridge.
 (.)      o Open comero bock ond remove the  cortridge
               for development.
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TIME EXPOSURES




        "8"            iime setting enobles you to toke pictures
       underdull lighting conditionswithout flosh.    lt is
        often impossibleto obtoin on exposuremelerreod-
        in9 in this kind of lighting,ond informorionmote-
         riols should be referred to  for opertureopening
      ond length of time doto. Very often, 3-secondso!
            f: 8 provideso good slortingpoint for experiments.

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        WHEN DESIRED,ARE POSSIBTEII


                                        lf you wish to obtoin two piclure impressionson
                   one frome, ioke one picture in the usuol monner.
                    Then, press rewind  button   | 2 |   while  you
                     operoie cockinglever ( I ). This keepsthe film on
                       the some frome, ond permitsyou to operoteshutter
                      releose( 3 ).

SIMFLEX hos speciolly-devisedropid shurter wirh "X"
synchronizotiononly.
O Flosh unii moy be ottoched to : the occessoryshoe { 5 );
   the tripod sockel on bottom  of  comero by  use of  o
   mounting device; or  it moy be held seporotely.
O Attoch  the coble  into flosh contoct  il 2). To  prevent
   premoture flosh, olwoys put  bulb  into  socket ofter
   the  flosh gun coble hos been connected to  comero
   contoct {l 2).
O For flosh settings, refer to informotion with flosh bulbs
   or other ovoiloble dotcr.
a SIMFLEXis designedto use 5 ond M2 type flosh bulbs
   ot  1/25  ond   I /50  only. Speedlighr wirh X  settings
    ot  oll speeds.

FTASHEXPOSURES
   For shutter speed, lens opening ond comero to subiect
   distonce,refer to informotionsupplied with bulbs.
      Here is on exomple how  it works. You use o  flosh
      bulb wiih Guide Number of 80 ond hold your SIMFLEX
       ten feet from subieci. Then, follow the formulo given
        bellow'
                                                           i       .   h      -   n
                          v     -   9     -   v
                  or
            8 0  -      l 0   :  B
      o G indicotesGuide Number,D disioncein feet from
         subiectto flosh ond O lens opening.The quotient
        thus obioined,thot is, 8  or  f: 8 is the correcl
         lens opening.

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BRIGHTFRAMEVIEWFINDER

   SIMFLEXviewfinder is o bright {rome f inder of 0.8 mogificotion.
     lorge in size ond eosy to look through. With both the fromed
    single window ond porollox compensotionmork, the viewfinder
    ensures fost ond occurote composition of your pictures ot  oll
    times.            a
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FOCUSING




The following toble indicotesthe scope of  focus for different
comero to subiect distonces (feetl ot  vorious lens openings
{diophrogm).
For exomple,when comero io subiectdistonceis 12  feet, ond
lens openingis f-stop 8, otl subiectmoiier is in focus from obout
7 to 33 feei {rom the comero.

"CLens:         LUMINOR" Anostigmotf  ' 3.5 F , 45mm
            Cooted ond color correcled.
S h u t t e r :     S p e e d s ,1 / 2 5 , 1 / 5 0 ,      l / 1 0 0 ,  1 / 3 0 0 , o n c r
              Bulb.
             Automotic shutter cocking; X synchrontzo-
                tion; Red dot cocking indicotion.
FILM :      24mm  x  36mm. uses 35mm f ilms color
            & block & white.
Dimensions,  4" 3/8  (w) x  2" 7/B  lhl  x  2" 4/B  td\
              0 . 8 8  l b s . i n w e i g h t .