Skymaster User manual

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The SKYMASTER is outstondingly the smollest, finest, lightest,
ond mosf compoct comero in its field.
                                                   monu{cicturesIt is precision mode by one of the foremosl
of modern comeros. .
The SKYMASTER ofiers you oll thot you desire in o 35mrn
comero.

It is eosy to carryt sinple to operote ond beoutiful to see.
The results you con obtoin with if ore surprising, ond with
proper core, it will bring you hoppiness ond ioy for mony
yeors. All ccntrols ore simple to operote, yet the comero
hos such versotility os will meet the requirements of exocting
photogrophers.

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          THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A EAMERA T5 ITS tFh|s.
             The SKYMASTER lens is tlre cooted 45mm "Luminor" which hos excellent
                                                                                        color             depth of {ocus, unequolled brilliont deflnition, ond is highly
                                                                                                                                    its             corrected. When.using color fllm you will be convinced of
               exceptionol quolity.
             The SKYMASTER is equipped with o coupled combined view ond ronge-
                    fir:Cer, moking it eosy ond speedy lo {ocus crd compcse the sublect.
            With every picture you con be certoin of exoct focusing.

Ingeniously designed with single thumb-stroke  film winding ond shutter
cocking lever which helps in   f ost sequence  shooting ond prevenls
the donger of double exposure,
The exposure counter with on eosily reodoble  ,.otu under o built-in
mognifier outomoticolly records every exposure, ond reverts to its zero
position when the bock of comero is opened  for film relooding.

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Your SKYMASTER is provided with built- in fiosh
synchronizotion for use with both floshbulb ond
electronic flosh.
The high quolity of the SKYMASTER is guoronte-
ed ogoinst defects in moteriol or workmonship
for one yeor from dote of purchose.
Before looding the comero with film, reod th:
following instructions corefully.

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    Slide the bock of comero into
    its former ploce with o slight
   downword presssure of the right
   thumb. The comero bock is now
    securely in ploce. The outomotic
    exposure counter sets itsel{ to
   S (stort).
    Next, turn the lock on the bottom
    from "O" to" L".

Turn the winding lever until  ir
    stops. Releose the shutter. Repeot
   these operotions twice more.
  Now, the exposure counter
    indicotes the figure "1", ond you
   ore reody to snop your first
    picture.


7 As o film reminder, set the film
   rype indicoting diol (9) with red
  dot occording to the type of
   film you ore using. lf you ore
   using o film ot other thon its
   roted speed (soy Tri-x, ot 400
   insteod of 200 ASAI, set the
   diol os o reminder.

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:lfi:i: SPEED AND IENS OPENING
 'iiiiii.i::titia4.ial ,Correct shutter speed ond lens open

!i:iii:'i:iit:  i:ng ore criticol foctors. Compute them
                                       theliiiir:  correctly. Af ter determining
ii:ti:i foctors, move the shutter speed diol

 ':itiii                                            lensitiil: t12) to proper setting ond set

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  SKYMASTER permits'"nt,,,,,..,,,,opening.these opeiotions
                                         either  to be possible ot oll times,
  before or ofter cocking the slrutter
  The red dot indicotes when the shutt
    is cocked.
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Ploce your right eye',;,':!ot lhel.rr:u     ond
ronge-finder eyepiece (.|4), ond oim ot
the subiect. In the center of the field
of the finder, you will see o rectong'rlor,
oreo in which there is o double imoge
of the subieci. By moving the focusing
lever with index finger of the left hond,
the two imoges con be into merged
one. The lens is now in perfeci focus.

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                                                                   shutterol The SKYMASTER              bl push the
                                                                   usingshould be held firmly,               releose button
but not rigidly in both              steody even pressure
honds. Core should be                    wi'th your index finger,
token to prevent move-             when you copture de-
                                                           ondment of the comero                 sired composition
                                                                   subiect.while pressing the rele-                 figure of the
ose button. Press elbow
to body for odded
support.

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                                                                        I lever store comero for ony lengthI          o      of time with the shutter cocked.
                         Be sure to toke off the lens cop
          o       before toking your picture.
                    When toking o  picture, be sure
          o      comero cose or flosh cord does not
                             cover the lens.
                                          In corrying the comero with everreody          o
                                cose, be sure to fosten the cose to
                           comero with the scvew nut          o     the
                                   ottoched.

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       scenes ond scenes of the seo shore. Green fllters lighten red color ond
       will bring out green in londscopes. They ore olso recommended for
       out-door poriroits.
      The lens hood is o voluoble lens occessory, ond it prevents stroy light
      from entering the lens ond helps to give pictures, thot crisp look. The
      SKYMASTER is designed to use o self-timer on the top of shutter releose
       button ond the self-timer ottochment should be used whenever possible.
      The shutter releose coble is olso screwed into the some port.

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FLASH SYNCHRO WITH FIASH BULB CATCUTATING
EXPOSURE FOR FTASH
Determining correct exposure for flosh is very simple. With c given flcrsh
bulb ond o given film speed, the distonce in feet {from suhiect to flosh}
multiplied by the stop number equols o constont foctor.
This {cctor system hqs been workeC out by the mcnufoctu?'ers of flosh
                                                                             (usuo!lybulbs, who in their exposure guides provide c ioctor number
referred lo os Guide Number).
As on exomple of how it works, let us ossume thot you hove decided
                                                                            reet.to use o flosh-bulb with o Guide Number ol 80, ot 10
Divide l0 (the distonce in feet) into 80 tthe Guide Number! ond you
get 8 {or I/8l', the correct lens openinc! to use.

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SEIECTING FLASH.BUTBS FOR YOUR SKYMASTER
There ore three generol closses of floshbulbs, F (Fost) M (Mediuml ond
F. P. (Focol Plone).
The SKYMASTER  { ,2.8 comero hos been designed to use F closs bulbs.
With these bulbs it is possible to toke flosh picture ot oll shutter
speeds. Ute of M closs bulbs with the SKYMASTER is olso possible.
The shutter synchronizes ot oll speeds with the electronic flosh units,
ond olso ot    | /25 seconds or slower with the closs M bulbs
{such os Press No. 5 or Press No. 25l'. F. P. bulbs (such os No. 6 or
No. 22l' ore designed for use with Focol Plone Shutter Comeros, ond
ore not recommended for use with the SKYMASTER.

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR FLA5H PICTURE WITT{
FLASH BUIB
O Set P,- t              synchro selector lever l17l ot @ setting. (Note: The t
   terminol is to be used with electronic flosh units or closs M flosh
                                                      mork.l   bulbs. For this purpose, set the lever ot t
O Focus SKYMASTER on subiect with ronge finder.
O Reod off the distonce to the subiect.
O Set shutter speed.
O Colculote the lens stop using the floshbulb Guide Number.
O Set the lens stop.
o Insert flosh bulb ond toke the picture.         .J .r/5                                            fuffTO AVOID MISFIRE
(1) Botteries should olwoys be fresh, ond when not in use, remove
   {rom flosh gun.
l2l The socket of floshgun ond floshbulb boses must be free from
    oxidizotion. Scrope contoct surfoces with o knife or file, if necessory.

N.lote: Film exposure counter  will outomoticolly
return to Zero when you open bock of comero.l

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                                                         t When the ronge-finder needs odiusiment,
 set the inf inity mork (oo) on the distonce
 scole (.|0) to the triongle mork on the
 depth of fleld scole l7l. Toke out the
 front screw of the occessory shoe.
 Through this screw hole you con see
 onother smoll screw inside. Turn this
 screw clockwise or onti-clockwise to
 olign the rongefinder

rrcrge verticolly. For horizontol olignment
                      . diust the screw which is occessible
          hrougn lhe smoll hole found in the
                                               locoted           'nside, bock, in the frome
         between the lens ond film plone. A
            distont clrimney or o telephone pole is
           ideol for viewing during correction.t            #                                                         {t#