Spartus 35 F User manual

cAunoN                    TO LOAD CAMERA-ConI.
   This cCImer'r is cx fine instrument, buiit with     knob one-quorter turn. Releose the   f ilm re-
 precision to insure consistent photogrophic      leosing button ond continue to turn  the
 excellence. It should olwoys be hondled     winding knob until fiim stops. Repeot this
 corefully, in occordonce with the simple in-      operotion ogoin, to be sure thot the film ex-
 structions given herein You will be reworded     posed while looding comero hos possed the
 for your core witir  unifol mly  sotisfoctory      operture. (Do  this  only when  looding piciures.                                                      comero.)
   Before storting to toke pictures, fqmiliorize        Turn exposure counter to left until (0) Zero
 yourseif thoroughiy with the mCIny feotures       iines up with white index line in front of diol. of the ccmerCI.
                                         TO UNTOAD CAMERA         TO IOAD CAMERA                                                                Af ter oll    f ilm hos been exposed, depress
  Remove the bock cover by pushing the pro-       film releose button ond turn film re-winding
 jecting spring gently bockword with thumb.     knob until winding knob stops turning. Re-
   Pull out the film rewinding knob, which is     move bock from comeio, crnd pull out re-
 locoted on the bottom of the comero. Remove      winding knob. Remove film mogozine ond
 film mogozine from contoiner, ond insert in      ploce in originol contoiner to prevent ex-
 right-hond    f ilm receptocie so thot the stud      posure to liqht.on the mcgozine engoges the slotted end
 of the filrn rewinding knob. Push rewinding           TO TAKE PICTURES
knob bock into position to iock the moqozine        There ore three od justments necessCIry on
into the comerCI.  11                               the lens mount before toking pictures. 1. Set
   Puii the free end of the film out, ond slip       the "Time ond Inst." lever to "]nst." position.
into the slot of the winding spool, engoging      (See odditicnol porogroph for "Time" expo-
 sprocket hoies in the film with the sprocket.      sures). 2. At the bottom cf the iens mount
Then turn knob one complete turn in direction        is on indicotor which is movobie to indicote
                                                                                                                             7 .7 , -F.  I 1,of orrow. Be sure film is in position between     ony of the following mcrrkings, F.
film guides. Reploce bock on cCImero.            F. 16 ond K-2. (For use of K-2 morking see                                             seporote porogroph.) This indicotor when  CAUTION: When replccing the bqck, mcke                                                ploced of the three first rorrluod morkings in-certqin thct the lilm releqse button on theback is towqrd the upper left hcnd corner oI       dicote vorious operture openings. Their use                                                             is to oliow the proper omount of liqht to possthe cqmercr. This will cssure that the bcck                                                   thru the                                                            lens                                                                                                            de-                                                          opening controlling                                                                                    vorious   notis            replcced      being                    up-side-down                            qnd will                                         grees                                                        of                                                        brightness.                                                             For generol                                                                                                                     in                                                                   use                  possibilitythus     cvoid           the                                            the                           of brecking                                                     briqht sunlight the indicotor should be turnedbqck.                                                  to F. 16. For medium brightness use F.  I I  Depress the film releosing button, which is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     .                                                                                                                                       7 .7                                     ond                                                          for                                                              dull                                                                             inc.zy conditions                                                           or                                                                    use F.locoted          the        in            upper lef                              corner                                   t hond                                      of the                                         Be sure                                                                 thot                                                               the                                                             opening                                                                                    in the operture                                                                                                                     in                                                                                                             is                qndbock            comerCI      of        the                         turn                            the windino                                               the exoct center of lens of ter odjusting the

www.butkus.us                                  TO TAKE PICTURES-cont.      TO TAKE PICTURES-ConI.                                               blue liqht is held bock ond the blue now
   indicotor. 3. Af ter selecting ond settinq the         will be dorker giving o greoter contrqst. This
   indicotor to the correct position, estimote the       then enobles you to see the white clcuds.
   distonce in feet your subject is from the com-      Mony other interesting uses of the filter CIre
  ero ond then turn the lens mount so thot        possible ond CIre completely exploined in
   the corresponding  distcrnce engroved qround       rnony monuols on picture toking. Do not
  the lens borrel is underneoth the indicotor       use the filter when tclking color pictures.   pin. Distonces not indicoted on the mount
                                                                                                                                     f igures                 FIIM AVAIIABIE  con be opproximoted between the
  shown. The comercr is now reody for picture          This comero r.lses ony stondord 35 mm.
   toking.                                             biock onC white or coior film either in spools
    Hold cCIInero firm ond center subject to be        or in bulk.   If buik fiim is used, be sure
   nhniocrrcrnhecl.F/rrvlvYr            vlJrrvv     in viewf inder. Press shutter        thot it hos not been exposed while looded
   trigger down   f irmly ond exposure is com-        in  cortridge. When toking flosh pictures,
   pleted.                                                for besi results, \Me recommend the use of
    To prepore for next exposure, depress film       Eostmon Super XX, Ansco Super Pon Press
  releose button CIs  f clr CIs it  will go.  Turn        or ony relioble film with cr film speed roting
  winding knob qucrrter of o turn, then relecrse        of 100.
  the releose button ond continue to turn the                                     TO TAKE FTASH TIGHT PICTURES   film winding knob until film stops. Alwoys
  do this ofter ectch exposure to ovoid possi-        The Flosh-Gun supplied with your comercl
   bility of double exposure. In o11, 36 pictures        requiies very little qttention, crnd only the  moy be token on o roil of film.                    following steps qre necessory to put  it  in
    Time exposures of  still  ob jects moy be       operoting condition:
  token with this cCImerCI. To toke such pic-         1. Remove protective pCIper covering frcrn
   tures, set time lever of "Time" position. The              refiector. This will peel off very reodily.
   shutter. then remoins open os long os trigger               Af ter pCIper is removed, the  ref lector
   is held down. Comero must olwcrys be held            shouid be polished with o soft cioth or
   <rbsolutely still when toking time exposures.             tissue. This should be repeoted qt inter-
  The use of o tripod is recommended.                  vols to keep reflector cleon ond hiqhly
   A very novei   f eoture hos been incorpor-                refiective.
  oted into your cCImero by the instollotion of         2. Twc "Pen-Lite-Type" dry cell botteries
  q K-2 yellow filier in the operture. When           must be instqlled in the bcrttery tube. To
  the indicotor is turneC to the K-2 locotion the         do this, remove the oluminum cop on
    filter is in position. This is used under hriqht            the top of the tube by turning it to the
  conditions when toking pictures of the sky                    Ief t ond then pulling  it  off .  Insert the
                                                                                                                                                                                                 f irst bottery with the positive end (the  ond of woter of bluish cost. Since   f ilrn is
  very sensitive to blue it photogrophs qs o          end with the smoll round nib) downword
  very pole groy but with the filter in use the             into the tube ond then ploce the second

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To Take Flash Ligtrt Pictures--cont'                  'fo Take Flaslr Light Pictures-cont.
    bottery (some end down) on top of the           it clicks trnd then releose. This will ossure
               f irst bottery. Now the cop should be     good synchrcnizotion ond even expcsure.
     renlor-adI(t}Jt\l\-cu          l-..'v1    ,rl^ninr.ryrvvrrrY                       Iit On the tUbe tUIn-       M/hen the flosh-gun is removed from com-
    ing it untii the pin in the cop ond the      ero ond contoins botteries, do not ploce  ft
     slot in the tube line up then it will  foll     on ony metoilic ob ject.  This moy cCIuse  cI
     into position.  It should then be turned      short circuit ocross the connector prongs
     to the right in its locked posiiion. It is     which will ruin the bcrtteries. If the gun is
   now recrdy for instollinq on the comero.       to be stored owoy for cr consideroble length
  Your comero is equipped with o synchrcn-       of time, it  is odviscrble to remove the bot-
ized shutter ond no odjustments on the com-       teries   f rom the tube. Your   f losh-gun willero ore necessory, other thcrn to ploce the   l  Gccomrnodote   f ive of the most populor size
flcsh-gun in its position. This is cicne by in-       i:ulbs obtcrinoble, nornely:
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the threoded stud on the comero. Now en-               Wobosh # 40         ,'/
gCIge the thumb screw on the stud ond turn                 Gen. Elec. #  5
to the right os tiqht os possible to lock the                 Gen. Elec. #11A
gun in position.                             To use the Wobosh #25 or the G.E. frs,  The lost importont step essentiol to toking     on odopter is necessCIry. These con be pro-
f losh pictures is the insiolling of the flosh-      cured of your locol photo supply store for
iiqhi br-rlb. This is done by merely screwing     q nominoi fee.some into the socket, the some os you would                                                                             It is not recommended thot flosh shots bescrew in on ordinory liqht bulb. Now odjust
the reflector in ]ine with the cCImero lens by      rnode of o distonce greoter thon twelve feet.
revolving  it on the bottery tube. Also odjust       The bctteries for the flosh-gun ore obtoin-
it up cnd down to CIccommodote the portic-      oble from your photo supply deoler, hord-
ulor type of flosh bulb you ore using. With      \More, or deportment store. They hcrve o
your unexposed film indexed to the next       shelf life of six months ond since the current
number ond your subjects in position, you     consumed by the flosh bulb is very smoIl,
ore now recrdy for CI flosh shot.  Af ter the      they should lost you for this period with
shot is completed the film should be turned      normol use.  If ever in doubt os to the con-
to next number, the burned out bulb removed       dition of the botteries, it is odviscble to ob-
ond o new one inserted, to be reody for the        toin new ones. Their cost is very recrsonoble.
next shot.                                    With o minimum omount of cCIre ond cqu-
  IMPORTANT: When operoting the shutter        tion, you should get very fine results ond
press it firmiy ond gently downword (do not      derive cr good omount of pleosure with this
hesitote or stop during the down stroke) until      equipment

www.butkus.us       TAKING COTOR PICTURES                 Things To Remernber-cont.
   I'o tcke color pictures outdoors, use ony        6.  Locote your subjects in the position de-
stonCarri 35 Inrn. outdoor colorfilm. The sub-                                                        sired in the viewfinder. The comero tcrkesject nrust be in briqht sunlight tc toke snop-
shois. The best time cf the doy to tcke color         sliqhtly more thon you  octuolly  see
pictures is iote morning or eorly  of ternoon.        ihrouqh the viewfinder.
At nocn the li-qirt is too hiqh ond tends to
r.rirrc,9IVC-      r'y11l-ltl        rLlIll'tL{tulvrr nnrrtr   r rol   .rnnodrc[nce.vlJlJvvr          DO  nOt  Ot-     7. Be sure to hold comerCI stili when toking
ternpt to toke snopshots when the subject is         pictures qt oll times. When toking time
in shcrdow, or the iiqht ls toc duil.  Foiiow        exposures, the use of the tripod is stronglyinsiruclions thot occompony your  f iim.
  To toke color pictures indoors, toke ony        recommended.
stcrndord 35 Inm. indoor color film. For light-
ing use photo flood lomps in refiectors. Dc     B. Ploce time lever to "INST" when toking
not mix dcryhqht with photo flcods.  If pos-       snqp shots qnd to "TIME" position when
sible, use o qood exposure meter io give the        tcking time pictures. Reset time lever
correct exposllre time.                              to "TiME" pcsition of ter eoch time shot.
      VIEWING COTOR PICTUNES
  Tire cclor pictures cCIn best be viewed by
mourrting tirem in  stondclrd 2" x 2"  glqss               SPECIAT FEATUNES
slides ond projecting on CIny stondord pro-
Jectori^,-l^r     or^-        -ri^.^vrewer.                                 1. Focusing Lens Mount.
       THINGS TO NEMEMBER               2. Built-in K-2 Yellow F-i1ter.
1. Be sure diophrogm is properly set oc-     3. Tokes regulor biock ond white photos qs   cording to liqht condition.
2.  Set focusing mouni to proper distonce.          well os color pictures indoors crnd out.
a  Advonce film ofter eoch exposure to ovoid
   spoiling your  pictures by  doubie ex-     4. Built-in synchronous shutter ond detoch-
    posure.                                     oble flosh gun.
4. Befcre ond ofter using, olwoys clesn      5. Tokes snop shcts cnd time exposures.    ]erises with o sofi, dty cloth to remove
   dust, fingerprints,  etc.                         6. Hcrs eye-level centering viewfinder.
5. Do nct toke pictures focing the sun. The        7 . Fully guoronteed.  sun shouid be behind your bock when
   toking pictures.                           B. Simple to lood. Ecsy to oPerote.

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