SUPER DOLLINA CAMERA User manual

FILM LOADING
Open camera back by sliding the catch in the
diiection ol the engraved arrow. Pull out knob A
of illustration. Put the spool in the empty conrpart-
ment. Insert the tapered end of the film in the slot
ol the empty spool and thread evenly with a few
turns of the- knob B. Close the back of the camera
with the catch.
The left side ol the perforated film then engages
in the teeth of the couhting device and the thread-
ing     is locked automatically,  - when the knob B  --woundis      a little further. This automatic locking
ol the lilm occurs after every exposure and in order
to wind the lilm for the lollowing exposure it is
only necessary to press the release knob C (illu-
stration page 4).
When loading the lilm, it is adviseable to set the
counting device on nought by the knob G, so that
the counting starts trom one up to 36 expqsures.
This settingto nought occurs by lreeing the knob G
from its locking device and moving to and fro.
until number nought appears in the counting window.
The locking device is then switched back to its
locking position.
The film is then wound until it is locked automati-
cally, when the first exposure can then be made'

                       www.butkus.us

D_
    .E-    F-




  MAKING THE EXPOSURE
The focussing at a given distance can be carried
out while the camera is either closed or open by
rotating the focussing dial to the required distance,

The carnera is opened by
                       pressing button E (illu-
                          stration page 4). The set-
                        ting of Compur Shutter,
              --B  aperture of lens, etc. is                        carried out in the usual
                   way. The limits of the
                        picture are given by the
                           optical tubular view linder
                                        The             _-G   ( built - in  type ).                      camera is closed by pres-
                     sing with both thumbs
                     on both sides oI the black
                       enamelled front plate and
                    by lifting the base board.
            -D              UNLOADING
                    The film must be wound
                      back to the original cas-
                              sette (spool) bV pulling out
                                            and                     the winding                               key B                   --  'A-                                                  the                                  slightly                     turning                                     in
                       opposite direction of the
                           arrow. This disengages the
                         spool for rewinding.
       REWINDING
Turn knob A in the direction of the arrow until the resi-
stance slackens off suddenly. This means that the filrn
has been rewound until the enO has pulled otf the spool.
The camera can now be opened and the Iilm taken out.

                          www.butkus.us

ADDITIONAT INSTRUCTIONS FOR
    DOLLINA II
         (Coupled Range Finder Model)
The Dollina II is operated in the same way as the
Dollina I. However,-as far as focussing is concerned
with the Dollina I[, the coupled range finder oper-
ates automatically as follows:
The camera is held in the left hand. By looking
through the window H of the range liirder, the
operator will, as long as the distance is not cor-
rectly set, see the picture separated in two halves.
                                          two    turning thg focus.ing.                          .knob I until the.gyi mages are made to coincide, the correct setting
           HI
                                            tltl





             FI
of the distance is obtained  automatically. Wheo,
for instance, the subject is a tree trutrk, the image
consists of a top half and a lower half which are
made to move sideways by turning the focussing

(b). the small knob S near this plunger has been
     pushed towards the back of the camera, when
      the plunger must be pressed twice for time
      exposures.





FILM COUNTER is set to 0 by turning  alna
olockwise direction when loading the film.

                             7

FOCUSSING as Dollina I[.
FILM RE-WIND as Dollina II.
IMPORTANT I  It is strongly advised not to
operate the release R without film in the camera,
since the mechanism is designed for perfect oper-
ation only when Ioaded.
 ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
  SUPER DOLLINA
The handling of the camera particularly the opening;
film winding; taking out the exposed  f ilrn,- etc. is
the same as already explained for the other Dollina
rnodels. The only departures from the general
Dollina instructions are as follows: The focusslng
can only be carried oul when lhe camera ls open.
    FILM LOCKINC DEVICE
The locking device is put out of action by pressure
on the round knob M situatecl at the back. Before
winding the lilm the counting dial should be set
a! nought, this being eflected by rotating the milled
disc N in a clok-wise direction,
The focumtng is then carried out by gripping the
camera in both hands and rotating with thb thurnb

                        www.butkus.us

and  f ore   f inger of the right hand the   f ocussing
knob I. The front of the camera must first be ope-
ned. The focussing knob should be rotated until
the two halves oI the picture are made to coincide
when looking through-  the focussing eyepiece H.The camera is then  set for the correct ilistance,
and you can ascertain by a glance at the scale [i,
at what distance the subject is situated. This deter-
mination of the distance is necessary before the
4ept-h of focus can be ascertained by *eans of thedepth of focus table printed on the back of the
camera
  DEPTH OF FOCUS TABLE
To find out the depth in questiotr, it is necessary                         'bothto take into consideration       of'the columns ot
distances starting at the table and the row of dia-
phragm figures topping the column. At the cros-
sing of ttte line corresponding to the distance of
ygur subject and the line which corresponds to the
diaphragm selected, will be found the figures which
correspond to the depth of focus. For instance when
il focussing you reail opposite the indicator ol the
focussing dial the figur_e                                              *-ill see that the                                  lo, JoLlcamera is focussed at l0-ft. By looking on the line
which starts with 10, you will-see thal where that
line crosses the column headed I I (f/11) the depth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                .of focus is from 6 to 29.7-lt
By   lgoking through the finder F you will ascertainthe limits of the required picture. This occurs im-

mediately after havingrg focussed with the range-finder,
and it is only a manatter of an instant. However,
should it happen thrthat you do not wish to take
your eye from the raranger-finder eyepiece, you can
make use of this
as a view-finder I-     ffisince the actual
picture which
will         ulli-    ?ppear    D-mately on the                           r        M_'film is in any
case substanti-   .,                   Dally larger than                   -thdt inciuded in N-
the range-finder
The vib'w-finder E -of the Super Dol-
lina is comDen- r,
sated Iorparillax
since the axis of
vision swivels F                   -automatically to A-agree with the lo-
cussing,flnd thus
there is no risk
of getting pic-
tures with cut
legs or cut heads
when taking
closg-ups.


                      www.butkus.us10

THE PLUNGER RELEASE
This release is operated as Iollows: After having
opened the lront of the cam era by pressure on the
                         catch E you set the
                        -I    Compur shutter by pus-                         hing the setting lever
                       _-'D  upwards (see the en-
                          closed instructions for
                           use of the Compur) and
              M  you can then release
                             the shutter by pressure
                        on the plunger $ situa-
               -T    ted on top of the body.
                        r-  The shutter cannot be           N  operated a second time                      -                      as the shutter setting
                     and the film winding
                          device are linked and
                              this excludes any pos-
                               sibility of double ex-
                                             by           D  posure. It is only                          winding the film, how-
             F  ever, by means of the                     -     Iilm winding knob B
                                      locks, that the                        -   until it            A  plunger.relea6e  is freed                     -                     rn readiness for the                          'second                                    exposure.

                                    ll

TIME EXPOSURES AND DOUBLE
        EXPOSURES
Time exposures require one movement of the release
to open-the shutter and another tho close it.
Two such operations are no_t posqlble with the
interblocked mechanism of the Super-Dollina, where
the possibility ol double exposures is eliminated-
unlebs the iriterlock releas6 T is operated. This
permits closing the shutter for time exposures, and
also intentional double exposures
   REWINDING THF FILM
The following points should be borne in mind for
                                                                                                     .this operation:' Pull out the lilm wind knob B and
lock if in that disengaged position by a short ro-
tation contrary to ths direction ol the engraved
lilI   having rewound the whole lilm by t-ulning
the reverse spooling knob A (of coulse with the
camera closed) allo# the winding knob B to snap
back in its oiiginal position. To elfect that the
small round locking ciisc M which usually has the
                                                                            f ilm after its exposu,re,f unction of locking the
must be depressed.- Only then would it be.possible
to allow th-e winding knob to retttrn withotrt da-
maging the ntechanism.
Certo-Camcro-W'erk Dresden A 46
Printed in Germany
                         www.butkus.ust2