Certo Super Dollina User manual

Dear CERTO-friend

Hearty welcome to the occasion of choosing the Super Dollina II, after
thorough consideration, therefore becoming a part of the large group
of photographers who like the Certo cameras for half a century – and
have always been satisfied with them. We would like you to enjoy your
new camera so we kindly ask your attention for a few minutes before
you go and take photographs with your Super Dollina II.

This few minutes will contribute to the formulation of a long lasting
friendship between you and your camera.

With right handling, the Super Dollina II will always be your faithful
friend.





Handling a Super Dollina II is as easy as handling a watch.  After one
or two roll of films you will be able to make the necessary movements
almost automatically without any difficulties. The Super Dollina II
was designed not to distract your attention from taking pictures with
difficult handling. It is ready to shoot in a moment and nothing
obstructs you in the right timing of the exposure.

Now, we are going through the operations you will do with the film
rolls.

1. We open the camera this way:

We press the open button (7) down. The front cover pops down and the
front of the camera gets ready to take photographs.  See chart 2.

2. We close the camera this way:

We press the metal part above the lens with both of our thumbs. The
front of the camera slides back into the frame. The front cover comes
up automatically. Pushing it from the outside, an audible click will
indicate the closure of the camera.  See chart 3.

3. The Super Dollina was made with a dual blocking system.

(a) The shutter block prevents the exposure of different images into
the same film frame.

(b) The film block automatically stops the film winding knob if the
film was forwarded with one frame. The counter disc automatically
turns forward with one mark.

Attention!

The new Super Dollina II makes it possible to expose a film frame
twice for scientific purposes. This can be achieved with pressing the
button marked with red left. It opens the frame shutter blocking
mechanism and we can expose one more time.

If, sometimes, we forget to cock the shutter before the exposure, we
can use the same button to open the frame shutter blocking mechanism.

This blocking mechanism works only when there is a film in the camera.
We recommend you practicing all the operations with a test film before
using unexposed film roll.

Never use force!

All mechanical operations have to run smoothly.

4. Loading the film:

Push the close bolt (1) to the direction marked with the arrow to open
the back of the camera. Pull the rewind knob (9) out, lift the narrow
fixing plate (held by a spring) and insert the film cartridge into the
empty part of the frame. (16) Push the rewind knob to lock the
cartridge.

Fold one centimeter of the end of the film back and put it into the
slit on the film spool. (14) During the first turn, push the film onto
the spool with your thumb to assure that it takes the film. Now turn
the film winding knob (5) to the direction of the arrow until the
perforated left edge of the film reaches the small film lead plate.
(13)

Please be aware of the right edge of the film to lay correctly on the
spool and the left edge of the film to lay behind the film lead plate.
If the film winding knob cannot be turned, it means that the blocker
was activated. You cannot turn it further until you cock the shutter
and expose. (6) This procedure will be explained in section 5.

Close the back of the camera and pull the close bolt in the opposite
direction of the arrow.  If you put an unexposed cartridge into the
camera, expose two blank frames .  After doing it, use the jagged
screw head (12) to set the counter to 1. The number of the subsequent
frames will be automatically shown by the counter.



5. We take photographs this way:

a. Open the camera.  See section 1.

b. Set the aperture and shutter speed.  See the exposure table.

c. Cock the shutter. Be aware of cocking the shutter over the first
stop.  1/500 second shutter speed available only with Compur-Rapid and
Synchro-Compur.

d. Set the distance. Turn the micro-meter screw (4) until the two
images in the rangefinder window (11) are aligned to each-other.  The
lens is correctly focused when the vertical lines of the two images
are correctly aligned.

e. Determine the correct framing in the viewfinder window and press
the shutter release button slow until flat.

The correct setting of the distance and the shaking-free exposure are
the preconditions of taking a sharp picture.  Do not take exposures
below 1/60 without the use of a tripod.

f.   After the exposure ( as written in section 3. ) turn the film
winder knob to the direction of the arrow until stop.  The lock
mechanism activates automatically and the number of the exposed film
frames will be shown by the counter.

g.  Close the camera. (See section 2.)

After taking 20, 24 or 36 photographs, the film has to be rolled back
to the cartridge. The back of the camera remains close during this
operation. Pull the film winder knob out of approximately 1»2 cm and
lock it with turning it to the opposite direction of the arrow. Now
rotate the film rewind knob in the direction of the arrow until the
counter disc stops.

Open the back of the camera (see section 3.), pull the rewind knob out
and take the film cartridge out. Push the rewind knob back if you
don’t want to put a new film into the camera. Turn the film winding
knob a little in the direction of the arrow to let it jump back into
its original position. After this, close the camera (see section 2.)

You can connect a metal trigger to the screw mount of the shutter. (6)

You can check the distance set in the scale window. (8)

A flashbulb or and electronic flash device connector can be found on
the metal front plate. (2)

In case of any other question please contact your photo shop for
further information. Besides, our customer service is always happy to
be at your service.

If, for some reason, you have to send your Super Dollina II camera
back to us, please don’t forget to include the following warranty
letter.

Finally, we would like to wish you lots of success with your Super
Dollina II camera.