Taron VR II User manual

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   INTRODUCTION TO TARON VR_II CAMERA

Your Toron VR is precision engineered ond embodies rhe lotest technicol
developments in comero design. The Toron VR is typicolof modern ingenuity,
originolity ond superb croftsmonship. Your Toron VR will give you excellent
pictures in technicolor or block-ond-white. Compoct, lightweight ond smortly
styled, the Toron VR will give you o lifetime of photogrophic enioyment.
Pleose reod rhe instructions well before hondling your comero. By doing so,
you will become ocquoinbd wirh thc feotures of this comero.

                   TARON COMPANY LTD.
                                            Tokyo Jopon

L Neck Strop Ring
   2. ASA Indicotor
   3.  Film Winding lever
   4.  Shutter Releose Button
   5. Cqble Releose Mount
  6.  Film Counter
   7.  Ronge Window
   8.  Accessory Shoe
   9.  Finder Window
 10.  Film Rewinding Cronk
 ll.  Reor Cover Lock
 12. Ditonce Scole
' 13.  Focusing Lever
 14.  lris Diophrogm Adiuqting Ring
 15.  lris Diophrogm Scole
  16.  Shutter Speed Adiusting Ring
  17.  Lens
  18.  Self-Timer Lever

HOW TO LOAD FILM                                                                                             up                     O Open the reor cover of the comero by pulling
                                              the lock.
 It is odvisoble for you to
 lood  f ilm in the dork ovoid-       @ Ploce the film cortridge in the film chomber.
ing the direct sun light.        @ Dro,n oul lhe  f ilm leoder from the cortridge ond
Pleose beor in mind thot                                                    insert it deeply into lhe slot of $e |oke up spool.
lhe comero should be core-
                                                                                                                        thefully hondled without opply-       @ Moue the film winding lever slowly so thol
ing ony fqrce to the me -                   sprocket teeth cotch the  f ilm perf orotions ond
chonism, or you moy couse
                                                  stretch the slockeneti film.domoge.

RANGE-FINDER
                                                                                   luminous bright                                  The TA,RON VR -   II is equipped with o
                                                                                             f rome ronge-viewf inder which sefs the precise disbhce,
                                 ond olso gives you o cleor, bright  f rome through which
                                         to view your obiecls. Every picture, especiolly close-up,
                                             will be perfectly fromed.
                                                           lf you simply cenler the obiect within the frome of the
                                      viewfinder, your picture will be perfectly composed.
                                          Technicolly, the viewfinder, hoving o mognificotion  rolio                                                          II
                                   of 0.7x, shows o mosked oreo of opproximotely 85o/o
                                   of the oreo octuolly covered by the lens.
                                The entire viewfinder field omounls to obout 110o/o of
                                         octuol picture size.
                                          ln oddition there ore porollox correction morkings to help
                                  you compose your picture. The oreo within these mork-
                                        ings is whot will be exposed on the film.

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out of focus.                Turn the focussing lever, locoted
                          before lhe comero, lo the left or
                            the right. The lens borrel extends
                        or  conlrocls. The rongefinder
                         window  is coupled with the move-
                         ment of the lens. In the cenler
                         of the rongefinder window is o
                          smoll reclonguloi box in which
                        hro imoges will oppeor when the
                       comero is oul of focus. As you
                       $e   f ocussing lever one
                                imoge will be super-
                                     imposed upon lhe other
                         when you bring the
                                 comero inlo the correcl
                                             focus.
                                     The picture is shown
                                                   iust in correct focus.
                     HOW TO SECURE CORRECT FOCUS

FLASH PHOTOQRAPHY


     The X terminol is to be used with elec-
        tric fbsh units or closs F flosh bulbs.
      For this purpose, set the MX lever ot X
     mork. The shutter synchronizes ol  oll
      $peeds vp to Xrxt sec" with electric  f losh
        units ond olso ol )A sec. or slower with
       closs F bulbs.
      Set fie MX lever ot M mork ond the
       shutter sync'hronizes ot oll spe3rds up to
       %,to sec. wifh closs M flosh bulbs. The
       shutter set to TARON VR enobles olso
      use of flosh setting "M" by m'eons of
       self-timer so thot the extent of use wos
        en lo rged.

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SYNCHRONIZATION PHOTO TAKING

In cose you wont to use flosh pho-
togrophy, you con ottoch o pocket type
flosh-gun to $e occessory shoe on
top of the comero. A lorge-sized  f losh
unil con be  f ixed onto the tripod mounl
by meons of o brocket.
Pleose beor in mind thot the M ond X
terminol requires rhot you select o
porticulor type of flosh bulb os men-
tioned before.

Posifion of synchronizing lever with  f losh bulds
           Position     M          X C loss
   M        I ro 'rl5oo  tt/so


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The self-timer peFmils yoU, o photogropher,
fo step into the obiect ond toke photogrophs
of yourself. Right under the lens is o lever
with o red dot. By moving this lever to the
left, you will hove g seconds during which you
should step inlo the obiect. To stort the self-
limer, press the sliutter releose os you normolly
would when you toke o picture.

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           SHUTTER RELEASE

The shufier releose is locoted ot the top
of the comero. This releose is threoded
so os to occept o coble releose in the
event you wonl lo use it. Your comero
is oble to be hond-held for the shutter
speed ronging  f rom  t /2s to  t /goo se-
conds. For slow speeds, e.g. 1/10 seconds,
the comero should be ploced on o firm
rest such os o tripod to ovoid the trembl-
 ing.A  coble releose should be used'
The coble releose  f its direct into the
shutfer releose ot the top of lhe comero'
The tr ipod is ioined to the comero ot the
tripod socket locoted ot the bottom of
the comero.

The film exposed to lhe lost must be rewound into the originol coriridge from
the toke-up spool. The Toron VR is equipped with on originolly designed winder
which enobles you to rewind the film ropidly ond surely.
Roise up the cronk hondle ond wind bock film to the cortridge pressing film
rewinding bufion ot lhe bottom of comero. After toking out the cortridge,
loy down the cronk hondte in its posilion.

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HOW TO SET HOOD AND FILTER

   The size of filter ond hood is following
         Outside type 48mm
          Inside Vpe 46mm
   The Tor:on VR is provided o speciol hood
   ond oll sorts of  filters.

A FEW HELPFUT WORDS

   When the entire roll of lhe  film
   hos been exposed,  it moy hoppen
    thot the winding lever will  not
   odvonce ot  oll. Do not try  lo
    force it   f urlher. Becouse, by so
    doing, lhe  f ilm moy be sheored
    from the cortridge or couse dom-
   oges. When the lever stops holf-
   Woy, rewind the film by pressing
    the film rewinding bufton.

       FILTER ADAPTER. FIITER & SUN.SHADE
       A complete line of filter odopters, filters ond sunshodes ore ovoiloble for your comero,

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@ Avoid wiping the lens with o cloth or o fingertip. Dusl ir off with o lens
   brush or wipe it softly with o silicone cloth.
                                                                                            the@ Oo not leove the shutter cocked for too long o period os this stroins
   mechonism
  When your comero is not being used, sel the dislonce scole ol infinity.
@ When looding or unlooding  f ilm, keep your comero owoy from dust ond moislure.
   Before looding  f ilm, dust the  f ilm pressure plote with o lens brush to prevenl
    film surfoce from iniury.
                                                                             used@ Remember to toke speciol core of your comero immediotely ofter hoving
      il ot the seoshore or on the roiny doy.
@ tf you drop your comere into the woler, wosh it with olcohol or other volotile
    liquid, lubricote it with good mochine oil ond hove il repoired os soon os
    possible.
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                                                Hokkoido.