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Topcon RS User manual
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Gongrctulotlons on your cholce of rhe TOPCON RS whlch we qre sure
will give you mqny yeors of unfoiling service. The TOpCON RS is o
cqmerc whlch you con be proud of qnd whlch wlll iustlfy your
cholce.
Before touchlng your cqmero, moy we suggest thot you reod this
Inslruction monuol corefvlly, in rhe order thot it is wriften in, ond
thql you famillorize yourself wirh its working ports (so thor your
fingers will work rhe comero outomoticolly) before you even lood
your first roll of film, os your pleosure in using rhe TOpCON RS will
be even greorer if you know your cqmerq thoroughty.
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IfrTPORTANT
l. Dontt touch the surfqces of lenses, mlrrors ond focuslng screens,
os well qs finder ond exposure meler windows.
2. Stroke the film wlndlng speed-lever qll the woy untll lt slops. -
3. Don'l siroke lhe speed-lever until shulter ocilon ls compleled.
4. Keep the exposure meier on OFF when not ln use.
5. Gover the lens when not In use.
6. Don't force moyements but re-r€od Inslrucflons once more.
7. lf your TOPCON RS needs repcir, don't do ir yourself buf contoct
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PART I comerocomero highlyfor professionolsuitoble foruse,use osby wellodvoncedos o
THE TOPCON RS CA'UIERA omoteurs ond beginners who intend to use the best there is.
In this port you ore introduced to the comero, The principol virtue of the comero is the
the nomes of its vorious portsr the distinctive system itself-wifh viewing-focusing through-
feotures of the comero ond the TOPCON RS the-comero-lens. There is obsolutely no porol-
sysfem of photogrophy, which is built oround lox-even when the stondord lens is exchong-
the fully integroted single lens reflex system. ed for o telephoto, or extended by bellows, or
obso-lf you ore in o hurry, you moy skip this used for photomicrogrophy-ond, thus,
port, tg come bock to it loter, ond go on to lutely no ouxiliory ftnders ore required or sup- plied. Becouse the reflex mirror interceptsPort ll which will show you how to hondle
the comero for picture-toking. the very imoge thot will be focused on the
film plone, the finol picture is olwoys seen
even before the shutter is releqsed.A FULTY INTEGRATED SINGLE
IENS REFLEX SYSTEM BUT, the true volue of the single lens reflex
The TOPCON RS is noteworthy becouse it is system is found in the precision c,gr{srrng of
one of the very few fully integroted ond the focusing screen to motch the center of
completely outomoted single lens reflex comero, thg_ fi!. jlg.g-showing on olmost life-size
complete in oll detqils ond equipped with oll finder qreq thot covers the exqct film oreo,
the lotest importont feotures which go to moke the stondord focusing screen wirh TRUE (not
it one of the most complete single lens ploin gloss) ground gloss oreo from corner-View original page 5Page 7 · Read text
to-corner plus fresnel plote gloss boosted *in otl populor lenses besides the stondord
brightness over the full finder oreo-ond only lenses-which meons fhot the lens is olwoys
the true ground gloss is copoble of showing wide open for moximum view-focusing eose
the octuol depth of field, ond, lost but not but closes down outomoticolly to the pre-
leost, o @ spot for speed determined operture tor the picture-toking
focusing plus fine focus ring for foster ground moment ond re-opens once more to wide
gloss focusing, combined focusing ot its operturel in qn qction thot is so fost thot it is -best. over quick-os-q-wink ot foster shutter speeds.
Noturolly, o single lens reflex comero should And, for odded convenience, this lens oction
hove ot_!e!!l pleviewing in order to is olwoys coupled with the instont return mir- -deplh
toke full odvontoge of its speciol properties ror oction, which meons thot the reflex .irror,
ond-ond, TOPCON RS hos o press-releose depth in coordinoted oction with the shutter
of field preview lever which shows the qctuol lens diophrogm, iumps out of the woy for
depth of field when the lever is pressed down. picture-toking but snqps bock instontl., to view-
Releose of pressure immediotely returns dio- ing position, completely eliminoting mirror
phrogm to wide operture. No top closs single block-outs ond permitting ropid sequence shoot-
lens comero should be without this importont ing. The oction is fqst but positive with mir-
feoture which wos first introduced by TOPCON- ror vibrotion held to o minimum.
R.
The TOPCON RS system is roised to its highesf .
For full outomolion of the single lens reflex stondqrds with interchongeoble finders--stqnd-
system, the TOPCON RS hos the fully quto- o.d gyg:leygL lgltopllq fi n{91 unexcel led for
motic instont opening lens diophrogm oction, speedy snop-shooting, which moy eosily beView original page 7Page 8 · Read text
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letoched ond exchonged for the woist-level under difficult shooting conditions. The six
showing q reflex view which is ideol most populor focql lengths cre supplied with!n{gt,
REfor coreful composition work ond speciolized the fully outomotic lens diophrogm-ihe
photogrophy. The Pentoprism ftnder hos on Auto-Topcor groupr-while telephoto lenses
over-sized finder eyepiece-useful for viewing ore supplied with preset diophrogm-the R
into oll four corners of the finder qreo ond Topcor groupr greotly increosing the ronge of
ideol for eyegloss weqrers-which moy be shooting thot con be hondled with the TOP-
detqched ond exchonged for eyepiece correc- CON RS. To round out the TOPCON RS
tion odditive lenses-giving diopter correc- system of photogrophy, o full ronge of top
tions suiioble for the user. The mognifier on quolity occessories ore ovoiloble for greotly
the woistlevel finder is the only rnognifi.. increosing versotility in vorious fields of pho-
showing ths co;nplete finder oreo insteod of togrophy-such os, mocrophotogrophy, photo-
the center spot only. microgrophy, reproduction workr color slide
copying, etc.
As on extro bonus, the finder svstem includes Finolly, pleose remember thot the TOPCONiqlglSlg1sugElg_Iggg1rng screens. Simply pull RS system is o growing system ond thot od-up the stondord screen ond snop in ony of ditionol voluoble ond procticql occessories ondthe focusing screens supplied for speciolized needshooting with the TOPCON RS. lenses will be mode ovoiloble os the
orises.
The crowning touch to the TOPCON RS is, of
course, the ronge of superior TOPCOR lenses
for fine opticol design, superior lens-notedchorocteristics ond generol top performonceView original page 8Page 9 · Read text
MAIN FEATURES OF THE TOPCON RS
Stondord Lens:
RE Auto-Topcor f/1.4 58 mm 7 element lens, or RE Auto-Topcor f/1.8 58mm 6 element
lens. Exokto type modified boyonet mount. Fully outomotic instqnt opening tens dio-
phrogm oction.
Shutter:
Focol plone shutter, with non-rototing single oxle shutter speed diot, revolvoble in
either direction for setting. Eleven equol distont shutfer speeds l, ll2, l14, llg, 1lls' rl3o, rf6o, rlr2s, rl2so, r/5oo ond r/r000 second pius Burb.
Flnder:
Eye-level Pentoprism flnder, with detqchobte over_sized eyepiece frome, interchonge-
oble with occessory woist-level finder, with full-oreo mognifier. Interchongeoble correc-
fion lenses for Pentoprism finder eyepiece.
Focusing Screen:
True ground gloss over full qreo, with fresnel screen, plus split-imoge rongeffnder spot
surrounded by fine focus ring, interchongeoble with occessory focusing screens, Center
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Deprh of Field Prevlew:
Push-releose lever stops lens diophrogm down for previewing of octuol depth of field
on true ground gloss-with stondord focusing screen.
Miror Acllon 3
Positive stopping instont return mirror oclion, coupled with shutter ond lens diophrogm
octions.
Exposure Meter:
Compoct ond lightweight CdS exposure meter couples directly with shutter speed diol,
covering the ronge I to l/1000 second, tll.4 to t122, ASA speeds 12 to 800 ond DIN
12 to 30, with 40 degrees ongle of occeptonce.
Flcsh Synchronizqtion:
Automotic internol peok compensoting flosh synchronizotion, with single flosh sockef,
for oll flosh bulbs ond electronic flosh. FP bulbs synch ot lll25 second ond foster;
M bulbs ot l/15 ond slower ond speedlight ot l/60 second qnd slower. Built-in occi-
dentol flosh prevention double contoct system.
Direct Flosh Gontcrct:
. Exclusive boyonet mount non-cord flosh unit connecls directly with flosh circuit by
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Speec-lever 3
180 degrees single stroke, or multi-strokes up to 180 degrees, qdvonces films, chorges
shutter ond mirror roising mechonism, os well os odvoncing exposure ccunter.
Exposure Counter:
Additive exposui"e counter qutomoticolly returns to stort-mork upon opening comero bqck.
Film Rewinding:
Fold-down rewind cronk flips open ond floots up for fostest rewinding oction ; turn-
sfop rewind button outomoticolly pops up with speed-lever oction.
Self-Timer:
Adlustoble for 5 to l0 seco;rds deloyed oction; exclusive releose button.
Film lndicator:
sixteen click-stopping film speeds AsA t 2 ro 800 (or DlN 12 ro 30).
Fllm loadlng 3
l-.inged comerq bock, olso detoches quite simply. Turn-lockirrg sofety cotch locoted on
comero bottom.
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Digitally signed by Mike Butkus
DN: cn=Mike Butkus, o, ou=Butkus. Mike Butkus org, email=mike@butkus.org, c=US
Date: 2024.11.04 19:44:40 -05'00'
@ Finder eyepiece @ Film loke-up spool @ film pressure plote
@ Finder eyepiece frome @ Film toke-up spool slit @ Film plone indicotor
@ Film guide roil @ Film toke-up spool screw-heod @ Shurter speed diol (o & b)
@ Focol plone shutler curtoin @ Film toke-up spool serroted @ Shutter rpeed index (o & b|
QD Film lronsporl sockel flonge @ Exposure meter coupling rtud
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@ Finder cotch @ Exposure meter otlochment @ Exposure meler operlure scole
@ film winding speed-lever groove @ Bottery checking index
@ Exporure counler @ Exposure meter film speed ring @ Exposure meter index
@ Exposure counter index @ Exposure meler control wheel @ Distonce focusing ring
scole@ Exporure meter locking pin @ Control wheel index @ Deprh of fleldView original page 14Page 15 · Read text
www.butkus.us @ Dirtoncc/operture index @ Flosh rockel @ Expoture meter bottery com- @ Infrored indcx @ Rewind button porlmcnl coycr @ Aperture ring @ Tripod rocket @ Motor drive coupling mounl @ Florh unit boyonct mount @ Bock covcr lock @ Ropid rcwind crqnk @ film rpccd indicotor t0View original page 15
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PART II wellHowever,os thesincedistonceexposureto theconditionssubiect,chonge,it is olsoos
BASIC PICTURE.IAKING required thot-
3. Exposure be set properly, ond
PROCEDURES 4. Distonce be correctly focused ond subiect
composed.
Only the bosic procedures for toking pictures And, finqlllr since shorply focused pictures con
wiih the TOPCON RS ore given here, with only be ottoined if the comerq does not move
qdditicno! informotions for foking better pic- while shooting, it is olso necessory thol-
tures covered in Pqrt lV, while film looding
5. The comero, with occessories, be heldis dlscussed in Pqrt lll.
properly.
The procedures covered in this port should be
proctised fully, before film is even loqded in
the cqmero, in order thot you qre so fomilior
with the movements thot they ore done ou-
tomoticolly, without thinking. Bosicolly, pic-
fure-toking moy be considered simply os-
l. Advoncing the film one f rome, cocking the
focol plone shutter, chorging the mirror
mechonism, etc., ond
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CORRECT EXPOSUR,E The TOPCON RS is supplied with on exclusive
One of the most importonf foctor governing Codmium Sulphide (CdS) exposure merer, which
comero over the shuiler the toking of superior picture is correct ex- is ottoched to fhe
posur€r which is the correct relotionship be- speed diol ond outomoticolly gives correct
tween- exposures bosed on the omount of light re-
fected from the subiect. l. Shutter speed, ond
2. Aperture (lens opening), TOPCON Exposure Meter:
os .decided by- The exposure meter is both compoct ond light-
3. The brightness of the subiect, weight but of extreme sensitivityr covering o
ond dependent on- very wide ronge of meosurements.
4. The speed (film sensiriviry ASA or DIN The CdS-cell covers on ongle of ccceptonce - index number) of the fitm tooded in the of 40 degrees, or thot equol to the stondord
comero. 58 mm lens.
When either the lens opening or shulter speed,
or both, ore incorrect for the brightness Attqchment ond Coupllng:
of the subiect moiler, either under-exposure l. Push the two-pronged feet (3) of rhe ex-
or oyer-exposure is the result. Thus, it con posure meter on the recessed groove c_
be seen thot it is very importont to be oble round the shutfer releose button, until tha
to iudge the brightness of the subiect correct_ meter locks ftrmly into position on the pin
ly in order to obtoin properly exposed pic- extending from the front surfoce obove
tures. ihe shutter button.
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2. Once it is seoted firmly, turn the shutter shutter diol is revolved or the shutter
speed diol (23b) of the exposure meter diol held while the ring is revolved. But,
until it locks firmly with the comero shut- in ony cos€r the required ASA or DIN
ter speed diol (23b). There is o recess- film speed should be set by plocing the
ed well on the bottom surfqce of the ex- green (,lS,l) or red (olN; number to ihe
posure meter's diol which should lock with green (aSa) or red (DlN) triongulor index
o spring-tensioned stud on the top surfoce mork on the shutter speed shoft of the
of the comero's dio! ; when their posi- exposure meter.
fions do not coincide, the stud will be Check the instruction sheet in the film 6urft yith the diol surfoce but will pop pockoge if you ore not sure whot your film up when the recessed well comes over it. speed should be. lf speeds other thon
Check to see thot both diols moye to- ASA or DIN ore indicoted, use the follow-
geiher by revolving the exposure meter ing toble for conyersion to either of these
diol ond checking whether the comero diol speed indexes :-_
moves, olso.
Settlng Fllm Speed:
3. Since correcf exposure is dependent on
lhe film speed, set the speed of the film
to the film speed ring (32) of the ex-
posure meter.
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posite the operlure index (red colored
aot) (40).
b. Selllng APerture Flrsl:
Set o suitoble operture to the operture
ring first ond then switch on the current'
Revolve the shutter speed diol until the
pre-selected operture number is oligned
with the needle-the shutter speed in-
dicoted by the shutter speed index, ot
this time, will be the correct speed which
will olreody be set to your cornero.
Recommended Shutter SPeeds:
5. For the beginner, it will be somewhot
more simple to choose the ffrst method
becouse shutter speed is more often dic-
toted by the lighting condition ond film
speed, with the following toble being o
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Ghonglng Meter Sengltlvlty Ronge: b. Low Senrlrlvlty Ronge:
Rotote the block colored L opposite the6. The single control wheel (33), wirh the index ond use the block colored f/srop engroving OFF, o red H, o block L ond numbers. Used for dork obiects which CH (for checking), is used to switch the don't register on the high ronge. current on ond off, lo chonge the sensi-
fivity ronge of meler reoding ond for CAUIION c
checklng bottery current life. The exposure meler conlrol wheel must olwoys
Hlgh Senrltlvlty Ronge: be set ot OFF when not in use. Moke it o
Ploce the red H opposite the block tri- proctice to return it to OFF ofter eoch reod-
ongulor index (34) qnd use the red op- ing.
erture ftgures. To be used for brighr
obiects. lf the meter meedle does not CAUTION:
move into ronge, switch to-_ Don't obstruct the exposure window with your
ftnger or leother strop.
Detachmenl:
7. Thc meter moy be left on the TOPCON
RS ot oll times but if you wont to detoch,
simply press ihe locking cotch (2) ond
pull the meter up bodily.
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Bottery Checking: to unscrew the bottery comportment cover
(SO). Let the stole bottery drop out of 8. lf the meter needle does not swing when
fhe comportmenf. Insert the new bottery, the control wheel is correctly set ot H
our- or L, revolve it to CH. lf the meter ls11gglg!t,!-tqt the*side is focins tnot swings over to the white colored dot in the
block field qbove the white qnd block meter.
curved field, it is on indicotion thot the NOTE: bottery is still not deod, in which cose- The bottery is o round mercury boitery of
o. Thb control wheel moy not be correctly 1.3 volt, similior ro RM-625 (Moltory), f625
stopped ot H or L. These stops ore click- (Everreody), No. 625 (Generol) ond TH-MC
stopping so there con be no mistoke if (Toshibo). lf you cut off your meter offer
one is coreful. eoch reoding, your bottery should lost olmost
b. The circuit is cut ond the meter should 2 yeors under normol usoge i however, it
be checked. would be o sofer policy to exchonge it peri-
odicolly before if is deqd becouse the mercu- lf the needle does noi coincide with the white ry bottery does not slow down but suddenlydot, the bottery is deod ond should be ex- drops deod.
chonged.
GAUTION c
exposure metcrGhonging Botfery: The shutter speed diql of the
connot be revolved completely, olthough it
9. The meter must be detoched for exchong- moy be revolved in eifher direction. tt will
ing bottery. Use o coin, or similior obiect, not go beyond 1000 (for l/1000 second) or
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B (for bulb exposures). SINGIE LENS VIEW-FOCUSING
GAUTION: Two other importont foctors for obtoining.
Do not use B (bulb exposure) for exposure good pictures ore :-
reodings becouse it is not suitoble for toking l. Accurote focusing of the imoge on theo reoding. film plone, ond
2. Correcf composition of the subiect motter
within the limits of the negotive oreo.
In the TOPCON RS, both these importont foc-
tors ore token core of by o single system,-
viewing ond focusing through the cqmero lens,
which meons thot-
l. Focusing odiustments mode with the comero
lens con be checked directly in the finder,
ond
2. An exoct negotive size frome is ploced
olong the extension of the opticol poth,
completely eliminoting the porollox prob-
lem.
Furthermore, the system os incorporoted in the
TOPCON RS is doubly ottroctive becouse-
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l. Focusing is olwoys possible ot wide aper- The Pentoprism flnder (10) meons thot-
ture, without troublesome closing down of l. A right side up loterolly correct imoge, the lens diophrogm monuolly, moving in the some direction os the octuol
2. The finder shows 97 percent of the flnol subject, is olwoys seen, ond is especiolly
negctive frqme, with on equolly spoced ottroctive for fost, condid type snop-shoot-
morgin oreo oround the full frome, ond ing.
3. The centers of the finder ond film negotive 2. Both eyes con be used for shooting, with
frome coincide exoctly. one eye on the ftnder ond the other on
the generol scene, which comes in useful
Pentoprlsm Flnder: when following your subiect with the
The stondord finder system utilizes o Pentog- comero.
onol prism flnder, which is precision-mode of 3. Eye-level viewing meons correctly loterol
the finest opticol gloss. ond erect imoges in verticol formot, olso.
4. Brilliont ond life-size enlorged imoge.
Lorge-Slze Flnder Eyeplece:
The TOPCON RS hos one of the lorgest finder
eyepiece, voluoble for checking oll four cor.
ners of the finder oreo, eyen when working
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t. Delochmenl of Eyeplece Frome: ly on the comero lens itself, simply by re-
Simply revolve the block colored eyepiece volving the distonce focusing ring (38) in
frome (13) counter-clockwise which witl either direction until lhe imoge is properly
unscrew the frome. focused. The distonce msy be found by reod-
ing the distonce figure opposite the distonce2. Attochmenl of Gorrection Lenses: index (40), which olso doubles os the operture For diopter correctionsr six occessory index. All focusing odiustments ore checked lenses with to -F3 corrections ore -3 speciol order. These on the focusing screen. ovoiloble upon
lenses should be screwed in ploce of the
eyepiece Sfondord Focusing Screen:
The stondord focusing screen, supplied with
the comerq, is detochoble ond interchongeoble
with occessory focusing screens, ond hqs o
full-oreo ground gloss field plus o split-imoge
rongefinder spot, surrounded by o fine focus
ring.
l. Full-Arecr Ground Gleiss: The ground frome.o*o gloss extends over the full oreo of fhe
finder screen, except for q centrol round
Focusing Adiusrments: portion, ond is boosted for odditionol
All focusing odiustments fot obtoining o shorp brightness ond brillionce by the TOKO-
imoge on lhe film plone must be mode direct- BRITE, o fresnel type plote lens.
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