Ultrablitz Meteor SP User manual

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CONTENTS

  1        Technicol doto
 2         Ultroblitz METEOR SP photogrophy  is so simple
 4       Methods of mounting
 5        lncreosing the number of  f loshes
 6        Rechorging ond A-C operotion
 8       Power Economizer
 9       Stop computor
10       Guide number
1t       Guide number toble
12        Film ond developing
t3       Guide number groph
14       Reforming the storoge condenser
14       Automotic tronsistorized monitoring  circuit
t5         Hints for better snopshots with your METEOR SP
16        Service ond Guorontee
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TECHNICAT DATA
Wiring:                  tronsformotion of energy through tronsistor,
                          constont light output by outomotic
                             tronsistorized moniioring circuit.
                                               switched to
Guide number:                               full power       holf power
blqck-ond-white 40 ASA                  160              106
color film 25 ASA                          70               48
Electric energy: opprox.                  80 Ws          40 Ws
Number of  f loshes per
botiery chorge:                           80-90                       r 30-r 40
Flosh sequence  : O"tl"_2,                   7-8 sec           3-4 sec
                                            l2 sec          6 sec
Flosh durotion:                                                               I /.i000 sec         111400
Color temperoture:       obout 5600o K
Light ongle:              obout 650
Line voltoges:            110,125 and 220 V o. c., 40 . . .60 cycle
Bottery;                 6 V nickel-codmium cells (without mointenonce)
Weight:                 obout 33 oz (950 G)
                         chorging plug obolt 8 oz (240 G)
Dimensions:               81/zx 43/e x 3rlr inches

FTASH PHOTOGRAPHY WITH

I  Boilery operotion: on    (oudible chorging signol)



(   Boilery operotion: off
   Chorging qnd A-C: on




   Note: When toking o series of shots the METEOR SP
   con remoin turned on. The outomotic tronsistorized
   monitoring circuit cuts off the current ofter reoching
   the full flosh copocity. This conserves bottery power
   ond ossures you of uniform full output.
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Stroight brqcket          Encircl ing brocket with        Encircling brocket with quick Encircling brocket for
mounting                                           ,r E" clomp                     releose unit                bounce light'

          METI.IODS OF MOI..|NTING
          The stroight brocket is used in coniunction with the METEOR SP on oll comeros
           without on occessory shoe.
          By inserting the METEOR SP into the encircling brocket (tighten by turning slotted-
          screw clockwise), it con be used with the "E" type brocket or with the "E" clip
          on press-type comeros. The "E" clomp con be removed from the encircling clomp
        ond reploced with o quick releose unit. The
             circling brocket becomes o bounce-l,ight brocket
           by removing the "E" clomp ond using thel/+20
               th reoded socket.
           For tronsporting the METEOR SP in o mounted
            position, slip the comero neck strop through )
           the snop hook on top of the unit.
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INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FTASHES


 should the numben of  f loshes per bottery chorge not
 be enough for on occosionol long series of shots, it
 is possible to exchonge the exhqusted bottery for one
which is fully chorged. To effect the exchohg€, the
stop colculotor - which constifutes the cover of the
botfery recess -  is turned counter clockwise, using o
slight inword pressure. The bottery cqn then be
removed.

when inserting the chorged bottery, it should be
ensured thot the positive terminol is on top. position
the stop colculofor on the bottery in such o woy thot
its red dofs co-incide with those of the cosing. Now
furn the stop colculotor clockwise with o slight inword
pressure, ond the METEOR SP is reody for oction
ogo in.

RECHARGING AND A.C OPERATION


The METEOR SP is designed for connection to A-C
only. To re-chorge the bottery, connect the chorging
plug to the unit, setting the chorger to the correct
voltoge with the oid of q coin, if necessory.

DANGER! The METEOR SP mqy nol be used on D'C
currenl! Use only stondord Ultroblitz A-C chorging
plug os listed on poge 16.

Chorging is stqrted simply by inserting the chorging
plug into on A-C wqll socket. The red signol lomp
lights up to indicote thot chorging is proceeding. At
the so me time, you cq n  f losh os often os you like
without dischorging the bottery.
Chorging is stopped by disconnecting the chorging
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The built-in bottery needs no mointenonce of ony kind, but must, of course, be
re-chorged when run down.
The condition of the bottery is indicoted by the recovery time, thot is to soy
the time which elopses between the emitting of o flosh ond the lighting up of the
signol lomp ogoin, when using the unit on bottery power. This omounts to

              8 secs when fully chorged,      No. of floshes left:  80-90
              I0 secs when t/z dischorged      No. of  f loshes left: obout 40
            30 secs when fully dischorged,   No. of  f loshes left:      0

The recovery time should not be ollowed to exceed 30 seconds without the
bottery being re-chorged. The chorging period then omounts to obout l4 hours.
When only 40 floshes hove been mode, o chorging period of obout 7 hours is
odequote. The bottery is not domoged, however, if it is left unchorged for long-
er periods of time. The bottery hos on exeptionolly long life of obout 400 to
500 rechorges.  lf by mistoke the mechonism  is left turned on for o long period
of time, the bottery will dischorge ond unit will no longer operote. Normoly,
this will not spoil the bottery, but up to 50 hrs. moy be required for o new full
chorge.  lt will then be bock to full copocity ofter 2to3 odditionol normol dis-
chorge cycles with q l4 hrs. rechorge fsr eoch.

POWER ECONOMIZER


The METEOR SP con be set to either holf or full
power by meons of the power economizer switch.


O Full power

D Holf power

With the switch set to hqlf power, the guide number
is outomoticolly reduced by 1/s. For this reoson, the
stop settings indicqted by the cqlculotor must olso
be reduced by 1/s, os the lotter is bqsed only on full
power cond itions.
The odvontoges of using holf power ore shorter re-
covery time (s-Asecs) ond increqsed number of
f lqshes per bottery chorge (130-140  f loshes).
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STOP COMPUTOR AND GUIDE NUMBER





Stop Computor
Whenever doylight or constont sources of ortif iciol light ore
ovoiloble, correct exposure is reguloted by meons of shut-
ter speed ond stop. However, if the very short electronic
flosh is used, correct exposure con only be reguloted by
the diophrogm stop.
It is eosy to oscertoin the required stop setting ofter remov-
ing the stop computor ond odiusting the internql knurled
disk to the sensitivity of the film used (e.g. 40 ASA). The
block orrow opplies to block-ond-white   f ilm, the red one to
color film. The stop setting (e.g. 8) con be reod off oppo-
site the ronge figure (20 ft). This method of internol odiust-
ment precludes the setting of the  f ilm sensitivity being occi-
dentolly disturbed

GUIDE NUMBER

         lf the sensitiviiy of your film or the distonce connot be encompossed by the
     compufor, proper stop volue con be colculoted from the guide number (see
     poge 1 1) or os follows:

     guide number
                   = stop    (for exomple: for ASA 400 color film     = 5.6)     Jirt"".e                                                              ;

     Distonce is meosured  in ft. between lomp ond subiect.

    The guide number is, of course, only on opproximotion.  lt is governed by the
       light output of the METEOR SP ond by the film sensitivity, however,-it olso
     depends on the brightness of subiect, size ond brightness of room ond method
     of developing. Guide numbers indicoted ore overoges colculoted for normol
      size rooms with lighi.wolls ond con be used for distonces down to obout 3 ft.
     For shorler distonces it is odvisoble to  f ind the correct operture by triol ond error.
         lf you ore toking pictures outsides, in lorge holls, or of bright, reflecting ob-
      iects ot long distonces, be sure to open diophrogm 1 or 2 stops more thon'10  required by mothemoticol colculotion or stop computor.
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Guide number vories for color ond block ond white film, olthough they moy
     hove the some sensitivity. Using the guide number groph ot the right, guide
     numbers for every type of film con be oscertoined in the following monner,
      Find the sensitivity of your film on the left hond scole, follow it horizontolly
       until it intersects the line for the type of film you ore using (color or block ond
      white). The proper guide numbers  is ihen locoted on the horizontol scole directly
     below the                 point of intersection. Exomple: ASA 40, block ond white film, guide                       .|60.
     number =





     FItM AND DEVEI.OPING
     The METEOR SP light corresponds to doylight of 55000 K. Therefore, use only
     doylight film for color pictures. For block ond white pictures we recommend
     ponchromotic film with normol developing. An especiolly high quolity of bril-
       liont, finely groduoted negotives con be obtoined by using q modern ropid
12  developer. volues indicoted refer to normol developing time.
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REFORMING THE STORAGE CAPACITOR
    When ihe flosh hos not been used for severol weeks, it is best to plug it in on
      electric socket |or 20 to 30 minutes. This will reform the elecirolyie copocitor
    ond the unit will reoch its full flosh power ogoin. During the re-octivotion
      period, the unit should be  f loshed ot intervols.




    AUTOMATIC TRANSISTORIZED MONITORI NG CIRCUIT
     The tronsistor-reloy-circuit of the METEOR SP soves the bottery ond outomoti-
      colly keeps light output constoni. When toking pictures  it is not necessory to
      turn off the unit to sove bottery, Just os soon os the METEOR SP hos been turn-
    ed on, the outomotic control tokes over the iob of reguloting flosh copocitor
     voltoge thus securing on ever constont light output. At the some time, this outo-
     motic mechonism cuts off bottery current iust os soon os full flosh power hos
    been reoched, increosing the octuol number of floshes ovoiloble. This outo-
     motic control hos the greot odvontoge of moking it possible to keep the
    METEOR SP in constont operotion. This meons thot it is olwoys reody to work
14  ond you won't hove to miss thot once-in-o-lifetime-shot.
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HINTS FOR BETTER SNAPSHOTS WITH YOUR METEOR SP



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Direct light from the front often couses pictures to be flot ond uninteresting.
More effective lighting effects ond o more plostic impression con be obtoined
if the flosh is ploced owoy from the comero to the side or obove subiect. The
loss of light coused by this moy be compensoted by opening the diophrogm
more. Synchronizing extension coble con be bought from your comero deoler.
The METEOR SP hos o voriety of odvontoges when used os on odditionol
source of light. When the weother is dull, the flosh con substitute for sunshine.
It con brighten up the shodows - especiolly importont for color photogrophy -
ond correct too shorp controsts. Here is on exomple for choosing the proper
stop:    .
A distonce of l0ft. ond guide number 80would coll for stop 8. For ihe generol
lighting, the light meter requires on exposure of r/zs sec with obove stop.
Set comero ot this speed. lnsteod of stop 8, set shutter to ll. Thereby the flosh
brillioncy will hove the some effect os doylight. Increosing of speed reduces
the influence of doylight.                                                       15

SERVICE AND GUARANTEE
          lf these instructions ore followed, the ULTRABLITZ METEoR sp will give good      service for mony yeors..s_[er-!d yo_ur ULTRABLITZqT;;y ri;;'A    toii'tX'iJnction      p19qe rly, .co                          n s^u ti vo u r M EiEo n'sF-a"-oi".l0,         ; o; ;  tr;; d ;f     iht" J r;i"i  to rp.,      300 Pork              Ave.                    souih,                    N"* York    N. y., sole outhorir"a-irpori*r'i5itl," usa      (see            imp_ort                             icote).                         _certif
     Your METEOR SP is guo.ronteed. for six months subiect to the conditions in the
     guorontee which is.enclosed with eve.ry unit. lf vcjri mffEbR Sp is ieturn"a      tor repoirs,, it.should be occomponied by the guoiontee. otn"*ir" i"oJii .on      nol oe mooe tree ot chorge. Pleose reod the terms of the guorontee i:orefully.

    ACCESSORTES                  OPTIONAT EQUIPMENT
     Supplied with the METEOR SP:         Accessory bottery
      Bottery                                   Stroight io mero brocket
      Chorg'er with A-C cord               Bounce liqht brocket
     Snop hook                           "E" clom[ (for ottoching METEOR Sp to
      Instruction book                              l'ress type comero gr "E" ty.pe brocket)
                                                     )rro tgnt synchron  tzr ng cord
                                             Lorled synchronizing cord
                                           Accessory bottery chorger to be
                                        onnounced
                                             Photocell (for use os remote slove)                                               to be onnounced                    '
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