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Ultrablitz Meteor User manual
User manual for Ultrablitz Meteor. 24 pages in German. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Ultrablitz
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- Ultrablitz Meteor
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- User manual
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- German
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- 24
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Wiring: Tronsforrnotion of energy through. 2 tronsistors. Automotic regulotion of current limit ond constont
light output.
,38 ond-white t88i8i Guide number: :88:l :li:i
Electric energy: obout 90Ws (45Ws ot holf power)
Color temperoture: obout 5600'K.
Number of floshes, :8,.;rmr6grr"Tl"jl,r, po*",)
sec (3,5 sec ot,no!l power) Flosh sequence: bottery: obout ^7 plug-in: obout 20 sec (10 sec ot holf power)
(1 12500 sec ot holf power) , Flosh speed: 1n300 sec
Angle of illuminotion: stondord 50o, wide B0o, odiustoble
Line voltoges: 1.|0...125 volts AC (40...60 cycles) chorger built-in
cells, chorseoble, 7.2 volts (without Bottery' il:fl;.rX1T:Ym
Weight: obout 2.1 lbs. with flosh heod
Dimensions: obout 5e/1s x41lsx le/ro inches.
2 Focility for second flosh heod or photocell (speciol equipment)View original page 3Page 4 · Read text
2. mITEOR f losh photogrophy is so simple
The operotion switch on the unit hos the following 3 positions:
red
( Botlery operqtion
( for borh rr;:L't operotion
A-C operofion
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www.butkus.us Push the flosh heod with the spring-looded foot into the shoe on your comero or mount it on the universol brocket ond screw this to your comero Plug the synchronizing cord ot the lomp hondle into the flosh heod qnd into the comero ond set the synchronizing lever to "X". Set the shutter to obout l/100 sec. (with focol plone shutters see comero hondbook). 4View original page 5
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Set the power selector (l ) to full (O) or holf (a) power
ond ongle of illuminotion (2) to 50o or g0o.
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Date: 2024.11.26 07:52:47 -05'00'
Swilching on: Set operotion switch to',on,'
The signol lomp (3) lights up os soon os the unit is
reody for floshing.
To flosh: o) releose the comero shutter
b) for open-flosh press the red hond ) releose knob (4) on the bock side
of the lomp hondle.View original page 7Page 8 · Read text
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To switch off: Remove operotion switch
bock to center position.
For corrying, disconnect the flosh heod
from the comero ond fix the heod on
( the cose.
lmportonl nole:
For o series of photogrophs, this unit con be left switched on os the built-in
outomotic regulotion limits the current progressivity which results in the
occumulotor being less looded.View original page 8Page 9 · Read text
3. A-C operotion The METEOR moy only be used from ll0 ro 125 volts AC. Any ordinory line cord (os it is used to connect on electric iron) moy olso be used to connect the unit to the plug recep- tocle. The line cord is connected to the unit by inserting it into the socket which is occes- sible ofter removing fhe sliding plote under the unit itself. Switching on is occomplished by sliding the operotion switch, so thot the green color mork is visible. In this position the built-in occumulotor will chorge ot the some time. Switching off is done by sliding the operotion switch lo middle position.View original page 9
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4. lechorging the occunulofor
After connecting fhe MEIEOR to the
AC line set the operotion switch io
"AC - operotion" (green color mork is
visible). In this position the occumulotor
will chorge. No further monipulotion
will be necessory. During the period of
chorging the signol lomp ligths up.
The nickel-codmium bottery built-in in
the housing is gosproof ond does not
need ony hointenonce.
The condition of chorging the bottery 'moy be checked by tlie time until the
signol lomp will light up:
oppr. l7 sec. : fully chorged
oppr. l8 sec. : holf dischorged
oppr. 30 sec. : fully dischorged.
lf the bottery is completely dischorged, the time of rechorging will be obout
14 hours. In order to hove the full number of 50 to 60 floshes'ot hond, it is
to be recommended to keep the unit olwoys fully chorged. There will occur
8 no domoge if you keep your bottery unchorged even during extended periods,View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
or if it moy hoppen th.ot it will be overchorged occosionolly. The time of
service is very long ond the bottery moy be rechorged obout 400 to 500 times.
Should it hoppen occosionolly thot the unit will be switched on for hours on
"bottery operotion" the bottery will be completely dischorged. The Nc-
bottery will not be domoged or destroyed, however, it will need for the
dischorges in o normol flosh rechorging up to 60 hours. After 2 -3 furfher
operotion it will obtoin its full ouiput.
5. Reforming the sforoge Gondenser
To moke sure thot the unit operotes of full power, ofter severol weeks of
disuse, it must be connected before floshing ior 20 to 30 minutes to the AC-line
(switch on "AC-operotion"). During this procedure the power selector must
be sef to full power, ond the unit will obtoin its full floshing output ogoin.
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6. Setting of dicphrogm: guide number, stop toble
The guide number is determined by the lighf output of the METEOR ond
the sensitivity of the film. lt is to be token os o guide ond opply to photo-
grophy in mediumsized, bright rooms. From the guide-number, the proper
stop con be colculqted, using the following formulo:
250 guide number E , : stoP-L-.- f,'o : stoP e' g' ronge - 45
Ronge is meosured from the lomp to the obiect in feet.
The odiocent toble shows some of the stop volues colculoted from the guide
number. When toking pictures with flqsh in the open, in lorge holls or for
from reflecting surfoces increose the operture by one or two stops. For
distonces less thon 7 feel the stop must usuolly be greoter thon the colculoted
'10 one, e. g. of 3 feet one stop lorger.View original page 12Page 14 · Read text
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At o constoni film sensitivity the guide number is o different one for color
ond block-ond-white film. The oppropriote guide number for film mqteriol
of ony sensitivity cqn be reod off the odiocent diogrom. Find ihe sensitivity
of your film on the left hond scole, follow it horizontolly until it cuts ocross
the line for the type of film you ore using (color film, block-ond-white film)
ond the required guide number is found on the horizontol scole verticolly
below the point of intersection. For instonce:40 ASA block-ond-white film
guide number .|60. -
7. Film ond developing
METEOR light is equivolent to doylight (5600'K.). Therefore olwoys use doy-
light (negotive or reversible) film for color exposures. The guide numbers for
color film connof be determined from the ASA volues specified for it. For
block-ond-white exposures, it is best to use ponchromotic film, not too soft.
Usuolly o fine-groined equolizing developer is odvisoble. Very fine-groined
developers ore not recommended becquse the grodotion is often too flot.
Block-ond-whiie film is usuolly developed 20...25 o/o longer.
12 Reversible color film will not permit lengthening of developing time.View original page 14Page 16 · Read text
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E. Adiusting ongle of illuminolion
The ongle of illuminotion is cdiustoble ond moy be
set from 50o to 80o. Press levet on the bock of
lomp hondle ond set to desired position.
Normol ond telephoto lens:
ongle of illuminotion 50" lever to V.
wide ongle lens:
ongle of illuminotion 80" lever to V.
In both positions o uniform illuminotion is obtoined.
The guide number ioble is for o stondord ongle of
illuminotion of 509.
The wide-ongle setting colls for o further opening
of diophrogm opening by one stop.View original page 16Page 17 · Read text
9. Selection of lighting power
By the power switch on the lomp hondle the METEOR
moy be set to full or holf power
holf power q
full power O
lf the unit is set on holf power there ore the
odvontoges of o foster flosh sequence, o shorter
flosh speed ond neorly double os mony floshes
per eoch bottery chorge. Furthermore, by setting
the ongle of illuminotion to 80o the light output
moy be ogoin holved, so thot the following four-
stoge selection of lighting power is obtoined:
ongle
POWer of illuminotlon slop guide number flosh speed
I I /l 500 normol foble full guide number I I 1300 sec.
2 ltl 900 open I stop further guide number X 0,7 I /1300 sec.
3 1t2 500 open I slop further guide number x0,7 I 12500 sec.
I 1t2 900 open 2 stops further guide number X 0,5 I /2500 sec.
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10. Speciol Hinls for obtoining even better
snopshors wirh tlEIE0R
o) Side lighting
It is often very desiroble not to ottoch the flosh to
the comero, but to direct the light upon the obiect
from the side or from obove. Suitoble extension
cords for the synchronizing cord ore obloinoble ot
your deolers." lf the light is oimed qt the ceiling
(bounce light), o very soft diffuse lighting is
obtoined. The ceiling should be white ond not too
high. The loss of illuminotion is consideroble, ond
the proper diophrogm setting moy be found only
by triol ond error method.View original page 18Page 19 · Read text
b) Supplementing daylisht (filt-in)
In cloudy weother, METEOR will contribute often indispensoble extro
illuminqtion, ond in close-ups it is possible to get the sqme effect os in sunlight.
Shorply controsting illuminotion when shooting ogoinst the light con olso
be soffened in this woy. The following is o proctilol exomple,
At o ronge of 20 feet ond full flosh power, suppose the right stop is'11.
For the generol lighting (cloudy weother), you find on exposure time of
1/25 sec. for f l1 with on exposure meter. Set your comero to this exposure
time. Then if you set the diophrogm to 16, the supplementory flosh wiil hove
obout the some photogrophic effect os the doyligi'i. The shorier the exposure
time is set, the more the effect of outside illuminotion will diminish ond the
supplementory lighting from the flosh, directed ot the obiect from one side,
for exomple, will be more effective. V
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c) Exfension flosh
An extro flosh heod ofiords odditionol lighting
possibilities with combinotions of front ond side,
front ond top, front ond bqck lighting. Insert the
connector of the moin lomp into thot of the exten-
sion lomp, ond then plug both into the unit. The
extro lomp moy be held by on ossistont or mounted
on o tripod with the ongle brocket-
The flosh power is divided obout equolly befween the two lomps. The stop
. tqble ond guide number will give some ideo of the proper choice of dio-
phrogm. As o rule, the diophrogm operture should be somewhot lorger thon
when o single froniol lomP is used.
d) Open flosh method
lf you occosionqlly wont to toke flosh exposures with o comero thot hos no
l8 synchronizer connection, you con operote the flosh with the red button onView original page 20Page 21 · Read text
the heod. Set the comero shutter to T (time exposure). Moke the .exposure
in this sequence: open shutfer-flosh shutter. You con use fhe some -close method to light lorge obiects with severol floshes. The comero must of
course be set on o tripod. Note thot to goin one diophrogm stop, you must
olwoys double the number of floshes, for exomple:
Number of floshes I 2 4 8 16
Dicrphrogm 4 5.6 8 il16
ll. With photocell qs servo f lash
With the oid of the ELTRONIK-photocell (speciol equipment) the Ultro-
blitz METEOR is converted into on qutomoticolly working servo flosh, which
is most useful on mony occosions. Without ony connecting cobles you con
releose the servo flosh by ony other flosh unit over distonces up to 60 ft.
Accumulotor or A-C operotion os well os holf or full power is possible. 19View original page 21Page 22 · Read text
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12. Service ond Guoronlee
E T E O R lf these instructions ore properly followed, the Ultroblitz M
will perform well for mony yeors to come. In the event, however, thot your
ULTRABLITZ should ot ony time foil to function properly, the comero store
where the METEOR wos purchosed should be consulted, or o brqnch of Allied
lmpex Corp., l7 West lTth Street, New York I l, N. Y., sole foctory-outhorized
importer (see import certificote).
The METEOR is guoronteed by us, through our representotive for six months
' in occordonce with the conditions set forth in the guorontee certificote,
enclosed with the METEOR. Whenever ihe METEOR is returned for repoirs,
it must be occomponied by the guorontee certificote os otherwise our
representotive will hqve to chorge for the repoir. The terms of the guorontee
20 should be corefully studied.View original page 22Page 23 · Read text
The following speciol occessories for the tJhrqblitza METEOR
unit ore recommended:
Second flash lomp with tripod brocket,
Photocelf fo convert your ULTRABLtTz infb servo frosh.
DEUTScHE EIEKTR0NtK ctr,l BH . BERilN-w|1tulERs DoRr (wEsT)
nutED tiltpEx con PonnTrot! . 17 West lZth Street, New York ll, N.y.
Bronches:
Inierstote Sotigor Photogrophic Corporotion
215 West Ohio Street, Chicogo lO, lllinois
Inlerstqte Photo Supply Weslern Corporotion
7403 Beverly Boulevord, Los Angeles 36, Cotifornio
Intersfote Photo Supply Corporotion
lZ West lTth Street, New york Il, N.y.View original page 23Page 24 · Read text
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Exclusively imported ond worronted by
AtttED ItilpEX (OnP.
New York . Chicogo . Los Angeles
Monufoctured bY
Deutsche Elektronik GmbH
A8583c Subiect to chonge Printed In Germony . Order'No. VKD'Fo l78View original page 24From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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