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View-master Personal User manual
User manual for View-master Personal. 7 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Brand
- View-Master
- Model / document
- View-master Personal
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
- File size
- 0.5 MB
- Category
- Film cameras
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- Not specified in catalog
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FTASH SWITCH. Built-in outomotic flosh switch synchronized
for speed type bulbs.
DIRECT OPflCAl VIEW-FINDER. Eye tevet, torse view find_
er defines exoct picture oreo. Negligible porollo'x. Hos bub_ @o ble to indicole when comero is level.
SKY CONDIIION .,EXPO-SURE" CAICUIATOR. Coupted
colibroted diols ouiomoticolly odiust lens opening ond shutter o speed for correct exposure when set for existing c-onditions.
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T H E V I E W . f t I A 3 T E R , F A I I I T Y O FView original page 4Page 5 · Read text
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FI]il SPEED AND SEA5ONAI. IIGHT ADJUSTMENT. \ \ Single colibrdted diol setting odiusts exposurs to oni o film speed.
BODY CONSTRUCTION. Srurdy, die-cost oluminum body
com.pleiely seols inner mechonism ogoinsl dust ond lint. o Genuine pressed leother cover. Finish: melol etching
undercoot ond enomel second coot.
SlNGLE Flttt WINDING KNOB. One bie, non-stip fitm
winding knob does the work of two. Winds film out of o ond into cortridge, oulomoficolly cocks shuiter os film is
odvonced, counts bxposures. Eliminotes rewinding.
Fllfr] TENGTH INDICATOR. Wire indicoror rells wherher
comero is looded with 20 or 36 exposure film. Remindg o photogropher when to stop loking pictures.
CABIE RETEASE SOCKEI. Seols itself ogoinst dusr when
coble is detoched. Fits ony stondord coble. 0
SHUTTER RELEASE. Squeeze-type releose minimizes com-
ero movement. Indenled to prev€nt occidentol releose.
iIATCHED fi}{s:S. View-Moster Anosrismofs, f/3.5,
25mm. cooted, color corrected, ond precisely motched @o within /2 of 10/6 tor imoge size. Lenses ore similor lo eye
hoving 20/20 vision ond full color opprecioiion. Being
<olor corrected ond cooied, lhey ore copoble of seeing
exoct colors os they ore.
UNIVERSAt FOCUS. View-Moster short focol length
lenses eliminoie oul-of-focus picfures, give greot depth
of field, bring oll subiects lrom 7 leel to infinity (ol t/81
into criticol focus. Lens opening stops from f/3.5 to
t /16. lens opening diol ouiomoticolly shows depth of
field ot ony setling.
VIEW-ilIASTER SHUfiER. Synchronized, guillotine iype, @ clock spring steel, before-the-lens shulter.,Assure identi-
col exposures ond even illuminotion ot oll speeds. Normol
ronge of procticol stereoscopic shutler speeds trom 1 /10
to 1/100 of o second ond bulb ore provided.
SHltf KNOB. Shifts lenses up ond down to split 35mm
poirs sforeo on Permits toking of 37 View-Moster @ film. qction film. Reverses film, 69 on 36 20 exposure exposure
of winding knob, converting ii into re-wind knob.
FlllER RETAINING RINGS. Series V filler retoining
rings included in price of View--Moster Personol Comero. @
PROTECTIVE FILTERS. Lenses, shutlers ond inner mech'
moisture @ onism of comero seoled ogoinst dust, lint ond
behind built-in, hoze eliminoting cooted filterg.
IOAD INDICATOR. Snroll window on boflom of comero
shows red when comero contoins lood of film. o
YIEITltlSTERPERS0llAtSTERI0CAlt|mA$149.00inc.tax
I s r E R E O S C o P l CP R , O D ' U C r gView original page 5Page 6 · Read text
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NOW, everyone Gsn enioy
(Gome lo liJe"stereo pictvres
Tj:e !'iew-Master Personal Stereo Camera inaue-
rirates a revolutionary svstem of three dimensio=n
photography! It opini exciting new fields of
pliotographic enjoyment to economy-minded
personswith limited photographic experience.It
P r;,:+.t-+. { permits the taking and enjoyment of thrilling
true-io-life stereo color transparencies-white costing ji(# less than ordinary black and snapshotj.
The View-Master Stereo Camera is an ideil fam"
ily camera becauseof its amazing simplicity as
well as economy of operation. Ingenious me-
chanical innovations make the taking of stereo
pictures simple and easy, eliminate complicated
settings, cut 6lm waste, and assure vivid stereo
pictures every shot. Preparation of stereo pic-rffi tures for vies,ing under the View-Master system
becomesan exciting and enjoyable pastime. The
View-Master Personal Stereo Camera is a com-
pact, finely engineered instrument, built for a
lifetime of trouble-free service. It uses 20 or 36
exposure rolls of readily available standard
35mm color film. Stereo pictures are quick and
easy to cut with the precision, semi-automatic
View-Master Film Cutter. Mounting is simply
done by inserting stereo pictures in accurately
aligned pockets of durable, seven-sceneView-
Master Personal Reels. Pictures mav be viewed
in three dimensions in low cost View-Master
Stereoscopesor projected in two dimensions in
View-Master Projectors. View-Master stereo
pictures, mounted in View-Master Personal
Reels,handle safely, are simple to identify, store
in small space, are convenient to file and use.View original page 6Page 7 · Read text
For viewing stereq colcr piclures mounted in View-
Moster Reels. Duroble plostic ond melcl consiruciion. Accurotely
ground ond polished lenses. Light in wcight, eosy to operote, low
in cost. Onlv $2.00.
Opticol ronge-finder colculotes correcl ex-
oosure One diol operotion. Mirror finish 5"in reflector. Flosh
guord Wired for ouxiliory flosh units Uses low cost midget flosh
b u l b s . A v o i l o b l eo b o u t J u l y l , 1 9 5 2
Die cuts View'Mosler Personol stereo
poire to 001 inch occurocy Film is registered by perforgiion. Knob
odvonces film ond re-registersstereo-piclures, Pressond cut stereo
p o i r s f o l l f r e e . l l l u m i n o t e d U . t o p p r o v e d $ 1 9 . 5 0 ,
Finest light-tone, soddle-leother cow,
hide over spring steel form. Soft suede leother lined, Detochoble
front cover. $14.75
Reels seven-scene - moke stereo mounling on enioyoble postimePotented,Die cut pictures slip
snugly into occurolely registered pockets. Tough, duroble lominoted
poper ond metdl. Spoce for jdentifying subiect ond pictures. 6 for $I
p0 Speciol density"A ond color motched cooted oronge filters for coftecting Type or Tungsten
color film for doylight use. $4.50 o poir.
Provides proper illuminotion for ideol view-
pictures. plostic ing of View-Moster Duroble ond metol construcfion. U)-V be mounled on tripod. floshlight bolteries or View-Moster Uses Con
I Iight without botieries, Tronsformer ond Cord. otfochment $2.00.
Uses View-Moster full color
picture Reels to project brillionf non-stereoscopicimoges up to
a l6 x l4 inches. Sturdy ploslic ond metol construction. f/3.0
a Doubletll0-120 lens.A.C. orSimpleD.C, tocurrent.operote.U !. Low-cost,opproveddurobly$10.95conslructed.inc. tox
For superior non-stereo proieclion
of full color View-Mdster piciure Reels Proiects imoge to 3 feet in
width with brillionce ond clority. simple to operole, Mony exclu-
sive {eotures. I l0-120 A,C. or D.C. U.t. opgroved. $47.50 inc. tox.
WE ARE AN AUTHORIZED VIEW.MASTER CAMERA DEAI.ER
litho in U.S.A. AD-UT-C-2 @Sowyer'sInc., Portlond7, Ore.View original page 7From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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