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Voigtländer BRILLIANT V6 User manual

User manual for Voigtländer BRILLIANT V6. 7 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.

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Brand
Voigtländer
Model / document
Voigtländer BRILLIANT V6
Document type
User manual
Language
English
Pages
7
File size
5.7 MB
Category
Film cameras
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T  l. Finder:
  Open the  f inder hood cgver o by lifring
   (preferobly with thumb).,,Look verticolly d
   the finder hood ond view the subiect.
  For exposures ot eye level use the fro*"ffiffi
   Press bock the middle po rt n in the finder hood cover
   untif it engoges under the boss on the reo4 ponel g.
  Press the coff,fero.Tightly'ogoinst,the,l foce .*a  view'
  the picture, rhr:ough the ,rectongulor opening in the
  reor ponel q. The  f ront port of the f
  shows the exoct 'ongle of view.
  To close,  pull bock the reor ponel q g
  upon the middle por:t n springs bock into
  close the two sides, then the reor ponel g  o:',.-l
  the cover o whicih holds the whole together.
  2. Shutter.cnd- diiiFnfclgm  i
  'Your deoler .will be glod to ,exploin this  importont
  section to you in detoil. We give he,re th
   points:
  The lever operoting the shutter od[ustment  is
  on the illustrotion bv "f". 50 meons tf5oth ,of
  FortheBodiustmenttheshutterremoinsopeffing
                                                                                                                                                              "'  os the releose is pressed down, while for _T.it--opens- -
  on the first pressure ond closes on the second
 When releosing the shutter, hold the Brilliont firmly
  in both honds, view thewww.butkus.uspicture ond press the releose
  lever h gently down. Do not ierk, oi the pictuie *iil
  be,,shoky,,.:Holdt'hecomerosti||ondstrqight.
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r   For long iime exposures fix the comero on o tripod.
         ew-bush is,on the bose of the Brilliont. Releose
          with wire releose ottoched to g.
       gm odiustment  I is olso on the sh
       bg* controls the time of exposure o
   of focus. {Reod up this point in o good tex
   The greoter the number, the smoller the dio    gm

                                                                                                                                                                                                             i    opertu re.
   Double the time of exposure When the  diophrogm
   operture is set to the next smoller volue.
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         r,,;;iK f"*"K'o{'#,35,1ns.^y
          the oppropriote word (Londscope
    Portroits) beneoth the indicotor mork

     ot Lonciscopes iire shorpness -extend*1fro-g  ...2_p" feet
       to infinity tinfinity,  i. e. onything over 100-ffffi'-..'''-'*'
           ps the shor,pness extends  f rom 7 feet to.

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  4.FilmChcrmber: tR O $"{*^
   Hofd the front port of the Brilliont in the left hond.
    Press together the knobs a -ond -ep,en bock ,PoFQl:..*
   Remove empty spool from lgwer chomber.
    lorge film trronsport knob b ond keep it in  tl"
    tion by turning it o quorter woy round. O
   he film protecting cover by the hondle on
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   ploce, th'e em$ty spool ,on' the pin, so, thot the slot
                    filnor winding'key. Turn the lqtter untll  it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ,             the slot.                             '
                 the, full spool in the bottom chomber, hold
           d teor off ond remove the odheslvt strip.
       the sp,ool gently in the chomber ond pull out
  the protective pgper with, the blo,gk side downwords,
 .^"end;S ert fhe,,4r;nffiin lhe *r;a+ slif ,pn tfire en':pty spor2,l.
  Turn the film key twice ond moke sure thot the poper
  is being gripped. The poper must  , wind exoctly
             .he two spool flonges. Close the comero.
              icqtor:
           mero in the left hond, os obove, ond pull
   F-Th" knob c by the index finger'. Now observe on
i  the reor ponel the red film-window whlch when c,loge,d                       l!
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           .owords the number window e until the figure
       o visible there. When using ponchromotic
         d film-window hos to be cilosed by turning
              kriob to the right. The Brilliont is novv
  reody for the fir:st exposure.
  N.        ke it o rule to turn on irnmediotely sfter
                    FBt         ,.
              to tur'n the film oh, the knob c must be
            nce more.www.butkus.usWithout consulting the film
  the'Knob will go ond then moke the second exposure.
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   This procedure is repeoted up to th" t$elfth exposu re.
  The number window e indicot'es how r"dony
  hove been mode.
   After the twelfth exposure there is o thirt
  which is olso overcome by lifting knob
  on until the protective poper is no longen visiblE
  ihe red film window.
  Now open thelreoli podei; ienloo"'W,,&,fulFspobl ond
  secure it by meons of the odhesive bond. Hoid  it
  securely while doing so, to prevent it from unwinding,
  6. The "Hold-qll"
  This comportment is built into the side of
  not showh in the illustrotion.  lt is provided
  which opens br7 pulling fhe smoll hondle bock. Tfil3
  comportment is intended to occommodote yellow filters,
   portroif {en{t*s oqnd,Jfie 4excoUe$t RS,il|Lg.!,f                                                     ,.i_9p._rrl"_    ,  meter. These occessories ore ploceo on Tne_^ cttscs 06"-"*
  the cover ond secured by turning to the right.
  7. Accessories:
  Yellow filters ore indispensoble for wel
  pictures with correct tonql volues, ond
  for ottroctive londscopes.'Voigtlonder moke o light
   filier lMgment, 2)(l ond o dense filter  t            l, 4X),
  both of speciol gloss ond*obsolutely_ pfo
  Size requiied , 29 mm. diometer.
   Por:troit lenses ore olso ovoilobie for
  nomely Portroit-Focor No.57 ond Neor-F;ff
  * Neor-.Focor No.30 connot be occom,modoted in the "hofdjoll"
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