Voigtlander Superb User manual

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Nr. 3251 oll38 engl.            INSTRUCTION BOOK

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                                               the focussing hood, ,the four sides of
                                                         rvhich open Iutomatically. There under
                                        your eie is the grognd-glass, wgll
                                                                                                                             4)  '                                                       protected   " from  , any sidelight (fig.                                            .When closing, first fold 'the two side
                                                     pieces, then the back and lastlY the
                                                            cover.
                                                      Ground-Gloss Ficture. The image
                                         thrown on the ground-glass bY the                                         large aperture , "Helomar" Finder
                                                Anastigmat lens is very brilliant and
                                           easy to discern. It stands the right
                                      wat up, but is reversed sideways as           tr'ig. 2. One movement and the find.er hood.            in  all l mirror reflex' cameras. The
                      springs open                         fact that the ground-glass image is
                                                                                and                                                                         shutter                                        not influenced                                             by the   do is to acquaint                     yourself                            with                                   the new                                                                                                                              is                                                                          exposure                                                                      the                                               remains                                                                  visible during   camera           in such a                way that                                            it becomes  a familiar instrument in your hands.             particularly useful.
   The dealer will probably show you the-             Porollox Gompensotion. The clever
   principle movements, but neveitheless        way in which the finder and the     it will be to your advantage to read            focussing' mechanism are coupled   this booklet and see for yourself how            together completely obviates the effect
   wonderfully every part o-f the camera          of parallax. 'The finder lens tilts   eombines to make it wbat it is.                 automatically downwards as  the
                                           camera is focussed. In this way theTh.e Ground-Glsss                              ground-glass image of the 'lSuperb"      Focussing Hood. A  touch of  the          always corresponds exactly with the
   spring 10 (fig. 2) releases the lock of          image thrown on the film, even in
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Instontoneou3 Exposures. The ring 1b           lasting minutes and for flash-light
                                                                                          not is turned until the speed required' is          exposures so that You need opposite the pointer 19. Now set the           maintain pressure on the lever.
 shutter by pressing the lever 12 as far           The Deloyed Action Devlce. This can
 as the stop. When-released the shutter       be used in  conjunction with all opens and closes automaticallv after            instantaneous speeds except the highest the correct time has elapsed. For                                                 speed. After the setting lever has been
 speeds between those engraved on the           pressed down as far as it wiJl g_q to setting ring, the ring is set so that the            6et the shutter, the knob 18 (fig.5) is pointer comes betwe-en the two nearest                                         pushed towards the camera when it figures. The shutter cannot however                                                 witt be found that the lever can bebe set to speeds between tlrn, and                                                further depressed to set the delayedl/sro     sec. or between B and 1 sec.                 .  action device. On the release lever or
   Shorr Time Exposures. Set the letter          the wire release being Pressed the
B to the pointer. The shutter will now           delayed acti<in device will start running                                                                                  releasedopen on the lever or wire release        and the shutter will be                                                                        12 seconds,being qressed and remain open as             after an interval of about
        the pressure is maintaiied. If,           so that you can include yourself in theloog.as     instance, you wish to expose the             photo.I9.rfilm for 2 seconds you should-count at                               The Exposureno.rmal speed: 'on6 litile second, two
little seconds' at 'one .. .' press the               Holding ihe Comero. The fascinating                     Ilever and at the end release'it.                 montent which you wish to Preserve                                                                                              as                 j                                          for ever in a photo disaPPears  Long Time Exposures. If ? is opposite           quickly as it comes; you must be.-the._ po-inter                                                                                                           to               _ the shutter wili open           prepared. It is not enough for youon the lever being pressed and remain         know what this lever or that knob                 I
qpgn until it is pressed a second time.            does, you must learn to handle Your
This setting is- used for exposures           camera as instinctively as the pianist
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                                                                                                                                         ancl   Fig. 6. The esseutial movements eoncentrate                      Fig. 7. And you c&n Beo all the scales                 in three points                                                    levers at a glanee
finds his notes. The "Superb" makes              Control from obove. Neither the
this very easy for you because, as can           hands nor the eyes must have to look
be seen from fig.6, all movetnents are      $      for the levers and scales, therefore all
concentrated in three points. The first           the important parts of the "Superb"finger of the right hand serves the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     illI     can be seen from above (fig. a and 7).focussing lever 8, whilst the thurnb           At the same moment you can see the
lies on the release lever 14 and the           ground-glass and spirit level, thediaphragm setting knob. The left hand            focussing and iris diaphragm scales,holds the camera firmly against the           the shutter speeds in the prism and
chest and the thumb lies readv on the              all the levers. How can you possibly
setting lever 72 of. the shutter.                     forget anything?
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Make a special note of the following
 order of movements for speed in
 preparation and don't forget the right
 order:
 (1) Set the shutter specd
(2) Set the shutter spring
(8) Set the iris diaphragm
(4) Focus sharply
(6) Stand firm with the feet well apart
(6) Hold your breath
(7) Release the shutter
(8) Movo the film on at once.                                    I'ig. 8. Ihis is where the tripod" serews in
  Corrying 5tin9. A carrying sling of              Exposure Golcutaror. Included in thesoft leather to hang round your neck                                             e_quipment of every "Superb" is aholds the "Superb" at the correct            Voigtlander           Calculator whichheight (fig.6). With its safety hooks           gives you theFxposurecorrect exposure forit can easily be attached to the           any subject anywhere in the world byeyelets 1 (fig. 1) and taken off again.            mo_ving                                                 _one scale and without ani  Tripod Bush. Exposures of 1/ruth sec.           independent calculations.
and shorter can easily be made with
the camera held in the hand but for      The Film Tronsport
longer exposures the camera must              The Film Size. When purchasing astand firm on the edge of a table or             Voigtlander. camera you know you arescrewed on to a tripod with the bush 20                                               acquiring an instrument of precision(fig.8).                                        and quality and therefore you will of
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the back and side of the camera and
                                        make sure that the spring has clicked
                                                       into place.
                                                      Conrrol Window. The transport lever                                               is swung backwards and - forwards
                                                             u_ntil a hand, a few dots and lastly
                                                  the figure 1 appear in the red control
                                        window 4 (fig. 12) on the right hand
                                                  side of the camera.
                                            Above the control window 4 you will                                                          fi.nd a square knob 24 (fig. 12). On
                                                 giving this knob a turn to the left
                                                       respectively right thewindow is covered                        paper                     safety Fig. 11. Push the                                into the wide slit           or uncovered. It is uncovered when                               spool                  empty               in the                                        one corner of the knob points to the
                                                                       a 3r lc" Y..Zt l o"out the knob 5 (fig. 1). In doing this             rvindow. On loading with                                                  film you should cover the window'asyou must see that the end of the safetv                                          soon as the number 1 appears. Thispape_r comes out on the hinge side oi                                                               decidedly necessary onthe film chamber. Now teai the seal             precaution is                                              using panchromatie film as otherwiseand draw the safety paper over the                                              traces of reflected ruby light maytwo large rollers on the left and right
                                                                                                thbof the film window and insert the end             reach the film after a time and fog                                                        edges.in the wide slit of the empty spool
(fig. 11). By swinging the -tr-ansport
lever the film is wound once or twice               Automoric Counrer. The film windows
round- the spool so that it is tight and            have now done their work and for the
smooth. If everything is in order close             further control of the film transport
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                                                imrnediately after each exposure so
                                as to make double exposures im-
                                                        possible.

                                           The Film Tronsporfing Lever is very
                                                   strong and can, without fear of damage,
                              be moved quickly backwards and
                                             forwards (fig. 13). On account of the
                                          movement of the film and the accurate
                                          film guides, scratches on the film,                                   the so called "tram lines", are
                                        impossible. When making night
                                                  exposures ortaking scenes in the theatre
                                                       etc. and the numbers of the counter
  Fig. 12. The eounter sets itself automatieally          are hard to distinguish, move the
                                                 transport lever seven times bach andthe automatic counter colnes into use.                                                       forth after each exposure. The distances If. you push the little knob 2 (fig. 12),                                           between each exposure will be greaterwhich is protected by a nickelled cover,        and you will only get 11 picturesto the right the counter rvill run baek                                  on the spool but you will be sureof its own accord so that the figure 1is in the window 23 (fig. 12). The             that the pictures do not overlap.canlera is now ready for the first
e_xposure and for every further exposure              Unlooding the Gomero. After the last
the transport lever is moved until the          exposure of the film, let the counternumbers 2 to 12 have appeared                                                 -              run back to avoid its overstrainingbetrveen the two red lines  in the         when the film is wound further ! Thenwindow. It is a good idea to move          go on moving the transport lever untilthe film on to the next number           the end of the safety paper has gone
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