Voigtlander Ultramatic User manual

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Right Here   is the most importontpiece of odvice of this instruction
               booklel.We hove preporedit with o greot deol of core
                to show everythingin the cleorest possiblewoy. So
             pleose reod this booklet corefully before putting your
                  first film in the comero!                                                 {
               Firstof oll, moke yourselfthoroughlyfomilior with the
          ULTRAMATICond proctisethe vorious operotionswith             I
              the emptycomero.Rememberolso thot ihe ULTRAMATIC
                  is very robust,but neverthelesson opticol ond mecho-
               nicol precisioninstrument.lt therefore requiresgenile                        i                                              .    -:            ond sensibletreotment.The comerowill repoy coreful
             hondlingwith beoutifullycleor ond shorp piciuresfor
           mony yeors to come.                                                                                                                                                              l


           V O I G T L A N D E R A . G . B R A U N S C H W E I G

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                                      poge
Loodingthe comero                         4
Setting the film speed                       5
lnseriing the film cosseite                   7
Film counler ond Ropid wind                 8
Unloodingthe comero
Chonging portly exposedfilms  .              9
                                               '11
Automoiic control
Monuol control (operture)                  12-13
Two woys of focusing                     14                                              '15Holdingthe comeroond Tokingthe picture....
lnlerchongeoblelensesond their hondling      16
Apertureond Depthof field                 17
Floshshots ....                         18-19
S eff- t i m e r                                                  . . . . . . .  2 0
Close-upswith Focor supplementorylenses.. .  21
When to use filters                         22-23
How to use the exposuremeter              24
C o of u r p i c t u r e s                                       . , . . . . .  2 5
Micro pictures                          26
Smqll occessories                       27
Core of cqmerqond lens                   28

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   Distqncering        @ Film speedscole in DIN   @ Film counlero
    for focusing                                                       with odiustment               @ Cqble releosesocket
@ Distqncescole                                                   button for 20 or 36
   with depthof field indicotor  @ Film speed scqle in ASA         exposure cossettes
CEControl ring         @ Lens cqtch            @) Tripod bush
    for qutomoticor monuol
   operturecontrol
@ Synchroniser
    for M or X flosh synchron-
    isqtion,ond self-timerV
@ Flqshsocket
    for plug from floshgun
@ Reversinglever
    for film rewindknob
@ Shutterring
    for settingthe shutterspeed
@ Releqse
@ Filter fqclor disc
    to compensotefor f ilters
@ Film rewind knob
   with film type indicotor
@ Film speed cqtch
   for odiustingfilm speed scoles                                                       F i g . l l

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Loading  the camera

You moy use ony type of film  in your ULTRAMATIC comero.
The usuol doylight cossetteswith perforoted 35-mm block-ond-
white or colour film yield 36 or 20 exposures of 24 x 35 mm
eoch. Colour film con be the reversol type for colour fronspo-
rencies, or colour negotive film for colour prints on poper.
Although the cossettesore light-tight, it is better not to hondle
them in direct sunlight. Alwoys lood or unlood the comero in
the shode - even in your own shodow if need be.

The film type indicqtor
is intended only to remind you of the type of film octuolly in
the comero. lt hos no effect whotsoever on the exposure.
T o  s e t   it   : press reversing lever (6) to the right, ond rewind
knob (.|0)will spring up.Turn the coloured disc until the sector
with the corresponding film symbol is situoted opposite the
engroved mork.
         White  _  block-ond-white film
         Blue  =  colour film for doylight
         Yellow -  colour film for ortificiql light

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Setting the Film Speed       ,          .  ,:r                                      3200160080040020010050 .25 12.  ASA
Moke  it o  rule to set the film sPeed
olwoys bef ore  looding the comero,
becousethe outomotic exposurecontrol
dependson this setting.You will find the
film speedmorkedin ASA or DIN on thef ilm corton or  in the instructionleoflet                   I
occomponyingthe film.                                                   f

     To set the film speed,press cotch                                         I      (11)ond turn the ring morkedwith
      scoles (12) ond (14) until the re-
      quired ASA or DIN number is
      opposite the red V  index mork.
     10 ASA: I dot before 12 ASA
     32 ASA:  I dot ofter 25 ASA

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 Inserting

To open the comero: push reversing lever (5)
to the right; rewind knob (lB) will then spring
 up. Fully pull out the rewind knob (through                                www.orphancameras.com
the intermediote stop position) ond the co-
mero bock con be opened (see Fig. lll).
Anchor the beginning of the film to the hook
of the toke-up spool by o perforotion hole.
Drow the cossette ocross the film trock, in-
sert  it  into the cossette chomber ond push                                             F i g . l V
the rewind knob home. At  the some time,
ensure thot the shoft of  the rewind knob
engoges the fifm cossette core correctly (see
Fig. lV).

Finolly turn the lower milled ring  of  the
toke- up spool until the  full width  of  the
film lies tightly upon the sprocket wheel ond
two of  its teeth engoge two film perforotions
(see F;g. V).

Close the comero bock by clicking into the
locked position.


                                                                                           F i q . V

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     Getting Ready for the First Exposure
     The film counter con be set to one of two positions:
       for o 36 or 20-exposure cossette. Accordingly turn
       film counter (15) to the left or right, ond the oppro-
       priote number (36 or 20) will qppeor in the window.
          S e t l i n g :  W h e n  t h e c o m e r o w o s o P e n e d ,
            the  counter outomoticolly returned  to  the
            zero position f . Now operote the ropid wind-
             ing  lever ond  the releose button  (8) olter-
            notely until the film counter indicotes No.36
             or No.20 below the Y mork in the window.
             After eoch exposure the counter will show
            the number of exposure still ovoiloble.
            lf the ropid winder is locked to stort with (when the
       shutter is still cocked) first press the releose.

     The Rapid Winder
      cocks the shutter, odvonces the film by one frome
      ond olso operotes the film counter. The ropid winder
      must olwoys be pulled os for os  it will go   only
      then will  it fly bock outomoticolly.

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Unloading  the camera

When the  lost exposure hos been mode, the  fi lm must be
rewound: Push reversing lever (6) to the right ond the rewind
knob will then spring up; turn the lotter in the direction of
the orrow  until o definite resistonce is felt, sufficient to stop
the knob rototing. This ist the signol thot the exposed fi lm
hos been wound bock into the film cossette.
Now you con open the comero bock by fully pulling out the
rewind knob, ond remove the cossette f rom the comero.
When trying to obtoin more thon 36 or 20 exposureson one roll of
film, it moy hoppenthot the ropid winder connotbe swungcompletely
ond thot it blocks.In this cose do not opply force, otherwiseyou wiil
teortheperforotionor mokethefilmend slip out of the cossette.Proceed
os follows: push reversinglever (6) to the right, ond the rewind knob will then spring up; lurn the
ropid winding lever os for os it will go ond  let  it fly bock to  its originol position. Unlood the
comero  os  described  obove.

Changing Partly Exposed Films

Rewind the  porlly  exposed film os described on poge  14. Remember lo moke o note  of  lhe number
of  lhe  lost exposed frome, ond  to  re-set the  film speed ond  film  lype   if  necessory.
When relooding the originol  film,  firsi of  oll  ploce the block lens cop over the lens mounl. Then
insert the film  in the usuol woy ond  olfernotely ocluote the ropid winder ond  the releose bullon
uniil  the number of the frome yoy h9d noied oppeors  in the  filrrt counler window  (16). Advonce  the
film once more qnd you ore reody for  further picture toking. Don't forgef lo  remove'lhe lens cop!

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For Automatic  Control                             The depth of  field  indicotor which rides
                                                            over the distonce scole does not func-
With control ring (3) set ot the "A" position            tion with  ihe "A"  setfing. However the
the correctoperturewill be set outomoticolly.         operture  number   indicoted   by   the
                                                                pointer in the viewfinder will serve os o
C  Settinglhe shutterspeed                             guide to the extent of the depth of field.
   Turn shutter ring (71 until the required          But more oboui depth of field on poge 17.
   shutterspeedclicksinto positionopposite
   the red mork V. The shutterspeedshould
   be chosen occording to subiect move-
   ment ond prevoiling light conditions.
@ Sertingthe distonce(focusing)
   os describedon poge 14
@  . .. qnd Tokinglhe Piclure
   Look through the viewfinder ond frome
   the subiectin the best possiblewoy; if the
   operturepointer lies in the white oreo -
    iust press the releoseond the picture is
    to ken.

Should this pointer be in one of the two red oreos
it  is not possible to toke o picture becouse of ihe
lighl conditions or becouse lhe preselected shutter
speed is too short. lf possible, select onother longer
shutter speed.

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                    lhe Pictureto   ... ond Toking
     Look through the viewfinder ond turn the
      shutterring till the needle(in the white oreo)
      pointsto the some operturenumberto which
     you hove olreody set the control ring . . . ond
      then toke the picture.

     The SYNCHRO-COMPURShutter

      The white figures on the shutter ring (1/500-
        l/30 second) ore shutier speeds which, under
      normol conditions, moy sofely be used for
      hond-held shots.With the yellow figures1/15-
             I second the comero should be firmly sup-
       ported on o tripod, tree trunk, etc., to ovoid
      unshorpnessthrough comero movement during
      exposure.
       At "B" lhe shutter remoins open os long os
       releose (8) is pressed. Here, too, o tripod  is
      necessory, os well os o coble releose which
      con be screwed into coble releose socket ('13).il
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    o  In the split-imoge rongefinder verticol lines of the
      subiecf ore disploced to the left or  right (with the
     comero held horizontol) or upwords or downwords
       (with the comero held upright) os you turn the di-
      stqnce ring (see exomple l). The lens is occurotely
      focused when the two ports of the imoge register
      precisely ocross the  split circle (see exomple  ll).

    o The ground-glossscreen is most suitoble for focusing
      subiectswithout prominentverticolor horizontol lines.
        ln this cose turn the distonce ring until the subiect
     oppeors shorp on the ground-glossscreen,which is
      orronged oround the centrol split-imoge oreo.


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For on exposure we recommend thot you hold the
comero os shown in the two illustrotions.The eye
should be os neor to the eyepiece of the view-
finder thot the entire imoge oreo con be seen in
co m fo rt.





                                         Alwoys press the releose button os smoothly
                                            os possible - never ierk  it ! The imoge in the
                                              viewfinder disoppeors of the instont of  ex-
                                          posure  ond re-oppeors immediotely ofter-
                                           words, so thot the subiect con be wotched
                                                   virtuolly without interruption.
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  Interchangeable   Lenses   -
                                Insertion  and  Removal

  A  full ronge of Voigtlcinder high-performonceonostig-
  mot lenses,of different focol lengths ond opertures,ore
  ovoiloble for  ihe ULTRAMATIC comero. These lenses


  boyonet mount ond  ore occurotely focused wiih  the ;::ffi::,::;t::::'::lHl:'t  two-woy rongefinder. As the toking lens it ot the some
  time olso the viewfinder lens,you olwoys see the correct
  view in the finder irrespectiveof the subiect distonce or
  the focol length of the lens used'
 W h e n   i n s e r t i n g    o    l e n s , m o k e s u r e t h o t  i h e  r e d
  dot on the lens mount is opposite the red dot on the
  operture control ring (see illustrotion).Then turn the ring             I
   slightly to the right until  it clicks inio position ond  it
   will be firmly mounted in the comero.
  To  r e m o v e the lens, press cotch ('15),turn lhe lens
   to the lefi qnd pull it out of the shutter (see illustrotion).
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The depth of field covers thot pori of the subiect, in     Aperture and Depth of  Fielcl
front of ond behind the focused distonce, which is re-
              produced on the film with occeptoble
                shorpness. This depth of  field, how-
                 ever,  is  not  permonenl;   it  grows
             when siopping down ond  it decreoses
                 the more the lens is opened up.
               Pleosenote: -

                rge aperlures  (e. g. fi2.8)
                =  smqller depth of field;


             Smoll operlures (e. g. tl6)
              = wider depthof field.
              You con instontly reod off the depth
                   of field ot ony distonce setting ond
                 with every interchongeoble lens, with
                 the  exception  of  the  Voigtlcinder
              Zoomor lens, os long os the operiure
               hos been set "monuolly". The two
                red  pointers obove  the  distonce
                scole  indicote the  limits  of  the
                shorply focused zone (see illustro-
                                t i o n ) .
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                                     Flash!
                                     Wiih  flosh you con toke the most delightful indoor  pic-
                                                                                you\{rr                            tures of  ihe fomily  circle or  of  festive occosions;
                                 con olso give your outdoor portroits o  beoutiful sunny
                                          effect on  o  cloudy  doy,  or  moke  heovy shodows  in
                                       "ogoinst-the-light" pictures iusf thot  little lighter.\1Y                                   With  block-ond-withe film  the flosh con be used on  its
                                 own, or equolly well combined with doylight or  ortificiql
                                            light sources, such os tungsten lomps. For flqsh shots with
                                      doylight type or  ortificiol light type colour film refer io
                                       the oppropriote instruction leoflets. In cose of doubt your
                                   Deoler will be glod to odvise you.
                            Mounting the Flashgunon the Camera
                                The floshgun or  the flosh tube  of  on  electronic unit  is
                                       usuolly fitted to the side of  the comero by meons of  o
                                       speciol brocket. A  seporote occessory shoe con olso beMfficlomped behind the viewfinder eyepiece mounf; you con
                                     then  fii the floshgun on the top  of  the cqmero os well.
                                The illusirotion shows the Voigtlcinder Floshgun in position.
                                The flosh coble completes the electric circuit between the
                                        flosh unit ond ihe comero shutter. Push the plug of the
                                          flosh coble into the flosh socket (5).

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Flos h-b u lbs o n d  e l e c t r o n i c  flo sh  u n its  d iffe r
in  iheir  chorocteristics  such os  ihe  firing  de-
loy ond  light  outpui.  To ensure  thoi  the peok
brightness   of  the  flosh  coincides   with   the
instont when  the  shutter  is  fully  open,  there
ore  two  types  of  synchronisotion:  M  ond  X.
Accordino to  the tvpe  of  flosh-bulb or  eleclronicflosh, thJ synchroniier (4) is either  left ot the "X"        nwposition or-moved  to  "M"  (post o  smoll locking
powl).
You will  find oll the necessory informotion on "X"
ond "M"  os well  os on  suiloble shutter speeds,
with the flosh-bulbs ond with the floshgun or elec-
tronic flosh unit  itself.
For flosh shots with the self-iimer (synchronisersel
to  "V"), use only the shutter speeds intended for
the "X"  posiiion (see olso poge 20).
The  lens operiure  required  for  correcf exposure
con be obtoined from lhe so-colled guide number.
This  is  usuolly quoted on  the flosh-bulb pocking
or  in lhe leofleis issued with the bulb or electronic
flosh unit. To find the correct operiure divide the
op pro p rio t e g u i d e n u m b e r b y th e d isto n ce in fe e l
between ihe subject ond the comero; therefore: -
    qperlure     -   guide  number    -i   disfonce,

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                              Shots with the Self-timer

                                   The Synchro-Compur shutter con olso be releosed
                                     through o deloying device (self-timer)with ihe con-
                                                  trol ring set lo Automotic or to ony of the monuol
                                          settings.

                                                                                I t   i s v e r y s i m p l e  i n d e e d : -
                                         Pui the comero on q firm bose, preferobly screwed
                                     on o  tripod, ond move synchroniser (4) to  "V".   lI
                                    you now press the releose you  will hove time to
                                move to your position; ofter o deloy of obout l0 se-
                                   conds the shutter will be reosed outomoticolly. The
                                       synchroniser lhen returns itself from ihe "V"  to the
                                         "X"
                                             _position.
                                 Do not use the self-timer with the shulter set to "B".
                                    The synchroniser, once sel lo "Y"  connol be pushed
                                      bqck to the X or M  positions by hqnd.


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Voigtl?inder  Focar  lenses

ore obtoinoble in different powers for  oll inter-
chongeoble lenses from  40 mm  focol  length,
from 0.25 to 6.5 diopters; they moy be combined
to o moximum power of  l0 diopters, which will
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ollow o scole of reproduction of  I   :

Simply screw the Focor lenses on the comero
lens mount. Focus wifh  the  rongefinder  or
ground-glossscreen.The f inder of the some time
shows the correct field of view, in full brillionce
right into the corners. The imoge  is the right
woy round ond free f rom ony poro llox error.

To moke sure of odequote depth of   f ield for such
close-ups,stop down to of leost 115.6of  fl9. When
copyingdocumentsond similororiginolson opertureof
 tlll  or fl16 is odvisoble.The use of Focor lensesdoes
not offect the exposure.lf filters ore to be used,screw      A detoiled Focusing Toble for  oll Focor
the filter in front of the Focor lens.When using more       lenses ond  interchongeoble lenses, in-
thon oneFocorlens,ploce the onewith thehighestpower       cluding doto on scoles of reproduction,
(engrovedwith the lorgestnumberof diopters)immedi-      depth of  field,  etc.  is ovoiloble from
otely in front of the comerolens.                            your Deoler.
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   ore hord-cooted ond do not impoir the lens performonce in ony woy. The
   yellow, green ond oronge one con, of course, only be used with block-ond-
   white films    ultro-violet, sky-light ond polorising filters ore suitoble for
   c o l o u r f i l m o s w e l l .
  YellowrilterG I'5x       t'l',"di:9,,"tt":.                          llgli              I::.:.:'L:::.:i:l:.:::i.::.::.::':.:.11
   Yellow  filter G3x     Universol filter for londscopes ond other outdoor subiects;
                          indispensoblefor snow pictures
  Green  filter GR 4     Lightens green tones in londscopes. Recommendedfor  orti-
                                    ficiol light portroiture ond for copying of coloured originols
  Oronge  filter OR 5 x  Strongly cuts blue light for dromotic effects. Reducesotmo-
                            spheric hoze in distont views
   Ultrq-violet  filter UV  Cuts out ultro-violet rodiotion in high mountoins or neor the
                           seo.  Eliminotes unpleosont blue  cqsts in  colour shots.
                          Requires no exposure increose
   Sky-light filter SF    A  combinotion of  the u. v.  filter ond o weok conversion
                                      filter;   it completely eliminotes the ultro-violet port  of the
                         spectrum
   Polorising filter POt  Reduces or cuts out disturbing reflections from shiny sur-
                            foces (spectocles, polished oreos, woter) other thon metol
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Compensating   for  a  Filter

With ony filter (except the u. v. ond sky-lighf
f ilters) the exposure setting requires some
correction. You con corry out this odiustment
simply by turning filter foctor disc (9) to the
number of the corresponding filter foctor, so
thot the presence of o filter will be outomoti-
co I ly  to ken  into occount by  the exposure
meter.

Just to remind you thot you hove compen-
soted for o  filter, o smoll block circle will
hove become visible in the top left corner of
the  viewfinder. This  circle  will  disoppeor
when the fifter foctor disc is turned bock to
unity.

The indicotedfilter foctors ore only opproximote
volues,becousethey qlso depend on the type of
film emulsionond on the lightingconditionswhen
the pictureis token.


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