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Voigtlander Vito III User manual
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- Voigtländer
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- Voigtlander Vito III
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- User manual
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- English
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- 28
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- Film cameras
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-the ,reost .flnfer*u4f 440ihf
of the whole booklet of instructionsis on this page: You are requestedto read
the instructionscarefully,and to make yourself familiar with the manipulation
of your camerabefore you start taking photographsor investigateits mechanic-
al construction.
We Suggest that you practice the operating of the camera, aS shown in
Sectionl, without loading it. Havingthus gained some experience,read on to
get a complete impression,and only then load your first film. I
you should always bear in rnind that the Vito lll is a mechanicalprecision
instrumentwhich must be handledwith feeling and understanding.lt will repay
your care with an endless number of beautifuland wonderfullysharp pictures.
VOIGTTANDERA.G. BRAUNSCHWEIG
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I Key boord
t o c l o s e c q m e r q f r o n t
2 Shutter speed ring
to set exposure time
3 Aperture lever
to set the stops
4 Shutter tensioning lever
' 5 Peg to hold the detochoble comero shoe
6 Focusingknob of rongefinder
7 Key to rewind the film
8 Synchronising lever
lo sei the flqsh contqct
9 Flosh contoct
t o c o n n e c t f l o h s o p po ro tu s
l0 Body releose
I I Coble releose
12 A-Knob to tronsportlilm
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5 Peg fo hold the detochoble
comero shoe
14 Eyepiece for view ond rongefinder
l5 Distonce scole
w i l h z o n e f o c u 's i n g se ttin g s
'a6 Depth of field indicotor
'17 Axis of the R-Key
l8 Spool peg
f o r f i l m c o r t r i d g e
l 9 F i l m g u i d e s
20 Film tronsport shoft
2l Toke-up spool
n o t r e m o v o b l e
22 Film releose
t o p u t l o c k o u t o I o ctio n fo r lo o d in g o r
c h o n g i n g p o r t l y e xPo se d film
23 Film counfer
24 Pressure plote
25 Spring lotches
t o c l o s e c o m e r q b o ck
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The Dou ble Exposure Lock
Thisautomaticdevice prevents
double exposuresand blar.llr
f rames.
After theexposure,the release
b u t t oni s l o cke d u n t ilt h e f i lrtt
is wound on; the film trolrs-
port is then locked until the
next time you press the
reIease.
26 Rewinding indicotor
The Film Releose 2f Coloured f ilm indicotor
T hi s i s ne e d e d ma in ly wlten 28 Tripod bush
loading the camera or wlren 29 Button to open cqmelo lront
c ha n g i ngp a rt lye xp o se df ilr ns. 50 Front support; mqy be lolded oul
A short pressurereleasesthe P r e s s b u t t o n 2 9 o n d t h e f r o n t w i l l s p r i n g o p e n . H o l d i n g i t b y b o t h
filrntransportfor one frame. c o r n e r s p u l l i t d o w n f u l l y u n t i l t h e s t r u t l o c k s f i r m l y i n t o p o s i t i o n .
Continuouspressure releases T h e l e n s i s n o w i n t h e t o k i n g p o s i t i o n .
th e f i l m t ra n sp o rtwh ile the T o c l o s e t h e c o m e r o , d e p r e s s t h e w i d e k e y - b o o r d u n d e r t h e l e n s ,
pressurelasts.Do not use the o n d f o l d t h e f r o n t b o c k u n t i l t h e l o c k c o t c h e s . L e o v e f i n g e r s o n
film release when rewindirro k e y - b o o r d u n t i l t h e y o r e o u t o m o t i c o l l y p u s h e d o w o y b y t h e l e n s
th e f i l m. www.orphancameras.coms t o n d o r d . P r e v i o u s s e t t i n g o f l e n s t o 1 m o r \ i s n o t n e c e s s o r y .View original page 9Page 11 · Read text
The Rongefinder Snopshots With Stop 8
is combined with the viewfinder in one eye-piece (meosuring Y o u c o n t o k e q u i c k s n o p s h o t s
f i n d e r ) . L o o k i n g t h r o u g h t h e e y e - p i e c e y o u w i l l s e e o b r i g h t c i r c l e , w i t h o u t u s i n g t h e r o n g e l i n d e r b y
t h e m e o s u r i n g f i e l d i n t h e c e n t r e o f t h e f i n d e r . A s l o n g o s t h e moking use oi the two-point sett-
distonce indiEoted by the rongefinder does not corresp6nd with ing on the focusing knob ("zone
the distonce of the subject focused ot, the subject within the f o c u s i n g " ) . t
c i r c l e w i l l o p p e o r d o u b l e o r h o v e d o u b l e o u t l i n e s . A s l i g h t V : 1 1 ' _ d e p t h o f f i e l d f r o m
t u r n o f t h e f o c u s i n g k n o b ( o r r o w o n l e f t ) w i l l m o k e t h e t w o 8' 3" to 16' 6" (os in
i m o g e s b l e n d i n t o o n e ; t h e l e n s i s f o c u s e d o c c u r o t e l y . - A l t e r n - i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .
o t i v e l y , t h e d i s t o n c e m o y b e s e t b y m e o n s o f t h e s c o l e o n t h e O : 3 5 ' : d e p t h o f f i e l d f r o m
f o c u s i n g k n o b . www.orphancameras.com 16' 6" to oo.View original page 11Page 13 · Read text
The Perforoted
Minioture Film
in d a y l i gh tca rt rid g e syie lds
36 exposures24 by 36 mm in
black and white. With colour
film the number of pictures
varies with the diff e rent
makes, as stated on tlte
packings.
W he n l oa d in g o r u n lo a ding
film, the cartridgeshouldnot
be exposed to strong ligttt;
h a nd l ec a me raa n d f ilm in t he
shade- your own shadowis
quite satisfactory.
The purposeof the Film lndi- Opening Comero Bock The Rewind Key
cator is to remind you of the P r e s s t o g e t h e r b o t h s p r i n g l o t - i s u s e d w h e n i n s e r t i n g t h e f i l m
type of film loaded. Choose c h e s o f t h e s o m e t i m e , o n d c o r t r i d g e ( s e e n e x t p o r o g r o p h ) .
one particularcolourfor each o p e n t h e h i n g e d b o c k . - W h e n S l i d i n g t h e s m o l l b u t t o n o n I type of f ilm you use, a nd top of the rewind key in the
immediatelyafter loadingset c l o s i n g c o m e r o l o t e r o h , t o k e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e o r r o w w i l l m o k e
the respective colour in the core thot both lotches cotch t h e h o n d l e s p r i n g u p . P u l l o u t
l 0 Indicato r. p www.orphancameras.comr o p e r l y . t h e k e y o s f o r o s i t w i l l g o .View original page 13Page 14 · Read text
lnserting the Co rtrid g. Turn the Toke-up Spool T h e p r o t r u d i n g s p o o l k n o b o f b y t h e w i n d i n g k n o b s o t h o t t h e l o n g e r o f t h e t w o s l o t s f o r t h e t h e c a r t r i d g e m u s t f i t i n t o f i l m p o i n t s s i c i e w o y s . l f t h e w i n d i n g k n o b i s l o c k e d , p r e s s t h e f i l m t h e p e g a t t h e b o t t o m o f t l r e r e l e o s e . T h r e o d t h e f i l m e n d o v e r t h e f i l m g u i d e s o n d p u s h w e l l c a m e r a . T h e n p u s h b a c k t h e i n t o t h e l o n g s l o t o f t h e t o k e - u p s p o o l ( o r r o w , c e n t r e p i c t u r e ) . l t i s r e w i n d k e y t u r n i n g i t cdvisoble to fold shorply the lopered film end by obout r/r inclr s l i g h t l y i f n e c e s s ar y , a n d f o l d towcrrds the emulsion side berore, in order to mqke sule the d o w n t h e h a n d l e . toking up. l rView original page 14
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H o w t o u s e t h e F o c o r L e n s e s :
. Screw comero to tripod, ond opprooch
subject until it oppeors in the desired
s i z e i n t h e v i e w f i n d e r f i e f d . A c c o r d i n g
t o i t s d i s t o n c e , y o u t h e n p l o c e e i t h e r F 1
o r F 2 o n t h e l e n s m o u n t .
. Now meosure occurotety the distonce
between the front of the Focor tens ond the centre of your subject, ond look up ---t--- t h i s d i s t o n c e i n t h e t o b l e o n t h e o p p o s i i e yu
p o g e ( s e c o n d o r t h i r d c o l u m n ) . I n t h e f i r s t c o l u m n y o u w i l l f i n d t h e f i g u r e t o III
which the comero must be set. S e e n i n vtew-
. No chonge in exposure time is required f i n d e r
when using o Focor tens. O n
Film
. A t f u l l o p e r t u r e t h e i m o g e i s s l i g h i l y
u n s h o r p , e s p e c i o l l y n e o r t h e c o r n e r s .
By stopping down def inition is improved,
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A Filter
for sfill better pictures
YourVoigtleinderlenswill give you
picturesof unsurpassablesharpness;
but the mood of the picturecan be
improved, and special pictorial
effects achieved,by using a filter.
Therefore,when takingphotographs
out-of-doors(with only a few excep-
tions) use a filter to enhanceyour
picture. Especiallythe sky, with
andwithoutclouds,is renderedmore
naturally,and will look more beauti-
lul - even "d ramalic", if you wish. L-
Therea re only few occasionswhen VoigtlHdder Filters ore mode of spectroscopicolly tested,
d f i l t er s ho u ld n o t b e u sed: when s o l i d o p t i c o l g l o s s , c r i t i c o l l y g r o u n d t o p l o n e - p o r o l l e l surfoces. This ensures thot the superb definition given
very short exposure time must be b y t h e V o i g t l o n d e r o n o s t i g m o t s i s f u l l y r e t o i n e d .
given in unfavourablelight condi- A l l f i l t e r s o r e s u p p l i e d i n p u s h - o n m o u n t s , o n d m o y b e
tions,for example sport picturesin lcinderu s e d i nlensc o mhoodb i n o t i o n w i t h o F o c o r l e n s o n d I o r V o i g t -
r6 dull weather,fog or mistscenes,etc. S u i l o b l e s i z e f o r V i t o l l l : 5 2 r n m d i o m e t e r . www.orphancameras.comView original page 19Page 22 · Read text
Synch ronised Flosh Shots T h e S Y N C H R O - C O M p U R shuttermakes it possible to take action shots with flash at the fastest shutter speeds up to rlsoosecond. The flash, can be employed either by itself,or combinedwith day- light or any other light. lt is, particularly useful f or lighting up the shadow a reds in connecting the flosh unit to the comero: against-the-lightshots. F i r s t f i x t h e c o m e r o t o t h e c o n n e c t i n g b o n d o f t h e f r o s h s e t b y All makes of flash units m e o n s o f o c o m e r o f i x i n g s c r e w ( r e f t ) . s o m e r i g h t - w e i g h t f r o s hI i flashguns as well as electro- guns con be fixed direcily to the detochobre occessory shoe. nic flash- can be used with T h e n c o n n e c t t h e s p e c i o l s y n c h r o n i s i n g c o b l e t o t h e f l o s h u n i t ,n" Synchro-Compurshutter. o n d p u s h t h e p r u g o v e r t h e c o n t o c t o f t h e s h u t t e r ( r i g h t ) . l 9,View original page 22
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The influence of Aperlure on Speed ond Deplh of Field "_
The iris diaphragmcontrols the size of the aperture or "stop", and with it the aryrount-l
light fallingon the film. lt inftuencesboth esposuretime a4d depth of field. lt is trecessary
to rememberthat the aperture("stop") is smallerwhen its figure,the "stop numbe r" i s h i g h e r .F r o m s t o p t o s t o p e x p o s u r et i m e r e q u i r e di s d o u b l e d ( o r h a l t e d , i n l h e I
opposite direction);this is clearly shown in the following example: 4II Aperture 2 1 2 , 8 1 4 1 5 , 6 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 6
Exposure 1 1 5 0 01 1 1 2 5 0 l 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 1 t 2 5 1t10 115 second time
Depthof field comprisesthat portion of the space of the scene which is rendered entirely
sharp(from near to furtherback).lt increasesas the lens is stopped down. Remember:
Lorge stop : little depth of field; smoll stop : greot depth of field.
How far.the sharp zone extends you can read off on the focusingknob of the rangefinder. When focused,the index mark points exactly to the distancefocused at (see illustrationin ff
"Snapshots"section).On the right and left of the mark the aperture numbersare arranged I
in the same order. lmmediatelyabove are the figures of the distance scale. The d e p t h
o f f i e l d e x t e n d sf r o m t h e f i g u r e o p p o s i t e a n a p e r t u r e n u m b e r o n t h e
l e f t t o t h e f i g u r e . o p p o s i t e t h e s a m e a p e r t u r en u m b e ro n t h e r i g h t .VIl"',, www.orphancameras.com *trView original page 25Page 26 · Read text
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6 ore of Cqmera qnd Lens
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.iuccessful work and long life of your camera depend mainlyon its being handledcorrectly,
and on your care of it.
r Do, please,treat it with all the respect due to a fine mechanicalprecisioninstrument,
l' again the respectiveparagraphsof these instructions' :t ,i*, and never use force. lf anythingshould not go smoothly it is much better to read
o Before inserting a film, make quite sure there is no dust inside the camera; if
necessary,clean it gentlY.
to supportthe panelt, o When pushingon the lenshood,filter or focar lens it is advisable
with two fingers.
r When on the beach, carry the camera in the closed ever-ready case (sand is its
arch-enemyl),opening the case only when actuallymaking an expoSUre.
. Avoid 'finger) prints on the lens; they affect definition.
o All lensesare coated also on the outer surfaces(antireflectionlayer). The lens may
be cleaned with a soft brush or a piece of clean, well-washedlinen. Grease spots
may be removed by gently dabbing with a wad of cotton wool moistenedin alcohol. 23View original page 26Page 28 · Read text
The W Eyer-Reody Cose for the V lT O lll is made of strongbest qualityhide, lined, and fitted with a carryingand neck-strap. The case protects the camera not only f rom harmful effects of the weather (rain,snow, etc.) but also f rom those of pushesand falls.A screw in the bottom of the case engages the tripod bush and preventsthe camera fallingout.View original page 28
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