Voigtlander Vitoret F User manual

POSTED 6-27-' O4                                        ,

         This manual is for reference and historical purposes, all rights reserved.
                      This page is copyright @ by M. Butkus. NJ.
This page may not be sold or distributed without the expressedpermission of the producet
                                   I have no connection with any camera company
                         OnJine camera manual library
               This is the fulltext and images from the manual.
        This may take 3 full minutes for this PDF document to download.


               The r4ain page is located at www.butkus.org/chinon

                    If you find this manual useftrl, how about a donafion of $3 to:
             M. Butkus, 29 Lake Ave., High Bridge, NJ 08829-1701
               and send your e-mail address so I can thank you.
        Most other places would charge you $7.50 for a electronic copy or
                     $18.00 for a hard to read Xerox copy.
  This will allow me to continue to buy new manuals and pay their shipping costs.
                                               It'll make you feel better, wonrt it?
     If you use Pay Pal or wish to use your credit card, use the Pay Pal Link on my page.

                    If you found this page from any other location (other then a link)
                        please noti$r me at mike@butkus.org

Loading the camera
o Press the two parts of the spring catch (4) to-
gether, open the camera back and pull the rewind
knob (5) out to its full extent (see Fig. l).
o Attach the film to the take-up spool (19) so that
one perforation fits over the lug; then pull the film
across the film channel, fit the cassette into its
recess and push home the rewind knob (Fig. ll).         VITORET
o Press down on the button (9) and turn the take-up
spool by the milled edge at the bottom until both
rows of perforation engage on the sprocket teeth
of the film advance spindle (Fig. lll). Close the
camera back.
o Turn the milled edge of the film counter (12)
until the diamond mark  I  is against the red dot
when loading a 36-exposurefilm (or the O mark for
a 2o-exposurefilm). Operate the rapid wind lever
and shutter release alternately until the counter
indicates 36 (or 20). lt will now automaticallyshow
the number of frames left unexDosedeach time the
film is advanced.

Unloading lhe camera
Press button (9) and hold it down. Turn the rewind
knob  (5) in the  direction shown by the arrow
until the I or O mark reappears in the film counter
window. Then release the button, open the camera
back, pull out the rewind knob and remove the
cassette from the camera.

Ghanging partly-exposed films
After noting the number indicated by the film coun-
ter, remove and reload the partly-exposedfilm as
described above. After reloading, press the shutter
release down, release it briefly, then press it down
again and hold it down with a firm pressure. Ope-
rate the rapid lever wind, using the fuli extent of
its travel, until the film counter shows the number
previously noted. Let go  of the shutter release,
operate the rapid wind lever once and the film can
then be exposed as normal                      OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
           Riqht to introducemodilicationsreserved
17609 - 13Ai 364 ACO           Printedin Germany

                                                        www.orphancameras.com

Bright-line viewfinder                                     Inserting the tlashbulb:
The clear, bright-lineframe in the viewfinder shows       Press the catch (14) to the
the exact limits of what you will get on the film -          right to allow the reflector
and you see the subject bright and life-size               to spring up into posltion.
            As you come nearer to the subject,       Press an AG-1 flashbulb
              the area seen by theviewfinder shifts        vertically down  into the
                slightly to one side The two short       socket (16). For safety's
               lines at the edges of the bright-line      sake you should use the
            frame indicate the top and sidewavs       flash-guard supplied with
               limits of your picturd at a distance       every camera;  this  fits
                of 3-6  feet (1-2 m), depending on        with  the  two  lugs  en-
            whether the camera is being used      Eaged in the slots (17)
                for an upright or horizontal picture        so that  it comes in front
                                                                of the bulb (see diagram,
Rapid lever wind                                         top right).
The lever must always be taken to the full extent
of  its travel; this cocks the shutter, advances the         Setting the aperture:
film and operates the film counter. An automatic       Set the centre disc of the
interlock,working in conjunctionwith the shutter       calculator  (5a)  for  the
release, prevents double exposures and missed,      speed (ASA or DIN num-
blank frames                                            ber)  of  the  film  being
                                                used You can then read
Shutter release                                                  off against the feet scale
This should be gently squeezed -  never jerked, as          (in yellow) or the metre
this wili iead to a blurred ptcture                       scale (in white) the aper-
                                                           ture number needed at a
FIash exposures                                       given  subject  distance;
                                                          set this on the apertureThe built-in capacitor flashgun means that the ca-                                                       scale (7).mera is ready to use at any moment; flash is not
onjy for taking pictures after dark, in the home or        Shutter speed: l/so secai parties -  you can use  it out-of-doors on dull
days to give close-up portraits an attractive "sun-        Ejecting the flashbulb:
shine" effect, or to lighten the dark shadow areas        Pull the reflector gently to the rear. The spent (and
when shooting against the light.                        hot) bulb will then be loose in its socket and will
                                                    drop out tf the camera is tilted to one side.
            Type AG-1 flashbulbs must be used.
                                                                   Fitting the battery:
                                                  Press the cover (18) gently inwards and twist it to
                                                        the left until the two red dots are in line. lt can
                                                     then be removed, and later replaced by reversing
                                                        the procedure. The 15 V battery must be fjtted with
                                                      the +pole inwards,





                                                       www.orphancameras.com

Aperture and depth of fleld
The depth of field is the area of the subject, in
front of and behind the point focused on, which
will be reproduced with acceptable sharpness on
the film; it extends from the distance shown on the
left of the focusing scale against the aperture num-
ber on scale (2) matching that set on the camera
to the distance shown against the same aperture
number to the right of the A  mark.

                 l,lote: when the aperture is set on
             small numbers (e.9. 2.8 or 4) there is
              less depth of  field; at the higher
             aperture numbers (e.9. 11 or  16)
              there is greater depth of field.




Small accessories you will find useful
r   lf you find  it difficult to judge the subject dis-
tance the neat Voigtlender rangefinder,which clips
into the accessory shoe, will relieve you of this
trouble.
o Voigtldnderfilters (32mm diam) are availablein
various colours and densities for black-and-white
and colour photography. All  filters are surface-
coated"
r   lf you want to photograph small objects and ani-
mals in close-up, there are two Focar supplemen-
tary lenses you can use. The PROXIRECTdevice
will help with close-upfocusing.
o The Voigtldnder lenshood will not only keep out
all the stray light which spoils the sharpness and
flattens the contrast of your picture -   it is invalu-
able for protecting the lens from rain and snow
       "bad-weather"during              photography.