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WALZ P1 Exposure Meter for Polaroid cameras User manual
User manual for WALZ P1 Exposure Meter for Polaroid cameras. 9 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Brand
- Walz
- Model / document
- WALZ P1 Exposure Meter for Polaroid cameras
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
- File size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Light meters
- Document date
- Not specified in catalog
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The Wolz Exposure Meter Model P-l is o precision photo-electric meter which provides o direct reoding of the EV shutter number on oll lotest model Poloroid Lond Comeros. The full duto- tflr motion ond simplicity in setting the Poloroid Comero for perfect exposure con be fully enioyed by using the Wolz P- I Meter in connection with the Poloroid Comero.View original page 2
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n poinr Merer or subiecr: 2
downword slightly
Point the meter ot your subiect motter downword
slightly to ovoid excessive overheod skylight or sun
which moy effect the reoding. When possible, it
is desiroble to hold the meter obout five inches from
your sub ject motter or os closely os possible without
costing o shodow. Alwoys ovoid cosfing o shodow
on the subiect motter. When the subiect motter
connot be opprooched it is often desiroble to ploce
the polm of your hond obout five inches in front of
the photo-cell window in such woy os to reflect the
some light os thot folling on the subiect.
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Although most indoor pictures token with Poloroid Comeros ore with flosh, there moy be some occossions when you will wont to toke indoor pictures without flosh. It is not necessory to use o meter for flosh pictures. However, if other ortificiol light such os tungsten (100 Wott Bulb) or photoflood lomps is used, you con use your Wolz P-l Meter to obtoin the proper setting. For indoor pictures set meier to proper film speed, point ot subiect motter down- word slightly os close os possible. lf the meter reods l0 or higher set the shutter to thot number ond snop picture iust os you would for on outdoor shot.View original page 7
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lf the meter reods less thon l0 moke o time exposure
by moving the time-set on the comero to "B". To
toke o reoding, hold meter beside subiect's foce ond
oim the meter directly ot the strongest light os shown
below. Then, use the following guide for op-
proximote exposure time ond shutter setting. Comero
must be mounted firmly on toble top or tripod.
Hold down the
When the Set the Shutter Shutter Releose
Meter Reods Number to obout
1l l3 x 2 sec. x 12 l3 I sec.
l3 l3 x t/z sec. * l'4 l4 '/, sec.
i< With the time set ot "B"View original page 8From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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