Walz Waltz Electric 1.8 User manual

WALZ ETECTRIC I.8

 Your WALZ 35mm Electric 'l.8 Comero is on outstonding
 ochievement in odvonced mechonicol ond opiicol design
 ond precision. Before using your WALZ ELECTRIC l.g Co-
 mero, study the operoiing instructions corefully. The WALZ
 ELECTRIC  I .8 is o modern high speed precision comero with
 o high speed precision lens ond with sensitive-precision
 meter. Proctice the operotions of your comero with o few
 triol rolls of film before using for your first importont
 picture toking event. Become thoroughly fomilior with eoch
operotion ond function of the comero ond then you're
reody for oction.
There ore mony wonderful doys of superb picture_toking
oheod for you with your WALZ Electric ,).8 Comero-o
delightful componion ond precision photogrophic instrument
of which you will olwoys be proud.

THE S-KOMINAR IENS F : 1.8
Ihe ttHeorlttof your comero is ihe fomous 45mm S-Kominor
Lens. One of the World's   f inest lenses, the S-Kominor f I.8
is hord-cooted ond {ully color corrected. New rore eorth
opiicol gloss provides needleshorp crisp pictures ond high
resolving power with compoci lens construction.

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Looding rhe comero


    Stondord 35mm film for 24 X 36mrn negotives is ccmmerciolly
    ovoiloble os block-ond-white os well os color film in doylight
    looding cossettes of 36 or 20 exposures. Although the cossettes
   ore light-tight, it is odvisoble not to expose them to strong
     light. Moke o point therefore of olwoys looding ond unlooding
    the comero in the shode-even the shodow of your own body
    will do.





O Opening the bock
    First lift up the bock cover
    lotch ond swing open the bock
   from the body. (Fig. I )
                                                          Fig.  I


O  Insertlng the Cossette
    Insert the film in the film
   chomber. The shoft of  the
   rewind must properly engoge
   the cossette, otherwise ycu
    will not be oble to close the
   comero bock. (fig. 2)
                                                         Fig. 2
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O  Seillng the Fllm Counter

           Advonce the Ropid Wind Lever 2 times. At the 3rd
            winding, 0 (Zero) mork comes to oppeor ot the
             film counter oligns with the triongulor mork. Now
           the film is reody for the first exposure. (Fig. 6)





  When wind the film, check to
  see if Film Advonce Indicotor
  which is locoted ot the right
  side of Rewind Lever is turn-
  ing orrow indicoted direction.
  This is to check if the film  is                                                              Fig. 6
  properly wound. ln cose the red
  dot mork on the Film Advonce
  Indicotor is not turning, roise
  the Rewind Cronk ond turn  it
  to orrow indicoted direction to
   roll tight the film. When turn
  the film Winding Lever, turn  it
  completely until it  will ccme
  to full stop. (Fig. 7)





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The Apertui€-Speed Settings
                        .|.8 Thc Wolz Electric    comero is equipped with exposure meter.
 Diophrogm linked to the exposure meler. When the meter po-
 inter is lined up with the Red morker inside the viewfinder,
 the setting will give correct exposure. So, oll you do is set your
 shutter speed ot the shutter diol, then turn f stop scole diol
 (ring) while viewing tlrru viewfinder.
 Set your film speed ot ASA Film Speed Indicoting window by
the ttr;ring of Film Speed Chonging Lever. (Fig. 8)
 (lntermediote Scole for ASA Film Speed.)
  800  400  200        I 00   50   25           I 0
                       150      80





                     Fig.Fig. 88                             Fig. I
Set your desired shutter speed to Red triongulor mork which  is
locoted ot the top of the lens by turning of Shutter Speed
Scole Diol. The shutter diol is so designed to stop ot click ot
the point of Red Morker. So, be sure set your shutter speed
on the Red triongulor mork ot the click stop. (Fig. 9)
Hold your comero ogoinst your subiect ond look through the
viewfinder. On the upper pcrt of the Viewfinder Frome, fixed
Red triongulor mork con be seen ond by turning f stop Scole
Diol to either direction of right or left, bring the pointer of
lhe meter to line up with this Red mork. Now, you hove olreody
right operture opening to your shutter speed outomoticolly.
                                               (Fig. l0 & 1l)

Fig. l0                             Fig. I I
On the other hond, ot the top of the comero body, other coupled
exposure meter window for this  p urpose is provided too. Just
turn f Stop Scole Diol (Ring)
to bring meter pointer (Rc d
Color) to line up with  the
indicoted Red triongulor mcrk
inside the window. With lhis
operotion, you will hove clso
some correct f stop outomo-
ticolly.                                                                                                                                                                                           ,
(Green         triongulor               mork                            in                             the                                                                                                        ,lII                            po-window                 Tero        shows the                                                ffisition. When photo cell win-
dow is completely covered, the                        Fig. 12pointer cf the meter should
stop ot this Green triongulor
mork.) (Fig. 12)
Since the Wolz Electric  I .8 comero is equipped with cross
coupled one motion shutter syst-'m, once your shutter speed ond
relotive f stcp is determined by the previous operotion, iust by
turning shr.tler speed diol, you con hove mony different com-
binotions of shulter speed ond f stop for your choice. This shutter
system is very convenient for your photogrophy in different
p u rposes.
For exomple  :
lf your shutter speed ond operture opening is determined  for
the combinotion of 11125 ot f8, by turning shutter speed diol
you con hove the respective different combinotions of 1/15 ot
( 22, li30 ot f 16, l//60 ot f ll, 11250 ot 15.6 ond l/soO ot f 4
ond those respective combinotions will hove the some correct
ex pos u re.

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Focuslng rhe subfect


          is porticulorly eosy with the WALZ
        ELECTRIC 1.8 comero. In the center
        of the bright-line frome finder you con
        see the bright squore ronge  f inder
                         f ield.
      When the ronge finder is not correctly
        focused on the subiect, the  lotter
        oppeots with double-outlines in the
         rongefinder  f ield. (See Fig. l3)
        Turn the focusig knob until the double
          outlines in the rongefinder field com-
       bine into one. This sets the  lens
         exoctly to  the meosured distonce.
          (Flg. l4)
        Since the comero is equipped with
        outomotic porollox correction there  is
       no need for porollox correction. The
                        f inder will  outomoticolly shift  to
        compensote for porollox.





                             Fig l4

The True-View
                Bright-Line Viewfinder

 This reolly unique bright line
 viewfinder not only shows the
 subject in full noturol size but
 olso hos o morvellous brilli-                                                                          t!i
 ont imoge frome which cleorly
 outlines the exoct  f ield of view.
 Note thot subiect must be                                  .1il':*i,.gt
                                                              . W*r" centered within the inside line                                                    Fig.  I 5 of the Brisht-Line. (Fig.  t 5)



       The Rcpid Wind Lever


 Or':e full movement to the lever cocks the shutter, ond odvonces
the film ond the film counter. A spring then returns the lever
to its originol position. An
outomotic lock prevents the
ropid winder from being op-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           iiii.'.)iiieroted o second time before                                                                                      ',,,:: ',the shutter is releosed. Con- I                                                                                                                         ill:i,,,*
versely, the slrutter con only                   I.D'
be releosed ofter operotingthe ropid winding lever. This   ry
prevents both double exposu-                                                 ,:,, r$
res ond blonk fromes.
(rig. l6)                                                                                          .  rrit$
                                                    Fig. 16

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Unloodlng



After the lost frome, the exposure f!lm must bc rewound
from the toke-up spool into the doylight cossette.
Push bock the film rewind button to orrow indicoted
direction ond rewind cronk will spring up. Now pull
up the rewind cronk ond turn the cronk in the direc-
tion of the orrow (clockwise). Just before rewinding
operotion is completed o more morked rcsistonce will
be noticeoble indicoting thot the end of the film  is
still held by the toke-up spool. A few more turns
will wind the film completely into the cossette. The
cossette con then be removed from the comero.
                                        (Fig. t7 & r8)





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            Fig. 17                        Fig. l8

Flosh Shors

       The COPAL SV shutter permits synchronized flosh shots ot oll
         shutter speeds up to the fostest shutter speed of  I i'500 second
        with ony flosh gun or electronic flosh unit on the morket.
        Smoll light-weight units such os the WALZ FLASH MASTER M5-25
         bottery copocitor flosh gun con be
          fitted directly into the occessory shoe
        of the comero. Lorger flosh guns or
        the flosh holders of electronic  flosh
         units ore generolly fitted to the side
        of the comero by reons of o speciol
          brocket.
       The flosh coble completes the electric
          circuit between the flosh unit ond the
       comero shutter. Push the plug of
        the floshcoble into the flosh terminol.
                                     (Fig.  l e)
                                              Fig. l9

         --,w  l,l-XoSeiting the Shutter and Aperfure
        Flosh bulbs ond electronic flosh units differ in the chorocteristics
       such os the firing deloy ond light output; the toble clossifies
I        shutter speeds with different type flosh bulbs. To ensure thot
       the peok brightness of the flosh coincides with the instont when
I       the shutter is fully open, there ore two types of synchronizotion:       "M'r ond "X".
        Before toking o flosh shot therefore move the synchronizing lever
        of the shutter to "M" or to "X" os required. You con then use
         oll types of flosh bulbs ond the shutter speed os shown in the
          toble.


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The Self-timer

 When you hove set the co-
  rrect operture-speed combino-
  tion ond the distonce ond hove
 cocked the shutter, set the
 synchronizing lever to "X" ond
 set the self-timer lever to left
 focing the lens. On pressing
 the releose, the shutter will
 now run down on its own ofter
 o deloy of obout l0 seconds,
 giving you enough time to get
 into the picture.  (Fig. 22)
 ATTENTION                        connot                          ' Selftimer                                                       Fig. 22             "M,  setting.  be used with
          Aperture ond Depth of Field
 T!" depth of field covers thot port of the subiect oreo in fronr
 of ond behind the focused distonce which oppeors occeptobly
 shorp in the picture. The extent of this shorp zone is by no meons
 constont,  it increoses the more you stop down the lens, ond
 decreoses the lorger the lens operture. The ovoiloble depth of
 field zone is eosily determined. After you hove set the iens to
 correct subiect distonce, look ot the depth of field scole. This
 corries two series of operture
numbers orronged symmetrico-
 lly to the left ond to the right
off the red dot index. The
depth of field extends from
the distonce morking opposite
one of the left hond operture
figures to the distonce morked
opposite the corresponding
right hond operture. (Fig. 23)
In short:
Lorge opertures (e. g. f 1.8)
yield limited depth of  field;
Smoff opertures (e. g. t 22)
yield greoter depth of field.                          Fig. 23


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WALZ Fllters


   In order to produce better pictures,  it is recommended  thot you
   use filters. You moy ottoch ony of the WALZ FILTERS (Size 49'%,
    f   I l0 screw-in) to the front of the lens.
  Here ore some of the WALZ FILTERS ovoiloble    ,

  For Block ond Whlre fllms  :

  WALZ YELLOW FILTER or wY2' Normol controst correction for
    Pon ond Ortho fllms. For White clouds ond dorker sky. ldeol
     for londscopes ond sunsets.
  WALZ RED FILTER or wRl: For dromotic controst. Pronounced
     cloud effects. Excellent for fog. hoze, ond mist. Use with
    Pon or Infro Red films.
  WALZ GREEN FILTERS or wG: Correct tonol rendering of
     flowers, scenics, folioge, trees, etc. Use with pcn films.





As scene oppecrs to  Appeoronce when  Appeoronce when
the eyes.             photogrophed with-  photogrophcd  with
                     out  f ilter.         WALZ Yellow Filter
                                         or wY 2.

For Golor Fllms  :
WALZ SKYLIGHT FILTER (lA), Use in open shode or on cloudy
  doys to eliminote hoze ond obsorb ultro-violet ond blue with
   doylight color films.
WALZ TYPE F FILTER (85C)' Use to convert Type F color films
  to doylight use.
WALZ CLEAR FLASH FILTER 87 (80C) or Wolz Flosh: Use to
  convert doylight color films to use with cleor flosh bulbs.
WALZ MORNING & EVENING FILTER (82A)' Use with doylisht
  color films before l0 A.M. ond ofter 3 P.M. to reduce red-
  ishness. Also use to convert Typ" F color films to use with
  Photo Flood Lomps.
WALZ TYPE A FILTER (85) or Wolz Doylight (A), Use to con-
  vert Type A color films to doylight  use.





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WAIZ Lens Hood



This indi:pensoble comero occessory protects the lens
ogoinst obiectionoble side light, simplifies the selection
of shooting position ond increose picture brillionce.
It is especiolly effective os o shield when toking snow,
roin ond woter sport pictures. The WALZ ELECTRIC
1.8 will toke o size 4g')',i, (S), 51'l',,l,Lock System lens hood.
It moy be ottoched in front of rhe lens.  (Fig. 24)





                                   Fig.24

Gore of the Gcrmerq clnd Lens



Successful results ond long li{e of your WALZ ELECTRIC 1.B
depend lorgely on proper core ond correct operotion.



    @ Therefore olwoys hondle the comero gently, ond
           never use force. In porticulor, protect the comero
             ogoinst hord knocks, ond do not drop  it. lf  you
             trovel by cor, do not keep the comero in the glove
           comportment or on the reor porcel ledge.

    E To protect your Lens from DUST, etc. lt is recom-
          mended thot you olwoys hove on WALZ SKYLIGHT
              FILTER.

         EI For cleoning the lens use only o soft fluffless cloth.
           However, first remove coorse porticles of grit (ot
          sond ot seoside) corefully with o soft soble brush.
             Finger morks or other troces of greose on the lens
             surfoce con be removed with o  piece of  cotton
          wool moistened with pure ether.

      n  ln the cose of ony trouble consult your photo deol-
             €r, or moil your comero to the WALZ ogent in your
              cou ntrY.

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ACCESSORIES for
       WALZ EIECTRIC t.8





       WATZ B. G. TIICROFTASH S.I  o
                 wlrh P. G. Gord



                                   Speciolly designed for use with
                        AG-l floshbulbs. Operotes on
                               l5 volt bottery ond copocitor.
                                Sofety shield to protect subiect
                        ond photogropher from shot-
                                  tered gloss in cose bulb should
                                explode.

GLOSE-UP LENSo  wAtz GoATED


The Wolz Cooted Close-up
Lens is o positive meniscus lens
designed os o supplementory
lens which will eliminote most
restrictions present in close-up
photogrophy.
Wolz Cooted Close-up lenses
cre supplied in diopt streng-
ths cf +.|, +2, ond +3,


o  WALZ FTASH iIASTER M 5-25



Extemely compcct. Effici,".nt
3lrr diometer reflector fon
f clds in self contoined cose.
Clips-cnto comero's shoe.
B. C. Circuii. Test lomp.
Bulb Eieclor. Flosh Exposure
Ciol. Custcm designed for
the new tiny M-5 ond M-25
zirconium-filleC floshbulbs.





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Precision Monufoctured byt
 WALZ COMPAhIY, LTD.
       TOKYO, JAPAN





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