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Ward "35" AKS Beauty 35 User manual
User manual for Ward "35" AKS Beauty 35. 17 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Ward
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- Ward "35" AKS Beauty 35
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- English
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J - Exposure Counter K - Film Rewinding Knob o nd Lever L - Depth of FocusScole M - FloshgunTerminol N - Toking Lens O - Tripod Socket P - Film Rewinding Button O - Lock for the Bock LidView original page 4
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LOADING THE FILM
l . Open the Bqck Lid (R) of the cqmerq by pulling out Lock
(o).
2. Pull out the Film Rewinding Knob (K) os fqr os it goes, then
insert the film mo gozine qnd return the Rewinding Knob to its
r.ormoI position.
3. Pull cut the end of film
from mo gazine ond slip
the end of I he leqder
poper onto the Tqke-up
Spo,>l (S). Be sure the
perforofions of the film
o re properly engo ged
on the sprocket (T). lf
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necessqry,turn the spool by hond to toke up slock film. Close the Lid ( R) ond lock. 4. A hondy Film Typ" Indicqtor (D) hos been incorporoted on the Word 35. Rotote diol to type of film looded into the comero. Then you will o lwoys know the type of film you ore exposing. Refer to film monufocturer's instructions for proper exposure informotion. CAUTION : ln order to bring the unexposed port of the film into storting position, you will hove to do os follows : l. Turn the Film Winding Lever (E) os for os it goes ond releose Shutter (F). 2. Repeot operotion l; then turn Film Winding Lever o lhird time ondView original page 6
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you ore reody to shoot the first picture.
3. Now set the'Exposure Counter (J) to No. I position by piessing
down on the Exposure Counter Setting Button (l) ond turning it
clockwise. +
H O W T O T A K E P ! C T U R E S
l . Toke off the lens cop. Meosure the distonce between you ond
the obiect. Turn the Distonce Scole (A) until the correct footoge
is lined up with the "V" shoped mork. All these scoles chow
distonce in feet.
2. After setting the Distonce Scole you hove to decide which lens
opening to use. The Aperture Scole (C) is indicoted on the I
t r u n k o f t h e l e n s o s 2 . 8 , 4 , 5 . 6 , 8 , l l , 1 6 o n d 2 2 . S e l e c t t h e l,.
lens opening you ore going to use ond set it to "V" point by
rototing the Aperture Setting Ring. The lens opening hos much
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foctory composition. Remember thot ftirf w ony imoge iolting out-side of the 't
white line is not in the film oreo. ffi , This view-finding will give you the ffiti, *}
odvontoge of quick "torgetting" of E
sport ond oction pictures.For shcctlng
fost moving obiects the finder moy
be used with both eyes open.
HOW TO READ DEPTHOF FOCUSSCATE
When you focus the comero on o subieci, olher obiects, both in 'J
front of ond in bock of the subiect focused on, will olso be in shorp
focus. This oreo of shorp focus, which ony lens hos, is colled "depth $of focus". The smoller the lens opening or the greoter the distonce
from the subiecl, the greoter the depth of focus.
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rewound bqck into the film mogozine before opening the comero.
l. Pressthe Film RewindingButton (P) ond turn the Film Rewinding
lever (K) clockwiseqs shown in the illustrotion until knob turns
freely, indicoting thot the film hos been rewound bock into the
film mogozine.
2. Atter rewinding is completed the film is removedfrom the comero
in the some monner os describedfor looding.
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HOW TO TAKE FLASH PICTURES The built-in flosh synchronizotionof the Word 35 is ClossX. Any stondordfloshgunwith Europeon type connecting cord moy be used. The floshgun mqy be mounted on the co merq by meons of o brqcket ottoched to the tripod socket or with o shoe- type mount slipped into the occessoryclip (H). For shutter speeds between | /10 seconcl ond 1/ 25 second, including B, the stondord Closs "M" wire-filled flosh bulbs such os GE or WestinghouseNos.5,View original page 12
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11, 22 o, Syluonio Wobosh Nos. 0, 2, 25 ore recommended. Closs
"M 2" bulbs moi olso be used when the qction is not too fost
ond the picture is being token ot foirly close distonce. Their chief
feotures ore greot compoctness ond low cost.
For ony shutter speed from l/10 second to I /loo second, including
B, the gos-filled Closs "F" flosh bulbs, such os GE or Westinghouse
sM or sylvonio Wobosh sF types moy be used. These bulbs do not
furnish os much light os most of the wire-filled Closs "M" bulbs, but
they hove greoter obility to "stop" oction thus decreosing the chonces
for blurred ocfion pictures. t
Strobo or electronic flosh units furnish instontoneous firing for otl
shutter speeds from I second to l/300 second, inctuding B.
Follow the instructions furnished by the monufocturer of the flosh
bulbs.
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D O U B T E E X P O S U R E I O C K
Your"W,iRD 35" hos o built-in "double exposure"ond "blonk
exposure" locking device. This mechqnism "locks" the Shutter Button
ofter every exposure so thot the shutfer connot be releosed until
the exposed film is wound ond o new frome of unexposed film is
odvonced into ploce. In this woy, the some frome connot be
exposed twice (double exposure) nor con the film be wound by
mistqke before it hos been exposed (blonk exposure). Therefore,
if the Shutter Button connot be pressed oll the woy down it meons
thot either (l ) the film hos not been wound to the next frome or
(2) the Film Winding Lever hos not been moved to its full stop. In
either cose, o complete turn of the Film Winding Lever to its full
stop will octivote the Shutter Button.View original page 14Page 15 · Read text
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I,IAKING INTENTIONATDOUBTEEXPOSURE
It will be possible to moke o "double exposure" picture intentionolly
by following the simple procedure outlined below:
l. Moke your first shot os usuol.
2. Pressin the Film Rewinding Button (P) ot the bottom of the comero
ond hold it in this position while you cock the shutter by working
the Film Winding Lever (E).
3. Moke ybur second shot os usuol.
Note : Since the Exposure Counter (J) hos odvonced one index
in spite of the foct thot there hos been no octuol movement of
the film, it will be necessory to either (") re-set the Exposure
Counter (J) or (b) remember thot you hove one more exposure
lhon thot indicoted by the Exposure Counter (J).
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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
IENS: The photogrophic results obtoined with q 35 mm .oruro
depend upon ihe quolity of the lens. Here lies the decisive
odvontoge of this Word 35 comero. The new cooted I/2,9,
45 mm, 4 element lens, produces brilliont block-ond-white ond
definition right into the corners of3 color pictures with pin-shorp
the imoge. lts design, bosed on the lotest opticol reseorches,
gives remorkoble resolving power of 50 lines in the center of the
lens ond 30 ot the circumference,moking o high closs onostigmot.
Sl{urrER : The newly designed sensotionol prontor type, 5 bloded
shutter is operoted by on qutomotic winding rysfem ond hos ex-
p o s u r e s e t t i n g so f B , 1 / 1 O , 1 / 2 5 , 1 / 5 0 , 1 / 1 0 0 o n d I / 3 0 0 s e c o n d s .
Foc[fSlNG : Operoted by smooth revolving ring of the front lens
ond hos 15 scoles from 3 ft. to the infinity.View original page 16Page 17 · Read text
I I IIVIEW FINDER: The trimming type view finder will enoble you to
-shutter
utilize every chonce ond is especiolly efiicient for shooting
in motion os in sports or snop-shots.
FltM WINDING: One of the outstonding feotures of the new Word
35 is on. ideol film winding system of one-set lever oction
developed ofter long reseorch ond complete tests. The minute
you wind the fitm by this lever the shutter is outomoticolly set
ond, qt the some time, double exposure is prevented.
Ff LM SIZE : The comero tokes 20 or 36 exposures of 24 mm x 36
mm (Leico typ") stondord 35 mm film.
OTHER FEATURES : Accessory clip, Body shutter releose, Europeon
type synchro-terminol, Film type indicotor, Depth of focus scole,
Lock for the bock lid, Lens cop ond Ever-reody leother cose..
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