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3. How to lood the comero
 First of oll remove the knob on top of the co-
mero in ttre direction indicoted by the orrow,
.thus ollowing the bock of the comero with the
 lock to be releosed (see fig. l). The bock of the
comero being hinged with the body, the comero
 is thus ollowed being kept in honging position





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(see fig. 2). Now you will see obove on emply
spool on which the exposed film is wound, while
you put the new film into the lower spool re-
ceiver, ond you then need the following moni-
pulotions: with'the thumb of the left hond press
downwords the exterior border of the film spool
receiver, whereupon the lotter is reody for
toking up the new film. When iputting the non-
exposed film into the receiver, be coreful thot
the gummed strip is upwords (see fig. 3).
Loosen this strip, ond put the spool receiver into
its initiol position, this woy the centricol nipples
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                                   outomoticolly engoge the
                              boring of the spool core.
                             The film is exoctly looded
                      when its end points to
                            the interior port of the
                              comero. Now the protec-
                                        tive poper is drown ocross
                              the comero, ihen put its
                          end into the slot of the
                         empty spool (see fig. 1)
                              Hereofter turn the film
                             knob twice oll round. The
                                  pressure plotte (see fi9.2o)
                               of the reor cover of the
                          comero ollows the film
                           to be kept entirely  flot.
                                     After these monipulotions
                             shut the bock ogoin in
                               such o woy os to enoble
                            the little knob to snop
                                      into the bock. On the red
                                 fiotective poper of the
                                 film the single exposures
                      ore numbered. lf you
                             wish to toke only photo-
                            grophs of 6x6, then for
                               controlling the vorious
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        This is, however, quite different when using .the
        reducer of 4,5x6, os in such o cose you will hove
       to ioke the film window which you see right
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hond below. Therefore, corefully turn the film
 knob fo the right until o ))worning hond< will be
 visible through the red window, whereupon
 shortly ofter the number I oppeors. Do not turn
 ony more os the first exposures is reody to be





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token, but never forget lo turn the film to the
next number when you hove token o photogroph.
As soon os oll pictures hove been token, turn the
knob until the whole of the protective poper  is
wound on the exposed film. Then the body  is
opened ogoin, drow the film knob outwords,
turn it slightly bock to the left ond leove it in
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         this position, hereofter
        press the spool receiver
        upwords with the thumb
          of the left hond (see fig.5),
      ond toke the exposed
                       fi lm  off  the  receiver
         with the right hond. Put
        the empty spool in the
       ploce of the exposed
         film, press the receiver
       ogoin downwords, turn
         the film knob some times
         to the right, whereupon
          the bolt of the knob outo-
        moticolly engoges the
          spool.


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      4. Releosing of the shutter
I      Thehondle.new Withreleosetheof forefingerthe shutterofis mostthe leftsimplyhondto
        (see fig. 6) press down the little knob of the
        releose ond the shutter is then immediotelyI
         releosed.
     5. How to use the Tubulor View Finder
          with porollox c.ompensotion
       Remove the knop (fig. 7o) to the right, ond the
       view finder is reody for toking the photogroph

(2t12 to l0 feef). A pressure on the body of thc'
 view finder (b) ollows the knob to snop outo.
 moticolly into its initiql position. Then ihe tele-
 photogrophic picture .moy be focussed (18 feet
 to rinfinityc). When using o reducer of 4,5x6 the
 field of imoge is oscertoined by removing the
 knob (c) into the direction of the qrrow.              \





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5. How to correctly hondle the reducer
   4,5x6
l. Put in ond toke off the reducer only when the
  comero is opened.
                                                               is to be2. How lo put in the reducer. - Thc reducer   inrcrted between the groove of the body ond the
   fold of the bellow. With the thumbr of the left
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        ond right honds press then uniformly down
           the exterior border, of the inferior port of
           which the springs ore ottoched.
             3. How to toke off the reducer.    Put the thumbs                                             -            of the left ond right honds under the reducer,
        o bit more to thot side where there ore the
             springs, ond press the reducer upwords.





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       7. Protection when using ponchromotic
              films
               lf you wish to use ponchromotic films, the Weltox
        comero is provided with o so-cqlled film window
          cover. The smoll button provided in the centre
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