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Zenith C User manual
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INSTRUCTION
MANUAL
V S E S ( 1 J U Z I I ( 1 J E ( ) B J E D I N E I I I J E
S T A N K O IM PO RT u s s p M 0 s c 0 wView original page 4Page 6 · Read text
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T h e " Z n i t h - C " i s o m i r r o r t y p e 3 5 m m f i l m p r e c i s i o n
i n i o t u r e o m e r o p o s s e s s i n g o l l t h e merits of up-to-dote
m e r o s .
mended for use by omoteurs to photogroph
portro its, groups, seporote sport scenes, etc. lt
used in reseorch institutes ond loborotories for
i n g t h r o u g h v o r i o u s o p t i c o l i n s t r u m e n t s : f o r i n -
c o m e r o c o n b e c o n v e n i e n t l y u s e d f o r t o k i n g p h o t o -
T nith-c" uses o stondord perforoted 35 mm motion
p i c t u o b o u t 1 . 6 m i n l e n g t h . T h i s i s s u f f i c i e n t f o r m o k -
I n g 36 exposures 24X50 mm in size.
Th m e r o c o n b e u s e d f o r p h o t o g r o p h i n g u n d e r p o o r
l i g h t i n n d i t i o n s o r i n f u l l d o r k n e s s o s i t i s o d o p t e d f o r
use of l o s h b u l b s . A c o n t r o l l o b l e s y n c h r o n i z i n g m e c h o n i s m
with o o d v o n c e d s c o l e r o n g i n g f r o m 0 t o 2 5 m i l l i s e c .
permits h o t o g r o p h i n g w i t h f l o s h b u l b s o f v o r i o u s t y p e s .
The mero is of the mirror type. The imoge thrown by
the mi onto o frosted gloss surfoce is viewed through on
eyepte e o x i s o f w h i c h i s p o r o l l e l t o t h e l e n s o x i s . T h e
viewed g e i s d i r e c t . T h e e y e p i e c e m o g n i f i c o t i o n i s ! x . T h e
f i e l C vi$on seen through the eyepiece is 20X28 mm.
T h e co r o h o s b e e n d e s i g n e d f o r u s e w i t h m e t o l m o g o
z l n e s r h i c o p e n o u t o m o t i c o l l y u p o n c l o s i n g t h e c o m e r o
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The comero is furnished with o curtoin-type shutter giving
outomotic exposure speeds ronging from ln to lsn sec. The
o'B"-hond exposure setting is employed.
The comero mechonism mokes long ",{" exposures possible.
The shutter is coupled with both the film odvoncing mechonism
ond the outomotic film counter, so thot winding the shutter
outomoticolly tronsports the film ofter eoch exposure ond the
film counter indicotes the number of exposure token. lt. pre'
vents occidentol double exposures on the some port of the
f i l m .
The shutter releose is interlocked with the mirror lift to
prevent eutting-off of the pictures due to the negotive field
being not fully open.
The comero provides o possibility of relooding in ordi-
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The mirror-type view-finder diogrom is shown in Fig. 1.
It operotes together with comero lens I ond consists of
swivel mirror 2, plone-convex lens 3, the plone surfoce of
which is frosted, pento-prism I ond triple-lens eyepiece 5.
With the mirror in its upper position 21 the comero gives
on inverted imoge on film plone 6. With the mirror down,
the imoge is received on the frosted plone of lens 3. The
imoge shorpness on the f rosted lens 3 plone is just the
some os on the film plone. The inverted imoge of the subject
given by the comero lens is ogoin inverted by mirror 2 ond
prism 4, ond comes to the eye through eyepiece 5, os o
stroight imoge.
To wind the shutter turn the shutter winding knob I
(Fig. 2) os for os it will go in the direction indicoted by
the orrow engroved on the top cover. At the some time,
this will move the film, lower the view-finder mirror, wind
the shutter ond bring into oction the snop-shot counter,
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t - c o m e r o l e n s ; 2 - s w i v e l m i r r o r ; 3 -
plone-convex lens with frosted plone surfoce;
,f - pento-prism; 5 - triple-lens eyepiece; 6 -
f ilm plo n eView original page 10Page 11 · Read text
T h e s n o p - s h o t c o u n t e r d i o I 9 i s s e t o t z ? r a b y r o t o i r n g
i t s k n u r l e d e n d i n e i t h e r d i r e c t i o n . T h e n u m b e r o f e x p o s u r e s
i s r e o d o f f b y m e o n s o f b l o c k p o i n t e r l 0 e n g r o v e d o n t h e
u p p e r s i d e o f t h e c o m e r o . S e t t h e c o u n t e r o t z e r o w i t h t h e
s h u t t e r w o u n d u o .
T h e s h u t t e r i s r e l e o s e d b y p r e s s i n g t h e r e l e o s e b u t t o n t I
w h i c h h o s o c o n i c o l t h r e o d t o ' o c c o m m o c r o t e o c o b l e r e l e o s e .
T h e e . x p o s u r e s p " e d s ' r e c h o n g e d b y o r i t t l ; l i f t i n g o n d t u r r r -
i n g t h e e x p o s u r e s e t t i n g r i n g l 2 u n t i l t h e i n d e x ! i n e l 3 n s
o p p o s i t e f i g u r e i n d i c o t i n g t h e d e s i r e c i s p e e d . T h e r i n g l z
T o y b e t u r n e d o n l y t h r o u g h t h e p o r t o f t h e s c q i e m o r k e d
B , 2 5 , 5 0 , 1 0 0 , 2 5 0 , 5 0 0 o n d b o c k .
Do not turn it in the intervol between B ond 500
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T o r , n ; , n c ti h e i i l m b o c k i r r i o t h e m o g o r i n e , w i t h t h e s h u t t e r
r e l e o s e d , t u r n l i r e r i n g 7 s o t h o t t h e p o i n t e n g r o v e d o n r t
r n o v € s t o , . v o r d s t h e l e t t e r " n " t o o s t o p . T h e n , w i n d t h e f i l r n
b y r o t o t i n g t h e f i l r n r e w i n d i n g k n o b l 5 i r r t h e d i r e c t i o n i n d i
c o t e d b y t h e o r r o w ' . T l r e k n o b s h o u l d b e r o t o t e d u r r t i l t h e
f o r ' , ; e r e q u i r e d t o r o t o t e i s d e c r e q s e d . T h i s s h o w s t h o t t l - , e
i i l r r r h o s b e e r r f u l l y r e w o u n c j o r : d i s c o r n p l e t e l y i r r t h e
f r l C j 9 o z t n e ,
T h e ! e n s i s t i g h t l y s c r e w e c j i n t o t h e r i n g o n d h o s t h e
n r o L i n t i i - r g l 9 ( F i S . 3 ) w i t h t h e d i s t o r . r c e s c o l e . T l r e d i s t o r r C e
s et is s h o w 'r r b y t h e re cj i n d e x 2 0 .
i l r e l r : n s o p e n i n g c o n b e c h o n g e d b y r o t o t i n g t h e o b i e C -
i r v * r f r c n t r i n q 2 1 u n t ! l t h e n e c e s s o r y d i v i s i o n c o m e s o o p o s i t e
t h e i r r d e x p o i n t 2 2 . F o r c o n v e r r i e n t c h o n g i n g o f t h e l e n s o p e n -
i n g t l r r e e l e n s o p e n i n g s c o l e s o r e e n g r o v e d o n t h e r i n g
2 1 . T h e y h o v e t l r r e e c o r r e s p o n d i n g i n d e x p o i n t s 2 2 .
f h e i e n s d e s i g n e ' r o b l e s l e n s o p e r r i n q s t o t r e s e t w i t h
i r l t . r r s o f r .
T h e l e r r s i s p r o v i d e d w i t h t h e d e p t h o f f r e l d s c o l e 2 3 .
i l r e d e p t l r o f f i e l d i s t h e d i s t o n c e b e t w e e n t l r e n e q r e s t o n d
i i i e i c r r . t l ' , e s t o b j e c t s i n o s c e i : e w h i c h w i i l b e s h o r p i n t h e
; i c t u r e T h e d e p t h o ( f i e l d i r r c r . e c s e s c r s i l r s l e r r s o p e n i n g
, ; r n o d e s m o l l e t , e t o s t h e d i s t o ; - r c e f o c u s e d u p o n i s i r r C r e O S g d .
F i g . 3 .
1 - l s n s j 7 - o d y , i s t i n g r i r r g i l l - s h u r t e r r e i e o s e b u t t o n ;
l 4 p l u g s o c k e t ; l 5 f i i n r r e w . i n d i n g k n o b ; 1 6 - s y n c h r o n -
i z i n E l e v e r ; 1 7 s y r r c h r o n i z o t r o r . r s c o l e ; 1 9 d i s t o n c e s c o l e
r i r r g ; 2 0 d i s t o n c e s c o l e p o i . r t e r ; 2 l l e r r s { r o n t r i n g r 2 2 -
! e n s o p e n i n g s c o l e p o r n t e r ; 2 3 - d e p t n o f f i e l d s c o l e
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The bottom cover jt olso provided with lotch-tr,"26 lor locking
the cover ond ot the some time openint slit in tnl mogozine.
T9 open the bottom cover, turn the lotch ring 2g counter- .
clockwise so thot the orrow on the totch points t5 the
ing "orKp", Th-e_nope! the cover.. Mogozine 36 (Fit. "n!r"u_5i-;;;
toke-up_spool 30 ore fitted roosely into- the comero ond con
be eosily removed.
Filters to be used with this cqmero should hove mounting
threod size of 33Xo.s mm ond on externol diometer o-f 36 mm.
Fig. 5.
30 toke-up spool;
36 mogozine; C film
trock
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The mogozine 36 consists of three
ports: cose 31, cortridge 32 ond spool
3 3 ( F i g . 6 ) . T o o p e n t h e m o g o z i n e , :press the button 34 ond give the
cortridge o holf-turn clockwise until
it comes freely out of cose 31. After
this spool 33 con be removed' The
subsequent looding operotions should
be corried out in red light or in
complete dorkness, depending on the
type of film used. Cut the end of the
f ilm ond, holding the spool with its
heod inwords, poss the end of the
film through one of the spool slits
ot its wide side. The sensitive side
of the film should foce downwords.
Bend the end of the f ilm protrud-
ing from the opposite (norrow) side
of the slit ond poss it into the norrow
side of the other slit. Then fold the
very end of the film three times ond
pull the f ilm so os to wedge the
folded end in the slit.
Fis. 6. 31 - mogozine cose; 32 - mogo- {I'
z i n e c o r t r i d g e ; 3 3 - m o g o z i n e s p o o l ;
34 - mogozine button; 36 - mogozine
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After this, continuing to hold the spool with its heqd in.
words, rotote it counter-clockwise, winding the film with its
sensitive side inside.
Wind the film tightly onto the spool.
N o t e . The film should not be tightened by holding the
spool ond pulling the film by its free end os this moy
scrotch the sensitive loyer os o result of friction between the
turns. Do not touch the sensitive side of the film with your
f ingers.
Insert the spool with the film on it into the cortridge, so ilJ
thot the spool heod posses through the bottom of the cor_
tridge, Insert the cortridge into the cose, teoving the end
of the film protruding out of it ond rotote the cortridge in
its cose counter-clockwise, hotding the mogozine with its
heod inwords, until the lotch locks.
All subsequent operotions with the mogozine con be cor-
ried out in ordinory light.
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1 . T o e n g o g e t h e c o m e r o me ch o n ism,
turn the releose button 11 ond the
ring 7 until their points coincide with
point on the comero top surfoce,
2, Test the operotion of the comero
wind ing the shutter by turning the
knob I ond releosing it by pressing
t f the button 11. Toke o look through the
eyepiece to see whether the mirror
system is working properly.
3, Then, open the bottom cover ond
toke out the toke-up spool 30.
4. Drow the film end out of the
mogozine to o length of 9 or 10 cm
ond cut it corefully to o shope os
shown in Fig. 7.
5. Holding the toke-up spool 30 in
your left hond ond the looded mogo-
zine in your right hond (see Fig. 7)
fix the end of the film under spool
spring "f[". Toke core thot the uncut
side of the film lies closely ogoinst
the spool flonge.
6. Holding the open comero with
its lens outwords, os is shown in
F ig. 7, in s e r t t h e f i l m i n t o th e film
trock "C" by lowering the spool ond
the mogozine evently into ploce, ll
the mogozine does not slide properly,ic'
f ilm rewinding knob 15 should be
turned o little until it does.
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Fig. 7,
30 - toke-up spool; 36 - moqo-
zine; C - film trock; f[ - toke-up sp6ol
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times, pressing the releose
b u tto n ll o fte r e o ch win ding'
When winding the shutter
mechonism, check to see
wh e th e r film re win d in g knob
15 is rototing. lf the knob does
not rotote, check whether the
film hos been looded into the
7, Reploce the bottom cover, , ,&" .& u'u
p r e s s i t d o w n t i g h t l y o n d g i v e t h e 1,
lotch ring 28 (Fig. 4) one-holf turn &
clockwise. The lotch orrow should
then point to " laxp". The mogo-
z i n e s l i t o u t o m o t i c o l l y o p e n s f r e e -
i n g t h e f i l m , o s t h e l o c k i s c l o s e d .
8. To deliver on unexposed por-
tion of the film to the negotive
w i n d o w , w i n d u p t h e s h u t t e r t h r e e
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comero correctly. Note
thot this moy olso toke
ploce during the f irst
few shots if the mogo-
zine wos looded with
o film much shorter
thon the normol length.
In this cose the re.
winding knob storts to
rotote only when the
film tension on the
spool is sufficient.
9, Set the pic-
ture counting diol
9 ot "0" opposite
the counting index
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5. lf necessory, ottoch
o f i l t e r .
6 . O p e n t h e l e n s
o p e n i n g f u l l y b y t u r n '
i n g t h e f r o n t l e n s r i n g
2 1 u n t i l i t s t o p s .
Just before toking o picture it is necessory:
1. Wind the shutter by turning the shutter winding
knob I in the direction of the orrow os for qs it
w i l l g o .
^-. 2. Determine the required exposure speed ond set
I - befit owithre. the exposure setting ring 12 os indicoted
3. Adjust correct focus by turning the knurled ring
19 ond viewing the imoge of the object through the
eyepiece 5.
N o t e . lf the imoge remoins shorp when the
r i n g i s r o t o t e d t h r o u g h o c e r t o i n o n g l e , i t s h o u l d
b e s e t i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h o t o n g l e .
4. Set the required lens opening by turning the
ring 21. When setting the lens opening it is recom-
m e n d e d t o h o l d t h e r i n g 1 9 i n o r d e r t o o v o i d u n f o c u s '
i n g o f t h e c o m e r o .
5. Moke the exposure by slowly pressing the re-
leose button 11. Toke core not to move the comero
d u r i n g t h e e x p o s u r e , o r t h e p i c t u r e m o y b e b l u r r e d .
When toking the picture with the comero in the
corrying cose, see thot the cose cover does not get
between the object ond the lens.
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W h e n t h e f i l m i s e n t i r e l Y e x -
posed the comero hos to be un'
looded. For this purpose:
1. Cover the lens with its coP.
2. Turn the ring 7 so thot its
point moves towords the letter
"fI" to o stop.
3. Rewind the film bock into
the mogozine by rototing the film
rewinding knob l5 in the direction
indicoted bY the orrow.
4. Open the comero os describ-
ed before.
Nbte. When opening the comero,
the mogozine slit closes outo'
moticolly, therefore, to ovoid spoil-
ing the film, the cover should not
be removed until the lock is ot o
stop.
5. Remove the mogozine from
t h e c o m e r o .
6 . T u r n t h e r i n g 7 u n t i l i t s P o i n t
is opposite to thot on the uPPer
side of the comero. This re-engo-
ges the comero mechonism.
7. Wind the shutter ond re-
leose it by pressing the releose
button 1l . After th is the co mero
is reody to be relooded.
CARE OF THE CAMERA
The comero is o Precision in-
strument ond should receive core'
f u l o n d i n t e l l i g e n t h o n d l i n g . K e e p
the comero in its corrYing cose,
isoloted from dust, domPness ond
dirt. Do not subject the comero
to sudden ond extreme temPero-
t u r e v o r i o t i o n s .
It is q u ite evident thot such
o delicote ond occurote Piece of
equipment os cooted lens requires
speciol core qnd con be eosilY
r u i n e d b y c o r e l e s s h o n d l i n g . T h eView original page 27Page 29 · Read text
cooted surfoces of lenses ore
covered with speciol, very thin films,
which con be eosily spoiled, if
cleoned corelessly.
Should the surfoces show depo-
sits of dust or other impurities do
not try to remove it by rubbing
the surfoces with your f ingers.
Dust moy be removed with o cleon
soft brush, o cleon (well woshed)
flonnel, colico or muslin nopkin,
chomois or cotton wool, without
exerting pressure on the surfoce
being cleoned.
Finger prints, sweoting troces,
etc. moy be removed by wiping
without pressure with o cleon nop-
kin slightly moistened with recti-
fied olcohol. Any stoins should be
removed with o dry nopkin. Do
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