Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta IV User manual

IV

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

USE

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GAR

T

THE

COMPONENTS OF

THE

SUPER

IKONT

A

IV

Adjusting knob with 6

Struts

for closing the

dial

of

the exposure camera

meter. 7

Shutter

tensioning

2 Film speed adjusting lever

knoh of the exposure 8 Locking

bar

for

meter. camera back

3

Pointer

of the expo- 9

Shutter

speed

adjusting ring with

sure meter. exposure value scale

4 Button for opening 10 Adjusting ring for

the camera the rangefinder

5

Window

of the

COI11-

11

Adjusting lever for

bined view

and

. exposure value

and

rangefinder

diaphragm

ContilHied

on

page

34.

good

photographs

can

eas

il

y be o

bt

ained with yo

ur

hand

some

SUPER

IKONTA

camera.

Th

e built-in photo-electric expos

ur

e

met

er

an

d the

co

upled viewlrangefinder g

iv

e you the

adjustments

required

at

a glance.

Wh

en correctly

handl

ed

the

camera

w

ill

automatica

ll

y

prevent

fail-

ur

es and

you

wi

ll

always gain

great

pleasure from

your

pi

ct

ures.

In

order

to utilize to the full a

ll

the

num

erous a

dvan

-

tages of this

camera

it is recommended

that

you

should

st

ud

y these instructions c

ar

efully.

Unfold

the

inner leaves of the cover for

further

reference

and

try

to practice the va rious mechanical moveme

nt

s

and

operations before loading the came

ra

with a

film. If you

are

sti

ll

in do

ubt

, do not h

es

itat

e to

ask

your

photographic

dealer for advice.

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e

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e

seco

lld

cov

er

page was

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wilh

a

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agaill

sl Ihe

light

wilh

slop r 4

.5

alld

'/"

s

ec

o

nd

.

The

11/ost

i

ll

ip

o

rtant

feature

s of

the

SUPER I

KO

NTA IV

1'

I

Je

le

l1

s is a ZEI

SS

T

E5SA

R

f:

3.5/ 75 IIIIIl w

hi

ch for

many

yea

rs has been famous a

ll

over the world.

It

i

s,

of course, coated and colour co

rr

ected and yields

bl

ack a

nd

white as we

ll

as colo

ur

pic

tur

es of uns

ur

-

passed brilliance

an

d de

fin

i

ti

on.

Th

e built-

in

rangefind er is

co

upled to the lens and

ensur

es

co

rr

ect focusing.

It

is combined with the

IJ

ierpfillder, w

hi

ch means that

th

e

di

s

tan

ce setting a

nd

the image

fie

ld can be observed simultan

eo

usly.

Th

e

re

d dot s

ettillg

increases the vers

at

ility of the

camera and makes it

ready

for ac

ti

on

an

y

ti

me you

want to take can

di

d shots.

Th

e built-in pl;oto-el

ec

tri

c

exp

os

llr

e Illcter ensur

es

the c

orr

ect expos

ur

e time for

bl

ack

an

d w

hi

te and

colour films even in poor

li

ghting

co

ndition

s.

Th

e

exper

ie

nce g

ath

ered in 20

yea

rs of making photo-

el

ec

tric

ex

posure meters has borne good frui t

in

the

SUPER I

KO

N

TA.

Th

e

SY

ll

ciJro

-Colllp

lir

s/JlIIt er

/V

itI;

expos

llr

e Oil Ill

es

can

be set' to shutter speeds from 1 second to ' / 500 second

and time

ex

p

os

ur

es of

any

pe

ri

od. A sync

hr

o-contact

ena

bl

es

coupling to a

il

e

ty

pes of flashguns and there

is al

so

a del

aye

d act

io

n m

ec

ha

ni

sm

bu

ilt-in.

Th

e i

llt

erlocked s/

Jll

tter t e

ll

siollillg and

fi

/lli

IldL'IlIICe

combined with the fr

ll

ill

e

corlll

ter

si

mplify the oper-

a

ti

on of

th

e camera a

nd

exclude double exp

os

ur

es

and blanks automatica

ll

y.

A

No

. 120 ro

ll

fi

lm

should be used with the

su-

PER I

KONTA

giving 12 nega

ti

ves in

th

e 2' /

4"

X

21

/

4"

(6X

6 cm) size.

5

2

3

Opening

and

clo

s

ing

the

camera

Span

the

ba

ck of the

camera

with yo

ur

hand

, s

li

ghtly

tilting it forward.

When

th

e opening

butt

on (4)

is

depressed

the

ca

me

ra

w

ill

open

and

the

lens

snap

int

o the

taking

position (

ill

. 2).

If

the

str

uts (6) do

n

ot

snap

in completely press the

fr

ont edge of

the

baseboa

rd

downwa

rd

wi

th

your

finger.

To

close

the

cam

era

press

against

the

upp

er sections

of botb st

rut

s (6) which mak

es

the

ba

seboa

rd

slide

upwards.

Th

e cam

era

can

then

be conveni

ent

ly closed

until the lock

catc

hes (i

ll.

3).

Th

e camera

can

also be opened

and

clo

se

d in the

taking

position.

Hold

the

came

ra with both

hand

s

as shown in illustrations 13 a

nd

14 on pages 20

and

21 a

nd

pre

ss

the

button

(4) with

the

ind

ex

finger.

Th

e lens w

ill

then

s

nap

int

o the

taking

position if

th

e

camera

is slightly tilted.

For

cl

os

ing

both

st

rut

s

(6)

are

pressed

inwards and

the

ba

seboard

closed

with

the

other

fingers.

Th

e

SUPER

IKO

N

TA

c

an

be closed no m

atter

whether

th

e s

hutt

er is tensioned

or

not or what di stance

th

e lens

is focused

up

on.

Thi

s makes

th

e

cam

era always

ready

for immediate use.

When

a filter is screwed in,

however,

th

e

camera

can be c

lo

sed only when

the

lens is set to co.

7vteasuring

the

exposure

value

Prior

to each exposure the exposure value necessary

for the exposure should be measured with the built-in

photo-electric exposure meter. (Ill. 4). You can rely

absolutely on the reading even

if

the lighting con-

ditions are poor

and

no matter whether the camera

is

loaded with black

and

white or colour negative or

reversal film.

First thing to do

is

to set the exposure meter to the

speed of the film in use.

The

inner disc

is

turned

by

means of the small

button

(2) until

the

black stroke

mark

at

the

right-hand

window (seen in the taking

direction) coincides with the

DIN-speed

or

that

at

the left window with the ASA speed of the film in

use.

The

disc can also be set to intermediate values.

If

the makers of the film have used film speed ratings

other than

DIN

and

ASA the corresponding values

can be found in the table on page 11.

The

speed of colour films cannot be determined as

with black

and

white films since all film rating systems

are based on values obtained from black

and

white

film.

The

film manufacturers, therefore, give the

speed of their colour films by comparison with black

and

white films, recommending "to be exposed like

...

".

In general this method has proved quite reliable,

but

to make quite sure, you can calibrate

your

exposure meter for the colour

film

used by exposing

8

several frames of the s

am

e object with

di

fferent shut-

ter

speeds.

To determine the exposure

va

lue the flap of

th

e exp

o-

sure meter should be opened by

pr

ess

in

g

butt

on (19)

s

li

ghtly to

th

e left. For

cl

os

ing the lid, s

li

ghtly

pr

ess

it to the left with

th

e

fin

ger tip.

Th

e SU

PER

IKONTA

IV

is then directed to

th

e object

so

as it is

in

te

nd

ed to

be take

n.

This will cause the white pointer (3) to d

e-

fl

ect. By turning

th

e adjusting ring (1) the sma

ll

white

ci

rc

ul

ar m

ar

k is moved

so

th

at

it appears symmetri-

ca

ll

y on top of the pointer when looked

at

from

above.

Th

e exp

os

ur

e value required (

re

d

fig

ur

e)

can

now be read off from

the

adjusting

ring

and

will

be

found opposite the

red

triangle

mark

placed

on

the

setting disc for

the

film speed.

If

the exposure time

is

found to become

longer

than

1 second the

shutter

must

be set to "B" (see

page

14)

and

the exposure times in seconds (black figures)

should be read off the

adjusting

ring.

They

are

oppo-

site

the

various stops of the

diaphragm

engraved on

the inner disc of the film speed windows.

The

figures

can be continued

by

doubling the last value.

If

, for

instance, a

measurement

results in

an

exposure time

of 8 seconds

at

f: 8,

the

exposure time should be

16 seconds

at

f : 11,

32

seconds

at

f: 16

and

64

se-

conds -or 1 minute -

at

f: 22.

The

exposure value

or stop

and

shutter

speed

measured

should

then

be

transferred

to

the

shutter

of the S

UPER

IKONTA

IV.

10

Co

m

pa

ri

soll

Table

of the most commonly used

film

speed syst

ems

ASA I

Scheiner

I

Scheiner

I

Weston

I

DIN

Exp. Ind.

Europe

USA

-

5 20 13 4 12

6

21

14

5

13

8 22

15

6

14

10

23

16 8

15

12

24

17

10

16

16 25

18

12

17

20 26

19

16 18

25 27 20 23 19

32 28

21

24

20

40

29 22

32

21

50 30

23

40 22

64

31

24

50

23

80 32

25

64

24

100

33

26

SO

25

125 34

'27

100 26

160 35 28 125 27

200 36 29 160 28

250 37 30 200 29

320 38

31

250 30

1/Je fig"res

of

Ibi

s lable bave been suilably adapled

10

readings

of commercially available exposure Ilfeters.

Se

lting

th

e

expos

ur

e

value

Pull out

the

grooved lever (11) a little and set its

setting

mark

to the figure required on the exposure

value scale (9).

Half

exposure

va

lu

es

can also be set

when indicated by

the

exposure meter (ill. 5).

11

Since t

hi

s lever

ha

s a

limit

ed

travelling space

only, the expos

ur

e value

can

so

metim

es

only be

set by also

turning

the

adjusting ring (9) on

which the exposure

value scale

is

placed.

When

the correct expo-

s

ur

e value has b

ee

n set

the diaphragm a

nd

the

s

hutt

er speed are coupled.

Th

e amount of

li

g

ht

n

e-

cessary for the correct exp

os

ur

e of a

film

is always

determined by the s

iz

e of the lens apert

ur

e (dia-

phragm) and the time

th

e

li

ght

is

effec

ti

ve (exposure

time).

Th

e figure of

th

e exp

os

ure value denotes the

correct pairing of diaphragm

and

s

hutt

er speed for

the prevailing lighting conditions.

If

the s

hutt

er speed

is

altered by one or two values of the scale (

15

)

after

the expos

ur

e value has been set, the coupling will

set the diaphragm automatically (17) to the

co

rrect

ratio and vi

ce

ve

rsa.

Setting

the

shutter

speed

Turn

the milled front ring (9) until its mark (black

dot)

is

opposite the s

hutt

er speed required.

Th

e

various s

hutt

er speeds are engraved on scale (15).

Th

e

figures engraved on this scale indicate fractions of

12

a second

(60

= 1/

60

second, etc.).

Wi

,th the se

tting

"

B"

the

shutter

remains open as long as the release

knob (21)

is

depressed (see

page

22).

The

shutter

is

tensioned by pushing

the

cocking lever (7) to

th

e left,

until it stops (seen from the

taking

direction).

It

is

immaterial whether

the

shutter

speed is set prior to

tensioning

or

after

it.

S

etting

tlJe

diapIJragm

Turn

the

s

am

e milled

ring

(9) until the red mark

is

opposite

th

e stop required (scale 17).

With

one exposure value once determined, only such

combinations of

diaphragm

and

s

hutter

speed which

result in a correctly exposed negative can be set.

It

is

recommended to place the

thumb

on the exposure

value lever (

11

)

and

the index finger

on

the opposite

side of the

adjusting

ring (9). (See illustr. 6).

This

manipulation pre-

vents

an

unintentional

c

hanging

of the expo-

sure value.

If,

after

having

deter-

mined

the

exposure

value,

the

stop becomes

so small

that

a time ex-

posure

(s

hutter

setting

13

6

"B")

is

indicated the exposure time required is 2 se-

conds.

If

it

is

intended to use a smaller stop (to do

this pull out lever (

11

) as

it

is

done for the setting of

the exposure

va

lue), the exposure time required can

be r

ead

off from the exposure meter as described on

page 10. This mean

s,

of course,

that

the exposure

value setting

is

out of action.

When

th

e s

hutter

setting

is

changed from "B" to one of the various

shutter

speeds, the

ex

posure value must a

lso

be re-set

in

the first place.

7vl

easuri

ng

t

lJ

e

di

stan

ce

Th

e object distance is determined

by

means of the

'built-in

ran

gefinde

r.

Looking

through

the eyepiece

(24) of the combined view/rangefinder, you see the

image as it will be recorded

by

the

camera

but

with

a

li

g

ht

square portion

in

its centre

in

which the

14

outlines of the object

wi

ll

appear

double _(il

l.

7).

By

turning

the milled

ring

(10) with the middle fin-

ger

of the l

eft

hand

these

doub

le

out

lines in

the

ce

ntr

e of

the

measuring

field can be

brought

to

coincidence.

(T

he best ob-

jects for

obtaining

an

accurate

focus are vertical lines,

sudl

as the edge of

a house, a tree, etc.)

(i

ll. 8). As soon as

the

contours

coincide the lens

is

accurately

focused

at

the correct

distance required. Moreover,

the

correct distance

may

be read off from

the

black distance setting Illark

on

the

scale (12) of the lens

ring

(ill. 9).

Depth

oj

field

When

the

lens

is

focused on some definite object dis-

tance

it yields a

sharp

picture

not

only of

the

object

at

this distance

but

also of those objects

that

are

nearer

to the camera

or

further

away

from it.

This

zone of

sharp

definition is ca

ll

ed the

depth

of field

which, however,

is

rather

sma

ll

when the

diaphragm

is

fully open (stop

f:

3.5).

Th

e

depth

of field increa-

ses

gradually

the Illore the lens

is

stopped down.

The

depth

of field for

any

given lens

aperture

and

di

s

tance

can be re

ad

off frolll the depth-of-field ring

15

(

13

).

Diaphr

agm figures

w

ill

be found on

~

he

right

a

nd

left s

id

e of the

di

stance

setting mark.

Th

e

fi

gures

on the

di

stance scale

(1

2)

opposite

th

ese stop figures

indicate the exte

nt

of the

depth

of field.

The

strokes

without

figures b

es

id

e

the

triangular

mark indicate

the

depth of field

at

stop f: 4

and the strokes between 8 a

nd

16

that

of stop f:

11

.

For

in

stance:

When

focused at 15 ft

th

e stroke for

f:

lIon

the right-hand side indicat

es

48 ft,

that

on

the left-hand s

id

e a little

mor

e than 9

ft

. Focused on

15

ft with stop f:

11

the lens w

ill

yield a s

harp

zone

reaching from

approx

. 9 ft.

in

the

foreground,

to

48 ft

in

the background.

Th

e exact range of the de

pth

of

field can be found

in

the table on page 33.

A different way of utilizing the depth of field is

this:

the range

that

is

required to be sh

arp

is meas

ured

with the range finder,

fi

rst the foregro

und

then

th

e

background.

The

necessary stop to cover this parti-

c

ul

ar dep

th

of field is then determined by the depth-

of-field ring (

13

).

A

specia

l sn

apshot

te6mic(ue

Th

e fact

th

at

the

SUPER

IKONTA

is always re

ady

for

ac

ti

on especia

ll

y when candid shots

are

co

ncerned

16

increases the versatility of

this camera.

W

h

~

n

the

pr

evailing

li

g

ht

co

nditions

are good and ra

pi

d se

qu

ence

shots have to be taken

it is no good losing time

with rangefinder reading

and

di

stance se

tting

. In

this case the red-dot setting

sho

uld

be used. Set the

di

a

phra

gm and the distance

to the individual red dots a

nd

everything from 13

ft

to "infinit

y"

w

ill

be sharp (ill.

11

).

W hen f

ast

moving o

bj

ects have to be taken, a diff

e-

rent methode

is

adv

isa

bl

e.

Set the rangefinder to a

suitable distan

ce

.

Th

en, by l

oo

king into the eyepiece

you a

ppr

oach yo

ur

object

unt

il its double outlines

coincide in the rangefinder.

Wh

en the

im

age

fi

el

d

re

quir

ed appea rs

in

the vi

ew

finder you

pr

ess the

bu

tto

n

an

d expose.

:Flasb

pbotograpby

and

delayed

action

release

Th

e sp

ee

d synchronized Sync

hr

o-C

ompur-MX

V

s

hut

ter can be

co

up

le

d to a

ll

types of

fl

ashgun. W ith

the Synchrolever (16), three differe

nt

settings are

possible (ill. 12).

'Wit/; the "X " settillgthe s

hu

tter

fi

r

es

the

fl

ash

at

the

mome

nt

the s

hu

tter blades are fully open. Most

fl

ash-

bulb

s can be

fi

red

by

t

hi

s setting when the s

hutt

er

17

speed does n

ot

exceed

1- '/30 second.

Ho~ever,

it

must be b

orne

in mind,

that

the flash

duration

of most

bulbs

is

appr.

I/tOO seco

nd

so

that

you

actua

ll

y expose

1/60

to

1/t00

second. Electro-

nic flashes

mu

st a

lw

ays be

fired with the

"X"

setting.

1

iJ

e "

)\1

" se

llill

C}

a

ll

ows for

the firing delay to peak of most average-flashbulbs.

This setting is, therefore, suitable for

standard

flash-

bulbs

at

all

shutter

speeds.

71JiJ

eli

s

et

to "

7)

"

the

delayed action mechanism

is

sw

itched on.

After

depressing

the

body

shutter

re-

le

ase (

21

) this mechanism runs for

about

8 seconds

and then releases the shu

tter

automatically

at

the

shutter

speed to which it

is

set. Time exposures with

"B"setting ca

nnot

be made with

the

delayed action

mechanism.

If

the

shutter

is

set to

"V"

and

a flash-

gun

is

connected to it the flash will be fired

in

the

same way as if set to the "

X"

position. Setting the

synchro-Iever (16)

to

"V"

must,

on

no

account,

be

done

before

the

shutter has

been

tension-

ed

by

means

of

the

lever

(7)!

This

important

operation has to be done prior to

any

exposure with

the delayed action

me

chanism.

For flash exposures set the synchro-Iever (16) to the

required position. Connect the flash lead from

the

18

flashgun to the flash contact socket (14, ill.

12

).

On

ly

th

en place the flashbulb in

th

e gun.

When

the

s

hutt

er is relea

se

d (21) the

fla

shbulb will be fired

in

synchroni

sa

tion with the sh

utt

er on the delayed

action m

ec

hanism

put

. into operation. Listed in the

table are the suitable s

hutt

er speeds for flashbulbs

of differe

nt

types

at

"X",

"M "

and

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in

gs.

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exposure

times

Jor

flashbulbs

and

electronic

equipment

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oniz

in

g

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ver

Set

To

X

or

V I M

Osram

XM1,

50

1-1

/

30

1

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0-1

/

500

XM lB, 5 OB

1-1

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0 1

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/

12

5

XP

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XO

1-1

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0

52

1-1

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0

Phi

li

ps

Pf 1,

Pf

3,

PI

14

, Pf

25

, Pf

60

1- 1

/3

0 1/60- 1/

500

Pf

100

1-1

/15

1

/3

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/6

0

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ec

tric

No.5

, No.

11

, No.

22

1- 1

/3

0 1

/6

0- 1/

500

5M

1-1

/1

25

No. 50

1-1/15

1/

30-

1

/6

0

M2

1- 1

/6

0

Sylva

ni

a 1/

60

- 1/

500

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ess

40

1-1

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0

Pre

ss

2B

,

25

,

25B

,

40B

1-1

/3

0 1

/6

0-1

/

12

5

Press 5F

1-1

/

125

Pr

ess

3, 3B

1-1/15

1/

30-

1/60

M2

1

-1/60

Electronic

Flash

Units

1-1

/

500

19

Row

to

hold

the

camera

The

S

UPER

IKONTA

IV

must be held as s

tead

y as pos-

sible

during

exposur

e,

if s

harp

nega

ti

ves are to be

obtained. It is one of the

adva

ntages of the

square

f

ormat

th

at

no

we

ig

ht

y decision

is

needed as to

whe

th

er

to

take

an o

bj

ect with the came

ra

in a hori-

zontal

or

vertical position.

Hold the camera with both hand

s,

the fingers span-

ning the camera body while the

thumbs

are

on the

back.

Th

e middle finger of the left ha

nd

operates the

milled ring (10) of the rangefinde

r.

The

index finger

of the

ri

g

ht

h

and

releases

the

s

hutt

er

(21).

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Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta IV User manual

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