VOIGTLANDER VITO Instructions For Use Manual

Brand: VOIGTLANDER

Model: VITO

Category: Film cameras

Type: Instructions For Use Manual

VOIGTLANDER VITO allows you to take photos with various settings, depending on the occasion. It includes the self-timer feature for taking photos of yourself or group shots without asking for help from a stranger. VITO also has the depth-of-field scale to help you with focusing on the subject while achieving a sharp image. This can be useful when shooting portraits or taking photos of landscapes.

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vtTo

c a

24 x36 - 35 mm

, I Aperture ring

wiih lever

2 Bqck lock

3 Dislqnce

scqle

with 3-point setting

4 Depth

of field scqle

5 Shutter speed

ring

with shuiter speed scole

6 Shutler releqse

7 Film

indicqtor

to show

the

type of film

looded in the

comero

8 Coble

releqse

socket

9 Flosh sockel

l0 Self-timer

ll Tripod

bush

12 Film

counter

wiih setting button

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R'G

HT HERE

the most

importont piece

of odvice

in this

corefully

prepored

booklet: pleose

reod il thoroughly

before

you do onything

else.

Prociice

mokes

perfect:

so try

out the vorious comero

controls

without o film in

the

comero.

Remember

olso

thot the VITO C, though

very robust,

is on opticol ond mechonicol precision

instrument.

It iherefore

needs

gentle

ond sensible

hondling.

The

cornero will repoy coreful treotment

with perfecl

pictures

for mony yeors to come.

v0t6TtIit0ER

ERAUNscH}Y

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Confenfs:

Poge

Preporing

lhe comero 2

Unlooding

. chonging

portly

exposedfilms 3

Setting

the

exposure

. ... . ..' :' .. . . 4

Aperture

ond depth

of field 5

Setting

the

distonce

. ...

Finder

. releose

. ropid

winder 7

Self-timer flqsh shots

. &- 9

Focorlenses .....; 10-l'l

Filters .

.. . .. 12

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Gel*ing the Camers Reody . o . wirh Every New Film

I Inserting

lhe film. Press.together

the locking'cotches

(2i

ond open the comero

' bqck. Push the f ilm reversing

lever (.|5)

to the left, ond f

lly pu

ll out the

rewind knob (.|3)

which springs

up (see

illustrotion

3).

Push

the film leoder

into

the slit of the toke-up spool qnd qnchor it to the hook (20 und 24) with

o perforotion hole. Drow ihe cossette

qcross the film trock, insert it in the

cossefte

chomber

(15)

ond fully push

bock the rewind knob.

The rewind shoft

(22)

must engoge in the centre

spool of the cossette,

ond the lower sprocket

the tronsport

shqft (23)

should engoge the film perforotions (see

illustrotion

the cqmero bqck.

I Seiling the film counler.

Turn the milled knob (12)

until the diomond t mqrk

(for o 36-exposure cossette)

or the O mork (with o 20-exposure

cossette) is

opposite the red dot. Alternotely operote the ropid wind

ing lever ond the

releose button until the film counter indicotes No. 36 or No. 20 respectively

for the first exposure.

While

you

ore

ot it, set

olso

the

film indicotor

fl) before loqding

the film - while

the

rewind

knob

.is

pulled

out. Turn the indicotor

disc occordingly:

td : block-ond-

white

film; '&t: doylight

type

colour

film; ond€: ortificiol light

type colour film.

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IUnlosding the Camers qfter the lqst Exposure

Rewinding

qnd removing

fte film. Push the reversing

lever (.|5)

to the left,

f etting

the rewind knob (21)

iump

up.

Turn the knob in the direction of the

orrow until

the

I or the

O mork

reoppeqrs

in the film counter

window.

Then

open

the comero

bock,

fully

pull

ouf the rewind

knob,

ond remove the cossette.

Changing Partly Exposed Films

With the

VITO

C you con olwoys remove o portly

exposed

film ond chonge

for onofher one (for instonce to switch over from block-ond-white to colour

film)

without

the need

for o dqrkroom.

Moke o note of the number of the lost exposed frqme, ond rewind the portly exposed

film into its cossette.

When relooding this portly exposed film loter on, proceed os

olreody, described.

As soon os the I oppeors in the film counter window, depress

the releose button, ond

hold it down in this position. Keep on pulling out the ropid winding lever os for os it

will go until the film counter

ogclin

indicotes

the number of the frome you noted before.

Now let go of the releose, work' the ropid winding lever once more, qnd you con

corry on shooting.

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Seffing the Exposure. . . Shutter

Speed

ond Aperture

I Sefiing the shuller speed. Rotote

the shutter

speed ring (5)

until the red line

clicks

into posiiion

opposite

the required

exposure time.

The exposure times

from 1/zso

second

Io 1/so

second

ore outomoticolly

timed bV

the shutter.

When set to B the shutter

remqins

open qs long qs you keep the

releose

depressed. For such time exposure (support the comero firmly or

mount ii on o tripod) use q coble releose

which screws

into the socket (B).

I Seiling

the operluFe.

Rotote

the operture

ring by the lever (1)

until the required

operture figure is opposite the triongulor A index mork. See olso poge 5 for

notes

on qperture

ond depth of field.

I With some

experience

you con

eosily

estimote

the correct

shutter

speed

ond oper-

I ture

required.

The

leoflets

enclosed

with most

films olso

give useful

hints.

To be

I reolly

sure,

however,

use

o photo-electric

exposure

meter.

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Aperture ond DePth of Field

The depth of field zone depends on the operlur.e

setting, gn{ covers thot port

oi th" subiect qreo in front of, qnd behind the focused distonce,

which is

reproduced'

on the film with occeptoble

shorpness.

Note thot:

lorge operlures (e.g. tn.B\ yield limited depth of field;

smqll opertures (e.g. tl16) yield greoler depth of field. .

I neoaing off the depth of field. - After hoving set the distonce (see

next pcge)

' hold th; comero

so thot

you con reod

the operture

mqrks

on the depth

of field

scole

(4)

os well os the distonce

scole

(3)

ot the some

time.

The

depth of field

extends

from the distonce

figure obove ony given left-hond operture number

to the distonce figure obovJ the corresponding operture number of the right

side of the A mork.

I Consider

the depth of field when

you odiust

the.

op.ertqrg

lq motch o pre'selected

I ;i';ii;; ;p;;d.li-t;r; tubil.r "oiii foio sreoter

depih

of field zone

thon obtoinoble

I ;i]h; correct

op'erture

s-d*ing,.

io, moy-hove

to $re-set

o longer

exposure

time in

I order

to orrive

of o smoller

operture. _ 5 _

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Seffing the DisfonGe . . . by Simple Symbols

The

distonce scole

(3)

corries

the following red symbols

for three-point

distonce

settings between the distonce figures:

o :- PORTRAITS - subiect distqnce 4tlcfeet

Y = GROUPS - subiect distonce

11 feet

C = VIEWS - subiect distonce 33 feet.

According to your subiect, set the distonce scole simply to one of these

three

symbols.

This gives yoU, qmong olhers, the following depth of field Zoo€s:

Aperture o (4rln

feet) V (11

feet) C (33

feet)

t5.6

flB

f t11

3r/a

to 5 ft.

3r/rto5r/+ft.

Srloto

6 ft.

8r/t to 16t/,

ft.

71lz

to 23 ft.

6rl, Io 40 ft.

16t1, ft. to oo

13,

/, ft. to oo

l0 ft. to oo

distqnce

scole.

Here

the

You con of course set individuol subiect distonces on the

occessorv

"Voigtlcinder

rongefinder' is o greot help.

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Shoof ing Frqme by Frqme

The Voigtltinder crystol-frqme viewfinder. The unique brilliont reflected-frome

finder system

shows

you the subiect

in nqturql size. When sighting,

you con

therefore keep both eyes open ond hove o cleor view over the surroundings

of the subiect

well.

Pleose note:

with subiects

ot obout

31/z

feet

the limits

of the field of view

or.e

disp.loced

Oownwoidr

or sidewirys

(occording

to whether

_you

h.qld

the comero

horizontolly

upright)

shown

by tlie two

short

i-ines

on the

reflected

imoge

frome.

Releosing. Alwoys press the releose genf

ly; never ierk it, os thot wou

produce

blurred pictures.

The ropid winding lever. After every shot pull out the lever os for os it will go

(with one full stroke

or severql

short ones).

This

tensions

the shutler,

odvqnces

the film counter

qnd tronsports

the film. An outomotic

lock prevents

o second

operotion of the !ever before you hove mode qn exposure.

Similorly,

you -con

only releose

the shutter

ofter working the ropid winding lever.

This

therefore

prevents

double exposures

ond blonk fromes.

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The Seff-fimer

Once you hove set exposure (shutter

speed ond operture) ond the distqnce,

qnd tensioned

the shutter,

pull down ihe smoll red lever (10)

qs fqr qs if will

go. On pressing

the releose, the exposure

now tokes

ploce outomoticolly

ofter

o deloy of obout 10 seconds. You therefore hove time to toke your ploce

quickly in front of the comero. Do not however use the self-timer with the

shutter set lo B.

Synchronized Flash Shofs

Smoll light-weight flosh guns con be mounted in the occessory shoe on top of

lhe comero. Lorger guns or the lomp holders of eledtronic

flosh guns ore

generolly mounted

to one side of the cqmero

with o speciol brocket.

The flosh

coble completes

the electnic

circuit between the flosh unit ond the shutter; it

plugs into the flosh socket

(9)

on ihe shutter.

The Pronto shutter is only X-synchronised.

For flosh shots (with or without the

self-timer)

you must therefore use only the shutter speeds

shown in the toble

opposite.

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The lens operlure required for correct

exposure con be obtoined from so-

colled

guide numbers,

usuolly

quoied

on the flosh bulb pocking or in the

leoflets

issued

with the bulb or elec-

tronic flosh unit. To find the correct

operture

divide the oppropriote

guide

number

the distonce

in feet

between

the subiect ond f

losh gun on the

co merq.

Aperlure = guide number * dislsnce

Exqmple:

guide number 75 = 5

Distqnce 15

feet

So set the operture

holf-woy between

f/4 ond f/5.6.

Flosh bulbs Shutter speed

Philips

PF5

PF 14

PF 25

Osrom

XM5 I

/30

second

No.

No. 25

Electronic

flosh Shutter speed

lnstonto

neous

releose 1/ao

to 1/2so

second

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Voigtliinder Focar Lenses

extend your scope to cover highly

interesting lorge-scole

close-ups of

smoll obiects ond onimols.

Blossoms or the inhobitonts of

oquoriums ond terroriums

con iust

os well be photogrophed

os coins

or stomps ond oll this

con be token

os you see it - with Voigtlcinder

Focor lenses

ond Proxirect ottoch-

ment.

You con now opproqch the subiect with

the comero considerobly

closer

thon

the usuol focusing

limit of 3t

lz feet,

ond thus increqse

the scqle

of repro-

duction.

-t0-

Focqr Focusing

Tqble

Comero

Iens

set to

Distonce from Subiect

to Front

of Lens

Focorl I Focor2

| ft+Z

IIVilt

60'

20'

1s'

12'

9.5

8'

7,1

6'

s'

4.5

4'

3.5

2' 7112"

2' 6rlr,,

2' Stln"

2' A'

2' 3u

2' 20

7 1rlz"

2' tlz"

1'1131e,"

'l'11'

1'10'

l' 831n"

l'80

\'7"

'l' 7rlz"

1' 6'

'l' 51/z'

.1,

1' 431a,"

1' 4rlz,,

l' A'

l' 3r/2"

1' 3rla,,,

1'3'

1' 231n"

'l' 7lz"

'l' 2u

'l' 1rlz"

1' 1rlr"

1' 1'

1' 1'

1' rlz'

11rle"

11'

11'

1@ln"

'l0rlz"

10rlz"

'l0rla"

1011t"

10u

10'

98ln'l

9rlz"

9rlr"

9'

831a"

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Inslructions for use of Focor lenses:

o Focusing

- Approoch the subject with the comero unfil you see it in the vievvfinder

in the size desired. Then - occording to the distonce (toble, columns ll to lV)

fit the oppropriote Focor lens or both lenses

over the comero lens mount (F

2 on

the comero lens ond F

I on top of the F 2 lens).

Meosure the exoct distonce

from the summii of the lens to the centre of the subiect

qnd set

the lens

to the oppropriqle distonce

os per column

I of the toble corresponding

to whqt is given by columns ll to lV.

o Aperture qnd depth of field - To moke sure of odequote depth of field, stop down

to of leost f15.6

or fl8. For copying of text motter flll or fl16 is recommended.

o Viewfinder lmoge Fit the Proxirect ottochment into the occessory shoe of the

comero so thot it is in front of the viewfinder. Then rotote the front ond reor scole

rings to set the distonce corresponding to the subiect distonce. You now see the

finder imoge free from porollox. The slight vignetting of the corners, due to the

rounded shope of the Proxirect,

will, of course, not oppeor in the picture.

o Exposure - The Focor lenses do not offect the exposure volue determined in the

normol woy. When using o colour filter, mount it in front of the Focor lens

ond toke

into occount its foctor.

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Voigtldnde r Filters

ore hord cooted ond corry q 32

mm. dio. push-on mount. Every filter (except

for the ultro-violet filter) needs some extro exposure.

The exposure increose

in the form of q fitter foctor, is morked on the filter, e.

g.4 x (exposure

without

filter 1/rzs

second

- with filter 1/ro

second).

Yetrow

firrer G

r.5

x l[y,!1tllj;i::?,:tl:.ff,:-tg:,1,iff,*it;,I:""'

ror

sports

ond

Filter foctor: 1.5

x, or open the lens operture by llz stop.

Yellow

filter G

x i,ti6:'fl"f'll"l"lllfi::Lm other

outdoor

subiects;

Filtei foctor: 3x, or open the operture by ll/: stops.

Green

firrer

x iti:i"i[fJ?T,H?,";J'":,T*"r;;,1";".:,!:l3jo"lil"Tl'i:

Filter foctor: 4x, or open the'operture by 2 stops.

Oronse

filter Or 5

x ilgtld::nrllYi"l"r: dromotic

effects'

Reduces

otmospheric

Filter foctor: 5 x, or open the lens operture by 2tlz

stops.

Cuts out ultro-violet

rodiotion in high mountoins

or neor

th" r"o. Eliminotes

unpleosont

blue costs

in colour shots.

Requires

no exposure

increose.

Ultrq-violet

filter UV

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lllustrotion

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f*rr:** --

l3 Rewind knob fully extended

l4 Viewfinder eyepiece

t5 Film reversing lever

16 Cqssette

chqmber

17 Film lrqck

l8 Ropid winding lever

for tensioning

the shutter

qnd qdvoncing

the

film

19 Film tronsport shoft

Toke-up spool with hook for

ottoching

the

film leqder

Film rewind knob

pushed

into the comero body

Shofi of rewind knob

to engoge cossette

spoof

Sprocket of trqnsport shqft

engoged in

the

film perforotions

Film leqder

fixed io the toke-up spool

4ll bronds

of films in the morker

con be used

in the vlro c.

The

doylight coss_enes

wirh rhe pJrfotorea

35;;lii; ;ft 36

or z0

fromes, resp., 24 x 36 mm io mqfter wherhei bi;A;-;;d-;hite

or colour negotive

or colour reversol

film.

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CARE

OF THE CAMERA AND IENS

Successful

results ond long life of your VITO C

depend lorgely on proper core ond correct

operotion.

Therefore olwoys hondle the comero gently; never

use

force. ln porticulor protect the comero ogoinst

hord knocks ond do not drop it.

Cleon the lens only with o soft, flufftess,

cloth. However,

first dust off

coorse

porticles

of grit (or sond

"*he:'seqsjdel

cqrefutly

wilh o soft soble

brush.

Finger

morks

ond other troces

of greose

on the lens

surfqce

con

be removed

with o piece of cotton wool moistened

with pure olcohol

or elher.

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VOIGTLANDER VITO Instructions For Use Manual

Brand: VOIGTLANDER

Model: VITO

Category: Film cameras

Type: Instructions For Use Manual

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