Kodak Retinette IB User manual

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RETTNETTE

I B

Set

shutter

speed

Set

focus

zone

Gentre

pointer

in

finder

Sight

and

shoot

Presetting the Film

Speed

For correct

exposure,

you

must

set

your

comero

to

the

speed

of

the

film

in use.

Film

speeds

in both

ASA ond

BS

numbers

ore

morked

in red on

the

shutter

ring.

Press the

setting

key

(o)

ond

turn

the

shutter

ring

(b)

until the

red

dot

points

exoctly

to the

relevont

ASA

or

BS number.

The

picture

shows

the comero

set

itor o

film speed of

28" BS.

On

the

opposite

poge,

some

Kodok

films

ore

listed.

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Experts

Ghoose

Kodak

Films

Colour

Films

ASA

Kodochro,me

Doylight

Type

Film

Kodochrome

Type

A

Film

Ekfochrome

Doylight

Type Film

Kodocolor

Negotive

Film

10

210

16

230

32

260

32

260

Blqck-qnd'white

Films

Ponotomic-X

Plus-X

Pon

Tri-X

Pon

,

25

80

200

250

300

340

Selecting the Shutter

Speed

The

block

figures

on

fhe

shutter

ring

(b)

indicote

froc-

tions

of one second.

The figure 15,

for insionce, stonds

for

1lrs

sec.,

30

=

1/so

sec.,

60

=

1lrn

sec.,

etc.

The

letter

B

identifies ihe

shutter setting

for time

exposures. Turn

io

poge

l8

for more informotion.

Turn the

shulter ring

(b)

until

the shutter

speed

of

your

choice

clicks

into

ploce

opposite

the block

dot.

The

illustrotion

left shows

the shutter speed

set

ot

1/eo

sBC.

Apprecioble resislonce hos

to be overcome

between

1/3s

ond

l/rs

sec. This is

to tell

you

thot for toking

pictures

ol

1fi5

sec.

ond

B

the

comero should

be

ploced

on o

tripod

to

prevent

blurred

pictures

qs

o result

of comero

movement.

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Zone

Focusing

The

focusing

system

of

your

RETINETTE

I B

is

designed

for

toking

phoiogrophs

of o moment's

notice.

You

simply turn

the

knurled

lens ring

(c)

until

it in-

dicotes

the disionce zone

ih

which the

moin

subiect lies.

At

the

first

position,

the two

block

orrows

point

ot

15

ond

oo

(infinity).

Your

comero

is

lhen

set

for

views

from

15 feet

to the

for

distonce.

The middle

position

indicofes

mid-distonce,

between

8

ond l5 feet.

The third

position

is for

close-ups

between

5

feet

ond

8

feet.

The

distonce

zone

indicoted

by the

block orrows

is correci

for

f/4.

With smoller

lens openings

(e.g.

f/8)

on

even

wider

zone

will be shorp.

But

ot lorger

lens

opening

(Il2,B)

it is

better to

set to the

triongle

with

the

block

or red

figures

the

exocl

comero-to-subiect

distonce.

Gocking the Shutter

The

ropid f

ilm-wind thumb-lever of

your

RETINETTE I B is

one of

the

proven

feqtures

thot

hove mode the RETINA fomous.

A

single

swift movement of

your

thumb cocks the

shutter,

odvonces the exposure counter

ond

winds the

film on

for

the

nexl

picture.

Alwoys operote

the lever

(d)

to

the limit of

its

trovel. lt

will

oufomoticolly

return

ofter it hos

been

releosed. lf the rqpid

filnr-wind

lever con-

not be swung out

completely,

olthough o film

is

inserted, ihis meons thot the film

hos

run

out.

You should then rewind

it os described

on

poge

15.

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How

to

Hold

your

Camera

The

woy

you

best

hold

your

RETINETTE

is

de_

fermined

by

the subiect.

The

two

illustrotions

q

re

mere

ly

meo

nt

os

o

suggestion

os

to

how

the

comero

should

be

held

for

shots

in

the

horizonfol

(obove)

or

upright pictures

(below).

one

f

hing

you

should

keep

in

mind

is

thot

the

steodier

your

comero

is

held

the

shorper

your

pictures

will

be.

The

only

movement

is

mode

by

the

forefinger

or

the

thumb

when

releosing

the

shutter.

A

few

ottempts

will

certoinly

show

you

how

noturolly

your

RETINETTE

hondles.

Viewing

and

Releasing

The

brillioni

frqme

in the

finder

of

your

cqmero

shows

you

the

exoct

field

oreo

ond

mokes

viewing

eosier

for

you.

When

viewing,

ioke

core

to keep

your

fingers

cleor

of

the

honey-

comb

window

of

ihe

exPosure

meter.

Turn

the

diophrogm

ring

by

meons

of

the

block

knob

(e)

until

the

pointer

in

the finder

points

to the D

mork

in the

bottom

of

the

brilliont

frome

(illustrotions

obove

ond

center

poge

'11).

Exposure

is

then

correctly

set.

Hold

the

cqmero

steody

ond

press

the releose

button

(f)

fully down.

The film

odvonce

thumb-

lever should

be

operoted

ofter

every

shot.

The

bose

line

of the brilliont

frome

is

interrupted

once

on

either side.

These

morks

hove

no

beoring

on

your

picture-toking.

The smoll

horizoniol

morks

on the

upright

sides

of

the brilliont

frome

ore

porollox

morks

ond

ore described

in

more

detoil

on

poge 19.

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lf

the

pointer

is

on

the

extreme

right-hond

side

ond

connot

be

set to

the

a

mork,

turn

the

shutter

ring

to

the

f

eft

until

the

pointer

con

be

centred

on the

a

mork.

(Core

must

be

token,

however,

not

to

sef the

shutter

ring

to

B

becouse

the

exposure

indicotor

in

the

finder

cqnnot

be

used

with tlris

setting.)

where

the

pointer

is

on

the

extreme

left-hond

side

ond

connot

be

set

to

the

A

mork

the

shutter

ring

should

be

turned

to

the

right.

lf

the

pointer

con

even

then,

not

be

set to

the

a

mork,

or

if

the

n

mork

is

obscured (bottom

illustrotion),

light

conditions

ore

too

poor

for

toking

pictures.

1l

Film

Loading

(in

the shode)

l.

Press

the opening

button

(g)

in the comero

bose ond

the

cqmerq

bock snops

open.

2. Pull

out

the rewind

knob

(h)

os for os

it

will

go.

3.

Turn

the built-in

toke-up spool

(i)

with

your

thumb

uniil

one of

the slits

foces

up.

Threod the trimmed

film

end

into the slit

ond

engoge one of

the

per-

forotions on

the little

hook in the slit.

Pull

the film ocross

the

film trock ond insert

the

cossette in

the cossette

chomber.

Turn

the

toke-up spool until

the teeth of

the

film

tronsport sprocket

(k) properly

engoge both

rows

of

film

perforoiions.

Push

bqck

the rewind

knob

(h)

to

its normol

position

ond turn the

knob clockwise,

os indicoted

by the

orrow, unlil o

slight

resistonce

is felt.

The film is

lhen

properly

tensioned.

Close the

comero

bock,

ond

moke certoin

thot

you

heor the lotch engoge.

5.

6.

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Setting

the Exposure

Gounter

and

Film Indicator

The exposure

counler(obove) tells

you

how

mony shols

you

still

hove.

Turn

the

block

thumb ring

(l)

counier-

clockwise

until

the

diomond

mork

0

is exoctly opposite

the

triongulor

mork

V

(m) (for

36-exposure cossette

set

0

mork belween I ond 36i

for 2O-exposure cossette set

0

mork

to

23).Cock the

shutter

ond releose, cock ond

releose

ogoin,

ond

cock o third

time. The rewind

knob

should

be seen

turning

os

you

do

this. lf it

does

not,

tension

the film o little bit

more

(poge

12). The

V

mork

will be

now

opposite

No.

36

or 20.

To

set the

film in-

dicotor

(below),

hold the

rewind knob

ond

turn the

inner

serroted ring until

the block

dot

points

to

the

type

of

filrn

used

in the

comero.

<>

:

Block-ond-white Film

Color

g,

:

Doylight

Colour

Film

Color

q'.

:

Artificiol Light Colour

Film

14

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Unloading

the Film

After the lost

picture

hos

been ioken,

the film

hos to

be

rewound.

Depress

the reserving

button

(n)

in

the comero

bose ond turn

fhe rewind

knob

(o)

clockwise, os

in-

dicoted

by the orrow,

until the

rgserving button

stops

turning

(wotch

blqck

doi on button).

Open

the comero

bock in

subdued light.

Pull

out the

rewind

knob ond

remove

the cossette

from

the cqssette

chomber.

lf

you

should ot ot

ony time

hove

omitted

to

set the

exposure

counter

it moy hoppen

thot

in o looded

comero

the

ropid

film-wind lever

connot

be switched to

the

limit

of its trovel.

Depress

the

reserving

button ond

operote

the ropid

film-rewind

lever to

complete its

trovel. The

film

con now

removed

from the

comero

os

obove

described.

Flash

Shots Made

Easy

Flosh

shots ore no

problem

for ihe RETINETTE

I B.

Slide

your

flosh

unif, the KODABLITZ

floshgun for

instonce,

inio the

occessory

shoe of

your

comero,

plug

the

flosh

coble into

the flosh

socket

(p),

ond turn

the shutter

ring

lo

1/zo

sec. The

exposure

indicqtor

in the finder

of

your

RETINETTE

I B

cqnnokSogever,

be

used for flqsh

shots.

The lens

operture

required

is

colculoted

on the

guide

number

of the

flosh

bulb or

electronic flosh

unit used.

Go by the follow'rng

rule:

Guide

number

divided

by distonce

=

operture

Guide number

72

For

exomPle:

D[tonce

9

feet

=

operture

f/8

Turn

the

diophrogm

ring

until the figure

8 is

opposite

the

block

dot

(left).

lf on

electronic

flosh

unit

is

used, the

entireshutterspeed

ronge from

1/'s

ts

r/soo

sec. is

ovoiloble

for fldsh

shots.

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Self-timer

for

Greater

Fun

Wont

to

get

into

the

picture

yourself?

Screw

the

comero

to

o tripod,

cock

the

shutter

ond

push

the

lever

(r)

morked

in

red to

the

side

os for

os it

will

go.

lf

you

now

depress

the releose

bufton,

the

shutter

will

not

be releosed

uniil

qfter

obout

l0

seconds.

You

hove

enough

time,

therefore,

to

get

into

the

picture.

Once

ihe self-timer

hos

been

cocked,

the

following

picture

must

be token

with the

self-timer. The

self-iimer

con,

of

course,

olso

be used

for

oll flosh

shots.

t/

Time Exposures

The

letter

B

on

the

shutier

ring indicotes the setting ot

which

you

con expose

o

picture

for

ony

length

of

time.

Turn

the milled shutt'er ring

until

the

letter

B

is

opposite

the block dot. Now, on'ce

the shutter hos been

cocked,

the shutter will

remoin open os

long

os

you

keep the

releose button depressed.

The releose

time is

dependend

on the lens opening sei.

Becouse

extended

exposure

times

ore

too long for hond-held shots,

the comero

should be

ploced

on

o

tripod

ond

o

coble releose

should

be

srewed

into

the releose bulton.

The

exposure

indicqtor in

the

finder

cqnnol be used

in

conlunction

with lhe B setting. Self-timed shots

connot be token oi

the

B

setting

eilher.

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Glose-up

Parallax

At

subiect

distonces

closer

thon

6

feet

o

so-

colled

porqf

f

ox

error

oppeors.

In

other

words,

the

field

of

view

outlined

by the

brilliont

frome

in

the

comero

finder

no

fonger

cor-

responds

exoctly

to

the

view

recorded

on

the

film.

To

compensote

for

this

porollox

of

o

subiect

distonce

of

3t/, feet,

on imoginory

line

beiween

the

two

opposite

morks

on the

frome

(the

upper

broken

line

in

the

illusfrotion)

indicotes

the

upper

limit

of the

field

of view.

As

distonces

increose,

this

fimit-line

is

grod-

uolly

shifted

up

until

ot

6 feet

it

coincides

with

the

upper

border

of

the

finder

frome.

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