Exakta Kine-Exacta 1935 User manual

Instructions

for

using

the

KINE.

EXAKTA

(ta

king negatives 1 X 1 %

/1

_24 X

36

mm

.)

•

Contents

page

IMPORTANT

NOTE.

. . . 2

Introduction

. . . . _ . . . 3

1.

The

outer

controls

of

the

camera.

4

2.

Inside

the

camera.

. . , . . . . 6

3.

The

facal-plane

shutter

and

its

opera-

tian

'

.............

10

4.

Loading

the

camera

with

film

cart-

ridges

. . . . .

15

~

focus~ng

18

Changing

the

lens

19

The

frame

finder .

21

6.

Exposing

. . . . . . . . . . .

22

7.

Remaving

the

exposed

film

from

the

camera.

. . . . . . . . . . .

26

8.

The

spec[al

knife in

the

camera

back

27

9.

Lo.ading

with

daylight-laading

spoals

28

10.

Hints

for

practical

work

. . . . .

30

page

11.

Special

accessories

far

the

Kine-Exakta:

32

Extensian

tubes

..

. . . , . _ 33

Ball

and

sacket

trip

ad

head.

..

33

Repraductian

and

capying

stand

. _ 33

Supplementary

lenses

far

clase

wark,

_

33

finder

haad

extension

.

34

Micro

-

scope

attachment

.

34

Interchangeable

lenses

.

35

Lens

haods

. ,

36

Colour

filters

37

Palarisatian

filters . ,

38

Aero

shutter

release..

.

39

Phata

flash-bulb

attachment

.

39

12,

Enlarging

the

·

negative

. . " ,

39

The

Lumimax

projectar-enlarger

, 40

The

Exakta

Lumimax

enlarger

. , 40

Important note

The

Kine-Ex

akta

is a high-

qu

ality

ca

mera of

pre

Cl

SlOn

\ orkmanship. B

eca

use of the

fin

e

limits to which

it

is cons

tru

cte

d,

an

d becau

se

of

the

smooth

manner

in

whi

ch a

ll

its pa

rts

work,

it is

ess

ential that the handling of the

in

st

rument hall be iust as

ca

reful

and

preci

se

if the

best

possible

resu

lts

are

to

be

o

bt

a

in

e

d.

Ev

ery

buyer

oi the

ca

mera w ill expect pe

r-

fection from

it,

and

it

is equally

certain

th

at

the

cam

era

an

give

these

results.

Th

e

re

is one e

ssential

condition

that

must be fulfilled, though:

IT

IS

ESSENTIAL

THAT

TH

E fOLLOWING I

NSTRUCTIO

IS f OR

OPERATING

AND

LOADING

THE

KINE-EXAKT A ARE RE

AD

CAREFULLY THROUGH

fROM

BEGIN

NI

NG

TO

END,

THAT

ALL

THE

ADVI

CE

AND

IiI

N

TS

GIVEI ARE

CORR

ECTLY

fOLLOWED

,

AND

THAT

ALL

THE

MOVEME TS

Of

THE CAMERA

(W

fIICH A

RE

SO

NECE

SS

ARY

FOR

THE

PERfECT

WORKI G

Of

THE INSTRUMENT) A

RE

PRACTISED

REPEAT

-

EDL Y ACCORDING

TO

THE

INSTRUCTIONS LAID

DOW

I .

A precision came

ra

of the

Ki

ne-E

xakta

class, though

extremely

robust, n

ecess

arily

cont

a

in

s

sensitive

mechanism inside it,

which

is

made up of

many

smalI parts

that

must

interm

esh

2

with each other with

extreme

accuracy

if

a

ll

the functions

of

the

camera

are

to be perfectly

carried

out.

It

is this fact which must be kept

in

mind

by

the

amateur

who

takes the

camera

in

his hands for the first time.

The

reader

is urge

ntly

requested

not to

play

with the con-

trols.

however

rich in experience he

may

be, but to adopt the following

procedure:

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS f ROM BEGINNING TO END. Only this

process

can

give the

necessary

informa

ti

on

a

bo

ut the working

of

the

camera

.

Without

it,

mere

"intuition" is useless, and

th

e ca

mera

cannot possibly give the

satisfactory

results which

are

obta

ined when

it

is handled with full understanding

of

its parts,

action, and

range

of

ser

vice.

Introduction

The Kine-

Exakt

a is a high-quality miniature reflex camera, and

it

is not in the

least

diffi-

cult to handie so long as its controls

are

properly understood by the photographer.

The

camera

is loaded with normal

35

-mm. cinema

film,

which

may

be

obtained

in all civilised

countries

of

the world. This film

may

be obtained in long rolls

of

100

feet,

33

feet.

or

16

feet

in

tin boxes (which must only be opened

in

the dark-room). in

li

ght-tight

"cartrid

ges" con-

taining

63

inches

of

film for

36

exposures, or as daylight-loading spools with the

same

content.

3

Orth

ochromat

ic

and panchromatic

gr

ades of

film

are

availab

le.

The

Kine

-e

xa

kta

is

designed

to

ta

ke

a

ll

the

fil

m

cartridge

s on the

ma

rk

et and also the

day

li

ght-load

in

g spo

ol

s ("Contax

spool

s")

ava

il

a

bl

e.

Th

e simpl

est

form in

wh

ich to use

fi

lm is

pr

oba

bl

y the .,

artridge"

. Here the

film

is

wo

und

after ex

posur

e on the sp

ar

e spool co

re

de

li

v

er

ed

wit

h the

came

ra. After a

ll

the

36

expos

ure

s

h

ave

been

ma

de,

th

e. film is rewound

in

to the

cartri

dge once mo

re

(the

ca

mer

a remain

in

g

closed), after w

hi

ch

pr

ocess

the

cart

ridge can be remoyed

in

dayligh

t.

The

use of a d

ay

li

ght-

loading spool (see p

age

28) is equally si

mp

le.

Th

e

beg

'inner is advised to procure

fr

om his photographic dealer a cartridge t

hat

is over-dated

and thus useless, which may be used to

try

out the

movements

of the

came

ra

as

described

in t

hi

s booklet so

that

he m

ay

become accustomed to them. As soon as the working of the

ins

trumen

t is thoroug

hl

y under

st

ood (and t

hi

s need only

take

a quarter of an hour) the

ca

mera

m

ay

be l

oa

ded with a genuine

film,

and

the

fir

st

36

expo

ure

made with i

t.

1.

The outer controls of the camera

Pl

ace

the

Kine-

exa

kta

on

th

e tabl

e,

wit

h its lens

turned

to

iace

yo

u

(fi

g.

O.

On the lens

mount itse

lf

w

ill

be seen

two

contr

ols: the a

per

ture ring \yhi h alte

rs

the lens ape

rtur

e as it

4

is

turned

by

'

making

the iris

diaphragm

lar

ger

or

smaller,

and

a

larger

ring

which

is used to

focus the lens

on

different

distances.

The

stop lev

er

F

serves

to hold the lens

correctly

in

its

bayonet

mounting. All these

controls

will be

more

fully explained l

ater,

and

it

is only

necessary

here

to

draw

attention

to them.

magonally

above

the lens, on the right,

will be

seen

the

shutter

release

button

D.

With

the

camera

hood closed, this is out

of actio!]

and

nothing

happens

when

it

pressed.

Directly

over

the lens, on top of

the

camera,

is

the hood of the

view

-find

er

and

focussing

screen.

In

fig. 1 this is clo-

sed, in

which

position a small magnifying

glass is

seen

in a

circular

mOLlnt

in its

centre.

To

the right of the

closed

hood,

two

metal

knobs

are

seen on top of the

camera.

That

(marked

Ki

K)

has

a milled edge,

and

i's

used

to

x

5

set

the

shorter

exposure

times.

The

other

knob C whi h i

ii

ted

with

a long metal lever, has

a

sca

le

of

numbers engr

ave

d r

ou

nd its base,

and

is the

pi

ture

or

exposure

counter.

On the left

of

the

camer

a top is another milled knob T,

rather

large

r in size, which controls

the long

er

exposure

times and the se

lf

-

portrait

device.

The

two

metal

sockets

X on

the

left slanting front

of

the

ame

ra

are

contact

points for con-

necting the

camer

a to the flash-bulb outfit.

On the bottom

of

the

camera,

in the centre, will be iound the s

rewed

bush for

the

tripod.

To

left

and

right

of

this a

re

two

semicircu

lar

key

s R

and

,wh

ich

may

be lifted to st,and

vertical

to the

base

of the

instrum

ent.

Near

the le

ft

-

hand

ker

R

is

a small

screwed

knob

y,

that

operates

the knife inside the

camera

which cuts the

film

orr after

exposure

(see page 27).

On

the

right-hand edge

of

the

camera

is a sliding

butto

n B. which opens the

back

of

the

in

strument.

By

pr

essing this

bu

tton the back

swin

gs open

and

may

be removed.

2. Inside the camera?

I-Iolding the

camera

in the left hand

as

shown in

fi

g.

2.

the button B is pushed to the left

(i. e.

towards

the bottom

of

the

cam

er

a) to rel

ease

th e ba

k.

The

latter

is then

taken

off

.

and

placed on one side.

The

camera

is

now

open,

and

the back will

appear

as

in

fig.

3.

6

In

the ce

ntr

e of the open

back

is a

rectangul

ar

a

pert

ur

e,

which is

covered

by

a black

curtain

of

rubberised

silk fabric.

This

is the picture ape

rture

of

the

camera,

through which the

film

is

exposed, and it is

exactly

24

X36

mm.

(l

X I W ') in size.

The

black

curtain

is a

part

of

the

focal-plane

shutter.

The

two

smooth metal rails

above

and

below

the picture

aperture

serve

as

supports

for the film

as

it

moves

through the

camera.

The

film

,

whether

in a

cartridge

or

on a spool,

is

placed

in

the

chamber

(at

present

empty)

on the

ri

ght-hand side

of

the

camera,

and

it

runs

to the left

across

the

Dicture

apert

ure

on

the

rails on to

the

sprocket

Z which is

at

right angles to its

tr

av

el.

The

teeth

of

the

spr

ocket

engage

in the

perforations

of

the

film

, and

draw

it

onwards

to the

"take

-

up"

spool V which is placed

in

the left

-hand

film

cham-

ber and winds up the film

it

receive

's from the sprocket.

To

show

the action

of

the

camera,

the spool V

may

be turned.

To

this end, place the

l.eft

thumb on the right-hand side

of

the long film

winding

lever

A and

swing

this lever to the left on its axis (which

is the knob C) as far as

it

will go.

The

thumb is

now

removed

,

and

the

lever

will spring

back

into its former position.

This ae.tion will turn the take-up spool round, and

at

the

same

time

other

pOlftions

of

the mechanism inside the came

ra

move

as

well. fig. 2

7

In

the

picture

.

aperture

the

bl

ack

curtain will m

ove

irom

right

to le

ft

,

thus

indicating

that

the

shutte

r

has

been

wound

up.

The

sprocket

Z, the take-up spool V

and

the

exposure

counter

C will a

ll

turn

simultaneously

to

the

left:

indicating

that

if

the

came

ra

had

been

8

loaded

with

film, the

latter

would

have

been

mo\'ed

on the

di

s

tance

of

one

pi

cture

as

the

hutter

was

wound.

Sin e the

shutte

r is

now

wound

up,

though no film is

act

ually

in the

camera,

pr

ess the

shutte

r

re

le

ase

knob D on the

fr

Ont oi the

ca

mera.

Nothing happens, for

the

button

cannot

be

pre

;

ssed

. Actually,

it is

locked

in

pl

ace

to

avoid

accidentally

exposing

the film.

The

camera

is only

fully

ready

for

use

when the hood of the

view

-Ender is

raised,

and

when

the

photo-

gr

apher

can

see

the

image

on the

ground

glass

. Unless this hood is

raised

(and

it

is

at

present

in

th

e

lowered

position) the

shutter

is locke

d,

and

the

camera

cannot

f.g.3

make

an

ex

posu

reo

The

finder hood

must

thus be

released

by

pre ing on the small knob L

in

the

centre

of the

camera

back,

at

the top.

The

hood will immediat

ely

spring

ope

n,

and

if

one looks

down-

wa

rds

from above, the image

can

be seen on the

ground-g

l

ass

screen.

(It

is

necessary

to

remove

the lens cap,

if

this has not

already

been done.)

The

camera

is

consequently

now

ready

for use,

and

the

shutter

release

can

be ope

rated.

By

pressing

on

the

shutter

release D,

the sh

utte

r will

move

back

and

make

an

"exposure".

(It

is

useiul to go through

these

movements

sev

era

l times to

accustom

oneself to

them:

fold

down

the finder hood,

wind

up the

shutt

er

with the le

ver

A, open the finder hood again,

and

press

the

shutter

release

D .. )

Another point should be

noted

here:

by

turning the small milled knob Y, which

has

already

been mentioned, a

few

times to the left,

and

by

pu

lling it

downwards

from the

camera,

a small

steel

knife

appears

and

moves

from the top of the

camera

to

the

bottom.

When

the

camera

has a film

loaded

in

it, this knife would

cut

the fihn in two.

By

pushing the knob Y

back

towards

the came

ra

the knife

moves

in the

rever

se

direction to

the

top of the

camera,

and

the

knob Y

can

be

locked

in place

again

by

turning

it

to the right a

few

times.

After

examining

the

interior

of the

camera,

the

back

is

once

more

replaced. Iiolding the

camera

in the left

hand

as

shown

in

fig.

4,

the

back

is held in the right

hand

and

replaced.

Care

must

be

taken

that

the

circular

peg

inside the

camera

connected

to the

key

R is

pushed

firmly into the

interior

of the

camera

by

the ba

ll

of

the left thumb.

The

ca

mera

back

can

9

then be held with the button B upwards, its lower end hooked

ca

refully into the

groove

on

the body of the

camera,

and

the back itself

pre

sse

d lightly tow

ards

the

body

until the

button

B

snaps

into its locked positio

n.

fig. 4

10

Not also that the

key

R

mu

st

now

be a

ll

owe

d to

catch

in the

camera

back

so th

at

is

clamped to

the

came

ra and

cannot

be pulled out

when the b

ac

k is closed.

3. The focal-plane shutter and

its

operation

The

action

of

the Kine-E

xakta

shutte

r is

best

observed

when

the

camera

is not loaded with

fi

lm.

As

we

ha

ve

alre

ady

noted, the hutter release is locked

as

a

protec-

tion

against

ac

cidental exposure

whe

n the finder hood is folded

against

the top

of

the camera. since

it

is

cl

e

arly

unnecessary

to

unlock the sh

utt

er

release

unless the

pi

ct

ure

c

an

be

focussed and

composed.

The

came

ra

ba

ck

is

ther

efo

re

detache

d and the finder hood a

ll

owed

to spring open by pressing the

sma

ll

knob L (fig. 3).

The

camera

will

then

look

as

in

fig.

5

when

viewed

fr

om the top.

The

long

lever

A which

winds

the

shutter

has al

ready

been noted,

and

the

shutter

is

wound

up first of all

by

moving

it

in

a

clockwise

dire

ction as far as

it

will go. (This

automatioally

moves

the film

on

one pr

icture

at

the

same

time.)

On

releGlls.ing

lever

A

it

springs

back

to its original position.

The

exposure

time is

now

adjusted.

Taking

the

outer

milled ring K of

the

knob

Ki

K,

on

wh

ich

are

engraved

a

series

of num-

bers

and

the

letters

Z

and

B,

between

the

thumb and forefinger, lift it

(against

the

spring)

over

Ki

K

and

turn

it

in the direc-

tion of the

arrow

eng

raved

on

it

until

the

number

"25" (i.

e.

1/ 25 th of a second)

is

against

the small dot

engraved

on the

inner disc Ki. Rel

ease

the

outer

ring,

and

it will

drop

into place.

The

shutter

is

now

set

to 1b th

second

exposure

time.

If

the

eye

now

is

p'iaced ' behind the

came

ra, opposite the

picture

apertu

re,

and

11

th

e s

hutter

re

leas

e D

pre

sse

d, the shutter blind

or

curr

ain will be

se

en

to

run

do

wn

from left

to right.

Careful

obs

er

va

t

io

n will

show

t

hat

light rea he the film in the

camera

through

a slit in the blind, which al

so

m

oves

from left to ri

ght

acros

the picture.

Through

this slit

the e

xp

os

ure

is made.

In

the

sam

e

way

,

the

outer

ring K

ca

n be

se

t-

alw

ays

turning

it in the direction of the

arrow

-

to

any

other

snapshot

ex

posure time in the series 1/

5Oth,

1

HlO

t

h,

1/150th,

lb

oth, 1

/5

0oth,

and

lh

oooth

of

a

second

,

and

also to the l

ette

rs Z and B.

(Intermed

i

at

e

va

lues for

shutter

speed

cannot

be

set

with

this shu

tt

er.)

When

set

to

Z,

a single

pr

essure on the s

hutter

r

el

ea

e D will open the

shuHer

fully, '

and

it will

remain

open until the

re

l

ease

D is

pressed

a

econd

time.

This

action is useful for

long time

exposures.

When

set

to

B,

the

shutter

will open fully

when

the

release

D is

presse

d,

but

will close

a

gain

as

soon

as

the

fin

g

er

is remo

ve

d from the release. This

ac

tion is useful for s

hort

time ex

posures.

A

second

larger

speed

regulating

knob T is pl

aced

on the other side of

the

finder hood.

This

is used to

set

th

e longer

ex

p

osur

e times

of

the following

ser

ies:

Engraved

in BLACI(: 11

1Oth,

1/

2,

1,

2,

3,

4,

.....

to 12

seco

nds.

To

adjust for

th

e

se

speeds

the

following

procedure

is

necessar

y,

12

1.

Wind

up the

shutter

with

lever A as u ua

l.

2.

Set

the knob

Ki

K

to

either

"Z"

or

"8

".

(This is important.)

3.

Turn

the

larger

knob T

strongly

to the right as far as it will go.

4.

Raise the

outer

ring

of

knob T

and

set the black

dot

on the inner disc to

the

de

sired

bla

ck

engraved

expos

ure

value on the outer. Then

releas

e the

outer

ring

and

let it

fall into place.

5.

Rel

ease

the

shutter

by pressing D, as usua

l.

This should

be

practised

a

number

of

times until the sequence

of

ope

rations

is thoroughly known.

The

numbers

in

RED

are

used

where

the del

aye

d-action mechanism

used

for

self-portraits

is

required to

operate.

In this case, the

proc

edure

is

exactly

the

sam

e as·

that

indie:ated

above

for the

bl

ack values,

except

that

the black dot on the inner

di

sc

of

T is set

against

one

of

the

red

series

of

numbers

liloth,

3/

" 11/

2,

3, 5, or 6 seconds.

After

pre

ss

in

g the

shutter

relea

se

D some t

we

h'e seconds will elapse, after which the s

hutt

er

will a

utom

ati

ca

ll

y give the

exposure

time indicated on the

red

serie

s

of

va

lues

to

which

it

has been set.

Short

snaps

hot

exposures

wit

h

the

self

-por

trait

mechanism (i.

e.

be

tw

een 1/ 25 th

and

1/ 1000 th

second)

ar

e

se

t as follows:

Th

e knob

Ki

K is

set

in the

norm

al manner to the

exposur

e time required (as, for example,

to 1

!t5

0 th

sec

ond), and the knob T then

wou

nd

up

as

far

as

it w

ill

go, and the ,black dot

set

13

aga

inst

anyone

of

the

red

values

on its

outer

ring. On

pres

ing the

re

l

ease

D,

twel

ve

se

-

conds will el

apse,

and

aft

er

that

the

shut

ter will

automatically

give

the time to

which

Ki

K

has

been

set-

in this

case

1/

1"0

th of a

seco

nd.

This

device

is

of

the

greatest

value when the phot

ographer

des

ires

to include himself

in

the

picture.

In

the

twelve

second

s

which

elapse

bet

ween

pres

ing the shu

tte

r

release

and

the

actual

exposur

e,

he

has

ample

time to take up the

carre

t po ition in front

of

the

cam

era

at

the

distance

on

which

the l

ens

has

been

fo

cu

ssed

.

Th

e

amera

shou

ld

be

placed

on a firm

support,

prefer

a

bly

on

a

tr

ip

od.

IMPORTANT:

The

knob T

must

always

be

wound

after

the

hutter

has

been

wound

(l

eve

r

A)

and

Inust a

lw

ays

be

wound

up

as

far

as

it will go.

Ii

thi is not done,

completely

in

correct

exposure

times will

be

given.

The

s

hutter

w

ill

go

wron

g

if

the

foll

ow

ing

mist

ake

i

made

:

when

the s

hutt

er is

se

t

at

"Z"

(Time)

and

opened

by

pr

ess

in

g the

release

D,

and

the

oute

r ring K

then

turne

d

to

give a

sna

pshot

ex

posure

of

perhap

s 1/

25

th or 1/ 50 th

of

a

second.

If

. in this position, the rel

ease

D

is

press

ed a

second

time, the s

hu

tter does

not

close,

but

tops

wo

rk

compl

ete

ly

.

The

troubl

e

may

be

put

right

by

turning

the ring K

aga

in unt

il

the bl

ack

dot

on

Ki

is

opposite

Z

or

B. In

the

second

position the shu

tter

cIa

es

auto

matically,

an

d in the first it

will cl

ose

if

the re

lease

D is

pr

essed

aga

in.

14

4.

Loading the camera with

film

cartridges

fig.6

As

already

mentioned

in

the introduction, the

beginner

is

recommen

ded to

use

film

car-

tridges

in

the Kine-Ex

akta.

Before

attempting

to l

oad

the

camera,

make

sure

that

the small button W

(shown

in

fi

g.

5)

on

the

top

of

the

ca

mera

is

turned

so

that

the l

etter

"

V"

can

be seen.

Iiaving

made

sure

that

this is so, the

camer

a is

opened

by

remov

-

ing the

back

.

Th

e

fil

m

ca

rtr

,idge is held

in

the

right

hand

as

sho

wn

in

fig.

6: the circul

ar

hole in its base, in which its

cross-peg

is pla-

ced, is on the left. This position

can

easily

be

found

by

observ

ing the

ma

nner

in

which

the

film

projects

from

the

ca

rtridge.

The

key

R (fig.

3)

is n

ow

raised

and

with

its

fig.

7

aid

the

circular

peg which holds the

cartridge

in

pl

ace

is pulled

outwards

as

far

as

it will

come

.

The

camera

is

now

taken

in

the left han

d,

as

seen

in fig.

7,

and

the

cartridge

placed

15

in

the

lower

chamber

,

the

ke

y R

pr

e

ssed

once

mor

e

towards

the

ca

m

era

.

to

push

the

circular

peg

inwards,

and

the

fl

ap

of R

bent

ove

r

once

more.

The

left

thum

b is

then

placed

on

top

to

the

cartridge

to

hold it

firmly

in

place,

while

th

e ri

ght

hand

pulls

ca

refully

about

4 - 4

;;';

inches

of film

from

it.

Th

e

fre

e e

nd

of

the

film is

secured

under

the

spring

to

ngue

on

the

spool

V

that

is

deliv

e

red

with

every

Exakta

an

d

must

be

situated

in

the

upper

cha

mber*),

sprocket.

This

spool

m

ay

e

asily

be

turne

d on its

axi

,

so

that

it is a

simple

matter

to

place

it in a

con

ve

nien

t

positi

on

to

attach

t

he

free

end

of film

to

its

core.

Th

e

hand

holds

the

spool

still

while

t

he

film is pu

shed

as

far

as

pos

sible

under

the

metal

tongue.

As

soon

as

fi

g. 8

16

the

film

end

has

been

attached

to

the

tak

e

-up

spool,

make

sure

that

the

fil

m

perforations

are

co

rr

e

ctly

engaged

in

the

tee

th of

the

sprocket

Z (fig. ),

an

d

then

close

the

camera

as

descr

ibed

in

section

2.

by

replacing

the

back.

The

fo

llowin

g

pr

ocedure

will

the

n be

necessary:

1.

Press

butt

on L

to

open

the

finder

hood.

*)

Ii

it should be neces

sary

to

remove

the take-up spool from

th

e camera,

the key S is raised

vertical

to

the

base

of

the

camera

and pulled out-

wards.' While it is

in

this

outward

position, the spool may easily be

taken out and replaced.

2.

Make

sure

that the knob

Ki

K is

set

to any value

exc

ept "Z

",

and alter the

setting

if

ne

'

cessary.

3.

Press

lever

A to the left

twice,

releasing the hutter

each

time

it

has been wound, and tak-

ing it right to the end

of

it'S

travel

each

ti

me. This action implies

that

the film has been

moved

forw

a

rd

in the

camera

by

the width oi

tw

o pictures: the film protruding from the

cartridge

had been

struck

by

li

ght and fogged so

that

it

had to be

wound

on the

tak

e-up

spool and fresh unexposed

film

pulled from the

chJa

mber

of the

cartridge.

Moving on the

film

by

the

width

of

two

p,i

ctur

es is sufficient to bring this fresh unexposed film into the

picture

aperture

of

the

camera.

The

first exposure

can

now

be made.

4.

The

shutter

is

now

wound

(by

lever

A as before) a third time, to pull the

film

tight. After

winding, the picture

or

exposure

counter

is

set to the

number

"1", in

order

that the ex-

posures

a

re

a

ll

counted

correctly.

Therefore:

5.

The bevelled ring surrounding the spindle C of the winding lev

er

A w

hi

ch has a series of

numbers from 1 to

36

engr

aved

on it is turned in the direction of the

arrow

to the left until

the first

mark

, indicating "1",

is

opposite the ma

ll

black triangle*

).

The

exposure

counter

is

now

correctly

set, and the first exposure can be made.

*)

If

this bevelled ring is accidenta

ll

y turned too far

to

the left, it

mu

st on no account be turned

back

again to

the c

orr

ect

position. but turned round complet

ely

again

un

ti

l the number " 1" is against the

triangle

.

17

The

expnsure

counter

automaticall

y

mov

es

on

each

time

[h

e

shutte

r and film

are

wound,

and

when

the

trian

gle is

opposite

the

number

"36", the las[

expo

sure

is

in

the

camera,

assuming

that

a

normal

cartridge

or

d

aylight

-loading spool is in

[he

came

ra.

5. Focussing, changing the

lens

, and the frame

fin

der

To

examine

the

image

on the

ground

-gla

ss

focussing

screen,

the

fin

der

hood

must

be

rele

ased

by

pre

ss

ing the

button

L

(fi

g. 3). In this position

[he

ground

gl

ass

may

be

examined

from

above.

If

no

image

is

seen,

the

reason

is that the

shutter

is not

wound

.

The

winding

of

the

shutter

plac

es

the

mirror

in position,

so

t

ha

t

if

no im

age

is

een

i[

.is

a si

gn

that

the

camera

is not

ready

for

us

e.

Th

e

shutter

is thus

wo

und

up

by

l

ever

A.

This

action

causes

a

small

mirror

to drop into position

under

the

gro

und

gl

ass

, inclined

at

45°

to

the

latter,

so

that

an

imag

e from

the

camera

lens is

[hrown

on to

the

focussing

screen.

(This

screen

is

ca

lled a

gro

und-gl

ass

sc

reen

f

or

bre

vi[y,

though

it

is

act

ually

one side of

a

speci

,al plano

-conve

x lens.

All this will be pe

rfectly

clear

to the

be

ginner

if

he

exam

ines the

mechanism,

and

this can

he

done

by

removing

the

lens from the

ca

mera.

18

Removing the lens.

liolding

the

l

ens

firmly in [he left

hand

as

shown

in

fig.

9,

press

the

stop

le

ve

r F

li

g

htly

with

the

right

hand

and s

im

ultaneo

us

ly

turn

the lens firmly to

the

left. After

turning

through

a

sma

ll

angle,

it will be found t

hat

the

l

ens

is

free

and

can

be lifted

out

bodily.

Through

the

lens

mount

the

interior

of

the

c

amera

c

an

now

be

examined. As the

shutter

is

wound,

the

m

irro

r

wi

ll

be

seen

to

drop

into position,

and

if

the lens were

in

pl

ace

an

image

wou

ld a

ppear

on

the

ground

gl

ass.

On

press

ing the

shutter

re

lea

se D, the

mirror

w

ill

be

obser

ved

to

spring

back

again

out

of

the

way,

and

the slit of the sh

utter

will

tr

av

el a

cross

the

picture

aperture

immediatel

y

aite

r it

has

moved.

The lens is replaced

by

reversing

the

abo

ve

p

rocedure

.

The

lens is l

owered

into the tubul

ar

mount

on the

camera,

fjg.9

care

be

in

g ta

ken

that

the

red

dot

on the lens i

opposite

the

red

dot

on

the

camera

body,

and

the

entir

e l

ens

and

mo

unt

turned

firmly

[Q

the

right

until the

stop

lever

F is

he

ar

d

to

slip into

the

catc

h.

Returnin

g

to

the

earlie

r

point

of focussing, the

im

age

on

the

gr

ound

gl

ass

may

be

observed

after

winding

up the

shutter.

This

image, ho

wev

er,

must

be fully sh

arp,

for the

negative

will

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