AGFA Optima 500 User manual

The lens

fitted

to

vour

camera

is

a

product

of the

Agfa

camera

werk

and

has

been

computed.

and

manufactured.

in conformity

with

the

most

up-to-date

scientific

metho

ds,

This

lens

readtes

a standard

of

performance

neper preaiousry

attained

in lenses

of equal

speed

haaing

the

same

number

of elements.

Its

&ief

adaattages

lie

in

its

great

depth

of

field,

extremely

high

resoluing

power,

etcellent

definition

and

outstanding

reproduction

of

detail.

The

total

of these

cltaracteristics

makes

this

the

ideal

lens

for

miniature

photography

uith

bladc

and.

ushite

or

colour

film.

In

ad-dition,

eoery

lens

is

thorough\:

tested

before

leaz:ing

our

factory

by

the

most

up'to-date

methods

and

is

guaranteed

by

us

lor

its'quarity

and pefiormance.

AGFA-GEVAERT

AG

Camera-Werk,

Muenchen

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EXPLANATIONS

OF ADJACENT

ILLUSTRATION

Operolion,

poges 2-5

@

Ropid tronsporl

lever

@

Mogic

releqse bulion

@

Seiiing

mork

for

outomqtic mechonism

@

Setting mork

for focusing symbols

@

Setting ring for symbols

Technicol seclion,

poges

7-15

@

Cotch for comero

bock

@

DIN/ASA

scole

for

setting

the film speed

@

Light

prism

for red

qnd

green

signol

@

Accessory shoe

@

Rewind knob

@

Diophrogm ring

@

Flosh contoct

CONTENTS

Ropid

tronsport lever

Focusing

symbols

PAGE

.2

Holding

the comero,

viewfinder

Green

signol-releosing

Three

points

for

good

phoios

^

5

o

Film

types

Looding ihe

comero

. 819

Film

counter

l0

Setting the film speed

ll

Without the outomotic

mechonism 12

Flosh

iechnique

13

Agoinst the lighi ond

close-up exposure reodings

14

Filters ond occessories

15

Rewinding the film

16

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You ore

now ihe

proud

owner

of

q

technicolly

perfect

comerq-the

fully

outomotic

Agfo

Opiimo 500

which

does

not require

ony

com-

plicoted

monuol

operotions

ond so leoves

you

free to

concentrote

on

the

subject.

Whot o source

of

boundless

loy

thot isl

From

your

photogrophic

deoler

you

will

hove

leorned

how

simple lhe

Agfo

Optimo 500 is

to hondle.

Shutter

speeds ond

operiures

which

once

hod

io be

worked

out, meosured

or set ore now

of

your

beck ond

coll.

The

fully

outomotic

mechonism is

something

of o mirocle,

your

in-

visible

slove

to

colculote, think

ond

oct for

you-iust

o iouch

of the

"mogic

releose

button"

suffices.

You

will

probobly

wish

to

get

fomiliorized

with

this mosterpiece

of

precision.

On

poges

2 to

6

you

will find brief

operoiing

instructions;

technicol

odvice

ond

useful

phologrophic

hints

ore

given

on

poges

7 Io 16.

with

the ropid

tronsport

lever of

your

Opfimo.

Just

swing

the lever

forwqrd

to

move ihe

film

on one

frome. The

film counter

ot the

lower

reqr edge

of

the comero

shows

you

how

mony

exposures

you

still

hove

left.

lf the ropid

tronsport

lever will

not move,

the

comerq

is olreody

set

for the

nexl

exposure.

The

shutter

releose

ond film

tronsport

ore

fit-

ied with

o lock to

prevent

blqnk

or

double

exposures.

lf

you

releose

lhe ropid

tronsport

lever

before

compleiing

the

full forword

stroke

it will

re-

lurn to

i,ts siorting

posiiion. ln

lhis event

you

should

swing

the lever

forword

ogoin os

for

os it will

go.

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How for

owqy is

your

su.biect?

With

your

Agfo Optimo

you

con

photogroph

ot

oll distonces be-

tween

3tla ft.

(1

m) ond infinity.

There

ore

only lhree

focus

settings

on the

comero.

According

to

the

distonce

from

the

subiect you

merely

set

one

of the

three

sym-

bols

on the lens

mounl

ogoinst

the

white mork:

AQ

ctose-ups

f\{

Groups

,A(\

Distqnt

views

.|5ft.

to

infiniiy

l'l"l

-

(londscope)

lntermediote

settings

ore

olso

possible,

if re-

quired.

lf

you

wish to

focus

the

comero

on

objects

only

31/a ft. owoy,

turn

ihe

lens mount

until the

3y4 ft.

F

m) setting

is in

line

with

the

white mork

obove the

word

"€ompu/'.

To ensure

correclly

exposed photogrophs

it is

importonl

lo

set lhe

correcl film speed

on

lhe

cqmerq

(see

poge

ll).

Subiecl

disionce

5fr.

ro 7ft.5in.

7 ft.

5 in. to

'15

ft.

Toke the first

pressure . . .

When

photogrophing

it is

importont

io hold

the comerq

steody.

You should

therefore

toke

your

Optimo

in boih

honds ond

broce

your

orms

ogoinsi

your

body.

Ploce

ihe index

finger

of

your

right hond on

the mogic

releose

button.

When

you

look

through

ihe viewfinder

you

will

see

o luminous

frome

which

surrounds

the subiect

ond

shows

you

ihe exoct

picture oreo.

For

close-ups

(3y4

ft. setiing),

the two

lines below

the

top

morgin of

this

frome indicoie

ihe upper edge

of

ihe

pic-

ture oreo.

To

toke

upright

photos,

oper-

ote the

releose bution with

your

thumb or index

finger,

os

illustroied.

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Note !

The ouiomqtic

mechonism

is con-

nected

when the A

ond the

white mork

ore in line.

Green

signol:

"All

cleor" for

your

photogroph

Red signol'

Stop-

do

not

photogroph

Green signol ... releqse

The ligl*ing

is under conslonl

con-

lrol

qs

soon os

you

ociuote

the

ropid

tronsport

lever. Sight

your

subiect.

Wiih

the

signol ol

green,

press

down

the mogic releose

but-

ton

to the

pressure

point.

Then keep

lh;::"'"

in this

posirion

ond

The

red signol meons

there is not

enough

light; time

exposures or

flqsh

will

then

help

you

(see po-

ses

12l13).

lf no

exposure tokes

ploce,

remove

your

finger

from ihe button.

Then

re-sighi the

subiect ond

press

down

the

button ogoin to the pressure

point;

finolly

press

righi down to

exoose.

Three

points

which

you

con

quickly

moster

suffice

io obioin

perfect

Pictures'

l. Set

the

focusing

sYmbol.

2. Line

up

your subiect

qnd

iqke

the

first

pressu

re.

3.

Green

signol

in

viewfinder

'

Press

releqse

bution

righi

down.

Afterwords

prepore

the

comero

for

the

by

operoiing

the

ropid

tronsport

lever,

so

qs

noi

to

miss

on

oction

shot.

Thot's

lust

how

eosy

photogrophy

is

with

the

Agfo

OPtimo

500'

But

you

will

probobly

wont

to

know

more

so

toke the

cqmero

in

your honds

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Photogrophy is more

.fun

when you

hqve

mosiered

the three

points

mentioned ond

ore

lhoroughly

fomilior

with

your

comero

ioo.

Firsi

of

oll,

something

obout

films ond

how

to

choose them:

Firsi

use Agfo lsopon F, l7 DIN

(40

ASA).

It is o fine-groin

blcck-ond-whiie

film of

good

contour shorpness

ond

con-

sislent

quoliiy.

For

sport

photogrophy

the ropid Agfo lsopon ISS film,

2l DIN

(,l00

ASA),

is

iust

risht.

With Agfocolor films

you

con explore

ihe

world

of col-

our. These films hove been

firm fovourites for more

thon

twenty-five

yeors,

becouse

of

their noturol reproduction

of boih

postel

ond brilliont

colours.

In oddition, their

high

speed

hos mode the living

snopshot

in

colour

q

procticol

reolity.

For shorp, brilliqnt colour tronspqrencies:

Agfocolor Reversql Film

CT'18.

For

wonderful olbum colour

prints:

Agfocolor

Negotive

Film

CN

17

or CN.l4.

The film con

be looded

in doy-

light,

but

olwoys

in the shode-

moking

use of

body shodow.

First open

the

comero

bock

bY

sliding

cotch

in

direction of

orrow.

Push locking

buiton

of

rewind

knob in

direciion of

orrow

ond

drow

oui rewind

knob

firmly

with left hond

os for

os

pos-

sible.

Now set

the film

type

indicotor

by

turning

the

milled

edge

Pro-

iruding

ot the

bottom

of

the

rewind

knob until

the

desired

setting

oppeors

in the

window:

Block ond

white

checks

:

Block ond

while

film

CN

=

Colour

negotive

film

CT

=

Colour

reversol

film,

DAY doylight

tyPe

CK

:

Colour

reversol

film, ortificiol

A liqht

lype

(incondescenl

lo.-rnps'6f

3400o

Kelvin)

CF

:

Colour

reversol

film,

ortificiol

F

floshlight

tYPe

(3800o

Kelvin)

il

I

il

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i

Insert new film

cosselte wiih

hole lowords rewind knob.

Push

bock rewind

knob,

if nec-

essory

turning

slightly bock-

words ond forwords.

Turn loke-up spool by

its

mill-

ed disk until the brood slit

ond

film

perforotion

lug ore upper-

mosf.

Drow out ihe

film

from the

cossette

lowords the toke-up

spoor.

lnsert

ihe

end of the film in the

slit,

holding the

toke-up

spool

firmly, so thot the

lug engoges

in

the second

film

perforotion.

Now

iurn the toke-up

spool on

slighily in the

direction of the

orrow,

os

shown

in figure

F, un-

til iust

under

holf on inch of

the

full film width

proiects

from

the cosseite.

I

for

the

firsl

exPosure

posures

still

left

on

the

film'

Every

time

the

film

is

moved

on

the

rewind

knob

roiotes

in

the

opposite

direction

to

thot

shown

by

the

orrow,

"

t""1lg"

thot

the

film

is

properly

looded

ond

tronsported'

Double

exposures

imPossible

An

ingenious

double

"*oJrrr"

prevention.mechonism

ensures

thot

you

do

nottoke

iwo

photogrophs

on

one

""niiiu".in"oial,ion

the

film

connoi

be

tronsported

uniil

on

exposure

hos

been

mode.

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lmporlonl:

Remember to

set the

speed of the film

looded on the

comero lo be

sure of cor.

reclly

exposed

phologrophs.

To do this,

push

in the

smoll orresting knob

ond iurn the milled

disk

wiih

ihe oid

of

o

coin uniil the required DIN

or ASA speed

is opposite

the

setting mork.

for

qll

films

from

ll-25 DIN

(10-250

ASA)

When

you

press

ihe

mogic releose

bution, the

exposure reoding is

outomolicolly

ond invisibly

fixed for

you.

During

the exposure

it then

outomolicolly

orronges o shutter

speed ond operture

combinqtion

which

olwoys

ensures the

correct

exposure.

on

this

Po'ge).

Tirne

exPosures

Turn

the

milled

ring

on

the

lens

mount

until

"B"

is

in

line

with

the

mork,

os

shown

in

the

top

lilustrotion.

When

on

this

setting

ihe

shutter

sioys

open

os

long

os

the

releose

bution

is

;;J;";:;.

rt.'"

,'J

of

o

triPod

ond.o

coble

;"1:";;

is

odvisqble

in

such

coses'

The

loiter

ir

t.t"*"a

into

the

ihreod

below

the

releose

'fria"

tr.t

the

side'

By

turning

the

reor

milled

i"glL"'

ofurtr,"'

become

visible

in

the

smoll

window.

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No

floshlight

problems

For

flosh

work

turn

the

ouiomqtic

mechqnism

ring

uniil

the

flosh

symbol

is

opposite

the

white

mork.

A

constont

shutter

speed

of

llgo

sec.

is

used

for

flosh

work.

Pleose

see

the

column

for

,,X',

synchronizotion

on

eoch

pocket

of

flosh

bulbs

for

ihe

required

operture

which

is set

by turn-

ing

ihe

reor

milled

ring.

The plug

of the

flosh

coble

is

connected

io

the

flosh

contoct

ll2.

moin

illusirotion).

Eleclronic

floshguns

con

qlso

be

used,

in

which

cose

ihe

operiure

is

cqlculqted

from

the

guide

number

of the

floshgun.

E.

g.

guide

number

of

electronic

floshgun

96

divided

by

o distonce

of

l2 feet

=

operiure

f/8.

The

hondy

Agfolux

floshgun

in

zip

cose

Where

cleor

detoil

is

required

in.

photogrophs

ioken

"n"fttt

tf't"

fight

or

in

deep

shodows'

th.e

,outomotic

mechonism

of

ihe

co'mero

con

still

be

used

with.the

setting

."

lfl"

DIN/ASA

scole

reduced'

lt

is

odvisoble

to

sef

o

iirn

to""a

of

obout

3

DIN

or

iis

ASA

equivoleni

less

thon

in"t

titf."a

on

the

film

pockoge'

lf'

for

exomple'

the

film

in

thu.o."ro

hos

o

speed

of

17

DIN

:

40

ASA'

the

set-

ii"g

tL.ufa

be

red'uced

to

14

DIN

:

20

ASA'

WhenoVerycontrostysubiecthqstobephotogrophed

""a-;i

it

wirn"a

io

obtoin

ihe

correct

exposure

for

on

"rl.i

*r,lrln

is

smoll

in

comporison

wilh

iis,surroundings'

it-i,

oauitoUt"

to

toke

whot

is

known

os

o

close-up

meos'

"t"-r"*i

*itf-r

the

built-in

exposure

meier

of

.the

comero'

lf

this

is

not

done,

o

person

in

o

light

dress

in

froni

of

o

Jonk

wood

(io

give

on

exomple)

could

eosily

produce

on

incorrect

reoding.

ln

such

coses

opprooch

with

the

comero

to

o

short

distonce

it.tln"

subieci

ond

press

down

the

releose

bufion

to

the

;;;';;;J;J-poiit.

Hoia

tnu

button

in

this

position

ond

return

to

you,

o,'g'nol

position

to

toke

the

photogroph'

A

leoiher

cose.

designed

;;

i":k;

;

lens

ho.od,

ond

two

filters

is

ovolloble'

Filters

for

Your

OPtimo

for

block

ond

while

PhotogroPhY

Reduce

DIN

scole

setting

by

Iioht vellow

1

DIN

*'"diut Y"llo*

2

DIN

yellow-gieen

2

DIN

UV fi

lter

(ultro-violei)

no

chonge

for

sPeciol

PhotogroPhs

with colour

leversol

lllm

Aqfo

Color

Filier

Ri.5

no

chonge

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Filters

There

is o

voriety

of filters

for blqck

ond

whit6

film

ovoil-

oble

for

use

with ihe

Aofo

Opiimo 500

in

screw

mor-ilts

of

35.5 mm

diom. As

soon

os

q

filter

is

used on the

comercr

you

will

hove

to

reduce

the

setting..on.the

film speed

scole

qccoro

Ing ly.

A filter

hovinq

o

focior

of 2

will require

6 reduciion

in

the speed

settinq

of

3

DIN

or its ASA

equivdlent.

lf

you

hove

o film

of 17 DIN-

:

-

40

ASA this

meons

thot

you

<l

will hove

io reduce

the fioure

to 14

DIN

:

20 ASA.

A fo-ctor

of

.l.5

would require

q

re-

duction

of l-2 DlN.

When removing

the filter

from

ihe

comerq

do nol

forget

io

reset

the

originol

DIN/ASA

tigure

tor the

tilm in

question.

You

con

olso

photogroph

the

wonders

of the min-

ioiure

world

with

yo'Jr

Optimo.

All

you

hovb

io

do

is fix

ihe Agfo

Notorix

close-up

ottochmenl

to the

lens mouni

of

your

comero.

An

odditionol

viewfinder

ottochment

compensotes

for

when

lining

up

your

subiect.'

Shorp

definition

of the

subiecl

(meosured

from the

froni

edge

of ihe

lens)

is obtoined

ot o

distonce

of obout

Filters

/ Accessories

Close-ups

1'3"-1,7"

1'8"-2'y2"

2/1/2t_2/6,

2'6"-3,2y2"

Notorix

porollox

Symbol

setting

3y4 ft.

An

LJ''?

ix{

/YA'Y\

llill

The

film

is

now

finished

..

.

After

36

or

20

exposures,

occording

to

the

length

of

the

film,

the

ropid

tronsport

lever

will

not

move.

The

film

is

now

finished

ond

must

be

re-

wound

into

its

cossette.

First

releose

the

lock

of

the

rewind

knob

(see

illustrotion

B,

poge

8)

to

ollow

ihis

fo

spring

out'

ond

drow

it

out

only

o

froction

to

its

first

stop'

Then

press

in

the

locking

button

in.the.

bose.,of

the

comerq

snd

turn

the

rewind

knob

in

the

Jirection

shown

by

the

orrow'

Rewinding

is

.omplutu

when

the

rewind

knob

turns

freely

oftei

releosing

the

locking

button'

You.cqn

no*

op"n

the

bock

of

the

comero

by

pushing

the

cqfch

in

the

direciion

shown

by

the

qrrow

(see fiS'

{'

pqg"

8)'

Pull

out

the

rewind

knob

firmly

os

for

os

it

will

go ond

remove

ihe

cossetie'

Pui

the

cossetie

in

ifs

lighi-tighl

pocking

ond

mork

it

os

exPosed'

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