Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. PICTORIAL OUTLINE FOR USING
THE CAMERA . .... . .•.••.. . . . • . . .. . 6-7
II. MAIN FEATURES ....... _ .. ........ _ _ 8
III. VIEWFINDER INFORMATION... . . ... ... 9
IV. TECHNICAL EXPLANATION
OF THE CAMERA ..... . . ..•..• . ... 1()'15
A . Electro-Mechanical
Shutter.. . . . . . . .. 10 - 11
B. Variable Aperture AE Control
Method ........... .. ...... . .. .. 12 ·13
C. Silicon Photocell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13· 14
D. Central Emphasis Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
V. CAMERA HANDLING ...... . .. . .... 16 · 18
A. Carryi ng the Camera ........... .. .. . 16
B. Holding the Camera .. . ........ . .. 16-17
C. Braci ng Yourself and the Camera . _ ..... 18
D. Releasing the Shutter . .. . . .. . _ . . . _ . . . 18
VI. BASIC OPERATION ...... . . . .. . ... • . 19 - 53
A . Loading the Mercury Batteries .. _ . . . . . . 19
B. Checking the Batter i es .. . ... .. .. .. 20 - 21
C. Turning the Camera On
and Advanci
ng the Film _ . . . . _ . . . . .. . . 21
D. Loading the Film .. . _ .. _ . . . . .. . _. 22-24
E. Setting the ASA . ..... . . . .. . .. . .. .. . 25
F_ Sett i ng the Aperture Ring
and the CAT Switch ........ . .... . 26-27
G. Selecting a Shutter Speed . ... . . . _ .. 27 - 29
H. Viewing and Focusing (including
notes on Infrared Photography) ... . . _ 30-31
I.
Locking-In an Exposure Reading . . . . 32 , 34
J . Releasing the Shutter .. . .. . . . . . __ . . .. 35
K. Making Mult iple Exposures . . . . . . . .. 36-38
L.
Taking Pictures by Flash. _ . . . . . . . . . 39-42
M . Changing Lenses _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43 - 44
N. Using the Self-Timer . .. .. ........ .. _. 45
O. Previewing Depth-of-Field .. _ .. _ . . . 46-48
P. Taking a Stopped-Down Meter
Readi ng .. ....... _ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 49-50
Q . Locking the Mirror Upward ......... _. 51
R. Rewind i ng the Film ... .. .... .. .. . .. . 52
S. Turn i ng the Camera Off . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 53
VII. INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES ....... 54-57
VIII . ACCESSORIES ........... •• .. . .... 58-61
IX. SPECiFiCATIONS .. .' .....•. • .... . . • 62-63
X. PROPER CARE OF THE CAMERA •.... . . . 64
, A . Cleaning the Camera ...... . .. .. . . . . . . 64
B. Storing the Camera .. . .. . _ . . ....... " 64
C. Using the Camera in Extremely
Cold Condit ions .. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 64
D. Having the Camera Serviced . ....... _ .. 64
_ Fold out both front and back nomenclature pages for easy reference when reading the instructions.
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