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KODAK INSTAMATIC 500 CAMERA This extremely compact and versatile camera, designed with RETINA precision and styling, is the continental member of the KODAK INSTAMATIC family. In addition to instant loading, it features an ultra-fast lens, shutter speeds to 1/500 second, electric-eye exposure control, and many other features which make picturetaking easier, quicker, and surer. Simply "pop" out lens to picturetaking position; then . ..
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KODAK VERI CHROME Pan Film, VP 126 ~ f FILM Your camera accepts all KODAK No. 126 Films in the KODAPAK Cartridge for instant camera loading and unloading in any light - even sunlight. You can make black-and-white snapshots, color snapshots, or color slides, depending on which film type is loaded in the camera. Note: Without a cartridge in the camera, the exposure control is set for its maximum film speed - ASA 800.
For 12 black-and-white snapshots. Standard enlarged black-and-white prints from your negatives are 3V2 x 3112 inches in size. Bigger enlargements are also available. For 12 color snapshots. Standard enlarged color prints are 3 1h x 3V2 inches in size. Color slides, as well as bigger color enlargements, are also available. For 20 color slides. These color pictures on film are framed in 2 x 2-inch mounts, for showing in slide projectors. For 20 color slides. Can be processed by the user or by a laboratory.
LOADING 2 3 Cartridge in the camera, as illustrated, with the larger cylindrical end down and toward the lock button_ With the camera in the above position, close the back. This lens-down position of the camera assures that the correct film speed will be automatically set as the cover is closed. The film name and number of exposures per cartridge appear in the WINDOW on the back of the camera . Loading the camera automatically sets the exposure control for the speed of the film.
UNLOADING 1. After the last picture, op- 4 Swing out the FILM AOVANCE lever as far as it will go toward the right, and allow it to return ; repeat until the lever locks (about 8 full strokes). The appearance of a series of arrows in the center of the window indicates that the film is advancing to· ward the first exposure. The number that appears in the center of the window on the back of the camera (shown above, right) serves as your expo· sure COUNTER. The same number may appear in duplicate.
EXTENDING LENS MOUNT Press in the RELEASE button on the underside of the camera - the lens mount will spring forward and lock in picturetaking position. After taking pictures, you can retract the lens mount by depressing the release button again, and simultaneously pressing the lens mount back into the camera body until it locks.
SELECTING SHUTIER SPEED Rotate the shutter SPEED RING until the desired shutter speed is opposite the INDEX dot. The numbers 30, 60, 125, 250, and 500 represent fractions of a second ; for example, 125 represents 1/ 125 second. A shutter speed of 1/ 125 is recommended for general daylight picturetaking; the faster speeds (250 or 500) are useful to minimize the effect of subject or camera movement, while the slower speeds (30 or 60) are used for less favorable light conditions.
VIEWING AND DISTANCE SETIING Hold the camera as shown, with the top left finger under the guard-support bac This position helps to support the camera and insure that the electric eye will not be obscured. Place the camera close to your eye with the eye centered on the rear eyepiece so that the complete luminous viewframe is visible. The image seen within this viewframe will be included in the picture, except at short camera-to-subject distances.
Distance Setting-Estimate the camera-tosubject distance carefully and rotate the LENS MOUNT by its two studs until the figure r-epresenting the camera-to-subject distance in feet is opposite the focusing MARK. These distances are measured to the film-plane marked (-e-) on the top of the camera. Zone Distance Setting: For speed and con- venience, the average settings for c1oseups, groups, and scenes are shown by symbols on the lower half of the lens mount.
DEPTH OF FIELD When the lens is properly focused (set for the camera-to-subject distance) the subject will be pictured sharply. Other objects to some distance in front of and behind the subject will also be sharp. This range of sharpness is known as " depth of field. " For anyone distance setting, the larger the 1number (the smaller the lens opening) the greater will be the depth of field.
SETTING THE EXPOSURE CONTROL The ELECTRIC EYE on the front of the camera measures light reflected by the subject. Make sure that the electric eye is not obstructed during picturetaking by a finger or other object, or pointed toward the sun or other unusually bright light source. Look through the viewfinder window and note the tinted field located just below the luminous viewframe.
try changing the pre-set shutter speed (but not to "B"). If you still cannot center the pointer, the light is not suitable for proper exposure. Under poor lighting conditions, try flash , or a timed "B" exposure with manual lens opeping setting. Unusual situations Because the electric eye reads the over-all brightness of a scene, you can sometimes obtain better results by altering the exposure when there is considerable brightness difference between the subject and the background.
OUTDOOR PICTURES • Make sure the lens mount is in picturetaking position and select the shutter speed. For general picturetaking, the shutter-speed setting may be left at 125. • Set the camera-to-subject distance by the footage or symbol scale. • Look through the viewfinder and adjust the exposure pointer in the tinted field for proper exposure. • Compose the picture with your eye close to the rear opening of the viewfinder so that the subject is framed by the luminous viewframe.
FLASH PICTURES Your camera is synchronized for flash. Two types of flasholders can be used - the cord-type with continental connector tip which plugs into the round flash socket on the front of the camera (next to lens mount), or the corgless-type, such as the KODABLITZ Flasholder, with flash contacts in the base, which slips into the accessory shoe on the top of the camera. Instructions for use of the battery-condenser-type KODABLITZ Flasholder, designed particularly for your camera, are given below .
• Flash Bulbs-The flasholder is designed to accept AG-l or AG-IB bulbs only . Insert a bulb by orienting the base of the bulb with the SOCKET in the battery cover, then pressing the bulb straight down as far as it will go. Remove used bulbs by pressing the red EJECTOR button. Caution: With a bulb in the socket, do not touch the foot of the flasholder to a metal surface . This may "short" the base contacts and fire the bul./,> immediately .
PHOTO AIDS KODABLITZ Flasholder-This extremely compact, battery-condenser type flasholder with flash contacts in its base fits the bracket on top of your camera. Accepts AG-l type bulbs. KODAK INSTAMATIC Pouch Case, Model R-Soft pouch-type, _zippered case of durable blackgrained, leather-like material. A wrist strap permits easy carrying of the camera, and picturetaking with the case attached to the camera.
CARE OF THE CAMERA GUARANTEE Your KODAK INSTAMATIC is a fine, ruggedly built camera, but yet a precision instrument. Protect it from dust and dirt and avoid rough handling. Use a rubber syringe to blow out any dust that may accumulate inside the camera. If the lens needs cleaning, first brush or blow away any grit or dust, then wipe the surface gently with KODAK Lens Cleaning Paper. If necessary, use KODAK Lens Cleaner.
DETAILS FILM FILM HANDLING LENS-38mm f/2.
