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www.orphancameras.com (posted 4-5-02) (this is the exact duplicate for the 500DTL except its top speed is 1/500 sec.) TABLE OF CONTENTS Description of Reference Points ..3 Section 1. Specifications ..5 Section 2. Insert the Silver Oxide Battery ..7 Section 3. Film Loading ..8 Section 4. Setting the Film Speed ..11 Section 5. Selecting the Shutter Speed ..12 Section 6. Focusing and Viewing ..13 Section 7. Setting the Exposure ..14 Section 8. Depth of Field ..17 Section 9. The Automatic Lens ..
www.orphancameras.com Section 12. Self Timer ..22 Section 13. Flash Photography ..22 Section 14. Rewinding the Film ..23 Section 15. Helpful Hints ..24 Section 16. Troubleshooting Your Camera ..25 Section 17. Meter Cut Off Points ..27 Description of Reference Points for the Mamiya/Sekor 1000DTL 1. Self Timer Activating Button 2. Self Timer Cocking Lever 3. Neck Strap Eyelet 4. Automatic Reset Exposure Counter 5. Meter " Off " Locking Button 6.
www.orphancameras.com 8. Shutter Speed Dial and ASA/DIN Window 9. Film Plane Reference Point 10. Penta-Prism Housing 11. FP & X Flash Terminals 12. Rewind Knob with Rewind Crank 13. Film Compartment Door Slide 14. Focusing Ring 15. Depth of Field Scale 4www.b utkus. org 16.
www.orphancameras.com 17. Spot/Average Meter System Selector Switch 18. Film Chamber 19. Battery Compartment Cover 20. Tripod Socket 21. Automatic/Manual Selector Lever 22. Viewfinder Eyepiece 23. Rewind Release Button 24. Film Advance Sprockets 25. Film Take Up Spool 26. Film Pressure Plate 27.
www.orphancameras.com 28. Film Cartridge Pressure Plate 4www.bu tkus.org SPECIFICATIONS: Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL Camera With Spot and Average Metering System CAMERA TYPE: 35mm Single Lens Reflex with two separate behind-the-lens metering systems--one for spot readings, one for averaging type readings. FILM SIZE AND CAPACITY: 35mm film (perforated) in 20 or 36 exposure standard cartridges. STANDARD LENSES: 55mm f/1.4 Mamiya/Sekor. 7 elements in 5 groups. Angle of acceptance: 43 degrees. 55mm f/1.
www.orphancameras.com VIEWFINDER: Penta-Prism type with micro diaprism center spot on fresnel lens for rapid focusing. Brackets visible in finder indicate location of spot meter reading area (6% of field). Pointer and "S" and "A" symbols visible in finder indicate whether the spot or the averaging metering system is being used. Exposure needle and reference points indicate necessary exposure adjustments. FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION: With Focal Plane bulbs: 1 to 1/1000 second.
www.orphancameras.com The Silver Oxide battery supplied with the camera is especially designed to operate the two metering systems of the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL camera. No substitutes, other than those listed below can be used. Install as follows: TO OPEN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT, place the tip of your thumb or forefinger on the knurled surface of the compartment cover (19), and twist counterclockwise until all threads have been disengaged.
www.orphancameras.com FILM LOADING DO NOT LOAD IN BRIGHT LIGHT. Open film compartment door (27) of camera (refer to Figure B) by pulling upward on the slide lock (13). Pull up the rewind knob (12) as in Figure C. Place film cartridge into film chamber (18), and return rewind knob to its former position. Draw out the film leader (refer to Figure D), and insert the end of the film into one of the slots on the take-up spool (25).
www.orphancameras.com appears opposite the triangular index mark in the exposure counter window. The camera is now ready for taking the first picture. NOTE: As the film is advanced, the rewind knob will periodically rotate in a backward direction. This indicates that the film is being transported correctly in the camera.
www.orphancameras.com In the case of long exposures, a locking cable release will allow exposures of any duration. The cable release is attached to the camera through the threaded receptacle on the top of the shutter release button. Shutter speeds may be changed before or after the film has been advanced and the shutter cocked. The shutter speed dial may be rotated in either direction when setting the desired speed. However, as indicated by Figure J.
www.orphancameras.com SETTING THE EXPOSURE: There are two ways of determining correct exposure with the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL. Whether you use the- Spot or the Average system will depend upon the type of picture you are taking. In either case, before taking the reading, set the Automatic/Manual selector lever (21) on the lens barrel to the letter " A" so that the automatic diaphragm feature of the lens is activated.
www.orphancameras.com Looking through the viewfinder you will notice that the small pointer at the bottom of the field is now on the letter " S " between the meter area brackets. These brackets outline the area of sensitivity, about 6% of the total picture you are viewing. Focus the lens so that the subject area is critically sharp. Then aim the camera so that the bracketed area falls upon the most important part of the picture you are about to take (Refer to Figure M).
www.orphancameras.com Press the film advance lever (refer to Figure O) toward the camera body as far as it will go. (NOTE: If the film advance lever is in the meter Off-Lock position, move lever away from body until locking button 15) snaps up.) While pressing the film advance lever toward the camera body as far as it will go, rotate the aperture ring 116) Located on the lens) until the needle at the right of the finder is centered between the open ends of the reversed letter " C " (refer to Figure P).
www.orphancameras.com DEPTH OF FIELD: When a camera lens is focused to give a sharp image of a particular subject, some objects slightly behind, as well as some objects slightly ahead of the subject focused on, will appear to be sharp. The distance between the nearest and farthest objects, which are in focus, is called Depth of Field.
www.orphancameras.com light for the picture to be viewed through the viewfinder and depth of field set visually. THE AUTOMATIC LENS: The standard lens on the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL is equipped with a fully automatic diaphragm. This means that you may view a scene with all light passing through a wide open lens, but actually take the picture through a stopped down aperture as indicated by the meter.
www.orphancameras.com CHANGING THE LENS CAUTION! PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE OR INSTALL A LENS. To remove an automatic lens from your camera, first depress the meter " OFF " locking button. Set the Automatic/Manual selector lever on the lens to " A ". Support the camera (refer to Figure S) body in the palm of the left hand with the lens projecting upward.
www.orphancameras.com HOLDING THE CAMERA Support the camera (Refer to Figure T) on the palm of the left hand with the thumb and forefinger curled lightly but securely around the bottom and sides of the focusing ring. Place the palm of the right hand against the end of the camera body. The right forefinger automatically rests near the release button, and the thumb is on the film advance lever.
www.orphancameras.com SELF TIMER The self timer (2) provides a method of taking delayed action pictures, thus allowing a photographer to be in his own pictures. When the self timer lever is rotated clockwise (refer to Figure U) , 8 it full travel of approximately 180 degrees, a delay of ten seconds is provided before the shutter position is released. Shorter intervals may be accomplished by rotating the lever for shorter distances anywhere between 90 and 180 degrees.
www.orphancameras.com REWINDING THE FILM: When you have finished taking all the pictures in a cartridge, either 20 or 36, you must rewind the film back into the cartridge. To do this, push in the rewind release button (23) located on to,. bottom of the camera body. (Button will remain inset without pressure until film advance lever is advanced a couple strokes) Wind the rewind crank (12) in the direction of the arrow until you feel t tension in the film lessen.
www.orphancameras.com Never rub the surface of the reflex mirror. If there are foreign particles of any kind that cannot be removed by blower or camel hair brush, leave them alone until a factory approved serviceman is avails able. Dirt on the mirror can have no effect on the picture. TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR CAMERA: The proper operation of a precision instrument like the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL camera requires strict attention to the correct manipulation of controls.
www.orphancameras.com Possible cause: Pressure on Film Advance lever causing automatic diaphragm actuating plate to press against pin on back of lens. THIS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO LENS. Check to be sure that the meter is turned " OFF." DO NOT USE FORCE. (Webmaster - the lens should screw on and off very easily. Two other possible problems, dirt on the screw part of the lens or the lens has been "cross threaded" It was not put on straight and is ruining the threads of the lens.
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