Macro 5/3 SLR–1200 User Guide
English 3 Introduction The Polaroid Macro 5/3 SLR-1200 is a simple to operate, fully automatic, portable camera designed for dental and medical documentation of patient conditions, and other applications requiring high quality close-up photographs. The camera uses Polaroid self-developing instant color films, so you know immediately that you have the picture you need. The Macro 5 camera produces reproductions at: 0.2X (20%), 0.4X (40%), 1X(100%), 2X (200%) and 3X (300%).
4 English Other features include: • Dual-light rangefinder helps you place the camera at the proper distance from the subject for correct focus. • Date / time module (Macro 5 only) that allows you to print the date or time on pictures. • Can be hand-held or used on a tripod or copystand. • Grid screen in viewfinder (Macro 5 only) for consistent framing of subjects The numbers throughout the text refer to the illustrations at the end of the book. CAUTION (MACRO 5 ONLY): THIS CAMERA IS BATTERY POWERED.
English 5 4 Close the film door. The safety cover ejects from the front of the camera (9). Both 10 and12-frame film • E = Empty, no pack inserted • S = Fresh pack inserted - ready to start • 1 = 1st frame taken • 2 = 2nd frame taken etc • 11= 11th frame taken (appears in red no frame emerges if 10-frame pack used) To remove an empty film pack Open the film door, grasp the tab on the end of the pack, and pull the pack out (10). The control panel (11) a Power button Press to turn on the camera.
6 English 2 Press the shutter button lightly (13); the ranging lights go on. The lights stay on as long as the button is pressed. If you release the button, the lights go off in about 15 sec. Press the shutter button lightly to turn them on again. 3 Look over the top of the camera; note the two ranging lights on the subject (14). Move the camera nearer or farther from the subject, until the two lights merge (15).
English 7 3 Press SET repeatedly (or hold button) until the desired digit is displayed. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the desired year, month and day are all set. 4 Press SEL again to lock in the date. Setting the time 1 Press MOD until the day / time mode is displayed. The first set of digits in the display is the day of the month, followed by the time in hours and minutes. 2 Press SEL and the hours will blink. Press SET to toggle through the hours. Press SEL again to lock in the hour.
8 English Calculating measurement from the grid pattern When taking pictures at 1X magnification, each square of the grid pattern represents 5mm (0.2 in.). The chart below shows the value represented by each square in pictures taken at each magnification. Magnification Grid square value 0.2X (Macro 5 only) 1 in 25mm 0.4X (Macro 5 only) 0.5 in. 13mm 1X 0.2 in. 5mm 2X 0.1 in. 2.5mm 3X 0.07 in. 1.
English 9 Camera Specifications Magnification1 Lens to subject distance Lens focal length2 Effective lens aperture Depth of field3 0.2X (20%) (Macro 5) 52 in./132cm 221mm f/20 8.8 in./22cm 0.4X (40%) (Macro 5) 26 in./66cm 188mm f/34 3.8 in./10cm 1X (100%) 9.9 in./25cm 128mm f/47 0.86 in/2.2cm 2X (200%) 4.8 in./12cm 85.4mm f/67 0.31 in./0.8cm 3X (300%) 3.1 in/8cm 64mm f/100 0.20 in./0.5cm 1 If the exact magnification must be documented, include a scale in the picture (23).
10 English Service FCC Notice (U.S.A. only) Before returning a camera for service, contact the Polaroid Customer Care Center or the nearest Polaroid Office for shipping and service information. The camera should be packed in its original shipping carton or other sturdy container, and shipped, prepaid and insured, to the nearest Polaroid Office.
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