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    This manual is for reference and historical purposes, all rights reserved.This creation is copyright byM. Butkus, NJ, U.S.A.

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    This manual is for reference and historical purposes, all rights reserved.This creation is copyright byM. Butkus, NJ, U.S.A.

    These creations may not be sold or distributed without the expressed permission of the producerI have no connection with any camera company

    On-line camera manual library

    If you find this manual useful, how about a donation of $2 to:M. Butkus, 29 Lake Ave., High Bridge, NJ 08829-1701

    and send your e-mail address so I can thank you.

    Most other places would charge you $7.50 for a electronic copy or$18.00 for a hard to read Xerox copy.

    This will allow me to continue this site, buy new manuals and pay their shipping costs.

    It'll make you feel better, won't it?

    If you use Pay Pal, go to my web site

    www.orphancameras.comand choose the secure PayPal donation icon.

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    COMPONENTS

    Inc ident

    iShtF i l ter

    H/L

    Converter

    Shu

    ter

    Speed

    Scole

    Cine

    Scole

    f/

    stop

    Scole

    on/of f

    Swi tch

    ASA/DIN

    Diol

    Knob

    ASA/DIN

    Sco|e

    EV Scole

    Arrow Po nter

    L igh t

    Sco le

    Low

    Ronge:

    -1

    0

    High

    Ronge:

    0- l 8

    @

    Needle

    @

    Bottery

    Check

    Mork

    @

    Neck-cord

    Holder

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    Meosu

    i

    ng

    Accu

    rocy

    Meosu

    ing

    SPECIFICATIONS

    sys tem Ref lec ted

    igh t type

    (wi th

    bu i l t - in

    prov is ion

    f

    o r

    inc ide

    t

    l igh t

    type)

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    f

    t top

    r o n g e '

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    - l

    8 / A S A I 0 0

    L o w : E V

    2 - l O / A S A l 0 0

    L igh t

    rece iv ing

    ong le H gh

    3

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    ( re f lec ted

    l igh t

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    heck

    Button

    @

    Bottery

    Chomber

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    l . B o t t e r y&

    B o t t e r yC h e c k '

    Th i s

    me te r

    re q u i re s

    I

    . 3 V

    me rcu ry

    b o t t e r y

    su ch

    os M o l lo ry

    PX- 3 ,

    RM

    6

    2

    5

    or the

    equ ivo len t ,

    wh i ch

    n o rmo l l y o s t s

    f o r o b o u t o

    ye o r

    o n d

    o

    h o i f .

    In

    order to

    ovo id

    poss ib le

    domoge

    f rom

    cor ros ion

    o f

    the

    bo t te ry ,

    keep

    i t

    out o f

    the

    meter when

    th e me te r

    i s

    n o t

    i n

    u se

    fo r

    so me e x te n t

    o f t i me .

    Before using

    the

    mete r , tes t the

    bo t te ry fo r

    su f

    i c ien t

    s t reng th . Press the

    red

    checker

    bu t ton

    eD

    on the

    bock

    o f the mete r

    ond

    see

    i f

    the

    needle

    @

    sw

    ngs up

    to the

    red

    mork

    @

    o n

    th e sco l e

    p l o te .

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    2. Ref lec ted

    L igh t

    or Inc ident L igh t '

    Reflected

    ight

    is

    the l ight

    reflected

    from

    the

    subiect

    to be

    photogrophed,

    nd

    the l ight which

    octuolly

    olls on the

    subiect

    s colled ncident ight.Meosurement f

    either

    reflected

    or

    incident ight

    con

    be used

    to

    determine correct exposure.

    SekonicMulti-Lumi

    s bosicolly

    esigned

    or reflected

    light

    meosurement, ut

    con olso be

    converted

    to reod incident ight

    simplyby

    sliding

    he fi l ter

    @

    onto

    the right

    posir ion.

    Ref ec ted

    l ight

    meosurement

    Incident

    ight

    meosurement

    Sl ide

    he

    inc ident

    igh t

    f

    l te r

    f u l l y

    to

    the

    le f

    s de os shown in the obovephoto.

    Hold

    the

    meter

    in

    the

    some

    plone

    ond

    direction

    os

    the comero

    ens,

    ond

    point

    the

    meter

    TOWARD

    THE SUBJECT.

    Move

    the

    inc ident

    igh t

    f i l te r

    to

    the r igh t

    so

    os t o cover the Cds cel l .Hold he meter n the

    some

    plone

    os

    the comero,

    ond

    point

    the meter

    TOWARD

    THECAMERA.

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    3 . A S A ( o r

    D l N )

    S n i n g ,

    First ly

    urn

    the diol

    knob

    @

    to show

    o

    correct

    ASA ( or DIN nrmber o l ignedwi th the ye l low

    l ine by

    the ASA

    or

    DIN

    indexwindow.

    Vol

    ues

    of u

    nnu

    mberedbloc

    s on

    t he

    ASA

    (

    ot

    D IN)

    sco le

    o re

    os

    fo l l ows

    t . 6 M

    3 . 2 M

    6 . 4 M

    1 2 l /

    t M

    1 . 2 M

    2 M 2 . 5 U l

    4 M b l , /

    B M t U V

    1 6

    2 0

    32

    40

    1 2 5

    6 0

    iffi

    ri

    t',***

    1 6

    1 7 r 9

    2 0

    28 29

    34

    35

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    T

    I

    4 .

    H igh &

    Low

    Br igh t ness

    onge

    ron9e

    H

    gh/Low

    conver te r

    @

    chonges

    meosur ing

    ronge o f

    b r igh tness.

    the

    conver te r

    knob

    on

    the

    pos i t i on

    shown

    in the obove

    photo.

    co u n te r - c l o ckw i seu n t i l i t s t o p s . By t u rn i n g th e co n ve r t e r t h e

    o u to mo t i co l l y

    f o r L o w

    ro n g e me o su re me n t .

    l T

    l S ADVISABL E

    o l wo ys t o t r y

    H IGH

    RANGE

    FIRSTu n l e ss

    i t

    fo i l s to de f lec t conver t

    to Low

    ronge.

    3 ' .

    e q

    Low r on ge

    For H

    gh

    ronge

    meosurement

    keep

    In d i

    m

    cond

    ion , tu rn

    the

    knob

    l i g h t re o d i n g sco l e i s o l so co n ve r t e d

    i s ve ry

    d o rk ,

    o n d o n l y

    wh e n t h e n e e d l

    ff

    sr K0ftJrf

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    5

    .

    Reoding

    he Scole

    H gh

    ro

    nge

    Aim the meter os

    exploined

    n the

    porogroph

    2

    ,

    needle to def lect ond indicote

    o

    certoin

    point

    on

    off the

    switch to

    lock the needle,ond

    reod the

    Low

    ro

    nge

    ond

    press

    he

    On/Off

    switch

    @

    to

    permit

    the

    the

    light

    reodingscole. hen,

    emove

    your

    finger

    f gu

    e

    pointed

    with the

    needle.

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    6 . C o l c u l o t i o n

    o f Ex p o s u r e ,

    5.t

    II iZ

    Rotote

    the

    lorge

    knurled

    outer

    diol ond

    set

    the

    yel low

    orrow

    pointer

    @

    on

    the

    exposure

    control diol to the reoding of the needle.

    Select ony combinot ion

    of

    f

    s lop

    ond shut ter

    speed

    opposi te

    eoch

    other.

    For exomple,

    i f

    the

    needle

    ndicotes

    2 with the

    ASA

    I

    00,

    you

    con

    ggt

    the combinot ions

    f l /1000

    ot

    f / 2 , l / 5 0 0

    o t f / 2 . e , l / 2 5 A

    o t

    f / 4

    e t c .

    The combinotion

    ou

    select

    depends

    n

    whether

    you wont o fost shutter speedwith i ts corre-

    sponding

    ower

    f

    /stop

    number

    to stop

    octlon

    occurr ing

    n the

    scene

    or

    depth

    of

    f ie ld

    with

    o

    higher f stop number

    nd

    its slower

    shutter

    speed.

    f-pT

    b qjt

    , Jq

    f f * n

    5f

    {ou,c

    tr

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    7 .

    T h e

    2

    o n d |

    / 2

    p o s i t i o n

    The 2

    ond |

    /

    2

    posit ions

    hich

    represent

    o

    brightness otio of 4

    to

    I con

    be

    of

    greot

    volue

    in

    exposing or

    color

    shots. Attempt

    to

    hove

    the primorycolorsof interest foll between he

    2 : ' |

    /

    2

    posit ions

    or

    most f oithf

    ul r

    endering

    of

    those colors.

    While

    most cdor f

    lms

    now

    hove

    o ronge,or

    lotitude,

    hot

    exceeds

    his rotio,

    i f

    the

    primory

    colors

    oll within the

    2

    ond |

    /2

    posit ion

    ou

    con

    then

    be

    ossured

    thot the

    bolonceof

    the

    scene

    will be

    properly

    exposed

    with in he

    l imi ts

    of the f

    lm

    you

    ore using.

    With

    block &

    white

    f

    lm

    the

    point

    morked l /2

    provides

    convenient

    woy

    of

    holving

    normol

    exposure or

    f ot

    scene

    such

    os

    londscopes

    where

    there is no

    extreme

    controst

    between

    highl ights nd shodows The point morked 2

    provides

    ouble

    normol

    exposure nd

    is

    used or

    scenes

    of very

    high

    controst

    such os

    fqrcklighted

    subiects. n

    these

    nstonces,

    et

    the

    l ight

    scole o

    e i ther

    2

    or

    l

    /2

    ins teod f

    the

    or row

    po in ter .

    r0

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    F'

    8.

    Movies :

    Any

    of the

    methods

    of

    determining

    xposure

    described

    Cine

    spe.eds

    onging

    8-64

    fromes-per-sec'

    ore

    given

    obove.

    Find

    he

    cine

    speed

    used

    by

    your

    cine

    comero

    f

    stop

    scole.

    tondord

    speed

    of

    most cine

    comeros

    or

    I

    6

    fps .

    for sti l l

    comeros

    con

    be used

    or

    cine

    comero

    on

    the

    shutter

    speed

    scole

    @

    os il lustrote

    ond

    reod

    the

    corresponding

    igure

    on the

    Super-8

    fi lm is

    I 8

    fps.,

    ond

    for Double-8i lm

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    tno

    lar

    s

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    6 .

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