FLEXARETIVa REFLEX

CAMERA
Description:
The FLDGRET lVo is o twin-lens reffex comero for twelve 6Y-6 cm exposureson
1 2 0 f i l m s o r f o r t h i r t y - s i x2 4 Y . 3 6 m m e x p o s u r e so n 3 5 - m m c i n e f i l m .
The focusing is effected by o simultoneous movement of the two objectives (mounted
on o common ponel) by meons of the focusing lever within o ronge of obout 1100.
The viewing lens is o f g.O,F:80 mm three-gloss coqted onostigmot; hnce its defi'
nition is ro-ther low, os o result of which the focusing is more occurote, A full-screen
mognifier which con be tilted over the ground-gloss screen focilitotes focusing' On
t h e - g r o u n d - g l o s s s c r e e n o n u p r i g h t , n o n - r e v e r s e d ,b r i g h t o n d q h o r p . i m o g e i s s e e n .
I t i s - p o s s i b l 6 o l s o t o t o k i : s n o p s h o t s f r o m t h e e - y e - l e v e l ,p r o v i d i n g t h o t t h e v i e w f i n d e r
hos been odjusted to on open frome finder. This proves to be very odvontogeous,
porticulorly when tcking quick, sports shots.
The toking lens is o four-gloss BELAR cooted onostigmot, f 3.5, F:80 mm, with o
focusing ronge from i n f i n i t y up t o 3 f t .
The comero is equipped with o f i v e-lominoe centrol-type shutter fitted with synchro'
nizotion for vorious' kinds of f l o s hlight ond with deloyed oction. lt is usuolly o
PRONTOR SVS-type s h , u t t e r . T h e m eihonisms octuotinq the cocking of the shutter,
the setting of t l . r e e x p o s u r e t i m e o n d thot of the diophrogm, ore. mounted on the
shutter; tEe releose iever ond the th,reod-nipple for the wire releose ore locoted
on the comero body, these mechonisms being blocked by the rewind mechonism,
thus preventing repeot"d .*posures from being mode on the some frome' In speciol
(e. g. w6en moking trick shots), two or more exposures con be effected directly
"oonr l trh' e s h u t t e r .

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The odvoncing of the fim is corried out by meons of o rewind knob locoted ot the ti
r i g h t h o n d s i d e o f t h e c o m e r o .W h e n r e w i n d i n gt h e b e g i n n i n go f f i i m u p t o t h e f i r s t
exposureond towords the end of film ofter ihe twelfth e*fiosure the film con be
odvonced continuouslyby .mgonsof the rewind knob. From ihe first exposureup to
the twelfth one the rewind knob is blocked qutomoticollyolwoys olt"r'in" film hos
been moved o disto.ncecorrespondingto the width of one frome. Siruttoneorsly, if"1"
releose lever is releo:ed.; by p.ressingdown the releose lever when rnotint on
exposure the rewind knob is releosed once more ond con be rototed ogoinl A"
exposure connot be effected, however, unless the film hos been rewoundl Hence,
the film cqnnot be rewound without exposing,os o result of which the some frome
cqnnot be exposed twice.
The number of the exposuresfrom 1 up..to 12 is indicoted outomoticollyby meons of
o f i l m c o u n t e r w h i c h i s s e t o u t o m o t i c o l l yi n t h e z e r o -p o s i t i o nw h e n t h e b o c k o f t h e
c o m e r oi s o p e n e d ' F o r c o u n t i n gt h e e x p o s u r e sm o d e o n o 3 5 - m m c i n e f i l m t h e c o m e r o
is fitted with on odditionol counter lototed by the side of tne piincipo't--fitrcounter
window, this ouxiliory counter indicoting the exposuresin tens.
The.ouxiliory counter.m.ustolwoys be set by hond to the respectiveten, the totol
number of exposuresbeing reod-off on both of. the two counters.
it b_erequired to work with o 35-mm cine film, the comero con be odjusted
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for this purpose very eosily. The 35-mm film guide hos only to be inserted inio the
cornero,ond then the extension p.ivotsset up on the upper spool piuott. The film
c o n b e w o u n d u p e i t h e r o n o s t o n d o - r d3 5 - m m s p o o l o r u p o n o s p o o l ' i n s e r t e di n t o q
stondord m.ogo.zine. ln both coEes the film is no longer rewound into the
mogozine. In the first cqse the exposed film sh,ould6" r.rou"d together with "ri;inJthe
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spool in the dork room; in the second cose the film wound up into the mogozine
con be removed in doylight.
Also when using o 35-mm cine filrn both the rewind knob ond the releoselever ore
b l o c k e do g o i n s t o d o u b l e e x p o s u r eo n d o g o i n s to d v o n c i n gt h e f i l m w i t h o u t e x p o s u r e .
The releose lever is locoted ot the right hond side of the viewing lens so thot it con
be octuoted by meons of the right hond thumb. This is very convenient since it
e n o b l e s t h e c c m e r o t o b e h e l d f i r m l y w i t h b o t h h o n d s w h i l e e x p o s i n g .S i m u l t o n e -
ously, the focusing lever con be octuoted with the forefinger of the left hond.
The forefinger of the right hond con be used for cocking the shutter, Thus oll the
operotions preceding the exposure con be effected very eosily ond quickly without
c r o s s i n gt h e h o n d s .
The depth of the focus icole is engroved on the focusing lever.
After tilting the cover lid of the viewfinder folding hood, the remoining three lids
qre set outomoticolly into working position; on closing the viewfinder foldinE hood
it is sufficientonly to pressdown the cover lid, os o result of which the folding hood
is closed outomoticolly.
With the lotest model of the FLEXARET lVo the rewind knob hos been designed to
registerthe kind ond sensitivenessof the film used, The design of this device elimi-
notes the possibilityof ony hondling ofter the film 'hqs been looded ond the comero
closed,thus ensuring thot the figures shown by the indicotorsore correct.

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 DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
1. Sensitive
Moteriol:
S t o n d o r d1 . 2 0( 6 \ 9 c m ) r o l l f i l m s h o u l d b e u s e d o n w h i c h t w e l v e 6 X 6 c m e x p o -
surescon be mode.
lf it is required to work with 35-mm perforoted cine film, use stondord pocking - min
m
m o g o z i n e sc o n t o i n i n g u p t o 1 . 6 m ( i . e . 6 3 i n . ) , o n d m o k e t h i r t y - s i x2 4 \ 3 6
exposures.
It is possible, however, to use olso other types of mogozineswith cine film, e. g,
mogozineswithout o spool (e. g, AGFA-KARAT-FiIm) for twelve 24)(36 mm expo-
sures. lt is obvious thot in oll coses vqrious types of sensitive moteriol, block-ond-
white or colour, con be employed.

2 . O p e n i n gt h e C o m e r o :
At the left hond side of the cqmero there is o milled knob (see Fig. l-1) which con
be unscrewedby rototing it to the left. lt con then be presseddown, os o result
of which the bock of the comero is opened.

3. Preporing the Comero for Looding the Film:

o) 6X9 cm
Insideth,e comero there is on empty spool (see Fig. lll-3) which should be locoted
in- tf9 upper spool chomber (see Fig. lV-4). lf this is not the cose, the inserting
of this empty spool is effected in the following woy:

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 Pull out the rewind knob (see Fig. ll-2) in the direction of its oxis ond turn ir
slightly to the left (i. e, onti-clockwisedirection). The knob remoins in the with-
d r o w n p o s i t i o n .I n s e r t t h e e m p t y s p o o l i n t o t h e u p p e r s p o o l c h o m b e r s o t h o t t h e
l o n g i t u d i n o ls l o t o t o n e s i d e o f t h e s p o o l f o c e s t h e r e w i n d k n o b . T h e n s l i g h t l y
press the spool with the left hond thumb in the direction of the spool crxii so
t h o t . t h e . f i r m s p o o l p i v o t ( s e e F i g . l V - 6 ) s n o p s i n t o t h e c i r c u l o r o p e r r i n go n t h e
left hond side of the spool,
W h i l e h o l d i n gt h e l e f t h o n d s i d e o f t h e s p o o lw i t h t h e l e f t h o n d t h u m b ,t u r n t h e
rewind knob by meons of your right hond first to the left, until the knob snops in,
whereupon,by turning the knob to the right, the key of the tronsporting pivot
s n o p s i n t o t h e l o n g i t u d i n o ls l o t i n t h e r i g h t h o n d s p o o l s i d e . T h u s t h e s p o o l i s
inserted correctlyinto the upper spool chomber" This con be checked by turning -
the rewind knob, The spool must rotote sinrultoneously with the rototing knob.
T h e r e w i n d k n o b c o n b e t u r n e d o n l y t o t h e r i g h t ( i . e . i n c l o c k w i s ed i r e c t i o n ) ,
providing thot the spool hos been inserted correctly.

b) 35-mm Cine-film:

Set up the smoll extension pivot (see Fig. V-8i',upon the firm spool pivot (see
Fig. V-6) in the upper spool chomber, inserting the spring-fooded inner port of
the smoll extension pivot into the opening in the firm pivot.
Next set up the lorge extensionpivot (see Fig. Vl-9) upon the tronsportingpivot
of the rewind knob so thqt the key of the tronsportingpivot (see Fig. Vl-7) snops
into the groove (see fig, Vl-l0) of the lorge extensionpivot.

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 lf it is desired to lood the film on o spool only, insert the spool between the two
extensionpivots in the following woy:
T o k e t h e s i d e o f t h e s p o o l w i t h t h e l e f t h o n d o c c o r d i n gt o F i g . V l l - 1 1, o n d p u t t h e
opening on its other end upon the lorge extensionpivot (see Fig. Vll-9) so thot
the tronsportinginsert of the spool snops into the spoce between the projecting
p i n s o f t h e p i v o t , p r e s s i n gt h e s p o o l s i m u l t o n e o u s l iyn t h e d i r e c t i o n o f i t s
oxis
towords the rewind knob so thot it con olso be put upon the smoll extension
pivot.
S u p p o s i n gi t i s d e s i r e dt o w o r k w i t h o m o g o z i n e ,t h e i n s e r t i n go f t h e m o g o z i n e
w i t h t h e s p o o l m u s t b e c o r r i e d o u t s i m u l t o n e o u s l yw i t h t h e l J o d i n g o f t h l f i l m
(see porogroph 4b).
l n s e r t t h e 3 5 - m m f i l m g u i d e ( s e e F i g . V l l l - l 2 ) i n t o t h e c o m e r o ,t o k i n g c a r e t h o t
the guide seoting surfocesore seoted properly on the recessin the comero body
( s e e F i g . V l l l - 1 3 ) .S i m u l t o n e o u s l yt h, e r o l l e r ( s e e F i g . V l l l - 1 5 )i s t u r n e d
t o w o r d st h e
, lower spool chomber,
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4. loodinE the Filmi

B g f o r e l o o d i n g t h e f i l m f i r s t m o k e c e r t o i n w h e t h e r t h e o u x i l i o r yc o u n t e r ' ( s e e
Fig.
fx-l6) indicotes the correct position. The window of this counter must show
zero.
Should it not do so, the milled knob (see Fig, lX-l7) must be rototed in the clockwise
direction until the zero oppeors in the window.

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o) 120 roll film t6 X 9 cmt:

The film roll con be insertedinto the comero in doylight.

Swing off the left.hond.hinged,pivot (see Fig, X-18j o"fthe lower spool chomber,
ond put on the pivot the spool with the filrn The other end of the spool p"i"d
towords the firm pivot (see Fig. X).
Next tilt down the hinged pivot into the spool chornber,toking core thot the firm
pivot (see Fig. X) snops into the opening in the side of the i ool.
T h e . . b o c k i n g _ p o p ei rs o l w o y s s e o l e d b y m e o n s o f o p o p e r s t r i p w h i c h c o n b e
eosily torn off, whereupon .o piece of bocking poper obout 15 cm (i. e. 6 in.) in
le.ngthshould be wound off. The top side oithe'bocking poper, which is fiited
with printed inscrip,tions.ond. fig.ures,must olwoys foce t-he direction owoy from
the comero, providing the film hos been looded correctly(see rig. xl1.
lnsert the cut-off end of the bocking poper into the longer longitudinol slot of
the empty spool.(see Fig..Xl). Bv turning the rewind knob io the ri-ghtthe bocking
p q p e r i s w o u n d . o n t o . t h e u p p e r s p o o l u n t i l t h e t r i o n g l e - s h o p e dm o r k s ( { F )
printe4 ot the side of the bocking poper ore set oppositl the circulor white'dots
(see Fig. Xll'l9) juiie. Simultoneously,tne- Uocking poper con
.919t9to the filni
be broked very slightly by meons of-the left hond thumb:(see Fig. Xllj. tore must
be token, however,thot the bocking poper does not slide ov6r the meosuring
roller (see.Fig. X-2O).Under no circumstoncesshould the bocking poper Uu nrot.j
so violently thot the lever (see Fig. X-21') determining the bos'ic'position of the
blocking mechcnismcould be swung off. This would Tesuft in the forming of on
undue spoce before the first exposure.

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 Furthermore,core should be token thot the bocking poper is wound correctlyon
to the upper spool.
The bock of the comero (see Fiq, Xlll-22) con be closed by pressing it down with
b o t h t l r u m b s ( s e e F i g . X l l l ) u n t i l i t s n o p s i n , w h e r e u p o nt h e m i l l e d k n o b ( s e e F i g .
Xlll-1) is secured by being screwed so thot it connot be pressed down. As o
r e s u l t ,t h e c o m e r o c c n n o t b e o p e n e . db y o c c i d e n t o lp r e s s i n go f t h e k n o b .

b) 35-mm Cine filrn:

After hoving inserted the empty spool between the extension pivots in the upper
spool chomber, insert the mogozine with the film into the lower spool chomber
ond wind off o piece of film obout 10 cm (i. e. 4 in.) in length. Insert the film
first under the left hqnd guide sprocket (see Fig. XIV-23),then under the right
hond one, set the sprocket holes on the teeth of the meosuring sprocket (see
Fig. XIV-20); next insert the film under the swing-off pressure plote (see Fig.
X I V - 2 5 )o f t h e 3 5 - m m f i l m g u i d e , o n d t i l t d o w n t h e p r e s s u r ep l o t e u p o n t h e f i l m ,
fixing its end to the empty spool os usuol.
Next turn the rewind knob slightly to the right, just to stretch the film. With the
comero bock opened it is not permissibleto continue rototing the rewind knob
in order to ovoid domoge of the film perforotion.
Afterwords close the comero bock immediotely.
In cose it is required to wind the film into o mogozine,the following procedure
shsuld be observed:

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 From o looded mogozine wind off o piece of film obout i0 cm (i. e. 4 in.)
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length, ottoch its end to the spool os usuol ond insertthe spooi ioqether with the
'iooaea-irogozine
ottqched film into.the.mogozineoccordingto.Fig.XV. Put tfre into
the lowe.rspool chomber, insert the fi.lm.undeithe guide rolleis (r"" FigI X), under
t h e g u i d e p r e s s u r ep. l o t e ( s e e F i g , X V ) i n t h e r l r u w o y o s ' d e s c r i b e d i n t h e
f o r e g o i n gp c r r o g r o p hP . u t t h e e m f t y m o g o z i n ei n t o t h e ,;;J' chomber in
the somewoy os the spool only (iee por-ogroph 3b). "pp;;
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S t r e t c h t h e f i l m s l i g h t l y b. y m e o n s o f t h e r e w i n d k n o b , h o l d i n g t h e e- omcpctiydm
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z i n e w i t h t h e l e f t h o n d t h u m b s o t h q t t h e m o g o z i n e. o n n o i t u r n
Afterwordsclose the" bock of the comero,

5. Setting the film for the first exposure:

Turn the rewind knob (see Fig. X V I - 2 ) u n t i l i t i s b l o c k e d o u t o m o t i c o l l y .
Sirnultone-
o u s l y ,t h e f i g u r e " 1 " o p p e o r si n the counter window (see Fig. XVI-42),indicoting
thot
t h e f i l m i s p r e p o r e df o r t h e f i r s t exposure.

6. Preporingfor exposure:
o) Focusing:
Upon pressing {"ry.n the knob (see Fig. XVll) the viewfinder fofdinq hood is
opened outomoticollv..swins the mognifie.r(see rig. xvii-2ti
g l o s s s c r e e n ,o p p r o o c h t h e - e y e c l o s J t o t h e ' m o g n i i i e r o n d f b c";;;;i"" sround-
us the imcge on
the screen by moving the focusing lever (see Fig. ivr[-ze) wiih lr,L i"rt
hond

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 forefinger,lf the imoge on the ground-glossscreen is properlyfocused,the imoge
on the film will be perfectly shorp os well,
In cose moving objects ore to be photogrophed which conhot be focused before
exposure,determinethe distonceof the object by estimotionond set the estimoted
volue on the distonce scole (see Fig. XIX-29) below the focusing lever. (Fig.
xrx-28.)
This scole is fitted with figures indicoting distonceseither in metres or in feet.
The object ot on infinite distonce is morked by the sign " o " (infinity),or "lNF".
lf, for instonce,the reference mork of the focusing lever (see Fig. XIX-30) is set
opposite the number "2", the imoge of the photogrophed object locoted ot o
distonce of 2 m (i. e. opprox. 7 ft) from the objectivefront lensesis focused.
b) Stopping down thd lens:
The omount of light which is ollowed to poss through the objectivecon be mode
v o r i o b l e b y s t o p p i n g d o w n t h e l e n s . T h e d i o p h r o g m s c o l e ( s e e F i g . X I X - 3 1 )i s
f i t t e d w i t h s t o p n u m b e r s3 , 5 , 4 , 5 . 6 , 8 , 1 1 , 1 6 , 2 2 , o p p o s i t ew h i c h t h e p o i n t o f t h e
diophrogm lever (see Fig, XIX-32)con be set. lf the stop number "3,5" hos been
set, the objective is fully open, whereos,on the other hqnd, with the lens stopped
o t " 2 2 " o n l y o s m o l l o m o u n t o f l i g h t i s o l l o w e d t o p o s s .T h e s es t o p n u m b e r sh o v e
b e e n c h o s e n s o t h o t s t o p p i n gd o w n t o t h e n e x t h i g h e r n u m b e r e n t o i l s d o u b l i n g
the exposure.
Exomple:
When stopping down to "5.6" o certoin omount of light is ollowed to pcrss
through the lens. When stopping down to the next h i g h e r s t o p n u m b e r " 8 " , t h e

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 gT.ou.ntof light is holved; on the.other hond, however,when stopping down to
"4" the omount of light is doubled. Every ooJ!.iiu" prouia"i if-,"
L!!t results with
o certoin s.to-p
.number,usuolly wjthin o ."r.o.ngq of from S up io ii, ,""uring the
m o x i m u md e f i n i t i o no r d e p t h o f f o c u s w i t h i n - t h e s el i m i t s .

c) Setting the exposure time:

The shutter is equipped with figures indicoting the shutter speed, i. e. the
time of
exposure,
There ore the following..figu.res on the pRoNToR SVS shutters: l, z, s, 10,25, s0,
100,300. The figure "l" indicotes1._l9g.onq,.the. figure ,;z';- .oii"ib."al"'g--*.,tli
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1/2 second, "5" with 1/5 second, ,,100,,wiin lp05 second, etc.
ln oddition, the,sh.ufter. is equipoed with the leiter B f;; i#"-"*posures.
I t i s r e c o m m e n d e dt h o t b e g i n n e r su s e o s h u t t e r r p " " J . r illoiliJr-'rnopshotsto
ovoid rocking the expo-sure.Only experiencedphoiogropheri 1op" snopshots
with o shutter speed of 1l2S sec., or even lower. "on
By turning the externol milled shutter ring (see Fig, XIX-33) the chosen
. speed
number is set opposite the reference mirk'on th,6 shutter. The shutter speed
should be chosen with regord to the stop used, oi, vice verso, the suitobl;;;;
number should be chosen in occordonce with the shutter ;;;;A uitn"r,
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or occording to the EXPOSURETABLE, or with tl.,* fr"ip of on exl
lo^:1p^:r,"nce,
posrmeter.

d) Cocking the shutter:

The shutter is cocked by pressingdown the cocking lever (see Fig. xlx-35).

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7. Exposurei
After hoving focused,set the stop ond the shutter speed, ond, ofter hoving cocked
the shutter, the exposure con be mode, Before exposing,the mognifier should be
swung bock into its originol position.
Hold the comero firmly with both honds, th,e best woy being shown in Fig. XX, ond
ot o suitoble moment, press down the releose lever (see Fig. XXI-36) lightly ond
w i t h o u t r o c k i n gw i t h t h e r i g h t h o n d t h u m b .W h e n e x p o s i n g ,t h e i m o g e c o n b e o b s e r -
v e d o n t h e g r o u n d - g l o s ss c r e e n .W h e n u s i n g o 3 5 - m m c i n e f i l m , t h e i m o g e o f t h e
photogrophed object must be positioned within o rectongle drown on the screen
for this purpose. ,

8. Exposuresfrom eye level:

tn some coses, e. g'. *hen toking ropid sports snopshots,or when using o 35-mm
c i n e f i l m f o r l o n g i t u d i n o l p i c t u r e s ,i t i s c o n v e n i e n tt o u s e t h e o p e n f r o m e f i n d e r .
Pressdown the flop of the viewfinder lid (see Fig. XXll) into the horizontolposition
over the ground'glossscreen,swing off the mognifier (see Fig. XXll-27) into the ver-
ticol position, opprooch the eye close to the squore-shopedopening in the view-
finder bock (see Fig. XXll-27) ond observethe ph,otogrophedobject.
When using o 35-mm cine film, only the inner hinged portion of the viewfinder
front port should be tilted down (see Fig. XXI-39).

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9. Exposuresby meons of the wire releqse:
lf it is desiredto moke wire releoseexposures,screw the
wire releoseinto the threod
nipple (see Fig. xxl-40) qt the front side .i ih; ;.;".. tt ir r.ior,,'"ndud, however,
to use the wire releose for tjme exposuresonty (iee porogroph
11).

10. Deloyed oction exposures:

The PRoNToR svs type shutter inco,rporotes o deloyed oction equipment,From the
moment the releose.lever (see FQ. XXi-36) ir preiiei
do*n it tokes obout 6 seconds
r-rntilthe exposure to-kes pfoce. fhe ;.;i;;-.;ripment
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exposuretimes from 1 second up to 1/300'second,.".ubt'ior-tr'"-g-bJitii" con be used for orl
setting.
The chonge-overlever (see Fig' XIX-41) of the
shutter must be set to the position
morked with the letter 'iV" beiore or, even ofter coc[ing
F o r e x p o s u r e so f t h i s k i n d t h e c o m e r o s h o u l d b L - the shutter.
mounted on o tripod or on o
suitoble support.

1 1 . T i m ee x p o s u r e s :
These exposuresconnot be mode directly in the lronds;
on to o tripod. The bottom.port of the comero is fitted the comero must be screwed
tripod nut into which the tripod screw st,ouia-ue,"i"r"a.wlth o-:fe;;--"oi'ilq,, - tlrreod
It is odvontogeousto use the wire rereosefor exposures
of this kind.

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The milled shutter_rin9--.(s-ee.Fig..
XIX-33)is set with the letter "8" opposite the refe-
rence^mork(se-gfig.. XIX-34). Then the shutter is cocked by meons of the cocking
lever (see Fig. XIX-35).Upon pressingdown the releoselever'or the wire releose,th6
shutter is opened ond remoins open os long os the releose lever is presseddown.

12. Further exposures:

After -octuoting }!e first .exposure-by pressing
.down the releose tever (see Fig.
XXI-36),the. blocking.mechonismof the rewind knob is releosed outomotiiolly on"d
t h e r e w i n d k n o b c o n b e t u r n e d o g c i n u n t i l i t i s b l o c k e d o u t o m o t i c o l l yT. h u s t h l t i l m
is prepored for the next exposure,the film counter indicoting outomoticollythe next
number. !
lf o 35'mm cine film is used,_it is necessorybefore or qfter every eteventh exposure
to turn the milled knob (see Fig. lX-17) of the ouxilioryfilm counier by 900 in'clock-
wise direction,
S i m u l t o n e o . u s tl h
y ,e m i l l e d k n o b s n o p s i n s l i g h t l yo n d i n t h e w i n d o w ( s e e F i g . l X - 1 6 )
g f t l q o u x i l i o r yf i l m c o u n t e rt h e r e . o p p e o r st h - ef i g u r e 1 , 2 , o r 3 , o c c o r d i n gt o - w h e t h e r
t h e 1 1 t h , 2 1 s to, r 3 1 s t e x p o s u r ei s b e i n g m o d e .l n c o s e t h ek n o bo f t h e o u * i T i o r yc o u n t e r
(see Fig'.lX-17, is turned by more thon 900,th,e.'milledknob must be rototed in the
originol direction until the correct figure oppeors in the respectivewindow.
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of the odditionol counter is turned s I o w I y, we must turn tlre milled knob further
on in the direction of the orrow by 3600 in order to obtoin the required setting of
both counters.

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fo ovoid covering the window in the milled knob with our finger when hondling the
odditionol counter,we hod better turn it lightly by grosping it with two fingers from
the side by the milled edge of the knob.
W h e n t u r n i n g t h e o u x i l i o r y c o u n t e r , t h e p r i n c i p o l counter (see Fig, lX-421 olwoys
s p r i n g sf r o m t h e n u m b e r" 1 1 " t o t h e n u m b e r" 1 " , showing on further exposures
f u r t h e rn u m b e r s ,i . e . 2 , 3 , e t c . u p t o " 1 ' l " .
Thus the ouxiliorycounter (see Fig. lX-16) counts the tens, the principle counter (see
Flg. 1X-a2lthe ones.
For instonce, the window of the ouxiliory counter shows "2", the principol counter
window showing "7"; hence the "2Tth exposureis being mode.
When using t20 roll film (6 X 9 cml the quxiliorycountei must not be hondled.

13. Closing the viewfinder:

By tilting down the cover lid of the viewfinder(see Fig. XXlll-a3)the viewfinderfold-
i n g h o o d i s c l o s e do u t o m o t i c o l l y- o n d t h e l i d s n o p s i n .

14. Removingthe eiposed film from the cumerq:

o) 120 roll fitm (6 X 9 cml:
After .hoving exposed the tweifth shot, turn the rewind knob (see Fig. lt-z) without
s t o p p i n g ,o s o r e s u l to f w h i c h o r e d m o r k o p p e o r si n t h e w i n d o w o f t h e p r i n c i p o l
counter indicoting thot the whole film hos been exposed.

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 Turn the rewind knob obout 5 times ond only then open the comero bock. Pull out
the rewind knob in the direction of its oxis (see Fig. ll), os o result of .which the
film roll is roise.dby the pressure exercisedby meons of the pressurespring so
thot the film roll con eosily be removedfrom the comero.
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C o r e s h o u f db e t o k e n t h o t t h e f i l m d o e s n o t u n c o i l . S e o l t h e e n d o f t h e b o c k i n q
pope.rby -meonsof o poste strip ottoched to the end of every film. This procedur6
con be effected in dcryligh,t,

b ) 3 5 - m mc i n e f i l m :

After ho.vingexposedthe lost shot distinct resistoncewill be felt when turning the
rewind knob. lt occurs if the end of film is ottoched to the lower spool,"Stop
t u r n i n g t h e r e w i n dk n o b i n o r d e r t o o v o i d d o m o g i n g t h e f i l m .
To ovoid losing the lost exposed shot, it is necessory- even in cose the film is
rewound into o mogozine- to removethe mogozine from the comero in o dork
room.
lf it is desired to removethe film from the comero in doylight, it must be token
into occount thot one or two of the
.lost exposures(occordlng to the length of
film, to the woy of looding, etc.) will be il[urninotedwhen tiken out froil the
comero, i. e' deprecicted. lt is recommended,therefore, when looding the film
i n t o . t h e m o g o z i t r eb y o n e s e l f ,n o t t o f o s t e n t h e e n d o f f i l m t o t h e s i o o l ; o s o
r e s u l t ,i t i s p o s s i b l et o r e w i n d t h e w h o l e f i l m i n t o t h e u p p e r m o g o z i n e .
R e m o v o lo f t h e . s p o o l o r m o g o z i n e f r o m t h e c o m e r o i s e o s y o n d n e e d n o t b e
e s p e c i o l l yd e s c r i b e d .

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Everyobjective reproducesshorply not only the objects locoted in the focusing plone,
b u t o l s o o b j e c t s l y i n g b e f o r e o n d b e h i n d t h i s p l o n e . T h i s p h e n o m e n o ni s c o l l e d
"depth of focus" which is the lorger the more the lens is stopped down,
The comero is equipped with o depth of focus scole locoted directly on the focusing
lever (see Fig. XIX-aa). This is very convenientsince it is possible - ofter hoving
focused - immediotelyto reod off the two distonceswithin which the photogrophed
objects will be reproducedshorply. The scole is computed for o moximum unshorp-
ness (the so-colled dispersionring) of 0.05 mm,

Exomple:

The focusing lever is set with its reference mork opposite the number "3" on the
metric distonce scole (see Fig. XIX-29).Supposingthe objective is stopped down to
"8", reod off on the distonce scole the distonceslying opposite to th,e two numbers
"8" which ore locoted on the focusing lever on either side of the centrol reference
mork. They ore distoncesobout 2.5 m ond 3.8 m. lf the lens is stopped down to "16",
the distoncesreod off will be opproximotely2,1 m ond 5.5 m.
In cose it is desired to determine the depth of focus more occurotely,the enclosed
"Depth of Focus Toble" con be used which hos been computed for o moximum
u n s h o r p n e sos f 0 . 0 5 m m .

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(Distonces in metres)
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0,95- 1,06

|,12-1,29
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2 1,79^2,27 1,52-2,97

3 2,54-3.66 2,41-4,00 l 2,21-4,72

4 3.22-5,30 3,00-6,04 | 2,70-7,e7

7 4,89- l 2,38 4 , 4 0 - 1 7 , 4 s l 3 , 7 7- 6 3,22- cD

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Stop Numf,s;

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3,4r-3,6t 3,22-3,87

3,87-4,13 3,71-4,33 3,61-446

4,79-5,22
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6,59-7,45 6 , 1 7 - 8 , r0 5,91-8,60
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8,37-9,74 7,28-11 ,81 5 , 6 e - 1 3 , 2 5 1 b , lo - t z ,

r 0,76-r3,5s 9,12-17,s9 8,20-22,28 7,35-32,8

t6,77-24,77 13,o9-42,42 9 , 7 -r l N F
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l r 8,90-lNF 104,03-lNF 74,3r-lNF s2,03-lNF 37,83-tNF 26,02-lNF r 8,93-lNF

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 Floshlight Exposures.
(Thistoble opplies to PRONTORsVS Shutters.)
Position of change ove lere,
and shutter speed
Kindof flashlight Manufacturer and tyne
M - yello* K-red

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up to l/50 second
I up to 1/50 second
5F I up to l/l0O second
PF3 l/50 uo to l/100 second I up to l/50 second

Phllips PF I4, PF 1
PF 25, PF 5
PF 60
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Osra. S 1, XM 5
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1/50 up to l/300 sacond I up to l/25 second
General Electric No t'l
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Ceneral Electric
Wabash-Syl"ania
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No3

All makes and types

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16. Floshlightexposures:
The PRONTORSVS-type shutter is equipped with o floshlight synchronizer.When
effecting exposuresof this kind insert the plug of the floshlight coble into the termi-
nol of the flqshlight synchronizer(see Fig. XIX-45). it!l
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Any kind of floshlight moy be used, providing,however,the chonge-overlever is set
occordinglyond o suitoble shutter speed chosen,
ln the enclosed "Floshlight Exposures"toble con be found the respectivepositions
of the chonge-overlever together with the suitoble shutter speed for vorious kinds
o f f l o s h l i g h ti l l u m i n o t o r s .

17. Mointenonce:
The plrotogrophiccomero is o precision instrumentwhich should be hondl'ed with
proper core.
Before looding o new film it is recommendedto brush the interior of the comero
thoroughly with o hoir brush. The objectives con be cleoned (not too often!) by
meons of o cleon, soft linen cloth. The lens surfocesshould be cleoned from dust by
meons of o soft hoir brush. The comero should be protected ogoinst shocks,domp-
ness ond chemicol evoporotions.

18. Developingof film:

lf you wish to develop the film by yourself, sufficient core must be devoted to this
work in order to secure q fine groin developmentond to ovoid scrotchingthe film,

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trode morks, e. g. AGFA-ATOMAL, llford-P. A; Universol, Kodok D-76, etc.
For those who wish to prepore the developer by themselves,the following opproved
prescriptionsboth for cine film ond roll film ore recommended:

o) KODAK Developer D-76:

Metol 29
Hydroquinone 5g
Civitiili"*-'3oaiu*'
Srrpnrt", 200 g
Borqx 2ag
to be supplementedwith woter up to 1000 c ur . c m .

The some os obove with D-76 R regenerotionsolution:

Metol 39
Hydroquinone 7.5 g
Civit.iii"e-SoOiurSulpnit",
. : 200 g
Borqx 2og
to be supplemented with woter up to 1000 cu . cm.
Preporing the developer;
Dissolve metol in 200 cu. cm of woter of o temperoture of 500 C; in onother
200cu. cm of woter of 700 C, dissolveobout one fourth of sodium sulphite,odding
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constont stirring into the metol solution olreody prepored. Next dissolvethe rest
ill
of the sodium sulphite in o further 200 cu. cm of woter, 700 C wormr ond
qdd borox. After totol dissolution hos token ploce, pour the solutions together
ond odd cold woter till 1000 cu. cm of liquid ore obtoined.
The developerwith regenerotionsolution is prepored in o similor woy.
For preporing the developer use on principle distilled, or ot leost boiled woter
with on odmixture of 1 g of secondory sodium phosphote to 1 litre (:61.027
cubic inches)woter.
A developer prepored in the woy describedobove mointoins its originol proper-
ties for o long time if preservedin well seoled bottle of brown-glossot room
temperoture,ond if refilled ofter every developing of o film with the regenerotion
s o l u t i o n ,T h e o m o u n t o f o d d e d r e g e n e r o t i o ns o l u t i o ni s i n d i c o t e d b y t h e o m o u n t
of developer removed by the film, ond the number of films worked-up in the
developer,depending on the degree of cleonlinessmointoined during the work
(up to 24 pieces).
For mointoining the some negotive controst the following toble of relotion bet-
ween the time of developingond temperotureshould be observed: i

Temperoture I Developing Time

oC I min.
12 36
15 26
18 20
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soft negotives,o very good compensotion ond mqximum reproduction in the
shodow oreos. As for the mognitude of groin, it very closely resemblesthot of
genuine fine-groin developers,ond since it does not reduce the sensitiveness of
the moteriol developed, it con quite sotisfoctorilybe used for developing normol
exposures.

b) AGFA-!4 Devetoper:
Metol 4.5 g
4nhydrous s o d i u m s u l p h i t e , 85.0 g
, nhydrous sodo 1.0 a
Potossium bromide 0.5 g
t o b e s u p p f e m e n t e dw i t h w o t e r u p t o 1 0 0 0 c u . c m .

Preporing the developer:

The chemicols ore dissolved in the sequence quoted obove in 750 cu. cm of
d i s t i l l e d o r b o i l e d w o t e r , 5 0 0 C w o r m , o n d s u p p l e m e n t e dw i t h c o l d d i s t i l l e d o r
boiled woter up to 1000 cu. cm,
A f t e r d e v e l o p i n g5 c i n e f i l m s o r 3 r o l l f i l m s i n one litre of developer,odd 5 cu.
cm of 200/esodq solution ond, besides this, refill with fresh developer to the
o r i g i n o l v o l u m e . T h i s k i n d o f r e g e n e r o t i o nc o n be repeoted twice.
At o temperotureof 180 C ond o developing t i m e o f 1 6 u p t o 2 0 m i n u t e st h e
AGFA-I4 developer provides soft negotives of o p p r o x i m o t e l yt h e s o m e g r o i n o s
 the D-76 developer, no prolonged exposures being necessorywith regord to this
developer.

lV Reflex Comerc:
Accessoriesfor the FLEXARET
o) An ever-reody leother cose with o strop for corrying in the hond or over the
shoulder.
photo-
-' A sunshode,30 mm in diometer, to be set up on the.toking lens. When
b)
grofhing ogoinrt ifr. light, the. sunshode prevents direct sunroys from pene-
iroting into 1f'e objective,thus eliminoting the reflection of roys.

c) Colour filters, 30 mm in diometer:

ln order to focilitote the correct tronsfer of noturol colours into the neutrol block-
onJ-*hite scole of the sensitivemoteriol, eight types of colour filters'ore supplied
with the .or"io. These filters ore mode oi opticol gloss, tinted in the moteriol,
occurotely grornd ond polished, ond fitted with mounts for setting-up on .the
;bi;;i1"..' itr" totlo*ing' toble contoins o specificotion of colour filters, their
suitobilityfor use ond the respectiveexposureprolongotion.
The prolongotionfoctors ore quoted.only opproximotely,relio-bles.pecificotions of
itt. ,i"gr.""of iensitivenessof ihe film moteriol being impossible.lt,is recommen-
ded to-every o*ot"ut, therefore,to ottest these foctois once more when using his
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d) Auriliqry lenrcs, 30 mm in diometer:
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1 . A u x i l i c r yl e n s 1 - 0 . 5 m :
for photogrophing objects within o distonce of from 1 m up to 50 cm fronr 4
the objective front lens.
2. Auxiliory lens 0.5-0.33 m:
for photogrophingobjects within o distonce of from 0.5 m up to 33 cm from
the objective front lens.
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The ouxiliory tensesore olwoys supplied in poirs, one lens being set up on the
viewing lens, the other one upon the toking lens.
For eliminoting the porollox while photogrophing from o short distonce there
serveso porollox wedge which con be set on the ouxiliory lens. For time expo-
suresthe MEOPTA telescopictripod is recommended.lnstructiveleoflets on these
s u p p l e m e n t o r ye q u i p m e n t so r e o v o i l o b l e u p o n r e q u e s t .
Negotives mode with the FLEXARET comero con best be enlorged by meons of
the renowned MEOPTA precision enlorgers, i. e. OPEMUS 6 X 6, OPEMATUS
6 X 6 with qutomotic focusing, or OPEMUS 6 X 6 ll which con be cdopted for
colour photogrophywith the help of the MEOCOLORodopter.

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Exposure prolongation on materiel

Kind of filter andd""rlty

Colour Suitability for usc ortho
I o,tho I l P o n . h r oI tnf,"
I I lpanchrol I

U n i v e r s a l f i l t . t f o r a c c e n t u a t i n gc o n '
ycllow-bright t r a s t s , l m p r o v e s r e p r o d u c t i o no f s u m m e r 2x t , sx l,5x
clouds, brightenstanned skin.

For correct transfer of colours on to

yellow-medium o r t h o - m a t e r i a l .F o r p h o t o g r a p h i n g
l a n d s c a p e s ,s n o w a n d c l o u d s . I'x

For photographinghrzy horizons,

yellow-darL r e p r o d u c i n go f p a i n t i n g s a n d n a t i o n a l
(orange) c o s t u m e s ,A c c e n t u a t e s t h e c o l o u r

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For correct transfer of colours on to
o r t h o - a n d p a n c h r o - m a t e r ! a l .P i c t u r e s
o f l a n d s c a p e s ,. l o u d s , s n o w , f l o * e t s ,
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E x p o s ur e prolongation on material {
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Kind of filter I Colout and densitY Suitability for use ortho
Ortho lPon.h,ol Infra
Pancnro I I

For correct transfer of colours on to

p a n c h r o - m a t e r i a li n d a y l i E h t ' E l i m i n a t e s 4x 3x
fadine of lips no portrait exposures.

F o r c o r r e c t t r a n s f e ro f c o l o u r so n t o
brishtblue p n n c h r o - m a t e r i ailn a r t i f i c i a l l i 9 h t . E l i m i ' 2xl
I n a t e sf a d i n g o f l i p s o n p o r t r a i t e x p o s u r e s '

redbright
For photographing hazy horizons. Moody t0x 5x l0x
pictures on panchro- and infra-matErial

E s s e n t i a lf o r p h o t o g r a p h yi n m o u n t a i n s
almost a n d i n h i s h a l t i t u d e so r d a m P i n go f
< o lo ur l e s s ultraviolet rays' In lowlands in winter
w i t h s u n - i l l u m i n a t esdn o w .

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