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Ricoh Super Flex Operating Instructions

1. YOUR MARK OF QUALITY Tokyo office RIKEN OPTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD in Japan 57 ILON m 4 The RICOHFLEX camera is c precision instru made with great core and to exacting specifications I should therefore be handled with the core which fine instrument deserves The carefully ground lentes are the heart of your camera The protective cop should be kept over the lenses whenever the camera is not being ied Should the lens surfaco require leoning brush it ightly with a fine camel s halr brush or wipe it gently with spacial tens tee The following outline Indicates the operating procedure for picture taking with the SUPER You have your command camera which is capable of the finest photography he results will be limited only by your interest im developing your skill as photographer LOADING THE CAMERA Using 120 size film Place the comers with lens down and the catch A fig 21 in the direction of the arrow thus permitting the hinged bock to be swung open Now grasp the fim winding knob B fig Il poll it from the body of the camera and give ite slight turn comter dodkwise This holds the knob out in the disengaged postion Lit the film cage 90 31 completely out of the camera body Place o roll of 120 size film In the lower
2. B fig 31 film chomber ond drow the paper over the two rollers cmd the ond 1o the slit in the take up spool A fig 2 Replace the film coge into the camera body ond release tho film winding knob with slight tumn clockwise Ba sure thot knob the center mark Open the film coun ter window ond wind tho film until the member 1 appears in it You are now ready tako your first The protective slide should cover film window at oli times excep when advancing the fiim Figure 3 The Film Cage a UNLOADING ntl the entire protective poper is the take up spool Open the camera before and remove the film coge Seol the roll of film and remove from the coge by releasing the premure of the flat spring on the lett end of the spool tho emply spool in the take up position ond reload with fresh film FOCUSING Open the hood by simply lifting upword on back por of the hood thus allowing it Vo spring mo the erect position When the protective lens cop i removed the Image moy be seen tho hood four hin black lines engroved on the small con trol area Is the field covered whon using the RICON COLOR BACK 35 Whon 120 Mie film the entire ground gloss shows the picture oreo Tho ot round end ie adjusted by slowly ing either lens fo the left or right until the DE toco Before
3. doting the hood be we to fold back the magnifier to original position A Depth of Field Seale is engraved on top seen from above Iwo scales of numbers corresponding to the F stops on the diaphragm After tho lont E ce from the camera to the subject is indicated pote the center mark A on the Depth of field of the area of sharp focus in tront f and beyond the point of owal focus is dependent on tho f stop For with the camera focwed ot and a diaphragm setting of baon focused di by the numi Field Scole The depth 10 fe 1118 we on the right side of tho depth of field scale opposite 16 is 6 is 30 feet indicating that everything ond 30 foot will be in tthe diaphragm ot h16 M we stop tho diaphragm down to only we that the depth of fold or range of now Wor between 734 foot ond 15 fest 5 The Depth of Field Seale will be very in determining whet f stop will be nocomary to koop objects at distances from the Camera in sharp focus USING THE EYELEVEL FINDER permit eyelevel viewing of the wbject om auxiliary finder is bolt into the hood of the new SUPER RICOHFLEX took through the magnifying lem at the reor of the hood with one while observing the subject with the other eye The eye looking rough the magnifier sees two thin white outlines The large square outline shows the limits of the field when 120 film is wed t
4. recommend bost determine what combination of shutter speed ond f stop i needed for ony light condition A bee guide for expowre i fencloned with every roll of film ond excellew rowits con obtained by coraflly following the recommendation of mh hort or exposure calculator TAKING FLASH PICTURES The SUPER RICOMFLEX shutter in internally synchronized and auto matically fires the flashbull at the some time the shutter i ere BE SURE TO LABEL THE CARTRIDGE INDICATING THE TYPE FIL ENCLOSED SO THAT IT MAY BE PROCESSED PROPERLY 2 RICOH COLOR BACK a In the some manner os 120 fiim he 127 film is looded with RICOH COLOR BACK 44 6 Afer completing loading cover film wih the auxiliary film te pointing the arrow mark up shown im the picture ond clone the bock By turning the cirevlar plate ot the bock match up the 4X4 mork with the conter mark 4 Insert FINDER FRAME above focusing glom What appears Inside this frame is picture you will toke Open the counter window ond wind the fim until the Member appears in Aer you complete the operation doubly wre you dese the window IA Afer taking your fint pltre repeot step until you have exposed film number 12 gx
5. he rectangvlar outline shows the feld covered by 3mm film ed in the RICOH COLOR BACK 35 With a litle practice accurata eyelevel finding becomes simple ond rapid When shooting onder poor light conditions or when shooting eros Aport subjects or when standing in crowd ond hoving fo hold the cemere above the crowd these ond many other occasion make eyelevel contourtype composing o great help for suecomful Iwin lens picture taking SETTING THE SHUTTER The shutter is of the rim set type ond the speed is selected by rotat jog the rim D Fig 1 the of the lower ens that the desir speed ls opposite the block wriangle on the vpper left port of the rim The shutter must be set before eoch picture is takon ond this done by lifting tho shutter lover IF Fig 1 slightly upwards uti licks The mecemity for setting the shutter before each reminder to wind the film forthe next exposure The combines the setting ond tripping lever in one unit After the shuttor hos been set with the upward movement the picture is taken by releasing shuttor with steody downward movement of the shutter lover For timo ond the roloose Ie hel SETTING THE DIAPHRAGM The diaphrogm s se on the scolo on the side of the shuttor housing fon the lower lemn The f valve i sen in the opening on the diaphragm lever A Fig 5 An exponure moter i

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