Minox A IIIs Owner's Manual
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1. Then elose comero obout ta inch to sprecd the Film Gate open This occurs when the meplock almost disappears in the camera WWlustretian 11 Ulustiration 10 F WHAT HAPPENED You will find if cosy to gel the feel of your MINOX within a short time and to gel fine results with every picture If you should hove a foilure of one lime ar another check i against these possible errors ond learn to avoid a repetition IF the principal subject is nat horp The distance scale wos not set correctly Always set the distance carefully eapeciolly for close ups Use the messuring choin for extreme close ups IF pictures jook muddy ond cut of focus The lens window probably hos o fingerprint or ether amudge on it Clean wiih soft linen cloth wrapped around a moich OF there ore blurred of dowble outlines The comera moved during exposure hold camera aleady or use tripod for longer exposures OR subject moved fuse foster shutter spaad for moving subjects Film cassette will drop cul of comoro wilh slight topping or moy be lilled out by its bridge Store the cossette in film bow of in black paper until it is developed Note Color Films end of 30 or J see film pockoge Unlood offer hwo push ond pull motions Advance Exposure Counter ia red dot before loading mew tilm CAUTION Do nol advance Alma beyond the numbers indicated above or ihe film would be eniiroly pulled into the fokeup side ihis moy result in light e2. are omilied right of the start Advance planning of composifion sowas extra work in enlarging and if gives you precisely the picture you wont every time Close ups of Small Things There is a special foscinotion in close ups A frome filling picture of o single blossom showing the delicate details of esch petal con be more exciting than showing a whole acre of flowers Therefore Get CLOSE to the subject Your MINOX offers you the great edvantage thot you con get as close os B inches withoul any supplementary equipment or extra lenses Moke the mosi of this excellent footure Alwoys use the measuring beods of the sofety chain to determine the correct distance on the depth of field of close ronga is very limited For instonce when the distance scale ia sel oll ft the depth extends only from 11 inches to 13 inches Therefore accurate distance setting is a must for extreme close ups Remember also that of distances between amp and 10 inches the pichire oreo lies o frome width within the luminous frame of the viewlinder 15 print o richer fone moking while clouds stand e t clearly Green folioge lawns ate which would normally print darker will show a lighter tone ond batter modulofion Becaven the green filter reduces the overall omount ol light transmitted aaa through the lens you must double the shutter speed in other Mau wer A x withoul filier words use Veg sec when the MINOX exposure maler or ex TTF SA po
3. but the subject stays sharp oven of lp second The two built in Filters et will help you improve your block ond white pictures In ssanie pictures the green filter will give a blue sky which would otherwise appear white in the fina l TIPS FOR BES RESULTS The besl Film MINOX film is available in sever differant typed for black and white photography and for Color Pictures The Block ond white films vary in sensitivity speed fo suit every posible need The sensilivity if expressed in Americon Stendard exposure index numbers ASA 12 Green Lobel ASAD Yellow Lobell ASA 50 Blue Lobel ASA 100 Red Lobel ASA 100 fim is twice os sensitive to light os ASA SO ASA SO twice as sensitivile of ASA 25 and so on Thus under any given conditioni ASA 50 film for instonce would require only half the shutter speed needed for ASA B The lower the film sensitivity the finer the detail if is copable of roproducing in ihe final print Therefore the supor senailive ASA 100 film should be used only in instonces when there ia aot enough illumination for slower films or when flash exposures ore mot feasible stage photogrophy candid shots efe j The medium sensitivity films ASA ond ASA SO are best suited for oll cround picture taking and will yield ax cellent prints in all popular sizes ASA 12 film is especially suited for bright beach mountoin and snow icened of well cs for close ups of stationery smoll objects with ihe MINX ut
4. if will go After o picture Mustratien 1 hot been token push the comera together os for os possible This pumping achoan cute motically odvonces the film ond winds the shutter for the next exposure IMPORTANT Pull or push oll the woy CAINS Developing Tonk The developing of MINOX block ond white films becomes a simple ond canversent malter with the MINOX Developing Tank You need no darkroom You place the film cassette into the light lack of the tank and twist the lonk core te unwind fhe film inside that s oll The MINOX Tank Thermometer and your wetch ore tha only other equip ment you need Fre meagured quontifie of MINOX dry chomicals for micro grain developement are available in handy packets ready for solution in water Ask your Dealer io show you the simple operation of the MINOX Doylight Looding Devoloping Tonk The Viewfinder The luminous frome within the MINOX viewfinder contains the exact picture area thol will appear on the film The viewfinder image is automatically corrected af all distances fo agree with the picture oreo Parallax Compensation For extreme clasa ups 8 10 inches the picture area lies o frome width within the luminous frame Eyegloss wearers moy roodily use the MINOX viewfinder withou correction lenses Setting the Shutter Wlustratian 4 ael The length of time the Nohi In permitted to reach the film is controlled by ihe shutter The Shutter Spood Dial is c
5. suggesied on poge 3 always moking sere ihol you squeere the shutter io ovoid jarring ihe camera How About Longer Exposures You moy be oble to hold the MINOX steady by leaning your elbows on o lable or other firm surfoce or against a wall or you may ploce the MINOX on o gloss ledge ate It is besi however jo olfoch the MINOX with a comera clamp to a tripod You will find the MINOX pocket tripod a particularly fine and versolile accessory Only slightly larger thon a pencil this tripod with its swivel lop mey be used on a lable chair window sill or ogoinst a wall li moy also be held ogoins your shoulders The pictures of the lefi sugges various woys of using the MINOX tripod As on eniro precaution against jarring the comera always uie o cable releose for tripod exposuros la Flash is Easy You con get fine pictures with your MINOX right around the clock becouse when daylight or room light is no longer sufficient you con attoch o flash unit fo your comera Even Woe aoc wilheut f flash Scenery pros if daylight you can penetrate deep shadows or lighten scenos perly exposed by using fash figure too dork Tha MINOX may be used with any type of flogh source con fected fo the Rosh nipple of the camara The shutter has built in dynchronizotion of the X type fit fires the flash as soon as ihe shutter release of the camera is pressed Flash Source Synchronized ot shutter speeder Electronic Flas
6. the bock cover cannol be closed this is a Wlustration 11 rare coincidence when the film foke up core is resting on the teeth of the transport wheel in the film chamber lift out the cassette pull the comera opan all the way and close ogain until the film gole opens Re insert castele close back cover and purh pull push comera once Un Looding Wotch the Exposure Counter S is the lost exposure Push ond pull the comera twice The Exposure Counter should pow be of the red dot Unload in subdued light Open bock cover ond spreod film gate os if to load Picture Series and Sequence Shots Your MINOX compoct ond instantly ready fo shoo moked if s eosy fo gal yponianequs un poged pictures Whenever possible iake o whole series of pictures fo fell o complete story With a lille practice you con loke on entire sequence of pictures within a few seconds simply keep your MINOX of eye level and pump the comera with your right hand fo advance film ond re cock the shulttor Tele Photography with the MINOX There ore timed when you canmol gel clove enough fo a subject bo get a lorge imoge en your MINOX film er in foci you may wani fo remoin of a distonce on purpose Your MINOX moy be oftached fo ony high quality binocular with the MIMOX Binocular Elomp focusing ond view finding is done conveniently through one of the binocular eye pieces while the MINOX is mounted to tha other one If you ore interested in wil
7. CAINS Camera OWNER S MANUAL MINOX ACCESSORIES For Picture Taking MINOX Exposure Meter MINOX Comera Clamp for olfaching to Tripod etc MINOX Teble Tripod MINOX Binocular Clamp MINOX Copying Arm MINOX Universal Copying Arm Folding Reproduction Stond MINOX Black ond white films for oll purposes ond oll degrees os sensitivity MINOX Coler film Before you start reading please fold back this and the lost poge of the Mongol so thot you will have the diagrams of the MINOX constantly at your fingertips for referente MINOX ACCESSORIES For Film Developing MINOX Daylight Developing Tonk MINOX Fine Groin Developer MINDS Tronporent Negolive Wollets MINOX Accessories For Enlarging r MINOX Enlarger Copying Siand MINOX Enlorging Easel with print Maske MINOX Film Magnifier For Projection MINOX Projector MINOX Slide Frames MING Film Cuter Film Gate p Opani gt a Senol Number Index Binocular Clamp 22 ap tur Guide Er Fanoraming Blank Exposures 14 Enpororo Porallax Compensation Coble Releou 14 Meter 5 17 20 24 28 Picture Serim Chain use of 7 11 15 23 Film Choice of 13 Reproduction Unit Chonging Film Type 21 Film Gole 10 12 25 28 Clase ups 7 15 22 Film Grain 13 24 Safety Chain 7 11 15 23 Cloud Pictures 17 Film Loading 9 12 25 26 Sequence Shots Color Film 13 17 19 Film Scratches 25 Shutter Relocse 5 6 12 16 Color Filters B17 Film Unlosdi
8. Keep both thumbs under the iluatration 3 camara and other fingers on lop to avoid the possibility of covering the lena window You might practice this hold in front of o mirror fo check yourself The same hold con conveniently be used for vertical of horizontal piciures 3 GINO Slide Projector Modol 30 There is no greother thrill than seeing your fing MINOX Color Transparencies projected on the gereen All the subtleties of color are brought out in projection The MINOX Slide Projector is especially designed for your MINOX slides It hos on efficient light system with o 100 Walt projection bulb silvered concave glass re flector and aspherical condenser lens o special ad justing lamp socket permits critical alignment of the Hiloment for even illumination aver the entire picture oreo Triple well construction of the all metal housing assures frog oir circulation for complete ventilation of the light ing system A heat obserbing filter gives added prolec tion fo the transporencies during prayection The MINQSTAR 29 35 mm paeen lans in focusing mount produces brilliant critically sharp sereen omoges The MINOX Slide Projector has an attractive proctical gray insirument crackle finish Built in front elowoting micrometer screw permits height edjustment ta center th projesi imoge on the screen The projector is supplied complete with an all motal slide carrier MINOX color transporencies for projection in the MINGE Slide Projec
9. dlife mountaineering etc you will find the Binoculor Clamp o valuable addilion fo your MINOX THINGS TO REMEMBER Before loading make sure Exposure Counter is set at red dot between 50 an 0 Before inserting or removing film cassette make sure Film Gate is open When taking the picture keep fingers oway from lens window held camera steady squeeze shutter release button At end of film do not attempt to take more pictures than the film allows 50 on black and white 30 or 34 on color film Always keep Lens Window clean Fingerprints or other smudges on the lens window cause un sharp pictures To clean wrap sofi linen cloth oround match stick 1 The Exposure Counter tells you af a glance how many pietures you heave taken on the film The Counter advances cutomotically each fime you move the film forward by o pull push of the MINGH The Exposure Counter must be set of the red dot between 50 ond 0 before o now film cos seite is ingerbed Illustration 9 Otherwipe overlapping piciures moy result lilustration Loading Call le Film cassetes should be shielded from bright sunlight Always losd or un logd the MINOX in subdued light or in the shade Sel Exposure Counter of red dot between S0 ond 0 by pumping comers With comera in pulled out position press down an crescent 4 theped Snaplock illuvtrotion 10 ond slide open Bock Cover until both Film Chombers ore fros
10. ed on o tripod MINX Color Film is ovailoble for doylig i and for artifical tungsten light Steady Get wed lo a comfortable steady hold of your MINOX during xpoiure experience will shaw you whether you can gel steody pictures even of the slower shulier speeds Generally you will find it advisable to use a tripod or other firm support for shutter 13 N s a Colorful World The 15 mm H35 Complon lens of your MINOX is color corrected and hes on onti reflection costing in other words if is ideally suited for Color Photography Il you have never token color pictures before keep in mind the following suggestions which will help you get fine resolla from the oudset Color Film yields the best results in bright or hazy sunlight on overcast doys regulis ore wavelly mot solilachory Maoming and early alltemaan hours are the best time for color pictures At neon the light is vsuslly bluish resulting m very cold colors or on over all bluish linge During the hours just offer sunrise or juai before sunset the light is more reddish resulting in very warm colors Wotch for the possibility of calor reflections which moy not be visible fo the eyel A white dress on o green lown is never pure white but fointly green Frame Your Subjeci Since the MINOX viewfinder shows you the excct picture orea you con easily compose your picture before you acivolly ioke it so thot unimportant or disturbing details
11. ed the cosselie example if you fook the cossetfe out at 28 s l counter of 25 Mow insert cosatie in the usual manner Pump camera three times This tokos up any slack in the cassete and gels your MINOX ready for the neal exposure Remember lood ond un boad only in subdued light or in the shoda 71 Color File dood nal hove os much exposure lotitude os block ond white film Therefore use correct shutter speed The MINOX photo electric exposure meter is porticulorly valuable in Color Photography Even alight deviotiong fram the correct shutter speed may result in folse colar reproduction As a general rule color pictures ore best token with the sun slightly fo ome tide behind the photographer s back If you ore seriously interested in all phases of Color Photography you will find it worlhwhile fo read one of the mony comprehensive books covering this field Copying fF documents drawings books etc is easily done with your MINOX By using a tripod MINOX Repro Stand MINOX Copying Arm or other meani of support you con conveniently copy auch matter getting os close oa amp inches for largest possible reproduction Use the special MINOX ASA 5 Micro Groin Copy Film except when copying Photographs of illutirations containing holf iones for which regular MINOX ASA 12 ar ASA ZS film is recommended See iobles showing crea covered of various distences on paga 2 speeds of Ya sec ond slower For oll smopshots use the hold
12. era be sure fo push the camero with open cover together abou Ya to open gate See pape 3 iF the cometioe conned bo removed fram camera ar if consetio lid iifta ewt but the film and confeiner remain in camera See previous explanation Film gate must be open when looding of un loading cassette Never wie force to remove film Accidentally opened film may be partly soved if if ia immediately wrapped in black paper 25 front of the camera IF a picture is portly blond One of your fingers covered the lens window Bo sure io keep fingers clear of lena window during gapadure check your hold see page 3 F poor file shows leregelar spacing or overlapping Either you forgot fo sei the exposure counter of the rad dot when you started the film or you did aot pull and push the comero ALL THE WAY between eapotures IF some of your negatives ore very thin others almasi block Determine correct shutter seiling for each picture situation Use on exposure gulde or better still the MINOX photo electric exposure moter IF come prints chow more grain thon ofhers from the some file Bodly over exposed pictures hove coorser groin Over exposure is os undesirable oF under oxpoture Use on expoiure guide or MINOX exposure maler to gol correc shutter speed every bime LOAD CASSETTE INTO CAMERA ONLY WHEN FILM GATE IS OPEN Drop casaiie inio film chambers chose back cover and push pull Camara Once If
13. ether iha shutter is wound or not The engraved figures ore fractions of a second 2 indicates Vy second 1000 is hee sec atc Infarmediote speeds may alsa be set When the Dial is set of B5 the shutter opens if the Shutter Release is pressed down ond remains open as long as the Release is held Uivetration Shutter Speed Dial rot ot Yme sac down set at T Timo the shuller opens when the Releose ix pressed down and remains open unlil the Reloou is pressed a second time B or T exposures should be mode only with the MINOX resing on or against o firm support or wilh a tripod won poge 14 Alwoys wie on exposure guide or the MINOX Exposure Maier io determine the correct shutter setting for existing light conditions 5 Subject Field Size and Depth of Field Tables Death of Distances ore Ditiance Subject Fle led mectured fram the Focused On Size bich Field 5o Infinity a taco iz wir Ti te oc 4 8 to Ti 4 a x 3544 ie ta 3 11 r x19 Phi F ph 2 4 2040 15 Teh oo 2 1a Figures in light type apply when distance scale af camera it pel ewortly halfway betwee two adjacent engraved distance markings i Was 12 pyi he PO Ph 1 Bafa CUTEM OLT la tg 2 1a Vaan ENN Oa to 1 Bite 1 Fia Oa Fife 1a te 17 gme For convenient 1 Bex 6 Wie to T 1 measuring of clore i distances the he Pax SMe ite TiM MINOX chain is 10 ba ave ala ho Tya equipped with ara
14. h Unita Vy second to Ys second Flash Bulbs SA SF z121 Ve second to pp second a Ci a ooccccci Vp second to ly second hee sec with elec A flash unit made by MINOX ted labi ironie flash Light re aD 4 expected to become ovallable balanced for figure soon very complete flash instructions will be iswed of the ond seanery sore tiene How to Stop Moving Subjects Sporis and other fast action coll for high shutter speeds otherwise your pictures moy be blurred But even under unfavourable light conditions requiring slower shutter ipaeds you can shop motion by using professional tricks IP is easier for owample jo slop motion of a subject moving stroight foword the camera or of a slight angle than ii is to freeze a subject moving siroigh across of righ angles lo the camera Or waich for the still moment sech os is reached by a owing of its highest point ju balore it swings back or by the tennis player during tho serve when the boll is of the peok of the toss ond the rocket in about to be wong Even Vy second will stop such shots For very fost motion owiomobile roses speed boots skiing another well known professional trick will help you get fine resulis Koop the cor boot or skier centered in the MINOX viewfinder ond follow the motion with the comera releasing the shulfer of ony inshoni during this panoraming The beckground will be blurred odding to the impression of fost oction
15. ice fo you Sole U 5 Distributors Kling Phote Corporation 235 Fourth Avenue Now York 3 N Y The lt INGS Enlarger Copying Stand While commercial MINOX processing services can give you excellent enlargements from your films you will get even greater satisfaction and pleasure from your MINOX if you make anlorgements yourself Then you can obtain precisely the resulis you desire compose each picture perfectly and use the paper surface and contrast that best suits the individual subject The MINOX Enlarger Copying Stand is equipped with a light source condenser unit ond lens system specifically designed for wlira minioture film as in the MINOX comera the film is held in a curved position ond the highly corrected 15 mm 1 35 lens yields prints of critical sharpness Enlargements up fo 11x 14 inches con ba mode on the baseboard while even greater enlargements ore possible by means of on accessory reflex mirror With the lomp house removed the upright becomes the tuppert for a Copying Arm to hold the MINOX or oiher cameras for photographing documents or small objects of clasa range Accessory film carriers permit using the MINOX En larger for mm l mm or 1x 10 mm film sizes al Holding the MINOX The illustrations show the mos practical way of holding your MINOX With both hands and thoadied against the loce Such a steady firm held if osturance ogoins comera movement Uluatratian 2 during exposure
16. imated distance is opposite the block dot ef Depth of Field 3 h ta fr the small brocket Objects of the set distance will be sharpest Sharpest ot 4 feat but within a certain range nearer and farther objects will also appear ccceptebly sharp The entire ronge of sharpness from noarent to farthest objects is called depth of field The near ond for limits of the Depth of Field for ony distance selling ar indicated on the MINOX by the smoll brochet ad jocent to the Distanco Scole For example when set of amp Ulusiration 7 the Depth of Field extends from 4 ff fe 11 fi or when get at 4 Illustration amp it reaches from 3 to ff The greatest Depth of Field is obtained with the SNAPSHOT SETTING small dot half woy between oo lnfinity and fi os shewn in illustration 8 You will find this salting convenient for all pictures which require quick readiness ond fost shooting a psh a etting to Intinity Sports Groups Stree Scenes ale just keap in mind that Shores ef 12 M the nearest object must ba ot least 4 feet away F film cassette dors n t lia flush in both film chamber so thor back cover of camara cannot be closed This may hoppen on rore occasions when the film take up core rests on the feeth of the transport wheel in the film chamber Simply lift out cossoite pull camera open all the woy ond close again until the film gote opens Re innert cassette Clore cover IF film showa dork creas ol
17. ng 10 24 Shuller Speeds Complon Lens 7 Fillers a 17 4 16 17 18 4 24 Copying 20 31 Flash Pictures 18 Snapshot Sating b Copying Arm 20 31 Focusing 6 15 23 Spacing un even zd Depth of Field 6 15 27 Hazy Days y Bors pictures 16 Developing Tank 30 Holding Subject Size Table 4 Distance Seiling 6 15 23 ihe MINOX J 24 Tolaphote Pictures re Enlarger 3i L ns Window B 12 23 24 Time Exposures la Errors 2d 24 25 Mansuri Tripod 14 Exposure Chain 7 11 15 33 Tripod Clamp 13 14 Counter 9 10 17 24 iLountoing i Wiew linder 4 15 16 Ex Lens Window Lena 15 Am a gmplon a4 D mlonce 5 co e Viewfinder Window Exposure Counter Chi itfer Relegse l Flash Pi pp le ri Shuler Speed Wie c a r View linger Film Chambers Safety Chain Socket CONTENTS See also olphobetical index on page 23 Sliding Bock Cover How to use the MINOX Page Opening and Closing the Camera Holding the MINOX The Viewfinder Setting the Shutter Selling the Distance Always f 3 5 an important MINOX feature The conveniant Fillers Taking the Picture The Exposure Counter Looding Un looding Altoching the Safety Chain Things to Remember a Tips for best results The best Film STEADY How about Longer Exposures Frame your Subject Close ups of Small Things How to stop Moving Subjects The two built in Filters Flash is Eosy It s a Colorful World Co
18. ntering through the cassee slit during un looding Attaching the Safety Chain Te protect your MINOX agains occidental falls always keeap if on ils choin Insert the rec jongular plug of the end of the chain into the cormaaponding Chain Seekel of the camera The spring looded dua cover will disappear in the comro Uae ihe D ring of the end of the chain in the manner of a screw driver insarting it inte the slot of the plug disc urn the plug eng quarter turn to the right Illustration 17 To remove the choin reverse these shape inseri O ring info siot turn one quarter fo the left plug will jump oul of socket Illustration 12 e il Changing the Film Type Some doy you moy wont fo bake coler pictures just when your MINOX is iooded with black and white film of view versa Thonks fo the MINOX film cassette if is vary gasy fo weviteh from ene film to another of ony time When you wont to change cassettes pump comera once fo transport the lasl exposed film frame into the toke up end of the cossella Then remove cassette in the uival monner see poge 10 Note number showing on Exposure Counter write this number on cogiette for Tutura reference Before inserting fresh film sel exposure counter of red dol belween 50 ond O as deaenbed on pope F ond load in the veal manner When you re load the started cassette First set exposure counter three numbers back of the number which you noted when you remov
19. om dih Bia to Pan beodi ot 8 10 Six Fa Ta to Ba 12 18 For scenery without important foreground interest alwoys set the Seale of Infinity os Al this setting the Depth of Field begins of approximately V2 ft For ecurale measuring of extreme close ups 8 fo 24 the sofety chain of your MINOX carries small baods of distances corresponding exactly to the close distances engraved on the Distance Scole With the chain locked in the comera socket and held foul exact mecsurements con be mode of 8 10 12 18 ond 24 inches full length The Depth of Field ronges ond Subject Sizes of various set distances ore shown in the Tables on poge 27 Always 3 5 on Important MINOX Feature The 15 mm Complan lens of your MINOX yields such extreme Depth of Field and together with the slightly curved design of the Film Gale gives such outstanding definition over the entire film oreo that on odjustoble lens diaphragm could be omitted saving you an extra operation necessary with ofher comeros The MINOX always works at full H35 opening f IF file boa thin horitental pecroiches lelophone wires Dust is the enemy of your MINOX films Never keep a film cossallo in your pocket withoul o wropper Before loading the camera blow out any dust particles which moy hove lodged in the film chambers iF film cessotte will nor easily drop into comer when loading The film pale must be open when the film is dropped into the cam
20. ong edges et internals Either the cosselfa wor handled in very bright light or the film was advanced beyond the red do before un loading which moy result in light entering through the film slit of the cossetie The Convenient Filters You con place the builf in orange of groen filters before the lens simply by pushing the knurled slide above the viewlinder window fowords the lens window Moke sure the desired Alter is fully visible in the lens window When using the green filter double the axpogure time f e use Vie sec ingtecd of Vaa secl with the orange filter triple the exposure For fips on using filters sea pagas 14 and 17 Theo filters are automatically retracted when the comera is closed Therefore subsequent exporunes ore mode wilhout o Oller unless the filter is again pushed inio position Toking the Picture Whan you ore ready to shoot frame your picture in the viewfindor see page 4 and squeere the shuifer release button don t punch it For critically sharp pic iures the comera must oof be jarred during exposure The shutter release of the MINOX works s smoothly ond without resistance that you will find it easy to operate NOTE The small cirela in the lens window indicates thal the shulfer is wound ready for an exposure If the circle is mol showing simply push ond pull the camaro lo make it ready The Shutter Speed Diol may be rotated with the camera open or closed wh
21. onveniently rotated by placing the thumb on the knurled surface while holding the forefinger under the camara ond with the other hond turning the camera until the desired spoed is set oppotiie the black dot YOUR MINOX is o precision instrument designed and built to give you excellent pic tures under oll kinds of conditions indoors and out As your constant companion your MINOX is always ready fo calch not only delightful spontoneous snapshots but on endless variety of fine pictures of any subject any occasion of any time This Monval shows you the way fo best results with your MINOX It contains mony voluoble fips which you will find helpful Reod the various sections corefully so thal you will get fine results right from the start The firs section axpioins the operation of your MINOX Read il with the unloaded comera af hand once you ore fomiliar with iha aimple opercting stepi you will always anjoy the full Blecaure of pictore toking with your MINOX Port two will help you select the proper kind of file fer best results It tells about filters flash close ups ond many other special uses for your MINOX The final popri point oul onneylng little errora which may maka the differance baltwean a good aod a bod picture You will find il egay to ovoid such mistokes ones you ore maare of ham If you have any questions your MINOX dealer will clways be gled to help and we invite you fo write to us whenever we may be of serv
22. pying Changing the Film Typa Picture Series Tale Phofography TELEKS 13 What happened A pa Subject Size oand Dopth of Field Tables aironi iv The MINOR Exposure Mater oo ee cece cence een ee rene sees 28 The MINOX Slide Projector i A ROE A Ee i Fa The MINOX Developing Tank eI The MIMOX Enlarger Cooying Stand a Shutter guide for outdoor pictures This simple guida will give you good ee ors bare hoiran Sunrise unti twa bours before sunset For accurate and convenien erminal lon ier speeds for oll possible conditions the MINOX Exposure Meter ix recommended e a aatar speed shown opposite the type of subject under the prevailing light con n Subjects ore hi Conditions ore AVERAGE Nearby people gordens houses BRIGHT Sun Clear Sky strong LIGHT People in beach seo now shadows scenes distoni scenery HAZY Sun Soft shodowa DARK People in dark clothing dark CLOUDY Bright Mo sun no shadows ower sree houses CLOUDY Du fi Me gun dark sky When in doubt wee AVERAGE seating J ae ee es i Rice Use gean iter For shutter settings when wing Green or Orange Filter see poge 17 HOW TO USE THE MINOX Opening To open the comera for picture toking place and Closing the Camera left thumb on Shutter Speed Dial and left fore finger on undersida of comera while grasping narrow sides of camera with the right thumb ond forefinger pull comera open like o tele scope os for os
23. sure guide indicates Wye sec The orange filter which requires three times pormal shuther speed dorkens blee skies considerably bul lightens all reddish tones Ever in full sunlight it produces dromolic skies pe ond scenes resembling night shois More important is its iy pac with green ability to produce clear pictures on doys when there is a blue let aar atmospheric haze The orange filter is porticularly useful for cloud pictures anaw scenes mountain photography and on hory days OO NOT USE THE ORANGE FILTER FOR PORTRAITS os red lips would appear almost white NEVER USE THE GREEN OR ORANGE FILTER WITH COLOR al gene Tig ec with ononge FILM Miter sky very dark clouds fuy i green areas lighter
24. tor should be mounted in MINOX 30x30 mm Tronsporency Mounts the MINOX Trons ancy Culler is a convenien occessory for cutting individual tronsporencies out of film strips The MINOX Projector moy also be w with othar ulframinioture transparency sizes down lo 15x 15 mm tid The CMINO S Exposure Mater o a bolle you the correct shutter getting for any picture ot o glonce ond remembers the saling until you make the newt exposure reading Whois more o built in viewtinder lais you pre wirw the picture jusi os your MINON camera will sea if thus you con select ihe best possible ongle every time Correct shutter seling means better pictures pictures with fing highlights good shodow detail and every subile fone of the original scene Color film porticularly requires correct exposure io amure proper color volues Even smaller thon the MINOX comero the MINOX Exposure Mater is o precision buil photo olectric moter with o honeycomb light gathering lens for reodings over a wide ranga of light conditions It has jowel bearings and is shock resiahont Supplied with o leather cose fo moich your comera cose ond wilh a chrome choin the MINOX Exposure Mater is the perfect companion for your MINOX cameron lt may olso be used wilh other comers Setting the Distance Focusing The MINOX Distance Seale is calibrated from 8 to Infinity oo Set the subject bo comera distance by rotating the Distance Poe g Scale until the est
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