Mamiya 16 EE Instruction Manual
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1. 1L Focusing Lever NOMENCLATURE 12 Photocell Window 13 EE Lever Aperture Con trol Lens Cover and Shutter Button Safety Lens Window 14 Exposure Indication Sh tter Button 4 15 Shutterspeed Control Cocking Wheel 16 Filmspeed ASA Dial 17 ND Filter Lever 18 Viewfinder erect for use Film Counter Window Film Counter Adjustment Backlid Catch Safety 19 Accessory Clip Backlid Catch 20 Tripod Socket 21 Synchroflash Socket 22 Focal Plane Mark Cartridge Chamber Pressure Plate Release FILM LOADING Your MAMIYA 16 EE De Luxe uses all types of 16 millime ter film monochrome or color perforated or non perforated preloaded in the special MAMIYA 16 safety cartridge single or double in lengths of about 19 inches to give twenty exposures When loading film preloaded in safety cartridge in your MAMIYA 16 EE or when unloading always avoid direct light ing Work in the shade to prevent fogging of film If no shade is available when in the open use your own body to shield your camera and film 1 To open and remove backlid push backlid catch safety 7 to O open position then press down backlid catch 8 2 Insert safety cartridge containing unexposed film in car tridge chamber 9 When using double cartridge match the arrow marks If single cartridges are used insert empty take up cartridge in chamber pointed out by arrow mark Insertion will be eased if pressure plate release2. CAMERA GRIP Your MAMIYA 16 EE De Luxe may be held in any com fortable way Be sure however that your fingers to not ob struct the lens or the photocell When checking exposure indication 14 for automatic control range be sure that the camera is pointed toward the subject as when shooting Illustrated are examples of methods of holding your camera The most important thing is to prevent the slightest jerking when the shutter button is pressed Apply finger pressure firmly but gently The use of film of high speed ratings is recommended for the best results SYNCHROFLASH PHOTOGRAPHY When the brightness of the subject is insufficient for good register that is to say when the red needle of the exposure indication 14 fails to swing and point to any of the three segments below automatic operation range the use of synchro flash is recommended Mount your flashgun on the accessory clip 19 and plug the connector cord into the synchroflash socket 21 Turn the shutterspeed control 15 so that the red mark on the dial matches the red FL on the scale Shutterspeed will then be 4 second to provide full flash synchronization re gardless of filmspeed Actual duration of the flash deter mines subject stopping ability Next move the EE lever 13 away from position A and set at proper aperture value Aperture value is determined by referring to the instructions Hn SHE CET COH s accompan
3. 10 is kept pushed against spring tension this operation however is not absolutely essen tial If safety cartridge does not sink snugly into the chamber turn the take up spool pointed out by arrow mark slightly with your fingertip Spool will engage spindle with a distinct click and the cartridge be seated accurately See Figs 1 and 2 3 Replace backlid and set backlid catch safety 7 at L lock position 4 Open lens cover 1 which also serve as shutter button safety With your fingertip turn film counter adjustment 6 so that orange colored S start appears in film counter window 5 Keeping lens window 2 covered press shutter button 3 then turn cocking wheel 4 until it comes to a stop Repeat this operation until numeral 1 appears in film counter window 5 5 The first frame is now in position for exposure If you are not ready for picture taking close lens cover 1 to lock shutter button PREPARATIONS FOR PICTURE TAKING Setting the filmspeed ASA Dial By turning the filmspeed ASA dial 16 at top center of the camera the filmspeed ASA rating of the film in use is made to appear in the window in alignment with the index mark Next turn the shut terspeed control 15 together with the filmspeed ASA dial 16 so that the index mark at the top center of the film speed dial window is set against the triangular index mark When this is done the appropriate shutterspeed for the
4. use the focal plane mark 22 as the starting point The round mark between 6 Ft and co on the distance scale indicates approximately 12 feet fixed focus setting at which with aperture at f 8 all objects lying more than 5 feet away from the camera will register sharply without any further adjustment For details refer to the depth of field table PICTURE TAKING CAUTIONS With your MAMIYA 16 EE De Luxe automatic picture taking with accurate exposure control is accomplished by pre setting of the shutterspeed according to the filmspeed ASA rating of the film in use and by automatic adjustment of aperture size by the brightness light value of the subject as measured by the photocell electric eye operation Conse quently when the brightness of the subject is such that the aperture size range is exceeded too bright at minimum open ing or too dark at maximum you will not obtain correct ex posure without adjustments for compensation Therefore before pressing the shutter for picture taking you must make sure that the brightness of your subject matter is within the range of auto matic control This is done by noting the position of the red needle of the exposure indication 14 Automatic control of exposure is available so long as the red needle is between the inner edges of the thin black line at the cxtreme right of the scale and of the broad black segment at the left range A in the illustration When film with a speed rat
5. film in use has been selected The relationship between filmspeed ASA and shutterspeed is as shown below Refer to this scale for selecting shutterspeed when manual 6 LJ 6 ASA filmpeea 000 so aio B ev hoo o Ves io Vs B Shutterspeed ino aperture control overriding automatic control by means of the electric eye is in use Set the EE lever at position A Move the EE lever 13 to A automatic and check the ND filter lever 17 to see that it is at the extreme left as seen from the front of the camera with both filter and photocell mask fully retracted Erect viewfinder 18 Now you are ready for picture taking by automatic exposure control Estimate the distance to your subject and more the focusing lever 11 along the distance scale and set at the estimated distance Sight subject through the viewfinder compose your picture and at the right instant press gently but firmly on the shutter button 3 without jerking your camera The shutter will operate at the correct aperture size for the brightness light value of the subject FOCUSING Because your MAMIYA 16 EE De Luxe is equipped with a fast lens of extremely high resolving power giving ample depth of field focusing is not criti cal and when shooting subjects more than six feet away some error in judging distance is permissible Sharpness of register is not badly impaired However at distances
6. ing of ASA 100 is in use the automatic range is from light value 10 5 to 15 5 When red needle is on line N This means that your subject is too bright and minimum aperture size is not enough to prevent overexposure In this case move the ND filter lever 17 fully in the direction indicated by the arrow mark The lens will be covered by a neutral density filter with a factor of x4 while the photocell window area will be reduced to 4 by means of the mask When red needle fails to move into range A This means that your subject is not bright enough and that exposure will be inadequate even at full aperture Compensa tion by means of shutter speed adjustment is necessary When the red needle is on broad segment 1 see illustra tion turn the shutterspeed control 15 counterclockwise and set dial against 1st dot to the left of the triangular index mark When the red needle is on white segment 2 see illustra tion use 2nd black dot to the left of the triangular index mark When the red needle is on the black line 3 see illustra tion use 3rd black dot With the camera set in these ways the light value range with filmspeed at ASA 100 is extended to cover from LV 7 to LV 17 ATTENTION Exposure indication 14 is in operation only after the cocking wheel 4 has been turned to ready the camera for the next shot Also when noting red needle position keep finger away from the shutter button 3
7. of less than six feet more care must be given to accuracy in measuring DEPTH OF FIELD TABLE circle of confusion 2 5 1 000 cm DEPTH OF FIELD TABLE circle of confusion 1 1 000 inch mae os ae P crai inis zs 9 7 2 85 re o we 0 293 DISTRI z z x z M co 2 zs rn oss 0 207 A z ola r x y rio 3 AAE ee et ela pes ee ee es em om v so zo x6 oss om gl D so 2 1 3 33 124 0 549 0 215 g ss 5 7 8 1 c pe e te oe oar em 5 A e co 4 66 1 38 0 574 0 323 g 8 E a am us 1i ov oss o2 amp 7 s a e G 9 38 16l 0 608 0332 Sj n E RAUS rm os 0 94 0 65 9 398 0 264 s DES es a 9o vo co 2 25 0 674 E 16 T Yom 194 je Lo Xj m Page a 2 distance and adjustment of the focusing lever 11 Further at will not register on your film Compose your picture so that distances of less than 174 feet the effect of parallax comes into all essential portions do not protrude into the single hatched play Make use of the parallax correction marks on the bright area see illustration At 1 foot use the innermost correc n marks In these cases it can be considered that the whole frame in the viewfinder field At 134 feet the hatched portion area of the frame has shifted diagonally downward toward the right When measuring distances at these close ranges
8. t calls for f 5 6 the aperture will automatically close down to 5 6 giving correct exposure However if the EE lever is manually set at f 8 the shutter will not open up beyond this size and under exposure will result In other words it is possible to over ride automatic control in order to under expose but the reverse is not possible Nevertheless because shutterspeed can be varied at will it is possible to obtain over exposure by shifting the EE lever away from position A and using a slower shutterspeed than you would with the EE lever at A To do this merely turn the shutterspeed dial counterclockwise Do not set the EE lever at an aperture setting smaller than what the exposure meter would automatically give under normal circumstances PRINTED IN JAPAN
9. ying your flashbulb to obtain the guide number which is used together with the distance from flash to subject to obtain the correct aperture size MANUAL OPERATION As in the case of synchroflash photography the electric eye automatic control can be cut out by moving the EE lever 13 away from position A to obtain manual setting of aperture size In this case intentional over or underexposures can be made Shutterspeed can be varied by referring to the film speed ASA shutterspeed table or by setting the shutter speed control red mark at FL the scale mark against which the filmspeed ASA dial 16 window is aligned is the 1 4 second position and the scale markings to the left counter clockwise are respectively s and B while the markings to the right are respectively so i and second P MAMIYA 16 EE DE LUXE USER S MANUAL CORRECTION In your USER S MANUAL an error was made in des cribing operation of your MAMIYA 16 EE De Luxe as a conventional camera by shifting the EE lever 13 from posi tion A to the aperture scale The correct version is as follows WHEN THE EE LEVER IS SHIFTED FROM POSITION A The aperture remains coupled to the exposure meter Con sequently the aperture size varies with the brightness of the subject matter and manual setting will not permit over exposure For example even if the EE lever is manually set at f 4 when the light val e of the subjec
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