Kodak RETINA IIIC User manual

• You have purchased a truly fine camera . Utmost precision is com-
bined with unsurpassed performance; the Retina tradition of qua lity
and versatility is carried to new photographic heights.
The Retina IIIC
Camero features - auxiliary interchangeab le
lenses - a
coupled rangefinder combined with luminous, projected
multiple-frame finder showing
fields covered by 35, 50, and
80mm lenses- a built-in ex po-
sure meter -the Synchro-Com-
pur shutter with exposure-value
(light-value) settings and full
KODAK RETINA IIIC CAMERA
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flash synchronization -plus many other refinements that se t a new
standard for photography.
Before on important picture assignment, a trip, or any speci al
event, shoot a roll or two of film and make a few flash pictures. This
will give you pract ice and provide a check on your equipment.
Read the first section of these instructions (pages 3 to 13 ) care-
fully and practice the operations described without film in the cam-
ero-the controls work equally well with or without film. When you
are familiar with this basic operation , then load your camero with
film and take your first pictures ; the sections which follow will give
you further important information for successful pictures .
T. M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

EXPOSURE METER
INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES
COUPLED RANGEFINDER and
VIEW-FRAME FINDER
SYNCHRO-COMPUR SHUTTER

OPENING BUno
N
COVER

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Hold the camero in your hand
and press the OPENING BUTTO N to-
w ard the word "Kodak " ; at the
some time pull
open the protec-
tive COVER carefully until the
shutter
panel locks in position.
Move
the fOCUSING KNOB down
as for as it will go to set the
focusing
scale to "inf." The clos-
ing buttons cannot be depressed
until this is done. Simultaneously
press the two CLOSING BUTTONS on
each side of the shutter panel ;
then close the cover .
CLOSING BUTTON
CLOSING BUTTON
FOCUSING KNOB

Grip the camera with both hands and look through
the eyepiece. Hold the camera at that distance
from the eye which allows you to frame the sub-
ject in that view frame of the finder which corre -
sponds
to the lens mounted on the camera. Frame
the subject in the middle (bold) frame with the
standard (50mm) l ens; in the center (sma ll est)
frame with the telephoto (80mm) lens; and in the
outside (largest) frame with the wide - ang le
(35mm) lens.
The horizontal indicators near the top and on
both sides of each view frame provide for para ll ax
The illustrations at the right, showing
the positions for horizontal
and verti-
cal pictures, are intended as a guide
for holding the camero steady; other
positions, of course, are possible. Try
a few positions to
see which is best.
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correction at close distances. Therefore, when the
camera is focused for distances from 6 feet to the
minimum focusing distance, the indicators show
the upper edge of the picture when the camera is
held
horizontally. The part thus eliminated at the
top of the frame is added to the bottom.'+
Hold the camera in the picturetaking position
and look through the eyepiece. You will see the
subject outlined by one of the luminous view
frame s. In the center of the field of view you will
also
notice the rangefinder field in the form of a
round spot. Until the camera is focused for the
correct distance, this field shows a double image of
the s ubject. To set the distance correctly turn the
focus ing knob ( shown on page 3) until the outline s
of the double image move together and coincide,
so
that only one image is visible. The lens is now
set for the film planet-to-subject distance. 5
"'The four vertical pointers, two on the bose and two on the top of the
50mm frome, indicate the boundaries for pictures with the Stereo Attach-
ment.
tThe film plane location corresponds to the rear top edge of the comero.

d t rlTllnlng xposur
PHOTOCEll
POINTER SETTING RING
INCIDENT LIGHT MASK
INDEX
Set Film Index in ASA
window by turning the
inner disc by means of
t he button as described
on page 20 .

Make sure that the haney·
comb cells of the exposure
meter are not obstructed
by fingers, strop, or any
other object when making
a reading.
The Retina lIIC has a built-in photoelectric expo-
sure meter which, when the camera is pointed to-
ward the subje~t, measures light reflected from
the subject. This provides a guide to the correct
exposure-value (light-value) settings. The expo-
sure value is a number correspond i ng to the
amount of light required for correct exposure.
Determine the exposure value from the expo-
sure meter as follows:
L For readings taken from the camera position,
remove the white Incident Light Mask ' from
the front of the PHOTOCELL by sliding the mask
upward and lifting it off. (Repla ce the mask
for Incident Light readings. This method is
described on page 38.)
2. Point the camera at the subject, directing it
slightly downward; the white NEEDLE will move
in the window.
3.
Turn the meter SETTING RING to move the yel-
low
POINTER directly over the white needle.
4. Read the exposure-value number on the setting
ring opposite the INDEX.
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EXPOSURE-VALUE LEVER LENS OPENI NG SCALE
SPEED RING
SH UTTER SPEED SCALE