Kodak Retinette IB User manual

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You will never missq shor
like this wirh rhe RETTNETTE
I B
Set shutter speed
Set focus zone
Gentre pointer in finder
Sight and shoot

Presetting the Film Speed
For correct exposure,
you mustset your comero to the
speed
of the film in use.
Film
speeds
in both ASA ond
BS numbers
ore morked in red on the shutter
ring.
Pressthe setting key (o) ond turn the shutter
ring (b)
until the red dot points
exoctly
to the relevont
ASA or
BS number. The picture shows the comero set itor o
film speedof 28" BS.
On the
opposite
poge,
some
Kodok
films
orelisted.
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Experts Ghoose Kodak Films
Colour
Films
ASA
Kodochro,me
Doylight
TypeFilm
Kodochrome
Type
A Film
Ekfochrome
Doylight
TypeFilm
Kodocolor
Negotive
Film
10 210
16 230
32 260
32 260
Blqck-qnd'white
Films Ponotomic-X
Plus-X
Pon
Tri-X
Pon
,
25
80
200
250
300
340

Selecting the Shutter Speed
The block figures on fhe shutter ring (b) indicote froc-
tions of one second. The figure15,
for insionce,stonds
for 1lrs sec.,
30 = 1/so
sec.,
60 = 1lrn sec.,
etc. The letter
B identifiesihe shuttersetting for time exposures.Turn
io poge l8 for more informotion.
Turnthe shulterring (b)
until the shutter
speed
of your
choice clicks into ploce opposite the block dot. The
illustrotion left shows the shutter speed set ot 1/eo
sBC.
Appreciobleresisloncehos to be overcome
between
1/3s
ond
l/rs
sec.Thisis to tell you thotfor toking
pictures
ol 1fi5
sec.
ond B the comeroshould be ploced
on o tripod to prevent
blurred
pictures
qs o result
of comero
movement.
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Zone Focusing
The
focusing
system
of your RETINETTE
IB is designed
for toking phoiogrophs
of o moment's
notice.
You simplyturn the knurled
lensring (c)
until it in-
dicotes
thedisioncezone
ih
whichthe
moin
subiectlies.
At the first position,
the two block orrows
point ot
15
ond oo (infinity).
Yourcomero
is lhenset
for views
from 15feet
to thefor distonce.
Themiddle
position
indicofes
mid-distonce,
between
8ondl5 feet.
Thethird
position
is for close-ups
between
5 feetond 8 feet.
The distoncezone indicoted by the block orrows is correci for
f/4. With smoller lens openings (e.g. f/8) on even wider zone
will be shorp. But ot lorger lens opening (Il2,B)
it is better to
set to the triongle with the block or red figures the exocl
comero-to-subiect
distonce.

Gocking the Shutter
The ropid f
ilm-wind thumb-lever of your
RETINETTEI B is one of the proven feqtures
thot hove mode the RETINAfomous. A single
swift movement of your thumb cocks the
shutter, odvonces the exposure counter ond
winds the film on for the nexl picture.
Alwoys operote the lever (d)
to the limit of its
trovel. lt will oufomoticolly
return ofter it hos
been
releosed.lf the rqpid filnr-wind
levercon-
not be swungout completely,
olthougho film is
inserted,ihis meonsthot the film hos run out.
You should then rewind it os described on
poge
15.
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How to Hold your Camera
The woy you best hold your RETINETTE
is de_
fermined by the subiect. The two illustrotions
q
re mere
ly meo
nt os o suggestion
os to how
the comero should be held for shots in the
horizonfol
(obove)
or upright pictures
(below).
one f
hing
you should
keep
in mind is thot
the
steodier
your comero is held the shorper
your
pictures
will be. The only movement
is mode
by the forefinger
or the thumbwhen releosing
the shutter.
A few ottempts
will certoinly
show
you how noturolly
your RETINETTE
hondles.

Viewing and Releasing
The brillioni frqme inthe
finder
of your cqmero
shows you the exoct field oreo ond mokes
viewing eosier for you. When viewing, ioke
core to keep your fingers cleor of the honey-
comb window of ihe exPosure
meter.
Turn the diophrogm ring by meons of the
block knob (e) until the pointer in the finder
points to the D mork in the bottom of the
brilliont frome (illustrotions
obove ond center
poge '11).
Exposure
is then correctly
set.
Hold the cqmero steody ond pressthe releose
button (f)
fully down. The film odvonce
thumb-
lever should be operoted ofter every shot.
The
bose
line of the brilliont
frome
is interrupted
once
on eitherside.
These
morks
hove
no beoring
on
your
picture-toking.
Thesmoll
horizoniol
morks
onthe
upright
sides
of
thebrilliont
frome
ore
porollox
morks
ond
oredescribed
in more
detoil
on poge19.
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lf the pointer is on the extreme right-hond
side ond connot be set to the a mork, turn
the shutter ring to the f
eft until the pointer
con be centred
on the a mork. (Core
must
be
token, however, not to sef the shutter ring
to B becouse
the exposure indicotor in the
finder
cqnnot
be used
with tlris
setting.)
where
the pointer is on the extreme left-hondside
ond connot be set to the A mork the shutter
ring should be turned to the right. lf the
pointer con even then, not be set to the a
mork, or if the n mork is obscured(bottom
illustrotion),
light conditions
ore too poor for
toking pictures.
1l

Film Loading (in
theshode)
l. Press the opening button (g)
in the comero
boseond
the cqmerq bock snops open.
2. Pull
out the rewind knob (h)
os for os it will go.
3. Turn the built-in toke-up spool (i) with your thumb
uniil one of the slits foces up. Threod the trimmed
film end into the slit ond engoge one of the per-
forotionson the little hook in the slit.
Pull the film ocross the film trock ond insert the
cossette in the cossette chomber.
Turn the toke-up spool until the teeth of the film
tronsport sprocket (k) properly engoge both rows
of film perforoiions.
Push
bqck the rewind knob (h)
to its normol position
ond turn the knob clockwise, os indicoted by the
orrow, unlil o slight resistonce
is felt. The film is
lhen properly tensioned.
Close the comero bock, ond moke certoin thot you
heor the lotch engoge.
5.
6.
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Setting the Exposure Gounter
and Film Indicator
Theexposure
counler(obove)tells
you how mony shols
you still hove. Turn the block thumb ring (l) counier-
clockwise
until
the diomond mork 0 is exoctlyopposite
the triongulor mork V (m)(for 36-exposurecossette set
0 mork belween I ond 36i for 2O-exposurecossetteset
0 mork to 23).Cockthe shutter
ond releose,cock ond
releose
ogoin, ond cock o third time.The rewind knob
should be seenturning os you do this. lf it does not,
tension
the film o littlebit more (poge
12).The V mork
will be now opposite No. 36 or 20.
To set the film in-
dicotor (below), hold the rewind knob ond turn the
inner serroted ring until the block dot points to the
type of filrn used in the comero.
<> : Block-ond-whiteFilm
Color g, : Doylight Colour Film
Color q'. : Artificiol Light Colour Film
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Unloading the Film
After the lost
picture
hos beenioken,
the film hosto be
rewound.
Depress
the reserving
button
(n)
in the comero
bose ond turn fhe rewind knob (o) clockwise,os in-
dicoted by the orrow, until the rgserving button stops
turning (wotch
blqck doi on button).
Open the comero
bock in subdued light. Pull out the rewind knob ond
remove the cossette
from the cqssette
chomber.
lf you should ot ot ony time hove omitted to set the
exposure
counter
it moy hoppen
thot in o looded
comero
the ropid film-wind lever connot be switched to the
limit of its trovel. Depress
the reserving button ond
operote the ropid film-rewind lever to complete its
trovel.The film con now removedfrom the comero os
obovedescribed.

Flash Shots Made Easy
Flosh
shotsoreno
problem
foriheRETINETTE
IB.
Slide
your
flosh
unif,the KODABLITZ
floshgunfor instonce,
inio theoccessory
shoeof your comero,
plugtheflosh
cobleinto
theflosh
socket
(p),
ondturn
theshutter
ring
lo 1/zo
sec.The
exposure
indicqtorin the finder of your
RETINETTE
IB cqnnokSogever,
be usedfor flqsh
shots.
Thelens
operture
required
is colculoted
on theguide
number
of the
flosh
bulbor electronicflosh
unitused.
Go bythefollow'rng
rule:
Guide
number
divided
by distonce
= operture
Guidenumber
72
For exomPle:
D[tonce
9 feet = operturef/8
Turn the diophrogm ring until the figure 8 is opposite
the block dot (left).
lf on electronic
flosh
unit
isused,the entireshutterspeed
ronge from 1/'s
ts r/soo
sec.is ovoiloble for fldsh shots.
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Self-timer for Greater Fun
Wont to get into the picture yourself? Screw the
comero to o tripod, cock the shutter ond push the
lever (r)
morked in red to the side os for os it will go.
lf you now depress
the releose
bufton,
the shutter
will
not be releosed
uniil qfter obout l0 seconds.
You hove
enough time, therefore,
to get into the picture.
Once ihe self-timer hos been cocked, the following
picture
must
be tokenwith the self-timer.The self-iimer
con, of course,
olso be used
for oll floshshots.
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Time Exposures
The letter B on the shutier
ring indicotesthe settingot
which you con expose o picture for ony length of time.
Turn the milled shutt'erring until the letter B is opposite
the block dot. Now, on'ce
the shutter hos been cocked,
the shutterwill remoin open os long os you keep the
releosebuttondepressed.
Thereleose
timeis
dependend
on the lens opening sei. Becouse
extended exposure
times ore too long for hond-held shots, the comero
should be ploced on o tripod ond o coble releose
should be srewed into the releosebulton.
The exposure indicqtor in the finder cqnnol be used
in conlunction with lhe B setting. Self-timed shots
connot be token oi the B setting
eilher.
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Glose-up Parallax
At subiect
distonces
closer thon 6 feet o so-
colled porqf
f
ox error oppeors.
In otherwords,
the field of view outlined by the brilliont
frome in the comero finder no fonger cor-
responds
exoctly
to the view recorded
on the
film. To compensote
for this porollox of o
subiect
distonce
of 3t/,feet,
on imoginory
line
beiween the two opposite morks on the
frome
(the upper broken line in the illusfrotion)
indicotes
the upper limit of the field of view.
As distonces
increose,
this fimit-line
is grod-
uolly
shifted
up until
ot 6 feet it coincides
with
the upper border of the finder
frome.