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.