Simflex 35 Installation and operation manual

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SIMFTEX CAMERA
O RAPID
ADVANCE
LEVER
€) REWIND
BUTTON
O SHUTTERRELEASE
@)
EXPOSURE
COUNTER
@ ACCESSORY
SHOE
G) VIEWFINDER
WINDOW
€) REWTND
KNOB
€) FILMTYPE
INDICATOR
€) DIAPHRAGM
RING
@ DIAPHRAGMREADING
(D SHUTTER
SPEED
READING
(9 FLASHCONTACT
(9 DISTANCE
SCALE
(D FOCUSING
RING
(D SHUTTER
SPEED
RING
(D SHUTTER
COCKED
SIGNAL
''RED
DOT''
(9 CARTRIDGE
WELL
(D VIEWFINDER
EYEPIECE
@ SPROCKET
WHEEL
@ FILM
TAKE.UPSPOOL
{D LOCKING
KNOB

TO LOAD CAMERA
Alwoyslood ond unloodcomeroin the shode,
neverin
bright light. Use stondord
35mm block ond white or
color
film (20
or 36-exposureroll). Use
doylightfilm
for
outdoorpictures,
iungstenor color
film
for indoor
pictures.
A To open
comero,turnlocklever
{21)
{rom
"1" to "O",
slide comero
bock obout * inchdownwords
ond lift
it of{ body.
B Insert
looded
filmcortridgeintofilm cortridgewell tl7).
O Insert
film
end into slot in film Spool
(20).
C Advonce
lever (l
) ond press
releose
{3). Moke sure
film
perforoiions
engogesprocket
boihtop ond bottom.
Advonce
film ond press
releose
2 or 3 times,or uniil
sprocket
is engoged
both fop ond boitom.

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l-
a
t
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0.)
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D Slide comero
bock into ils {ormer
ploce until
secure.
Next,
turnlocklever{rom "O" to "L".
Turn exposurecounter {4) to set exposure
ralnlar raarlinn tn "Q'
E Operote ropid wind lever ( I ) once. Press
r-eleose
(
3 ). Operote ropid wind lever ( I )
once more to bring the figure " l " in film
counier window.
Fiimis now in position
for first picture. lt will
be token
when you press
releose
(
3 ).
O When lever is moved ond shutter cocked, it
is indicotedby o red dot (16).

O Set film index reminder
(8) by turninginside
diol until the ASA
numbero{ film being used is oppositered morkeron outside
ring
green numbers
ore f or doylight ASA, red f
or color, ond inside
numbersore DIN numbers).
O Determine lens opening ond shutter speed from informotion sheei
suppliedwith your film, or from seporote exposuremeter.
O Rotote diophrogm ring (9) until orrow is opposite correct lens
openingon diophrogm reoding
(10).
O Rototeshutterspeedring (15) untilorrow isopposite correctshutier
speedon shutterspeedreoding
(11).
O Judge the distonce from comero to subiect, rotote focusing ring
('l4) until correctdistonceis indicotedon distonce
scole
(,l3).
O Cock comero, center subiect in viewfinder window (6), ond press

WINDING AND DOUBLE
EXPOSURE
PREVENTION
Eoch time you operote
lever (I l, ii winds
film
forword one frome, chonges
the number
in film
counter
(
4) ond cocksthe shutter. After cocking,
press
to tokeo picture.
C Alwoys operote lever (I ) with core. Move
smooihly
io rightuntil
it stops,then
letit move
slowly
bock.

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REMOVINGTHEEXPOSEDFILM
After on entire roll of fllm (20 or 36) hos been
exposed,fllm wind lever will not turn further. Do
not force it beyond this point.
I To rewind film into originol cortridge
from toke-
up spool, press
rewind button
(2) ond pull out
rewind
knob (7).
o Turn rewind knob clockwise until the film is
completely rewound inio ihe cortridge.
o Open comero bock ond remove the cortridge
for development.

TIME
EXPOSURES
"8" iime setting enobles
you to toke pictures
under
dull lighting
conditions
withoutflosh. lt is
often
impossible
to obtoin
on exposure
meler
reod-
in9 in thiskind
of lighting,
ond informorion
mote-
riols should
be referred
to for operture
opening
ond length
of time
doto.Veryoften,3-seconds
o!
f: 8 provides
o good
slorting
pointfor experiments.
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WHEN DESIRED,
AREPOSSIBTE
lf you wishto obtoin two piclureimpressions
on
onefrome,iokeone picture
in the usuol
monner.
Then, press rewind button |2| while you
operoie
cocking
lever
(I ). This
keeps
the film on
the somefrome,
ond permits you
to operote
shutter
releose
(
3).

SIMFLEX
hos speciolly-devised
ropid shurter
wirh "X"
synchronizotion
only.
O Flosh
unii moy be ottoched
to : the occessory
shoe
{
5 );
the tripod sockel on bottom of comero by use of o
mounting
device;
or it moy be held seporotely.
O Attoch the coble into flosh contoct il 2). To prevent
premoture
flosh, olwoys put bulb into socket ofter
the flosh gun coble hos been connected to comero
contoct
{l2).
O For flosh settings,
refer to informotion with flosh bulbs
or other ovoiloble
dotcr.
a SIMFLEX
is designed
to use5 ond M2 type flosh
bulbs
ot 1
/25 ond I
/50 only. Speedlighr
wirh X settings
ot oll speeds.

FTASH
EXPOSURES
For shutter
speed, lensopening ond comero to subiect
distonce,
refer to informotion
supplied
with bulbs.
Here is on exomple how it works. You use o flosh
bulb wiih Guide Numberof 80 ond hold your SIMFLEX
ten feet from subieci.Then, follow the formulo
given
bellow'
i.h-n
v-9-v
or
80 - l0 : B
o G indicotes Guide
Number,
D disionce
in
feet
from
subiect
to flosh
ondO lensopening.
The
quotient
thusobioined,
thot is, 8 or f: 8 is the correcl
lensopening.

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BRIGHT
FRAME
VIEWFINDER
SIMFLEXviewf
inderis
o bright{romef
inder
of 0.8 mogificotion.
lorge in size ond eosy to look through.
With both the fromed
singlewindow ond porollox
compensotionmork,
the viewfinder
ensures
fost ond occurotecomposition
of your pictures ot oll
times. a2:3

FOCUSING
The following
toble indicotes
the scope
of focus
for different
comero to subiect
distonces
(feetl ot vorious lens openings
{diophrogm).
For exomple,
when
comero
io subiect
distonce
is 12 feet,ond
lens
opening
is f-stop
8, otl subiect
moiierisin focus
fromobout
7 to 33 feei {romthe comero.

TABLE
FORDEPTH
OF FOCUS
CLUMINOR
l:3.5 lz45%n
-
-Feet 3 n
APHRAGM:. *.-
f 16.0
] tu"t i a.st
i a.ez
\
rc.tz
t^ | ,rri ,r4\ 3r.,?
27.97
.75
8.80 12.45 26.31
,t- r*l -
12 50
l-
i.41
11.40
13.93
f 8.0 5
f 11.0 19.31
13.97
103.62
6.37 4.qq 8.06
_ 1
3.58 5.08
,$8 ?.80
..*Lr-
8.78
3.

Lens: "C LUMINOR"Anostigmotf ' 3.5 F, 45mm
Cooted ond color correcled.
Shutter: Speeds,1/25,1/50, l/100, 1/300, oncr
Bulb.
Automoticshuttercocking;
X synchrontzo-
tion; Red
dot cockingindicotion.
FILM
: 24mm x 36mm. uses 35mm films color
& block & white.
Dimensions, 4" 3/8 (w) x 2" 7/B lhl x 2" 4/B td\
0.88 lbs.
in weight.