Yamato PAX-M4 User manual

( I I Film type indicoring
diol
(2)Releose
button
l3)Rewinding
builon
| 4 ) Film winding lever
(51 Exposure
counter
(6 I Right window of finder
| 7 ) Clip for occessories
(8 I Depth of field scole
{9 I Left window of finder
(l0l Rewinding
cronk
(lll Distonce
scole
(l2l Lens
opening
diol
{l3l Focusing
lever
{l4l Flosh
terminol
(l5l Shutter
speed
serting
diol
(l6l Eyepiece
(171
Sprocket
wheel
(l8l Film toke-up
spool
(l9l F
- 9, X - Q,synchroselecrion
lever
{201
Lockinglever i
'i'
lrj

The Pox M4 is outstondingly
the smollest,
finest, lightest, ond most compoct comero in
its field.
It is precision
mode by
monufoctures
of modern
offers you o
ll thot you
comero.
one of the f
oremost
comeros.
The Pox
M4
desire in o 35mm

,r,l,
It is eosy to corry, simple to operote ond
beoutiful
to see. The results you con obtoin
with it ore surprising,
ondwith proper
core,it
will bring you hoppiness
ond ioy f
or mony
yeors.
All controls
ore simple
to operote,
yel
the comero hos such versotility
os will meet
the requirements
of exocting
photogrophers.

TI{E MOST IMPORTANT
CAMERA IS ITS LENS.
The Pox M4 lens is the cooted "Luminor"
f r 2.8, 45mm which hos excellent depth of
focus, unequolled brilliont definition, ond is
highly color corrected. When using
color film
The Pox M4 is equipped with o iouplea
combined view ond ronge-finder,
moking it
eosy ond speedy to f
ocus ond compose
the subiect. With every picture you con
be certoin
of exoct focusing.

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Ingeniously
designed
with single thumb-stroke
film winding ond shutter cocking lever which
helps in fost sequence
shooting ond prevents
the Congerof doubleexposure.
The exposurecounterwith on eosily reodoble
scole under o built-in mognifier
outomoticolly
records every exposure,ond reverts to its zero.
position
when the bock of comero is opened
{or film relooding.

Your Pox M4 is provided with built-in
F-X synchronizotion for use with both
floshbulb ond electronic flosh.
The high quolity of the Pox M4 is
guoronteed ogoinst defects in moteriol
or workmonship
for one yeor from dote
of purchose.
Before looding the comero with film,
reod the following instructions
corefutly.

t
toADrNG THE CAfiTERA (DO NOr
LOAD Ftlrl rN DTRECT SUNUGHT)
I To open the comero, turn the lock
lever (21I on the bottom of the comero
from ,,Lr' (lock) to "O" (openl in the
direction
of orrow.
2 And slide the bock of comero slowly
towords the bottom for obout one inch.
Then slide comero bock ofi body.
3 Pox M4 tokes stondord 35mm film.
Ploce the looded film cortridge in the
film chomber.Pull out the film leoder
obout 4 inchesfrom cortridge towords
the film toke-upspool (l
8l ot opposite
side. Insertthe leoder into slit in film
toke-up spool.
4 Turn the film winding lever (41 slightly
until both sides of the sprocket wheel
securely engoge the performotions in
the film morgin. Then, complete o full
turn of the winding lever, wotching to
see thot the film is being wound
properly. Releose
the shutter.

4 Slide the bock of
comero
into its
former
ploce with o slight
downword pressure
of
the right thumb. The
comero bock is now
securely
in ploce. The
outomotic exposure
counter sets itself to
5 lstortl.
Next, turn the lock
on the bottom f
rom
'(1rr to "L".

Turn
lhe windinglever
until it stops. Releose
the shutter. Repeot
these
operotions once
more.
Now, the exposure
counter indicotes the
ftgure "l", ond you
ore reody to snop your
first picture.
6 As o film reminder,
set
the ftlm type indicot-
ing diol lll with red
dot occording to the
type of film you ore
using lf you ore using
o film ot other thon
its roted speed lsoy
Tri-X, ot 400 insteod
of 200 ASAI, set the
diol os o reminder.

Ploce your right eye ot the view ond ronge-
finder eyepiece ll 6), ond oim ot the sub
ject.
In the center of the field of the finder, you
will see o rectongulor
oreo in which there is
o double imoge of the subiect.
By moving
the
focusing
lever (l3) with index finger of the left
hond, the two imoges
con be merged into one.
The lensis now in perfect focus.

ol ThePox-M4 shouldbe
hcld ftrmly,but not rigid-
ly in both honds. Core
should be token to
preventmovement
of the
comero while pressing
the releose
button.
Press
elbow to body for odded
support.
bl Push the shutter
releose button using
steody even pressure
with your index finger,
when
you
copture
desired
composition ond figure
of the subiect. .i
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