INSTRUCTIONS
8MOUNTING
FU"ICA
MOUNT
ADAPTER
x-s
The Fujica Mount Adapter x-s
is used for mounting
Praktica
screw-mount
Fujinon tenses on the Fujica
X-series SLR cameras (Fujica AX-5, AX-3, AX-1, and
STX-1). The exposure
mode is stopped-down
auto-
matic exposure with t-he~X-3
and AX-1, and
stopped-down
mete,ring with' the-S.T~ 1, but it is
equipped with an automatic diaphragm toa1LQw you
to focus with a bright, fully open tenso
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Screw the Fujinon lens into the Mount
Adapter X-S. Then place the red dot"on
the adapter's
rear end against the red
dot on the camera's
lens mount and
turn the jel}¡i- §5'
to the right. It will
lock into position with a click.
8TAKING
PICTURES
( 1 )
With the Fujica AX-5, AX-3 and AX-1
1. Mount the Praktica screw-mount Fujinon lens on the camera by means of the
Mount Adapter X-S.
2. Set the shutter speed selector to "AE" or "AEL". (S~etit to "AE"_in the case
of the AX-1.)
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Set the aperture ring to the desired value.
3. Wind the film and focus the tenso
4. Press in the camera's preview button to stop down the aperture,
then press
the shutter release halfway down to check the exposure setting and trip the
shutter by squeezing the release button gently down.
Notes:
CD
When taking automatic exposure pictures on stopped-down metering, use an
eyecup to prevent extraneous
light from entering throug h the viewfinder and
fouling up your exposure setting.
~ If you are shooting with the shutter speed selector set to "AEL" on the AX-5
or AX-3, or if you are using this adapter on the AX-1, be SUTeto press in the
preview button before you press the shutter release halfway down. Otherwise
your picture will not turn out properly exposed.
CID
If you are using the adapter' on the AX-5, the LEO aperture indicator in the
viewfinder will always turn on in the lowest position regardless of the aperture
which is seto Caution is required, therefore, because it is impossible to check
the aperture while looking through the viewfinder.
8TAKING
PICTURES
(II)
With the Fujica STX-1
1. Mount the Fujinon lens on the camera by means of the Mount Adapter X-S.
2. While looking through the viewfinder, press in the preview button,
hold it
there, and press the shutter release halfway down. The exposure meter needle
will move upward. Then turn the aperture
ring so that the meter needle is
centered.
3. Focus the lens, compose your picture and squeeze the shutter release gently
down.
