5.
Close the camera back or reload with a new film
.
Shooting
1.
Work the film transport
.
2.
Set the exposure time
before taking a reading with the coupled meter (below). The shutter speed ring
bears two sets of figures separated by the letter B. The figures to the right of B denote fractions of a
second (e.g. 30=1/30 sec.). Turn the ring until the required speed is opposite the arrow head; usually 1/
60 sec. is a convenient starting-point.
Look through the finder. Take care not to get your fingers in front of the honeycomb cell of the meter.
Turn the exposure setting wheel below the lens mount until the meter needle is centred between the
heavy double lines to the left of the viewfinder field. This sets the correct aperture for the pre-selected
shutter speed.
You can also watch the meter needle in the window in the top of the camera. This is useful if the depth of
field obtained should be observed at the same time. Point the camera at the subject, and turn the setting
wheel until the needle is centred between the two markers. The correct aperture is now set for the pre-
selected shutter speed.
A resistance while you turn the setting wheel indicates that you have reached the limits of the aperture
scale. If you turn on, you then also change the shutter speed to obtain a correct exposure setting.
3.
Select the aperture-speed combination
. If you should want a different shutter speed or aperture after
having set the correct exposure, turn the shutter speed ring by its two black finger holds, until the
appropriate combination is opposite the arrow head. Aperture and shutter speed rings move in opposite
directions, and only the figures actually opposite the arrow head indicate the correct combination. To set
apertures and speeds separately (e.g. for flash shots) adjust first the shutter speed and then the aperture
(by the exposure setting wheel).
4.
Focus
. Look through the viewfinder and turn the lens mount by the protruding knob on the front until the
image is sharp in the finder. On some of the lenses you move the milled focusing ring.
5.
Release the shutter
gently by pressing the key on the camera front. The release will only move if you
press down the black safety catch at the same time.
Special Controls
FOR TIME EXPOSURES turn the shutter setting ring to bring the letter B (=brief time) opposite the arrow head.
On pressing the release, the shutter will remain open as long as the release is pressed down, and closes as
soon as the pressure on the release is removed.
The green figures on the exposure scale are time exposures. They indicate the time in seconds for which the
release has to be depressed at some of the smaller apertures at low lighting levels. If, for example, an exposure
setting gives 1 sec. at f2.8, any of the following combinations may be used: 4 sec. at f5.6; 8 sec. at f8; 15 sec.
at f11; or 30 sec. at f16. Incidentally, there is no green number 2. Its place is taken up by B. When reading off
full seconds, read 2 seconds for the B position. In the example above, if you want to use f4, you would require 2
seconds.
THE DELAYED-ACTION RELEASE for self-portraits, built into the shutter, is brought into action by moving the
lever on the right of the shutter (looking down from the top) to "V". This can only be done after the film has
been advanced. First depress the small projecting stud next to the word "SYNCHRO" behind the shutter ring. On
pressing the release button with the lever set to "V", the shutter goes off after a delay of approximately 10 sec.,
giving the operator time to take his place in the picture. Once the lever has been set to "V", the position cannot
be altered any more. On releasing, the lever will automatically move back to the X position.
FLASH SETTINGS. For X- or M-synchronization, set the lever at the right of the shutter to X or M, at the same
time depressing the small protruding lock on the left.
THE RETINA REFLEX AND RETINA REFLEX S
THE RETINA REFLEX S is fitted with a 2 in. (50 mm.) Retina Xenar or Retina-Ysarex f2.8 or the 2 in. (50 mm.)
Retina-Xenon or Retina-Heligon f1.9. The f2.8 lenses are four-element triplets, the f1.9 lenses have six
elements of symmetrical four-component design. All have an angle of view of 47° and permit focusing from
infinity down to 3 ft.
The complete lens is interchangeable against wide-angle and telephoto lenses. The built-in photo-electric
exposure meter is directly coupled to the aperture setting, the meter setting is obtained by super-imposing a
pointer with a needle, while observing the exposure meter window in the top of the camera.
The built-in Synchro-Compur shutter has cross-coupled shutter speed and aperture settings.
The f2.8 lenses accept 32 mm. screw-in filters and close-up lenses (32 mm. is the outside diameter). The lens
hood is rectangular with a bayonet fitting on the back to fit the bayonet mount surrounding the lens itself.
