LAOWA FF II 9mm F5.6 W-Dreamer, Instruction Manual

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INSTRUCTIONS
Remove the rear lens cap. Align the mounting index on the lens
bayonet
⑤ with the mounting index on the camera, then insert the
lens into the camera mount and rotate it in the direction for your
lens version until it locks. Do not use excessive force during
installation to avoid damage to the bayonet.
Turn the camera off. While pressing and holding the lens release
button on the camera, rotate the lens in the reverse direction for
attaching the lens until it stops, then detach the lens.
After attaching the lens, please try to rotate the lens to make sure
it mounted onto the camera properly.
Rangefinder focus is a kind of mechanical focusing mode, in
which a distance finder hole is shared with the viewfinder, and a
smaller circle (or square) distance finder hole is equipped with a
yellow filter. During focusing, try to turn the lens until the two
shadows in the yellow frame of distance finder coincided. After
setting the aperture and shutter speed, put your subject in the
macula area, then you can see that there are two shadows. Turn
the focusing ring appropriately so that the two shadows overlap
to complete the focusing.
According to the characteristics of the Leica M series, the focus
is not linked to the rangefinder focus within 0.7m. This lens has a
stop at the distance of 0.7m at the distance scale, allowing
photographers to focus more accurately. Distance within 0.7
meters belongs to the close-up macro range because the depth
of field is shallow, so it is recommended to use LV magnification
focus.
According to the shooting situation and desired depth of field,
rotate the aperture ring2 on the lens to the corresponding
aperture.
This lens cannot provide actual aperture value to the camera
since there’ s no CPU data.
Aperture-priority is a better option than Shutter-priority for the
lens because of its manual aperture. ( Note that metering
precision depends on the camera models. )
Mounting and Detaching the Lens
Instructions for Rangefinder Focus( for Leica M bayonet)
This is a fully manual lens. Rotate the focusing ring ③ slowly to
get focus.
Turn the focus ring slowly and gently to prevent the focus
mechanism from damage.
The distance scale
③ and depth of field scale ④ are for
instructional purposes. Actual focus and DOF may slightly differ
Focusing Setting the Aperture