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FUJICA

AUTO STROBO

300X

OWNER'S MANUAL

This manual will show you how to use your
FUJICA AUTO STROBO 300X correctly.

Please read it through carefully.

Summary of Contents for Auto Strobo 300X

Page 1: ...FUJICA AUTO STROBO 300X OWNER S MANUAL This manual will show you how to use your FUJICA AUTO STROBO 300X correctly Please read it through carefully ...

Page 2: ...th ISO ASA 100 film 2 It is provided for twin light bounce flash If the flash head is tilted for bounced lighting it auto matically converts into a twin flash unit having a main light and a sublight With this flash you can take perfect bounce light pictures everytime although this type of pictures are generally con sidered difficult to take with flash 3 Used on the Fujica AX 5 AX 3 AX 1 or AZ 1 it...

Page 3: ... 35 mm format with wideangle adapter attached covers the view angle of a 28 mm lens 35 mm format 9 sec after lighting of the neon lamp with new alkaline manganese batteries Daylight type 150 with fresh alkaline manganese batteries Silicon photocells and thyristor circuit Manual and three step automatic apertures yellow red green Aperture setting for ISO ASA 100 Red f 2 8 Green f 5 6 Yellow f 11 Re...

Page 4: ...PARTS Auto Check Lamp Main Lamp Face Battery Compartment Cover Sub Lamp Face Sensor Auto Manual Switch Distance Selector Wheel Lock Tilting Angle Scale Flash Guide Disk Flash Ready Lamp Main Switch Test Button 4 ...

Page 5: ...cold weather by carrying them in your coat pocket until they are needed If the flash is not being used for a long interval remove the batteries before putting it away because old batteries can develop leaks and damage it How to load the batteries 1 Remove the Battery Compart ment Cover by pulling it out in the direction of the arrow 2 Insert four batteries plus and minus ends correctly as illustra...

Page 6: ...rt time even if the flash is not discharged Battery life On manual flash a new set of alkaline manganese batteries will provide about 150 flashes but it is always best to change them as soon as they start to show wear If the recycle time lags to 30 second or more the batteries should be considered exhausted Be sure to change the four bat teries all at once and make sure all four are of the same br...

Page 7: ...ounterclockwise then grip the bottom part of the flash and slide the Strobo Foot out TAKING FLASH PICTURES I Setting the camera s shutter speed 1 If you are using the flash with a Fujica AX series camera the camera s shutter speed will automatically switch to 1 60 sec X sync as soon as it is fully charged regardless of where the shutter speed dial has been set except B 2 If you are using it with t...

Page 8: ...ash Guide Disk on the Strobo back and set the speed of the film you are using opposite the index mark Example If you are using Fuji color HR100 set 100 on the ISO ASA scale opposite the index mark Setting the aperture Read off trie aperture indicated on the Flash Guide Disk for the color of the mark you selected and set the lens aperture ring accordingly Example With ISO ASA 100 film the apertures...

Page 9: ...cord ingly The guide numbers rela tive to the film ISO ASA speeds are shown in the followng table m ft ISO ASA25 15DIN 15 50 ISO ASA50 18DIN 21 71 ISO ASA100 21 DIN 30 100 ISO ASA200 24DIN 42 140 ISO ASA400 27 DIN 60 200 Note If you are using bounced lighting on the manual mode care must be taken because the guide number will become smaller TAKING FLASH PICTURES II Bounce light pictures If your su...

Page 10: ...3 60 2 The procedure for picture tak ing is the same as that for tak ing non bounce light pictures 3 The automatic flash ranges for 10 bounced lighting are approxi mately as follows Red mark 1 4m 3 12 ft Green mark 1 2m 3 6 ft Do not use the yellow mark 4 The automatic flash range will differ depending on the reflect ing surface Before shooting always press in the Test But ton to make sure the Aut...

Page 11: ... 7 2 m 2 3 6 6 ft Manual flash exposure In this case the aperture should be opend by one step from that obtained by dividing the guide number by the flash subject distance Example If the shooting dis tance is 5 m the aperture to use is f 5 6 without wideangle adapter because 30 5 6 With it at tached however open the aper ture by one step and use f 4 OFF CAMERA FLASH OPERATION It is possible to use...

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