Zenit PhotoSniper User manual, 1992 year
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2. Open the diaphragm by moving the knob in the arrow direction as far as it will go.
3. Set the required aperture.
4. Set the exposure time on the camera dial.
5. Aim the photogun at the object to be photographed.
6. Focus the lens.
7. Holding the lens body carefully press the diaphragm release lever from below.
8. Cock th shutter.
9. Press the release button at the top of the camera.
B. With “HELIOS-44-2” lens
1. Open the case and, holding the lens body with your left hand, loosen the clamping screw and
remove the lens with the camera out of the case.
2. Carefully unscrew the TAIR-3-PhS lens out of the camera and immediately cover the thread with
a back cover having taken it from a ring in the case.
3. Place the lens in the case and fasten it with the clamping screw.
4. Having removed a hermetic cap, unscrew the HELIOS-44-2 lens out of the seating socket on the
inner side of the case cover and mount it on the ZENIT-ES camera.
5. Load the camera with film.
6. Set the film sensitivity.
7. Using the exposure meter, determine exposure time and diaphragm and set these values on the
camera and the lens.
8. Open the diaphragm by turning the diaphragm setting ring counter-clockwise as far as it will go.
9. Looking through the viewfinder eyepiece aim the camera at the object to be photographed.
Turning the focusing ring, focus the lens.
10. Close the diaphragm to the pre-set value by turning the diaphragm ring clockwise as far as it
will go.
11. Keeping the object being photographed in the viewfinder frame, smoothly, without jerks, press
the release button.
C. With flash bulbs
For photographing in poor illumination use should be made of flash bulbs or electronic flash. For
this aim the ZENIT-ES is fitted with a special device which synchronizes the bulb flash moment with
the shutter operating time. To switch on a single action flash bulb the synchronization setting lever
should be set at “MF”. When operating with an electronic flash kit, set the synchronization setting
lever at index “X”. Only exposure time of 1/30 (i.e. when the shutter is completely open) may be used
in the ZENIT-ES camera if photographing with either flash bulbs or electronic flash.
Photographing with flash bulbs at “B” exposure time is not advisable since a considerable amount
of stray light (after flash) gets into the camera resulting in a blurred image on the film.
D. With self-timer
To photograph with self-timer, do the following procedure:
mount the photogun on a tripod or fix it in any other way; cock the
shutter; wind the self-timer mechanism by turning the self-timer
setting lever downwards as far as it will go; set the exposure time;
choose the frame; focus the lens by a definite place of the frame;
close the diaphragm to the stop and, having pressed the self-timer
release button, take your place before the camera.
The shutter operates in no less then 9–20 sec after pressing the
button.
5.2. Camera Unloading
When the exposure counter dial shows figure 36 it means that the exposed film should be rewound into
the cassette.
