Minox 35 PL Manuale utente

MINOXGmbH,Postfach6020,D-6300Giessen1

WestGermany

482e

Modificationsreserved· PrintedinGermany

VIII/83

Owner'smanual

Thisdetailedinstructionmanualwill

helpyoutomakethemostofyour

Minox35PL.Themostimportanttext

sectionsareprintedinboldtype.

Referencestoparts,controlsor

camerasignalsarefollowedbya

numeralinbrackets;Thisisthenum-

berofthatpartintheannotatedillu-

strationsonpages4 and5.

Mosthandlingstepsworkwithouta

filminthecamera.Sogetfamiliarwith

yourcamerabytryingitoutbefore

actuallytakingpictures.

ManyoperationsoftheMinox35PL

arecontrolledelectronically.The

camerathereforeonlyworkswitha

battery.

Despiteitssmalldimensionsthe

Minox35PLisafull-frame24x36mm

miniaturecameraandtakesany

standard35mm(No.135)cartridge.

Annotatedcameraviews

Frontview

Rearview

Handlingthecamera

Thebattery

Insertingthebattery

Batterycheck

Openingandclosingthecamera

Theviewfinder

Holdingitright

Releasing

Advancingthefilm

Theframecounter

Settingthefilmspeed

Daylightexposures

Programautomation

Theslow-speedwarning

Thebacklightswitch

Flashexposures

Thesefltimer

Thedistancesetting

Loadingthefilm

Unloadingthefilm

Careofthecamera

Accessories

Specialcomputerflashunits

MinoxFC35

MinoxTC35

Theever-readycase

Thebeltandwristpouch

Thepockettripod

Push-onfilters

Theskylightfilter

Theneutraldensityfilter

Technicaldata

1Framecounter

2Shutterrelease

3Batterycheckbutton

4Backlightswitch

5Hotshoe

6Slow-speedwarningLED

7BatterycheckLED

8Filmrewindcrank

9SefltimerLED

10Viewfinder

11Batterycompartment

12Aperturering

13Distancescale

14Lens

15CdScell

16Frontcover

17Viewfindereyepiece

18Selftimerswitch

19Filmtransportlever

20Take-upspool

21Rewindrelease

22Tripodbush

23Filmspeedscale

24Backcoverlock

25Filmchamber

CertainfunctionsoftheMinox35

PL.suchastheshutterandautomatic

exposuresettings,arecontrolled

electronically.Thecameratherefore

onlyworkswithabattery.Itrequiresa

5.6voltmercuryoxidebattery,for

instance:

DuracellPX27

VartaV 27PX

orequivalents.

Openthefrontcover(16).

Unscrewthebatterycompartment

cover(11)anticlockwise,withacoinif

necessary.

Insertthebatterysothatthe+ end

facestheinsideofthecompartment

cover,alsomarkedwitha + sign.

Replacethecoverandscrewtight

again.

Aclickonpressingthereleasedoes

notnecessarilyindicatecorrectoper-

ationoftheelectronicshutter.So

checkthebattery.

Openthefrontcover(16),fully

advancethefilmtransportlever(19)

-seepage12- andcheckasfollows:

Fullydepressthesmallrectangul-

arbatterycheckbutton(3)between

thehotshoeandthegreenrelease

button.Iftheleft-handgreenLED(7)

infrontofthehotshoelightsup,the

batteryisOK.

IfthegreenLED(7)failstolightthe

batteryisexhaustedorwasinserted

thewrongwayaround.

IfthegreenLED(7)goesdimwithin

2-3seconds,thebatteryisnearly

exhausted- soreplaceitassoonas

possible.

Thebatterycheckdoesnotindicate

howmuchlongerthebatterywilllast.

Tobeonthesafeside,replacethebat-

teryoncea yearbya newone,evenif

thebatterycheckisstillpositive.

Apparentearlyfailureofthebattery

mayinfactbeduetoa poorcontact.

Removethebatteryfromthecamera,

firmlyrubdownbothcontactfaces

witha roughclothandreplace.

Neverkeepspentortoooldbatter-

iesinthecamera.Alsoremovethe

batteryifyoudonotexpecttousethe

cameraforsometime.

Note:Thebatteryusedherecon-

tainsmercurycompoundsthatcould

posea healthrisk.Soneverthrow

usedbatteriesona fire;alsokeep

themoutofthereachofsmallchild-

ren.Photodealersusuallyaccept

spentbatteriesfordisposal.

TopreparetheMinox35PLfor

shooting,fullypulldownthefront

cover(16).Aftershootingpushthe

coverupagainagainstthecamera

body.

Openingthefrontcoverautomati-

callyextendsthelens(14),closingthe

coverretractsit.

Theclosedcoveralsocoversthe

viewfinder,blocksthereleaseand

switchesoffallelectriccircuits.

Withthecameraclosedyoucanstill

advancethefilm(page12)orrewind

anexposedfilm(page24).

Thebrightframeinthefinder(17)

outlinesthefieldofview.

Incertainlightconditionsa red

signalappearsinthefinderbelowthe

brightframeattheright.Thisisthe

slow-speedwarningsignal(page16).

Theclosedfrontcover(16)also

blocksthefinderview.Sowhenyou

seenothingthroughthefinderyou

mustopenthecover.

Thepictureattheleftshowsa con-

venientcameraholdforhorizontal

shots,theillustrationoppositeasuit-

ableholdforuprightviews.

Tominimisetheriskofcamera

shakeholdyour35PLsteadywhile

you

shoot

Keepyourfingersclearofthelens

(14)andoftheCdScell(15).Preferably

pressyourfingersflatagainstthe

frontofthecamerabody.

Onceyouhaveframedtheviewyou

wantinthebright-linefinderframe,

gentlydepressthegreenrelease

button(2).Thattriggerstheshutterto

takethepicture.

Onpressingtherelease,theself-

timerLED(9)brieflylightsuponthe

camerafront.Duringtheexposurethe

redslowspeedwarningLEDlightsup

onthecameratop(6)andinthefinder

atthebottomright.Thisredsignal

remainslituntiltheshuttercloses- a

usefulindicationduringlongtime

exposureswiththecameramounted

onatripod.

Pullthefilmtransportlever(19)-at

thetoprightofthecameraback-

fullyouttotherightandforward.

Repeatthis.

Ifyoufailedtopulltheleverfullyfor-

wardeithertime,pulloncemore.

Ifyouhaveloadedthefilmanditis

advancingcorrectly,theknobwith

therewindcrank(8)atthetopleftof

thecameraalsorotatesasyouoper-

atethetransportlever.Sodonot

obstructthisknobasyouwind.

Alightdotontherewindcrank(8)

showsupthismovement.

Whenthewholefilmisexposed,the

transportlevernolongerswingsout

fullyandthereleaseisblocked.

Youcanadvancethefilmwiththe

frontcoveropenorclosed.

Theframecounter(1)- thewhite

windowatthefarrightofthecamera

top–tellsyouhowmanypicturesyou

havetakenonthefilm.

Theframecounterreturnstoits

startpositionwhenyouremovethe

camerabacktochangethefilm(see

page24)orassoonasyouthenpress

therelease(2).

EveryfilmpackagecarriesanASA

speedrating(andoftenDIN).

Tosettheautomaticexposurepro-

gramofthe35PLforthefilmspeed,

turnthedial(23)inthecamerabase

totheappropriateASA(orDIN)

ratingofthefilm.

Thedialengagesateveryspeed

setting.Theunmarkeddotsbetween

thearrowheadsIndicateinterme-

diatespeeds,forinstance64and80

ASAbetween50and100ASA.

ASAspeedfiguresaremarkedIn

red,DINfiguresingreen.

Ifyouhavesettoohighafilmspeed,

yourpictureswillbeunderexposed;

toolowaspeedsettingyieldsoverex-

posedshots.

Programautomation

Forallshotswithoutflashsetthe

whitearrowheadonthelensmount

(12)toA (automaticcontrol).

AtthisA settingthecameraauto-

maticallyselectsa correctaperture

andshutterspeedcombinationforthe

subjectbrightnessandfilmspeed.

Thef-stops,forinstance2.8- 4 -

5.6etc.ontheaperturering(12)are

onlyusedforflashshots(page18).If

youaccidentallysettheringtoan

aperturefigureinsteadoftoA,day-

lightandothershotswithoutflash-

e.g.brightinteriorslitbyartificiallight

-may bewronglyexposed.

Theelectronicprogramofthe

Minox35PLyieldsaperture/speed

combinationsfromf/16tof/2.8and

from1/500to4secondsat100ASA(up

to15secondsat25ASAorupto1

secondat400ASA).

Theslow-speedwarning

Ifthecameraisreadytoshoot

(frontcoveropen,filmadvanced)at

anexposuretimelongerthanabout

1/30second,a redflashingsignal

warnsoflikelycamerashakewith

hand-heldshots.

Theredsignalflashesclearlyon

topofthecamera(6)andalsointhe

finder(atthebottomright).Thereit

appearsweakertoavoidglareinthe

finderimage.

TheautomaticcontroloftheMinox

35PLcanalsogenerateexposures

muchlongerthan1/30second.The

redflashingsignalisthusnot an

underexposurewarningbutonlya

recommendationtousea flashunit

(pages27to29)whenphotographing

movingsubjects(e.g.people)in-

doors.Or-forstaticsubjects-mount

thecameraonatripod(page32).

Theslow-speedwarningusesbat-

terypower.Soclosethefrontcover

whenyouputawayyourMinox35PL.

Thebacklightswitch

Ifyoupushthebacklightswitch(4)

-thesmallrectangularbuttonnextto

thehotshoe– fullyforward,thisauto-

maticallydoublestheexposure.

Aredwindowwith2xinwhite

remindsyouthatyouhaveswitched

onthebacklightswitch.

Apartfromlighteningshadowsin

backlitsubjects,usethebacklight

switchalsoforoutdoorviewswhere

predominantsnoworabrightskyarea

couldcausethemetertosetinsuffi-

cientexposure.

ThehotshoeoftheMinox35PL

takesanyelectronicflashunitwitha

centrecontactinthefoot- aswellas

theMinoxTC35andFC35computer

flashunitswhicharespecially

matchedtotheMinox35.

Pushtheblackblankingplateout

ofthehotshoetowardstherear.Fully

pushthefootoftheflashunitintothe

shoe.

Thisdisengagestheautomatic

exposurecontroloftheMinox35PL

andsetsafixedshutterspeedof1/90

second.

Donottakeflashshotswiththe

aperturering(12)settoA (automa-

tic).Forflashshotsselectoneofthe

markedaperturesbetweenf/2.8and

f/16(includingintermediatevalues)

-checktheinstructionsoftheflash

used.

Withsomeelectronicflashunits

(notwiththespecialMinoxflashes)

youmustoperatethefilmtransportof

the35PLimmediatelyaftereveryflash

shot.Forunlesstheshutteristension-

ed,suchflashunitseitherfailtogivea

readysignalforthenextflashor(more

rarely)mayautomaticallytriggerthe

nextflashafterrecycling.(Thisisnota

faultbutafeatureoftheelectroniccir-

cuit.)

Pushdownthesmallslidingswitch

(18)attherightofthefindereyepiece

touncovera redwindowwithT

(timer)inwhite.Thisdelaystheshut-

terreleasebyabout12secondsafter

youhavepressedthegreenrelease

button(orreleasedwitha cable

release).

AredflashingLEDonthecamera

front(9)signalsthattheselftimeris

runningbuttheexposurehasnotyet

started.Theflashingratedoubles

after4 secondsandagainafter8

secondsofthedelayperiod.

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