Specifications

As the lens aperture is altered the shutter speed will alter accordingly. Therefore, if the camera selects a
speed that is considered unsuitable for the subject to be photographed, change the aperture until a suitable
shutter speed is selected. Should the meter needle move below 1/ 30 sec. then the use of a tripod is
recommended, providing that a larger aperture cannot be set
(Fig. 23).
3. Under Exposure: Under exposure will be indicated by the meter needle moving into the lower striped
area of the viewfinder shutter speed scale
(Fig. 24). To compensate open up the lens aperture until the
needle moves back onto the scale. Should the needle still not reenter the scale additional lighting or an
electronic flash unit must be used.
UNLOADING THE CAMERA:
When the red figure "20" or "36" (20 or 36 exposures) appears against the index mark in the frame counter
window, the end of the film has been reached.
Steps for Unloading the Camera:
1. Press in the rewind release button on the camera bottom
(Fig. 25).
2. Lift up the rewind crank on the rewind knob
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3. Turn the rewind crank in a clockwise direction (Fig. 26). Tension will be felt as the film is being
rewound into the cartridge. Stop rewinding when the tension ceases. Open the camera back by pulling out
the rewind knob all the way and lift out the film cartridge
(Fig. 27). The rewind button on the camera
bottom will snap back into position when the film advance lever is next operated. Have the film processed
without delay.
CHANGING THE LENS:
Your Chinon CE-3 Memotron is equipped with a screw mount which accepts any interchangeable lens
with the Pentax / Practica screw mount. To remove the lens, turn the lens counterclockwise until it is
separated from the camera body (Fig. 28, 29).
NOTE: DO NOT REMOTE OR REPLACE THE LENS WHILE THE CAMERA IS
FUNCTIONING.
In normal use the Chinon CE-3 Memotron will produce perfectly exposed photographs, due to the
automatic exposure system incorporated in the camera. However, some lighting conditions will occur that
could misguide the system. Subjects with a very high contrast or strongly back-lit are examples. Such
misguidance occurs with electronic shutter cameras since the exposure system continuously follows the
fluctuations of light intensity up until the very instant that the exposure is made. To overcome these
conditions a memory lock has been incorporated.
Steps for using the Exposure Memory:
1. Focus the subject. Make sure that the shutter speed dial is set at the "Auto," position.
2. Press the shutter release button half way and measure the light on the main part of the subject you want
to shoot excluding all unnecessary light from the side or background-
(Figs. 30, 31, 32). Then press the