User manual

When the subject is properly focused, swing
the left half of the ground glass out of the way,
leaving
the left half of the camera open as in
Fig.
5. Press in on the top of the two side arms
Y, Fig. 6, holding the focusing panel, and pu~ll
the focusing screen back into the camera b- :; dy
until it is held by the catches J, J.
Select th e gear wheel indicated by the pointer
on
the rear left scale H, Fig. 4. If the pointer
falls midway between two numbers, select
the
gear wheel indicated by the next higher number.
Screw the shaft of the gear selected firmly into
the round opening K, Fig. 10, on the bottom of
the film box. Insert the key into the square
opening L, Fig. 10. Be sure to wind the motor
spring fully.
Place
the film box on the back of the camera
making sure
that all four hooks ani engaged.
Turn the camera until the lens points to the ex-
treme left of the subject, and slide it forward on
the tripod top until the gear wheel engages the
rack on the tripod head. Do not mesh the gears
to o closely, about half way is sufficie nt . If the
gears are meshed too closely the camera will
vibrat e and cause vertical and irregular lines in
th e picture.
Exposure
The scale and pointer M, Fig. 2, page 2,
indicates speeds from 1/2 to 1/12 of a second.
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