User manual

24- Picture taking with th e
release, or press the exposure lever carefully, once
to open, time the exposure by a watch, and again
press the pu sh-pin or exposure lever to close the
s hut te r
After making a time exposure, t urn the winding
key until the next number appea rs in the red
window If no more time expos ur es are to be made,
adjust the shutter for an instantaneous exposure,
see page 8.
Th e exposures given on page 25 are for rooms
where windows get the direct li ght from the sky,
a nd for the hours from th ree hours after sunrise,
un til three hour s before sunset. If ear lier or later,
the exposures must be longer
To MAKE A PORTRAIT
The s ubject should be seated in a chair partly
facing the light with the body t urn ed slightly away
from, a nd the face turned towa rd s the Kodak which
should be a little higher than an ordinary table. The
s ubject should look at an obj ect level with the lens
or directly at the len s. Compose the picture in the
finder For a three-quarter figure t he Kodak should
be a bout eight feet from t he subj ect, a nd for a full-
length figure, about ten feet. The background
should form a contr ast with the s ubject, a light
background usually gives a better effect than a
da rk one.
More pleasing results are obta in ed if the back-
ground a nd surrounding objects are not quite so
s harp and clear as the face. This effect is obtained
by using a large stop opening, f.4.5 or f.5.6. With
these stops make an exposure of about 1/ 10 second.
When u si ng stopf.4.5 or f.5.6, the distance between . I
the s ubject and the lens mu st be carefully measured,
see Depth of Focus Table on page 12.