User manual
No.  3A 
Kodak 
Series 
II
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center 
the 
subject 
by 
eye instead of 
by 
the finder 
The 
subject 
must 
be 
at 
one of the distances from 
the 
Kodak, given in 
the 
table below  Measure 
the 
distance  carefully  from 
the 
lens 
to 
the 
face, 
and 
place  the  focusing  indicator  on  the  scale  accord-
ing 
to 
the 
table. 
DI
STANCE 
BETWEEN 
SUBJECT 
AND 
LENS 
MUST 
BE 
2 feet 6 inches 
2  "  9  " 
3  " 
3  "  2  " 
3  "  4  " 
3  "  8  " 
4  " 
4  "  6  " 
THE 
FOCUS
ING 
INDI
CA-
TOR 
MUST 
BE 
SET 
AT 
6 feet 
8  " 
10 
" 
12  " 
15  " 
25 
" 
50 
" 
(Xl 
(Inf.) 
When making portraits, the most pleasing results 
are obtained with 
the 
subject three feet or three feet 
eight inches  from  the  lens,  a
nd 
the  focusing indi-
cator 
set 
at 
10 
or 
25 
feet respectively 
For 
flowers 
and 
similar  subjects,  the  shorter distances  will  be 
more 
sat
isfacto
ry 
The 
exposure when  using 
the 
Att
ac
hment 
is 
the 
same as without it. 
Use  Kodak  Portrait  Attachment No. 
16 
with 
the 
No.  3A 
Kodak 
Series 
II 
with f.4.5 lens. 
Kodak Diffusion Portrait 
Attachment 
The 
Kodak 
Diffusion 
Portr
a
it 
Attachmen
t  is  a 
suppl
ementary 
lens used in the same 
manner 
as 
the 
regular 
Kodak 
Portrait 
Att
achment. 
It 
produces a 
tru
e, 
soft-focus effect. 
Use  Kodak 
Diffu
sion  Portrait  Attachment No.  16 
with the No.  3A 
Kodak 
Series 
II 
withf.4
.5 
lens. 
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