User manual

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Setting the shutter speed
For fully automatic picture-taking with your
RETINA automat ic III you can use all shutter
speeds from 'h o seco nd up to ' / 500 second_ The
figures 30, 60 , 125 , 250, and 500 on the shutter
speed ring (a) are fractions of a second. Turn
the shutter speed ring until the required shutter
speed, '/ 60 second, for instance, is opposite the
lett er " A" (a utomatic ) and the setting index (b).
Use
faster shutter speeds (1 h 50 or ' / 500 second)
for fast moving subiects as in spo rts events.
(B is the shutter setting for time exposures.)
If the letter " An should happen not to be
opposite the setting index, iust turn the lens
opening ring (c) until "An clicks in place oppo-
site the setting mark.