User manual
Table Of Contents
- Praktisix Manual
- Instructions for use
- Inserting the film
- Setting the film speed indicator
- The finder hood
- The magnifier
- The sports finder
- The pentaprism
- Focusing
- The rangefinder lens
- Exchanging field lenses
- Setting the diaphragm
- The shutter
- Setting the shutter speeds
- The rapid wind lever
- Locking the release nut
- Flash synchronization
- Removing the film
- Exchanging lenses
- Interchangeable lenses
- Standard lenses
- Supplementary lenses
- Standard lenses
- Supplementary lenses
- Accessories for close‑up work
A surface coated mirror reflects the image designed by the lens onto the ground glass screen. At the moment of the
exposure the mirror is swung out the path of rays and, forming a light tight cover over the ground glass, allows the
light rays to pass freely on to the image plane. As soon as the mirror has reached its topmost position, the shutter is
opened for the exposure. Taking lens and finder lens being one and the same, there is no danger of parallax error.
Everything that you see in the viewfinder must necessarily appear on the film, even in extreme close-ups. This
renders it possible to use lenses of various focal lengths and intermediate rings for close-up work without the need
for any extra finder attachments.
Inserting the film
You may use any kind of commercially available 120 roll film Fort 12 exposures 6 X 6 cm (21/ X 21/4 "). Undo
latch (6) and open the camera back. Place empty spool into the right hand spool chamber and make sure that the
driving mechanism catches the spool core. The bottom spring support has to be slightly pulled away. The full spool
is inserted into the left-hand chamber in the same manner.
The leader of the protective paper backing must point in the traveling direction of film. Remove the gumstrip
completely, but not before the film is held fast in the spool chamber. Pull the paper leader across the picture gate
(printed side outwards) and fix it into the longer slit of the receiving spool.
Swing the rapid wind lever (2) around as far as it will go and continue advancing the film leader by small rocking
movements until the arrow mark stands against the white dot on the picture gate. Now move the rapid wind lever
back to its initial position. Tight and even winding of the film is absolutely necessary to avoid faulty film feed
periods. The spring support of the full spool should, therefore, be kept under slight pressure as a means of checking
the wind-off movement of the film.
Depress set back knob (9) to bring exposure counter (13) to its starting point. A red dot appears in the counter
window. Release the shutter and cock it again four times. The number 1 now stands in the counter window.