User manual MINOX 35 PL

[. . . ] So check the battery. Open the front cover (16), fully advance the film transport lever (19) - see page 12 - and check as follows: Fully depress the small rectangular battery check button (3) between the hot shoe and the green release button. If the left-hand green LED (7) in front of the hot shoe lights up, the battery is OK. If the green LED (7) fails to light the battery is exhausted or was inserted the wrong way around. If the green LED (7) goes dim within 2-3 seconds, the battery is nearly exhausted - so replace it as soon as possible. [. . . ] If you accidentally set the ring to an aperture figure instead of to A, daylight and other shots without flash e. g. bright interiors lit by artificial light - may be wrongly exposed. The electronic program of the Minox 35 PL yields aperture/speed combinations from f/16 to f/2. 8 and from 1/500 to 4 seconds at 100 ASA (up to 15 seconds at 25 ASA or up to 1 second at 400 ASA). The slow-speed warning If the camera is ready to shoot (front cover open, film advanced) at an exposure time longer than about 1/30 second, a red flashing signal The slow-speed warning uses battery power. So close the front cover when you put away your Minox 35 PL. The backlight switch If you push the backlight switch (4) -the small rectangular button next to the hot shoe ­ fully forward, this automatically doubles the exposure. A red window with 2x in white reminds you that you have switched on the backlight switch. warns of likely camera shake with hand-held shots. The red signal flashes clearly on top of the camera (6) and also in the finder (at the bottom right). There it appears weaker to avoid glare in the finder image. The automatic control of the Minox 35 PL can also generate exposures much longer than 1/30 second. The red flashing signal is thus not an underexposure warning but only a recommendation to use a flash unit (pages 27 to 29) when photographing moving subjects (e. g. Or - for static subjects - mount the camera on a tripod (page 32). Apart from lightening shadows in backlit subjects, use the backlight switch also for outdoor views where predominant snow or a bright sky area could cause the meter to set insufficient exposure. The hot shoe of the Minox 35 PL takes any electronic flash unit with a centre contact in the foot - as well as the Minox TC 35 and FC 35 computer flash units which are specially matched to the Minox 35. This disengages the automatic exposure control of the Minox 35 PL and sets a fixed shutter speed of 1/90 second. Do not take flash shots with the aperture ring (12) set to A (automatic). For flash shots select one of the marked apertures between f/2. 8 and f/16 (including intermediate values) rarely) may automatically trigger the next flash after recycling. (This is not a fault but a feature of the electronic circuit. ) - check the instructions of the flash used. With some electronic flash units (not with the special Minox flashes) you must operate the film transport of the 35 PL immediately after every flash shot. For unless the shutter is tensioned, such flash units either fail to give a ready signal for the next flash or (more Push down the small sliding switch (18) at the right of the finder eyepiece to uncover a red window with T (timer) in white. This delays the shutter release by about 12 seconds after you have pressed the green release button (or released with a cable release). A red flashing LED on the camera front (9) signals that the selftimer is running but the exposure has not yet started. The flashing rate doubles after 4 seconds and again after 8 seconds of the delay period. Estimate the approximate distance to the main subject and set this on the distance scale (13). In view of the considerable depth of field of the 35 mm lens a really accurate setting is only necessary at near distances of around 3 to 4 ft or 0. 9 to 1 m. For a useful snapshot zone set the scale to the green dot between 10 and 20 ft or between 3 and 5 m; in good light this then covers everything from about 6 to 60 ft or 2 to 20m. Insert the film cartridge in the film chamber (25) to the left of the film Never load the camera in direct sunlight-at least do it in the shade of your body. Turn the back cover locking lever track, with the film leader pointing to the right Turn the take-up spool (20) with the (24) in the camera base to uncover For landscapes without near foreground set the scale to °° (infinity). the recessed red dot, then pull off the back from below (illustration a). right thumb to bring the broad slot of the spool core to the top. Now press the rewind release (21) at the right in the camera base to lock Replace the camera back by pushing it on and lock by turning the back lock in the camera base to cover the red dot again (illustration d). Check that the rewind crank (8) at the left in the the take-up spool. [. . . ] The lens retracts automatically on closing the front cover. Automatic exposure control: Electronic program control (with aperture ring LED blinks on top of the camera; also visible in the finder via a fibre-optical light guide. Cable release socket: Next to release button in camera top. Selftimer: Electronic, approx. Battery: One Varta V 27 PX, Duracell PX 27 or equivalent (5. 6 volts). Battery check: Check button, green LED signal. Camera body: Glass fibre-reinforced Makrolon. Size: (Width x height x depth): 10 x 6. 1 x 3. 1 cm (3. 9 x 2. 4 x 1. 2 in. ) set to A) from 1/500 second at f/16 to 4 seconds at f/2. 8 with 100 ASA. [. . . ]