User manual MINOX 35 GL

[. . . ] The battery check does not indicate how much longer the battery will last. To be on the safe side, replace the bat- tery once a year by a new one, even if the battery check is still positive. Apparent early failure of the battery may in fact be due to a poor contact. Remove the battery from the camera, firmly rub down both contact faces with a rough cloth and replace. Never keep spent or too old batteries in the camera. [. . . ] Preferably press your fingers flat against the front of the camera body. remains lit until the shutter closes - a useful indication during long time exposures with the camera mounted on a tripod. The frame counter (1) - the white window at the far right of the camera top ­ tells you how many pictures you have taken on the film. The frame counter returns to its start position when you remove the Pull the film transport lever (19) -at the top right of the camera back fully out to the right and forward. camera back to change the film (see page 24) or as soon as you then press the release (2). Repeat this. If you failed to pull the lever fully forward either time, pull once more. If you have loaded the film and it is advancing correctly, the knob with the rewind crank (8) at the top left of Every film package carries an ASA speed rating (and often DIN). To set the automatic exposure program of the 35 GL for the film speed, turn the dial (23) in the camera base the camera also rotates as you operate the transport lever. So do not obstruct this knob as you wind. When the whole film is exposed, the transport lever no longer swings out A light dot on the rewind crank (8) shows up this movement. fully and the release is blocked. You can advance the film with the front cover open or closed. to the appropriate ASA (or DIN) rating of the film. The unmarked dots between the arrowheads Indicate intermediate speeds, for instance 64 and 80 ASA between 50 and 100 ASA. ASA speed figures are marked In red, DIN figures in green. If you have set too high a film speed, your pictures will be underexposed; too low a speed setting yields overexposed shots. Program automation For all shots without flash set the white arrowhead on the lens mount (12) to A (automatic control). At this A setting the camera automatically selects a correct aperture and shutter speed combination for the subject brightness and film speed. Alternately advance the film and release until: the film track and lies flat against it (arrow in illustration c); and One tooth of the sprocket wheel (at the right below the film gate) engages a perforation hole of the film (circled in illustration c). camera top rotates - watch the light dot. During shooting you can still check that the film is advancing correctly: Whenever you work the film transport lever, the rewind crank with the light dot must rotate, too. However the frame counter automatically resets itself during loading at the latest when you have pushed the film end into the take-up spool and advanced the film and released the shutter before closing the back (see page 22). Periodically clean the front lens element, the outer finder window surfaces and the curved window in front of the CdS cell. Remove any dust with a soft brush, air blower or special lens cleaning tissue - these are obtainable from photo dealers. Immediately remove fingerprints from the front lens; such marks greatly reduce definition. When changing film, check that the back of the lens and the camera interior are also clean and dust-free. After the last exposure (No. 36, 24, 20 or 12 on the frame counter, depending on the film length) you must rewind the film into its cartridge: Unfold the rewind crank end with the light dot (8, in the camera top at the left), press the rewind release button (21, in the recess in the camera base at the right) and let go. Rewind the film by turning the rewind crank clockwise. The film is fully rewound when the crank starts turning more freely. After rewinding remove the camera back and withdraw the cartridge from the camera. If the frame counter (1) does not return to its start position on removing the back, release the shutter once. The matched Minox FC 35 computer flash The Minox FC 35 electronic flash is the smaller of the two computer flashes designed for the Minox 35 cameras. It is 3 x 5. 5 x 7. 5 cm (1. 2 x 2. 2 x 3 in. ) large and weighs 130 g (4. 6 oz). [. . . ] The Minox pocket not so marked are intended for the older EL and GL models and do not fit the Minox 35 GL. tripod includes a cable release indispensable for tripod shots. Do not screw the camera too tightly onto the tripod but tighten instead the large milled plate of the tripod against the camera body. The skylight filter This reduces any blue cast liable to arise in colour slides taken by brilliant blue sky light. In daylight the filter also The 4 x neutral density filter Screw the cable release into the thread next to the release button. absorbs ultraviolet rays that could with any film - impair definition. This reduces the light coming through the lens to one-quarter and is recommended for shots in bright sunlight on high speed film (400 ASA). Type: Minox 35 GL miniature camera. Minox code Nos. : 10. 721 with distance scale in metres 10. 722 with distance scale in feet Picture size: 24 x 36 mm. Film: Standard 35 mm cartridge (No. Lens: 35 mm Minox Color-Minotar f/2. 8, focusing range from infinity to 0. 9 m or 3ft. [. . . ]