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Y o u r f i n e q u a l i t y c o m p a c t M i n o l t a 1 ' l O Z o o m S L R i s t h e w o r l d ' s f i r s t s i n g l e - l ef o r t h e 1 1 0 p o c k e t f o r m a t . l t s 2 5 - S O m m g e n u i n e R o k k o r a l s c .m a k e s i t t h e fc a m e r a w i t h t h e c o n v e n i e n c e o f a 2 X t r u e - z o o m l e n s . A n d i t h a s b u i l t - i n r n a c r o c af o r e x c i t i n g c l o s e - u p f o c u s i n g . S i m p l y d r o p i n a 1 1 O f i l m c a r t r i d g e ; n o n e e d t o s e t f i l mT h e n yo u s e l e c t t h e a p e r t u r e , a n d t h e 1 1 O Z o o m 's e l e c t r o n i c e x p o s u r e - c o n t r o la u t o m a t i c a l l y v a r i e s t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d s t e p l e s s l y f r o m ' l/ 1 O O O t o t e n f u l l s e c op i n p o i n t e x p o s u r e o v e r a w i d e r a n g e . An d y o u c a n a d j u s t e x p o s u r e u p t o t w o s t o p su n d e r t h e a u t o s e t t i n g i f y o u w i s h . T h e c l e a r p a r a l l a x - f r e e S L R v i e w f i n d e r h a s a m i cf o c u s i n g s p o t , a n d L E D ' s v i s i b l e w h i l e v i e w i n g c o m e o n t o w a r n y o u w h e n l i g h t i s t o oor shu t te r speed is s low ' , p lus g iv ing o ther impor tan t shoo t ing in fo rmat ion . A short h u m b l e v e r a d v a n c e s f i l m q u i c k l y . A c o n v e n i e n t h o t s h o e ' a n d 1 / 1 5 O - s e c . , X , , s e t t i ne l e c t r o n i c - f a s h p i c t u r e s e a s y ; t h i s a n d t h e b u l b s e t t i n g o p e r a t e w i t h o u t b a t t e r y p o w e rB e f o r e u s i n g t h i s c a m e r a f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , p l e a s e r e a d t h i s m a n u a l t h r o u g h cw h i l e i n s t a l l i n g t h e b a t t e r i e s a n d h a n d l i n g a n d a c q u a i n t i n g y o u r s e l f w i t h t h e p af e a t u r e s o f y o u r M i n o l t a 1 1 0 Z o o m SL R . I n t h i s w a y , y o u c a n t a k e g o o d p i c t u r e s a nt o r e a l i z e i t s p o t e n t i a l r i g h t f r o m t h e s t a r t .


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I coNTENTSINAMES OF PARTS

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L O A D I N G A N D A D V A N C I N G F I L M . . 8 O p T 1 O N A LA C C E S S O R T E SS U p p O R T t N GT H E C A M E R A . . . . . . . 1 0 A u t o E l e c t r o f t a s h5 . . . 2 9v,EWFTNDER. . . . . . . . .11 U;Hi :1 j [ :n" ; ; ; ;L ; ; ; . ' . . . . . . . . i3z o o M l N G . . . . 1 2 T E c H N t c A L T N F o R M A T T o N . . . . . . 3 1F O C U S T N G . . . . . . . 1 3S H U T T E R . R E L E A S E W I T C H . . . . . . . 1 5F L E X I E L E E N SH O O D . . . . . . 1 5T A K I N G P I C T U R E SU s u a l a u t o m a t i c o p e r a t i o n . . . . 1 6

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B A T T E R I E SY o u r M i n o l t a 1 1 0 Z o o m ' s a u t o m a t i cex posu re -con t ro I sys tem and v iew f ind er s ig -n a l s a r e p o w e r e d b y t w o 1 . S - v o l t s i l v e r -o x i d e b a t t e r i e s E v e r e a d y S - 7 6 , U C , A R S - 7 6 ,

o r e q u i va le n t . Be ca r e f u I n o t t o u se 1 3 S-v o l t m e r c u r y b a t t e r i e s , w h i c h a r e a v a i l a b l ei n a s i m i l a r s h a p e .T o in s t a l l1 . S l i d e t h e b a t t e r y - ch a m b e r co ve r t o w a r dt he b o t t o m o f t h e ca m e r a t o u n la t ch i t .T h e n s w i n g t h e c o v e r o p e n o n i t s h i n g e sb y l i f t i n g t h e l o w e r e d g e u p a n d o u t .2 . I n s e r t t w o o f t h e s p e c i f e d b a t t e r i e s w i t hp l u s ( + ) a n d m i n u s ( - ) e n d s p o s i t i o n e da s i n d i c a t e d i n s i d e t h e c o v e r .3 . C lo se t h e co ve r a n d l a t ch i t b y d e p r e ss -i n g t h e b o t t o m e d g e s l i g h t l y a n d s l i d i n gi t t o w a r d t h e t o p o f t h e c a m e r a u n t i lsecure .


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To checkW h i l e l o o k i n g i n t o t h e f i n d e r e y e p i e c e ,d e p r e ss t h e b a t t e r y - ch e ck b u t t o n . l f t h e r e d

t r i a n g le t o t h e u p p e r r i g h t o u t s i d e t h e f i n d e rf r a m e l i g h t s ( se e p . 1 1 ) , b a t t e r i e s a r e se r v i ce -a b le ; i f n o t , t h e y sh o u ld b e r e p la ce d w i t hf resh ones.T e s t b a t t e r i e s im m e d ia t e l y a f t e r i n s t a l l -i n g t h e m ; i f t h e l a m p d o e s n o t l i g h t , m a k esu r e t h a t t h e y a r e f r e sh a n d h a ve b e e nin se r t e d co r r e c t l y . A se t o f b a t t e r i e s w i l lg e n e r a l l y l a s t f o r a b o u t o n e ye a r i n p r o p e rn o r m a l u se , b u t i t i s r e co m m e n d e d t o t e s tt h e m b r i e f l y w i t h e a c h n e w r o l l o f f i t mp a r t i c u l a r l y b e f o r e s t a r t i n g p i c t u r e - t a k i n gsess io s o r t r ips . N O T Eo T o a vo id t h e p o ss ib l l i t y o f e xce ss i veb a t t e r y d r a in f r o m t h e f i n d e r i n d i ca t o rl a m p s , ke e p t h e sh u t t e r r e le a se lo cke d(p . t 5 ) w h e n n o t t a k in g p i c t u r e s .o l f t h e ca m e r a i s no t t o b e u se d f o r r n o r ethan two weeks, i t i s adv isab le to removet h e b a t t e r i e s t o a vo id t h e p o ss ib i l i t y o fc o r r o s t on .


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Low-vo l tage v ra rn ingY o u r M i n o l t a 1 1 0 Z o o m S L R i s e q u i p -p e d w i t h a d e v i c e t o w a r n y o u t o m i n i m i z ew a s t e d f i l m i f b a t t e r y v o l t a g e b e c o m e si n s u f f i c i e n t f o r p r o p e r e x p o s u r e w h i l e t h eshu t te r - se t t ing se lec to r i s a t "A" (au tomat -i c ) : l f t h e s h u t t e r i s r e l e a s e d w h e n v o l t a g ei s t o o l o w , t h e b u i l t - i n e y e p i e c e s h u t t e r w i l lr e m a i n c l o s e d t o p r e v e n t v i e w i n g .

S h o u l d t h i s h a p p e n , d e p r e s s t h e r e l e a s ea n d t u r n t h e s e l e c t o r t o " X " a t o n c e t or e t u r n t h e m i r r o r . T h e n i n s e r t f r e s h b a t t e r i e sa n d r e t u r n t h e s e l e c t o r t o " A " t o c o n t i n u es h o o t i n g w i t h a u t o m a t i c e x p o s u r e c o n t r o l .( T h e f r a m e i n t a k i n g p o s i t i o n w h e n t h ee y e p i e c e s h u t t e r c l o s e s w i l l b e t o s t , ) y o uc a n c o n t l n u e t o m a k e e x p o s u r e s u s i n g m a n -u a l e x p o s u r e c o n t r o l a t t h e m e c h a n i c a l " X "o r " 8 " s e t t i n g s ( p . 2 0 ) e v e n i f b a t t e r y p o w e ri s i n s u f f i c i e n t o r c o m p l e t e l y l a c k i n g .

NO- i ' I. Shu t te r may opera te and eyep ieceter open even when the ba t te ry ' i n d i c a t o r d o e s n o t l i g h t . b u t t h e pw i l l b e m o r e o r l e s so v e r e x p o s e d .o l f t h e b a t t e r i e s a r e u n s e r v i c e a b l e a na r e t a k i n g p i c t u r e s w i t h " X " s e t t is u r e t o r e m o v e t h e b a t t e r i e s f r o mc h a m b e r .


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Cold-weather operat ionBat te r ies by na tu re tend to decrease incapac i t y as the tempera tu re goes down.Though the s i lve r -ox ide ba t te r ies used in the1 1 O Z o o m a r e s u p e r i o r t o m o s t o t h e r s i nth is respect , i t a lso happens w i th them.l f o ld , ba t te r ies are used a t tempera tu resb e l o w O " c ( 3 2 " F ) , t h e c a m s r a , s e l e c t r o n i copera t ion may not be sa t is fac to ry . youshou ld thus rep lace o lder ba t te r ies w i thf r e s h o n e s b e f o r e u s i n g y o u r 1 1 O Z o o m i nco ld weather and car ry spare f resh ba t te r iesw i t h y o u d u r i n g s u c h u s e .

N O T Eo SparE f resh ba t te r ies shou ld be keprw a r m u n t i l u s e .a Batter ies whose temperature has de-creased because o f low tempera tu res w i l lo f c o u r s e b e c o m e s e r v i c e a b l ea g a i n w h e nb r o u g h t t o l e v e l s o r n o r m a l l i v i n g .

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1 . Wh i l e d e p r e ss in g t h e b a ck - co ve r r e le a set o w a r d t h e f i n d e r e ye p ie ce t o u n la t ch i t ,o p e n t h e c a m e r a b a c k .

I n se r t t h e f i lm ca r t r i d g e in t o t ha s sho w n .C l o s e t h e c o v e r a n d p u s h i n o n ii t sh u t .

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4. Opera te the f i lm-advance lever repea ted_l y w i t h y o u r t h u m b u n t i l i t t o c k s ( a b o u tt h r e e f u l l s t r o ke s ) . A se r i e s o f 1 , s sh o u ldt h e n be v i s i b l e t o t h e r i g h t i n t h e f i lm -d a t a w in d o w t o i n d i ca t e t h a t f i lm i s i npos i t ion fo r the f i r s t exposure .

Ea ch su cce e d in g f r a m e i s p o s i t i o n e d f o re xp o su r e b y o p e r a t i n g t h e f i lm _ a d va n cele ve r o n e f u l l s t r o ke u n t i l i t l o cks , a n d t h eshu t te r re lease canno t be depressed un t i lt h i s i s d o n e .N O T E

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Fo r b e s t r e su l t s , e sp e c ia l l y a t l o ws p e e d s w h e n t h e y e l l o w i n d i c a t ov i e w f i n d e r ( p . t t ) i s l i g h t e d , t h es h o u l d b e p l a c e d o n a t r i p o d o ra g a in s t so m e o t h e r f i r m su p p o r t asu r e s m a d e w i t h a ca b le r e le a se .c A U l - t o N

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!'./ IyuF {lUDi l ftL o o k i n g t h r o u g h t h e f i n d e r o f y o u r 1 1 OZ o o m , y o u ca n se e t h e b la ck f r a m e w i t h acentral microprism focusing spbt & Whenthe shu t te r re lease is depressed s l igh t ly , ared tr iangle @ to the upper r ight outs idet h e f r a m e l i g h t s p o in t i n g t h e w a y t o t u r nthe aper tu re se lec to r for ad jus tment i f theau to shu t te r speed is over range (more than1 / 1 O A A s e c . ) O r w h e n " X " O r . ' B ' , i s s e t(p . 2O) ; i t a lso serves as a ba t te ry -checkindicat ion. (see p. S) A yel low tr iangle $ tothe lower ' r igh t ou ts ide the f rami t ign tsw h e n t h e sh u t t e r r e le a se f d e p r e sse d s l i g h t l y

t o p o in t t h e d i r e c t i o n o f a p e r t u r e a d ju s t _ment when the au to shu t te r speed is s low(under 1 /SO sec. ; i t a tso l igh ts a t the mo_ment the shutter is released i f batter ies areserv iceab le .


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1 7. I t the red t riang le a t upper r ighto u t s i d e t h e f i n d e r f r a m e ( p . 1 1 ) l i g h t so n a ut o m a t i c m o d e , a s h u t t e r s p e e da b o v e t h e u p p e r r a n g e l i m i t ( 1 / 1 O O Os e c . ) i s i n d i c a t e d . a n d t h e a p e r t u r es e l e c t o r s h o u l d b e t u r n e d i n t h e d i -r e c t i o n p o i n t e d b y t h e t r i a n g l e ( i . e . ,l e f t ) t o s e t a s m a l l e r l e n s o p e n i n g( h i g h e r f - n u m b e r ) u n t i l t h e r e d a r r o wdoes no t come on when the re lease isdepressed . (The same red t r iang le a lsol igh ts when the re lease is depresseds l gh t ly i f the shu t te r - se t t ing se lec to ri s s e t a t e i t h e r " X " o r " B " s e t t i n ge x p l a i n e d l a t e r .l f t h e y e l l o w t r i a n g l e a t t h e l o w e rr i g h t o u t s i d e t h e f i n d e r f r a m e ( p . 1 1l igh ts when the shu t te r re lease isdepressed s l gh t ly , a s low speed( b e l o w 1 / 5 0 s e c . i s i n d c a te d , a n dt h e a p e r t u r e s e l e c t o r s h o u l d b e t u r n .e d i n t h e d i r e c t i o n p o i n t e d t o ( i . e . ;r i g h t ) t o s e t a l a r g e r l e n s o p e n i n g

( s m a l l e r f - n u m b e r ) u n t i l t h e y e l l o wa r r o w d o e s n o t c o m e o n w h e n t h ere lease is depressed i f the camera is tobe hand-he ld f o r exposu re . Other -w i se , t h e ca m e r a s h o u l d b e p l a c e d o na t r ipod or b raced aga ins t some other' f i r m s u p p o r t a n d t h e e x p o s u r e m a d ewi th a cab le re lease screwed in to thes o c k e t p r o v i d e d .

N O T ESince the shu t te r w l l l c lose when the

s h u t t e r b u t t o n o r c a b l e - r e l e a s e p l u n g e r i sr e l e a s e d w h e t h e r t h e a u t o e x p o s u r e t i m e h a sb e e n c o m p l e t e d o r n o t , i t i s e s s e n t i a l t h a tthe bu t ton or p lunger be kep t depressedu n t i l y o u a r e s u r e t h at e x p o s u r e i s c o m p l e t e( a s i n d i c a t e d b y m i r r o r r e t u r n f o r v i e w i n ga n d t h e s o u n d o f t h e s h u t t e r c l o s i n g ) .


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r e le a se i t f r o m t h e " O" p o s i t i o n a n d s l i d e i tt o l e f t o r r i g h t u n t i l t h e d e s i r e d n u m b e rappears in the ad jus tment - fac to r w indow.T h e n u m b e r s i n d i ca t e t h e a m o u n t o f a d ju s t -m e n t i n s t o p s o r E V s t e p s ( e . 9 . , - 1 " i s o n estop less or ha l f the exposure , and " -2 "p roduces two stops less or one quar te r then o r r n a l e xp o su r e ) . I n t e r m e d ia t e va lu e s ca n -Without adiustment

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n e ce ssa r y n ca se sw h e r e t h e m o s t a m p o r t a n tsu b je c t a r e a i s co n s id e r a b l y d a r ke r t h a n t h ea r e as u r r o u n d i n g i t o r a b r i g h t a r e a o r l i g h ti s i n t h e p i c t u r e . E x a m p l e s o f p i c t u r e s t h a tma 'Y-. : .e . '+ ft f r om a p lus se t t ing a re back-l i g h t e d o n e s w i t h n o f i l l - i n o r su b je c t sa g a in s ta b a ckg r o u n d o f sn o w o r l i g h t - co lo r -e d sa n d , p r e d o m in a n t l y l i g h t - co lo r e d p o s t -ers,etc.

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p i c t u r e . E x a m p l e s m i g h t i n c l u d e s u b j e c t s i na s p o t l i g h t o r s h a f t o f s u n l i g h t o r a g a i n s t av e r y d a r k b a c k g r o u n d ( u n l e s s t h e b a c k -g r o u n d o c c u p i e s o n l y a s m a l l p a r t o f t h ei m a g e a r e a ) , p r e d o m i n a n t l y d a r k c o p ymat te r , e tc .C A U T I O N

Be su r e t o r e se t t h e e xp o su r e - a d ju s t m e n tco n t r o l t o " O" w h e n m g r e o r l e ss t h a nn o r m a l e x p o s u r e i s n o l o n g e r d e s i r e d .

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2 Q " X" a n d " 8 " sg t t i n g sBoth o f these shu t te r se t t ings are mechan-i c a l l y c o n t r o l l e d . W i t h e i t h e r t ' X ' , o r ' . 8 ' ,a l i g n e d w i t h t h e in d e x , t h e n , Vo u ca n v i e w ,

m a ke e xp o su r e s , a n d a d va n ce f i lm e ve nt h o u g h b a t t e r i e s a r e u n se r v i ce a b le o r co m -p l e t e l y l a c k i n g . T h e u p p e r r e d t r i a n g l e a t t h er i g h t o u t s i d e t h e f i n d e r f r a m e ( p . 1 1 ) w i t tcome on when the shu t te r re lease is depress-

e d s l i g h t l y w h e n t h e se le c t o r i s se" 8 " i n d i c a t i n g t h a t t h e b u i l t - i n e xp o su r e - co n t r o l sys t e m ca n n o ta n d t h e a p e r t u r e m u s t b e se le c t ep r i a t e e xp o su r e a s d e t e r m in e d b y means.


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Turn ing the sh u t te r - se t t ing se lec to r to1 , a f i g n " X " w i t h t h e i n d e x ( w h i l e d e p r e ss in gt h e se le c t o r r e l e a se ) p r o v id e s a f i xe d sh u t t e rsp e e do f 1 / 1 5 O se c . f o r f u l l y syn ch r o n i ze de xp o su r e w i t h e le c t r o n i c f l a sh ( se e p . 2 3 1g a n d / o r e x i s t i n g co n t i n u o u s l i g h t .

T u r n i n g t h e sh u t t e r - se t t i n g se le c t o r t oa l i g n " 8 " w i t h t h e i n d e x ( w h i l e d e p r e s s i n gthe se lec to r re lease) se ts the camera fo rm a k in g " b u lb " e xp o su r e s . T h a t i s , t h e sh u t -t e r w i l l o p e n w h e n t h e sh u t t e r r e l e a se o rca b le - r e le a se p lu n g e r i s p u sh e d a nd r e m a ino p e n u n t i l i t i s r e l e a se d

N O T El f t h e r e d t r i a n g le d o e s n o t co m e o nw h e n sh u t t e r r e l e a se s p u sh e d s l i g h t l y a t t h e

" X " o r " 8 " se t t i n g , t h e b a t t e r i e s a re n o tse r v i ce a b le ; r e m o ve t h e b a t t e r i e s f r o m t h ec h a m b e r a n d g o o n s h o o t i n g w i t h " X . "


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Af t e r t a k in g t h e la s t p i c t u r e in a ca r -t r idge , opera te the f i lm advance repea ted lyu n t i l i t l o cks ( a b o u t t w o f u l l s t r o ke s ) , b u td o n o t f o r ce i t a n y f a r t h e r , ( Yo u w i l l s t i l l b eab fe to see back ing paper in the w indow. )Then open the back cover and remove thecar t r idge .N O T E

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FLASH Ph{OTOG APHYY o u r M i n o l t a 1 1 O Z o o m i s c i r c u i t e d f o r" X " . fl a s h s y n c h r o n i z a t i o n o n l y t h r o u g h t h eco n ve n ie n t h o t sh o e . l t i s i n t e n d e d f o r u s ew i t h co r d le ss e le c t r o n i c f l a sh u n d e r r e la t i ve -

l y d a r k c o n d i t i o n s ; w h i l e f i l l - i n f l a s h m a y b ep o ss ib le u n d e r ce r t a i n co n d i t i o n s , u s in g i t i sn o t g e n e r a l l y r e co m m e n d e d . D o n o t u seb u lb - f l a sh u n i t s o f a n y k i n d . T o t a ke f l a shp i c t u r e s w i t h y o u r 1 1O Z o o m :1 . Pu sh t h e r e le a se a n d t u r n t h e sh u t t e r - se t -t i n g s e l e c t o r u n t i l " X " c l i c k s i n t o p l a c eo p p o s i t e t h e i n d e x .2 . S l i d e a su i t a b le co r d le ss e le c t r o n i c o ra u t o f l a sh u n i t a l l t h e w a y in t o t h e h o tsh o e . Th e sp e c ia l d e s ig n o f t h e M in o l t aA u t o E l e c t r o f l a s h 2 5 ( p . 2 9 ) m a k e s i ti d e a l f o r us e w i t h t h i s ca m e r a . a n d i t ca na l so b e u se d o n m a n y o t h e r s .

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24 3. Set the required f-number by means ofthe aper tu re se lec to r accord ing to theins t ruc t ions fo r the f lash un i t in use .4 . F o l l o w t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r t h e f l a s h u n i t

in use and focus , compose , and squeezethe shu t te r re lease a l l the way down tof i r e the f lash and make the exposure .N O T Eo Be sure that the shutter-sett ing selector

i s s e t a t " X " w h e n e v e r t h e c a m e r a i sused f o r f lash p ic tu res .a F o r o p t i m u m r a n g e w h e n u s i n g A u t oE l e c t r o f l a s h 2 5 i n a u t o ma t i c m o d e , t h el e n s a p e r t u r e s h o u l d b e s e t a s f o l l o w s :t / 4 . 5 t a r c o l o r n e g a t i v e o f AS A 8 O a n dc o l o r r e v e r s a l o f A S A 6 4 , f / 5 . 6 f o r b l a c ka n d w h i t e o f A S A 1 2 5 , r / 1 1 f o r c o l o rnga t ive of ASA 4OO.


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CLfi Si:-U[] fiF-ll-[]fi ft API-"{l n a d d i t i o n t o i t s n o r m a l f o c u s i n g r a n g e ,t h e 1 1 O Z o o m ' s b u i l t - i n c l o s e - u p c a p a b i t i t ye n a b le s f o cu s in g o b je c t s b e t w e e n 2 8 . G a n d3 0 . 7 cm ( 1 1 - 1 4 a n d 1 2 - 1 8 in . ) f ro m t h ef i lm . Th e su b je c t f i e l d t a ke n in a t t h i sd i s t a n ce r a n g e a ve r a g e sa b o u t 1 1 . 3 x 1 4 . 9 cm( 4 - 1 / 2 x 5 - 7 / 8 in . ) f o r su b je c t im a g e s t h a tb e co m e n e a r l y l i f e s i ze in u su a l e n a r g e dp r i n t s . T h e se ca n b e f o r m s t r i k i n g o r u se fu lv i e w s o f m a n y sm a l l o b je c t s f r o m f l o w e r s t op a m p h le t s . T o m a ke c lo se - u p s :1 . W i t h t h e zo o m r in g t u r n e d so t h a t " Z S"i s a l i g n e d w i t h t h e w h i t e i n d e x a n d t h eo r a n g e a r r o w is l i n e d u p w i t h o r a n g eo n e , d e p r e ss t h e zo o m r in g s l i g h t l y

t o w a r d t h e ca m e r a b o d y a n d t u r n i t sot h a t t h e a r r o w i s l i n e d u p w i t h t h e w h i t ei n d e x a n d t h e o r a n g e " M " i s o p p o s i t et h e o r a n g e o n e .

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2.6 P r o c e e d a s u n d e r u s u a l a u t o e x p o s u r e( p p . 1 6 - 1 7 ) . B e c a u s e o f t h e e x t r e m e l ys h a l l o w d e p t h o f f i e l d a t s u c h c l o s e - u ps t t ings , i t i s adv isab le to use as sma l l al e n s o p e n i n g ( t h a t i s , a s l a r g e a n f -number ) as poss ib le and to focus w i thc a r e . W h i l e c l o s e - u p f o c u s i n g c a n b ed o n e i n t h e s a m w a y a s n o r m a l ( p . 1 3 ) ,because o f the re la t ive ly shor t range o fa d j u s t m e n t p o s s i b l e w i t h t h e f o c u s i n gc o l l a r a t t h e d i s t a n c e i n v o l v e d , i t m a y b eeas ie r and more prac t ica l ins tead to movethe camera or sub jec t neare r o r fa r therun t i l t he sub jec t image appears c leares ti n t h e m i c r o p r i s m s p o t . W i t h c l o s e - u p s ,as h igh a shu t te r speed as poss ib le shou ldg e n e r a l l y b e u s e d ; f o r h a n d - h e l d s h o t s , i tde f in i te ly shou ld no t be be low 1/5O sec.( i . e . , f i n d e r y e l l o w t r i a n g l e s h o u l d n o t b 6o n ) . T h e s h u t t e r s h o u l d b e r e l e a s e dw i t hex t reme care , and use o f a t r ipod andcab le re lease is recommended fo r bes tresu lts.

N O T EIt th sub jec t is too darkv isua l ly , i t may be loca ted a t thfor p roper focus by measur ing f ron the body where the back co( w h i c h r e p r e s e n t s h e f i l m p l a n e )

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these must never be dropped directly onthe glass surface.O t h e r e x t e r n a l p a r t s o f t h e c a m e r a m a yb e w i p e d w i t h a s i l i c o n e - t r e a t e d c l o t h .A l c o h o l o r o t h e r c h e m i c a l s o r s o l v e n t ss h o u l d n e v e r b e a l l o w e d t g c o n t a c t i t .a n d n o p a r t s h o u l d e v e r b e l u b r i c a t e d .T h e e l e c t r i c - e \ r e l e n s a n d t h e i n s i d e o ft h e c a m e r a m a y b e c l e a n e d b y h o l d i n gt h e c a m e r a a t a n a n g l e s o t h a t d u s t w i l lf a l l o u t a n d t h e n w h i s k i n g t h e s u r f a c e sw i t h a b e l l o w s l e n s b r u s h .Wh e n t h e c a m e r a i s n 6 t t o b e u s e d f o rmore than two weeks , be sure to removet h e b a t t e r i e s t o a v o i d t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o fc o r r o s i o n .Ke e p y o u r ca m e r a i n a c o o l , d r y p l a c ea w a y f r o m d u s t o r c h e m i c a l s . P l a c i n g i ti n t h e o p t i o n a l s o f t c a s e m a y h e l p t opro tec t i t .l f t he camera is to be s to red fo r anex tended per iod , i t wou ld be best tor e t u r n i t t o i t s o r i g i n a l p a c k i n g a n d s e a li t i n a n a i r t i g h t c o n t a i n e r ( s u c h a s ah e a v y o r d o u b l e p l a s t i c b a g ) a l o n g w i t h as m a l l b a g o f a d r y i n g a g e n t ( s u c h a s s i l i c ag e t ) .

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