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I Cotch

for

comero bock

2

Shutter

releose

3 Coble

re leose connect ion

4 Exposure

meter

window

5 Accessory

shoe

6

Viewfinder

eyepiece

7

Locking button

8 Rewinding

knob

9 Diophrogm set t ing r ing

l0 Button for

sett ing the

fi lm

speed

ll Depth-of-f ield scole

12 Focusing r ing

13 Deloyed oct ion lever

A L P H A B E T I C A L L I S T

Poge

Accessories 32-33

Aper tures l0

Deloyed oct ion re leose

22

Depth of f ield n-21

Depth-of-f ield toble 30-31

Double

exposure

prevent ion 6

Exposure 18-19

Exposuremeter reodings I -13

Fi l rn

counter

4

F i l m

s p e e d 3

Film

tips 22'23

Fi lm l ronspor t 5

Fi lm

type

indicotor 2

Fi l ters n

O F C O N T E N T S

Floshsynchronizot ion

H o l d i ng t he com er o

Looding the comero

Photogrophic h ints

Rongef inder

Rewinding he f i lm

Shut ter speedsond

o

pertu

es

Snopshot set t ing

Toble of c omporot ive

fi lm speeds

Toking photogrophs

Time exposures

U n l ood i ng

t he com er o

Poge

. 16-\7

l8-19

24-25

27

8-9

26

10-r4

21

29

19

l 5

. 2 6



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ri

lt

ll

i

I

A T

L A S T

Y O U

H A V E

R E A L I Z E D

Y O U R

A M B I T I O N

by

becoming

the

owner

of o

new

precision minioture

cqmero,

the Agfo

Super

Silette

LK. You

ore to

be

congrotuloted

on

your

choice

ond we wish

you mony

hoppy

hours of

reloxotion

with

your

comero.

Your Agfo

Super

Silette

LK offers

you

the

fol lowing

speciol

odvonfoges:

A

coupled

rongefinder,

bright-l ine

viewfinder,

bui l t- in

exposure

meter free

from

scoles,

oupled

shutter

speeds

ond

diophrogm,

ond

o high-speed

colour-corrected

onostigmotic

ens

of

moximum

definit ion.

We

know

thot

you ore eoger

to

leorn

more

obout

this

fine comero,

ond

so we

suggest

hot

you

reod

through

this l i t t le

booklet

ond

fomil iqrize

yourself with

your

Super

Silette

LK.

Your

photogrophic deoler

moy

hove

helped

you

to

"lood"

the

first

f i lm

in

the

comerq.

Fi lms

or 35

mm.

min io ture

comeros

ore

wound

on

o

spool enc losed

n

o

light-t ight

cossette

qnd

contoin

either 35

or

20 exposures,

he

octuol

size

of

the

p ic ture

being

24x%

mm.

There

s

q

wide

select ion

f d i f ferent types

of

f i lms

ovoiloble,

ond

further

detqi ls of

these

ore

given

on

pqges

22123.lf

you

hove

noi

been

shown

how

to lood

the

cqmero,

instructions

ore contoined on poges 24125.



6/37

F I L M T Y P E

I N D I C A T O R

The

Super

Si le t te

LK

is

prov ided

wi th

o f i lm type

indicotor

so tho t

you

olwoys know whot f i lm is

in

the

comero.

t shouldbe

set when

insert ing

he f i lm.

To

do th is ,

push

he

smol l

but ton in the

di rect ionof

t he o r row

(s ee

l l us t r o t i on )

nd t he r ew i nd i ngknob

w i l l

ou tom o t i c o l l y

p r i ng upw o rds . N ow

pu l l

ou t

t h i s k nob

os f o r os

i t w i l l

go

ond

g ros p

the d i s k

between

humb ond foref in ger

see

l lus t ro t ion) . he

disk

con then be

set wi th

the

fore f ingerby

i ts mi l led

edge pro t rud ing ot the bot tom unt i l the des i red

symbol oppeors

n the window. The d isk

s ro to tob le

in both

d i rec t ions .

l f ,

fo r exomple ,you

ore lood ing

o

blqck

ond

whi te

f i lm ,

t he b l oc k ond

w h i t e m o rk i ngs

s hou l d

be s e t

i n

t he i nd i c o to r

w indow

(s ee

l l us t r o t i on ) .




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When us ing o

nego l ive co lour

f i lm,

set

the

fo l l ow ing

l e t t e r i ng :

C N

:

nego t i ve co l ou r f i l m

f o r do y l i gh t ond

o r t i f i c i o l l i gh t

( e .g .

A g f oco l o r C N

l 7 ) .

For colour reversol f i lm (from which colour

t ronsporenc ies re obto ined)

wo set t ings

re

p rov i ded :

CT

:

colour

reversol i lm for doy l ight

C K

:

co l ou r r eve r so l i l m

f o r

o r t i f i c i o l

i gh t

F I L M S P E E D

S C A L E

To ens u re

ho t t he

bu i l t - i n

ex pos u re

m e te r

s

od lus ted

to

the speed

of

th"

f i lm

in the

comero

t is

necessory

o set

the

oppropr io te

f igure on

the shut te r

before

mok ing

the

exposure .

Between

the shut te r

speed

scole

ond

the

ope r t u re

r i ng

y ou

w i l l

s ee

o s m o l l

bu t t on

-

shown

i n - t he

i l l u s t r o t i on

nde rneo th

he

photosropher 's humb (wi th orrow). Th is but -

ion is -depressed

ond

the

other

hond used

to tu rn

the shut te r

speed

set t ing

r ing unt i l

t he

red

t r i ongu l o r

m o rk

i s

i n l i ne

w i t h

the

opp rop r i o t e

D IN /ASA

num ber .

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8/37

F I L M

C O U N T E R

Af ter lood ing

the comero, the f i lm

c oun te r

unde rneo thhe c om ero

s hou l d

be

set

to the

s tor t ing

pos i t ion .

To

do t h i s , u rn t he

m i l l ed r i ng i n t he

di rect ion

of the orrow

(see

l lust rot ion)

so tho t

the f i xed

mork

is opposi te the

green

t r iong le .

When us ing

o cosset te

w i th

36 exposures

his is done

by

set-

t ing

the

scole

o

the

green

r iongle

between36 ond 1 , for f i lms

wi th

20

exposures

the

green

r iong le

between

25 ond 20.

The comero

s

reody fo r

the f i rs t

exposure

of ter t ronsport in g

he f i lm to

br ing th is number

( i .

e . 36 or

20)

opposi te he f ixed

set t ing

mork

(see

l lust rot ion) .

he f i lm counter

nd ico tes he number

of

exposures

you

sti l l hqve left

on the f i lm.

Three

opero t ions ore there fore necessory

when

lood ing your

comero before

tok i ng

he f i r s t

pho tog roph :

Set the

f i lm

type indicator ,

D INIASA

number and

f i lm

counter at

once,

before

you

forget



9/37

F I L M

T R A N S P O R T

When

l ood i ng

he

c om ero

he

s to r t

o f

t he

f i l m i s w os ted

by ex pos u re

o

l i gh t

ond s o

y ou m us t i r s t

m ok e

two

b l onk

ex pos ues .

The rop i d

t r ons po r t ev e r

moves the

f i l m on one

f rom e eoc h

t i m e i t i s op -

e ro ted . P l oc e

y ou r

t hum b

beh i nd

h is

l ev e r ond s w i v e l

i t r ound os

fo r os

pos s i b l e .

f t he

l ev e r

i s b l oc k ed

you

w i l l hov e t o

p res s

he s hu t t e r

e leose

f i r s i .You

s hou l d

epeo t h i s ope ro t i on

o f f i l m t r ons po r tond s hu t t e r e leose

twice

ot ihe s tor t o f every

new f i lm

before

the

comero

s

reody

for

use.

l f

y ou

i nodv e r t en t l y e l eos e he rop i d

t r ons po r t ev e r

on l y ho l f

w oy round

y ou

m us t t ok e ho l d

o f

i t ogo i n ond

p u s h

t r i g h t

r o u n d .

C ou t i on

T he r ew i nd i ng knob t u r ns os i he f i l r n

i s t r onsoo r t ed

ond shou l d

t he r e f o r e no t be

h i n d e r e d

r r o n v

w o y .



10/37

Your comerq's reqdiness

or

inslqnl

qclion

is lorgely increosed

by

fhis ropid trons-

port

lever; this

is o reol odvontoge

when

toking

o

series of

pictures.

Very

often

spli t-second iming

is needed to copture o tense or

comicql situotion with

the

cqmero.

l f

you

line up

horizontol

subiects

n the viewfinder

with

your

right eye

you need not even lower fhe comero to tronsport the f i lm. You iust move the

lever

with

your

right

thumb ond ore olwoys

"in

the

picture".

D O U B L E

A N D , B L A N K

E X P O S U R E

P R E V E N T I O N

Noturol ly

your

Super

Silette

LK

is

fi t ted with

double ond blonk exposure

preven-

t ion

which

ovoids two exposureson

one

negotive

or

pressing

he shutter

releqse

before

tronsporting he

fi lm.

lf

you

connot

operote the shutter

releose,

herefore,

you hove either not turned the

fi lm on or the

tronsport lever wos

not swung right

round. This otier omissioncon

be

remedied

by

moving the

lever round os for os

it

wil l

go,

without

losing

ony f i lm.

In

cqses

of doubt

do not

press

the shutter

releose,becquse

you m ight lose

o

frqme of

f i lm, but

f irst

try

to operote the ropid

tronsport lever. l f

this

is

blocked,

your

Super

Silette

LK

is

reody for the exposure.

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I

I

I

@

@

@

o

@

@

@

o

@

@

@

@

Sett ing mork for

shut terspeed

ond oper ture.

S hu t te r

speedsshou ld engoge

in

the i r c l i ck

stops di rect ly opposi te the t r iongle.

Aperture set t ing r ing coupled to exposure

meter

pointer

Aperture scole

Shutter speed scole

Fi lm

speed set t ing but ton

Shut ter

speed

set t ing

r ing

Focusing r ing

Focus ing

sco le

Depth

of f ie ld scole

Fi lm speedscole

n

ASA coupled' o but ton

@

Flosh

contoct

for

f loshgun leod

Focus ingmork

(set

to l0

feet in the i l lust rot ion)


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12/37

T H E R A N G E F I N D E R

Focus ing

s very

s imple w i th the

o id o f the

bu i l t - in ,

coup led rongef inder .

Through the

v iewf inder

eyepiece

of

the bock of the com-

ero you wi l l see thot the ent i re ie ld o f v iew

is

c o l ou red s l i gh t l y

ond hos o d i om ond -

shoped

por t ion

in the

cent re .

At

f i rs t th is

cent re imoge

wi l l

be

seporo ted

in to

two

hor izonto l l y

d isp loced

out l ines

see

i l lus t ro t ion ,

op

r igh t ) . f you

now

move the

focus ing ing w i th the index or midd le f inger

o f

your le f t

hond you

wi l l f ind tho t

the

out -

l ines

of the doub le

cent re

imoge

converge

( lower

l lus t ro t ion) .When

th is

po in t

i s reoch-

ed, the

ob iec t

i s ou tomot ico l l y

n focus .

You

con

re ly i rp l i c i t l y

on

the

occurocy

o f the

rongef inderwhich tokes the guesswork out

o f focus ing.




13/37

W i t h

t h e

c o m e r - o

h e l d

h o r i z o n t o l l y

t h e

i n r o g e o u t l i n e s

m o v e s i d e w o y s ,

w h e n

l r e l d

u p r i g h t

t h e y

m o v e

v e r t i c o l l y .

A

u s e f u l

i p '

P l o c e

y o u r ' f i n g e r o v e r

t h e

r - i g h t

i e w -

f i n d e r w i n d o w o f

t h e

f r . o n t

o f

t h e

c o m -

e r - o .

Y o u

w i l l f i n d

t h o t

t h e

v i e w f i n d e r

i m o g e

i s

n o l o n g e r - c o l o u r e d

o n d

i s

n ' r o r - e

u i t o b l e

o r ' l i n i n g u p

y o u r s u b -

i e c t .

W h e n y o u

w o n t t o f o c u s

t h e c o m -

e r o

w i t h

t h e

r o n g e f i n d e r

y o u c o n

r e -

n ' l o v e

y o u r

f r n g e r ' ;

b y

t h i s

m e t h o d

t l r e

d o u b l e o u t l i n e s

o r e

m o r e

c l e o r ' l y

v r s i b l e .

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14/37

W H A T

Y O U

N E E D T O K N O W . .

The

preporotory

work

is

over,

the

comerq hos been

focused

with the rongefinder

ond now

you

require the correct exposur e. Lighting condit ions ore subject to

consideroblevoriotions, which

is

why

your

comero is f i t ted

with

different

shutter

speedsond operturesof vorying size.With both these meonsyou con odiust the

cqmerq to suit

the

porticulor

l ight ond subiect. For moving obiects i t is best to

use

o fqst shutter speed

ond o lorge opertu re, for

londscopes

o smoll operture

ond o s lower shut ter

speed.

Only

o l imi tedomount of l ight

shou ld

be

ql lowed

to

reoch he

f i lm-occord ing

to i ts speed-ond so i t is up to

you

to

see

thof the

r ight omount s

obto ined or eoch

photogroph.

This is where the buil l- in exposure meter comes to your ossistonce; t is in-

dependenily coupled

to both, the operture sett ing ring ond t o the

shufter

speed

sett ing r ing. And

now

let us see

how delightful ly eosy

it is

to

obtoin

the

co'rrecf

exposure with

the

Super Silette

LK.

Firstmoke

sure

thot

you hove

set the speed of

the f i lm on the scole,os described

on

poge

3.




15/37

H O W

T O D O I T

l.

Shutter speed

First set

o

shutter

sPeed

suited

to

the port icu lor subiect .For photo-

grophs wi thout

o

t r iPod

on lY

speeds

between

tTro

ond

1/256

ec-

ond

shou ld

be

used.

To do th is ,

turn the

mi l led

r ing

(see

l lust ro-

t ion) unt i l

shut te r

speed

is oPPo-

s i te

the b lock

t r iongu lor

mork .

2. Light

reoding

Poin t

he comero

ot

the

subiect

o

thot

reflected

ight

from it

reoches

the

photoelectr ic

e l l

th rough

the

exposure

meter window.

Coution Do not cover the win-

dow o f the

photoelectr ic

e l l

w i th

your

f inger when meosur ing he

l i s h t .

First set a suitableshutter speedopposite

he

mark by hrrning the

front

mil led ring.

il




16/37

Now

odius t

the

exposure

meter

po i n te r

n i t s w i ndow

( top

o f t he

comero)

o the cent re o f

ihe se t -

t i ng m o rk by

tu rn i ng he ope r t u re

s e t t i ng i ng (s ee l l us t r o t i on ) .

This is then

the

cor rec t exposure

reod i ng ond

g i v es

the

p rope r

oper ture fo r

the shut ie r speed

o r i g i no l l y

s e l ec ted .

Tr t rn the

nper t r r re se t t ing

r i ng

to ce t r t rc

f l te po i r t ta r on the se f i r tg mark .




17/37

Jus t

press

down

the

sh t te r

re leose

os

descr ibed

n

poges

8

ond 19,

ond

you

hove

token your

f i rs t photo .

l f

y ou

o re

unob l e

o c en t re

he

po i n te r

on the m ork h i sm eons ou hov es e t o

shut ter

speed

which is

e i ther

too

fos t

o r t oo

s l ow f o r

t he

l i gh t i ng

ond i t i ons .

In

such

coses

se lec t

onother

shut te r

speed

ond

repeot

the

procedure .

R E D

W A R N I N G

M A R K

O c c os i ono l l y

he

i l l um i no t i on

o f t he

comero lens

is

grasSs-a,.6

ess hon

the

m eos unng

ronge

o f t he

ex pos u re

meter .

n

border l ine

coses

of th is k ind

o

red

worn ing

mork

oppeqrs

over the

po in ter

o f te r

cent r ing

wi th

the oper -

t u re

s e t t i ng

r i ng .

Th i s

i s o

s u re

s ign

thq t

no

reod i ng

i s

pos s i b l e

ond

s o

prevents

ncor rec t l y

exposed

i lm.




18/37

SO

M

E H

I

N

T S

O N

E X P O S U R E

R E A D I N G S

In

londscope

photogrophy

the sky

usuol ly occupies

o lo rge

por t

o f

the

pic ture

ond

is

normol ly l igh ter thon

the remoinder

of

the subiect,

ond so

you shou ld point the comero

qt

the

dorker

ports.

l f the brightness of the

subiect

vories

considerobly

you must

14

decide which

ports

must

be rendered

obsolutely correctly,

o

foct of

greof

importonce with

colour

fi lm. Close'up

reodingsshould then be token of these

more

importonl

porls

of

the subiect

by

opprooching

t

(wotching he

exposure

meter) unti l

the effect

of

brighter

sur-

round ing

qreos

hos

def in i te ly

been

ex-

c luded.

Th is

po in t

i s reoched

when

the

exposure

meter

pointer no

longer

chonges

its

posit ion oppreciobly

on

.further

opprooch

to

the subiect.

The

reod ing thus obto ined is then used or

,q

photogroph from

your

originol

posilion.




19/37

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I

I

With

colour

reversdl films

(e.

g.

Agfo-

color

ReversolF i lm CTlS)

i t

is

qdv is-

ob le

to

toke o reod ing on the

moin

brighfer

ports

of

the subiect.

Subiects

lock ing in controst ( token in fog, dul l

weother

or shode) requ i re longer ex-

posures

ond

it is best to use the

next

lorgest operture

or o cor respond ing ly

longer

shufter

speed.

This

only

opplies

lo colour reversql

i lms

qnd

only

to the

cosesmentioned.

With

negolive

colour f i lms

you

should

olwoys

point

the exposure meter

ot

the moin

dqrker

ports

of the

subiect.

F O R V E R Y P O O R

L I G H T I N G

Somet imeshere is no t enough igh t to

give

on exposure meter reoding

on

ony of the

instontqneous shutter

speeds.

Then

you

use the

"B"

shutter

sett ing for

t ime exposures.

In

such

coses

ploce

the cqmero on o

firm

support,

preferobly

on

q

tr ipod,

otloch o

coble releose

(if possible

with

time lock)

to the

connection

pro-

v ided ond

moke the

exposure . The

shutter

stoys open os

long os

pressure

is exerted

on the coble

releose

button.

In mony

coses ,

or t icu lor ly

w i th

indoor

photogro,phy,

o f loshgun

wil l

be

need-

ed to

supplement he ovoi loble

l igh t

ond for th is your Super S i le tte LK is

p



20/37

prov ided

wi th o

f losh

contoc t . You

mere ly

s l ide

the f loshgun

(such

os the

Agfo

KM

or

Agfo lux

f loshgun)

on to

the occessory

hoe

of the comero

ond ot toch

the

f losh leod

to

the contoc t (see i l lust rot ion) . lwoys use

q

shul lerspeed

oI

r ln

sec .

Of course

you

con-

not

use

the

exposure meter

in these

coses

ond

the opp rop r i o t e

ope r t u re

s hou l d be

tok en f r om t he

od j oc en t ob l e

o r f r om t he

l om p

c o r t on .

I t is odv isoble o

opero te

the

ropid t ronsport

lever before inser t ing

he f losh

bu lb . Then

l ine

up

your

subiect

n the v iewf inder

ond

press

he

shut ter

e leose.

The

shut ter

opensond t he

bu l b i gn i t es

i m u l t oneous l y- t ho t ' s l l t he re s t o

i t

You

con use losh

outdoors oo, fo r b r igh ten ing he fo reground

wi th

photogrophs

tok en

ogo i ns t

he l i gh t ,

o r

w hen

the l i gh t i s s o

poo r

t ho t i n s t on toneous

hu t t e r

s peeds onno tbe

us ed .

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21/37

A P E R T U R E

A B L E

F C R

F L A S H L I G H T

D

s t o

c e

f om

s u

e c t

feet

5

7

t2

t7

C l e o r

b u l b

B l o c k n d

w h i t e i l m

C o l o u r

n e g o t i v e i l m

(cN t 7)

l 7o D I N

:

40 A S A

T y p eo f b u l b

X M l

X M 5

P F 5

F I

f l r

f 8

t 5 6

f 4

f r 6

f l r

f 8

f 5 .6

f/l

I

i l 8

j|5.6

il 1

S hu t t e r

speed

o l w oys

Type

of

bulb

x M l

B

I

x r

s s

PF

n I

PF 197

tl.'1.5

J,lll

ft 8

fr|s.6

s e c .

W i t h o n

e l e c t r o n i c

f l o s h g u n

f o r

b l o c k

o n d

w h i t e o r

d o y l i g h t

c o l o u r

f i l m

y o u

c o n

y s e

o n . y

s . h u t t e r

s p e e d

b e i w e l n

I

: r o

o n d

t

, r ; , ,

s e c . ,

o l t h o u g h

t h e

o p e r t u r e s

s h o u l d

n o t

b e

t o k e n

f r o m t h e o b o v e t o b l e . T h e s e

o r e

c o l c u l o t e d

f r o m

t h e

g u i d e

n u m b e r s

f o r

t h e

f l o s h -

g u n

c o n c e r n e d ,

e .

g .

g u i - d e n u m b e r

9 6 d i v i d e d

b y

o

i l i s t o n c e

o f

' 1 2

f e e t

:

o p e r t u r e

f 8 .

1 7



22/37

H O L D I N G

T H E C A M E R A

Hold the

comerq

s teody to

obto in

shorp

resu l ts .

We

odv ise

you

to toke your

Super

S i l e t t eLK

i n bo th honds

qnd

fo rm

on ong l e

w i t h y ou r o rm s ogo i ns t y ou r body . You r

t hum bs

hou l d i e o l ong

he

boc k

o f

t he

c om -

ero w i th

the fo re f inger

o f

your

r igh t hond

on

the

s hu t t e r

e l eos e .

i ne

up

y ou r

sub iec t

n

the v i ew f i nde r .

v e r y t h i ng

i t h i n

he

l um i nous

f rome

oreo w i l l

oppeqr

on

the

p ic ture .

f

you

cqn see on ly por t o f the f ro f f ie , h is nd ico tes

tho t

you

o re

t i l t i ng he

c om ero

o r

no t

l ook -

ing

through he

cent re

of the

v iewf inder .

As

soon os you

ore so t is f iedwi th

whot

you

see,

p res s

the

s hu t t e r

r e l eos e ; h i s

i s done by

s low ly

p res s i ng

dow n t he re l eos e

knob os

f o r

q s

p o s s i b l e

i t h

y o u r

f i n g e r

i p . F o r

s u b -

iec ts

neorer

thon

7

feet

use the two

shor t

l i nes

see

l l us t r q t i on ,

oge

9 ) os

the

uppe r

i m i t

e r o s l i g h t l y

p w o r d s .

1 8

o f

t he

s ub i ec t ,

nd

t i l t

t he

c qm -



23/37

Give

i t o t r io l

w i th

your very

f i rs t

photo-

g roph :

D on ' t

o rge t

t o

ho l d

the c om ero

eve l

ond

qs

close

o

your

eye

qs

possib le. t

does

not

mot ter

wh ich

eye

you

use

or

v iew ing

he

s ub i ec t ,

he

m o i n

h i ng

s to

c l os e

y ou r

o the r

e y e . T h e n

t o k e

o

d e e p

b r e o t h ,

h o l d

i t ,

o n d

press

he shut te r

e leose.

When

ho l d i ng

he

c om ero

up r i gh t

u rn

i t

t o

the

r igh t

or le f t

os

des i red

ond

opero te

the

shut ter

e leose

e i ther

w i th

your

midd le

inger

o r

t hum b ,

depend i ng

on

the c om ero ' s

pos i t i on .

Pho tog rophs i t hou t

o

t r i pod s hou l d

on l y

be

token wi th shut ter

speeds

of

r / , io

o

r lx ,o

sec. ,

poss ib ly

t l to

sec .

oo.

l f

you

hove

o s teody

hond

you

moy be

ob le

to ovo id

comero

shoke

o f

I

l r : ,

ec .by

suppor t ing

our e lbows

somehoW,

but

you must

t ry

thot ou t

fo r

yourse l f .

t 9



24/37

D E P T H

O F F I E L D

We

olreody

ment ioned

orge

ond

smol l

ens oper tures

on poge

10)

n the choice

of

suitoble

shutter

speed ond

operture

combinotions.

Lorge

oper ture

big

oPening

;:;.

;.t.t:

bur .morl

depth

of f ie ld .

smol l

oper rure

l i t t le

oPening

e . a . ' 1 ,

2 2

:

b u f

g r e o t

depth

of f ie ld .

As

you

wil l see from

this

exomple,

depth

of f ield is voriqble; i t increosesos the

operture

becomes

smoller

ond

the

distqnce

becomes

greoter.

To help you

in

finding

out how

for this

zone

of

shorp focusing

extends,

your

Super

Siletfe

LK hos

whot is known

os

o depth

of f ield

scole

(@,

i l lustrotion

poge

Z).

From

it

you

con

find

the

opproximote

depth

of f ield

for ony

given

lens operture.

l f , for

exomple,

you

focus the

comerq

to o

distonce

of

15

feef

with

on

operture

of f .8, you look for the two numbers morked 8 on the

depth

of f ield

scole ond

reod

off

the ronge

in

feet

between

these

two

poinfs

on the

odiocent

focusing

ring;

in this

cose

t

wil l be obout

10

to

30

ft.

20



25/37

S N A P S H O T

S E T T I N G

l f

t he s hu t t e r

peed

n i t i o l l y

s e l ec t -

ed

g i v es

on

ex pos u re

reod i ng

i n

which

the operture

con

be set

on

the

red

dot be tween

. 8 ond

I I o r

on

f . 11

you con use

the so-col led

snopshot

or

zone

focus ing

set t ing.

For th is

purpose the

l0

feet ond

30

eet

mork ings

ore

engroved

in

red

on

the

focusing

scole.

When

focused on l0 fee t you obto in o

s ho rp

z one

f rom 7

to

17

fee t ; on

30

eet

the

depth

of

f ie ld

is

obout

l7

feet

to

lnf in i ty

(see

l lust rot ion) .

Th is

method is

used

for

c lose-ronge

nd long

dis tonce

photogrophswhere

you

wont

to ovoid focus ing

he comero o t o l l .

Exact

ar t i cu lars

f

the depthof

f ie ld

obta inable

t uar ious

aper tures nd

dis tances

canbe

seen

rom

the

tab le on

pages

30131.

21



26/37

D E L A Y E D

A C T I O N R E L E A S E

Sometimes

ou

wont

to be in the

picture yourself.

Your Super Silette

LK

provides

for this

wish with

its

deloyed oction

releose.First

ploce

the comero

on

q

tripod

or

o ther

f i rm suppor t ond ' then,

o f te r see ing o o l l

the o ther

preporo t ions or the

photogroph, move the red lever (13,see cover poge) os for os possible owords

the

centre of

the comerq.As soo n os

you press

he

shutter

releose

he smoll

lever

storts o

move ond operotes

he shuttbr

outomoticol ly ofter

obout

7 second{.

The

lever

qlwqys

returns to i ts originol

posit ion

ond

hqs to be re-set for every

deloyed

qciion

shot. Any of ths inston tqneous

hutter speeds con be used

with

it, ond

those for f losh. Time exposures

(:

B sett ing) connot

be mode

with

the

deloyed oct ion

re leosemechonism.

T H E R I G H T F I L M F O R E V E R Y O C C A S I O N

Before ue explain

how

to

load

your

Super

Silette Tpith

ilm,

here are

a

few

hints

on different kinds

of

film.

First of

all there fs Agfo

lsopon t, 40 ASA

(17o

DIN), a unioersal

film

of medium

speed. t is a sharp, fine-grain film from u:hichyou can obtain good enlargements.

ln bad uteather Agfo lsopon lSS,

zoo ASA

QIa

DIN), is

the right

film.

It allows

you

to use

instantaneous

hutter speeds

or, when the sun

is shining,

smaller

apertures o obtain

greater

depth of

field.

22



27/37

For

special

needs

there

are

special

fiIms

to

deal

utith

diff_icult

situatio.ns'

When

you

iant

extra

fine

grain

for'

enlargements

Agfo

lsopon

tt,

rc ASA

G3o

DIN),

is

"your"

film.

ln

zsery

oor lighting

conditions

you

can

fall,back-on

Agfo

lsgngn

Ullro,

250

ASA

eso

filN),

wh-ich

cimbines

extri

high speed

with

ztery

good

sharpness.

l f

the worst

comes

o

the worst

and

eoen-the

high speed of. lsopan Ultra is not

iufficient,

you

can

use

Agfo,lsopon

Record.

t is of

equal

grain

size

and

sharpness

*iiiltt

giring

just

that

little extra

"something"

in

speed,

enabling

you

to

stop

down

more

or

use

a higher

shutter

speed.

Hints

on

its use

are contained

in the

film

package-

Aqfocolor

films

open

up

the world

of

colour

to

you.

For

more

than

twenty

ye-ars

th-ese

iIms

haae

been

great

faaourites

because

of

the natural

way

they reproduce

pastel t ints and bright colours al ike.

There

are

two

film

types.

For

home

proiection of colour

transparencies

Aou

use,

Agfocolor

Revirsql

Fiim.

fhe CT

L8

or CK

_film -

thal

is how^

heA_.are

esuibed

in'the

trade

-

are

rated

at 50

ASA

(L8c

DIN)

and

qo

ASA

(17o

D/N)

respectioely,

The

letter

T indicates

the

daylight

film,

K

the

film for

use in

artificial

light.

lf

you

wish

to haoe

colour

paper

prints

for

your

album, the

right

film

is

{gfocolor

N{gotive Film CN 17, a unioersal film for use in daylight, artificial light and

flashlight.

The correct

way

to load

the

camera

with

film

is described

on

the next tttto

pages.

*

F

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28/37

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29/37

o 1

6 o

I

O c

J

U

P o

r c

9 2

o 0 o r

N E

:

\ o

l J - o g

F I L M T R A N S P O R T F O R T H E F I R S T E X P O S U R E

Turn the d isc of

the f i lm

counter

os descr ibedon

poge

4

unt i l

the t ip o f the

green

tr iongle-s i tuoted

ius t

n

f ront o f

number36

or

20

(depend ing

on

the

length o f

the

f i lm) - is

in

l ine wi th

the

f ixed mork on the comero bock. Then operot e the ropid tronsport

lever

qs

olreody described

ond

press

he shutter

releose.Repeot

this

process

wice more

ond

your

comero is

then reody

for the

first exposure.

C A R E O F

T H E

C A M E R A

Whenever

you chonge he f i lm i t is odv isoble o c leon he spoce

occup ied

by

the cosset te,

he winding

spoo l

ond the

Pressure

p lo te

in

the comero

bock w i th

o sof t

lens brush.

Th iswi l l

p revent

ony

scrotches

n the

f i lm.

C A M E R A

N U M B E R

The number

of

your

Super S i le t te

LK is engroved on the occes-

sory

shoe

of

your

comero.

t is o

good

th ing to

moke o

note o f

th is number

di rect ly

o f te r

purchos ing he comero.

25



30/37

R E W I N D I N G

T H E F I L M

A F T E RE X P O S U R E

Af ier the

los t exposure ,

hown by

the number

1

on the f i lm

counter ,

he rop id

t ronspor t

everw i l l

no t

move.The

f i lm

is

now

on the

wind ing spoo l

ond mustbe rewound nto i ts l igh i - t igh t osset ie

before

open ing

the bock

of ihe

comero.To

do

th is ,

push

the

lock ing bu i ton

in the

d i rec i ion

of

the

or row

(see

l lus t ro t ion ,

oge

2) ond

pu l l

t he

rewind ing

knob

out on ly obou l

t /1s

n. to

i ts

i rs t

s top.Then

press

n

the lock ingbut ton

n the

bqse

of the comero (see l lus t ro t ion) nd tu rn the re -

w i n d i n g k n o b i n

t h e d i r e c t i o n

s h o w n b y

l h e

or row.

When i t conno i

be iu rned ony fu r lher ,

rew ind ing

is

comple ie .You con now

open ihe

bock

of

the

comero, os descr ibed

on

pctge

24 ,

p u l l

o u t t h e r e w i n d i n g

n o b o s

f o r o s i t

w i l l

g o

ond remove the

cosset fe . u t

the cosset ie n

i ts

l igh t - i igh tpock ing

ond mork i i os

exposed.



31/37

x

It

tr

S O M E

G E N E R A L H I N T S

F O R Y O U R P H O T O G R A P H S

A

very

striking effect

con

be

obiqined if

you photogroph

the

subiect

by

oblique

sunl ight .

Of course

you

con o lso

photogroph

wi fh

the

sun

behind

you,

but

then

you

must be

coreful

to keep

your

own shodow oui o f

the

picture.

Photosogoinst

the l igh t co l l fo r some exper iencebecouse he roys o f the sun shou ld not fo l l

directly on the

lens.

t

is

best

o toke odvontoge of the shqdow of o

tree or house

ond use o lenshood too.

Photogrophs

without

sunshineore olso

possible.

With

on

overcost sky,

controst

con

be

heightened by

using

q

medium

yellow

or oronge-red

fi l ter

(see

poge

28).

Try

out shots

from

o

mountoin

peok

or tower,

including foreground

interest of

some k ind. Think of fhe fo reground in your londscopephotos too, ond en l iven

them by inc l udingo

person,

ence

or o ther su i tob leob iec t .

A chonge n the comero

posit ion

olso rel ieves he monoto ny. Try out

"bird's-eye"

or

"worm's-eye"

views of

qn

oblique

ongle

Action

photogrophs

of

processions

qnd

similor

subiectsore eosier o toke i f

you

work

out the most suitoble distonce,

set

the focusing

ring

to

this f igure

ond let

the

procession

enter this shorp zone.

This eovesyou free to conc entroteon the picture in the viewfinder ond to press

the shu tter releose ot the moment

when

the diomond-shoped

portion

of

the

rongefinder

gives

o shorp imoge.



32/37

T H E

E F F E C T

O F F I L T E R S

O N T H E

E X P O S U R E

T I M E

There

is

o ronge

of f i l ters ovoiloble

for

your

cqmerq with which

you

con

emphosize

he mood

of

your

b lock ond

whi te

photogrophs

or obto in

spec io l

effectsby

deliberqte

over-emphosis. gfo f i l ters ore mode from

speciol ly

selected

co louredopt ico l

g loss

ond ore

ground

p lone-poro l le l

o

thot the

imoge

obto ined

with

the

Color-Apotor

lens

s unoffected.

For the

Super Si let te

LK

light

yel low,

medium

yellow,

green-yellow,

ond oronge-

red f i l ters ore ovoiloble in 37 mm. push-on mounts or 35.5 mm. screw-in mounts.

As f i l ters restrict the density

of

certoin types

of l ight reoching the

fi lm,

the

exposure ime

hos

to be

increosed.

The

fi l ter foctor

is

given

with

the

instructions

for

eoch filter.

l f ,

for exomple,

the

f i l ter

foctor

is

2,

you

must increose he operture by one stop

(the

next

smollest

number) ofter f irst

obtoining

the

correct

exposure reoding,

or toke the next slowest shutler speed.

28

\

Ff,t

i



33/37

l f you

w ish

to

tok e o

s e r i es

f

pho to -

g rophs

w i t h t he

s om e

i l t e r ,

we

odv ise

y ou t o m ok e o l l ow onc e

o r t he

f i l t e r

f oc to r

on

the f i l m

s peed

sco le

o f

t he

ex pos u rem e te r .Fo r ex om p l e ,o f i l t e r

f

oc to r

o f

2 wou

d m eon

tho t

t he s e t -

t i n g

o n

t h e

f i l m

s p e e d

s c o l e c o n

b e

reduc ed

by 3

D IN o r

i t s

ASA equ i v -

o l e n t

i .

g . f r o m 1 7

t o 1 4

D I N -

40 to 20 ASAI .

Wi th o

f i l te r oc tor o f

4

t h e

r e d u c t i o n

o u l d be 6

D I N

( e . g

1 7 t o l l D I N

:

4 0 t o l 0 A S A ) .

By

odop t i ng

h is

m e thod

y ou

hov e t he

o d v o n t o g e

o f

b e i n g

o b l e

t o

o b t o i n

t h e

c o r r e c t

e x p o s u r e

e o d i n g

u s t

o s

q u i c l < l y

s

w h e n n o t

u s i n g

o

f i l t e r .

T h e

o n l y

p o i n t

o b e o r

i n

m i n d

r s h o t

t h e

f l l m

s peed s hou l d

be

re - s e t

o f t e r

r e -

rnov i ng

he

f i l t e r

C om po ro t i v e

F i l m

Speeds

Scheiner

Weston

I N

l l o

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

2Ao

2lo

220

23o.

240

250

260

270

28o^

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300

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20

25

32

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50

64

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125

160

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320

400

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640

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32c

100

160

330

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340

160

250

350

200

3n

36c.

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400

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500

380

400

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