User manual HARTBLEI HORIZON

[. . . ] -- Rotating lens, when shooting, ensures the necessary image quality all over the frame area due to eliminating of the inevitable optical distortion which occurs when taking pictures with wide-angle lenses. -- Frame counter, automatically re-setting to the initial position when reloading the film, releases the amateur from setting the counter to , , 0" manually. -- Optical viewfinder enables to determine the exact limits of the object to be photographed. Correct camera position (strictly horizontal) is controlled by the level seen in the viewfinder field of view. [. . . ] Holding the film rewind knob in this position, open back door 2, 0 with your second hand. -- Carefully insert the film leader under guiding roller 15 and draw out the film by about 12-15 cm. -- Put a loaded cassette into socket 13 pulling out the rewind knob as far as it will go. -- Return the film rewind knob completely home slightly turning it to let spool guide 14 enter the cassette. -- Pass the film leader under sprocket 18 so that it appears from under take-up spool 19. To make this process easier rotate the sprocket with your fingers with button 21 pressed down. -- Insert the film leader into the slot of the take-up spool and draw the film back on to the film gate. Reel the appeared loop on the take-up spool rotating shutter cocking lever 2. -- To transport a nonexposed portion of film to the film gate, cock and fire the shutter once again. When cocking the shutter for the second time the frame counter should be set at , , !", the latter being positioned approximately in the centre of exposure counter window 12. The shutter is cocked by turning smoothly lever 2 counter-clockwise to its fullest extent and released by pressing release button 11. Should the film be wound tightly in the cassette, the film rewind knob will rotate when the shutter is being cocked. If the film is loose in the cassette, the rewind knob will fail to rotate at the first frames. Automatic frame counter shows the number of the frame being positioned against the film gate. Put the film box label with film speed indicated on it, into film check pocket 24. Operating Mode Setting Shutter Speed Setting Turn operating mode selection switch 7 to set the required shutter speed range from 2 to 8 or 60 to 250; set lever 9 against the required shutter speed value. Aperture Setting Set aperture setting lever 10 opposite to the required aperture value. At exposure determining to obtain pictures of higher quality the aperture should be smaller and shutter speed longer. Shutter speed and aperture should be set only with the shutter cocked. Depth of Field of the Lens The MC 2. 8/28 fixed built-in lens has no distancescale. To determine the depth of field, make use of the table set forth below. [. . . ] Try to rotate the crank smoothly, without jerks and not too fast to avoid traces of static electricity on film. If necessary, the camera can be unloaded after exposing any number of frames, having rewound the film into the cassette beforehand. To do this, with the help of the shutter cocking lever, align the lens axis with the film gate centre in body. Through the cylindrical cup window put the light filter mount into the lens body socket. [. . . ]