User manual LAMBRETTA 150 LI

[. . . ] Both meters calibrated for 16500 ASA/13-28 DIN. 4 Frame counter: Additive 0-36 manual resetting type Standard Lens: Helio 44M-4, 58mm focal length Construction: 6 elements in 4 groups Diaphragm type: Fully automatic instantly re-open. Aperture range F2-F16 with click stops at full and half apertures (except between F11 and F16) Distance scale: 0. 5 to infinity Filter size: 52mm screw Lens mount: 42mm thread, accepts standard single pin automatic lenses and accessories Loading the Camera - Step by step instructions Always load the camera in subdued light; if outdoors shield from direct sunlight. Make sure that the indicator on the Shutter Release Button [3] is facing towards the front of the camera. Depress Shutter Release Button [3] - if shutter does not fire advance Transport Lever [2] in short strokes until it stops and press Shutter Release Button [3] again. Lift Rewind Knob [16] to open back. Insert film cassette into Film Chamber [21] projection of cassette to bottom. Draw out enough film to insert tip of leader into any of Take-up Spool's [22] slots ensuring that the second hole engages with a tooth on the spool. Ease film forward by swat strokes of Transport Lever [2] until it stops. [. . . ] Set Frame Counter [4] to zero. Set Film Speed Selector Dial [15] against Indicator [17] appropriate to the speed of the film to be used. If using 1000 ASA film set the selector to 500 ASA but use the next faster shutter speed than indicated by the meter or close the aperture ring by one full stop. Using the Camera Set the Speed Dial [1 ] appropriately according to the subject. The dial is marked in figures that represent fractions of a second-i. e. It may be turned in either direction but not between "500" and "B" and must not be between marked speeds. Initially we suggest that outdoors the speed set should not be less than 1/150 LI5th sec. Look through the Viewfinder [27] and roughly decide what you wish to take remembering you are actually looking through the lens. Focus by turning the Focusing Ring [11] clockwise for close and anti-clockwise for far distance until the subject is sharp and clear on the large viewing screen. For critical focusing using the inner of the two rings in the center and adjust until the image is clear and undistorted. Since you are viewing and focusing through the actual lens that takes the finished picture you can feel safe in the knowledge that there will be no parallax problems (no more cut-off heads in close-up portraits and the like). There's a built-in safety margin of course, in common with many other modern single lens reflex cameras, the viewfinder showing an overall area somewhat smaller than the total film area. this ensures that everything you see in the viewfinder appears in the finished picture despite the fact that slide mounts and masks in printing equipment cover part of the film's image. Depth of Field The lens is also provided with a scale calibrated in meters but it will seldom be necessary to refer to this. This is the depth of field scale [13] and works the following way: All lenses when focused on a given subject will show some objects in front of and behind that subject sharply in focus. Press Shutter Release Button [3]. With the finger tip depress the Film Rewind Sleeve (arrowed above) into the cut-out portion of the surrounding sleeve. It will click and stay down. Lift out Rewind Crank [16] and rotate clockwise in the direction of the arrow. You will feel the film being rewound into the cassette - stop when resistance ceases. 4 Lift Rewind Knob [16] fully to open camera back. Remove exposed cassette. Advance Film Transport Lever [2] in short strokes until it stops. The camera is now ready for your next film. Photography with Flash The meter cannot be used when taking flash pictures as the burst of light is too short. In all cases the Speed Dial [1] must be set to, "30-X", the aperture being determined by the camera-to-subject distance. Tables or calculators for this are given in the instructions for the flashgun often being incorporated into the gun itself. Some flashguns have built-in computers which allow the aperture to be left at one setting regardless of camera-to-subject distance. Remove square shield from Accessory Shoe [18] and put in a safe place. A lightweight compact gun may be slid into the accessory shoe. Socket [5]. A large or heavy gun must be fitted to a flash bracket screwed into one of the Tripod Bushes [23] on the camera base. Socket [5]. Set Aperture Ring [9] in accordance with the flashgun's instructions. [. . . ] Focus and cock shutter by advancing Film Transport Lever [2] in short strokes until it stops. Fit a short cable release (obtainable from any good dealer) into the screwed portion of the camera's Shutter Release Button [3]. Depress the cable release and the shutter will stay open until pressure is released. Some cable releases have a screw lock which avoids the need for holding it during a lengthy exposure. If you do not have a cable release depress the camera's Shutter Release Button until the shutter opens and turn it fully anti-clockwise to the "T" position. The shutter will remain open until the button is returned to the normal position. [. . . ]