User manual MINOX 35 GL

[. . . ] So check the battery. Open the front cover (16), fully advance the film transport lever (19) - see page 12 - and check as follows: Fully depress the small rectangular battery check button (3) between the hot shoe and the green release button. If the left-hand green LED (7) in front of the hot shoe lights up, the battery is OK. If the green LED (7) fails to light the battery is exhausted or was inserted the wrong way around. If the green LED (7) goes dim within 2-3 seconds, the battery is nearly exhausted - so replace it as soon as possible. [. . . ] 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 dial engages at every speed setting. 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. The f-stops, for instance 2. 8 - 4 5. 6 etc. on the aperture ring (12) are only used for flash shots (page 18). If you accidentally set the ring to an aperture figure instead of to A, daylight and other shots without flash e. g. Push the film leader underneath the metal sleeve as far as it will go (illustration b), then let go of the rewind release button. Open the camera's front cover so The full film width is drawn with both performation rows across that you can operate the release button. 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. Set the film speed on the scale in the camera base (page 13). 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. [. . . ] Lens: 35 mm Minox Color-Minotar f/2. 8, focusing range from infinity to 0. 9 m or 3ft. The lens retracts automatically on closing the front cover. Automatic exposure control: Electronic program control (with aperture ring LED blinks on top of the camera; also visible in the finder via a fibre-optical light guide. Release: Soft release, blocked if front cover is not fully open. Cable release socket: Next to release button in camera top. Selftimer: Electronic, approx. [. . . ]