User manual POLAROID SPECTRA AF

[. . . ] 8) · Flash: apagado sombras en la cara (p. 30) · Add foreground interest (p. 42) 12 13 · Distant background: too dark (p. 10) · Fondo distante: demasiado oscuro (p. [. . . ] Release the shutter button and move closer to your subject to keep within the 2 to 15 foot (0. 6m to 4. 6m) flash range. A number from 2 to 15: The flash is off. Slide the flash switch up to turn the flash back on. Note: Distance readings do not appear when your subject is beyond 20 feet (6. 2m). 8 Features The programmed flash (pictures 10, 11) Every time you take a picture, indoors or outdoors, your camera blends light from the scene with just enough flash to provide the right lighting for the best possible picture. In the sample outdoor scene, photographed without flash (picture 10), bright sunlight has created harsh facial shadows. Your camera blends sunlight with just the right amount of flash to soften shadows and reveal facial details (picture 11). The recharge indicator The Polaroid Spectra features a rapid recharge flash with recharge times usually less than a second. The green light on the control panel will come on and the flash will automatically begin to charge every time you: · Load film into the camera · Take a picture · Press the shutter button halfway · Open the camera When the green light comes on, the flash is ready to fire. The light will stay on for 20 to 30 seconds. If you want to take a picture after the green light has gone off, lightly press and release the shutter button to turn the green light back on. Features 9 Flash range Indoors: Your subject should be 2 to 15 feet (0. 6m to 4. 6m) from the camera. Outdoors: Your subject should be at least 2 feet (0. 6m) away. The exposure control Use the picture control when you want to retake a picture to make it lighter or darker. When retaking a picture to make it lighter: Slide the control all the way up (a). When retaking a picture to make it darker: Slide the control all the way down (b). Any partial adjustments will not affect your exposure. The control must be adjusted all the way in either direction. After you have finished taking the picture, do not forget to return the control to the normal position (c). Special situations a lighten b darken c center Pictures taken of people in highly reflective beach or snow scenes often turn out too dark. You may want to set the control all the way up to the lighten setting (a) before taking this type of picture. 10 Features Backgrounds too dark? (pictures 12, 13) If the background of a flash picture is too dark but your subject is well illuminated (picture 12), the background is too far away. Moving the control to the lighten setting will not correct this problem, so be sure the exposure control is in the normal position. Retake the picture, placing your subject near a background and keeping both within the 2 to 15 foot (0. 6m to 4. 6m) flash range (picture 13). Features 11 The self-timer The self-timer lets you get into your picture. To use this feature, place the camera on a tripod or other steady support. If you attach the camera to a table tripod, be sure the camera is positioned over one of the tripod's legs for proper support. Frame your picture in the viewfinder and press the shutter button halfway to be sure you get the green "good picture" symbol. Then release the shutter button. a Slide the self-timer switch all the way down (a). You now have 12 seconds to get into your picture. During the first 10 seconds, the camera will beep and you will see a flashing red light (b) on the front of the camera. b Two seconds before the camera takes the picture, the red light will stay on and the beeps will become a steady signal to remind you to hold still and smile. After the camera has taken the picture, it will not eject the film until you slide the self-timer switch up (c). [. . . ] Green filtered cell measures visible light; black filtered cell measures infrared light for better indoor flash exposures. Power source Length: 6. 82 inches (17. 3cm) Width: 5. 46 inches (13. 87cm) Height: 3. 07 inches (7. 78cm) Camera weight A fresh, 6-volt battery in each film pack powers all camera functions. Programmed flash 1 lb. (. 8kg approx. ), without a film pack. Film advance Automatic film advance; motorized picture ejection. Film size Outer border: 4 x 4. 06 inches (10. 1 x 10. 3cm) Image area: 3. 60 x 2. 90 inches (9. 1 x 7. 2cm) Film speed Built-in fill flash designed to be used indoors and outdoors. Flash duration: from 1/ 3000 to 1/20, 000 of a second. Indoor flash range: from 2 to 15 feet (0. 6m to 4. 6m). Sonar autofocus system IS0 600/29° (approx. ) Film type Polaroid Spectra color film only. [. . . ]