Voigtlander Vito 2a Instructions For Use

Setting the DistqnceYou cqn determine the subiect distqnceby estimotion, or, better still, with theqid of qn qccessory rongefinder. TheVoigtliinder clip-on rongefinder is porti-culorly suitqble for this purpose. lts robusldesign qnd speciol supqrenl conlrqst mir-ror ensure qbsolute qccurocy over trmeosuring rqnge from infinity to 3 feet.
To focus the comero lens, turn the lorgemilled ring corrying the disfonce scoleuntil the oppropriote distonce f igure isopposite the triongulor A index mork(see...

Condid oction shots (e. g. of children ot
ploy) often yield surprisingly live pictures.
On such occosions do not woste time
over focusing on on exoct distonce. In-
steod, set the focusing scole to the neor
zone mork V for subiects between B ond
17 feet, or fo the for zone mork O for
subiects between 17 feet ond inf inity.
You must, however, stop down to of leost
f/5.6 to ensure odequoie depth of field.
Provided the light is good enough, these
focusing zones ore very usef ul when
photogrophing sports...

The Ropid Winder
ond Double lnterlock
One full movement of the ropid windinglever tronsports the film ond odvonces thefilm counter. The spring then returns thelever to its originol position.
The ropid winding lever con of courseolso be worked in o number of shortmovements. In thot cose keep pulling thelever until it locks.
The outomotic double interlock preventsthe ropid wind ing lever f rom beingoperoted o second fime before the shutteris releosed. At the some time, the shuttercon only be releosed once...

Holding qnd Releosing
For shooting we suggest you hold thecomero os shown in the illustrotions onthe right. Keep the eye close to the findereyepiece so thot qll four corners of thefinder field ore cleorly visible.
When releosing the shutter, hold yourbreoth, ond smoothly depress the releosebutton os for os it will go- never iob of it.Short instontoneous exposures (,/ro secondor f oster) ore usuo lly token with the co-mero held in the hond. Avoid holdingthe comerq unsupported for exposureslonger thon...

Flqsh Shots
Both the Pronlo qnd the Prontor-SVS shutterspermit synchronized f lqsh shots up to f hefqstesl shutter speeds. Any flqsh gun on themqrkel cqn be connecled to the shufier.
Pleqse Note:
With block-ond-white film the flosh (cleor orblue bulbs, or electronic flosh) con be usedon ifs own, or combined with doylight orortif iciol light sources such os tungstenlomps.
With doylight colour film only blue cootedflqsh bulbs or electronic flosh cqn be usedqs supplementory lighf. With the ortificiollight...

Smoll light-weight units, such os the Voigt-
lcinder bottery-copocitor flosh gun, con be
fitted directly into the occessory shoe on
top of the comero (see illustrotion left).
Lorger flosh guns or the lomp holders
of electronic flosh units qre generolly
fitted to the side of the comero with the
oid of o speciol mounting brocket.
The flosh coble completes the electric
circuit between the flosh unit ond the
comero shutter. Push the plug of the
coble over the f losh socket on the comero
shutter (see...

The Synchronizing Settings
Flqsh bulbs qnd eleclronic flqsh units differ in their chqrqcteristics such os firingdelay qnd light outpul; the tqble opposite clqssifies them in severol groups. Toensure thqt the peok brighlness of the flqsh co-incides with the instqnt when fheshutter is fully open, there qre lwo types of synchronizqtion. Mt qnd X.
o The Pronto shutter is only X-synchronized. Flosh shots (with or without the self-timer) ore possible only with the types of flosh ond shutter speeds given in...

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Voigtliinder Filters
qre mqde of spectroscopicolly tested opticol gloss, dyed in the mqss, qnd hqrdcoqled. The filter fqctors given below qre qpproximqle vqlues, qs they necessorilydepend on the colour sensitivity of the blqck-qnd-white film used, qnd on the pre-
voiling ligth conditions qt the lime of the exposure.
Yellow Filter G 1.5 x
Yellow Filter G3x
Green Filter Gr 4 x
Oronge Filter Or 5 x
Ultrq-violet Filter UV
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Slight filtering effect for outdoor shots requiring short exposures,such os...

Voigtliinder Focqr Lenses
The Focor supplemenlory lenses €x-
tend your scope to the highly inleresl-
ing field of lorge close-ups of smqll
obiects qnd qnimqls (f lowers, coins,
insecls, elc.). They ore qlso eminently
suitqble for copying book pqges,
postcge slomps, qnd smqll illustrqtions.
In effect, the Focor lenses shorten the
focol length of the comero lens, ond
thus permit the Comero to opprooch
closer to the subiect thon the normol
limit of 3tlz feet. We sholl be pleosed
to supply on request o...