Voigtlander Vito Automatic 2 Instructions For Use

Unlooding lhe Film ... qfier lhe Losl Exposure
Push ihe reversing lever (20) to the left, letting the rewind knob (24) iump up
Turn the knob in the direction of the orrow until the I or the Q mork
reoppeors in the film counter window (15). Then open the comero bock, fullypull out the rewind knob, ond remove ihe cossette.
Chonging Portly Exposed Film
With the VITO ouiomotic ll you con olwoys remove o portly exposed film
in the middle ond chonge it for onother one (for instonce to switch over from...

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We ore olso going to give you o few
furtherhints for correct ond ropid opero-
tion of ihe VITO outomolic ll. Finolly,
you will leorn something more obout the
scope of your comero, how to use filters,
ond whot to nole with colour shots.
The Crystol-frqme Finder
The Releose - The RopidWinding Lever
Monuql Conlrol
Flosh Exposures
Aperlure ond Depfh of Field
Using Filters
Colour Shofs
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The Chryslol-frome Viewfindershows exoctly ond cleorly whol
will be included on the film. More-
over, ihe finder shows the subiect
in full noturol size. When sighting,
you con therefore keep both eyes
open ond hove o cleor view of the
surroundings of your subiect os
well.
The dot indicotes the frome centre.With subiects qi obout 31/z feet thelimits of the field of view ore disploceddownwords or sidewoys, occording towhether you hold ihe comero horizontol-ly or uprighf. This displocement is shownby the...

The Releose Hold the comero perfectly still during exposure, ond press thereleose (7) ge.ntly ond smoothly. Never ierk it, os thot wouldproduce blurred pictures. The threoded socket (11) below thereleose will toke o coble releose for longer exposures (see p. l2).
The Ropid Winding lever Afier every shot pull out the ropid winding lever(21)os for os it will go (either with one full swing, orwith severolshort ones). This fensions the shutter, odvonces the firm by onefrome, ond odvonces the film counter....

Without Aulomofic Control
When you turn the conirol ring to the Monuell ronge, you disengoge theoutomotic exposure control. You con now combine ony one of the operturenumbers with ony shutter speed ot will. On setting the shutter speed ring ioB, the shutter remoins open os long os you keep he releose depressed.
This monuol setiing of the comero controls is obove oll necessory for floshshots. Here the following hints moy be useful: -
o Mountinge - Fit the flosh gun into the occessory shoe on the top of...

Aperfure ond Depth of Field
The depth of field zone covers thot port of the subieci oreo (in froni of, ond
behind, the focused disionce) which is reproduced in ihe picture with occept-
oble shorpness. This depth of field depends on ihe operture setting, which
you con reod off in the viewfinder or in the little window on top of the
comero, when set to AUTO.
Note the following rule: -
Lorge operlures (e. g. I/2.8) yield limited depth of field;
Smqll operlures (e. g. f/.|6) yield greoter deplh of field....

Using Filters
With the VITO outomoiic ll you. con .ignore oll filter foctors for speciol exposureisimply mouni the {ilter in front of lhe lens ond lhe exposure is outomqticolly correcti
Filter Lightens DorkensApplicotions
lisht Yellow I 1..Medium Yellow i ureen
G 3  Oronge
BlueI Sport ond oction shots,I pictures with low sun
J Londscopes (summer, snow),I ouidoor portroils
Green Gr 4GreenRedVioleJB lue
Spring ond summer subiects,ortificiol light poriroits,copying of coloured originols
Oronge Or...

Colour Shols
ore iust as eosy io toke os block-ond-whiie pictures. Subiects with lorge oreos
of colour, but without greot brightness differences, moke lhe best colour
pictures. PIoce people ogoinst o quiel neutrol bockground whenever possible,
to moke them stond oui; outdoor porlroits qre best token by slightly hozy
su nlighi.
Wiih londscopes oim io gel o colourful ond live foreground inio ihe piclure.
For mounioin ond seoside pictures use ihe ulfro-violef (UV) or the sky filter,
which both eliminote...

Useful Smoll Accessories
o lf you hove ony difficulty in estimoting distonces, use ihe
Voigtlcinder slip-in rongefinder.
O Voigtlcinder olso moke o flosh gun. This will enoble you
to moke delightful shots indoors, in dull weoiher, ond
even in twilight. This flosh gun gives oll the light your
picture needs ond qssisls you in the recording of lively
scenes in oll iheir nqturolness.
a Our speciol brochure Aiming high tells you in detoil
obout our full ronge of comero occessories. Your Deoler
will be...

Successful Resulls
ond long life of your voluoble VITO outomotic ll dependlorgely on proper cqre qnd correcl operqtion.
o Therefore olwoys hondle ihe comero gehtly, ond neveruse force.
a Prolecl the cqmero ogoinsi hord knocks ond do nol dropit. When trovelling by cor, do not keep the cqmerq inthe glove deporlment. ln the long run ihe vibrolion lheremoy horm the photo-electric exposure meler.
o Cleon the lens only wifh o sofl, fluffless, cloth. Firstcorefully dust off coorse porticles of gril (or sond ot...