Voigtlander Vito Br Instructions For Use

Setting Sbufirv syteeds and Ayertwes
The correct seitings for exposure.time ond l.ens.operlure-con be estimoted byexperience, or - preferobly - defermined wifh fhe oid of o photo-electric ex-posure meter. When you toke o reoding, the meter indicofes o series ofoperture-speed combinotions for correct exposure under ihe prevoilinglight conditions where you intend to toke the piciure. From sucho series you then choose most suitoble operture-speed combinotion for yoursubiect, ond set the controls of the...

Sefiing the Speed ond Aperture (continued)
In proctice you moy occosionolly find ihot you wont to use o differentoperture-speed combinotion from thol originolly chosen. Here the VITO BRhos the greot odvontoge thot you con set ony olternotive combinotion bysimply turning the shutter speed setting ring. The effective exposure olwoysremoins fhe some.
For instonce, offer hoving sef the correct exposure combinotion, you moyneed o foster or slower shutter speed. In thot cose you only need fo turn theshutter...

Setting the Speed ond Aperture (continued)
The Prontor SLK-V diophrogm shutter hos o tri-colour speed scole:
c The block figures (l/soo to 1/oo second) ore sofe speeds for hond-held shois.
e The yellow figures (1/so io 1 second) ore similorly speeds which ore timedoutomoticolly by the shutter. Here, however, o firm support for ihe comero(e.g.o tripod, toble, etc.) is desiroble during the exposure.
r At the green 8 setting pressing the releose buffon (9) keeps the shutteropen for os long os the releose...

One full movement of the ropid windinglever (27) os for os it will go tensionsthe shutter, ond odvonces ihe film ondfilm counier. The lever then flies bock inioits originol position.
Operotion of the ropid winding lever isof course olso possible by severol shortmovements. In thot cose keep pulling outthe lever until it blocks. An ouiomoticlocking mechonism prevents operotion ofthe ropid winding lever ogoin until theshutter hos been releosed; conversely,the shutter con only be releosed ofieroperoting the...

IReleosing the Shutter
For hond-held shots hold the comero quite
depress the releose button (9). Never ierk it.
thon 1/so second), support the comerq rigidly
iripod or o toble), ond releose by meons of
the releose button (9).
I rn setf-rimer
steody, ond smoothly but firmlyFor slow shutter speeds (longer
during the exposure (e. g. on oo coble releose; ihis screws into
When you hove set the correct operf ure-speed combinotion ond fhe distonce (seepoge 14), tension the shutter (see poge 15),
ond set the...

The Crystal-Cleor Brilliqnt-frqme Finder
This reolly unique finder not only shows. the subiect in full noturol size, but you
I con olso keep lhe other eye open ond
! thus observe ihe surroundings of the
I subiect os well. This is o speciol osseta when toking condid oction shots. Themorvellous brilliont imoge frome cleorlyoutlines the exoct field of view.
Note thot wiih neor sublects ot obout3 feet from ihe comero the field of viewin fhe finder is disploced downwords orsidewoys, occording to whether...

Sefiing t[1e Distance
is porticulorly eosy with the VITO BR:
In the centre of the crystol-cleor brilliont-
frome finder you con see the bright circulor
rongefinder field. As long os the rongefinder
is not correctly focused on the subiect, the
lotter oppeors with double outlines in the
rongefinder field (see iop illustrotion).
Turn the lens focusing mount (1) io fuse the
double outlines in the rongefinder field inio
one. This sels the lens exocily to the meosured
distonce (see bottom illustrotion).
With...

I Zone Focusing
Condid oclion shots (for inslonce of
children ot ploy) often yield surprisingly
live pictures. On such occosions dont
bother to set the exqct distonce. Insteod,
set the distonce scole to neor zone mork
f for sub[ects befween I ond 17 feet,
ond io the for zone mork Q for sub-
iecls between l6 feet ond infinity. Youmusl, however, stop down to of leoslf/5.6 (morked in red) to ensure odequoledepth of field.
Provided the lighf is good enough, these focusing zones ore very usef ul...

I SeninS the Shutter ond Aperture
Flosh bulbs ond electronic flosh units differ in their chorocteristics such os thefiring deloy ond light ouiput; ihe toble opposite clossifies them in severolgroups. To ensure thot the peok brightness of every iype of flosh co-incideswith the instont when the shufter is fully open, theie ore two kinds ofsynchronizotion: M ond ,,X,,.
Pglt-_lo!.i!,g ,o flosh shot therefore move ihe synchronizing lever (14) of thePRONTOR sLK-v shufter to the yellow dot morked M or tf,e red...

Suitqble Shutter Speeds
Flosh Bulbs
Moke I rro
SynchronizingLever Sel To
xM
G. E., WestsM, ss1 to 1/125Notsuitoble forM-synchro-n izotionSylvonioSF
PhilipsPFI, PF5,Pt25,PF38,PF6O
1 to l/30l/60 to 1/300
OsromXM I,XM5
G. E. C., MozdoNo. l,
Westinghouse,5,11,22
G. E., etc.Bonlom 8
SylvonioM2,M25,Press25, 40
PhilipsPF IOO
Ito l/15l/30 to l/60G. E., WeslNo.0,No. 50,
SylvonioNo. 3
Eleclronic Flosh UnitsTypeSynchronizing LeverSet lo X
Instontoneous firingI to l/300I\oI
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