Voigtlander Vito Cl Clr Instructions For Use

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
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I Fihn speed scqle for DIN rotings
2 Lever of operlure ring
3 Uncoupling lever to disengoge the
shutter speed ring when settingthe film speed
4 Bqck lock
5 Lens mount with distonce scole
6 Depth of field scqle
7 Shutter speed ring
8 Shutter speed scqle
I Shutler releqse
10 Aperture ring
lllustrotion I
1l Film indicqtor in rewind knob
12 Honeycomb cell windowof exposu re meter
13 Control window for...

RGHT HERE
is the most imporfont piece of odvice in this cqre-
fully prepored booklet: pleose reod it corefully
before doing onything else. Prqctice mokes for per-
fection, so try out the vorious controls without q
film in the cqmerq.
Also remember thot the VITO, though extremely
siurdy, is qn opticol ond mechonicol precision in-
strument. lt, therefore, needs coreful ond sensible
hondling. The cqmero will repoy coreful treotment
with pe,rfect pictures for mony yeors to come.
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Pogelndex: Setting the film speed ......... 2Inserting the film 2Setting the fi lm counter 3Film indicotor 3Setting the exposure ond operfure 4-sSetting the distonce 6-7Aperture ond depth of field 8Viewfinder - releose - ropid winding lever 9Self-timer - flqsh shots 10-11Filters - close-up shots 12-15Photogrophing ogoinst the light 16Hints for colour shots 17H ints for exposu re reod ing 1 8-1 9Unlooding the comerq 20Chonging portly exposed films 20
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Gelting the Camera Recdy . . . with Every New Film
Selting the fitm speed: depress the uncoupling lever (3) .ond hold it in this
positi6n. Turn the shutter speed ring (7) to the right or left until the speed
ioting on the red DIN or ASA scole (1 ond 16) corresponding to the speed
of the film in the comero, is opposiie lhe red dot on the shutter speed ring.
Then releose the uncoupling lever.
This film speed setting is essentiol, os the correct funciioning of the outo-
motic exposure control depends on...

Setfing the film counter: turn the milled knob (,|8) uniilthe diomond I mork (for o 36 exposure cossette - illus-trolion o) or the O mork for o 20 exposure cossette -
illuslrotion c) is opposiie the red dot. Operote the ropidwinding lever ond the releose olternotely uniil the filmcounter indicotes No.36 (illustrotion b) or No.20 (illus-
trotion d) for ihe first exposure.
From this point onwords the film counter outomoticollyshows the number of exposures still ovoiloble everytime the film is odvonced. ln...

Seffing lhe Exposure . . . shutfer Speed ond Aperture
@ Presel the shutter speedTurn the shutter speed ring (7) until fhe required speed setting clicks intoposition opposite the triongulor A mork. The exposure times from 1/soo lo 1hs
second ore outomoticolly timed ofter depressing the shulter releose (9). Atthe B setting the shuiter remoins open os long os you keep the releosedepressed.Speeds of from 1/soo to 1/oo second ore suiloble for monuolly held exposures. For longertimes, porticulorly ot 8, hold...

The olignment of the pointers is normolly mode in the viewfinder, in other words inthe exposure position. Looking from obove into the control window (13) is onlyrequired if the operture, ond thus the depth of field zone, hos first to be determined.The olignment of the pointers in ihe viewfinder, however, musl olwoys be checked priorlo exposure ond, if necessory, correcled.
poinlers not oligned
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correcf olignment
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Seffing the Distonce on the VITO CL
The red symbols of the three-point setting ore found on the distonce scole (5)
between the distqnces
o = PORTRAIT: subiect dislonce 4r/tfeet
V = GROUP: subiect dislonce 1l feet
O = LANDSCAPE: subieci disionce 33 feet
Depending on the subiect, either sei the octuql distonce on the scole or
simply riit to one of ihe three symbols. This gives you the following depth
of field zones, omong others:
Aperture I o (!ttrteel)Y (11feet)O (33 feet)
f /5.6
tlB
+/11
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