Zorki 4k Manual

5.I. CAMERA LOADTNG
Turn off the screw on the case bottom and removethe camera from the case.Raise two locking clips on the camera base plateand turn them as far- as they will go; mov6 thecover along its grooves and tdke it ofT the camera.Place the cassette with film in the seat and put iton the cassette spool guide.  .Full the film end- out -of the cassette as long as tothe camera edge, insert it in the take-up spoil slot.see that a sprocket tooth would enter a pdrforationhole.Insert the detachable...

Before releasing the shutter after the sec.ond setting
set f igure 0. 6f titg exposure counter dial against
the in?ex mark on the shutter setting lever.
lf ltre film is wound tightly in the cassette, the film
rewind knob will rotale when the shutter is b.ilg
u.t. Sfiouia the film be wound loose in the cassette,
itte t nob will fail to rotate at the initial frames.
Now vou can put the camera into its case Do not
i;;g.f io tighien up the tripod screw in the case
bottom.
5.2. SH UTTER SPEED SETTI NG...

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To obtain a still longer exposure the release button can be fixcd in thisposition by turning it counlerclockwise as far as it will go. The exposingover, return the button into the initial position.
To avoid mechanism disengaging, do not rotate the button without need.
It should be remembered that to set the shutter speeds of l, ll2, ll4,l/8, l/15, l/60 of a second, an additional effort is required to wind anadditional delayed-action mechanism spring. When the shutter speedd ial is being ieset f or a...

5,4, FOCUSING
Objects having sharp contours should be selectedIOr IOCUSlng.
Watching through the range-viewf inder eyepiece,turn the diopter adjustment lever to obtain thesharpest image of an object in the eyepiece.
In the centre of the viewfinder field of view therecan be seen a yellowish rectangle with a doubleimage of the object being viewed in it. Turn the lensfocusing ring to match the two images of the sameobject. -Keep in mind that the image should befoCused in the centre of the yellowish field....

of image seen in the viewfinder would fail to cor
iuti[ to itre frame limits on the negative.
To take a picture of several objects placed at diffe
;;i aiaGnt;jiom thi camerar us€ ihould be made
;i; ?;pi[-f-fietA scale. ftre scale consists of the
apertur. nu*blr! iepeated on both sides of the main ir|iex.il;ilWfien ftre aperture is. set and the lens
il f;diud,-itte-iiniitJ ofdepth of field can be read
;gffi;iilei;;umler pairson the distance scale.
For example-,. with th. lens focused for 3 m and
uperture...

5.5. PHOTOGRAPHING
To take a picture do the foltowing:
a) load the camera;b) take the cap off the lens;
c) set the lens aperture (if required put a light
filter or a sun shade on the lens);
d) set the shutter;,
e) set a required shutter speed;
f) watching through the eyepiece of the range-view-f inder, point the camera at the object, adjust theeyepiece according to your eye and focus the lens;
g) smoothly press the shutter release button.
NOTE. When using shutter speeds slower thanll30 s it is...

5.6. CAMERA UNLOADING
When the exposure counter shows figure 36 rewindthe film into- the cassette. For this almra) remove the case;b) turn the shutter disengaging bush in the clock-wise direction as far as if will ko;c) pull the film rewind knob up-wards and rotate itin the arrow direction till the feel of the appliedforce indicates that the film end has left the take-upspool;d) take the cover of f the camera and remove thecassette;e) turn the shutter disengaging bush counter.clockwise as far as it will...

6.1. SELF-TIMER OPERATIN9
The self-timer is used when one wishes to photo-graph oneself. For this aim do the following: mountthe camera on a tripod, set the shutter and set theself-timer by turning the self-timer lever downwardsas far as it will go.
Set a required aperture and shutter speed; select anobject and focus the lens.
Press the self -timer release button and take yourplace in front of the lens. The shutter operates inno less than 9 seconds after pressing the button.
Thb ZORKI-4K camera allows...

6.2. PHOTOGRAPHI NG
WITH FLASH LAIITPS
To take pictures in conditions of poor illuminationifmtt- iirfipr are used. For this aim plug a tip. of
;ilasdGtitp connecting cord into the iamera socket
To use a flash bulb set letter M of the synchro
nization scale against the dot on the camera plate
When an electronic flash is to be used, letter :XstrouiA bL set against the index dot of the synchro-
nization scale.
The shutter speed of USO is better to use whenphotographingwith flash lamps, i:.!:. when gating
is...

6.3. LENS CHANGING
The ZORKI-4K accepts all the interchangeable len-ses intended for ZORKI type of cameras.
To change a lens set the shortest d istance by thedistance scale and screw the lens out of the cameraby turning it counter-clockwise.
When screwing in an interchangeable lens, be sureto set it at the shortest distance as well.
To take pictures with interchangeble lenses viewingshould be performed with the help of a universalor individual viewf inder which should be set in thecamera attachment...