Cosmorex Se Owners Manual

•In the event the flash unit does not fire

when you press the Shutter Release 
Button

(2), check to see that the flash cord is

securely plugged into Flash Cord 
Outlet 
(7)
, 
and that On/Off switch of 
flash unit is
in "ON" position. Finally, 
make certain the
Selector Dial (6) is at 
"X" position.


D
o not press down on Shutter Release 
Button (
2) unless actually taking a flash picture.

Pressing this button down fully 
will fire the
flash whether or not the 
Film Transport Lever...

USING LONG EXPOSURE TIMES 
(
TIME EXPOSURES)

Time Exposures are exposures of one second 
or
longer. At these extra-long exposure times, 
you
can photograph city streets at night, dimly-lit

interiors, and many subjects too 
faintly
illuminated for normal picture-taking.

To take a time exposure with your Cosmorex, 
set
the Shutter Speed Dial (5) to 
"B", 
press 
the Shutter
Release Button (2) 
... 
and simply hold it down until

the desired number of 
seconds has elapsed. When
you release the...

•
Under certain conditions, your cameras 
exposure
meter may be used when making 
Time Exposures.
First, make sure that the 
existing light is sufficient
for use of the 
meter (p. 12); then, "match the
needle" 
and read the correct exposure time in full

seconds from the Red numbers 30, 15, 8, 4, 2, 
1,
which appear furthest from the Black 
numbers 30-
500 on the exposure meter 
Shutter Speed
Indicator Dial (21).

 T
he Red numbers 15, 8, 4, 2, appearing 
next to
the Black numbers 30-500, repre...

USING SELF-TIMER

Your Cosmorex camera is equipped with a 
built-
in self-timer. This trips the shutter after

a10-seconddelay(approximate),thusenabling

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with transport lever fully wound.

2.Frame,focus,andadjustcameraforcor
rect
lensopeningandshutterspeed
-
ex
actlyas
you always do.

3. Move Auto/Manual Switch (14) on lens to 
"M"
position (so the red...

*Make sure you have moved the Self-Timer

Lever as far as it will go before pressing 
the
Release Button. If the Lever has not 
been fully
wound, the shutter will not 
operate. (Should
this happen, just move 
the Self-Timer Lever
downwards again - 
fully this time 
- 
and press
the Release 
Button again.)

*If you decide not to use the Self-Timer 
after
moving the lever down, simply take 
your next
picture by pressing the Shutter Release

Button 
(2). 
Then, before moving 
the Film
Transport Lever,...

•
Alwaysscrewthelensinfirmly;whenit

stops,giveitaslightextratwisttoinsure

that it is securely attached.



T
hread-mount lenses, particularly lenses 
of
different manufacture, may sometimes 
"seat"
with the aperture and distance 
scales slightly to
the right or left of "center" position. This does

not indicate 
any defect in your camera or lenses,
and 
in no way affects camera/lens operation.



T
ake care not to expose your cameras 
interior to
dust, dirt, or moisture when the 
lens...

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econd

CHOOSING SHUTTER SPEEDS

AND LENS OPENINGS

For the majority of outdoor subjects, a 
shutter
speed of 1/125th second is suggested. 
This speed is
fast enough to prevent blur due to slight

movement of the camera during ex
posure, and
also fast enough to "freeze" most normal

movement of the subject - 
people 
walking, moving
cars, etc. For situations 
when the subject is really
moving fast 
- 
children at play, sports events, racing
cars, 
for example 
- 
shoot at 1/250 or...

CHOOSING DIFFERENT LENS OPENINGS

Your 58mm automatic standard lens has open
ings (
apertures) from f/2 to f/16. At f/2, the 
greatest
amount of light is transmitted to the 
film; at f/16,
the amount of light transmitted 
is least. Each
marked number represents a 50% 
change in light
transmitted.

The Aperture Ring (26) of your lens may be 
set
at any marked lens opening (f/2, f/2.8, 
etc.) 
or 
at
positions 
in between 
marked lens 
openings. If the
Exposure Meter Aperture Indicator Dial (20)...

Example: youre taking a picture of a land-

scape 
- and you want everything needle
sharp
from the foreground, all the way to 
the
background. Your Cosmorex lets you 
achieve
this easily and reliably, in several 
ways:

A. Using Depth-of-Field Scale 
(27). 
Heres how:

1. Focus on the closest object which will

appear in the picture. (Example: ten feet

away as indicated by the white 
number
on your Distance Scale [28] .)

2. Now, focus on the most distant ob
ject
which will appear in the picture. 
(...

5. Take the picture! 
Everything between

the two distances (10 and infinity) 
shown
by the matching f/11 numbers 
on the
Depth-of-Field Scale (27) will 
appear
sharply.

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The second way:

B.UsingViewfinderatTakingAperture.
Move
theAuto/ManualSwitch(14)onlensto"

M"position.Thisclosesdown
thelensto
whateveropeninghasbeen
setonthe
ApertureRing
(26).
Youllbe
abletosee
howdistantandnearbyob...