Voigtlander Vito Automatic 2 Instructions For Use

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
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Depth of field scqle,used in coniunction with thedistonce scole
Dislonce ring
Shutter speed ringwith milled setting rim
Bock lock
Film speed scole for DINwith milled setting ring
Conlrol ring, set to AUTO foroutomotic operture setting
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7 Shutler releqse
8 Sighting window for the oulomoticoperture setting
9 Film type indicolor in rewind knob
l0 Flosh sockel
Il Threoded sockel for coble releoseor self-timer
12 Film speed scqle for ASA,with milled...

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Set the Dislonce
On o cleor sunny doy, there is no need to set the distonce ring (2) to the
exoci footoge. According to your subiect, simply set this ring to one of the
three symbols which you will find between the footoge figures -
O : PORTRAITS - corresponding to o distonce of 4Llzleet
V : GROUPS - corresponding to o distonce of ll feet
O : VIEWS - corresponding to o distonce of 33 feet
only when the light is very poor, ond when toking flosh pictures (see p. 12)
should you set the red triongle V to...

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Set the control ring lo A; this engoges the oulomotic  exposure control, ond the exposure meter pointer now 1]moves freely in ihe viewfinder (on the right) ond on topof the comero.
Pre-sef the Shuiler Speed - by turning the milled ring (3) to bring the reddot opposite the required exposure iime. 30 : 1/30 second . . . 500 :l/500 second. See p.12 for informotion on the 8 setting.
Tqke the picture - by looking through the viewfinder while sighting thesubiect. lf the exposure...

Now thot you know how beoutifully eosy
picture toking is with the VITO outomo-
iic ll, we sholl show you how to lood
ond unlood the film. Noturolly, your
photogrophic deoler will glodly do it for
you - but it is so simple thot sooner or
loter you will wont to do it yourself.
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Setting the Film Speed
Inserting the Cqssette
Seiling the Film Counler
Sefiing the Film Type
Unlooding the Film
Chonging Portly ExposedFilms
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Setfing the Film Speed
The scoles for the ASA ond DIN film
speeds ore situoted on the front of the
lens. Moke it on obsolute rule to set
the film speed before looding o film
cossetie into the comerq. Correct ex-
posures depend on this setting.
To sei the speed, turn the lorge milled
ring (5) to the left or io the right io
bring the red index mork opposite the
film speed figure for the film looded.
The eosiest woy to turn the milled ring
is io use both thumbs. The film soeed
is usuolly morked on the f...

Inserling the Film Cosselte
Press together ihe locking colches (4) ond open ihe comero bock.
Push the film reversing lever (20) to the left. The rewind knob (.|9) springs
up; pull it out fully (see Fig. lll).
Anchor the beginning of the film to the hook (23). Drow the cossette ocross
the film trock, inserl it into the cossette chomber, ond fully push bock the I
film rewind knob. Now turn the milled ring ot the boitom of the toke-up
spool until lwo teeth of the film sprocket engoge two film perforotions...

Selting the Film Counter
Turn the milled button (.l5) until the diomond Imork (for o 36-exposure cqssette - illustrotion o)or the Q mork (for o 20-exposure cqssette - illu-strotion c) is opposite the red dot. Alternotelyoperote ihe ropid winding lever ond the releqseuntil the film counter indicotes No.36 (illustro-tion b) or No. 20 (illustrotion d) respectively forthe first exposure.From this point onwords the film counter outomoiicollyshows the number of shots siill ovoiloble every time thefilm is...