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vrrotrD
24x36.35 mm

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Releqse

Exposure meler -

see poge 4

24 x 36- 35 mm
l0

Film indicotor in rewind knob

tI

Flqsh sockel

Distqnce scqle with 3,point settings

Depth of field scqle

Shutter speed scqle

Exposure vqlue setling lever

t3

Bqck lock

14 Self-timer lensioning lever

Shutler speed ring

Scqlering with operture ond

exposurevofue figures

12 Cqble releqse socket

Exposurevqlues with setting index

15 Film counler with setting button

16 Tripod bush

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poge

Confenfs: Settingthe film speed

2
lnsertingthe film
2
Settingthe film counter
3
Thefilmindicotor
....... 3
Settingthe exposure...
4-5
Setiing
t h ed i s t o n c e
....
6
Apertureqnd depih of field
7
F i n d e -r r e l e o s e- r o p i dw i n d i n gl e v e r. . . . I
Unloodinglhe comero
9
Chongingportly exposedfilms .
I
- floshshots.
Self-timer
]0-1]
Meter reodingsin o nutshell... .
12-13
Close-upswith Focor lenses
14,-15
Filters
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Getting the Camera Reodf . . . with Every New Film

I S"iling the film speed- Turnthe settingcontrol (k)on the exposuremeter(see
poge 4) to the leff or right until the film speedfigure is oppositethe block
indexmork on the oppropriotescole.For exomple,sei it to 32,corresponding
to 32 ASA; or lo 17,corresponding
to 17 degreesDlN.
I
I

This film speed setting is essentiol lo ensure correci exposures with the outomotic
exposure conlrol.

I tnsertingthe film - Presstogether the locking cotches (5) ond open the
comerobock. Pushthe film reversinglever (2.|)to the left. The rewind knob
(20)springsup; pull it out fully (seeillustrotionlll).
P u s ht h e b e g i n n i n go f t h e f i l m i n t o t h e s l i t o f t h e t o k e - u ps p o o l o n d o n c h o r
it to the hook (24ond 28)by o perforotionhole. Drow the cosseiteocrossthe
film trock,insertin the cossettechomber,o.nd
fully pushbockthe rewindknob.
The rewind shoft (25)must engogethe centrespool of ihe cossette,ond ihe
sprocketof the ironsportshoft (27)should engogethe film perforotion(see
illustrotionlV). Closethe comerobock.
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f Settingrhe film counter-

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Turn'{he milled button (15)

cossette
until lhe diqmondI mork (for o 36-exposure
cossette
illustrotiono) or the O mork (witho 20-exposure
- illustrotionc) is opposite the red dot. Alternotely
operoteihe ropid winding lever ond the releoseuntil
b) or No. 20
ihe film counterindicqtesNo. 36 (illustrotion
(illustrofiond) for the first exposure.
From this point onwordsthe film counteroulomoticolly
showslhe numberof sholsstill ovoilobleeverytime the
film is odvonced.In other words, it runs bockwordslo
No.l.

The Film lndicotor

is intended to remind you of the type of film you hove looded
in lhe comero - it hos no effect on the exposure. Set it before

lTHffi
[:tHi^"iJ1i[ililIif,[ffi:'#i":Linfi
cofourfilm; ond

ortificiol light type colour film.

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Seffing

the Exposure

o o i Shutter Speed qnd Aperture

Shutter speed r ing
Setting index I
for the exposurevolues
Scole ring with operture ond
exposure volue figures
Setting index I
f o r t h e o p e r t u r e - s p e e dc o m b i n o t i o n

Indicotor windovr of ex pos ur e m eter

Milled ring to turn the red setting
pointer in the window (e)
W indow showing the ex pos i r r ev ol ue
obtqined
DIN filnn speed scole
ASA film speed sc ql e
Control
for setfing the DIN qnd ASA figures

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I' Toting lhe meler reoding - Turn the milled ring (f) - preferoblywith the
thumbfrom behind- to line up both pointersin the window (e).Do ihis while
pointing the comero oi the subiect.For speciol hints see poges 12 to 13.
The exposure meter does nol cover brightness ronges in which the pointers connol
be lined up becouse of insufficient or too intense light.

)' Sefiingthe exposure- Reodoff the exposurevolue figure obtoined (or intervolue)in the window (g).Setthisvolueon the red scoleof the ring (c),
medioJe
by pressingin the lever (4) ond rototing ihe scole ring (c) ond ihe shutter
speedring (o) ogoinsteocholher os for os required.
The operture-speed combinotion octuolly set by this operotion is now visible
opposite the index (d). lf your subiect colls for o different combinotion, turn the
shutter speed ring to the left or right until the required speed or operture engoges
opposite the triongulor l, mork.
Exposure times from

llzst lo rho second ore timed outomoticolly

by the shutter.

When sei to B, the shutterremoinsopen os long os you keep ihe releose

depressed.A cqble releosecon be screwedinto the socket(12).
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Simpfe Dislsnce Seffings

ln odditionto the ocluol djstoncefigures,the distoncescole (1) olso corries
the followingred symbolsfor eosy3-poinisettings:
- sublectdistqnce 4t/qfeet
o = PORTRAITS
V = GROUPS - subiectdistoncell feet
- subiectdistonce33feet
O = VIEWS
Accordingto your subiect,sei the distoncescolesimplyfo one of thesethree
symbols.This gives you, omong others;the following depth of field zones:
ApertureI

f /5.6
flB
f/ 1 1

o (41lrfeet)

3'/t to 5 ft.
3r/, lo 51/ett.
3t/t +o 6 ft.

(11 feet)

8r/r lo 161/rtt.
7t/z to 23 ft.
61/z lo 40 ft.

I
l,
1
i

o (3ileeil_
16rt.,ft.to oo
13t/zft. to oo
l0 ft. to oo

You con of course set individuol subiect dislonces on the distonce scole. Here the
o c c e s s o r yV o i g t l d n d e r r o n g e f i n d e r i s o g r e o f h e l p .
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Aperlure

clnd Depth

of Field

The depthof field zone dependson the operturesetting,ond coversthot pori

of the subiectqreo in front of, ond behind,the focuseddistonce,which is
reproducedon ihe film with occeptobleshorpness.
Note thot:
lorge operlures(e.g.t2.8) yield limited deprh of field;
smoll opertures(e.g. fil6) yield greoter depth of field.
Reodingoff the depth of field - After seiting the distonce,hold ihe comero
in such o wqy thot you con see lhe operturefigureson the depth of field
scole (2) oi lhe sometime os the distoncescole (l). The depth of field zone
now extendsfrom lhe distqncefigure obove ony given left-hondoperture
operturenumberto
numberto the distoncefigure obove the corresponding
the right of the A mork.
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Shoofing.

. . Frome by Frqme

TheVoigfliindercryslol-fromeviewfinder-The brilliont reflected-frome

finder
systemshowsyou the subieclin noturolsize.When sightingyou con therefore
keep both eyes open ond hove o cleor view over the surroundings
of the
subiectqs well.
Pleose note: with subiects ol obout Jr1, Ieel the limits of the field of view ore
disploced downwords or sidewoys (occording to whether you hold the comero
horizontolly or upright) os shown by the iwo short lines on the reflected imoge
fro me.

Releosing- Alwoys pressthe releosegenily ond smoothlythot would produceblurredpictures.

never lerk it os

The ropid winding lever - After everyshot pull out the lever os for qs it will
go (with one full stroke or severol short ones).This iensionsihe shutter,
odvoncesthe film, ond odvoncesthe film counter.An outomoticlock prevenis
operotiono secondtime beforeyou hove mode on exposure.Also, you con
only releoseihe shutierofier working the ropid winding lever.
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the Comero . . . ofter ihe losf Exposure
Unloading
Rewinding
ond removingrhe film - Pushthe reversinglever to the teft, teiling
I
the rewind knob iump up. Turn the knob in the direciionof the orrow until
the I or the O mork reoppeqrsin the film counterwindow. Then open lhe
comerobock,fully pull out the rewind knob, ond removeihe cossette.
Changing

Partly

Exposed

Films

With the VITO CD you con olwoysremoveo porily exposedfilm in the middle
ond chongeit for onotherone (for instonceto switch over from blqck-qndwhite fo colourfilm).
I'

Remember - or, beiler still, moke o nole of - the number of the lost exposed frome,
ond rewind the portly exposed film into its cossette. When relooding this film loter on,
proceed os olreody described up to the point of setting the film counter to the I mork.
Then press the releose, let go, press down ogoin,
Keep on pulling out the ropid winding lever os for
ogoin indicoles lhe number of lhe frome you noted
work the ropid winding lever once more, ond corry

ond hold it down in this position.

os it will qo, until the film counter
before. Now let go of the releose,
on shooting.

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The Seff-Timer
Onceyou hove set the exposure(shutter
speedond operture)ond the distonce,
ond tensionedthe shutter,pull the smoll red lever (14)sidewoysos for os il
will go. On pressingthe releose,the exposurenow tqkesploce oulomoticolly
ofter o deloy of qbout ten seconds.You thereforehove iime to toke your
ploce quickly in front of the comero.Do nol, however,use the self-timerwith
the shutter set to B.
Synchronized
Flash Shofs
Smoll light-weightflosh guns con be mounteddirectlyin the occessoryshoe
on top of the comero.Lorgerguns or the lomp holdersof electronicflosh
unitsqre generollymountedto one side of the comerowith o speciolbrocket.
The flosh coble completesthe electriccircuit; it plugs into the flosh socket
(,|1)on ihe shutter.
The shuiter hos only one synchronizingsetting: X. For flosh shots (with or without
the self-timer) you must therefore use only lhe shutter speeds shown in the toble
opposite.
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The correcf aperture setting con be
F l q s hb u l b s
obloinedfrom so-colledguidenumbers,
q
u
o
t
e
d
t
h
e
f
l
o
s
h
b
u
l
b
o
n
usuolly
P h i l i p sP F I
pocking or in the leoflet issuedwith
PF5
the bulb or electronicflqsh unit.Divide
PF25
Osrom XM I
the opproprioteguide numberby ihe
XM5
distqncein feet betweenthe subiecl
M o z d o1 N o . 1
o n d t h e f l o s h g u n o n t h e c o m e r q :t h e
r
G . E . C .N o . 5
resultis ihe opertureto be used.
=
Distqnce
G
.E., M2
Guide
No.
;Aperture
Exqmple:
Guide No. 75
Distoncel5 feei
So set the operture between f/4 ond
fts.6.

Shutter speed

1 . / g os e c o n d

S y l v o n i o ,M 5
etc.
No. 0
No. 5
No. 25
Eleclronic flosh
Instont firing

Shutterspeed
l/so to 1/zsosecond

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Meler Reodings . . . in o Nutshell

Generolly you get o relioble exposure
setting by pointing lhe exposure meler
stroight ot the subiect from the comero
posilion. This so-colled reflected light
m e o s u r e m e n ti s s u i l o b l e f o r o l l o v e r o g e
conditions without excessive conlrosts of
light ond shode.
Out of doors - especiolly with open
views - it is odvisoble to poini the
comero slightly downwords os the bright
sky reflects for more light thon the
ociuol subiect. Exceptions ore cloud
studies wilh figures, buildings, or other
londscope feolures deliberotely rendered os silhoueiles; olso beoch ond snow
scenes.

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,s/

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@
Pls-

ln some coses o more occuroie woy of

toking reflected light reodings is necessory, nomely close-up reodings. This
moy orise with bright obiecis ogoinst
o d o r k b o c k g r o u n d , w i l h c l o s e - u p sw i t h
l h e o i d o f F o c o r l e n s e s ,o n d w i t h n e o r l y
oll ,picfures of people, especiolly portroits.
For o close-up reoding go neor enough
to the subiect lo loke in only lhe porls
thot reolly motter. Toke core not lo
cosl o shodow over the oreo which you
ore meosuring.

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Close-up s w ith Suppfemen iary Focsr Lenses

Do not missthis foscinoting
ond
interesting
f ield - you enter o
completelynew world, o microcosm
o f s m o l lo b i e c t so n d o n i m o l s .
Whetheryou ore interested
in blossoms,oquoriumor insectlife, coins
or postogestomps- you ccrnrecord it oll iust os you see it, with
the VoigtlcinderFocor lensesond
the Proxirectviewing unit.
The Focorlensespermitthe comero
to opproochihe subiectcloserthon
the usuol3rlz-toolfocusinglimit; in
this woy the subiectis reproduced
opprecioblylorger.
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F o c o r F o c u s i n gT o b l e
D i s t o n c e D i s t o n c e f r o m S u b i e c t t o F r o n t o fF o c o r l e n r
Scole
Focorl I Focor2 | F1+2
Setting

tl

ill

IV

2' 7Llz"
2'6Llr"
2' 5rlr"

1' 5112"

1171t"
11"
11"
lElt"
1Uh"
10rlr"
10tlt"
10rlt"
10"
10"
9lt'
9rlz"
9rlt"
9'
9'
8tlr"

I
oo

60'

o
n'

l5'
12'
V

2' 4"
2' 3'
2' 2"

9.s'

2' 1112"
2' rtz"

1.s'

1' 11'
1' lI'
l'8tlr"
\' 8"
\' 7'
l' 7tlz"
\' 6'

8'
7'
6'
5'

1'
a
3.5'

ltlltl

a"

I' s'

7t 4tlt'
\' 1rlz"
'l'
40
1'3rlz'
l' 3Ur"

\' 3'

1' 231r"
1' 2112"
I' 2u
1t 1112"
1'11h"
1' 10
1' 1'
1' r!r,"

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Using the Focqr Lenses
Setting the dislonce - Bring the comero (preferobly mounted on o tripod)
subiect until the lotter oppeors in the desired size in the finder. Then
responding Focor lens, or both lenses (No. I ond 2) together, in front of
lens - occording to the subiect distonce involved (see columns ll to lV
opposite).

close to the
fit the corthe comero
in the toble

Next meosure the exoct distonce from the front of the lens to the centre of lhe subiect.
Look up this disfonce in columns ll to lV, ond troce ocross to column I find the
n e c e s s o r yd i s i o n c e s c o l e s e t l i n g o n t h e c o m e r o . S e t t h e f o c u s i n g m o u n l t o t h i s f i g u r e .
Aperlure ond depth of field - To obtoin sufficient depth of field, stop down to ot
leost f/5.6 or f/8. When copying documents even f/ll or fl16 is odvisoble.
The finder imoge - Insert the PROXIRECTinto the occessory shoe of the comero so
ihot the unit is in front of the finder window. Then set the front ond the reor scole
rings to the distonce corresponding to the exoct subject distonce. This now gives you
o porollox-free finder imogg. The slight dorkening in lhe corners of the finder imoge,
d u e t o t h e r o u n d s h o p e o f t h e P R O X I R E C Td, o e s n o l , o f c o u r s e , o p p e o r i n t h e p i c t u r e .
Exposure - The exposure is virtuolly not offected by the Focor lenses. Filters should
bs mounted in front of the Focor lens (remember to ollow for the filter focior).

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Voigtliinder

Filters

ore hord cootedond corry o 32 mm. dio. push-onmount.Everyfilter (except

for the ultro-violeifilier) needssome extro exposure.The exposureincreose
in the form of o filfer foctor,is morkedon the filter, e.g.4x (exposure
without.
filter 1/tzssecond- with filier r/:o second).
Yellowfilter G l.5x

Slightfilteringeffectfor outdoorshots.ldeolfor sportsond

Yellow

Universol filter for londscopes ond other outdoor subiects;

i n d i s p e n s o b l ef o r s n o w p i c t J r e s .
F i l t e r f o c t o r : 3 x , o r o p e n t h e o p e r t u r e b y 1 1 7 2s t o p s .
L i g h t e n s g r e e n t o n e s i n l o n d s c o p e s . R e c o m m e n d e df o r o r t i f i ciol light portroiture ond for'copying coloured oriqinols.
Filter foctor: 4x, or open the opertuie by 2 stops.

filter

G 3 x

Green filter

Gr4x

Oronse filter Or 5 x
Ultrq-violet

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filter

UV

t:l"n,,"e
Ff;[?",:'.?#io'.811
ts''..':;:'"*,'il:'3N, byr/2stop.

ip:l|1

dromoticeffecis.Reduces
otmospheric
d.trh"?lX?"1.r:

Filter foctor:5x,
o r o p e n t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e b y 2 1 1 2s t o p s .
Culs out ultro-violet rodiotion in hiqh mountoins or neor fhe
seo. Eliminote.sunpleosont blue.costs in colour shots. Requires
no exposure Increose.

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17 Viewf inder eyepiece

18 Film trqck
t9

24

Toke-up spool with hook for

ottoching the film leoder

25

Shqft of rewind knob

t o e n g o g e t h e c o s s e t t es p o o l

26

Rewind knob
pushed into comero body

27

Sprocket of fronsport shqft

engoged in the f ilm perforotions

Cqssette chomber

20 Rewind knob fully extended

21 Film reversing lever
22 Ropid winding lever for tensioning
t h e s h u t t e ro n d o d v o n c i n g t h e f i l m
23 Film tronsport shofl

28 Film leqder
fixed to the toke-up spool

You con lood the VITO CD with oll mokes of film on lhe morkel,
wherever you moy buy it. Stondord doylight cosselfes of perforoled
35 mm. minioture film yield 36 or 20 exposvres24x36 mm. qnd qre
qvqilqble in blqck-qnd-whiie os weli qs colour negotive ond
colour reversql film (for tronsporencies).

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CARE OF THE CAMERA AND [ENS

Successful
resuhsond long life of your voluoble
comer.odepend lorgely on proper .oi" ond correci
operotrons.
Thereforeolwoys hondle ihe comero gently; never
use force,
Protectihe comero ogoinsi hord knocks ond
do
not drop it. When trovellingby cor do "of
f,""p

=."

in rhe,stove.o,ip"itrn"nr.
in'ii" rons

lt
ryn ::-".1o
th.evrbrotioniheremoy horm the builf_in
i -",":',
phoio_
in phoio'electric
exposuremeter.
,o sofi, fluffless cloth. However,firsi dust off coorse
I ot ihe seoside)corefulty witli o ioii soai;
l;;.
troces of. greose on lhe lens surfoce.* b"
;;;;;l
- -'-wool moistenedwith pure olcohol or ethei.