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v t T o c a24 x36 - 35 mm

, I Aperture ring wiih lever

2 Bqck lock

3 Dislqnce scqlewith 3-point sett ing

4 Depth of field scqle

5 Shutter speed ringwith shuiter speed scole

6 Shutler releqse

7 Film indicqtorto show the type of filmlooded in the comero

8 Coble releqse socket

9 Flosh sockel

l0 Self-timer

ll Tripod bush

12 Film counter wiih setting button


R ' G H T H E R E

is the most importont piece of odvice in this corefullyprepored booklet: pleose reod il thoroughly beforeyou do onything else. Prociice mokes perfect: so tryout the vorious comero controls without o film inthe comero.

Remember olso thot the VITO C, though very robust,is on opticol ond mechonicol precision instrument.It iherefore needs gentle ond sensible hondling. Thecornero will repoy coreful treotment with perfeclpictures for mony yeors to come.

v 0 t 6 T t I i t 0 E R A . 6 . E R A U N s c H } Y E t 6


Confenfs:

Poge

Preporing lhe comero 2

Unlooding . chonging port ly exposedfi lms 3

Se t t i ng t he exposu re . . . . . . . ' : ' . . . . 4

Aperture ond depth of field 5

Sett ing the distonce . . . .

Finder . releose . ropid winder 7

Self-timer flqsh shots . &- 9

F o c o r l e n s e s . . . . . ; 1 0 - l ' l

F i l t e r s . . . . . . 12


Gel* ing the Camers Reody . o . wirh Every New Fi lm

I Insert ing lhe f i lm. Press. together the locking'cotches (2 i ond open the comero' bqck . Push the f i lm revers ing lever ( . |5 ) to the le f t , ond f u l l y pu l l ou t therewind knob ( . |3 ) wh ich spr ings up (see i l lus t ro t ion 3) . Push the f i lm leoder in tothe s l i t of the toke-up spool qnd qnchor i t to the hook (20 und 24) wi tho perforot ion hole. Drow ihe cosset te qcross the f i lm t rock, insert i t in thecossef te chomber (15) ond fu l l y push bock the rewind knob. The rewind shof t(22) must engoge in the centre spool of the cosset te, ond the lower sprocket ofthe t ronsport shqf t (23) should engoge the f i lm perforot ions (see i l lustrot ion 4)Close the cqmero bqck.

I Sei l ing the f i lm counler . Turn the mi l led knob (12) unt i l the diomond t mqrk(for o 36-exposure cossette) or the O mork (with o 20-exposure cossette) isopposi te the red dot . Al ternotely operote the ropid wind ing lever ond thereleose but ton unt i l the f i lm counter indicotes No. 36 or No. 20 respect ivelyfor the f irst exposure.Whi le you ore ot i t , set o lso the f i lm indicotor f l ) before loqding the f i lm - whi le therewind knob . is pul led out . Turn the indicotor d isc occordingly: td : b lock-ond-wh i te f i lm; '& t : doy l igh t type co lour f i lm; ond€: o r t i f i c io l l i gh t type co lour f i lm.- 2 -


IUnlosding the Camers qfter the lqst ExposureRewinding qnd removing fte fi lm. Push the reversing lever (.|5) to the left,f ett ing the rewind knob (21) iump up. Turn the knob in the direct ion of theorrow unti l the I or the O mork reoppeqrs in the f i lm counter window. Thenopen the comero bock, ful ly pul l ouf the rewind knob, ond remove the cossette.

Changing Partly Exposed FilmsWith the VITO C you con olwoys remove o portly exposed film ond chonge itfor onofher one (for instonce to switch over from block-ond-white to colourf i lm) without the need for o dqrkroom.Moke o note of the number of the lost exposed frqme, ond rewind the port ly exposedf i lm into i ts cossette. When relooding this port ly exposed f i lm loter on, proceed osolreody, descr ibed.

As soon os the I oppeors in the f i lm counter window, depress the releose button, ondhold i t down in th is posi t ion. Keep on pul l ing out the ropid winding lever os for os i tw i l l go un t i l the f i lm counter ogc l in ind ico tes the number o f the f rome you no ted be fore .Now let go of the releose, work ' the ropid winding lever once more, qnd you concor ry on shoot ing .

I

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Seff ing the Exposure. . . Shutter Speed ond Aperture

I Sef i ing the shul ler speed. Rotote the shut ter speed r ing (5) unt i l the red l inec l i cks in to pos i i ion oppos i te the requ i red exposure t ime.

The exposure t imes f rom 1/zso second Io 1/so second ore outomot icol ly t imed bVthe shut ter . When set to B the shut ter remqins open qs long qs you keep there leose depressed. For such t ime exposure (suppor t the comero f i rm ly o rmount i i on o t r ipod) use q cob le re leose wh ich screws in to the socket (B) .

I Sei l ing the oper luFe. Rotote the operture r ing by the lever (1) unt i l the requiredoperture f igure is opposi te the t r iongulor A index mork. See olso poge 5 fornotes on qperture ond depth of f ie ld.

I With some exper ience you con eosi ly est imote the correct shut ter speed ond oper-

I ture required. The leof lets enclosed wi th most f i lms olso give useful h ints. To be

I reolly sure, however, use o photo-electric exposure meter.

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Aperture ond DePth of Field

The depth of f ield zone depends on the operlur.e sett ing, gn{ covers thot port

o i th" subiect qreo in f ront of , qnd behind the focused distonce, which is

reproduced' on the f i lm wi th occeptoble shorpness. Note thot :

lorge operlures (e.g. tn.B\ yield limited depth of field;

smqll opertures (e.g. tl16) yield greoler depth of field. .

I neoaing off the depth of f ield. - After hoving set the distonce (see next pcge)'

ho ld th ; comero so tho t you con reod the oper tu re mqrks on the depth o f f ie ld

sco le (4 ) os we l l os the d is tonce sco le (3 ) o t the some t ime. The depth o f f ie ld

extends f rom the distonce f igure obove ony given lef t -hond operture number

to the distonce f igure obovJ the corresponding operture number of the right

side of the A mork.

I Consider the depth of field when you odiust the. op.ertqrg lq motch o pre'selectedI ;i ';ii;; ;p;;d.li-t;r; tubil.r "oiii foio sreoter depih of field zone thon obtoinobleI ;i]h; correct op'erture s-d*ing,. io, moy-hove to $re-set o longer exposure time in

I order to orrive of o smoller operture. _ 5 _


Seff ing the DisfonGe . . . by Simple Symbols

The distonce scole (3) corr ies the fo l lowing red symbols for three-point d istoncesett ings between the distonce f igures:

o :- PORTRAITS - subiect distqnce 4tlcfeet

Y = GROUPS - subiect distonce 11 feet

C = VIEWS - subiect distonce 33 feet.

According to your subiect , set the distonce scole s imply to one of these threesymbols. This g ives yoU, qmong olhers, the fo l lowing depth of f ie ld Zoo€s:

Aper tu re o (4rln feet) V (11 feet) C (33 feet)

f t5.6flBf t11

3r/a to 5 ft.3 r / r t o 5 r / + f t .Sr lo to 6 f t .

8r/t to 16t/, f t .71lz to 23 ft.6rl, Io 40 ft.

16t1, ft. to oo13, /, ft. to ool0 ft. to oo

distqnce scole. Here theYou con o f course se t ind iv iduo l sub iec t d is tonces on the

occessorv "Vo ig t l c inder rongef inder ' i s o g reo t he lp .

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Shoof ing Frqme by Frqme

The Voigtlt inder crystol-frqme viewfinder. The unique bri l l iont reflected-frome

f inder sys tem shows you the sub iec t in nq turq l s ize . When s igh t ing , you con

therefore keep both eyes open ond hove o c leor v iew over the surroundings

of the subiect os wel l .

Pleose note: with subiects ot obout 31/z feet the l imits of the f ield of view or.e disp.locedOownwoidr or sidewirys (occording to whether _you h.qld the comero horizontolly orupright) os shown by t l ie two short i- ines on the reflected imoge frome.

Releosing. Alwoys press the re leose genf ly ; never ierk i t , os thot wou ld

produce blurred pictures.

The ropid winding lever. Af ter every shot pul l out the lever os for os i t wi l l go

(wi th one fu l l s t roke or severql short ones). This tensions the shut ler , odvqnces

the f i lm counter qnd t ronspor ts the f i lm. An ou tomot ic lock prevents o second

operot ion of the !ever before you hove mode qn exposure. Simi lor ly , you -conon ly re leose the shut te r o f te r work ing the rop id w ind ing lever . Th is there forep reven t s doub le exposu res ond b l onk f r omes .

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The Seff - f imer

Once you hove set exposure (shut ter speed ond operture) ond the distqnce,qnd tens ioned the shut te r , pu l l down ihe smol l red lever (10) qs fq r qs i f w i l lgo. On pressing the re leose, the exposure now tokes ploce outomot icol ly of tero deloy of obout 10 seconds. You therefore hove t ime to toke your p locequickly in front of the comero. Do not however use the self-t imer with theshutter set lo B.

Synchronized Flash Shofs

Smol l l ight-weight f losh guns con be mounted in the occessory shoe on top oflhe comero . Lorger guns or the lomp ho lders o f e led t ron ic f losh guns oregenerol ly mounted to one s ide of the cqmero wi th o specio l brocket . The f loshcoble completes the electnic c i rcui t between the f losh uni t ond the shut ter ; i tp lugs into the f losh socket (9) on ihe shut ter .

The Pronto shutter is only X-synchronised. For f losh shots (wi th or wi thout the

se l f - t imer ) you must there fore use on ly the shut te r speeds shown in the tob le

oppos i te .

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The lens oper lure required for correctexposure con be obtoined f rom so-co l l ed gu ide numbers , usuo l l y quo iedon the f losh bu lb pock ing or in theleo f le ts i ssued w i th the bu lb o r e lec-t ron ic f losh un i t . To f ind the cor rec toper tu re d iv ide the oppropr io te gu ide

number by the d is tonce in fee t be tweenthe sub iec t ond f l o sh gun on t heco merq .

Aperlure = guide number * dislsnce

E x q m p l e :gu ide number 75

= 5Dis tqnce 15 fee t

So se t the oper tu re ho l f -woy be tweenf/4 ond f/5.6.

Flosh bulbs Shutter speed

Ph i l i p s PF IP F 5P F 1 4PF 25

Osrom XM IX M 5 I /30 second

M 2M 5No . 0No . 5No. 25

Electronic f losh Shutter speed

l ns ton to neousr e l e o s e

1/ao to 1/2so second

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Voigtl i inder Focar Lenses

extend your scope to cover h ighlyin te res t ing lo rge-sco le c lose-ups o fsmo l l ob i ec t s ond on imo l s .

B lossoms or the inhob i ton ts o foquo r i ums ond t e r ro r i ums con i us tos we l l be photogrophed os co insor s tomps ond o l l th is con be tokenos you see i t - w i th Vo ig t l c inderFocor lenses ond Proxirect ot toch-ment.

You con now opproqch the subiect withthe comero considerobly c loser thonthe usuol focusing l imi t of 3t lz feet ,ond thus increqse the scqle of repro-d u c t i o n .

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Inslructions for use of Focor lenses:

o Focus ing - Approoch the sub jec t w i th the comero un f i l you see i t in the v ievv f inderin the s ize des i red . Then - occord ing to the d is tonce ( tob le , co lumns l l to lV)f i t the oppropr io te Focor lens or bo th lenses over the comero lens mount (F 2 onthe comero lens ond F I on top o f the F 2 lens) .

Meosure the exoc t d is tonce f rom the summi i o f the lens to the cent re o f the sub iec tqnd se t the lens to the oppropr iq le d is tonce os per co lumn I o f the tob le cor respond ingto whqt i s g iven by co lumns l l to lV .

o Aperture qnd depth of f ie ld - To moke sure of odequote depth of f ie ld, stop downto o f leos t f15 .6 o r f l8 . For copy ing o f tex t mot te r f l l l o r f l16 is recommended.

o Viewf inder lmoge Fi t the Proxirect ot tochment into the occessory shoe of thecomero so tho t i t i s in f ron t o f the v iewf inder . Then ro to te the f ron t ond reor sco ler ings to se t the d is tonce cor respond ing to the sub iec t d is tonce. You now see thef inder imoge f ree f rom poro l lox . The s l igh t v ignet t ing o f the corners , due to therounded shope o f the Prox i rec t , w i l l , o f course , no t oppeor in the p ic tu re .

o Exposure - The Focor lenses do not of fect the exposure volue determined in thenormol woy. When us ing o co lour f i l te r , mount i t in f ron t o f the Focor lens ond tokeinto occount i ts foctor.

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Voigtldnde r Filters

ore hord cooted ond corry q 32 mm. dio. push-on mount. Every f i l ter (except

for the ul t ro-v io let f i l ter) needs some extro exposure. The exposure increose

in the form of q f i t ter foctor , is morked on the f i l ter , e. g.4 x (exposure wi thoutf i l ter 1/rzs second - wi th f i l ter 1/ro second).

Yetrow firrer G r.5 x l[y,!1tllj;i::?,:tl:.ff,:-tg:,1,iff,*it;,I:""' ror sports ond

Fi l ter foctor: 1.5 x, or open the lens operture by l lz stop.

Yellow filter G 3 x i,ti6:'fl"f'll"l"lllfi::Lm other outdoor subiects;

Fi l te i foctor: 3x, or open the operture by l l / : s tops.

Green firrer Gr 4 x iti:i"i[fJ?T,H?,";J'":,T*"r;;,1";".:,!:l3jo"lil"Tl'i:Fi l te r foc to r : 4x , o r open the 'oper tu re by 2 s tops .

Oronse filter Or 5 x ilgtld::nrllYi"l"r:

dromotic effects' Reduces otmospheric

Fi l ter foctor: 5 x, or open the lens operture by 2t lz stops.

C u t s o u t u l t r o - v i o l e t r o d i o t i o n i n h i g h m o u n t o i n s o r n e o rt h " r " o . E l i m i n o t e s u n p l e o s o n t b l u e c o s t s i n c o l o u r s h o t s .Requ i res no exposure inc reose.

Ultrq-violet filter UV

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l l l u s t r o t i o n l V


f*rr:** --

l3 Rewind knob ful ly extended

l4 Viewfinder eyepiece

t5 Film reversing lever

16 Cqssette chqmber

17 Film lrqck

l8 Ropid winding leverfor tensioning the shut terqnd qdvonc ing the f i lm

19 Film tronsport shoft

Toke-up spool with hook foro t toch ing the f i lm leqder

Film rewind knobpushed into the comero body

Shofi of rewind knobto engoge cosset te spoof

Sprocket of trqnsport shqftengoged in the f i lm perforot ions

Film leqderf ixed io the toke-up spool

4l l bronds of f i lms in the morker con be used in the vlro c.The doylight coss_enes wirh rhe pJrfotorea 35;;lii; ;ft 36 or z0fromes, resp., 24 x 36 mm io mqfter wherhei bi;A;-;;d-;hiteor colour negotive or colour reversol f i lm.


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C A R E O F T H E C A M E R A A N D I E N S

Successful results ond long l i fe of your VITO Cdepend lorgely on proper core ond correctoperotion.

Therefore olwoys hondle the comero gently; neveruse force. ln port iculor protect the comero ogoinsthord knocks ond do not drop it.

Cleon the lens only with o soft, flufftess, cloth. However, first dust offcoorse porticles of grit (or sond of "*he:'seqsjdel cqrefutly wilh o soft soblebrush. Finger morks ond other troces of greose on the lens surfqce conbe removed with o piece of cotton wool moistened with pure olcoholor elher.


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This is the full text and images from the manual. This may ta ......Focorl I Focor2 | ft+Z I tl ilt IV oo 60' o 20' 1s' 12' V 9.5 8' 7,1 6' s' 4.5 4' o 3.5 2' 7112" 2' 6rlr,, 2' Stln"