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Loading Your Camera - Argus Argoflex E Instruction Book

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variou
s pictures
and compare
th em
with
your
fini shed
prints.
LOADING YOUR CAMERA
.
After. you
have
followed
th
e
foregoing
IIlstru ctlOn
s
carefully, you
are
ready
to
load
yo
ur
camera with
film
.
The Argoflex
is
designed to
take
either
the
Eas
tm
a
n 120
or
620,
or the Agfa
B2
or
PB20
film. These sizes
are standard
and
are
easily
obtain
ab le.
Mak
e sure tbat
the film
you
buy
is centeT1narked
for
12
exposures.
~
YourArgu
s
camera
makes 12
2y,( x
Zy,;
IIlch
pictures
on a standard eight exposure
roll).
There
is
a
wide
selection
of fi lm speeds
available
in thi
s
size,
ranging from the fine
grain Eastman
Panatomic
X
or Agfa Fin-
opan film
up to the
Eastman
Plus X
or Ag-
fa Superpan Supreme Film. For
indoor
use
o
r
where
high
shutter
speeds
are
required
outdoors,
Eastman Super
XX
or Agfa
Ultra-
Speed
Panchromatic
Film are
reco mmended.
For
norma
l
outdoor
use,
and
particularly
FIGURE
8
FIGURE
9
for
beginners,
Eastman Verichrome or Agfa
Plenachrome
film will
be
fo
und most
sat-
isfa
cto
ry.
(The
exposu
re table
fu
rni
shed
in this
booklet
is des
igned for
use
with
Plenachrome or Verichrome
film
).
Always
loa
d
yo
ur
camera
in
subdued
light.
Open
the
back of
the
camera
by
de-
press
ing the two
releases
(2) and
pulling
outward on
th
e
back. With the
camera open,
be
sure
that the
empty
film
spoo
l
is
in the
top compartment. I f it
is not,
insert it
there by pul
lin
g
outward
o
n the film wind-
in
g knob
No.3,
giving
it
a
quarter
of a
tum
to lock it in th
e "o ut"
position. With th
e
left ha
nd
,
pullout on
the spool retaining
knob
( 19)
and while
holding
it,
in
se
rt th
e
spoo
l
with
the slotted
end
to the right. Re-
lease
the
spool
retaining
knob, allowing
it
to snap back into positi
on,
and
turn th
e
film winding
knob
(3) another quarter
of
a
turn
allowing
it to snap back
into
position
.
Be
sure
that it returns
co mpletely
to its
original
pos
ition.
Turn the
empty film
spoo
l
FIGURE
10
FIGURE
II

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