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5)
APERTURE DIAL
A. Automatic Exposure Control
Be
.
sure to align the aperture dial
with the AUTO setting. When set on
AUTO the adjustment for the correct
exposure is made automatically by
the CdS meter behind the lens. The
'
needle in the viewfinder indicates
the amount of
exposure.
NOTE:
When the needle in the viewfinder
stays in the red field below 1.8, you
do not have sufficient light to
give.
you satisfactory
pictures.
When the
needle in the viewfinder reaches the
red field
,
above
16,
there is too much
light. Shooting now would give you
over-exposed
pictures.
B. Manual Control
Align the aperture dial with the MAN
setting
.
Then match the needle in
the viewfi nder to the desired
ex-
posure setting by turning the aperture
dial.
NOTE:
If your principal subject is strongly
back-lit or extremely dark against a
light background, use a manual set-
ting
.
With the aperture control dial
set on AUTO, move your camera
close to the subject so as to exclude
the contrasting background scene in
the viewfinder and note the F-stop.
Return to your shooting position and
manually adjust the aperture to the
setting previously noted in the view-
finder
.
Shoot the scene at this manual
setting.
Remember to reset the aper-
ture dial to AUTO when the manual
·exposure shots have been completed
..
C. Lock
When carrying your camera, set the
manual aperture control dial to LOCK
position
.
I n this
'
way the delicate
electric-eye mechanism will be locked
and protected against damage due to
sudden movement or vibration
.
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