Ttl - Elmo Zoom C-300 Manual

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"TTL " A ND MA N UAL ADJUST MENT
The rn Bc horli sm for au tomatic all y st opping d o wn li ght pass ing thr ., ug h
the lens on lo Ihe film surface is known as " TTl " ( Through-th e- Lons). "TTl"
is a top q uo l ity devic e d eve loped by improv ing conv e rd iona l el ec tr ic
'"eyes" which
USB
a separ ate lighT window. The ligh t source for the el ectr ic
"eye"
( EE )
used in the C·300 is o bta ined d ir e c tly " throug h-the · le ns", so
a se parate light wi ndow'is un'lecessory . "TTL"
uses a
CdS cell whic h
controls a mercur y coli used fo r st opp ing down l i ght valu e s. The merc ur'f
cell ( 3.9 V). under nor mol J soge, is effec li ve for one or two yeors. The
C- 300 hos new cons tru c tion which p rev en ts UnrlBCessory mercury ce ll
c o n sumpt io n. This feoh.rre i s the shutler butlorl cover. VJhen sh ootin!:;,
thi s cover mu st be: opl'lflod sin ce merc ur y ce ll curron t wi ll fla t f low wit, l
th e ,ov er in pla ce . Always kee p th e co ver in position wherl storing or
carrying
T h~
cam cr a.
The me rcur y ce ll c an be replaced easily by rem ov ing th e mercur'(
cel l comportmen t c op ( tun to the left) . Refer to the ill us tration.
II
the
op e rator desires to ad just t he lens opu nin g manu ally. the " TTl " me cha nism
may be mode inoper ative.
The
AM
dia l is on the lowe r ri g ht fr o nt of rn e com er a body. ( Refer
1 0 I I ",:
il l l1 ~l,
o rion.) Wi,ton "T TL" i s
to
be <.;s",d in shooting. this d ial
(n u~t
b e sa
t t o posi
tion "A"
( ol l oilla ti c). Fo r manua l ope ration , depr ess
tha die I
,topper and turn to the right , selt ing to posi tion
"M". While
look in ;)
t hr o ugh the view fi nder, t urn the dial so tho t
t~,e
pointer,
all
tke right
sid e of the view franre. indicates a suitabl e stop ·/olue. A t
this
ti me th.,
stop va lu e is fix e d a nd iight intensity h a s no eff ec t on th e selling .
Wh a~
r.lOlluai oporo lioll is com p leJed . r eturn I ha diol to positi au
"'AU.