Zenit 19 User Manual - page 4
ZENIT-19 User manual, 1980 year
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30 — aperture scale
31 — lens mounting ring
32 — focusing ring
33 — distance scale
34 — depth-of-field scale
35 — diaphragm setting ring
36 — diaphragm mode selector switch
37 — diaphragm control pin
4. Loading the Camera
Put two batteries of PX-13 type into the compartments in the way indicated
in Section “Changing the Batteries”.
Load the camera in the following way:
— pull up the latch of lock 29 and open back door 28;
— pull up film rewind knob 5;
— place a cassette with film in chamber 20;
— press film rewind knob 5 completely home;
— draw out from the cassette enough film to insert the leader into the slot
of take-up spool 27.
Turn shutter cocking lever 13 as far as it will go to make sure that
sprocket 26 teeth have properly engaged sprocket holes in film;
— close back door 28;
— fire the shutter by pressing release button 10;
The shutter being cocked, the film is advanced by one frame. To transport a nonexposed portion of
film to the film gate, cock the shutter two times pressing the release button after each cocking; in so
doing figure “0” should appear in the centre of frame counter window 11.
Should the film be wound tightly in the cassette, the film rewind knob will rotate when the shutter is
being cocked. If the film is slack in the cassette, the rewind knob will fail to rotate with the first few
frames;
— set the film speed value by turning dial 17 on the camera bottom till it aligns with the index mark
and locks in a click-stop position. It should be kept in mind that wrong setting of the film speed with
dial 17 will result in a wrong exposure.
5. Shutting Speed Setting
Shutter speeds are set by turning shutter speed dial 9 in either direction till a
selected shutter speed is brought opposite to the index mark and the dial is
locked in a click-stop position. “B” denotes hand-controlled exposures.
When taking pictures at “B” the shutter remains open for as long as release
button 10 is kept depressed. Long exposures are obtained by locking release
button 10 in the depressed position by turning bush 3 counter-clockwise as
far as it will go (“L” position). The exposure over, return the bush to its
initial position by turning it clockwise as far as it will go.
For long exposures it is recommended to use a cable release of a locking
type which can be screwed into the release button thread. To take pictures with long exposures as well
as at shutter speeds of 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, and 1 s the camera should be better mounted on a tripod.