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(2) www.orphancameras.com. The lens fitted to vour camera is a product of the Agfa camera werk and has been computed.and manufactured.in conformity with the most up-to-date scientific methods, This lens readtes a standard of performance neper preaiousry attained in lensesof equal speed haaing the same number of elements.Its &ief adaattages lie in its great depth of field, extremely high resoluing power, etcellent definition and outstanding reproduction of detail. The total of these cltaracteristicsmakes this the ideal lens for miniature photography uith bladc and. ushite or colour film. In ad-dition, eoery lens is thorough\: tested before leaz:ing our factory by the most up'to-date methods and is guaranteedby us lor its'quarity and pefiormance. AGFA-GEVAERT AG Camera-Werk, Muenchen.

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(4) www.orphancameras.com EXPLANATIONS OF ADJACENT ILLUSTRATION Operolion, poges 2-5 @ Ropid tronsporl lever @ M o g i c r e l e q s eb u l i o n @ Seiiingmork for outomqticmechonism. CONTENTS PAGE. R o p i dt r o n s p o rlte v e r F o c u s i n sgy m b o l s. .. 2 ^. H o l d i n g t h e c o m e r o ,v i e w f i n d e r G r e e ns i g n o l - r e l e o s i n g. 5. T h r e e p o i n t sf o r g o o d p h o i o s. o. @ Settingmork f o r f o c u s i n gs y m b o l s @ Setting ring for symbols. F i l mt y p e s. Technicol seclion, poges 7-15. Loodingihe comero. @ Cotch for comero bock. F i l mc o u n t e r. l0. @ DIN/ASA scole for setting the film speed. S e t t i n gt h e f i l m s p e e d. ll. @ Light prism for red qnd green signol @ Accessoryshoe @ Rewind knob @ Diophrogm ring @ F l o s hc o n t o c t. . 819. W i t h o u t t h e o u t o m o t i cm e c h o n i s m. 12. F l o s hi e c h n i q u e. 13. A g o i n s t h e l i g h io n d c l o s e - u pe x p o s u r er e o d i n g s 1 4 F i l t e r so n d o c c e s s o r i e s. 15. R e w i n d i n gt h e f i l m. 16.

(5) Y o u o r e n o w i h e p r o u d o w n e r o f q t e c h n i c o l l yp e r f e c t c o m e r q - t h e fully outomoticAgfo Opiimo 500 which does not require ony comp l i c o t e d m o n u o l o p e r o t i o n so n d s o l e o v e sy o u f r e e t o c o n c e n t r o t eo n t h e s u b j e c t .W h o t o s o u r c eo f b o u n d l e s sl o y t h o t i s l F r o m y o u r p h o t o g r o p h i cd e o l e r y o u w i l l h o v e l e o r n e d h o w s i m p l e l h e A g f o O p t i m o 5 0 0 i s t o h o n d l e .S h u t t e rs p e e d so n d o p e r i u r e sw h i c h o n c e h o d i o b e w o r k e d o u t , m e o s u r e do r s e t o r e n o w o f y o u r b e c k o n d c o l l . T h e f u l l y o u t o m o t i c m e c h o n i s mi s s o m e t h i n g o f o m i r o c l e , y o u r i n v i s i b l e s l o v e t o c o l c u l o t e ,t h i n k o n d o c t f o r y o u - i u s t o i o u c h o f t h e "mogic r e l e o s eb u t t o n " s u f f i c e s . Y o u w i l l p r o b o b l y w i s h t o g e t f o m i l i o r i z e d w i t h t h i s m o s t e r p i e c eo f p r e c i s i o n .O n p o g e s 2 t o 6 y o u w i l l f i n d b r i e f o p e r o i i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s ; t e c h n i c o lo d v i c e o n d u s e f u l p h o l o g r o p h i c h i n t s o r e g i v e n o n p o g e s 7 Io 16..

(6) www.orphancameras.com. with the ropid tronsportlever of your Opfimo. Justswingthe lever forwqrd to move ihe film on one frome. The film counterot the lower reqr edge of the comeroshowsyou how mony you still hove left. exposures lf the ropid tronsportlever will not move,the comerqis olreody set for the nexl exposure. The shutterreleoseond film tronsportore fitied with o lock to prevent blqnk or double exposures. lf you releoselhe ropid tronsportlever before compleiingthe full forword stroke it will relurn to i,tssiortingposiiion.ln lhis event you shouldswing the lever forword ogoin os for os it will go..

(7) Howfor owqyisyoursu.biect? There ore only lhree focus settingson the comero.Accordingto the distoncefrom the subiectyou merelyset one of the three symb o l so n t h e l e n sm o u n lo g o i n stth e w h i t em o r k :. With your Agfo Optimo you con p h o t o g r o p ho t o l l d i s t o n c e sb e tween 3tla ft. (1 m) ond infinity.. Subiecl disionce. AQ f\{ ,A(\ l'l"l. ctose-ups. 5 f r .r o 7 f t . 5 i n .. Groups. 7 ft. 5 in.to. Distqntviews. '15 ft.. .|5ft.. to infiniiy (londscope). lntermediotesettingsore olso possible,if required. lf you wish to focus the comero on objects only 31/aft. owoy, turn ihe lens mount until the 3y4 ft. F m) settingis in line with the white morkobovethe word "€ompu/'. To ensurecorreclly exposedphotogrophsit is importonl lo set lhe correcl film speed on lhe cqmerq(seepoge ll)..

(8) Toke the first pressure. . .. www.orphancameras.com. W h e n p h o t o g r o p h i n gi t i s i m p o r t o n t i o h o l d t h e c o m e r q s t e o d y .Y o u s h o u l d t h e r e f o r e t o k e y o u r O p t i m o i n b o i h honds ond broce your orms ogoinsi your body. Ploce ihe index finger of your right hond on the mogic releose b u t t o n . W h e n y o u l o o k t h r o u g h i h e v i e w f i n d e ry o u w i l l s e e o l u m i n o u s f r o m e w h i c h s u r r o u n d st h e s u b i e c t o n d s h o w sy o u i h e e x o c t p i c t u r e o r e o . F o r c l o s e - u p s( 3 y 4 f t . s e t i i n g ) ,t h e t w o l i n e s b e l o w t h e t o p m o r g i n o f t h i s f r o m e i n d i c o i ei h e u p p e r e d g e o f i h e p i c ture oreo.. T o t o k e u p r i g h tp h o t o s ,o p e r o t e t h e r e l e o s eb u t i o n w i t h your thumb or index finger, os illustroied..

(9) Gr eensignol... r eleqse. ililililil|rililtIlil TNhoet eo!u i o m q t i c m e c h o n i s mi s c o n n e c t e dw h e n t h e A ond the whitemork ore in line.. G r e e ns i g n o l : "All cleor" for your photogroph. R e ds i g n o l ' Stopdo not photogroph. The ligl*ing is under conslonlconl r o l q s s o o n o s y o u o c i u o t et h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r tl e v e r . S i g h t y o u r s u b i e c tW . i i h t h e s i g n o lo l g r e e n , p r e s sd o w n t h e m o g i cr e l e o s eb u t t o n t o t h e p r e s s u rpeo i n t .T h e nk e e p in this posirion ond lh;::"'" T h e r e d s i g n o lm e o n st h e r e i s n o t e n o u g h l i g h t ; t i m e e x p o s u r e so r f l q s h w i l l t h e n h e l p y o u ( s e ep o s e s1 2 l 1 3 ) . l f n o e x p o s u r et o k e s p l o c e , r e m o v e your finger from ihe button.Then r e - s i g h it h e s u b i e c to n d p r e s sd o w n the button ogoin to the pressure point; finolly press righi down to exoose..

(10) www.orphancameras.com. Threepoints. w h i c h y o u c o n q u i c k l y m o s t e r s u f f i c ei o o b i o i n perfectPictures' l . S e t t h e f o c u s i n gs Y m b o l . 2 . L i n e u p y o u r s u b i e c tq n d i q k e t h e f i r s t pressure. 3 . G r e e n s i g n o l i n v i e w f i n d e r' P r e s s r e l e q s e bution righi down. Afterwordsprepore the comero for the next phoiogroph qs noi to miss b y o p e r o i i n g t h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r tl e v e r , s o s h o t . on oction Thot's lust how eosy photogrophyis with the Agfo OPtimo500' But you will probobly wont to know more cqmeroin your honds. so toke the.

(11) Photogrophyis more .fun w h e n y o u h q v e m o s i e r e dt h e t h r e e p o i n t s m e n t i o n e do n d o r e l h o r o u g h l yf o m i l i o r w i t h y o u r c o m e r o i o o . F i r s io f o l l , s o m e t h i n go b o u t f i l m so n d h o w t o c h o o s et h e m : F i r s iu s e A g f o l s o p o n F , l 7 D I N ( 4 0 A S A ) . I t i s o f i n e - g r o i n b l c c k - o n d - w h i i ef i l m o f g o o d c o n t o u r s h o r p n e s so n d c o n s i s l e nq t uoliiy. For sport photogrophy the ropid Agfo lsopon ISSfilm, 2 l D I N ( , l 0 0A S A ) , i s i u s t r i s h t . With Agfocolor films you con explore ihe world of colo u r . T h e s ef i l m s h o v e b e e n f i r m f o v o u r i t e sf o r m o r e t h o n t w e n t y - f i v ey e o r s , b e c o u s eo f t h e i r n o t u r o l r e p r o d u c t i o n of boih postel ond brilliont colours. In oddition, their high speed hos mode the living snopshot in colour q p r o c t i c o lr e o l i t y . For shorp,brilliqntcolour tronspqrencies: Agfocolor ReversqF l ilmCT'18. For wonderful olbum colour prints: Agfocolor Negotive Film CN 17 or CN.l4..

(12) www.orphancameras.com. The film con be looded in doy- drow oui rewind knob firmly light,but olwoysin the shode- with left hond os for os posmoking use of body shodow. s i b l e . Firstopen the comero bock bY sliding cotch in direction of orrow. Push locking buiton of rewind knob in direciionof orrow ond. Now set the film type indicotor by turningthe millededge Proiruding ot the bottom of the rewind knob until the desired settingoppeorsin the window:. Block ond white checks : Block ond while film CN = CT = DAY CK : A CF : F. Colour negotive film Colour reversol film, doylight tyPe C o l o u r r e v e r s o lf i l m , o r t i f i c i o l liqht lype (incondescenl lo.-rnps'6f3400o Kelvin) C o l o u r r e v e r s o lf i l m , o r t i f i c i o l floshlight tYPe (3800oKelvin). il. I. I. i.

(13) i. I. I I. Insert new film cosseltewiih Turn loke-up spool by its mill- firmly, so thot the lug engoges hole lowords rewind knob. ed disk until the brood slit ond in the secondfilm perforotion. film perforotionlug ore upperPushbock rewind knob, if nec- mosf. Now iurn the toke-upspool on essory turning slightly bock- Drow out ihe film from the slighily in the directionof the words ond forwords. cossette lowords the toke-up orrow, os shownin figure F, unspoor. til iust under holf on inch of lnsertihe end of the film in the the full film width proiectsfrom slit, holding the toke-up spool the cosseite..

(14) www.orphancameras.com. for the firsl exPosure. p o s u r e s t i l ll e f t o n t h e f i l m ' to thot knob roiotesin the oppositedirection Everytime the film is movedon the rewind film is properlyloodedond tronsported' shownby the orrow," t""1lg" thot the imPossible Doubleexposures e n s u r e tsh o t y o u d o n o t t o k e i w o s o u b l e" * o J r r r " p r e v e n t i o n . m e c h o n i s m tronsporteduniil on exposure A n i n g e n i o ud be connoi film on one ""niiiu".in"oial,ion the photogrophs h o sb e e nm o d e ..

(15) lmporlonl: Rememberto set the speed of the film looded on the comerolo be sure of cor. reclly exposedphologrophs. To do this,pushin the smollorrestingknob o n d i u r n t h e m i l l e dd i s k w i i h i h e o i d o f o c o i n u n i i l t h e r e q u i r e dD I N o r A S A s p e e d is oppositethe settingmork.. for qll films from ll-25 DIN (10-250ASA) When you pressihe mogicreleose bution, the exposure reoding is outomolicolly ond invisiblyfixedfor y o u . D u r i n gt h e e x p o s u r ei t t h e n o u t o m o l i c o l l yo r r o n g e so s h u t t e r s p e e d o n d o p e r t u r ec o m b i n q t i o n which olwoys ensuresthe correct exposure..

(16) www.orphancameras.com. on this Po'ge).. TirneexPosures "B" until T u r nt h e m i l l e dr i n g o n t h e l e n sm o u n t in the top i s i n l i n e w i t h t h e m o r k ,o s s h o w n shutter ihe setting this lilustrotion.When on b u t i o ni s r e l e o s e t h e o s l o n g o s s i o y so p e n coble ond.o rt.'" ,'J of o triPod ;;J;";:;. loiter The coses' such in ;"1:";; is odvisqble releose the below ihreod the t.t"*"a into ir 'fria" milled tr.t the side'By turningthe reor smoll t h e i n v i s i b l e i"glL"' ofurtr,"' become window..

(17) No floshlight problems For flosh work turn the ouiomqtic mechqnism ring uniil the flosh symbol is opposite the white mork. A constont shutter speed of llgo sec. is used for flosh work. Pleose see the column for ,,X', s y n c h r o n i z o t i o no n e o c h p o c k e t o f f l o s h b u l b s f o r i h e r e q u i r e do p e r t u r ew h i c h i s s e t b y t u r n ing ihe reor milled ring. The plug of the flosh coble is connectedio the flosh contoct ll2. moin illusirotion). Eleclronicfloshgunscon qlso be used, in which c o s e i h e o p e r i u r e i s c q l c u l q t e df r o m t h e g u i d e n u m b e ro f t h e f l o s h g u n . E .g . g u i d e n u m b e r o f e l e c t r o n i c f l o s h g u n 9 6 divided by o distonce of l2 feet = operiure f/8.. The hondyAgfoluxfloshgun in zip cose.

(18) www.orphancameras.com. p h o t o g r o p h si o k e n W h e r e c l e o r d e t o i l i s r e q u i r e di n . th.e shodows' deep in or fight "n"fttt tf't" ,outomotic with.thesetting used be still con co'mero ihe of mechonism odvisobleto sef o ." lfl" DIN/ASA scole reduced'lt is lessthon equivoleni ASA iis or DIN 3 iirn to""a of obout the film exomple' for in"t titf."a on the film pockoge'lf' the set: A S A ' 4 0 D I N i n t h u . o . " r o h o s o s p e e do f 1 7 : ASA' 20 DIN 14 to ii"g tL.ufa be red'uced. A l e o i h e r c o s e .d e s i g n e d ;; i":k; ; lens ho.od,ond t w o f i l t e r si s o v o l l o b l e ' Filtersfor YourOPtimo. W h e n o V e r y c o n t r o s t y s u b i e c t h q s t o b e p h ofor t o gon rophed for block ond while PhotogroPhY exposure ""a-;i it wirn"a io obtoin ihe correct iis,surroundings' R e d u c eD I N wilh "rl.i *r,lrln is smollin comporison scole setting meos' close-up o os known is by it-i, oauitoUt"to toke whot comero' of DIN 1 "t"-r"*i *itf-r the built-inexposuremeier .the Iiohtvellow DIN dressin froni of o 2 light o in person o * ' " d i u t Y " l l o * done, not is lf this DIN on 2 produce y e l l o w g i e e n eosily could Jonkwood (io give on exomple) ( u l t r o v i o l e i ) UV filter no chonge i n c o r r e crte o d i n g . distonce short o to comero the with ln suchcosesopprooch for sPeciol PhotogroPhs bufionto the with colour leversol lllm it.tln" subieciond pressdown the releose ond position this in button Aqfo Color Filier Hoia tnu ;;;';;;J;J-poiit. no chonge Ri.5 p h o t o g r o p h ' t h e t o k e t o p o s i t i o n r e t u r nt o y o u , o , ' g ' n o l.

(19) Filters/ Accessories Filters There is o voriety of filters for blqck ond whit6 film ovoiloble for use with ihe Aofo Opiimo 500 in screw mor-ilts o f 3 5 . 5m m d i o m . A s s o o n o s q f i l t e r i s u s e do n t h e c o m e r c r you will hove to reducethe setting..on.th f i el m s p e e ds c o l e q c c o r oI n gl y . A filter hovinq o focior of 2 will require 6 reduciionin the speed settinq of 3 DIN o r i t s A S A e q u i v d l e n t .l f y o u hove o film of 17 DIN- : 40 ASA this meonsthot you <- l w i l l h o v e i o r e d u c et h e f i o u r e : 20 ASA. A fo-ctor to 14 . l .DIN 5 of would require q reduction of l-2 DlN. W h e n r e m o v i n gt h e f i l t e rf r o m ihe comerq do nol forget io reset the originol DIN/ASA t i g u r et o r t h e t i l m i n q u e s t i o n .. Close-ups You con olso photogroph the wonders of the minioiure world with yo'Jr Optimo. All you hovb io do is fix ihe Agfo Notorix c l o s e - u po t t o c h m e n tl o t h e l e n sm o u n i o f y o u r c o m e r o .A n o d d i t i o n o l N o t o r i x v i e w f i n d e r o t t o c h m e n t c o m p e n s o t e sf o r p o r o l l o xw h e n l i n i n g u p y o u r s u b i e c t . ' Symbol setting. Shorp definition of the subiecl (meosured from the froni edge of ihe lens) is obtoined ot o d i s t o n c eo f o b o u t. 3y4 ft.. 1' 3"-1,7". An LJ''?. 1'8"-2'y2". ix{ /YA'Y\ llill. 2/1/2t_2/6,. 2'6"-3,2y2".

(20) www.orphancameras.com. The film is now finished.. . occordingto the length After 36 or 20 exposures, of the film, the ropid tronsportlever will not remove.The film is now finishedond mustbe cossette. its wound into (see Firstreleosethe lock of the rewind knob out' spring fo ihis ollow to illustrotionB, poge 8) stop' first its to froction o only out it ond drow . ose.,of T h e np r e s si n t h e l o c k i n gb u t t o ni n . t h e b in the k n o b r e w i n d t h e t u r n t h e c o m e r qs n d is Rewinding orrow' the by shown Jirection freely turns .omplutu when the rewind knob o f t e i r e l e o s i n gt h e l o c k i n g b u t t o n ' Y o u . c q n no* op"n the bock of the comeroby pushing pqg" 8)' Pull out the rewind qrrow (seefiS' the cqfchin the direciionshown by the {' Pui the cossetiein ifs lighi-tighl knob firmly os for os it will go ond removeihe cossetie' pockingond mork it os exPosed'.

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