Canon VT de luxe User manual

Film Winding Knob

Shutter Release Button

® Film Rewind Ring

@ Range-finder Window

® Fla

Unit Connector Socket

® Range-viewfinder Window

(f)

Eyelets for Neck

Strap

® Lock for Hinged Back

® Tripod Socket

® Lens

® Lens Focusing Lever

@ Rapid Wind Trigger

(Retractable)

@ Built-in Self Timer

@ Slow Speed Shutter Dial

@ Film

Frame

Counting Dial

Setting Wheel

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the last page)

CONTENTS

CAN

CAM

ERA

CO.,

INC.

FILM

... .......

... 7

INFRARED

FILM

AND

AME

AL... 8

FILM

TYPE

INDICATOR

... 8

SETTING

SHUTTER

SPEED .....

................

.. .... 9

SETTING

LENS

APERTURE

............

.. .......

FOCUSING

AND

COMPOSING

........

DEPTH

FIELD

........

....

VIEWFINDER

SELECTOR

PHOTOGRAPHY

.. ......

EXPOSING ...............

.........

FILM

WINDING

...............

DOUBLE EXPOSURES ... ...

UNLOADING

................

.....

FLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY

.. .

SELF

TIMER

..................

.. .

CHANGING

LENSES

.........

DEPTH

FIEL

D TABLES

CAME

...... ..

.....

312,

Shimo-maruko-cho, Ohta-ku, Tokyo,

Japan

Factory

Branch·

550

Fifth

Avenue·

New

York

36,

Any

standard

35mm film cartridge will

fit

the

Canon

VT de luxe.

open the camera, pull down the Lock for Hinged Back (8)

and

the

camera

will swing open.

Rotate the

Take

-up Spool (22) until the groove

the spool

permits you to slide the end

the film leader into the groove.

Then, engage the second perforated hole

the leader with the small

hook

inside the groove.

Adjust

the film so

that

the perforations

fit

the teeth

the Film Roller (23).

Lift up the Film Rewind

Crank

(32) fully.

Pull the film cartridge to the recess directly beneath it. Depress the

Film Rewind

Crank

again to lock the film cartridge in place.

sure

the

dull (emulsion) side

the film faces the lens.

With

your

thumb

the knurled lower end

the Take-Up Spool (22),

turn

the spool clock-

wise

half

turn

until the film

taut. (Be

sure

the index line

the Film Rewind Ring (3)

points to the

"A"

position.)

The

camera

back will lock

shut

automatically

when you close it. Next, wind the film

one

turn*

and

press the

Shutter

Release Button (2).

sure

to use the Winding Knob for the first two

frames,

not

the Rapid Wind. Repeat these actions

once more.

doing this you will have cleared

the two frames already exposed to light while

you were loading. After this, you

may

use

the Rapid Wind Trigger (12).

The

red

dot

the Film

Transport

Indicator

(18) will

make

one complete

turn

each time you advance the film

one

frame.

You

will know you have loaded correctly

the Rewind

Crank

turns

a counter-clockwise direction each time you cock the

shutter

mechanism.

* See

page

16~Rapid

Wind

and

page

Manual

Wind.

1ft

...

a.=

...

The Film

Frame

Counting Dial (20)

on the

Canon

de luxe shows you

the

number

frames you have not

yet

exposed.

should

set

the

number

corresponding to the

number

exposures possible on the film

you have

just

aded (normally

36).

do this rotate the Film

Frame

Counting Dial Setting Wheel

(15) until the

correct

number appears

on the dial.

Note

that only even

numbers

are

engraved. Intermediate

dots represent the odd numbers.

Thereafter, the Dial will operateauto-

matically. When the last picture has

been exposed, theDial will register

"0".

F.lm Type Indicator

As a reminder, set the Film Type

Indicator (19) to the ASA speed

the film you

are

using,

and

to show

whether you

are

using black-and-white

color. (Blue dot indicates daylight,

red indicates tungsten.)

This indicator

adjusted by twisting

the top

the Film Winding Knob

)

th your finger.

Setting Shutter Speed

This may be done before

after cocking

shutter.

There

are

two speed

the

Canon

VT de luxe.

The

High Speed

Shutter

Dial (25) is for

shutter

speeds

, 1/

60,

125

, 1/250, 1/

500

and

1000

a second. Also

"B"

(Bulb)

and

"X"

(electronic flash contact).

The

Slow Speed

Shutter

Dial (14) is for

shutter

speeds

30,

, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1 second, plus "T"

(Time Exposure).

High Speed Dial

Raise the dial with

your

thumb

and

index

finger

and

rotate it until the required speed

opposite the center index line ; release the

dial which will drop into the

correct

setting.

(Note

that

in the case

1000

sec. the dial

drops

only

half

way back).

sure

that

the Slow

Shutter

Speed Dial is set

sec. when using the high speeds.

Slow Speed Dial

Set the High Speed

Shutter

Dial to 1/

sec. Rotate the

ow Speed

Shutter

Dial

until the speed you want is

top, opposite

the indicator line.

take a picture

sec. both Speed

Dials should be set at 1/

sec.

Exposures Longer Than 1 Secona

Set the High Speed Shutter Dial to "B"

and

Slow Speed Shutt

Dial to 1/

30.

The

shutter

will remain open from the time y

press the

Shutter

Release Button (2) until

you release it again.

For

"Time

set the High Speed

Shutter

Dial

sec.

and

the Slow Speed

Shutter

Dial to

The

Shutter

will open when

you press the

Shutter

Release Button. You

do not

ve to

maintain

pressure

the

Shutter

ReleaseButton.

close the shutter,

turn

the Slow Speed

Shutter

Dial to 1sec.

Position

Center Index Line

when

Shutter

when

Shutter

is Cocked

Not

Cocked

III

...

III

:IIa

SETTING

LENS

APERTURE

(F:

STOP)

Set the Lens

Aperture

Scale (35)

turning the milled ring

the top

your

lens until the required

stop

opposite

the index dot.

For

correct

aperture

opening, consult

exposure data

card

use a reliable

exposure meter.

The

fol1owing table shows the relation between aperture value and exposure time.

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