Agfa Silette I Manual

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You ore now the proud owner of o new comero-the Agfo silet te I

-o cho ice on which you ore to be congro tu lo ted . The comero i svery s imple o use os you wi l l see f rom th i s exomple (o l so shown int h e o d i o c e n t l l u s i r o t i o n ) :

A S E T T H E F O C U S I N G S Y M B ( ) I .

B C H O ( ) S E H U T T E R P E E D

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then iust press the shutter releose ond you will hqve token thephotogroph .

The l ens of the S i l e t t e i s the Agfo Color-Agnor f .2 .8 /45 .

You wi l l p robobly wish to fomi l io r ize yourse l f wi th your new cqm-ero ond leqrn more obout i t s t echn ico l poss ib i l i t i e s . l eose u rnover ond fold out the reor cover f lop. After reoding the odviceond h in t s g iven in th i s l i t t l e bookle t , you wi l l soon be on exper t .



How to l oqd th e cqme rq

The comer q co n b e l ooded in doy -l i gh t , howeve r no t i n d i r e c t su n l i g h tbu t u s ing body sh odo w.

I F i r s t . o p e n t h e c o m e r q b o c k b ypress ing he cqtch o "open" . Thensl ide off the bock.

2 lnser t he cqsset te o thot i t s holeengoges wi th th e r ew in d c r on k .

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3 l t i s odv i sob l e o push he l ock ingkey (R) n t he d i r ec t i on f t he smo l l

o r ro w, so t hq t t he wind ing spoo l conbe moved f reely.

Tu r n h e s p o o l b y t h e m i l l e d i n g u n -t i l one of t he two b rood s l i t s qnd i t ss m q l l l u g o r e u p p e r m o s t . D r q w o u tf i l m f rom the cos se t t e o t he wind ings po o l , ho ld ing the cos se t t e w i th theo t h e r h o n d .



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i e c t s rom the cos s e t t e , l o se he co mero by re -p l o c i n g he b c r c k n t h e g r o o v e o f o n o b l i q u e o n g l e ,s l i d e t c l o s e o i h e t o p p o r t o f t h e c o m e r o q n d t h e np r e s s o w n s l i g h t l y.C o n t i n u e p r e s s u r e n t h e b q s ep l o t e , s l i d e h e b o c l < i g h t h o m e o n d s e t t h e c o t c ht o " lo c l<" .



Film counterOn the top p lo t e o lo ngs ide h e r op idt r onspo r t l eve r i s t he f i lm c ou n t e r.I t coun t s bockwor ds o nd s ho ws y ou

the number o f ex pos u r e s t i l l l e f t onthe f i lm . On i t s d i o l o r e t h r ee t r i -ongu lo r morks , one eoch b e f o r e t h enumbers 36, 20 ond 12. Accordingto the length of the f i m loodedthe opp rop r io t e t r i ong l e s hou ld b e

set ogoins t the f ixed mork. This i sdone by s e t t i ng the sm o l l m i l l e dwhee l beneq th h e c o un t e r d i o l w i thyou r f i nge r ; move i t on ly in the d i -rect ion of the orrow.

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When lood ing the cqmero , he s t o r tof the f i m is wosted by exposureto l i g h t ond so you mus t f i r s t mqke

two blonk exposures before s tor t ingto pho tog roph .

N o t e : O n t r o n s p o r t i n g h e f i l m t h e d i s c o f t h er e w i n d c r o n k u s u o l l y u r n s o s w e l l , o n d s h o u l dt h e r e f o r e n o t b e h i n d e r e d i n o n y w o y.

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Film ronsportWi t h you r thumb, sw i v e l t h e r op id

t ro n s po r t eve r r ound o s f o r o s pos -s i b l e . Then p re s s do wn the shu t t e rr e l eose . ou shou ld epeo t h i s opero-t i on of f i lm t ronspo r t ond sh u t t e r e -l eo se un t i l the numbe r o f ex po su re s

morked o n the f i lm co r ton i s oppo -s i t e t h e f i xed i ndex mork on the f i lmco unter.

l f the rop id t ronspo r t eve r s b locked ,you wi l l hove to p re s s the shu t t e rre leose f i rs t . Th is is becouse he re-l e o s e on d t r onspo r t mechon i sms qvec r l oc k t o ovo id doub l e ond b lonkex pos u es.

l f y o u s h o u l d i n o d v e r t e n t l y e l e o s ethe t ro nspor t lever too soon, i t re-t u rn s o i t s s t o r t i ng pos i t i on qnd mus tt h en be pushed fo rword ogo in osf o r o s p o s s i b l e .



ExposureLight ing condi t ions ore sub iec t tocons iderob le or iq t ions ,which s whyyour Silet te is f i t ted with differentshutter speeds ond opertures of vory-ing s izes . By these meons you cqnodius t he comero o su i t he por t i cu-lo r l igh t ond sub iec t .

Setting shutler speedsYou hove o choice of r/n, 1/6s ond1/rzs S€c. The required shutter speedi s se t by tu rn ing the mi l l ed r ing @

to bring the f igure 30, 60 or 125exocily opposite the set t ing mork.ln the od iocen t i l lus t ro t ion o se t t ingof 1/oo ec. is shown. Do not set in-termediate palues.

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The sec t ion en t i t l ed "Whot you needto know" on poges 15116 providesinformotion on choosing the correctshutter speed.

When set to B, the shutter remoinsopen os long os the re leqse bu t tonis pressed. For more detoils seepoge 12, "Time exposures".

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Lens stopsThe necessory ens stop con be seenf rom the exposure ob les on poges 8

ond 9 . The requ i red l ens s top i s se tby turn ing the b lock mi l l ed r ing o tthe reor un t i l the whi te t r iongulormqrk i s in l ine wi th the lens s topnumber. The i l lus t ro t ion be low showso se t t ing o f f . 8 . For more de to i l s oflens s tops ond dep th of f ie ld see

the section on "Whot you need toknow" (poges 15116).

P leose no te :Lorge s top - lo rge open ing ,

b u t s m o l ldepth of field.

Smolls top smoll opening,but orgedepth of field.

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Agfoco lo r Nego t i v e F i l m C N 1 7

br ight s l ight overcos ts u n s h i n e h o z e d u l l

f . l r & 1 6

f 8 & l l

f . 5 6 & 8

( . 4 & 5 . 6

f . 8 & l l

f 5 6 & 8

f . 4 & 5 . 5

f . 2 . 8 & 1

f . 5 , 6 & 8

1 . & 5 . 6

f . 2 , 8 & 4

E X P O S U R E TA B L E F O R C O L O U R F I L M

Ag fo c o l o r R e ve r s o l F i l m CT l8pe r tu r e se t t i ngs equ i r -ed f rom Moy to Augu s l ,

l 0 o r n i o 4 p m . , s h u l t e rs p e e d r / r : i s e C .

Beoch scenes , moun to in s

We l l l i i s t r e e l so n d b u i l d i n g s ,o p e n l o n d s c o p e s i l h

d i s t o n t b o c k g r o u n d

P e o p l e , r o u p s n t h eopen , l ondscopes wi ihdo rk fo reg round ,s l r e e I s ceneS

D o r k b u i l d i n g s ,p e o p l e i n t h e s h o d e

b r igh l s l i gh t o v e rco s ls unsh ine h oze du l l

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Agfocolor Negolive Film CN l7: The universol f i lm for colour or block ondwh i t e pope r p r i n t s ond e n l o rg emen t s f ony s i z e .Agfocolor Reversol Film: gives tronsporencies eody for viewing.

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E X P O S U R E A B L E O R A G FA I S O PA N F B L A C KA N D W H I T E F I L Mf r om Moy lo Augu s t , 2 h o u r s o f t e r s un r i s e un t i l 2 h ou r s be f o r e sunse t

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FocusingThree symbo l s oc i l i t o t e oc us in g . De -

pending on the s ub i ec t , y oU sh ou ldset one of the three symbols repro-

duced in en lq rged o rm on the r igh tto the wh i t e index m or k .

l f nece s so ry, ou co n no tu ro l l y ho os eqny posi t ion between wo symbols .

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Focusing symbols

aQclose-ups 6ft . 180m.)

Groups 12t / , t . (3 .80m.)

Londsco esinfin ty

Addit ionql focus sett ings ro m 31/+ t.

to inf in i tyore orronged on the focus-i n g r i n g :

blqck f igrr€s : metres

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Holding he cqmerqAfter focusing your Si le t te , you contoke the f i rs t photogroph. t i s essen-t i q l t o ho l d you r com er o s t eo dy to

o b to in sho rp p i c tu r e s . You sh ou ldtherefore toke your Si le t te in bothho nd s , b roc ing you r o rms og o i n s ty ou r body. Hold the co m er o s t r o i gh tw i t hou t t i l t i ng i t . Then mok e the ex -

posure by press ing he releose but-ton do wn f i rmly ond s t eod i l y os foro s p os s i b l e .

To t oke up r igh t pho tog rophs , u rnthe comero through 90o ond operotethe s hu t t e r r e l eose wi th thumb ori nd ex f inge r. Ho ld the comerq n them onn e r you p re f e r.

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ln poor l ightf l o sh l i gh t ond t imeto your oss is tonce.fol lows

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A f loshgun wi th q foo t co n t oc t shou ldbe used fo r the S i l e t t e ( " . g . Agfol s i F lo shgun M) . The co n t qc t w i th the

cqmero shu t t e r i s mo de s imp lyby

s l i d ing he f l o shgu n nto the occe s so ryshoe. For f losh photog ophy the sh ut-t e r speed r i ng sh ou l d o lw oys b e s e tto l /so sec . The stops required shouldbe token from the ins t ruct ions t toch-ed to eoch f losh bulb cor ton.

When ot tqching qn elect ronic lqsh-gun, the use of the Agfo Adqpter,type 6793, wi l l be necessory. he lenss top con be co l cu l o t ed rom the g u i denumber of the f l o sh gu n .

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Time exposuresThese ore used for photogrophingmotionless obiects such qs reproduc-t ions of pic tures , documents or post -oge stomps, ond for night photo-



the c omero , ond o t r i pod ond

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then necessory. he

g r ophy. You shou ld f i r s t tu rn thel o rg e mi l l ed r i ng un t i l the s e t t i ngm o r k i s i n l i n e w i t h t h e th s

se t t ing the shut ter remo o sss-ong os t he r e l eose bu t t

ed down.L ong e r shu t te r speed s c .conno t be used wi tho t i ng

releqse socket s on the top plote oft he c qmero @ (see moin i l l u s t ro t i on ) .

Rewinding he fi lmAfter the los t exposure , he counterw i l l i nd i c o t e I ond the rop id t rqns -p o r t l ev e r conno t u suo l l y be moved .The f i lm now hos to be rewound intoi t s l ight- t ight cosset te by meons of

t h e r e w i n d c r q n k :F i r s t s l i de the l ock ing key on thereqr of the top plote of the comerclin the direct ion of the orrow. Thenro i s e the c ronk wi th you r f i nge r-no i lond swivel outwords qs shown in

the up pe r i l l u s t rq t i on n poge 14 .T he n tu r n the c ronk in the d i r ec t i onof the o r row (see r i gh t i l l u s t ro t i onpoge 14) . When the rewind cronkt u r n s much more eos i l y, r ew ind ing

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C l e o n i n g

Eve ry t ime you chonge o f i lm , i t i sod v i sob l e o c l eon the i n s ide of the

comero- the looding chomber, thew in d i ng spoo l ond the p re s su re lo t ein the bock-corefully with o softc o m e l - h o i r r u s h . T h e l e n s s h o u l d b ec l eqn ed on ly wi th o s im i lo r b ru sh o rsof t p iece of chomois eother.

i s comple t e ond you cqn then openthe comero . Th i s s do n e b y mo v i ngthe cotch on the bose of the comeroto "open" ond t he n r em ov ing thecomero bock downw ords . Pu t he cqs '

s e t t e i n i t s l i gh t - t i gh t p oc k i ngqnd

mork i t os exposed.When ope ro t i ng t he ro p i d t ronsp o r tl eve r, t he l ock ing k ey ou tomo t i co l l yr e tu rn s o i t s o r i g ino l p os i t i o n .

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FilmTipsBefo re lood ing you r com er o w i t hf i lm os descr ibed on pqges 2 ond 3,here ore o few suggest ions o helpyou i n choos ing he r i gh t f i l m .

Firs t of o l l there i s Agfo lsopon F,for block ond whi te photogrophy.I t hqs f i ne g ro in ond g ood co n t ou rshorpness .

For spor ts photogrophy the high-speed Agfo lsopon ISS is the r ightf i l m .Agfocolor f i lms open up the worldo f c o l o u r t o y o u . F o r m o r e t h q n

25 yeors these fi lms hove been greotfqvour i tes due to thei r noturol re-product ion of poste l t in ts ond br ightco lou r s o l i ke . The i r h i gh s pe ed hoso l so mqde co lou r snops ho t s r eo l i t y.

F o r s h 0 r p , b r i l l i o n t ,r eo l i s t i c ronspo renc i e s

Agfocolor Reversql Fi lm CT. |8 .

For wonderfulc o l o u r p r i n t s :

A gf oco lo r Nego t i ve F i lmCN l Z .

As ment ioned in br ief , two fqctors

q r e i nvo lv ed in the €xposUr€ : helens s top ond the shut ter speed. Thef o l l o wing in fo rmo t ion s des igned of omi l i o r i z e you wi th t he os soc io t i onof these two foctors.



The tens stop regulotes the- otornio f l igh t reoch ing the f i lm. ln poorl ighting condit ions, i t is therefore

necessqry o use o lorge lens stop(e .g . f .2 .8 o r 4) . l f l igh t ing o f thesub iec t s good , o smol le r lens s topcon be chosen (e . g . f . 11 o r

'16) ;

this is known os stopping down.

The shuller of your comero offersthe second poss ib i l i ty of con t ro l l ingthe quonti ty of l ight . A short shutterspeed, such os rf pssac. , wil l of courseo l low less l igh t to reoch the f i lmthon o longer speed such os 1 /66 ec .or even 1/s6 ec.

For oc t ion photogrophs o shor te rspeed shou ld be chosen r lp i l ond olo rger l ens s top used . On the o therhond , i f you wish to photogroph o

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londscope n which the foregroundond bockground ore to be shorp , osmol le r ens s top wi l l hove to be se tond q cor responding ly onger shu t -i e r speed . Do not use in te rmedio tesett ings.Depth of f ield is the shorp zone inf ron t o f ond beh ind the po in t onwhich the comero i s focused . Th is

shorp zone i svor iob le ; i t inc reoses

os the comero is stopped down ondthe d i s tonce ncreoses . o he lp youin f ind ing out how for. th i s shorpzone ex tends , he tob le on poges 18qnd l9 gives the exoct depth of fieldfor every focus set t ing.

Before moking eoch exposure , loncethrough the v iewf inder o see wheth-e r the sub iec t would be be t t e r os onoblong or upr igh t pho togroph .



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Some generol hintsfor your photogrophs

A very str iking effect con be obtoin-ed by photogrophing he sub iec t byobl ique sun l igh t . Of course , you conolso photogroph wi th the sun beh indyou , bu t then you mus t be core fu l tokeep your own shodow out of thepicture. In such coses he rel ief effectis less.

Pho togrophs wi thou t sunsh ine oreolso possible. With on overcost sky,con t ros t cqn be he igh tened on ob lock ond whi te f i lm by us ing o me-d ium ye l low or oronge- red

i l t e r. Theomount by which the exposure henhos to be increosed cqn be seenfrom the fi l ter foctor port iculorssupp l ied by the mokers .

Photos ogoinst the lighf cqll forsome experience becouse he roys ofthe sun shou ld no t fo l l d i rec t ly on

the l ens . t i s bes t o tqke odvontogeof the shodow of o tree or houseond use o l ens hood ioo .People should no i be photogrophedin f ron t of bushes ond t rees ond thesky is often o more sotisfoctory bock-

ground . Try odopt ing o crouch ingposit ion for such photogrophs. Achonge n the comero pos i t ion of tenrelieves the monotony. Try out youi-Silet te with "bird 's-eye" views, suchos from o church ower down on to the

mqrket squore. "Worm's-eye" viewscon olso produce unusuol effects .With views from q mountoin peokor tower try to include some fore-ground in te res t .



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D i o m e t e r o f c i r c l e o f c o n f u s i o n : 0 . 0 3 mm .

T h e d i s t o n c e s o t h e s u b i e c t o r e m e o s u r e d r o m t h e f i l m p l o n e ( r e o r e d g e o f o c c e s s o r y h o e ) .

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Exposure tobles of thek ind shown on po ge s 8ond 9 ore on ly gu id e s .I t is better to rely on onexposure meter such qsthe Agfo Lucimeter S. l ti s s imp le t o us e , hondyond ottroctively styled.

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For proiect ion of yourcolour ro nspo encies werecom mend the ottroc-t ive Agfo Diomqtor Hmogozine proiector.

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Like he Agfo lens hood,Agfo f i l ters ore suppl iedin s tondqrd mounts foryour Si le t te . There is oproctico leother cose

tok ing the l ens hoodond two fi l ters , for ot-toching to the corryingstrop of the ever-reodycose.

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Flosh mode eosyTime exposuresRewinding he f i lmC l e o i n gF i lm i ps

Whqt you need to knowExposure hintsDepth of f ie ld tobleAccessories

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The lens for the ASfa Si le t te has been specia l ly computed and

manuf a 'c tured in accordance wi th the oery la tes t sc ient i f iamethods to sui t th is type of camera .

I ts performance is of a s tandard h i ther to unat ta ined by otherlenses haoing an equal number of e lements . Br i l l ian t def in i t ion ,h igh resola ing power and excel lent reproduct ion of de ta i l a reits outstanding characteristics. A combination of these attrib-

u tes makes i t the ideal lens fo, minia ture photography ut i thblack and whi te or colour fi lm.

ln addi t ion , eaery lens leaoing our fac tory is tes ted bV the mostup- to-date methods and i s guaranteed f or i t s qual i ty andperformance'

AGFA AKTTENGE5E LLSCHAFT

Camera-W erk Muendten

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