Ricoh DIACORD L, Reference Manual

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Page 3: ... Film odvonce button Exposure counter window Film exposure index scote window Exposure mefer needle Exposure meter scole Film exposure index selector slide button Finder lens Toking lens M F X Synchronizqtion lever Shutter speed selector lever l www orphancameras com ...

Page 4: ...cus ing Froming operture for direct view finding Focusing hood Froming operture front plote Exposure window Toke up spool knob Cordless f losh contoct Accessory shoe Self timer button Light volue selector lever Flosh terminol Tripod bushing Bock cover locking disc Bock cover lock tob Film pressure plote Cortridge positioning cliP Lever for outomotic zero setting of film counter Film Stort mork 2 ...

Page 5: ...FTLAII LOAD NG Alwoys ovold dlrect sunlight When the bock cover is open the r 0 in the film counter window oppeors oufomoticolly Fig 3 3 www orphancameras com ...

Page 6: ...J iai ii t ta As the this 2 ten rter rlly The empty spool con be eosily put in the toke up chomber by pulling the knob os shown in F i g 4 Breok the film roll seol being coreful not to ollow the film roll to become unwound With the block side of the film focing inword ploce the film inside while pulling the knob os shown in Fig 5 4 ...

Page 7: ... Here be especiolly coreful thot the tip of the film is not put in crooked or otherwise out of olignment Fig 7 Turn the film winding knob until the number 1 qppeors ond the knob outomoticolly comes to o stop Now it is reody for toking photogrophs Fig 10 o As soon os the film hos been loo ded turn the exposure meter slide b utton until the ASA number of your film op peo rs on the film exposure inde...

Page 8: ...e it Moke sure the locking disc is turned fully ond firmly in ploce This completes the lood ing of the comero Fig 9 After you hove token one picture press the film odvonce button releose it ond wind until the next number oppeors ond the knob outomoticolly 2 or s to o stop Fig 12 After the lost picture o e mork oppeqrs ond the film winding knob con be turned continu ously until the remoinin film ho...

Page 9: ...lled X film the exposure index is 50 for XX 100 ond 2OO tor XXX As the film exposure index becomes foster you must use q corresponding lower exposure Shuiter ond f stop Therefore to moke proper exposures it is importont thqt you olwoys keep in mind the type of film you hove in your cctmero The exposure index Unlooding is done under subdued light in reverse order of looding film After the roll hos ...

Page 10: ...qster thon with comeros which do not hove o built in exposure meter Especiolly in color photogrophy it shows off its greotest versotility PRINCIPTES OF THE EXPOSUREMETER The light window behind the nome plote is o seteniumphotocetl When light strikes this light window on electric current is generoted occording to the strength of the light ln other words the selenium photocell octs os o converter o...

Page 11: ...ly the reflected light from the subiect s v fi il Q Also when photogrophing o distont view such os expon iu r n ry if youi comero is tilting upword too high it will meosure the light from the sky qnd the more importont frees or buildings will become underexposed S meosure by tilting the cqmero slightly downword t o ora the ground When photogrophing into o light our be Joreful not to ollow direcf l...

Page 12: ... required is to tronsfer this light vclue to the exposure window for the proper exposure This light volue system wos first odopted in Jopon on the RICHO 500 followed by the DIACORD L ond hos immensely simplified the determining of exposure Furthermore on the DIACORD L moximum versotility is ossured with o BUILT IN exposure meter The ronge of the light volue scole on the DIACORD L is from 4 to 17 w...

Page 13: ...V relotion con be expressed by o toble os follows E I www orphancameras com ...

Page 14: ...to pqge 5 for method of motching numbers Now point your comero toword the subiect you intend to photogroph In out door photogrophy where it is usuql ly bright leove the combined nome plote ond light window coverclosed As shown in figure while slightly pulling the meter knob turn the meter knob counter clockwise until you motchup the CLOSED morkV with the red mork According to the brightness of the...

Page 15: ... monner os before while slightly pulling the meter knob turn the knob clock wise until you motch up the OPENED mork V with the red mork Fig 2l 3 3 The light window cover con be opened by pressing the extend ed stem ot the upper left hond corner of the light window cover focing the comero To close the light window cover press the opposite side of fhe cover until it cotches Fig 3 ond 4l 1 3 www orph...

Page 16: ...ver ond the shutter speed selector tever to gether until you find it tn Fig 7 the light volue is set ot 12 you con toke o photogroph with this volue but in order to bring out the best quolities of your subiect moke the necessory odiustments within limits requiring no chonge in the light volue More obout this relotion is exploined in the toble on Poge I l This is done by moving the shutter speed se...

Page 17: ...speeds move the shutter speed selector lever downword ond motch up the red line with the proper shutter speed lf you wont to show the feeling of motion of moving obiects move the shutter speed selector lever upword Moke sure you occurotely olign the shutter speed scole Settings between the numbers on the shutter speed scole will NOT give you on intermediote shutter speed 5 ln the obove coses os lo...

Page 18: ...ondifions Buf there mqy be some of you who hove hod the four corners of your mosterpiece turn block becouse you used o hood of different moke lt is best to use on occessory which hos been especiolly mode And ogoin if you ottoch the hood incorrectly it might cquse you iust os much trouble On the DIACORD L ottoch the hood so thof the words RICOH comes out on top 3 Are you sure the cose is not coveri...

Page 19: ... better to use the focusing hood for hoirline focusing Focusing is done from the bockground toword the foreground ln toking subiects with o deep depth of field such os group photogrophy odiust focus iusf short of center This is becouse when the subiect is in good focus the width of the depth of field becomes wider ot the bock thon in front of center I ft t fi fr fr s t 7 www orphancameras com ...

Page 20: ...2l For hoirline focusing use the wiCe field mognifier Just push the top port of the direct view finder frome plote with your finger tips ond it will outomot icolly swing into position Fig 2 3 When using the direct view finder frome press the direct view finder frome plote down flot until it cotches Fig 3 The frome plote con be returned to its originol position by moving the hood slightly bock l B ...

Page 21: ... no chonces in losing o good shot I Meosure the proPer ex posure with your exposure meter ond while wotching the exposure window motch up the light volue Next Pull the shut er cocking lever to the righf ond cock the shutter Fig 1 2l Focuswith the DUO LEVER ond releose the shutter GENTLY Fis 2l l e www orphancameras com ...

Page 22: ...utomoticolly During this sfep DO NOT TOUCH THE SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON becouse this will result in Premoture releose of the shutter Further ofter the self timer button hos been Pushed the shutter will be releosed in obout I 1 seconds Fig 3 4l When you use the occessory re leose toke off the shutter butfon protector ring ond ottoch the releose in Fig 4 1 20 ...

Page 23: ...pe To prevent ony movemenf of the comero olwoys hold the corrying strop tout 2 EYE IEVEI PoSITION This position is used when sight ing through the direct view finder When sighting with the direct view finder press the bock of the comero firmly ogoinst the foce to keep it from moving 2 1 www orphancameras com ...

Page 24: ...or how good the exposure moving fhe comero will spell frouble Whenever possible use o tripod GROT ND I EVELPOSITION Steody the comero by using some orticle like q motch box 4 agovr EYE LEvEI PostnoN This position is convenient in shooting over the heods of o crowd such os of photo meets Here olso keep the corrying strops tout to prevent move ment of the comero 22 ...

Page 25: ...ns 6 Posl oN ustNc THEcAsE When ropid shooting with com ero in cose merely lower or remove the f ront cdse cover There ore other woys of mok ing effective use of the cose so experiment ond use the method best fitted to the siutqtion positions hove been exploined obove vqriotions so experiment ond devise such os for ongle shots 2 3 www orphancameras com ...

Page 26: ...ect with o lens focus odiusted to infinite When the f stop is f 3 5 onY imoge from infinite down to 73 feet will be shorp ond cleor but os the lens opening becomes smoller the limit in which o cleor imoge is possible becomes deeper Therefore ot on f stop of f122 ony imoge from infinite down to I 2 feel will turn out shorp ond cleor Therefore rother thon toking o photogroph by iust odiusting the fo...

Page 27: ... turn the short stem on your film winding knob with your fingernoil ond clign this number with the red number 3 5 At this point of o f stop of 5 6 your will obtoin o clear imoge from obout 20 feet to obout 1l feet ot 122 frorn infinite to 7 feet respectively Refer to Figure DEPTH OF FIEIDTABLE f 8 cm F 3 5 Dist Feet 2 5 www orphancameras com ...

Page 28: ...nchro photogrophy is mentioned it is thought to be o very complicoted procedure but octuolly onyone con leorn its use in o very short time In floshbulbs there ore the F Closs M Clqss ond Strobe ln ordinory com eros the use of different types of floshbulbs in restricted by its synchro mechonism But the DIACORD L hos o unique synchro mechonism which hos o 3 step selection system of M F ond X setting...

Page 29: ...oshgun This RICOH FLASHGUN hos o built in contocf point so thot mere engogement in the occessory clip is oll thot is necessory NO DANGLING CORD NO BULB FAILURES DUE TO FAULTY CONNECTIONS Of course oll common types of f loshguns WITH CORDS con olsc be used According to its use there ore mony types of floshbulbs usuolly the bulb gloss is cooted with vinyl or nylon to prevent explosions or shottering...

Page 30: ...tion is the exposure The exposure is determined by the brightness of the floshbulb ond the distqnce between the floshbulb ond the subiect This relotion is simply represented by o guide number When you purchose floshbulbs the guide number is olwoys cleorly given lf you divide the guide number by the distonce from the subiect you will know the proper f stop lnversely if you divide the guide number b...

Page 31: ...f film in whot we commonly coll color film One is the color posifive film with color self contoined which you hove often seen in slides of mountoin scenery The other is os in ordinory block ond white film the color print which cqn be seen on prinfing poper ln this process first the negofive film for the color print is mode ond then this is printed on printing pqper Then the color con be seen for t...

Page 32: ...nsitive built in exposure me er so there is no couse for worry ond color photogrophy con be o pleosont odventure insteod of o chore MAKE KIND TYPE EX NDEX DEV FUJICOLOR POSI DAYTIGHT ASA IO MANU SAKURA COLOR t r lt 10 0 ORIENTAT COTOR NEGA NEGA 12 MANU HOME ORIENTAL COTORREVERSAI POSI rr 16 l tl KODA COTOR NEGA r 25 MANU TUNGSTEN a 2 0 tl EKTACHROME POSI DAYTIGHT a 3 2 HOME MANU ANSCOCOTOR t t 10 ...

Page 33: ...ight ond ollows only the necessory light to enter the lens The inside of the hood is pointed block to keep out unwonted light This is corried in o smoll hondy cose so moke it o rule to corry it with your comero ot qll times Wli t Hivl1 1tl FIITERS For the thousond ond one types of photo grophy filters hove o very importont ond useful vqlue lt is o colored gloss which chonges the qmount ond quolity...

Page 34: ...es dorker os the number increoses Y1 Y2 etc Without this filfer the clouds will disoppeor ond fhe whole sky will become white Oz Oronge 2 Blue becomes dorker ond red ond yellow become brighter ldeol for mountoin disionl view ond woter scenes ond lhe phofogroph will lurn out much shorper ond cleorer thon seen by fhe noked eye The woter ond sky become dorker ond green ond red much brighter Distont s...

Page 35: ...ciol ottochment the DIACORD L con photogroph os close os 3 feet but in toking close ups of sfill life insects portroits or photo stotic copies of printed motter use the close up odopter A close up odopter hos convex lens which occording lo its mognifying strength which ore clossifted No 1 3 ft 19 in ond No 2 19 in 12 in As the DIACORD L is o fwin lens reflex the some lens is used on the finder len...

Page 36: ...ith o dry soft cloth Do not leove the comerd with the shutter cocked over o long period becouse it mqy weoken the shutter spring Do not chonge the shutter speed ofter you hove olreody cocked the shutter To preserve the life of the shutter ploce the synchro setting ot X When leoving the comero in the cose sef the disfonce ot infinity The white bog included with the comero is o drying ogent silico g...

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