Exakta RTL 1000 - Page 14

2. The image in any of the viewfinder systems
(Finder Hood, Penta Prism, and TTL Penta Prism)
wi ll be visi ble even Qfter the shutter has been
rel eased (instant return mirror). The red warning
signal in the image in the viewfinder system indi-
cates that the camera is not yet ready for action,
and that the rapid-wind lever (9) must be cocked
before the shutter is ready for re l ease (See illu-
stration: image seen through the Penta Prism).
3. Setting the shutter speeds
You will safely succeed in taking photographs with
shutter speeds from 1/1000 second to 1/30 second
(white figures on the shutter-speed setting knob
(10» "by hand", i. e. without the use of a tripod.
For any exposure times from 1/15 second to 1 se-
cond
(orange-coloured figures on the shutter-speed
setting knob (10» and for st i ll longer exposure
times with the B setting, the camera should be
screwed on to a tripod and a cable release be
employed. Tripod thread (39) at the bottom of the
EXAKTA RTL 1000, thread for the cab le rel ease in
the left-hand release (16). All setting operations
can be effected before and after tensioning the
shutter.