Kodak Motormatic 35F - Distance and Focus Settings; Zone Focus and Scale Focusing

14
Distance
Settings
,Handy
ZoneFocus-The
focusing range
of
your
camera is
divided into three
subject
zones-each
represented
by a
diamond-shaped
symbol
on the lens mount.
The
diamond
near
4
ft
is the setting for
CLOSE subjects, the
diamond
between 8
and 10 ft is
the
GROUP setting,
the
diamond
between 25
and
50
ft
is
the
SCENE
setting.
A
*Zone
Minder,"
built
into the
viewfinder,
shows
at a
glance
which of
the
three
zones
is
set on
the focusing
scale.
Set
the zone focus
by
rotating the
LENs MoUNT
until the
proper
diamond
"click-stops"
opposite the
Focus TNDEX.
For
example,
the illustration
shows the diamond
mark for
the
GROUP
zone
set
at
the index
mark.
The range
of sharpness,
which
permits
these
zone
settings, depends on the lens
opening
(flnumber,
shown by red
pointer)
in
use. Range of
sharpness data
for
three
flnumbers
and the threezonesettings
are
shown
on the
opposite
page.
The higher the
flnumber,
the
greater
the range
of sharpness.
Zone
settings
will
give
acceptably sha{p
pic-
tures
at allthree zoneswith
flnumbers
greater
than
fl5.6.Atflnumbers
less than
f|5.6,
care-
ful
scale focusing,
as below,
is recommended.
Coreful
Scole
Focus-(l)
When
lighting
con-
ditions
are
such that
an
flnumber
less than
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