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Do not load the film right away
it would only be , exposed to no purpose, Film 10adJing and ' all r e l ~ til1Jg to it will,
therefor e, be descr.i \l ed later on ,
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REGARDING PICTURE COMPOSITION, AND 'FOCUSI KG . "
th e designers of th , ,, Pl'aktin i FX have forgott eI\ nothing that i;; req ; uired in photo·
g raphi c pra ctri.ce. Fi .. st 'o' /' , all ther e is t, he P e, nla Prism wit ,h . its . roof-~ike ,; top and it s
finde-r
windo ,w at eye-leveL lust hav e a - look in! You say that yo r \!- See nothing .,- -
complete I d~r~ness? ' Yes, Qf course, yo u h ave , , to ,: wi . nd ,tihe s huiter . a,?-ew after eve l'Y
e xposure. Thi ;s irS' aone by turning the 'S 'hutter-~inding knob . oq , top right of the
c amera. W e lt hall hav e tq . s, ay more about ; this ' yet , For ' the pr".e rl t, i"t
is impo , rtant for you to learn that wit~ ' thi ~ manip u lation
the mirror, whjdl ' belong s to , the ' finde ~ system, .
is
Hipped into view , iog po si tion, wher ea,s .
up till now , it ha ,d , to leave the pa;;sag.e.
open for th e light rays ,t o " .
trav el to th e fiirro, ~hu s '
hlacking out th e find ~, .