Zenith E - Exposure Settings and Controls

EXPOSURE SETTING
A gentle upward pull on the shutter speed dial
followed by a rotating movement sets the shutter
speed duration. The selected speed figure is
aligned with the index mark in the middle of the dial,
then depressed to fix it in the primed posit ion.
Figures indicated are in fractions of a second. 'B'
indicates a hand-controlled exposure duration.
T ime exposures are obtained by first cocking the
shutter: setting the
dial to 'B'; th en. by pr essi ng the
release button until locked by rotating it .
It is released by turning the release button to its
fo rmer position.
NOTE: 1. The exposure duration can be set both
with the sh utter cocked and released. 2. Use a
tripod for sl ow s hutter speeds on 'bulb' exposure.
3.
When photographing without flash bulbs the
synchro setting lever can be set at X.
STOP
SETTING
To set apertures on the 58mm HELIOS lens: set the
index mark to align the selected aperture figure
engraved on
the aperture-setting ring of the lens.
Each setting is click-stopped at each aperture
setting. The same procedure applies to the
INOUSTAR-50 lens except that with thi s lens there
are
no click stops: the lens aperture is set only
after focusing.
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