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ATTENTION!
Before using the camera,
make thorough study of the present Instruction Manual which
contains handling rules and essential operating principles
of the camera.
Do not keep the camera with the shutter cocked for a long
period of time since it is likely to impair the shutter
operation.
Due to ever-advancing development in camera construction and
appearance, minor differences may occur between the text and
the camera you have purchased.
Since the camera is a complex instrument, its repair and
adjustment should be performed in repair shops only.
The present Instruction Manual can not be regarded as a
hand-book on photography. |
GENERAL NOTES
Purpose and Features
HORIZON-S3
PRO is a special camera with a rotating non-interchangeable
built-in lens intended for taking various panorama pictures:
reporting, landscapes, interiors, sports events, fashion,
tourism, architecture, etc., both by the amateur and
professional photographers. It can be used to take various
pictures on black-and-white or color films.
Features of the HORIZON-S3 PRO camera:
- Shutter cocking lever with locking against half-and
double-cocking and quite small angle of cocking (210°) for
the given frame size makes for fast picture taking and
improves camera performance.
- Metallic focal shutter with shutter speeds 1, 1/2, 1/4,
1/8, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125 and 1/250 sec. (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/60, 1/125,
1/500 and 1/250 sec. for S3 U-500) enables to shoot in
various conditions (indoors or outdoors at poor lighting).
Low temperatures (up to -15°C) practically do not impair
shutter operation.
- Rotating lens, when shooting, ensures the necessary image
quality all over the frame area due to eliminating of the
inevitable optical distortion which occurs when taking
pictures with wide-angle lenses.
- Frame counter, automatically re-setting to the initial
position when reloading the film, releases the amateur from
setting the counter to "0" manually.
- Optical viewfinder enables to determine the exact limits
of the subject to be photographed. Correct camera position
(strictly horizontal) is controlled by the level visible
within the viewfinder.
- Film rewind crank and film rewind button of stay-put type
cut down the time necessary for preparation of the camera
for shooting.
- Back door lock is interlocked with the film rewind crank
which makes for simplified and fast film reloading. |
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Handling Rules
The camera is a precise
optical-mechanical instrument. It should be handled
carefully, kept clean and protected from jolts, dust,
moisture and sharp temperature fluctuations.
Do not remove the camera from its case the moment it is
brought indoors from cold to avoid sweating of its parts,
especially optical ones.
Do not touch the surfaces of the optical parts with fingers
since it may damage their coatings. Clean the coated optical
surfaces with a clean soft cloth or cotton wool wad slightly
moistened with rectified alcohol or ether.
Keep the camera closed in its case. Load and unload the
camera indoors or in shade protecting it against direct sun
light or bright artificial illumination. Always wind the
shutter as far as it will go.
When taking pictures in frosty weather, it is better to keep
the camera under your street-clothes and take it out only
for the time of shooting. |
Film used
.............................................................35
mm, perforated
Length of film in cassette
.......................................................1,65
m
Number of pictures
.......................................................................22
Exposure times (PRO) ....1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/30,
1/60, 1/125, 1/250 sec.
Exposure times (U-500).....1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250,
1/500 sec.
Viewfinder magnification
............................................................0,4x
Field of view
.......................................................................110°x44°
Lens
...........................................................................MC
2,8/28 MG
Focal length
...........................................................................28
mm
Maximum aperture
....................................................................1:2,8
Effective field angle
............................................................120°x45°
Tripod bush thread
....................................................................1/4"
Level accuracy
..............................................................................5°
Dimensions
.............................................................115x152x79
mm
Weight
.................................................................................0,75
kg |
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CAMERA DESIGN
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1 - neckstrap eyelet; 2 -
shutter cocking and film advance lever; 3 - level; 4 -
viewfinder; 5 - film rewind knob; 6 - lens |
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7 - operating mode
selection switch; 8 - film rewind crank; 9 - shutter
speed setting dial; 10 - aperture setting dial; 11 -
release button threaded for cable release; 12 - frame
counter window |
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13 - cassette chamber; 14
- cassette spool guide; 15 - film guiding roller; 16 -
film channel guides; 17 - viewfinder eyepiece; 18 -
sprocket; 19 - take-up spool; 20 - back door |
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21 - film rewind button;
22 - tripod socket; 23 - end-cap; 24 - film check
pocket;
24 - handle holder; 25 - handler |
OPERATING PROCEDURE
Film Loading
| The camera accepts
standard cassettes loaded with any type of 35 mm film. If
you load the cassette with film on your own, be sure to
properly secure the film end in the cassette spool to
prevent it breaking away from the spool during operation.
See to it that the film leader is free from bends and folds
and cut to the standard form. The camera loading should not
be done in direct sun light. |
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Load the camera with film
in the following way:
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- Flip open film rewind
crank 8 and holding it, pull out rewind knob 5 as
far as it will go. Holding the film rewind knob in this
position, open back door 20.
- Carefully insert the film leader under guiding roller
15 and draw out the film by about 12-15 cm.
- Put a loaded cassette into cassette chamber 13
pulling out the rewind knob as far as it will go.
- Return the film rewind knob 5 completely home
slightly turning it to let spool guide 14 enter
the cassette.
- Pass the film leader under sprocket 18 so that
it appears from under take-up spool 19. To make
this procces easier rotate the sprocket with your
fingers with button 21 pressed down.
- Insert the film leader into the slot of the take-up
spool and draw the film back on to the film gate. Make
sure that the sprocket tooth engage a film perforation
hole. Reel the appeared loop on the take-up spool
rotating shutter cocking lever 2. The film shoud
be placed on film channel guides 16 without
skewing.
- Close the back door 20 tightly pressing it to
make the lock latch. Cock and fire the shutter.
- To transport a nonexposed portion of film to the film
gate, cock and fire the shutter once again. When cocking
the shutter for the second time the frame counter should
be set at "1", the latter being positioned approximately
in the centre of exposure counter window 12.
Now you are ready to shoot. The shutter is cocked by
turning smoothly lever 2 counter-clockwise to its
fullest extent and released by pressing release button
11. Should the film be wound tightly in the
cassette, the film rewind knob will rotate when the
shutter is being cocked. If the film is loose in the
cassette, the rewind knob will fail to rotate at the
first frames. Automatic frame counter shows the number
of the frame being positioned against the film gate. |
Operating Mode Setting
Operating
mode (shutter speed range) selection should be performed only
with the shutter released.
Shutter speed and aperture should be set only with the shutter
cocked.
Shutter Speed Setting
| Turn operating mode
selection switch 7 to set the required shutter speed
range from 1 s to 1/8 s or 1/30 s to 1/250 s (the speed
markings are colour-coded to help you). Set dial 9
against the required shutter speed value. Each position
of the dial is click-stopped. |
Aperture
Setting
| Set the required
aperture value on dial 10 opposite to the index mark on
the body. Each position of the dial is click-stopped. At
exposure determining to obtain pictures of higher
quality the aperture should be smaller and exposure time
longer. |
Depth of Field of the Lens
The "MC 2,8/28 MG"
built-in lens has no distance scale.
To determine the depth of field, make use of the table set
forth below. For example, with aperture set at 8, the depth
of field will be from 2 m to infinity. |
Depth of Field
Table for the HORIZON-S3 PRO Camera Lens
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Aperture |
Depth of field, m |
| 2,8 |
5,5--∞ |
| 4 |
3,9--∞ |
| 5,6 |
2,9--∞ |
| 8 |
2--∞ |
| 11 |
1,5--∞ |
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16 |
1--∞ |
Mounting the Handle
Take the handle out of the
case. Remove the end-cap 23 from the camera locating hole.
To do this screw it out by the use of a coin for example.
Match the ridge of the handle and the groove on the camera
body and put the handle into the camera hole. With the
handle held in position screw up slightly holder 25, than by
turning the handle be sure that the handle ridge and the
groove on the camera body match quite and screw the holder
25 in hard. The arrow on the handle should be on the outside
of the camera at correct mounting of the handle. To remove
the handle from the camera turn off the holder 25 and take
out the handle from the hole. |
Picture Taking
Cock the shutter.
When shooting hold the camera in the way that the frame is
not blocked by your fingers. Aim the camera at the subject
and looking through the viewfinder determine its limits.
Camera horizontal position is adjusted by level 3. At
correct camera position which prevents a perspectively
distorted picture, the level ball should be in the centre of
the light circle seen in the viewfinder. |
For vertical shots no
level is used.
Having prepared the camera for shooting press the release
button as far as it will go to take a picture.
Remember, that sharp pressing on the release button results
in camera shake at the moment of exposure and thus in blur
of the picture.
To take pictures with longer exposures than 1/60 sec. the
shutter is better released with the help of a cable release
which is screwed into the release button socket.
You can as well make use of a tripod having removed the
handle 24 beforehand. |
Camera Unloading
When the exposure counter
shows figure 22, the film should be rewound back into
the cassette and the camera unloaded. To do this:
- Press button 21 on the camera bottom
- Flip open crank 8 and rotate it in the arrow
direction till the film leader leaves the take up spool. Try
to rotate the crank smoothly, without jerks and not too fast
to avoid traces of static electricity on film.
- Pull film rewind knob 5 all the way out; open the
back door. Remove the cassette, holding the film rewind
knob.
If necessary, the camera can be unloaded after exposing any
number of frames, having rewound the film into the cassette
beforehand. |
Mounting the Filters
Mount the filter on the
camera. To do this, with the help of the shutter cocking
lever, align the lens axis with the film gate centre in
body. Through the cylindrical cup window put the filter
mount into the lens body socket. In so doing, press the
filter spring and put it behind the cup window (see the
diagram).
To remove the filter, take the second one delivered with
camera, and coupling the hooks, slightly draw the filter in
the direction indicated by an arrow in the above mentioned
diagram. |
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