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Cotch for comero bock

Shutter releose

Coble releose connection

E x p o s u r em e t e r w i n d o w

Accessory shoe

Viewfinder eyepiece

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS

Poge

Poge

7
8
9

Locking button
Rewinding knob
Diophrogm setting ring

32-33

F l o s hs y n c h r o n i z o t i o n

l0

Holding the comero

l8-19

Deloyed oction releose

22

Looding the comero

24-25

Depth of field

n-21

Photogrophichints

27

Depth-of-field toble

30-31

Double exposure

Rongefinder
Rewindingthe film

prevention

Exposure

18-19

Exposure meter reodings

I l-13

Button for setting the

F i l r nc o u n t e r

film speed

Filmspeed

o pertu res

Depth-of-field scole

Film tips

13 Deloyed oction lever

Film type indicotor

Filters

29

22'23

Film lronsport
12 Focusing ring

10-r4
21

Toble of comporotive
film speeds

ll

8-9
26

Shutter speedsond

Snopshot setting
l0

. 16-\7

Accessories
Apertures

2
n

Toking photogrophs
Time exposures
Unlooding the comero

19
l5
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AT LAST YOU

ri

HAVE REALIZED YOUR

AMBITION

by becoming the owner of o new precision minioture cqmero, the Agfo Super
Silette LK. You ore to be congrotuloted on your choice ond we wish you mony
hoppy hours of reloxotion with your comero.
Your Agfo Super Silette LK offers you the following speciol odvonfoges: A
coupled rongefinder, bright-line viewfinder, built-in exposure meter free from
scoles,coupled shutter speeds ond diophrogm, ond o high-speedcolour-corrected
onostigmotic lens of moximum definition.
We know thot you ore eoger to leorn more obout this fine comero, ond so we
suggest thot you reod through this little booklet ond fomiliqrize yourself with
your Super Silette LK.

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Your photogrophic deoler moy hove helped you to "lood" the first film in the
c o m e r q . F i l m sf o r 3 5 m m . m i n i o t u r ec o m e r o s o r e w o u n d o n o s p o o l e n c l o s e di n
o light-tight cossette qnd contoin either 35 or 20 exposures,the octuol size of
t h e p i c t u r e b e i n g 2 4 x % m m . T h e r e i s q w i d e s e l e c t i o no f d i f f e r e n t t y p e s o f f i l m s
ovoiloble, ond further detqils of these ore given on pqges 22123.lf you hove noi
been shown how to lood the cqmero, instructionsore contoined on poges 24125.

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FILM TYPE INDICATOR
The Super Silette LK is provided with o film type
indicotor so thot you olwoys know whot film is in
t h e c o m e r o . l t s h o u l d b e s e t w h e n i n s e r t i n gt h e f i l m .
T o d o t h i s , p u s h t h e s m o l l b u t t o n i n t h e d i r e c t i o no f
t h e o r r o w ( s e ei l l u s t r o t i o no) n d t h e r e w i n d i n gk n o b
w i l l o u t o m o t i c o l l ys p r i n g u p w o r d s . N o w p u l l o u t
this knob os for os it will go ond grosp the disk
b e t w e e n t h u m b o n d f o r e f i n g e r ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n )T. h e
disk con then be set with the forefingerby its milled
edge protruding ot the bottom until the desired
s y m b o l o p p e o r si n t h e w i n d o w . T h e d i s k i s r o t o t o b l e
in both directions.
l f , f o r e x o m p l e ,y o u o r e l o o d i n g o b l q c k o n d w h i t e
f i l m , t h e b l o c k o n d w h i t e m o r k i n g ss h o u l d b e s e t
i n t h e i n d i c o t o rw i n d o w ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .

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When using o negolive colour film, set the
following lettering:
CN : negotive colour film for doylight ond
ortificiol light (e.g. Agfocolor CN l7).

For colour reversol film (from which colour

t r o n s p o r e n c i e so r e o b t o i n e d )t w o s e t t i n g so r e
provided:
CT : colour reversolfilm for doylight
C K : c o l o u r r e v e r s o lf i l m f o r o r t i f i c i o l l i g h t

FILM SPEED SCALE

T o e n s u r et h o t t h e b u i l t - i ne x p o s u r em e t e r i s
odlusted to the speed of th" film in the
c o m e r o i t i s n e c e s s o r yt o s e t t h e o p p r o p r i o t e
figure on the shutter before moking the
exposure.
Between the shutter speed scole ond the
operture ring you will see o smoll button
- s h o w n i n - t h e i l l u s t r o t i o nu n d e r n e o t ht h e
p h o t o s r o p h e r ' st h u m b ( w i t h o r r o w ) . T h i s b u t i o n i s - d e p r e s s e do n d t h e o t h e r h o n d u s e d
to turn the shutter speed setting ring until
the red triongulormork is in line with the
o p p r o p r i o t eD I N / A S A n u m b e r .
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FILM

COUNTER

After looding the comero, the film

c o u n t e ru n d e r n e o t ht h e c o m e r o s h o u l d
b e s e t t o t h e s t o r t i n gp o s i t i o n .
T o d o t h i s ,t u r n t h e m i l l e d r i n g i n t h e
d i r e c t i o no f t h e o r r o w ( s e ei l l u s t r o t i o n )
so thot the fixed mork is opposite the
green triongle.When using o cossette
w i t h 3 6 e x p o s u r e st h i s i s d o n e b y s e t t i n g t h e s c o l et o t h e g r e e n t r i o n g l e b e t w e e n 3 6 o n d 1 , f o r f i l m s w i t h 2 0 e x p o s u r e s
the green triongle between25 ond 20.The comero is reody for the first exposure
o f t e r t r o n s p o r t i n gt h e f i l m t o b r i n g t h i s n u m b e r ( i . e . 3 6 o r 2 0 ) o p p o s i t e t h e f i x e d
s e t t i n gm o r k ( s e ei l l u s t r o t i o n )T. h e f i l m c o u n t e r i n d i c o t e sl h e n u m b e r o f e x p o s u r e s
you still hqve left on the film.
T h r e e o p e r o t i o n s o r e t h e r e f o r e n e c e s s o r yw h e n l o o d i n g y o u r c o m e r o b e f o r e
tokingthe firstphotogroph:
S e t t h e f i l m t y p e i n d i c a t o r ,D I N I A S A n u m b e r a n d f i l m c o u n t e r a t o n c e , b e f o r e
you forget!

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FILM

TRANSPORT

W h e n l o o d i n g t h e c o m e r ot h e s t o r t o f
t h e f i l m i s w o s t e d b y e x p o s u r et o l i g h t
o n d s o y o u m u s tf i r s t m o k e t w o b l o n k
e x p o s ur e s .
The ropid tronsport lever moves the
film on one frome eoch time it is operoted.Ploceyour thumb behindthis
lever ond swivel it round os for os
p o s s i b l e .l f t h e l e v e r i s b l o c k e d y o u
w i l l h o v e t o p r e s s t h e s h u t t e rr e l e o s e
f i r s i .Y o u s h o u l d r e p e o t t h i s o p e r o t i o n
of film tronsportond shutterreleose
twice ot ihe stort of every new film
before the comero is reody for use.
l f y o u i n o d v e r t e n t l yr e l e o s et h e r o p i d
tronsportlever only holf woy round
you must toke hold of it ogoin ond
pushit right round.
C o u t i o n! T h e r e w i n d i n g k n o b t u r n s o s i h e f i l r n
is tronsoorted ond should therefore not be
h i n d e r e di r r o n v w o y .

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Your comerq's reqdiness for inslqnl qclion is lorgely increosed by fhis ropid tronsport lever; this is o reol odvontoge when toking o series of pictures.Very often
split-secondtiming is needed to copture o tense or comicql situotion with the
cqmero. lf you line up horizontol subiects in the viewfinder with your right eye
you need not even lower fhe comero to tronsport the film. You iust move the
lever with your right thumb ond ore olwoys "in the picture".

DOUBLE

AND,BLANK

EXPOSURE

PREVENTION

Noturolly your Super Silette LK is fitted with double ond blonk exposure prevention which ovoids two exposureson one negotive or pressingthe shutter releqse
before tronsporting the film. lf you connot operote the shutter releose,therefore,
you hove either not turned the film on or the tronsport lever wos not swung right
round. This lotier omission con be remedied by moving the lever round os for os
it will go, without losing ony film. In cqses of doubt do not press the shutter
releose,becquseyou might lose o frqme of film, but first try to operote the ropid
tronsport lever. lf this is blocked, your Super Silette LK is reody for the exposure.
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I

I
I

o
@
@
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@

Settingmork for shutterspeed ond operture.

S h u t t e r s p e e d ss h o u l d e n g o g e i n t h e i r c l i c k
stops directly opposite the triongle.
Aperture setting ring coupled to exposure
meter pointer
Aperture scole
Shutter speed scole
Film speed setting button

@
@
@

@
@
@

Shutter speed setting ring

Focusing ring
F o c u s i n gs c o l e
Depth of field scole
F i l m s p e e d s c o l e i n A S A c o u p l e d 't o b u t t o n @
Flosh contoct for floshgun leod
F o c u s i n gm o r k
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THE

RANGEFINDER

F o c u s i n gi s v e r y s i m p l e w i t h t h e o i d o f t h e
built-in, coupled rongefinder.Through the
viewfinder eyepiece of the bock of the comero you will see thot the entirefield of view
is coloured slightly ond hos o diomondshopedportion in the centre.
At first this centre imoge will be seporoted
i n t o t w o h o r i z o n t o l l y d i s p l o c e do u t l i n e s ( s e e
i l l u s t r o t i o n t, o p r i g h t ) . l f y o u n o w m o v e t h e
f o c u s i n gr i n g w i t h t h e i n d e x o r m i d d l e f i n g e r
of your left hond you will find thot the outlines of the double centre imoge converge
( l o w e r i l l u s t r o t i o n )W
. hen this point is reoche d , t h e o b i e c t i s o u t o m o t i c o l l yi n f o c u s . Y o u
con rely irplicitly on the occurocy of the
r o n g e f i n d e rw h i c h t o k e s t h e g u e s s w o r k o u t
of focusing.

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W i t h t h e c o m e r - oh e l d h o r i z o n t o l l y t h e
inroge outlines move sidewoys, when
lreld upright they move verticolly.
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41,

P l o c e y o u r ' f i n g e r o v e r t h e r - i g h tv i e w f i n d e r w i n d o w o f t h e f r . o n to f t h e c o m e r - o .Y o u w i l l f i n d t h o t t h e v i e w f i n d e r
imoge is no longer- coloured ond is
n'ror-e
suitoblefor'lining up your subi e c t .W h e n y o u w o n t t o f o c u s t h e c o m ero with the rongefinder you con ren'love your frnger'; by this method
tlre double outlines ore more cleor'ly
vrsible.

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WHAT

YOU

NEED

TO KNOW..

The preporotory work is over, the comerq hos been focused with the rongefinder
ond now you require the correct exposure. Lighting conditions ore subject to
consideroblevoriotions, which is why your comero is fitted with different shutter
speeds ond opertures of vorying size. With both these meons you con odiust the
cqmerq to suit the porticulor light ond subiect. For moving obiects it is best to
use o fqst shutter speed ond o lorge operture, for londscopeso smoll operture
o n d o s l o w e r s h u t t e rs p e e d .O n l y o l i m i t e d o m o u n t o f l i g h t s h o u l d b e q l l o w e d t o
reochthe film-occording to its speed-ond so it is up to you to see thof the
right omount is obtoined for eoch photogroph.
This is where the buill-in exposure meter comes to your ossistonce; it is independenily coupled to both, the operture setting ring ond to the shufter speed
setting ring. And now let us see how delightfully eosy it is to obtoin the co'rrecf
exposure with the Super Silette LK.
First moke sure thot you hove set the speed of the film on the scole, os described
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HOW

TO DO IT

l. Shutter speed
First set o shutter sPeed suited to
t h e p o r t i c u l o r s u b i e c t .F o r p h o t o grophs without o triPod onlY
speeds between tTroond 1/256second should be used. To do this,
turn the milled ring (see illustrotion) until shutterspeed is oPPosite the block triongulor mork.
2. Light reoding
P o i n t t h e c o m e r o o t t h e s u b i e c ts o
thot reflected light from it reoches
t h e p h o t o e l e c t r i cc e l l t h r o u g h t h e
e x p o s u r em e t e r w i n d o w .
Coution! Do not cover the wind o w o f t h e p h o t o e l e c t r i cc e l l w i t h
your finger when meosuringthe
lisht.

First set a suitableshutter speedoppositethe

mark by hrrning the front milled ring.
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Now odiust the exposure meter
pointer in its window (top of the
comero)to the centre of ihe sett i n g m o r k b y t u r n i n gt h e o p e r t u r e
s e t t i n gr i n g ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .
This is then the correct exposure
reoding ond gives the proper
operture for the shutier speed
o r i g i n o l l ys e l e c t e d .

Trtrn the npertrrre setting ring to cetrtrc

f l t e p o i r t t a r o n t h e s e ft i r t g m a r k .

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J u s t p r e s sd o w n t h e s hu t t e r r e l e o s eo s
d e s c r i b e do n p o g e s l 8 o n d 1 9 , o n d y o u
hove token your first photo.

RED WARNING

MARK

O c c o s i o n o l l yt h e i l l u m i n o t i o no f t h e
comero lens is grasSs-a,.6less thon the
l f y o u o r e u n o b l et o c e n t r et h e p o i n t e r m e o s u n n g r o n g e o f t h e e x p o s u r e
o n t h e m o r k t h i s m e o n sy o u h o v e s e t o
m e t e r . I n b o r d e r l i n ec o s e so f t h i s k i n d
s h u t t e rs p e e d w h i c h i s e i t h e r t o o f o s t
o red worning mork oppeqrsover the
o r t o o s l o w f o r t h e l i g h t i n gc o n d i t i o n s . p o i n t e r o f t e r c e n t r i n g w i t h t h e o p e r In such coses select onother shutter ture setting ring. This is o sure sign
speed ond repeot the procedure.
thqt no reoding is possibleond so
p r e v e n t si n c o r r e c t l ye x p o s e d f i l m .

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decide which ports must be rendered
obsolutely correctly, o foct of greof
importonce with colour film. Close'up

SO M E H I N T S
ON EXPOSURE READINGS

reodings should then be token of these

more importonl porls of the subiect by
o p p r o o c h i n gi t ( w o t c h i n gt h e e x p o s u r e
meter) until the effect of brighter surr o u n d i n g q r e o s h o s d e f i n i t e l yb e e n e x -

In londscope photogrophy the sky

c l u d e d . T h i s p o i n t i s r e o c h e dw h e n t h e

usuolly occupieso lorge port of the

exposure meter pointer no

longer

picture ond is normolly lighter thon

chonges its position oppreciobly on

the remoinder of the subiect, ond so

.further opprooch to the subiect. The

you should point the comero qt the

reoding thus obtoined is then usedfor

dorker ports. lf the brightness of the

,q

subiect vories considerobly you must

posilion.

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With colour reversdl films (e. g. Agfoc o l o r R e v e r s o lF i l m C T l S ) i t i s q d v i s oble to toke o reoding on the moin
brighfer ports of the subiect. Subiects
locking in controst(token in fog, dull
weother or shode) require longer exposures ond it is best to use the next
lorgest operture or o correspondingly
longer shufter speed. This only opplies
lo colour reversql films qnd only to the
coses mentioned.
With negolive colour films you should
olwoys point the exposure meter ot
the moin dqrker ports of the subiect.

FOR VERY POOR

LIGHTING

S o m e t i m e st h e r e i s n o t e n o u g h l i g h t t o
give on exposure meter reoding on
ony of the instontqneous shutter
speeds. Then you use the "B" shutter
setting for time exposures.
In such coses ploce the cqmero on o
firm support, preferobly on q tripod,
otloch o coble releose (if possible
with time lock) to the connection provided ond moke the exposure. The
shutter stoys open os long os pressure
is exerted on the coble releose button.
I n m o n y c o s e s ,p o r t i c u l o r l yw i t h i n d o o r
photogro,phy,o floshgun will be neede d t o s u p p l e m e n tt h e o v o i l o b l e l i g h t
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provided with o flosh contoct. You merely
s l i d e t h e f l o s h g u n ( s u c ho s t h e A g f o K M o r
A g f o l u x f l o s h g u n )o n t o t h e o c c e s s o r ys h o e
of the comero ond ottoch the flosh leod to
t h e c o n t o c t ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .A l w o y s u s e q
s h u l l e r s p e e d o I r l n s e c . O f c o u r s ey o u c o n not use the exposure meter in these coses
ond the oppropriote operture should be
t o k e n f r o m t h e o d j o c e n tt o b l e o r f r o m t h e
lomp corton.
I t i s o d v i s o b l et o o p e r o t e t h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r t
lever before insertingthe flosh bulb. Then
l i n e u p y o u r s u b i e c ti n t h e v i e w f i n d e r o n d p r e s st h e s h u t t e r r e l e o s e .T h e s h u t t e r
o p e n s o n d t h e b u l b i g n i t e ss i m u l t o n e o u s l y - t h o t ' so l l t h e r e i s t o i t !
Y o u c o n u s e f l o s h o u t d o o r s t o o , f o r b r i g h t e n i n gt h e f o r e g r o u n d w i t h p h o t o g r o p h s
t o k e n o g o i n s tt h e l i g h t , o r w h e n t h e l i g h t i s s o p o o r t h o t i n s t o n t o n e o ussh u t t e r
s p e e d sc o n n o t b e u s e d .

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A P E R T U R ET A B L E F C R F L A S H L I G H T
C l e o rb u l b
B l o c ko n d w h i t e f i l m
C
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u r n e g o t i v ef i l m
D i s t on c e
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from
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s ub j e c t
feet

T y p eo f b u l b
XM5
XMl
PF5
PFI

Typeof bulb

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PFvn I PF5197

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t56

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j|5.6

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Shutterspeed olwoys

ft8

fr|s.6
sec.

With on electronic floshgun for block ond white or

doylight colour film you con yse on.y s.hutter speed
I : r o o n d t , r ; , ,s e c . , o l t h o u g h t h e o p e r t u r e s
beiweln
should not be token from the obove toble. These
ore colculoted from the guide numbers for the floshg u n c o n c e r n 'e1d2, e . g . g u i - d e n u m b e r 9 6 d i v i d e d b y o
feet : operture f 8.
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HOLDING

THE CAMERA

Hold the comerq steody to obtoin shorp

r e s u l t s .W e o d v i s e y o u t o t o k e y o u r S u p e r
S i l e t t eL K i n b o t h h o n d s q n d f o r m o n o n g l e
with your orms ogoinst your body. Your
t h u m b ss h o u l dl i e o l o n g t h e b o c k o f t h e c o m e r o w i t h t h e f o r e f i n g e ro f y o u r r i g h t h o n d o n
t h e s h u t t e r r e l e o s e .L i n e u p y o u r s u b i e c t i n
t h e v i e w f i n d e rE. v e r y t h i n gw i t h i n t h e l u m i n o u s
f r o m e o r e o w i l l o p p e q r o n t h e p i c t u r e .l f y o u
c q n s e e o n l y p o r t o f t h e f r o f f i e ,t h i s i n d i c o t e s
thot you ore tiltingthe comeroor not looki n g t h r o u g h t h e c e n t r e o f t h e v i e w f i n d e r .A s
s o o n o s y o u o r e s o t i s f i e dw i t h w h o t y o u s e e ,
press the shutter releose;this is done by
s l o w l y p r e s s i n gd o w n t h e r e l e o s e k n o b o s
f o r q s p o s s i b l ew i t h y o u r f i n g e r t i p . F o r s u b iects neorer thon 7 feet use the two short
l i n e s( s e ei l l u s t r q t i o np, o g e 9 ) o s t h e u p p e r l i m i t o f t h e s u b i e c t o
, nd tilt the cqme r o s l i g h t l yu p w o r d s .
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Give it o triol with your very first photog r o p h : D o n ' t f o r g e t t o h o l d t h e c o m e r ol e v e l
o n d q s c l o s e l o y o u r e y e q s p o s s i b l e .l t d o e s
n o t m o t t e rw h i c h e y e y o u u s ef o r v i e w i n g t h e
s u b i e c t t, h e m o i n t h i n g i s t o c l o s ey o u r o t h e r
e y e . T h e n t o k e o d e e p b r e o t h ,h o l d i t , o n d
p r e s st h e s h u t t e rr e l e o s e .
When holding the comero uprightturn it to
the right or left os desiredond operote the
s h u t t e rr e l e o s ee i t h e r w i t h y o u r m i d d l e f i n g e r
or thumb, depending on the comero's
position.
P h o t o g r o p h sw i t h o u t o t r i p o d s h o u l do n l y b e
t o k e n w i t h s h u t t e r s p e e d so f r / , i ot o r l x , o s e c . ,
possibly tlto sec.too. lf you hove o steody
hond you moy be oble to ovoid comero
s h o k e o f I l r : ,s e c . b y s u p p o r t i n gy o u r e l b o w s
somehoW,but you must try thot out for
yourself.
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DEPTH OF FIELD
W e o l r e o d y m e n t i o n e d l o r g e o n d s m o l l l e n s o p e r t u r e s( o n p o g e 1 0 ) i n t h e c h o i c e
of suitoble shutter speed ond operture combinotions.

Lorge operture

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big oPening

burs.morl
depth of field.

little oPening
smoll operrure
buf greot
e . a . ' 1 ,2 2 :
depth of field.

As you will see from this exomple, depth of field is voriqble; it increosesos the
operture becomes smoller ond the distqnce becomes greoter. To help you in
finding out how for this zone of shorp focusing extends,your Super Siletfe LK hos
whot is known os o depth of field scole (@, illustrotion poge Z). From it you con
find the opproximote depth of field for ony given lens operture.
lf, for exomple, you focus the comerq to o distonce of 15 feef with on operture
of f.8, you look for the two numbers morked 8 on the depth of field scole ond
reod off the ronge in feet between these two poinfs on the odiocent focusing
ring; in this cose it will be obout 10 to 30 ft.
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SNAPSHOT

SETTING

l f t h e s h u t t e rs p e e d i n i t i o l l y s e l e c t ed gives on exposurereoding in
which the operture con be set on
the red dot betweenf. 8 ond I I or
on f. 11 you con use the so-colled
s n o p s h o to r z o n e f o c u s i n g s e t t i n g .
For this purpose the l0 feet ond
3 0f e e t m o r k i n g s o r e e n g r o v e d i n
red on the focusing scole. When
focused on l0 feet you obtoin o
shorp zone from 7 to 17 feet; on
30feet the depth of field is obout
l7 feet to lnfinity (see illustrotion).
T h i s m e t h o d i s u s e d f o r c l o s e - r o n g eo n d l o n g d i s t o n c e p h o t o g r o p h sw h e r e y o u
w o n t t o o v o i d f o c u s i n gt h e c o m e r o o t o l l .
E x a c tp a r t i c u l a r so f t h e d e p t h o f f i e l d o b t a i n a b l es t u a r i o u sa p e r t u r e sa n d d i s t a n c e s
c a n b e s e e nf r o m t h e t a b l e o n p a g e s3 0 1 3 1 .
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DELAYED ACTION

RELEASE

Sometimesyou wont to be in the picture yourself. Your Super Silette LK provides

for this wish with its deloyed oction releose. First ploce the comero on q tripod
o r o t h e r f i r m s u p p o r t o n d ' t h e n , o f t e r s e e i n gt o o l l t h e o t h e r p r e p o r o t i o n sf o r t h e
photogroph, move the red lever (13,see cover poge) os for os possible towords
the centre of the comerq. As soon os you pressthe shutter releosethe smoll lever
stortsto move ond operotes fhe shuttbr outomoticolly ofter obout 7 second{. The
lever qlwqys returns to its originol position ond hqs to be re-set for every
deloyed qciion shot. Any of ths instontqneousshutter speeds con be used with
it, ond those for flosh. Time exposures (: B setting) connot be mode with the
d e l o y e d o c t i o n r e l e o s em e c h o n i s m .

THE RIGHT

FILM FOR EVERY OCCASION

Before ue explain how to load your Super Silette Tpith film, here are a few hints
on different kinds of film.
First of all there fs Agfo lsopon t, 40 ASA (17o DIN), a unioersal film of medium
speed.lt is a sharp, fine-grain film from u:hich you can obtain good enlargements.
ln bad uteather Agfo lsopon lSS, zoo ASA QIa DIN), is the right film. It allows
you to use instantaneousshutter speeds or, when the sun is shining, smaller
apertures to obtain greater depth of field.
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For special needs there are special fiIms to deal utith diff_icultsituatio.ns' When
you iant extra fine grain for' enlargementsAgfo lsopon tt, rc ASA G3o DIN),
is "your" film.
ln zserypoor lighting conditions you can fall,back-on Agfo lsgngn Ullro, 250 ASA
eso filN), wh-ichcimbines extri high speed with ztery good sharpness.
lf the worst comes to the worst and eoen-the high speed of.lsopan Ultra is not
iufficient, you can use Agfo,lsopon Record. lt is of equal grain size and sharpness
*iiiltt giring just that little extra "something" in speed, enabling you to stop
down more or use a higher shutter speed. Hints on its use are contained in the
film packageAqfocolor films open up the world of colour to you. For more than twenty ye-ars
th-esefiIms haae been great faaourites becauseof the natural way they reproduce
pastel tints and bright colours alike.
There are two film types. For home proiection of colour transparenciesAou use,
Agfocolor Revirsql Fiim. fhe CT L8 or CK _film - thal is how^theA_.aredesuibed
in'the trade - are rated at 50 ASA (L8c DIN) and qo ASA (17o D/N) respectioely,
The letter T indicates the daylight film, K the film for use in artificial light.
lf you wish to haoe colour paper prints for your album, the right film is {gfocolor
N{gotive Film CN 17, a unioersal film for use in daylight, artificial light and
flashlight.
The correct way to load the camera with film is described on the next tttto pages.

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FILM

TRANSPORT

FOR THE FIRST EXPOSURE

T u r n t h e d i s c o f t h e f i l m c o u n t e r o s d e s c r i b e do n p o g e 4 u n t i l
t h e t i p o f t h e g r e e n t r i o n g l e - s i t u o t e d i u s t i n f r o n t o f n u m b e r3 6
o r 2 0 ( d e p e n d i n go n t h e l e n g t h o f t h e f i l m ) - i s i n l i n e w i t h t h e
fixed mork on the comero bock. Then operote the ropid tronsport
lever qs olreody described ond press the shutter releose. Repeot
this process twice more ond your comero is then reody for the
first exposure.
CARE OF THE CAMERA
W h e n e v e r y o u c h o n g et h e f i l m i t i s o d v i s o b l et o c l e o n t h e s p o c e
o c c u p i e d b y t h e c o s s e t t e ,t h e w i n d i n g s p o o l o n d t h e P r e s s u r e
p l o t e i n t h e c o m e r o b o c k w i t h o s o f t l e n s b r u s h .T h i s w i l l p r e v e n t
o n y s c r o t c h e so n t h e f i l m .
CAMERA

NUMBER

T h e n u m b e r o f y o u r S u p e r S i l e t t eL K i s e n g r o v e d o n t h e o c c e s sory shoe of your comero.lt is o good thing to moke o note of

t h i s n u m b e r d i r e c t l y o f t e r p u r c h o s i n gt h e c o m e r o .
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R E W I N D I N G T H E F I L M A F T E RE X P O S U R E
A f i e r t h e l o s t e x p o s u r e ,s h o w n b y t h e n u m b e r 1
o n t h e f i l m c o u n t e r ,t h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r tl e v e r w i l l
not move.The film is now on the winding spool
o n d m u s t b e r e w o u n d i n t o i t s l i g h i - t i g h tc o s s e t i e
b e f o r e o p e n i n g t h e b o c k o f i h e c o m e r o .T o d o
this,push the locking buiton in the direciionof
t h e o r r o w ( s e ei l l u s t r o t i o np
, oge 2) ond pull the
r e w i n d i n g k n o b o u t o n l y o b o u l t / 1 si n . t o i t s f i r s t
s t o p .T h e n p r e s si n t h e l o c k i n gb u t t o n i n t h e b q s e
o f t h e c o m e r o ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n )o n d t u r n t h e r e w i n d i n g k n o b i n t h e d i r e c t i o ns h o w n b y l h e
orrow. When it connoi be iurned ony furlher,
r e w i n d i n g i s c o m p l e i e .Y o u c o n n o w o p e n i h e
b o c k o f t h e c o m e r o , o s d e s c r i b e do n p c t g e 2 4 ,
p u l l o u t t h e r e w i n d i n gk n o b o s f o r o s i t w i l l g o
o n d r e m o v e t h e c o s s e t f e .P u t t h e c o s s e t i ei n i t s
l i g h t - i i g h tp o c k i n g o n d m o r k i i o s e x p o s e d .

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SOME

It

GENERAL

HINTS

FOR YOUR

PHOTOGRAPHS

A very striking effect con be obiqined if you photogroph the subiect by oblique
s u n l i g h t .O f c o u r s e y o u c o n o l s o p h o t o g r o p h w i f h t h e s u n b e h i n d y o u , b u t t h e n
you must be coreful to keep your own shodow oui of the picture. Photos ogoinst
t h e l i g h t c o l l f o r s o m e e x p e r i e n c eb e c o u s et h e r o y s o f t h e s u n s h o u l d n o t f o l l
directly on the lens. lt is best to toke odvontoge of the shqdow of o tree or house
o n d u s e o l e n sh o o d t o o .
Photogrophswithout sunshineore olso possible. With on overcost sky, controst
con be heightened by using q medium yellow or oronge-red filter (see poge 28).
Try out shots from o mountoin peok or tower, including foreground interest of
s o m e k i n d . T h i n k o f f h e f o r e g r o u n d i n y o u r l o n d s c o p ep h o t o s t o o , o n d e n l i v e n
t h e m b y i n c l u d i n go p e r s o n ,f e n c e o r o t h e r s u i t o b l e o b i e c t .

tr

A chonge in the comero position olso relievesthe monotony. Try out "bird's-eye"
or "worm's-eye" views of qn oblique ongle! Action photogrophs of processions
qnd similor subiectsore eosier to toke if you work out the most suitoble distonce,
set the focusing ring to this figure ond let the procession enter this shorp zone.
This leoves you free to concentrote on the picture in the viewfinder ond to press
the shutter releose ot the moment when the diomond-shoped portion of the
rongefinder gives o shorp imoge.

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THE EFFECT OF FILTERSON THE EXPOSURETIME

There is o ronge of filters ovoiloble for your cqmerq with which you con
e m p h o s i z et h e m o o d o f y o u r b l o c k o n d w h i t e p h o t o g r o p h s o r o b t o i n s p e c i o l
effectsby deliberqte over-emphosis.Agfo filters ore mode from speciolly selected
c o l o u r e d o p t i c o l g l o s s o n d o r e g r o u n d p l o n e - p o r o l l e ls o t h o t t h e i m o g e o b t o i n e d
with the Color-Apotor lens is unoffected.
For the Super Silette LK light yellow, medium yellow, green-yellow,ond orongered filters ore ovoiloble in 37 mm. push-on mounts or 35.5 mm. screw-in mounts.
As filters restrict the density of certoin types of light reoching the film, the
exposure time hos to be increosed.The filter foctor is given with the instructions
for eoch filter.
lf, for exomple, the filter foctor is 2, you must increosethe operture by one stop
(the next smollest number) ofter first obtoining the correct exposure reoding,
or toke the next slowest shutler speed.

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l f y o u w i s h t o t o k e o s e r i e so f p h o t o g r o p h s w i t h t h e s o m e f i l t e r ,w e o d v i s e
y o u t o m o k e o l l o w o n c ef o r t h e f i l t e r
foctor on the film speedscoleof the
e x p o s u r em e t e r . F o r e x o m p l e ,o f i l t e r
f o c t o r o f 2 w o ul d m e o n t h o t t h e s e t ting on the film speed scolecon be
r e d u c e db y 3 D I N o r i t s A S A e q u i v olent i.g.from 17 to 14 DIN4 0 t o 2 0 A S A I .W i t h o f i l t e r f o c t o r o f 4
t h e r e d u c t i o nw o u l d b e 6 D I N ( e . g
17 to ll DIN : 40 to l0 ASA).
B y o d o p t i n gt h i s m e t h o dy o u h o v e t h e
o d v o n t o g eo f b e i n g o b l e t o o b t o i n
t h e c o r r e c t e x p o s u r er e o d i n g i u s t o s
q u i c l < lo
y s w h e n n o t u s i n go f i l t e r .T h e
only pointto beor in mind rsthot the
f l l m s p e e d s h o u l d b e r e - s e to f t e r r e r n o v i n gt h e f i l t e r

C o m p o r o t i v eF i l m S p e e d s
DIN
llo
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
2Ao
2lo
220
23o.
240
250
260
270
28o^
no
300
3lo
320

t0
12
16
20
25
32
40
50
64
80
r00
125
160
2W
2fi
320
400
500
640
800
'r000
r250

Sc hei ner

W es ton

2to
72c
23o
24c.
25c
26c
270
28o
no
300
3lo
32c
330
340
350
36c.
37".
380
390
400
(41o)
(42o)

8
l0
12
16
20
25
32
40
50
64
80
100
125
160
200
2fi
32A
400
500
640
800
1000

12
16
20
25
g2
40
50
64
80
100
125
160
2W
250
3n
400
500
640
800
1000
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1600

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D E P T HO F F I E L D Z O N E S F O R A G F A C O L O R - A P O T A R f . 2 . 8 - 4 5 m m .
Ato
distonce
s e t t i n go f
3 ft.
31/2f t.
4 ft.
5 ft.
6 fr.
8 ft.
l0 ft
1 5f t .
30 ft.
co

ond stopping down to

f.2.8

2 ' 1 0 3 / +- 3
' '11h'
3' 4Yz'-3'73/+'
3',10" - 4',21/+',
4'83/+'-S'3Yz'
5,71/c,_ 6, St/2,
7'3Yzu-8'101/+'
8',11,,- l l' 41/2',
12',|',- i8', 13/+',
2l' l,th, _ ll, llrh,
59'- o

2'101h,_3, 13/+"
3',l', -3',81/+',
3' 91/+'- 4' 3o
- 5' 5'
1' 73/+o
s',6', - 6',71/2',
7 ' 1 1 / +-'9 ' 2 '
9,71/2,_ll,ll,
1 2 ' 3 / +-o1 9 ' 1 0 r h '
n' 1' - 59',7rA',
47' 6u - oo

2',10',-3',21h',
2', 91A', j- 3', 31h',
3,3r/+,_9,91/+,
3',z', -3',103/+',
3, grh, _ 4, 4t/2,
3'7' - 4' 61/zu
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4' 614' _ 5'71h'
4', 4', - s', 103/+',
_ 6' 103/+o
5' 33/+o
5'3/+' _7' 41/z'
6'91/2,_9,9s/+,
6' 43/+'_ 10, g3/+"
t',2',-12',103/+',
7',70 - 14' 90
1l,2rA, _t2,93/+,
1 0 ' l y 4-' n ' s r h
17'83/r'- oo
15' 1Y+'- oo
36'1y4'- oo
26' 61/z'- oo

The subiect clistorrce is tneosured frorn tlre filrn lrlorre {reor eclge of

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D E P T HO F F I E L D Z O N E S F O R A G F A C O L O R - A P O T A R1 . 2 - 8 - 4 5 m m .
ond stopping down to

Ato
ce
cli sto r-r
s e t t i n go f

,hor pT"fr ition

2'91/+' _3'

3 ft.
4 ft.
5 ft.
8 ft.
l0 ft.
l5 ft.

1 ' 9 1 / z '- 8 ' 1 '

5' 111/+"_ 12' 33/+"
6'111/z' -17'111/2"
g' - 46' 21/2',

30 ft
N

43/+"

3' 3/+"- 4' 1'

3' SYt' - 1'91/z'
1' l3/+" - 6' 4'

31/zft.

6ft

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f. 16

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to

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2' 63/+"-3'71/z'
2',\\',-4',5u
3' 23/+"- 5' 3t/+"
3',10"-7'23/+',
_9,7r/+u
4' 41/2,'
s',4" -16',1l/2',
6'11/z'_29'33/+"

2'51/+' _3'l l r /t
2,g3/e, _ 1, 10s/+,
3, t/+, _ S, ll3/q,

7'71/z' -

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6' 5t/2" -

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3' 61/z' _g'81/2"

4',-12',51/2',
4'9', - I| ',2r h',
S, 41/+,_99,2

the film plorre (reor edge

fhe

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8'13/+'- oo
10' 6rA - op

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rnoke structurol olterotiorrs to

c l e v e l o r : r n e r r to f t l r e c o m e r o

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tlre occessory shoe).

Super Silette LK orising from further

A G F A A K T IE N G E S E L L S C H A F T
C on r e r o - W e r k M u e r r c h e n

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An ever-reody cose is
well worth hoving becouse it protects your
Super Silette LK from
knocks ond the weother,
oport from moking it>
eqsier to corry,

TheAgfof ux pocket fl oshgun is smoll, light ond

f,ondy. A procticol zip)
c o s e i s s u p p l i e di n g r e e n
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A g f o F i l t e r so r e s u p p l i e d
in stqndord mounts for
your Super Silette LK.
Thereis o procticolleother cose toking the l"nr)
hood ond two filters, for
ottoching to the corrying strop of the comero.

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Developing your own

f i l m s i n c r e o s e st h e p l e o s -

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lH::u*I>
il?in;:
or Agfo Rondinox 35 U
you ccrn octuolly develop them in doylight.

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The finishing touch to
b r i l l i o n t c o l o ur
y o ur
tronsporencies is provided by on Agfo proiector, such os the high
quolity Agfq CP 35, with>
which you con re-live
oll the wonderful photos token with your Super Silette LK.
T h o s ew h o d e m o n d m o r e
ond wont to sit in on
eosy-choir while show-)
ing their tronsporencies
w i l l b e e n t h u s i o s t i co f

essory operotions ore

done outomoticolly by
s i m p l y p r e s s i n go b u t t o n .

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