Brownie Holiday Flash Instruction Manual
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The Brownie Holiday Flash Camera is an all-round picture taker. Outdoors ''a r rr ... on a sunny day- aim and shoot. Five OS for picture-taking fun Indoors 1 The best snapshots are made with the sun behind you. or in poor light 2 Keep at least 5 feet from your subject. attach the flasholder, pop in a lamp, 3 Carefully frame the picture in the finder. aim, and shoot. 4 Keep the picture simple-avoid confusing backgrounds. For better pictures, spend a few 5 Hold the camera steady and gently squeeze the shutter release. minutes reading these instructions. Practice with an empty camera to get the feel of making pictures without jiggling the camera. T .M. REG , U . S . PAT. OFF. Load. Unload ... but never in bright, direct light 1 After the 8th snapshot, wind until the end of the paper has passed the red win dow and is all wound on the spool. 2 Push the locks down and remove the back. Remove fi lm by pressing left end of the spool to the left. • Look in red wiD 3 Fold under the end of the paper; then dow on camera baek. seal the roll. Wind until you aee 4 Whilethecameraisopen,movetheemp· 'WBI'DiDc arrows; then alowly wind until a ty spool and reload with a new roll of film. pair of l's is cen IMPORTANT After removing the film, do not tered. Now you're twist it tightly- this may scratch the ready for IJD&I)ilhota. surface. Have your film developed as soon as possible. 6 7 Kodak Verichrome Film: This is the favorite film for outdoor pictures and flash shots. Film BLACK Kodak Plus-X Film: A "fine-grain" film for extra-good enlargements. Just ask the man for AND Kodak Super-XX Film: Use this extra-speed film Kodak 127 Film. WHITE whenever the light is poor. Here are You'll save money and always have film on hand if you buy the different Verichrome in the Kodak Duo-Pak (2 rolls in one package). types: Kodacolor Film: This is the full-color snapshot film. Daylight Type for sunny-day use- Type A for flash shots indoors. Your photo dealer has full details- ask him. COLOR All of these films give 8 pictures per roll. Standard enlarged prints are 3Yz x 5 inches. The negative size is 1% x 2Yz inches. 8 9 Outdoor snapshots Indoor snapshots 1 Have the sun behind you. 1 Attach the Kodalite Midget Flasholder. 2 Hold the camera steady with your thumb See page 12. or finger bracing the bottom of the camera 2 Rub the bottom contact of the M-2 lamp see pictures. For vertical pictures, hold the on a rough surface; then push the lamp into camera with the wind-knob side up. Keep the socket until it snaps in place. fingers away from the lens. 3 Be sure you're at the right distance from 3 Frame the picture carefully with your eye the subject.* See table on the battery cover. close to the finder. 4 Frame the picture carefully with your eye 4 Take the picture by slowly squeezing the close to the finder. Take the snapshot. (The shutter release until it clicks. lamp wi ll flash when the shutter release is squeezed.) 5 Wind the film to the next number. Don't wait, or you may forget and take a picture 5 Push the button on the flasholder handle on the same number-spoiling both pictures. to eject the used lamp. 6 Advance the film to the next number. If you're using Kodacolor Film Daylight *With Kodacolor Film Type A, nse a No. 6A Kodak Type, the subject must be in bright, direct Close- Up Attachment. S11bjel't umst he 3 to 4 feet from the sunlight. camera. 10 11 How to install the batteries: KODALITE 1 Remove cover 3 Replace cover plate and NOTE Batteries should plate by loosening tighten screw. MIDGET test 3 Y2 amperes. coin-slotted screw. Since lamps may shatter F.LASHO LD E R 4 Attach flasholder by placing when flashed, use of a 2 Insert two 1 Y2-volt the posts into the holes Kodak Flashguard over the penlite batteries, base in the side of the camera; reflector is recommended. down. Be sure bat then tighten the knob on the Never flash lamps in an tery pull-tab is out. side of the flash older. explosive atmosphere. FLASH The Midget Flasholder was designed to use the midg NOTE Do not place lamp et-type M-2 lamp. To use the bayonet-base No. 5 or LAMPS in the flasholder socket 25 lamps, remove the socket adapter. To remove until the flasholder adapter, push it in with the thumb and turn it counter has been attached clockwise; then press lamp-release button. to the camera. When using bayonet-base lamps, store the ADAPTER inside the case, under the batteries. 12 Picture Tips ~Make them interesting ~ How to get extra close T Capturing clouds T Let's keep it simple Close-ups like this are a snap with the Brownie Holi The No. 6A Kodak day Flash Camero. All you Don't clutter up your Cloud Filter really hove to do is slip a No. 6A sno pshots with unneces captures the fluffy Close-Up Attachment over sary objects. Keep your clouds by making the the camera lens. You can get pictures simple. Watch blue sky appear as close as 3 feet. out for a poor bock Now that you're familiar with darker. The filter slips Note: For flash pictures ground, like a telephone your camera, let's give a easily over the com with Kodacolor Film Type A pole "growing" out of little thought to the picture. tK era lens mount. Use and the M-2 lamp in the your subject' s head . Every sno pshot you toke with any block-and Midget F/asho/der, use the Never hove your finger should tell a story. When white films-never No. 6A Attachment. Have or neck strop in front of taking pictures of people, eMe. 6 JA Kodacolor. your subject 3 to 4 feet from the lens. hove them doing something ; the camera. not looking at the camera. 14 15 Camera Features Film: Kodak 127 Roll Film; negative size-1% x 2Yz inches; 8 exposures per roll ; standard enlarged prints- 3 Yz x 5 inches. Len s: Dakon; factory focused from 5 feet and beyond. Shutter: Snapshot; synchronized for flash. Finder: Enclosed; optical, eye-level type. Flasholder: Kodalite Midget; uses two 1Yz-volt penlite batteries and M-2 lamps; socket adapter can be removed (.or use with No. 5 or 25 lamps. Photo Aids: No. 6A Kodak Close-Up Attachment. No. 6A Kodak Cloud Filter. Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester 4, N.Y. 5-55-JPS-AXXX Printed in the United States of America .