Sinar m 493.03.000 manual

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    Quick Refer ence Sinar m 493.03.000 Intr oduction W e congratulate y ou on your purchase of y our Sinar m camera and we appreciate your confidence in our products . W e are convinced that the Sinar m will add significant conv enience to y our w ork. Its robust and pre- cise construction will br ing you long and troub le-free operation. Bef ore you [...]

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    C Snap Lock Slider Rear Dial Upper Wheel Switch 1 Low er Wheel Switch 2 Switch 3 Switch 4 Switch 5 T ype Plate F ocal Plane Shutter El. Contacts Jac k f or Hand Release 12 V P ow er Supply Sock et Displa y Diagram 1: Sinar m, rear view D Light Gate El. Contacts Locking Slider , left Locking Slider , right F ocal Plane Shutter X Sync Sock et Eylets [...]

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    T ripod Sock et, left ( 3 / 8 ″ ) System Contacts, left System Contacts, bottom T ripod Sock et, bottom ( 3 / 8 ″ ) Diagram 3: Sinar m, view from the bottom and the left E 1 T able of Contents P age Introduction .................................................... A Camera Diagr ams ......................................... C Extent of Deliv er[...]

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    2 Sinar m on a Sinar p3 Configurations Extent of Deliver y The e xtent of delivery of the Sinar m 493.03.000 includes: • Sinar m Body • Light Gate 493.03.208 • T w o Shutter Protecting Cov ers 493.03.582 • CD-ROM with Sinar CaptureShop™ • Quick Ref erence 02.8302 Use The Sinar m is a versatile modular camera body . It can be used as a s[...]

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    Set-Up 1. Mount the Sinar p3 on a sturdy tr ipod or stand. 2. Remov e the carrier frame of the rear standard of the Sinar p3. 3. Mount the Quick Clamping Adapter m 519.81.000 in place of the car- rier frame. 4. Screw both tripod scre ws that are included with the Quic k Clamping Adapter in the bottom and on the left side of the Sinar m and tighten [...]

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    Sinar m Configurations 14. Connect the Sinarback with the Macintosh computer via fire wire- or fiber optics cable , depending on the type of the Sinarback. 15. Plug the 12 volt po wer supply in the corresponding soc ket on the rear side of the Sinar m and on the mains supply . When using a Sinarback with fiber optics interf ace and a P ower- Optics[...]

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    Set-Up 1. Screw the T r ipod Adapter 519.81.010 on to the Sinar m and tighten the screw with a coin. 2. Mount the Sinar m on a sturdy tr ipod or stand. 3. Remov e both protecting cov ers of the Sinar m: The rear one by slid- ing the snap lock slider to the left, the front one b y pulling the left lock- ing slider upwards to the left and the right l[...]

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    Operation The operation of the camera and the selection of individual functions are mainly perf or med by means of the tw o menu dials and the fiv e rock er s witches (also see the illustrations on the f old-out pages C and D). On / Of f Switch • To activate the Sinar m, press this s witch f orward to “ON” f or appro xi- mately two seconds . [...]

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    Flash Connections The Sinar m is equipped with two synchro flash connectors: “X” and “M”. • The “X” contact triggers the flash either at the instant when the shut- ter window has reached its largest opening (setting “Ear ly Flash”), or immediately bef ore the shutter begins to close again (setting “Late Flash”). This is the co[...]

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    15 Diagram 12: Displa y ov er view 1. Selected program mode 2. Selected capture mode 3. Stopped down to working aper ture / focus mode 4. Aper ture control not coupled with lens 5. Selected working aper ture 6. T ype of e xposure metering 7. Flash mode 8. Light balance / Exposure v alue 9. Selected sensitivity in ISO 10. Status of the shutter/mirro[...]

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    17 16 Switch 3: EXP Center of Displa y T op of Display Bottom of Displa y (F ront Dial) (Rear Dial) Switch 3: WB Center of Displa y T op of Display Bottom of Displa y (F ront Dial) (Rear Dial) * This function is not av ailable with Sinar CaptureShop™ v ersion 4.x. * This function is not av ailable with Sinar CaptureShop™ v ersion 4.x. Switch 2:[...]

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    19 18 Switch 4: OPT Center of Displa y T op of Display Bottom of Displa y (F ront Dial) (Rear Dial) Switch 4: / ISO Center of Displa y T op of Display Bottom of Displa y (F ront Dial) (Rear Dial) continued on ne xt page * This function is not av ail- able with Sinar Capture- Shop™ version 4.x.[...]

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    Car e and Maintenance Maintenance of the Sinar m camera only requires simple cleaning work: • Y ou can use a cleaning cloth lightly soaked (not dripping!) with Sinar Agent Blue, ethanol or a mild soap solution. The two first mentioned agents are also par t of the Sinar Cleaning Kit 551.33.090, which can be ordered separately . • Under no circum[...]

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    SINAR A G CH - 8245 F euer thalen/Switzerland T elephone + 4 1 / 52 647 07 07 F ax + 4 1 / 52 647 06 06 E-mail sinar@sinar .ch W ebsite www .sinarcameras.com V2/040130 Printed in Switzerland T echnical modifications reserved 927.04/02.77.000.1 e – 02.8302  2003 SINAR AG, Switz erland T echnical Data Dimensions: 180 × 140 × 67 mm (approx. 7 ?[...]