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beei specially
compwted and manufactured in accordance with the oery latcst
scientific methads ta suit this type of camera.
The Agfa Color-Solinar f 12.8 is a -element, anastigmat lens, of
brilliant definition and high resolaing paxoer, The Agfa Color-
Solagon utith an aperture of flz.o is a high performance lens
which is supreme in the 6-element lens class.
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Apart from this, both lenses are notable for their
reproduction of detail and good colaur correction. A combination
ot' these attributes makes them the ideal lenses for ministurt
photograplry zoith black and white or colour film.
In additiont erery lens leauing our fnctory is tested og $
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tLp-to-date methods and is guaranteed ior its quality and n pl'-
iormsncc.
AGFA AKT IENGESELLSCH
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456

S e t t i n gb u t t o n s
f o r s h u t t e rs p e e d s

2 F o c u s i n gr i n g

3 Corrying strop studs

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for exposure meter
pointer

S hu t t e r r e l e o s e
threoded for coble

R e l e o s eg r i p s
for chonging
the viewfinder

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A G F A A M B I F T E X I I ( s o m ee q u i p m e n b
t u t w i t h p r i s mv i e w f i n d e r ) F i g .A
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Woist-level
l r o o dv i e w f i n d e r

8 F l o s hc o n t o c t

R e w i n dk n o b
with film rype
indicqtor

1 0 L e n sr e l e o s e
button

l l Two operture
s e t t i n gb u t t o n s

12 C o t c h
for comero bock

l 3 P r i s mv i e w f i n d e r

F i s .B A G F A A M B I F t E X l l l ( s e eF i s . B )
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WITH YOUR NEW AGFA AMBIFLEX

you con be sure of toking perfect photogrophs ond you ore to be congrotuloted on
your choice.
The operotionol convenience,wide ronge of qccessoriesond u n c o m p l i c o t e dh o n d l i n g
chorocteristicsof the reflex comero with its interchongeqble lenses moke it eosy for
you to toke the most excellent photogrophs.
rl Your Agfo Ambiflex offers you the following speciol odvontoges:
Agfo interchongeoblehigh-performonce lenses . Pre-setiris diophrogm . Choice of
woist-level or prism viewfinder . Exqct demorcotion of picture oreo on ground gloss
screen . Split-imoge rongefinder in viewfinder for oll lenses . Automotic exposure
control mechonism
Your photogrophic deoler moy hove exploined the Ambiflex to you, but before using
your new comero for the first time we suggest thqt you reod through this little booklet
lf with the vqrious monuol operotions. Afterwords you need only
refer to the ts in eoch section which cover the moin points in brief.

enjoy photogrophy with this comero to the full, due in lorge meosure to its bright, cleor
viewfinder which mokes the tqsk of selectingthe subiect o reol ioy.

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This reminds you of the type of film in your
g o m g r g .! f y o u r p h o t o g r o p h i cd e o l e r h q s o l r e o d y
l o q d e d t h e c q m e r o f o r y o U , c h e c kt h e i n d i c q t o r
i m m e d i o t e l y .S h o u l d i t n o t y e t h o v e b e e n s e t
p u l l o u t t h e r e w i n d i n gk n o b q n d s e t t h e r e q u i r e d
f i l m t y p e i n t h e w i n d o w b y m e o n so f t h e m i l l e d
r i n g u n d e r t h e k n o b ( s e ei l l u s t r q t i o n ) .
l f , f o r e x q m p l e , q b l q c k - q n d - w h i t ef i l m i s t o b e
l o q d e d ,t h i s i s i n d i c o t e db y s e t t i n gt h e b l o c k q n d
w h i t e s e c t o r si n t h e w i n d o w o f t h e r e m i n d e rd i s k .
I f y o u o r e u s i n g c o l o u r n e g q t i v ef i l m , p r o v i s i o n
i s m q d e f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g s e t t i n g:
C N , - C o l o u r n e g o t i v ef i l m f o r d o y l i g h t o n d
q r t i f i c i o ll i g h t
When looding q colour reversol
film (for colour tronsporencies) cr ^,
C o l o u r r e v e r s o lf i l m , d o y l i g h t t y p e
you should use one of the fol- Oiy:
lowing settings: C K - C o l o u r r e v e r s o lf i l m , q r t i f i c i o ll i g h t t y p e
A ( i n c o n d e s c e nl to m p s o f 3 4 0 0 oK e l v i n )
C F - C o l o u r r e v e r s o lf i l m , o r t i f i c i o lf l q s h l i g h t
Set the ,uquirffiWrbol by turn- F type (3800"Kelvin)
irg the kroffiing it by its T h e r e m o i n i n g d e s i g n o t i o n sq p p l y t o o t h e r t h o n E n g l i s h
Iower milled W s p e ok i n g c o un t r i e s .

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i: \ '-'t il i
DlN ASA Scheiner Weston G.E.
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 o d i u s t e d
t o t h e s p e e d o f t h e f il m i n t h e c o m e r o i t i s n e c e s s o r y 't0
t o s e t t h e o p p r o p r i o t e f i g ur e o n t h e s hu t t e r b e f o r e 10" 8 20" 6
m o k i n gi h e e x p o s u r e . llo 10 21o- g 12
B e t w e e nt h e s h u i f e rs p e e d r i n g o n d t h e o p e r t u r e r i n g 12" 12 22". 10 16
y o u w i l l s e e o s m o l l k " y i n d i c o t e db y o n o r r o w i n t h e 130 16 23". 12 20
i l l u s t r o t i o nT. h i s k " y i s d u p r e s s e do n d t h e o t h e r h o n d 140 2a 24c 16 25
u s e d t o t u r n t h e o p e r t u r e s e t t i n gr i n g u n t i l t h e b l o c k 150 25 25"' 20 32
m o r k i s o p p o s i t e t h e o p p r o p r i o t e D l N ,A S A n u m b e r .
16a 32 26c 25 40
17o 40 270 32 50
180 50 2go 40 64
19a 64 no 50 80
200 80 300 64 100
I)ressin key, turrt 210 100 3lo g0 125
aperture ring urt-
220 125 32c t00 160
til DtN IASA
nttmber is oppo- 23a 150 330 125 200
site black mark, 24a 20A 340 150 2s0
25a 250 350 200 320
260 320 36c. 250 400
27" 400 37o n0 500
28"- 500 3go 400 640
290 640 wo 500 800
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F I L i v l c ( ) L 1N 7 ' E / ( t r i q n g l e .W h e n u s i n go c q s s e t t ew i t h 3 6 e x -
indicqles the number of exposures you posuresthis is done by setting the scole
still hqve lefl on lhe film. to the green triongle between 36 qnd 0,
f o r f i l m s w i t h 2 0 e x p o s u r e st h e g r e e n t r i -
A f t e r l o o d i n g t h e c q m e r q ,t h e f i l m c o u n t e r
ongle between25 qnd [Link] looding
of the lower edge of the cqmero bock
the cqmero the stqrt of the film is wosted
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 .
b y e x p o s u r et o l i g h t q n d s o y o u m u s t f i r s t
To do this, turn the milled ring in the m o k e t w o b l o n k e x p o s u r e s .T h i s i s d o n e
d i r e c t i o no f t h e q r r o w ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n s) o by operoting the ropid tronsport lever
t h o t t h e f i x e d m q r k i s o p p o s i t et h e g r e e n ( s e ep q g e 5 ) .

Turn milled ring until green

triangle is opposite fixed mark
otl the body.

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T h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r t l e v e r m o v e st h e f i l m o n o n e
f r o m e e o c h t i m e i t i s o p e r o t e d .P l o c ey o u r t h u m b
behindthis lever ond swivelit round os for os
p o s s i b l e( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o nl.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 r r e l e o s ef i r s t .
You should repeot this operqtion of film trons-
p o r t q n d s h u t t e rr e l e o s eu n t i l t h e n u m b e r 3 6 o r
2 0 i s o p p o s i t et h e f i x e d i n d e x m o r k ( s e ei l l u s t r o -
tion poge 4).Your comerq is then 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 e t h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r t
l e v e r b e f o r e i t r e o c h e si t s s t o p , y o u m u s t s w i v e l
i t r o u n d o g o i n u n t i l i t r e o c h e sq s t o p w h i c h m o y
lie hqlf wqy; do not try to force it through.
Coution! Usuolly the rewinding knob turns os the film is
tronsported ond should therefore not be hindered in
ony woy.
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I, /HAT \'OLI NEED TO KA./OW'

L i g h t i n gc o n d i t i o n sq r e s u b i e c t o c o n s i d e r -
o b l e v o r i q t i o n s .T h i s i s w h y y o u r c o m e r q
is fitted with different shutter speeds ond
q p e r t u r e so f v q r y i n g s i z e .W i t h b o t h t h e s e
5
4 meqnsyou con odiust the comero to suit
2 t h e p o r t i c u l o rl i g h t q n d s u b i e c t .
I

B u t t o n sf o r s e t t i n g s h u t t e r s p e e d

Shutterspeed scole THE SHUTTER

hos been built into the cqmero body;
P r e s s u r ek e y f o r s e t t i n g f i l m s p e e d ( D l N / A S A )
s hu t t e r s p e e d v q l u e s o r e e n g r o v e d o n t h e
Aperture scqle setting ring which is turned by the but-
Setting mork for shutter speed ond operture
tons @ on the right ond left to bring the
( S h u t t e rs 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 s t o p s required shutter speed opposite the set-
directly oppositethe mork.) ting mork.

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H E DI APH I(/\GM This is where the built-in exposure meler
is incorporoted in every Ambiflex lens; its c o m e s t o y o u r q s s i s t o n c e i;t i s i n d e p e n d -
volues qre olso engroved on the setting ently coupled to both the operturesetting
r i n g ( 4 , s e e i l l u s t r o t i o np o g e 6 ) o n d c o n b e r i n g o n d t o t h e s h u t t e rs p e e d s e t t i n g r i n g .
set by meqns of the two block buttons. First make sure that you hazteset the speed
The pre-set iris diaphragmon the Ambiflex of the film on the scaleas described.
permits selectionof the subiect of the
l o r g e s t o p e r t u r e- n o m o t t e r w h i c h s t o p
h o s b e e n c h o s e n .O n l y w h e n t h e s h u t t e r
releqse is operoted does the operture
q u t o m q t i c o l l ys p r i n g t o t h e p r e v i o u s l ys e t
v o l u e . S u b s e q u e n tt r o n s p o r t o f t h e f i l m The built-in exposure meter f acil-
itates the selection of the correct
opens up the operture ogoin so thot full
s h u t t e r s p e ed - a p e r t u r e c o m b i n a -
benefit is derived from the speed of the tion.
lens in the viewfinderimoge.
A s o n l y q l i m i t e do m o u n t o f l i g h t s h o u l d
be qllowed to reoch the film, depending
o n i t s s p e e d , i t i s n e c e s s q r yt h q t t h e r i g h t
c o m b i n o t i o no f s h u t t e r s p e e d o n d o p e r -
ture be usedfor eoch photogroph.

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l. Shutter speed
First set o shutter speed suited to lhe
porticulor subiect; but note thot for fost
m o v i n g o b i e c t so f o s t s h u t t e rs p e e d s h o u l d
b e u s e d ( e . g . r l p s s e c . ,s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .
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 d o n l y
be token with shutter speeds of t/66 to
1/zro S€C.

2. Light reqding
Point the comerq of the subiect so thot
r e f l e c t e d l i g h t f r o m i t r e o c h e si h e p h o t o -
electric cell through fhe exposure meler
window.

First set a suitable shutter speed Cqution! Do noi cover the window of the
opposite the black dot by turn-
p h o t o e l e c t r i cc e l l w i t h y o u r f i n g e r w h e n
ing the shutter speed ring by
means of its buttons. m e o s u r i n gt h e l i g h t .

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Now odiust the exposure meter pointer

in its window on top of the comeroto the
centre of the seiting mork by turning the
o p e r t u r e s e l - t i n gr i n g ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .

3. Correcl reoding
As soon os the exposuremeter pointer is
centredon the settingmqrk this gives the
correct operture corresponding to the

After

p r e v i o u s l y s e l e c t e ds h u t t e r s p e e d . l n o u r
illustrotion,for instonce,rf ps sec. ond f/4.
Turn aperture ring until ex-
posure meter pointer is centred
on the setting mark.

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Just press down the shutter releose os exposure meter pointer exoctly on the
described on poges 25 lo 27, ond you settingmork.
hove token your first photo. lf you ore
unoble to centrethe pointer on the mork In such coses o slight correction by meons
- b e c q u s e t h e m i l l e d r i n g h o s r e q c h e dt h e of the operture ring moy be necessory.
stop ot the right or left-this meons you
hove set q shutter speed which is either
too fqst or too slow for the lighting con-
ditions. ln such coses select o new shutter
speed ond repeot the procedure.

You con nolurolly selecl lhe operlure loo lf a certain depth-of-field zone
-if you require o porticulor depth-of-field
is required first select the
zone (see chopter "Depth of Field", poges aperture and centre eJcposure
29-31)-ond by moving the shutter speed meter pointer on setting mark
ring you con centre the exposure meter by meansof the shutter speed
p o i n t e r o n t h e s e t t i n g m o r k . S i n c e ,h o w - ring.
ever, the shutter speed ring con only be
odiusted to the engroved click stop set-
tings it moy not be possible to centre the

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A FEW HINTS c l u d e d . Y o u w i l l r e c o g n i z et h o t t h i s s t o g e
ON EXPOSURE CALCULATION hos been reoched when there is no further
o p p r e c i o b l ec h o n g e i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e
With londscqpe photogrophs the sky usu- exposure meter needle. Moke q note of
o l l y o c c u p i e s o c o n s i d e r o b l ep o r t o f t h e
this reoding, set it on the comero ond
picture. Aport from o few rore exceptions,
relurn lo your originol position for the
the sky is brighter thqn the moin port of exposure.
the subiectond so it is better to oim the
comero ot the dork port. lf brightness When using colour reversql film such qs
controst of the subiect is porticulorly Agfocolor ReversolFilm CT 18 it is best to
greot, you will hqve to decidewhich ports toke reodings of the mqin high lights in
must be reproduced correctly. This is the subiect.
porticulorlyimportont when using colour
film. The correct exposure for lhese more
imporlonl seclions of the subiect will then Take close-up reading of im-
hove to be orrived ot by toking o close-up portant parts of subiect, With
r e o d i n g . T h i s i s d o n e b y o p p r o o c h i n gt h e colour reuersal films point ex-
more importont ports of the subiect ond posure meter at main brighter
parts, rpith negatioe colour
wotching the exposure meter uniil you ore
films at main darker parts,
certqin thot the effect exercised by the
brighter ports of the subiect hos been ex-

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Where subiect controst is low, which is

offen the cose in fog, dull weother or For time qcposures: "8" set-
shode, you will hove to give q longer ting, camera on a tripod, use
exposure. This is best done by using the cable release,
next lorger operture or the next longer
shutter speed. This rule opplies only lo
reversql colour films ond to the coses
mentioned.
With negqlive colour films olwoys point In such coses ploce the comero on q firm
the exposure meter of the mEin dqrk ports support, preferobly on o tripod, ottoch o
of the subiect. c o b l e r e l e o s e ( i f p o s s i b l ew i t h t i m e l o c k )
to the connection provided (see 5, moin
i l l u s t r o t i o nf,i g . A ) o n d m o k e t h e e x p o s u r e .
FOR VERY POOR LIGHTING The shutter stoys open os long os pressure
is exerted on the coble releqse button.
Sometimes there is not enough light to ln mony cqses, porticulorly with indoor
give on exposure meter reoding on ony photogrophy, o flashgun will be needed
of the instontoneousshutter speeds. Then t o s u p p l e m e n tt h e q v q i l q b l e l i g h t o n d f o r
you use the "8" shutter setting for time this your Ambiflex is provided with o flosh
exposures. contqct.

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Attoch the floshgun (such os the Agfo KM or

Agfolux) to q flqsh brqcket ond fix it to the
Ambiflex by meons of the screw. We odvise you
to use one of the usuql types of flosh brockets
monufoctured for this purpose. Finolly you
should connect the flosh leod to the contoct
on the comerq (see illustrotion)W. hen looking
ot your Ambiflex from obove you will see o
smqll lever on the right which should be set to
"X" or "M" occording to the flosh method used

Flashgunsp ermit indoor snapshots,

Atta& Agfalux or KM flashgun to
a flash bracket, connect bracket to
Ambiflex and ioin up flash lead.
(see illustrotion).
As the "M" synchronisotionis
rorely used this positionis locked ond con be
releosedby pressingin the smqll key towords

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the centre of the lens (see orrow on the to flqshbulbs ony shutter speed con be
right), thus enqbling the lever to be set used, olthough the opertures should not
to "M". be token from the opposite toble. These
ore cqlculotedfrom the guide numbersfor
However, lhe flosh method better known
the floshgun concerned, e. g. guide num-
ond used most is the "X" synchronisotion.
ber 96 divided by o distonce of 12 feet
Pleose note therefore: : operture f/8. Electronic floshguns con
be used for blqck qnd white or daylight
With "X" synchronisqlion : position of colour films.
lever to X (or with deloyed oction to V)
only use q shutter speed of 1/[Link] oper-
Flashbulbs:Shutter speedLfss sec,,leoerset
tures to be used ore given in the toble on ttXt'.
to
poge 15.
Electronicflashgun: Any shutter speed,
With the synchronising lever sel lo "M" leoer set to "X".
foster shutter speeds con be used. The
Specialflashbulbs:Any shutter speed,leoer
opertures required ore given in instruc-
set to "M" after pressing in locking key.
tions enclosed with eoch pockoge of flosh
bulbs.
When using on eleclronic floshgun the
lever must olwoys be set to X. Controry

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APERTURE TABLE
FOR FLASHLIGHT
Cleor bulb ,"=--6i;;,[ji;,"*gji
Colour negotive
film (CN l7) Doytight colour :;;,
Distonce
from B l o c ko n d w h i t e f i l m reversol fitm {CT l8)ll
l8c DIN:50ASAa
THE REFLEX SYSTEM
subiect I7o DIN : 40 ASA

in feef Type r f b u l b T y p eo f b u l b . i The Ambiflex is o single lens reflex cqm-

XMI I xms XMl B I XM5B:I ero with interchongeoble lenses. The
PFI I PF5 PF1197 PF5l9Vi,:
imoge seen on the viewfinder screen is
5 fl11 f 116 fl11 f 116 the sqme qs thot obtqined through the
7 ft8 tl11 f/6 f/] r 1r !:
!j (r comero lens.
12 t15.6 tt8 tt5.6 f/8 !!
irr:
q This meons thot the picture on the nego-
17 f/4 tls.6 t!A
f/5.6 !1
!
tive is exoctly the some os the one selected
Lever position of X, shutter speed olwoys 1/80 sec. by you in the finder. This process is de-
monstroted in the sketch on poge 16.
You con olso use flosh outdoors for
brightening the foreground with photo- On the Ambiflex not only the lenses but
grophs token ogoinst the light, or when olso the viewfinders ore interchongeqble.
the light is so poor thot instontoneous You therefore hove the choice of viewing
shutter speeds would not be sufficienf. your subiect either

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No mqtter which viewfinder is supplied with
your Ambiflex you olwoys hqve the possibility
t o p u r c h o s et h e o t h e r o n e f o r i n t e r c h o n g i n gq s
r e qu i r e d .
Eithertype of viewfinder con be chonged very
q u i c k l y . A l l y o u h o v e t o d o i s t o s q u e e z ei n b o t h
t h e s i d e g r i p s ( u p p e r i l l u s t r o t i o n ,p o g e 1 7 ) o n d
you con then Iift out the hood viewfinder or
prism finder, qs the cose moy be. Both finders
qre reploced by pushing them down without
s q u e e z i n gt h e g r i p s u n t i l t h e y e n g q g e w i t h q n
q u d i b l e c l i c k .T h e A g f o D i o m o n d s h o u l d o l w o y s
point to the front, i. e. towqrdsthe cqmero lens.

t h r o u g h t h e h o o d w q i s i - l e v e lf i n d e r
Squeeze in both the side grips and
with the imoge the right woy up Iif t out the finder. Replace finder
but the wrong wqy round horizontally and push it down until
or through the prism viewfinder it engages.
t o g i v e q t r u e - v i s i o ni m o g e , q c c o r d -
ing to toste or subiect suitobility. 16

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O p " n o n d c l o s et h e w o i s t -
level hood viewfinder by
the knob on the lid. lf the
i m o g e i s n o t v i s i b l ei n t h e
v i e w f in de r o p e r o t e t h e
ropid tronsport lever.

Open ond close the hood only

by the knob.

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Roise the mognifier by sliding
cotch in direction of orrow.

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Before closing hood first lower
mognifier.

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FOCUSIAJG THE CAMER,A

I , Y I T L T - T H EI - { O O D
\ , !I E T , ,FM1 N I f E R A T T A C I ] E D
T o o b t o i n s h o r p p i c t u r e sh o l d t h e c o m -
ero steody. We qdvise you to toke
y o u r A m b i f l e x i n b o t h h o n d s ;t h e c o m -
erq shouldreston the polm of the left
hqnd with the right hqnd holding the
c o m e r q c l ss h o w n i n t h e i l l u s t r o t i o n .
lf you wish to view the sufrect with
b o t h e y e s ,y o u s h o u l d h o l d t h e c o m e r q
o b o u t 8 i n c h e s( 2 0c m . )b e l o w y o u r f o c e .
When using only one eye first roise
t h e f o c u s i n gm o g n i f i e r - b y s l i d i n g t h e

W h e n u i e w i n g s u bj e c t w i t h
both eyes, hold camera I in"
below face, When using one
e y e t o z t i e w s u bj e c t r a i s e
magnifier and hold camera
close to the eye.

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c o t c h i n t h e d i r e c t i o no f t h e o r r o w - o n d
t h e n h o l d t h e c o m e r CcI l o s e t o t h e e y e .
B y t u r n i n g t h e f o c u s i n gr i n g w i t h t h u m b
ond index finger of the left hond the
comerocon eosily be focused.
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i s p r o v i d e d b y t h e s p l i t - i m o g er o n g e f i n d e r .
l f y o u p o i n t t h e l e n s o t q v e r t i c o ll i n e s n d
t u r n t h e f o c u s i n gr i n g y o u w i l l f i n d t h o t
t h e t w o h o l v e so f t h e p i c t u r e i n t h e s m o l l
f o c u s i n gc i r c l e d o n o t c o i n c i d e( r p p e r i l -
l u s t r o t i o n ) . A s o o n o s t h e s el i n e sc o n t i n u e
i n s i n g l eo u t l i n ef r o m t o p t o b o t t o m s n d
o completepicture is obtoined,the com-
e r q i s c o r r e c t l yf o c u s e d( l o w e r i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .

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Turn focusing ring until oertical lines

aiewed in small f ocusing circle continue
in one single outline (see illustration,
page 19).

The Ambiflex with hood viewfinder

ottoched con be held much steodier
ond sofer if the strop of the ever-reody
cosewith the sling oround the neck-
or the cqmerq strop ottoched to the
two studson the cqmerq-is used qs
o d d i t i o n o l s u p p o r t . T h e s t r o p s h o ul d
b e t o u t ; t h i s c o n b e o c h i e v e db y s h o r t -
ening the strop to moke one or (when
using the mognifier) even two wrist
s l i n g sq s i l l u s t r o t e d .

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Wh en using the woist-

l e v e l h o o d v i e w f i n d e ri t i s
eqsyto toke photogrophs
pointing either upwords
or downwords verticolly
f r o m o s t o n d i n gp o s i t i o n .

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With the Ambiflex you con even photo-
groph over o crowd if you hold the com-
erq upsidedown qbove your heqd ond
v i e w t h e g r o u n d g l o s s s c r e e nf r o m b e l o w .

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B y u s i n gt h e n e c k s l i n g y o u c o n
even photogroph sqtisfoctorily
i n o c r o u c h i n gp o s i t i o n
Y o u c o n q l s o p h o t o g r o p hr o u n d
the corner in order to copture
nqturol qnd unqffected move-
ments. V

The hood aiewfinder is suifnble to, prnc-

tically all subiects.

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WI'TH HE PR/5M
V I E L NL / N D E I ( A ' T T , 4 L " HE I )
Although the hood viewfinder offers
m q n y q d v o n t o g e si n v i e w i n g t h e s u b -
i e c t ( A t b i f l e x l ) t h e A m b i f l e xl l o n d l l l
ore more suitoble when split-second
t i mi n g i s n e e d e d i n c o p t ur i n g t h e s ub -
i e c t , b e c o u s ei t s p e n t o p r i s mg i v e s y o u
o true vision imoge the right woY
round. lf the viewfinder imoge is not
immediotelyvisible first operote the
ropid tronsportlever.

T o o b t o i n s h o r p p i c t u r e si t i s i m p o r t o n t
t o h o l d t h e c o m e r os t e o d y i n o d d i t i o n
to focusing it exoctly. You should
therefore hold your Ambiflex in both
h q n d sw i t h y o u r t h u m b so l o n g i t s b q c k
q n d b o t h m i d d l e f i n g e r so n t h e f o c u s -

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ing ring. You moy olso hold the comero Turn the focusing ring until the imoge is
with the right hond, supportingit on the shorp on the ground glossscreen.
polm of the left hond, ond turn the focus- A reliqble check is provided by the split-
ing ring with thumb ond index finger of i m o g e r o n g e f i n d e r ( s e e i l l u s t r o t i o n ,p . 1 9 ) .
the left hond, os shown in the illustrqtion Wotch the verticol lines of the subiect ond
on poge 23. turn the focusing ring. The two holves of
The Ambiflex is roised to the foce ond the the circle will stqrt to converge. As soon
eye-piece of the prism viewfinder brought
os close to the eye os possible.
os the broken verticol lines of the subiect
ore no longer in double outline ond o
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complete imoge is obtoined, the comerq
is correctly focused.
No motter wheiher you use the prism
viewfinder or hood viewfinder the imoge
obtoined through the comero lens corre-
sponds exoctly to thot seen by you in the
HoId your Ambiflex with both hands, raise finder.
it to the face and bring oiewfinder eye-
piece close to the eye, turn focusing ring
with both middle fingers or with thumb
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and index finger of the left hand.

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For photographs holding the camera in
Vour hands Aou should use shutter
speedsof Un to l/soo sec.,but certainly
not below rlss sec. For longer exposure
times a tripod should be used.

EXPOSIN G THE FILM

Photogrophs holding the comerq in

your honds should be restricted to
f
ff
shutter speeds of 1/ooto l/soo sec., but E
certoinly nof below 1/sosec. lf, how-
ever, you ore working with the longer i
o n d h e q v i e rt e l e p h o t o l e n s y o u s h o u l d
use shorter shutter speeds in order to i
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qvoid blurring. Otherwise the comero

should be ploced on o rigid support
or preferobly screwed to o tripod.
A long coble releoseis indispensoble I
,.i
ond con be screwed into the threoded I
shutter releose. I

As soon os you hove the subiect lined t"

up ond focused, slowly press the shut- v
,l
ter releose right down with your index '
finger. After toking the photogroph
operote the ropid tronsport lever to
prepore the comero for the next ex-
posure.
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ore eosier to toke with the prism finder
thon with the hood viewfinder. Turn
the comero through 90o to the right or
left qs desired ond operote the shutter
releose either with your index finger
or thumb, depending on the cqmero's
position (see odiocent illustrotion).

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To take upright pictures turn camera

and releasewith thumb or index finger,

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DELAYED ACTION All instontoneous shutter speeds con be ;
Occosionolly you will wont to be in the
used for deloyed oction (l-tlroo sec.) but F.
not the "B" setting (time exposure). You
picture yourself. This is possible becquse con olso use q floshgun in coniunctionwiih
your Ambiflex is equipped with o deloyed
oction mechonism.A firm support for the
the deloyed oction. Further detoils of this l:
were given on poges 12-14.
comero is needed, or better still, o tripod.
i8.
After the exposure time hqs been set qnd i
lhe film hos been wound on, set the smoll
lever from "X" to "V". As soon os the
shutter releose hqs been depressed the
deloyed oction mechqnism is set in mo-
tion, ocfuoting the previously set shut-
ter speed ofter obout 7 seconds, giving
you plenty of time lo get into the piclure.

After moking the exposure the lever outo-

m o t i c o l l yr e t u r n st o i t s " X " s e t t i n go n d h o s Set leoer to "V", operate shutter release
to be moved to the "V" position ogoin which actuatespreoiously set shutter speed
eoch time the deloyed oction is required. after about 7 seconds,

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W e o l r e o d y m e n t i o n e dl o r g e o n d s m o l l
lens qpertures when tolking qbout the
7
f u n c t i o n o f t h e d i o p h r o g m .B y t u r n i n g t h e
5 diophrqgm ring it con be opened or
4 c l o s e d .S o t h o t y o u c q n s e e y o u r s e l f h o w
the lens operture of your comerq opens
o n d c l o s e sw o t c h t h e l e n s f r o m t h e f r o n t
qfler hoving operdted the shutter releqse.
W h e n t u r n i n gt h e d i o p h r o g mr i n g y o u w i l l
t h e n n o t i c et h o t o f l o r g e o p e r t u r e o s m o l l
4 Aperture scole n u m b e r ( " . g . f 1 2 . 8 )o n d o t s m o l l o p e r t u r e
5 S e t t i n g m o r k f o r s h u t t e r s p e e d so n d o p e r t u r e s o l o r g e n u m b e r ( e . g . f 1 2 2 )i s o p p o s i t e t h e
6 F o c u s i n gm o r k block dot.
7 Depth of field indicotor (coupled with dio-
Depth of field can be read off
phrogm ring) to show depth of field zone
i m m e d i a t e l y ag a i n s t t h e d i s t A r l c e '
I D i s t o n c es c o l e i n m e t e r s
s c a l e ,a s i n d i c a t e d b y t h e b r e a d t h
I D i s t o n c es c q l e i n f e e t of the ztisible part of the black
r0 F o c u s i n gr i n g aignette.

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big opening red triqngulor mork qnd indicote by its

Lorge operture but smoll
e. g. f 12.8 : ends the depth of field zone on the od-
deprh of field.
iocent focusing ring (see illustrotion,
pose 31).
l i t t l eo p e n i n g
S m o l lo p e r t u r e butgreot
e. g. ll22 : deprh of field.

The depth of field is vorioble os you will

see from this exomple; it increosesos the
s N A P s HO T S E T T I N G
operture becomessmoller ond the distonce
becomes greoter. In moments of tension or humour, split-
second timing is essentiolto copture your
To help you in finding out how fqr this
subiect qnd it is therefore often odvisoble
zone of shorp focusing extends, your
to use whot is colled q snopshot or zone
Ambiflex hos whot is known os o depth of
focusing setting.
field scole which is coupled with the dio-
phrogm ring by meqns of qn ingenious For this purpose the 3 metre (: l0feet)
d e v i c e .W h e n y o u t u r n t h e d i o p h r o g m r i n g o n d 1 0 m e t r e ( : 3 0 f e e f ) m o r k i n g so r e e n -
o block vignette will oppeor obove the groved in red on the focusing scole.

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ln the odiocent illustrotion orrows ond

rl* dots hove been included to moke this
point cleqrer ond show you how you con
*]* reod off the depth of field os indicoted by
the block vignette.

bl*

lf you select on operture qnd shutter

speed combinotion in which f/l1 is oppo- Snapshot setting: Aperture at fltt
site the blqck dot ond then set ihe focus- Near shots: Re'd3 (: 10 ft.)
- Ps:pth of
ing ring to l0 metres (: 30feet), with ihe fie,Idfrom 7 to 17 feet
Color Solinor lensyou will fhen obtqin cr Far shots: Re'dlo (: 30 ft.)
depth of field from obout 16 feet to in- : Depth of fie'ld from 1-6feet to infinity
finity. lf the comero is focused on 3 metres
(: l0feet) the shorp zone will be from

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THE RIGHT FILM FOR EVERY OCCASION

Before we explain how to load your Ambiflex with fiIm, here are a few hints on different
kinds of film.
First of aII there is Agfo lsopon F, 40 ASA (Izo DIN). lt is a sharp, fine-grain film of good
exposurelatitude,
ln bad weather Agfo lsopan lSS, roo ASA (2ro D/N) is the right film. lt allows you to use
smaller apertures and shorter exposuretimes,
Where the light is really poort use AgIa lsopon Ullro, 2so ASA (2so DIN). With subjects
of normal contrast Aou can use one shutter speed faster than that indicated by the ex-
posure meter,
lf the tgorgt comesto the Tuorstand eoen IsopanUltra is not fast enough, you can faII baclc
on Agfo lsopcn Record. This film is equal in grain and sharpnessTo Isopan [Link] but
offers you the adoantageof being able to stop down by a further aperture,Hlnts on its use
are contained in the carton,
Wh^eryyou toant extra fine grain for high degreeenlargements Agto lsopon tt, rc ASA
(13o DIN) is "your" film,
Agfacolor fiIms open up the world of colour to you. For more than twenty years these
films haoe been great faoourites due to the natural uay they re:producepastil tints and
bright colours alike. Now their high speed has made colour snapihots a reality!
For colour transparencies:Aglacolor Reversql Film.
For colour prints on paper: Agfacolor Negotive Film.
The correct way to load the camera with film is describedon the next page.

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HOW TO LOAD THE CAMERA 5 Close the bock of the

comero by pressing
(to be corried out in subdued doylight, or when sun
until it snops home.
.l ir shining, in the shodow of your body)

To open comero bock, pull cotch in direction of

orrow.
Before looding eoch film the inside of the comero
3 Drow out enough film lnsert the film in the slit
should be cleoned with o soft lens brush.
for the norrow tongue so thot the lug engoges
Y to reoch the foke-up in lhe second film per-
s p o o l e o s i l y . T h e nt u r n forotion. Now lurn the
the spool by its milled winding spool in the
ring until the brood direction shown by the
slit ond smoll film orrow until obouf r/g in.
perforotion lrg ore (l cm.) full width of
uppermost. film proiects from the
V cosselte.
Y

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Drow out the rewinding knob with the left hond os
for os it will go ond insert the film cossette.
Push bock lhe rewinding knob.

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FILM TRANSPORT FOR THE F/RsT EXPOSURE

T u r n t h e f i l m c o u n t e r i n t h e m o n n e r 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
triongle situoted iust in front of number 36 or 20 on the scole (depending on film length)
is in line with the fixed mqrk on the comero bqck. Then operote the ropid lronsport lever
os olreody described ond press the shutter releqse. Repeot this processtwice ond your
comerq will be reody for the first exposure.

DOUB LE EXPOSURE PREVENT/ON

Your Ambiflex is designed so thot you connot expose the some negoiive twice. As long
os you do not wind on the film the shutter releose mechonismremoins blocked. lf you
ore not certoin whether or not you turned on the film, o glonce in the viewfinder will
suffice; if you see nothing-in other words the reflex mirror is rqised-the film needs
winding on.

CAMERA N UMBER

Eoch lens of your Ambiflex beqrs o number ond this olso opplies to the cqmero itself.
This number is engrqved next to the film counter on the bock of your comero. lt is o
good thing to moke o note of it directly ofter purchosingthe comero. I
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AFTER EXPOSURE
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After the lost exposure (number 0 opposite
the index mork) the ropid winding lever con no
longer be operoted. Since,however, the film in o
m i n i o t u r ec o m e r o i s w o u n d o p e n l y o n t h e t o k e -

l* up spool, it must be rewound into its light proof

cossettebefore the comero bock is opened. To do
this, pull out the rewind button until you feel the
first resistonce (opproximotely t1r") ond rotote in
the direction of the qrrow, of lhe sqme time de-
is pressing the locking button in the bottom of the
i$ comero (see illustrotion).When the rewind but-
l*' ton con no longer be rototed further or when
ofter releosingthe locking button it con be rotqt-
ed very eosily the rewinding is complete,ond the
Press in locking button, comero bock cqn be opened os describedon p.33.
puII out rewinding knob
to thefirst stop and turn
in direction of arrow,
@ The rewind button is then pulled out os fqr os
possible ond the cossetteremoved. Put the cos-
settein its lighttightpockingqnd mork it"Exposed".

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CHANGE OF EXPOSURE VALUES THROUGH THE USE OF FILTERS
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When using colour filters for your block Filters aoailable for the Agfa Ambiflex:
qnd whfre piclures the light possing
through the lens is reduced occording to For black and white pictures:
the density of the filter ond so the expo- Reduce the DIN
sure time should be increosed by whot is . s etting by:

known os the fiher fqctor. Agfa light yellow filter 2 I

It is eosier, however, to ollow for the filter Agfameiliumyellow fiIter . 3 degrees
[
fqctor on the DIN/ASA scqle of your com- Agfa yellout-green fiIter 4 | DIN*)
ero in order to obtoin the correct expo- Agfa orange-redfil'.ter , I
sure reoding with the filter ottoched. The
AgfaUV (ultra-oiolet) filter no change
odjocent toble gives the necessory doto
for Agfo filters. For special Color RetsersalFilm exposures:
Agf a Color Filter R 7.5 . no change
When removing the filter remember lhql
the film speed should be re-sel lo ils or-
iginol DIN/ASA vqlue.

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Film Speed Comparison Table on page B t
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Press in locking key, at the CHA}./GIN G HE LENS
same time turning lens to
A looded comeroshould never be left ex-
the left.
posed to light without its lens for ony
length of time; when chonging the lens,
t h e r e f o r e ,d o i t o s q u i c k l y o s p o s s i b l eo n d
olwoys in the shodow of the body so thqt
no direct light reoches the unprotected
shutter or the reflex mirror in position for
the next exposure. To remove the lens
f r o m i t s q u i c k - c h o n g em o u n t p r e s s i n t h e
l o c k i n g k e y ( 1 0 ,s e em o i n i l l u s t r o t i o nF, i g .A )
ot the some time giving the lenso turn to
the left. When doing this,the lensshould
olwoys be grosped by the fixed milled
ring (os shown)ond simply lifted out (see
i l l u s t r o t i o n ,p o g e 3 8 ) , g i v i n g i t o t u r n t o
the left (olmost 90 degrees) after hoving
p r e s s e di n t h e l o c k i n g k e y .

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lnserlion by dot locqlion

On the inner mount of the comeroo dot
w i l l b e s e e n .P l o c et h e l e n s o n t h e m o u n t
so thqt block dot for shutter speed ond
o p e r t u r e s e t t i n g sq n d t h e d o t o n t h e c o m -
ero body ore opposite eoch other. After
i n s e r t i o nt h e l e n s i s l o c k e d b y t u r n i n g i t
c l o c k w i s eo n d p r e s s i n gi t o g o i n s t t h e c o m -
e r o b o d y ( s e e i l l u s t r q i i o np o g e 3 9 ) .
By looking ot the lens from obove you
con olwoys check its correct positioning.
The block dot ond the red triongulor
focusing mork must olwoys be in the
centreof the [Link] oddition,o prop-
erly inserted lens connot be turned ony
further to the left.

Remope lens firmly.

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Insertionwithout prior locolion

W h e n t o k i n g p i c t u r e so t n i g h t i t w i l l n o t
b e p o s s i b l et o u s e t h e d o t l o c o t i o n s y s t e m
but you moy still wish to chongethe lens
for your comero. In such cosesyou con
feel the notch of the focusing mork ond
then grosp the lens in such o woy thot
your fhumb lies exoctly over this notch.
Then ploce the lens corefully ogoinst the
cqmero body qnd when o click is heord
press it ogoinst the comero of the some
t i m e g i v i n g i t o c l o c k w i s et u r n s o t h o t i t
engogesproperly.
W h e n i n s e r t i n gl h e l e n s t h e l o c k i n g k e y
( 1 0 , s e e m o i n i l l u s t r o t i o n ,F i g . A ) s h o u l d
under no circumslqncesbe touched.
9et dots on mount and lens
opposite each other, insert lens
and lock it by turning clock-
7D1Se.

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From the sqme cqmerq posifion you con

o b t o i n t h e f o l l o w i n g e f f e c t sw i t h t h e i n t e r -
c h o n g e q b l el e n s e s :

r i r n r r l \ ' / D E - . ' l \ ' ( ; 1 [- l -E , \ ' 5

. ) ( r) u t r , f E I - E [ ' l l O / ( ) L E \ ' 5

( A g f o C o l o r T e l i n e o r f 1 3 . 49 0 m m . )

1 ( ) t t t r rt _ 5I .-\,\' L),.\1(D L E ,\' 5

S o l i n o fr1 2 . 85 0 m m . )

1 - 1 r5n t r , T E L E I ' I l t ) l t l L E N s
( A g f o C o l o r T e l i n e o rf l 4 1 3 5m m . )

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I ( ) / t ) ' ( ) t i / i f l 1 ( ) / - ( ) ( ; / i , , 11 , i 1 _ s

A very striking effect con be obtoined if

you photogroph the subiect by oblique
s u n l i g h t . O f c o ur s e y o u c o n q l s o p h o t o -
groph with the sun behind you, but then
you must be coreful to keep your own
shodow out of the picture.
P h o t o so g o i n s t t h e l i g h t c q l l f o r s o m e e x -
perience becouse the rqys of the sun
should not foll directlyon the [Link] is
best to toke odvqntoge of the shodow of
o tree or houseond use o lens hood too.
P h o t o g r o p h sw i t h o u t s u n s h i n e q r e q l s o
p o s s i b l e .W i t h o n o v e r c o s t t k y , c o n t r o s t
c q n b e h e i g h t e n e db y u s i n gq m e d i u my e l -
l o w o r o r o n g e - r e df i l t e r ( m o k e q l l o w q n c e
for the filter fqctor poge 36).
Try out shotsfrom q mountoinpeok or

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tower, including foreground interest of Action photogrophs of processions qnd

some kind. Remember the foreground in similor subiects qre eqsier to toke if you
work out the most suitoble distonce, set
your londscope photos too, ond enliven
them by including q person, woy, fence or the focusing ring to this figure ond let the
procession enter this shorp zone. This
t
other suitoble obiect. A chonge in the
comero position is olso interesting. Try leoves you free to concentrote on the
out "bird's-eye" or "worm's-eye" views ot picture in the viewfinder ond to press the
o n o b l i q u eo n g l e . ihrtt"r releose ot the moment when the
light circulor portion of the rongefinder
C l o u d s ,p o r t i c u l o r l yt h e c u m u l u st y p e , o r e gives o shorp imoge.
very effective. By using o yellow filter with
block ond white film they con be brought
out very well qnd with on orqnge-red filter
you con even produce storm cloud effects.
Filters moy only be used with blqck ond
white film.
Before eoch exposure exqmine the subiect
severol times through the viewfinder to
see whether the oblong or upright picture
is better.

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DEPTH OF FIELD TABLE FOR THE AGFA COTOR SOIINAR f /Z,E SOmm, LENS
D i o m e t e r o f c i r c l e o f c o n f u s i o n : 0 . 0 3m m .

With diophrogm set ol

I
fnl iln
shorp definiiionfrom . .. ft. to ... ft.

3
I
2 ' l 1 ' , - 3 ' , 1 " 2 ' , 1 0 " - 3 ' , l ' , 2 ' , 1 0 x - 3 ' , 2 1 2 ' , 9 " - 3 ' , 3 ' , 2' gil_3' 1u 2',7il-s', 6x 2', 6il-3t ga
3Yz 3' 5n_3' 7D 3'| 4il-3', 8il 3 ' , 3 u - 3 ' , 9 "| 3 ' , 3 ' , - 3 ' , 1 0 u3 ' , l ' , - 3 ' , 1 l ' ,2', 12',- 4',3" 2',10',-4',7'
4 3',10'- 4',2', 3',10',-4',2" 3'g,- 4' 1 l 3'7'- 4' 5' 3',6'- 4'10" 3', 4il- s'| 3',2'D-s'| 7il
4Y2 4' 4n_ 4' gn 4',3',-4',g', 4 ' 2 u -4 ' 1 1 ' 1 4 ' 1 / 2 5" -' 1 " 3',11',-s',7" 3',g',-s',10', 3', 5x-6' 8il
5 4' gil- s'| 3u 4' 8t_ 5' 4n 4,7,_ 5, 6" | 4, 5,_ S,9, 4' 3'_ 6t 50 3',12',-6',g', 3 ' , 8 ' - 7 ' 1 0 '
6 s', 82- 6',40 s',s'n-6',9' | s',2il-7',2il A',11',-g',l',
s'| 7il- 6' 6il 4',7',- 8',14" 4 ' , 2 " - 1 0 ' , 9 "
7 6t 7'_7' 6il 6',sil-7' 9x6 ' ,2 i l - 8 t 1 " j 1 s ' , 1 1 " - \ ' , 8 " 5' 7n_9' 6il s', lil-1lt 4n 4',7',- 14',g',
l0 9 ' ,l ' , - \ l ' , 1 0 8', g',- ll', 7u
8','',- 12',4 17',10',- 13',9" 7',6',-17',2u 6',6u-22', 4', 5'9'- 42',
l5 13',1',- 17',7u 12's',-19', 1l', 7" - 21',3"1 10',7',- 25', g',6u-9', 8',2il-96' 7'_ x
'13'10"-
30 23',1',- 43', 21',-53', 18',9"-75', | 16',2-215', oo 11',1"- a 9'_a
'16'
oo 99',- q 54',- a 41'-,n 130'4"- a 2 2 ' , 1 1 " -a 4"- a 1 2 ' , 1 "a-
I
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T h e d i s t o n c e st o t h e s u b i e c t o r e m e o s u r e d f r o m t h e f i l m p l o n e ( r e o r e d g e o f c o m e r o b o d y ) .

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cquse it protects your hondy. A procticol zip
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= Agfo Am biflex f rom c o s e i s s u p p l i e do s w e l l "

k n o c k so n d t h e w e o t h e r ,
oport from moking it
lJ-

() e q s i e rt o c o r r y .

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:)
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Agfo filtersore supplied
o
l! in stqndord mounts for
.t, your Agfa Ambiflex. Developing your own

ffiffi
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E o c hs c r e w m o u n f h o s c r f i l m s i n c r e q s e st h e p l e c s -
E,
o double threod so thqt ures of photogrophy.
ttl c o mb i n o t i on s o f f i l t e r With the Agfcl Rondix35
ttr
IJJ o n d c l o s e - u po t t o c h m e n t or Agfq Rondinqx 35 U
(J
(J or filter qnd lens hood you con octuollydevelop
qre possible. them in doylight.

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It is olso on eosy motter

to explore the wonders
of the minioture world
with your Ambiflex. All
you need is the Agfa
close-up ottochmentN o.l
covering s ronge of 22>
to 35 inches(55to 90 cm.)
or No.2 covering 0
ronge of l5 to 22 inches
(38 to 55 cm.). By com-
bining both you con
photogroph obiectsot o
distonce of 9Vz inches
(24cm.).

The versotility of your

Ambiflex increases with
the use of interchonge-
oble lenses of vorious
focol [Link] your )
deo ler to ottoch th e
s u p p l e m e n t c r yl e n s e st o
your Ambiflex to give
you on idea of their
effect.

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The finishing touch to

your brilliqnt colour
t r c n s p o r e n c i e si s p r o v i d -
ed by qn Agfo proiec-
tor, such os the high
quolity Agfq CP 35, with
w h i c h y o u c c l nr e - l i v e o l l
the wonderful photos
to ken with you r Am bifl ex.

To meet more exocting

wishes there is the new
Agfo Diamotor S with
f ully qutomotic remote
control operoted from
the comfort of your orm-
chcir. lt tokes ccre of oll
the monuol operotions
of the press of o button.

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ALPHABETICAL LlST OF CONTENTS

Poge Poge

Accessories 46-48 Film hints 32

Chonging lenses 37-39 Film speed 3
Chonging fhe viewfinder 10-17 Film tronsport
Choosing o lens 40 Film type indicotor 2
Comporotive film speeds J Filters 36
Deloyed oction 28 F l o s hs y n c h r o n i s q t i o n r3-15
Depth of field n-31 H o l d i n g o n d f o c u s i n gt h e c o m e r o
Depth of field toble with hood viewfinder 18-22
Color-Solinor f12.8 50 mm. 43 with prism viewfinder 23-24
Color-Sologon fl2 55 mm. 44-45 Looding the comero .t,
Diophrogm 7 Opening the hood viewfinder 17
Double exposurepreveniion u P h o t o g r o p h i ch i n t s 41-42
't5-t6
E x p o s u r ec o l c u l o t i o n 11-12 Reflex system
E x p o s u r er e o d i n g s 8-10 Rewindingond removing the film 35
E x p o s i n gt h e f i l m 2*27 Shutter 6
Filmcounter 4 fime exposures 12

We reserve the right to moke slructurol o l t e r o l i o n s t o t h e A g f o A m b i f l e x o r i s i n g f r o m f u r t h e r d e v e l o p m e n t

of the c o m e r o .

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