ZENIT-TTL User manual, 1965 year
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Certificates of Authorship:
No 366447 of 14 June 1972; No 150360 of 18 December 1961; No 153652 of 26 February 1952; No
102683 of 7 February 1951.
Attention!
The present Description contains the basic characteristics and essential operating principles of the
camera and should not be regarded as a hand-book on photography in general.
Before using the camera, make thorough study of the operating procedure given in the present
Description.
Due to ever-advancing development in camera construction minor differences may occur between
the text and your camera. Load and unload the camera in faint diffused light avoiding direct sun rays.
Do not rotate the shutter speed dial within the interval between “500” and “B” and the film speed
setting dial within the figureless interval.
Do not turn the shutter release button if not necessary to avoid disengagement of the shutter cocking
mechanism.
Always wind the shutter (by two or three strokes of the lever) as far as it will go to avoid blank
exposures.
Do not keep the camera with the shutter cocked for a long period of time, since it is likely to affect
the shutter operation When taking pictures in frosty weather (below -10°C), keep the camera under
your street-clothes but not in the open air and take it out only for the moment of photographing.
3. Main Assemblies and Details
1 — self-timer lever
2 — self-timer release button
3 — release button threaded for cable release
4 — flash unit connector socket
5 — eyelets for strap securing
6 — film rewind crank
7 — film speed dial
8 — shutter speed dial
9 — shutter disengaging bush
10 — exposure counter dial
11 — shutter cocking and film advance lever
12 — protective strip
