CHINON ZOOM LENS Specifications

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Body Weight: 455 grams LENS MOUNTING Your CHINON CG-5 is equipped with a CHINON bayonet mount which accepts all interchangeable lenses with the bayo

Body Grip (Spare battery storage compartment) You can attach an optional (standard in U.S.) body grip to your CG-5 camera (Fig. 5). To do so, attach t

FILM LOADING Pull out the film rewind knob until the camera back pops open (Fig. 9). Then drop a film cartridge into the film chamber with its protru

the film while holding the film lightly down on to the transport sprockets. Release the shutter if necessary and advance the film until the sprockets

FRAME COUNTER You CHINON CG5 equipped with a frame counter which displays the number of exposures made and resets automatically upon opening the camer

FILM ADVANCEMENT When the film end is reached the film advance lever may stop before the lever is fully turned. Do not force the lever. Stop winding

FOCUSING At the center of the viewfinder is the split image with microprism collar which is then surrounded by ground glass. When the camera is in foc

You can also focus indirectly. Actually measure or estimate the distance to the subject and set the lens focus ring to the appropriate setting (Fig. 2

AUTO FOCUSING Your CHINON CG-5 has built-in AF electronic contacts which activate CHINON 35 - 70mm Auto Focus Lens by depressing the shutter release

AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE Your CHINON CG-5 features TTL, center weighted full aperture light measuring automatic exposure control. As long as the shutter spe

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You can see the computerized shutter speed displayed in the viewfinder by red and green LED's (Fig. 26). If the lens F stop or the aperture size

Another alternative is to use an ND (neutral density) filter in front of the lens. They are available as accessories from your local dealer. If the

F STOP SELECTION The following may be used as a guide to determine the lens F stop when you are using the camera in the automatic mode.www.4.butkus.or

UNLOADING EXPOSED FILM When the film in the camera is fully exposed, the film advance lever will stop. Do not attempt to force the lever any further,

DEPTH OF FIELD Depth of field designates the nearest and furthest limits of the area that will be sharp in the picture in front of and beyond the s

Set the lens at a selected lens opening on the f/stop ring. Depress the depth of field lever and observe the subject through the viewfinder. This will

USING A TRIPOD The tripod socket at the base of the CHINON camera is designed to accept standard tripod threads having a depth no greater than 5.5 mm

SELF TIMER Your CHINON CG-5 is equipped with a electronic self timer with a red LED indicator together with a piezo ceramic buzzer (audible signal).

Time Exposure (Night Photography) Set the shutter speed dial to the "B" position. The shutter mirror will reflex to the open (up) position w

MULTIPLE EXPOSURE Another attractive feature of your CHINON CG-5 is the built-in unlimited multiple exposure provision. The multiple exposure lever i

FOCUSING ... 30 AUTO FOCUSING ... 34 AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE ...

EXPOSURE MEMORY Under normal circumstances your CHINON CG-5 camera will produce perfectly exposed photographs, due to the integrated automatic exposur

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION Your CHINON CG-5 camera incorporates an exposure compensation dial which can be unitized for special purposes such as bracketin

(1 ) -1 EV over (2) - 2/3 EV over (3) -1 /3 EV over (4) - Normal exposure (5) -1 /3 EV under (6) - 2/3 EV under (7) -1 EV under THE FLASH SYSTEM Sp

flash is integrated electronically with the camera body. Set the f/stop indicated on the exposure calculator dial of your CHINON flash to the correspo

CHINON POWER WINDER (PW-535) Your CHINON CG-5 compact single lens reflex camera can also be used with the new CHINON Power Winder when motorized pho

AUTO FOCUS 50MM MC F/1.7 LENS Remarkable infrared auto focus lens automatically focuses the subject even in total darkness Stepless operation from 1

Accessory data back featuring electronic imprint of year, month, day or hour, minute directly on your negative or slide Data automatically resets unti

50 mm f/1.7 AF 50 mm f/1 4 multicoated Wide-angle Lenses 28 mm f/2 8 multicoated 3 5 mm f/ 2 .8 multi coated Telephoto Lenses 135 mm f/2 8 multicoated

Info Back-2 Auto Date CHINO Auto S 180 flash CHINON Auto S-240 flash CHINON Auto S-280 flash Synchro-eye for flash (Slave Unit) Wireless Remote Contro

Mini Copy Stand Table Tripod Cable Release (13 inch) Remote Control Unit Spare ring for Mini Copy Stand Detachable hand grip Lens Mount Cap Body Cap w

AUTO FOCUS 50MM MC F/1.7 LENS ... 70 AUTO FOCUS 35-70MM F/3.3 - 4.5 ZOOM LENS ...71 INFO BACK I

12. Accessory shoe (Hot shoe) 13. Film rewind knob and back opening knob 14. Film speed dial (ASA/ISO) Exposure compensation dial 15. Aperture ri

18. Focusing ring 19. Exposure memory button 20. Viewfinder eyepiece 21. Metal focal plane shutter 22. Film chamber 23. Film rail www.orphancam

24. Film guide rail 25. Power winder electronic contacts 26. Battery chamber her cover 27. Tripod socket 28. Sprocket teeth 29. Take-up spool 30

Picture Format: 24 x 36 mm Film Loading: Easy film loading by multi -slot take up spool. Lens Mount: CHINON Bayonet Mount Standard Lenses: CHINON 50 m

ASA/ISO Range: 25-3200 (DIN 15-36) with safety lock. Film Advance: Single stroke in an arc of 130° with 25° stand off, motorized film advance with CHI