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T h e I 8 x 2 4 m m m i n i o t u r es i z e i s b e c o m i n g m o r e o n d m o r e
populor; the first comero of ihis kind with outomqticex-
posure control is the Agfo Pqromot. Smoll, ottroctively
styledond light,it is on ideol pocketcomero thot you con
olwoys toke olong with you.

Sosimpleto use:
Setfocusingsymbol.
pressthe releosebutton.
look throughthe viewfinder,
signol:"All cleor"for the photo!
Greenviewftnder

P r e s st h e s h u t t e rr e l e o s er i g h t d o w n t o m o k e t h e e x p o s u r e .
Thot is how quick photogrophyis with your Agfo Porqmqt.
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A point lo remember

U n l i k e t h e s t o n d q r d 2 4 x 3 6 m m m i n i o t u r es i z e , o b -
long photos in the 18 x24 mm size qre obtoined by
holding the Poromotverticolly ond upright photos
b y h o l d i n g i h e c o m e r o h o r i z o n t o l l y .T h e l u m i n o u s
frome in the viewfinder will remind you of this.
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Looding fhe comero is so ensy

The comero con be looded in doylight,

but olwoys in the shode-ot leost in body
shodow.

I First open the cqmero bock by sliding

cqtch towords the lens. Remove comero
b o c k i n d i r e c t i o no f o r r o w i n f i g u r e 1 .

2 l n s e r t n e w f i l m c o s s e t t es o t h o t i t s h o l e
e n g o g e sw i t h t h e r e w i n d c r q n k .
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Turn the toke-upspool by its milled ring
until one of the iwo brood slits with the
f i l m p e r f o r o t i o n l u g i s u p p e r m o s t .D r o w
o u i f i l m f r o m t h e c o s s e t t et o w o r d s t h e
t o k e - u p s p o o l , h o l d i n g t h e c q s s e t t ew i t h
the other hond.

lnsertthe end of film in ihe slit so thot

the lug engoges in the second perforo-
tion morked white in the illustrotion.

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Now turn the toke-up spool on slightly,
moking sure thqt the counter disc qt the
bottom of the comero moves freely. The
film is properly looded when it is tout qnd
the teeth of the tronsport wheel engoge
cleonly in the film perforotions.

When obout t/rrd i66fi (1 cm) of the full

film width pro jects from the cossette,
close the comero by replocing the bock
with the edges in the groove (cotch to
"open"), slide it up to the top port of the
c o m e r o q n d l h e n p r e s sd o w n s l i g h t l y .C o n -
t i n u e p r e s s u r eo n i h e b o s e p l o t e s, l i d e t h e
b o c k r i g h t h o m e u n d e r n e q t ht h e t o p p l o t e
ond set the cotchto "lock".
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lmportont 24 exposureson o film
'12
morked os hoving exposures.
Every pockoge of 35 mm film is
cleorly morked with the number of In other words you reveive double
e x p o s u r e s l. n t h e p o s t m i n i o t u r ef i l m s the number of exposures for the
hqve been used moinly for the24x36 some price.
mm size ond so the length of such P l e o s eb e o r t h i s p o i n t i n m i n d w h e n
fil'ms hos been colculoted on the setting the film counter, described
bosis of this size. However, your below.
Porornot gives you o picture hqlf
the size of the stondord frome, i. e.
1 8x 2 4 m m . T h i s m e o n s t h o t y o u
obtqin Setting fhe film counter
72 exposureson o film
I n t h e b o s e p l o t eo f t h e c o m e r o i s t h e
morked os hoving 36 exposures,
film counter. This counis bockwqrds
40 exposureson o film ond shows you the number of expo-
morked os hoving 20 exposures, s u r e ss t i l l l e f t o n t h e f i l m . O n i t s d i o l
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qre three triongulor morks, one eoch before
t h e n u m b e r s7 2 , 4 0 o n d 2 4 . T h e o p p r o p r i o i e
triongle should be set ogoinst the fixed mork,
occording to the length of the film. This is
done by turning the smoll milled disc in the
direction of the orrow only.

When looding the comero the stqrt of the

film is wosted by exposureto light ond so 5
t o 6 b l q n k e x p o s u r e sm u s t f i r s t b e m o d e b e -
fore storiing to photogroph. The film counter
moves on one mork every other time the film
is tronsported.
N.B. The disc of the rewind cronk turns when the film
is tronsporied ond should therefore not be hindered in
ony woy.
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Film trqnsport r e l e o s e f i r s t , o s t h e c o m e r o is fitted
with q double ond blqnk exposure
With your thumb swivel the ropid
preventionlock.
tronsportlever to the right qs for os
i t w i l l g o o n d o l l o w i t t o r e t u r n .T h e n lf you should hoppen to releose the tronsporr
lever too soon it returns to its originol posi-
p r e s st h e s h u t t e r r e l e o s e r i g h t d o w n .
tion ond must then be operoted ogoin os for
Repeotthis operotion of film irqns- os it will go.
p o r t o n d s h u t t e rr e l e o s eu n t i l q f i g u r e
r e p r e s e n t i n gd o u b l e t h e n u m b e r o f
e x p o s u r e sm o r k e d o n t h e f i l m c o r t o n
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 e
lower illusirotionp , oge 6).

l f t h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r tl e v e r i s b l o c k e d
you will hove to press the shutter
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Focusing Focusing symbols

T h r e e s y m b o l sf q c i l i t o t ef o c u s i n g .D e -
p e n d i n go n t h e s u b i e c ty o u s h o u l ds e t
o n e o f t h e t h r e e s y m b o l sr e p r o d u c e d
naft
Close-ups Groups
/f,\
Londscopes
in enlorgedform on the righl to the 5 ft. 8 in. 12 ft. 8 in. oo
blockindexmork. ( 1 . 7 0m ) ( 3 . 8 0m ) (infinity)

l f n e c e s s o r y ,y o u c o n o f c o u r s e s e t A d d i t i o n o l f o c u s s e t t i n g sf r o m 3 f t .
the triongulormork to ony posiiion (0.9 m) to oo will be found on the
b e t w e e nt w o s y m b o l s . l o w e r p o r t o f t h e f o c u s i n gr i n g :
b l o c k f i g u r e s: m e t r e s
g r e e nf i g u r e s: f e e t
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'Setting
the film speed Holding fhe cnmercr

To obtqin correct- I t i s e s s e n t i o lt o h o l d t h e c o m e r c l
ly exposed photo- s t e o d y t o o b t q i n s h o r p p i c t u r e s .Y o u
grophs the film should therefore toke your Pqromqt
speed m ust fi rst be in both honds, holding the comero
set on the comero. stroight without tilting it. On look-
The speed of eqch ing through the viewfinder you will
film is morked on s e e o l u m i n o u sf r o m e w h i c hs u r r o u n d s
the corton. Use o coin to turn the t h e s u b i e c t sq n d s h o w s y o u t h e e x o c t
disc until the mqrk is in line with p i c t u r eo r e o .
t h e r e q u i , r e dA S A / D l N n u m b e r .
F o r c l o s e - u p s( 3 f t . - I m ) t h e t w o
You con photogroph qutomoticolly s m o l l l i n e s i n t h e v i e w f i n d e ri n d i c o t e
with qll kinds of film hoving speeds t h e u p p e r m o s to n d s i d e l i m i t s o f t h e
of 10 to 200 ASA (l 1 to 25 DtN). p i c t u r eo r e q .
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F o r o b l o n g p i c t u r e sh o l d t h e P o r o m q t
os shown in the upper illustrqlion.

The lower illustrqtion shows you how

to hold the comerofor upright pholo-
g r o p h s .P r e s st h e r e l e q s eb u t t o n d o w n
firmly ond evenly os for os possible.
When holding the comero rnqkecer-
tqin thot the exposure meter win-
d o w i s n o t o b s t r u c t e d( Z i n m o i n i l l u s -
trotion).
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tr N o t e : T h e q u t o m q t i c m e c h o n i s mi s o n l y c o n -
n e c t e dw h e n t h e A i s e x o c t l y i n t h e m i d d l e o f
lhe window.
V / h e n h o l d i n gt h e c o m e r oi n t h e .lm
0 ,o n n e rs h o w n
i n .t h e u p p . e .irl l u s t r o t i o np, o g e o red signol
w i l l b e v i s i b l eo t t h e u p p e re d g e o f t h e l u m i n o u s
frome.
2
F i r s tl i n e u p y o u r s u b i e c ot n d t h e n h o l d t h e c q r n -
e r q o b s o l u t e l ys t e o d y f o r q b o u t I s e c o n d t o
g i v e t h e e x p o s u r em e t e r t i m e t o r e o c t .
Thqn press the releose button down slowly
without oltering fhe position of the cqmero.
A g r e e n s i g n o lo f t h e f i r s t p r e s s u ! -peo i n t m e o n s
" o l l c l e or " f o r t h e p h o t o .T h e n p r e s st h e s hu t t e r
r e l e o s er i g h t d o w n .
3
l f t h e r e d s i g n o l o p p e C I r so n t o k i n g t h e f i r s t
p r e s s . u r es, t o p o n d r e m o v e y o u r f i n g e r f r o m
t h e s h u t t e r e l e q s eo s t h e r e i s n o t e n o u g hl i g h t .

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Whqt you need to know steody when sighting your subiect
ond moking the exposure.
The shutten of the Agfo Poromqt is
set for l/tzs sec. When you press Photogrophictips
d o w n t h e m o g i c r e l e o s eb u t t o n t o t h e To obtoin cleor detoil in the sho-
f i r s t p o s i t i o nt h e c o m e r q o u t o m o t i c o l - dows when photogrophing ogoinst
l y s e l e c t so l e n s s t o p s u i t o b l ef o r t h e the light, it is odvisoble to reduce
l i g h t i n g c o n d i t i o n s .T h e g r e e n s i g n o l the film speed settingon the comerq
then oppeors in the viewfinder ond by obout 3 DIN or its ASA equiv-
further pressure on the button re- o l e n t w h e n u s i n gt h e o u t o m o t i cm e c h -
l e o s e sl h e s h u t t e r . onism.
lf you chonge the direction of your lf you wish to photogroph on rever-
comerq iust before the exposure, re- sql film (e. g. Agfocolor ReversqlFilm
move your finger from the button CT18) with on overcqsl sky, i. e. un-
ond stort ofresh. d e r c o n d i t i o n so f l o w c o n t r o s t ,r e d u c e
To ensure sotisfqctory operotion of the settingby opprox. 2 DlN. For on
t h e P o r o m o t ' so u t o m o t i c m e c h o n i s m Agfocolor Reversol Film CTlS this
i t i s e s s e n t i o lt o h o l d t h e c o m e r o would meon o reductionfrom l8 to

l2
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16 DlN. Do not forget to set the t u r n t o y o u r o r i g i n o l p o s i t i o nt o t o k e
originol film speed ogoin ofter mok- the photogroph.
ing the exposure.
When q very controsty subiect hos to Filters
b e p h o t o g r o p h e do n d i t i s w i s h e d t o There ore three filters ovoiloble for
obtoin the correct exposure for on use with the Agfo Poromot in screw
obieci which is smoll in comporison mounts of 25 mm diom. As soon qs
with its surroundings,o close-upmeos- o c o l o u r f i l t e r i s u s e d o n t h e c q m e r o
u r e m e n t s h o u l d b e t o k e n . l f t h i s i s you will hove to reduce the setting
not done q womon in o light dress on the film speed scole occordingly.
in front of o dqrk wood (to give on
e x o m p l e )c o u l d e o s i l y p r o d u c e o v e r - F o r b l o c k o n d w h i t e p h o t o g r o p h y ,
exposure of the film. ln such coses r e d u c e D I N s c o l es e t t i n gb Y
medium yellow 2 DIN
o p p r o o c hw i t h t h e c q m e r o t o q s h o r t UV filter no chonge
distonce from the subiect ond press F o r s p e c i o l p h o t o g r o p h s
down the releose button to the first o n c o l o u r r e v e r s o l f i l m :
pressure point. Hold it there ond re- Agfo R 1.5 Color Filter no chonge
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In poor light
floshlightond time exposurescome
to your qid-with the outomoticmech-
qnismdisconnected. This is how it is
done t

Flqsh photogrophy
A floshgun with on occessory shoe
confqct should be used on the Pqro-
mot (e. g. Agfo Tully M Floshgun or
Agfolux M). The contoct with the
cqmerq shutter is mqde simply by
sliding the floshgun into the occessory

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shoe. Then set the flosh symbol in When using on eleclronic floshgun
t h e w i n d o w b y m e o n s o f t h e k e y ( 1 0 the Agfo odoptor, type 6793,will be
i n m o i n i l l u s t r o t i o n ) .O n t h i s s e t t i n g necessoryto ottoch the floshgun leqd.
the shutter speed is 1/sosec.The outo- The required lens stop con be colcu-
motic mechonismis then disconnected l o t e d f r o m t h e g u i d e n u m b e r o f t h e
o n d t h e l e n ss t o p m u s t b e s e t b y h o n d , f l o s h g u n .
d e p e n d i n go n t h e f i l m s p e e d o n d d i s -
tonce from the subiect. The Agfolux
o n d T u l l y f l o s h g u n so r e f i t t e d w i t h o
h o n d y l e n s s t o p c o l c u l q t o r o n d s u i f - Time exposures
oble toblesqre olso printed on every 'B'Cfqt

:il';i :;:-i;;n
pockoge of flosh bulbs. Move the blockkey (10)uniil thd

Use the key (8 in moin illustrotion)

lo set lhe required lens stop in the long os the releose button is press-
:u#
:'in:?"",-;il
window. ed down.

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Longer shutter speeds thon l/se sec. t h e " 0 " o n d t h e r o p i d t r o n s p o r t l e v e r
connof be used without supporting connot usuolly be moved. The film
the comero, ond o tripod ond coble now hos to be rewound into its light-
r e l e o s eq r e t h e n n e c e s s o r yT. h e c o b l e tight cossette by meons of the re-
releose socket is ot the lower end of wind cronk.
f h e r e l e o s eb u t t o n .
Press the unlocking key on the top
The B setting of the shutter is used p l o t e i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e o r r o w
f o r n i g h t p h o t o g r o p h y , p h o t o g r o p h s ( r i g h t - h o n di l l u s t r o t i o n p, o g e 1 7 ) .T h e n
of lightningond fireworks. roise the cronk with your finger-noil
ond swivel it outwords os shown in
t h e l e f t - h o n d i l l u s t r q t i o no n p o g e 1 7 .
Rewindingthe film
N o w t u r n t h e c r o n k c l o c k w i s e( r i g h l -
After the lost exposure the counter h o n d i l l u s t r o t i o n ,p o g e 1 7 ) . R e w i n d -
will be in line with the dosh before i n g i s c o m p l e t ew h e n t h e c r o n k t u r n s

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muchmore freely.Only then should
t h e c q m e r o b e o p e n e d .T h i s i s d o n e
by moving the cotch on the comero
b o s e t o w o r d s t he l e n s ( " o p e n " p o s i -
tion) ond then removing the bocl<

d o w n w or d s . P u t t h e c o s s e t t e i n o
l i g h t - t i g h tp o c k i n g o n d m o r k i t o s e x -
p o s e d .O n o p e r o t i n g t h e r o p i d t r o n s -
p o r t l e v e r t h e u n l o c k i n gk " y r e t u r n s
o u t o m o t i c o l l yt o i t s o r i g i n q l p o s i i i o n .

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ilt]Y|ilPS
hos fine groin ond good contour
sho rpness.

For sports photogrophy the high-

speed Agfo lsopqn ISS is the right
film.
lf extro good definition is required
if is odvisoble to use Agfo lsopon FF.

Agfocolor films open up the world

Before looding the comero with film
of colour to you. For more thon 25
os described on poges 2 lo 4, here
yeors these films hove been greot fo-
o r e q f e w s u g g e s t i o n st o h e l p i n
vourites due to their noturol repro-
c h o o s i n gt h e r i g h t f i l m .
d u c i i o n o f p o s t e lt i n t s o n d b r i g h t c o l -
First of oll there is Agfo lsopon F o u r s q l i k e .T h e i r h i g h s p e e d h q s o l s o
for block ond white photogrophy. lt m o d e c o l o u r s n o p s h o t so r e o l i t y .

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For shorp,brilliont, ollow the lighr to strike the subiect
reolistictronsporencies : from the side. Of course you con olso
b y doy light : phofogroph with the sun behind you
Agfocolor ReversqlFilm CT 18; but then you must be coreful to keep
your own shodow out of the picture.
b y or t if ic iollight :
ln such coses ihe relief effect is less.
Agfccolor ReversslFilm CK.
Fo rwo n der f ulc olourpri n ts :
AgfacolorNegotiveFilmCN l7 P h o t o g r o p h yi s o l s o p o s s i b l ew i t h o u t
or AgfocolorNegoliveFilmCN t4. sunshine.With qn overcqst sky con-
t r o s t c o n b e h e i g h t e n e do n b l o c k o n d
white film by usingq medium yellow
Finolly o few
or oronge-red filter. The required in-
generol photogrophic tips creose in exposurecon be obtoined
A g o o d im pr es s ion of d e p th c o n b e from the porticulors issued by the
o b to i n e din y our phot o g ro p hisf y o u mokers.

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Photos ogoinst rhe lighr coll for some squore. "Worm's-eye" views con olso
experience becouse the roys of the produce omusing effects.
sun should not fqll directly on the
With views from o mountoin peok or
lens. lt is best to toke odvontoge of
t o w e r t r y t o i n c l u d es o m e f o r e g r o u n d
the shodow of o tree or house ond
interest.
use q lens hood too.
.i
B e f o r et o k i n g o p h o t o g r o p hv i e w t h e {
People should not be photogrophed
subiect severol times to see whether
i n f r o n t o f b u s h e so n d t r e e s q n d t h e
the oblong or upright shope gives o
sky is often o more sqtisfoctory bock-
better effect.
g r o u n d .T r y o d o p t ' r n go c r o u c h i n gp o -
sition for suchphotogrophs.A chonge Close-ups
in the comerq position often relieves
t h e m o n o t o n y .T r y o u t y o u r P q r o m o t It is olso interesting qnd worth-while
with "bird's-eye" views, such os from to photogroph the wonders of the
o churchtower down on to o mqrket miniqture world of distoncesbetween

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l 6 q n d 2 8 i n c h e s( 4 0 q n d Z 0 c m ) f r o m Y o u c o n n o t u r o l l yu s e t h e o u t o m o t i c
t h e c o m e r o . A I I y o u r e q u i r e f o r t h i s m e c h o n i s mo f y o u r c o m e r q f o r c l o s e -
i s t h e N q t o r i x I 8 c l o s e - u po t t o c h m e n t , u p s p r o v i d i n g t h e g r e e n s i g n o l i s v i s -
t y p e N o . 6 7 1 3 1 2 5 0f o, r t h e P o r o m o t , i b l e i n l h e v i e w f i n d e ro n p r e s s i n gt h e
c o m p r i s i n gq N o t o r i x l e n s q n d o c o r - m o g i c b u t t o n .
rection wedge.
Cleoning

Every time the film is chonged it is

o d v i s o b l et o c l e q n t h e i n s i d e o f t h e
c o m e r o ( t h e l o o d i n g c h o m b e r ,t o k e -
u p s p o o l o n d p r e s s u r ep l o t e i n t h e
b o c k ) c o r e f u l l yw i t h o s o f t c o m e l h o i r
b r u s h .T h e s q m e k i n d o f b r u s h o r o
s o f t l e o t h e rs h o u l d b e u s e df o r c l e o n -
ing the lens.

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You moy olso be interested to know deoler to show you these interesting
thot there ore Agfo Touring Mops for mops.
the Upper Bovorio, Allgou, Munich,
V i e n n o , C o l o g n e , R h i n eo n d M o s e l l e , EochPoromotbeors o number which
l
Loke Constonce oreos ond Switzer- is engroved on the bottom of the
lond contoining photogrophic od- ropid tronsport lever. lt is qdvisoble
'!
vice on qll the points qnd ploces to moke o note of it directly ofter
of interest.Ask your photogrophic p u r c h o s i n gt h e c o m e r o .
I
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We reserve the right to moke ony olterolions to the Agfo'Poromot orising from further devel-
opment. i
A G F A A K T I EN G E S EL L S C H A F T
CAMERA-WERK MUENCHEN

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Poge

Looding the comero 2-4

Lengthof film . . . . 5
Setting the film counter 4-A

Film tronsporl 7
Focusing 8
CONTENTS Selting the film speed I
Holding the comero 9-]0
Viewing the subiect-releose ll
Automotic mechonism 12
Photogrophic tips 12-13
Fi lters l3
Flosh phoiogrophy 14
Time exposures l5-]6
Rewinding the film 1G17
Film tips t8-r9
Olher photogrophic odvice 19-20
Close-ups 20
Accessories 24-25

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2 A c c e s so r y s h o e
3 F l o s hc o n t o c t
i n o c c e s s o r sy h o e
4 U n l o c k i n gk e y
for film rewind
5 Disc
f o r s e t t i n gf i l m s p e e d
6 R e w i n dc r o n k
7 m e t e rw i n d o w
Exposure
E K e y f o r s e t t i n gl e n s s t o p
( w i t ho u t o m o t i cm e c h o n i s m
d i s c on ne c t e d)
9 Focusing
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