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Macro 5/3 SLR–1200
User Guide
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English 3 Introduction The Polaroid Macro 5/3 SLR-1200 is a sim- ple to operate, fully automatic, portable camera designed for dental and medical documentation of patient conditions, and other applications requiring high quality close-up photographs. The camera uses Polaroid self-developing instant color films, so you know immediately that you have the picture you need. The Macro 5 camera produces reproduc- tions at: 0.2X (20%), 0.4X (40%), 1X(100%), 2X (200%) and 3X (300%). The Macro
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4 English Other features include: Load the batteries (Macro 5 only) Dual-light rangefinder helps you place the The camera requires four AA batteries to camera at the proper distance from the provide power for the ranging lights. Alka- subject for correct focus. line batteries (standard or rechargeable) are recommended; rechargeable NiCad batter- Date / time module (Macro 5 only) that ies also can be used. allows you to print the date or time on pic- tures. The battery compartment is lo
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English 5 4 Close the film door. The safety cover f Lighten/Darken controls ejects from the front of the camera (9). Each setting adjusts the flash output to Both 10 and12-frame film increase or decrease exposure by 1/3 f- stop. The center light is the nominal set- E = Empty, no pack inserted ting. S = Fresh pack inserted - ready to start g Magnification indicators (Macro 5 only) 1 = 1st frame taken Light up to show the selected magnifica- 2 = 2nd frame taken tion. etc h Date / time c
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6 English 2 Press the shutter button lightly (13); the Important: Always hold the camera so the ranging lights go on. The lights stay on as front panel is parallel to the subject (18). long as the button is pressed. If you Holding the camera at an angle (19) may release the button, the lights go off in cause uneven picture sharpness. about 15 sec. Press the shutter button If you wear eye glasses for distant view- lightly to turn them on again. ing, wear them when using the camera for 3
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English 7 3 Press SET repeatedly (or hold button) until Lighting techniques (Macro 5 only) the desired digit is displayed. Repeat steps Both built-in flash units can be turned off, 2 and 3 until the desired year, month and and auxiliary lighting used. The auxiliary day are all set. light is connected to the PC socket on the 4 Press SEL again to lock in the date. back of the camera (21). Advanced pho- tographers may find it useful to experiment Setting the time with different lighting a
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8 English Calculating measurement from the grid Pictures too light: pattern The camera may be too close to the sub- When taking pictures at 1X magnification, ject for the selected magnification. The each square of the grid pattern represents Lighten/Darken control may be set incor- 5mm (0.2 in.). The chart below shows the rectly. Very light subjects may require set- value represented by each square in pic- ting the control toward Darken. There may tures taken at each magnification. be bright a
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English 9 Camera Specifications Lens focal Lens to subject Effective lens 1 2 3 Magnification distance length aperture Depth of field 0.2X (20%) (Macro 5) 52 in./132cm 221mm f/20 8.8 in./22cm 0.4X (40%) (Macro 5) 26 in./66cm 188mm f/34 3.8 in./10cm 1X (100%) 9.9 in./25cm 128mm f/47 0.86 in/2.2cm 2X (200%) 4.8 in./12cm 85.4mm f/67 0.31 in./0.8cm 3X (300%) 3.1 in/8cm 64mm f/100 0.20 in./0.5cm 1 If the exact magnification must be documented, include a scale in the picture (23). The scale and th
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10 English Service FCC Notice (U.S.A. only) Before returning a camera for service, con- Warning: Changes or modifications to this tact the Polaroid Customer Care Center or unit not expressly approved by the party the nearest Polaroid Office for shipping and responsible for compliance could void the service information. The camera should be user’s authority to operate the equipment. packed in its original shipping carton or This equipment has been tested and found other sturdy container, and
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(Macro 3) 1 i a b c k d l e f m g h (Macro 5) 1 1 i a j b k c l d e f m g h 2 3 4 10 10 10 MACRO 3 SLR - 1200 MACRO 5 SLR - 1200
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5 6 7 8 9 10 (Macro 3) 11 POWER 10 a c f I (Macro 5) 11 POWER RESET 10 g a b c d e f h I
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3 14 12 13 11 20 29 38 47 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P 1 2 3 POWER RESET 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 12 6 7 8 9 20 1
