Vilia Manual
Vilia Manual
Vilia Manual
MAIN FEATURES
Triplet 69-3 40mm F/4 Lens
An excellent high-contrast glass lens, designed by the precision optical department of the MMZ-BelOMO factory. It yields exceptionally sharp images and deep color saturation in both day and night. (With a ash or long-exposure)
Coated Viewnder
An amber-coated viewnder increases contrast and visibility in low-light and nasty conditions. Inside the viewnder are parallax correction lines for shooting closer than 1m (3.25') away, and charming weather-symbol signs to indicate your aperture setting.
Film
The Vilia operates with all varieties of 35mm lm. Color negative, slide, and black & white will all yield fabulous results. Development can be done at any 35mm lm processor (lab, supermarket, drug store, etc)
MANUAL DIAGRAMS
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B. ASA Setting
Turn ASA Ring (11) to your corresponding lm speed. The available values are ASA 25, 50, 100, and 200. For speeds greater than 200, select 200 regardless.
C. Shooting Pictures
Distance Setting The Focus Ring (9) shows the available distance focus values in meters. They are: 0.8 1 meter (3.25 feet) 1.2 meter (4 feet) 1.5 meter (5 feet) 2 meter (6.5 feet) 2.5 meter (8.25 feet) 4 meter (13 feet) 8 meter (25 feet) Innity Estimate the distance to your subject and set the ring accordingly. This is important to remember every time, or your will get blurry shots. Dont worry too much soon, the TRIPLET Lens (7) has a strong focal depth, so a subject at 1.5 meters away photographed with a distance setting of 1 meter or 1.2 meters will still be in focus. Correct Exposure Setting The Vilia has a clever system to determine correct exposure in daytime. Look at the Shutter Speed Ring (8). On the top is listed the available shutter speeds (in seconds) of 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, and B (Bulb setting, in which the shutter will stay open as long as the Shutter Lever is depressed). On the bottom are corresponding ASA speeds to the shutter speeds, in which ASA 200 matches 1/250, ASA 100 matches 1/125, ASA 50 matches 1/60, and ASA 25 matches 1/30. Set your shutter speed to the stated equivalent of your lms ASA Speed.
E. Flash Use
Your Vilia includes both a Hot-Shoe (2) attachment and Flash Plug (5) for the attachment of accessory ashes. Please note, the Vilia is an older camera and does NOT work with every hot shoe ash, including the Lomography MiniFlash. The Vilia will synch with a ash at any shutter speed. Generally, choosing 1/60 speed and a medium aperture, either f/8 or f/5.6 will work the best with a regular ash. If your ash is too powerful, you can either raise the shutter speed to 1/125 and/or decrease the aperture to f/11 or f/16, The B setting allows for great ash effects. When a ash is synched with the Vilia it will re as soon as the Shutter Lever (1) is depressed. With B selected, you can then hold open the shutter for several seconds after the ash res, thereby creating a color streaked background against your sharp, ashed subject.
ENJOY!