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Your Ansco Viking takes 8 pictures this size (2 1/4 x 3 1/4) on a roll of Ansco 120 film.

YOUR ANSCO VIKING

Your Ansco Viking is a precision manufactured camera designed by experts to give excellent results with ease and simplicity of operation. The Viking 6.3 has a Vario shutter equipped with flash synchronization and many other features designed to aid you in getting the best results from your photography.

The Viking has an 105mm Agfa Agnar Anastigmatic lens, hard coated for higher light transmission, and color corrected. This high quality lens and shutter unit insures accurate exposures and crisp, sharp pictures in both black and white and color photography.

Before you start taking pictures read over these instructions and try working the operating parts of the camera until you have become thoroughly acquainted with their use and manipulation.



camera body parts

	1. Camera back latch 2. Film winding knob 3. Platform release button 4. Viewfinder 5. Accessory clip 6. Side arm brackets 7. Shutter release button 8. Platform support 9. Tripod screw socket

lens and shutter

Lens Openings: f/6.3, 8, 11, 16, 22 Shutter Speeds: B. 1/25,1/50, 1/200 Focusing Distance: 3 feet to 00 (infinity) 1. Cable Release Socket 2. Diaphragm Setting Lever 3. Shutter Cocking Lever 4. Exposure Time Setting Ring 5. Flash Contact 6. Focusing Scale

to open the camera . . .

To open the camera, hold firmly as shown in the picture at left. Press the platform release button. The bellows and lens will spring forward and the platform lock into position. Should the platform fail to lock, push downward on both sides of the platform until it locks in place.

to close the camera

Press down on the two side arm braces and press the platform up until it is completely closed and the "click" of the platform latch is heard. Repeat opening and closing the camera until these operations can be performed deftly and easily.www.4.butkus.org

Never force the camera at any time. 

the optical view finder

The Viking camera is equipped with an optical type finder. By holding the camera to the eye the area that will appear in the picture can be seen. The eye level viewfinder is advantageous since it gives an image in the same perspective as when the subject is normally viewed. When taking pictures closer than 15' one should aim the camera slightly higher to include a little more area above the subject than is desired in the picture.

This is done to overcome a slight difference in view caused by the difference in location of the view finder and the lens.

focusing . . .

The focusing scale will be found on the focusing ring of the lens barrel and can be identified by a series of figures running from 3' to co (infinity). The numbers in this series refer to the distance in feet from camera to the subject at which the lens is focused. For example: If the subject to be photographed is 15' away, revolve the focusing ring until the number 15 is opposite the index mark. Distances from the lens to all objects from 3' to 30' should be estimated as closely as possible owing to the limited depth of field. For distant subjects, the ring should be set at 00 (infinity), meaning as far as the eye can see.

zone focusing . . .

To use as a fixed focused non-adjustable camera, set the focusing scale at 10' or 30' (numbers in red), the lens diaphragm at the orange dot on the F stop scale, and the shutter at 1/50 of a second. With the camera set at 10', close-ups of from 8' to 15' will be in focus. At 30' everything from 15 to 00 (infinity) will be in focus. Sharper pictures of any particular subject will result, of course, if the lens is focused at the exact distance from the camera to the subject.www.4.butkus.org

diaphragm . . . 

The diaphragm is an adjustable opening between the components of the lens which controls the amount of light passing through the lens. The diaphragm is operated by a lever located on top of the lens mount which moves the iris leaves. The movement of these leaves can be observed by setting the camera at Bulb ((B),), holding the shutter open, and moving the lever back and forth; when doing this note that the smaller numbers indicate the larger lens openings, (i.e., f6.3 is the largest opening, f22 the smallest).

the shutter . . .

The shutter of a camera is the device that determines the length of the exposure when a picture is taken. Simply expressed, the shutter opens briefly allowing the light from the object to be photographed to pass through the lens and project an image on the film. The shutter can be set at mechanically regulated speeds from l/25th of a second to 1/200th of a second. Longer exposures can be made through the use of a Bulb (B) setting in which the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release button is depressed. It should be remembered that with Bulb exposures, and all exposures under 1/25th of a second, a tripod or similar firm support should be used.

 

The shutter of the Viking is regulated by setting the exposure setting ring opposite the speed desired on the face of the lens mount.

accessory clip . . .

This handy clip may be used for attaching a wide selection of standard camera accessories such as flash guns and range finders.www.4.butkus.org

tripod socket . . .

The tripod socket (see right) is primarily used for attaching the camera to a tripod but in addition, some accessories (such as many types of flash units) are attached to the camera by this socket.

there is an Ansco Film for every picture

Plenachrome -- the All Weather Film. A fast, orthochromatic film for brilliant outdoor pictures in any weather. Available in single rolls and 3 Roll Economy Packs.

Supreme -- A high speed panchromatic film for indoor or outdoor photography under natural or artificial light.

Superpan Press -- An extremely high speed panchromatic film especially designed for use under adverse light conditions as well as all normal types of photography.

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