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K2 Manual - Page 2
...Asahi Pentax camera. or 29 actual damage to - INDEX
Nomenclature Specifications
• Lens mounting Battery Basic operating instructions Film loading and winding Setting ASA film speed Exposure factor control dial Diaphragm setting Automatic shutter and light metering Manual shutter and light metering • Compose and focus Camera holding Film unloading Depth-of-field preview button and guide...
K2 Manual - Page 6
Standard Lenses
SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2, 50mm f/1.4 and
55mm f/1.8 with interrupt function.
5 - 9 sec. Minimum aperture: f/22. Shutter
button lock provided. FP + X contacts for cordless flash connection.
Focusing
Turn focusing ring until viewfinder image comes
into focus.
4. Exposure control fully automatic or manual. Film and Picture Size 35mm film. 24mm x 36mm. Filter size: ...
K2 Manual - Page 7
... halfway. Reflex Mirror Film Advance Exposure Counter Film Rewind Lens Mount Exposure Meter
Exposure Control Power Source Meter Switch
Dimensions Weight
Swing-up lever, and special shock absorbers for specific exposure control. Two 1.5V silver oxide batteries (Eveready S76E or Mallory MS76H). Battery check button and lamp provided. Rotation: 65°. Automatic re-set. Exposure factor...
K2 Manual - Page 9
For replacement, use Eveready S76E or Mallory MS76H or equivalent. CHECK One set of batteries will exhaust the batteries. r
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INSERTION Open the battery chamber cover with (+) side facing up. The battery is not rechargeable. It can be damaged by the edges with a dry cloth before insertion into the battery chamber before operating the camera. Also, keep it beyond...
K2 Manual - Page 10
1. Set the exposure factor control dial at AUTOMATIC.
6. Set the shutter speed dial at "lx" for normal exposure. 3. Set the ASA film speed. 4. Pre-select the aperture.
5. Cock the rapid-wind lever all the way until it stops.
8• Load the film into your camera. 2.
K2 Manual - Page 14
... the light, and at lx, while 1/2x and 1/4x automatically
program the camera to deliver one half and one fourth the amount
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of light to achieve more specific exposure control.
12• The 2x and 4x settings automatically double and
quadruple the light reaching the film.
or under-exposures while operating on "AUTOMATIC."
K2 Manual - Page 16
If the needle does not drop from 1000, close down the lens diaphragm one or more stops. will allow you should carry spare batteries, and replace worn-out batteries immediately.
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Vo- Packed in with most types of 35mm film is an aperture-preferred system. The meter needle in the viewfinder will have...
K2 Manual - Page 18
This operation is unique: it also offers manual
electronic shutter operation over the shutter speed. range. To
o , use any of ...Depress the shutter button slightly and turn the shutter dial from
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AUTOMATIC to the desired speed setting.
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When you are operating the shutter manually, the blue needle in the viewfinder will indicate the shutter speed you need full control over the...
K2 Manual - Page 25
... or manual shutter speed
IC
settings. To... prevent this, we
recommend using the inexpensive optional
accessory, Viewfinder Cap.)
To operate, turn the self-timer lever down again, and again depress the shutter button.
• 23 Depress the shutter button and the self- The K2... to its normal position. However, when the camera is set on
"AUTOMATIC", some stray light may enter
...
K2 Manual - Page 31
... take it locks with your thumbnail or a pointed object such as a ballpoint pen, against the spring pin 0 .
2. mount Takumar lenses can then be attached in an SMC Pentax bayonet-mount lens, the
e lens release lever on the camera body plays
no part at all.
• 29 Then press, with
a click. (This takes slightly less than a quarter
of a revolution...
K2 Manual - Page 32
...set to permit open -aperture metering. It can also be used with the stop down metering system. requires stopdown metering. Whenever any one of the lens which locks into the camera body to stop -down the diaphragm automatically. A - 4
OPEN-APERTURE METERING LENSES
SMC Pentax Fish-eye SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax...
K2 Manual - Page 34
... lens cleaners are particularly good for this. Accidents or rough handling can easily damage the internal mechanism, even though externally nothing seems to wipe off granular dirt golrasdsust - To remove loose dust and dirt, first use the blower and then the brush of your skin are very damaging.- K2
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CAMERA...
K2 Manual - Page 35
... the possible build-up of the hole, after which the camera will not function properly.
• 33 When mounting your camera on your camera. If you use a longer screw, you are not using...to protect both body and lens from rain or splashing water. Where to keep your camera as soon as possible to an authorized Asahi Pentax Service Center.
5. Once a camera has become completely soaked, ...
K2 Manual - Page 36
...agreed that country.
WARR'
All Asahi Pentax cameras purchased through
equipment or to instruction. and it is covered by this ...replaced
can be covered by warranty, repairs will be
tolerances, quality, and design compatibility of
made with
material or workmanship for a period of such lenses will be retuned to this warranty policy. Service will be
considerable length of parts...
K2 Manual - Page 37
... apply to the separate Warranty Policy card enclosed here.
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Always obtain a quotation of the service charge, and only after you are sending it directly to the manufacturer. For these cameras, please refer to Asahi Pentax cameras purchased in the U.S.A. accredited repair shops, unless you accept the quoted service charge, instruct the service station to proceed with the...
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