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... 31 assume any responsibility or 32 liability for difficulties resulting from the use of any other brand 34 of -field table: SMC PENTAX 50mm lens Mirror lock-up Self-timer Flash synchronization Infra-red photography Multiple exposure Using conventional screw-mount TAKUMAR lenses How to use Mount Adaptor K Open-aperture ...
... 31 assume any responsibility or 32 liability for difficulties resulting from the use of any other brand 34 of -field table: SMC PENTAX 50mm lens Mirror lock-up Self-timer Flash synchronization Infra-red photography Multiple exposure Using conventional screw-mount TAKUMAR lenses How to use Mount Adaptor K Open-aperture ...
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41 ENCLAIVRE 1 23 4 5 6 9 10 11 Rapid-wind lever 12 ell Shutter release button ID Shutter speed dial 13 Shutter speed index 14 15 o X contact hot shoe 16 ID Accessory shoe Film rewind knob o Film rewind crank • 1 X LIILLOOL Z 8'Z 1 8S b.' ' Exposure counter (1) Shutter button lock lever Shutter dial lock pin el Lens mounting guide bump Diaphragm ring el Distance scale Diaphragm/distance index 0 Depth-of-field guide
41 ENCLAIVRE 1 23 4 5 6 9 10 11 Rapid-wind lever 12 ell Shutter release button ID Shutter speed dial 13 Shutter speed index 14 15 o X contact hot shoe 16 ID Accessory shoe Film rewind knob o Film rewind crank • 1 X LIILLOOL Z 8'Z 1 8S b.' ' Exposure counter (1) Shutter button lock lever Shutter dial lock pin el Lens mounting guide bump Diaphragm ring el Distance scale Diaphragm/distance index 0 Depth-of-field guide
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MI 19 20 21 e Strap ring lug a) Depth-of-field preview button • Lens release lever e Exposure factor dial • Focusing ring e Self-timer lever e ASA ring e ASA ring lever e Mirror lock-up lever • FP flash terminal e X flash ...
MI 19 20 21 e Strap ring lug a) Depth-of-field preview button • Lens release lever e Exposure factor dial • Focusing ring e Self-timer lever e ASA ring e ASA ring lever e Mirror lock-up lever • FP flash terminal e X flash ...
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.... Viewfinder Pentaprism finder with cross-microprism or split-image focusing screen. 0.88x magnification with 50mm lenses (life-size with through-the-lens light meter and vertical electronic focal-plane shutter. Focusing: 0.45m (1.5 ft.) to infinity. Manual electronic shutter: 8, 4, 2,... 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 sec. Standard Lenses SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2, 50mm f/1.4 and 55mm f/1.8 with interrupt function. 5 - 9 sec. delay after tripping shutter release. Filter size: 52mm. Dioptry -0.8. ...
.... Viewfinder Pentaprism finder with cross-microprism or split-image focusing screen. 0.88x magnification with 50mm lenses (life-size with through-the-lens light meter and vertical electronic focal-plane shutter. Focusing: 0.45m (1.5 ft.) to infinity. Manual electronic shutter: 8, 4, 2,... 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 sec. Standard Lenses SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2, 50mm f/1.4 and 55mm f/1.8 with interrupt function. 5 - 9 sec. delay after tripping shutter release. Filter size: 52mm. Dioptry -0.8. ...
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Meter is ON when shutter button is depressed halfway, meter stays ON. Also, when film wind lever is at full lens aperture. Match needles for exposure doublecheck. Two 1.5V silver oxide batteries (Eveready S76E or Mallory MS76H). Shutter speed and auto/manual ...° pre-advance and 130° advance angles. Couples directly to shutter, aperture and film speed settings. Pentax bayonet mount. Silicon Photo Diode-activated, aperture-preferred, through-the-lens meter measures central portion of body. Rapid-rewind crank lifts clear of ground glass at its pre-advance angle and...
Meter is ON when shutter button is depressed halfway, meter stays ON. Also, when film wind lever is at full lens aperture. Match needles for exposure doublecheck. Two 1.5V silver oxide batteries (Eveready S76E or Mallory MS76H). Shutter speed and auto/manual ...° pre-advance and 130° advance angles. Couples directly to shutter, aperture and film speed settings. Pentax bayonet mount. Silicon Photo Diode-activated, aperture-preferred, through-the-lens meter measures central portion of body. Rapid-rewind crank lifts clear of ground glass at its pre-advance angle and...
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... with your left hand. Remove the rear lens and body caps. 2. Insert the lens into the body and turn and lock as above. 4. When changing lenses outdoors with your right hand. Match the red dot (;) on the camera body with the red dot on the lens barrel with a click. 3. In the dark, ...when the red dots e are difficult to put the lens down without the rear lens cap, place it clockwise until the lens locks with the lens release lever Co by touch. To detach, hold the camera with film in the camera, avoid direct sunlight. 6* If you have to see...
... with your left hand. Remove the rear lens and body caps. 2. Insert the lens into the body and turn and lock as above. 4. When changing lenses outdoors with your right hand. Match the red dot (;) on the camera body with the red dot on the lens barrel with a click. 3. In the dark, ...when the red dots e are difficult to put the lens down without the rear lens cap, place it clockwise until the lens locks with the lens release lever Co by touch. To detach, hold the camera with film in the camera, avoid direct sunlight. 6* If you have to see...
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... continue photographing. (You will not function. The white numbers - 2, 4 and 8 - When the batteries are worn out, the electronic shutter will have to fractions of the K2 works automatically between 1/1000 and 8 sec. If the needle still does not move, push the battery check button. The black numbers seen in the viewfinder... dial at "AUTOMATIC" for automatic electronic shutter operation. (When set on the electric circuit. If the needle does not drop from 1000, close down the lens diaphragm one or more stops. u, z S OCR 14.
... continue photographing. (You will not function. The white numbers - 2, 4 and 8 - When the batteries are worn out, the electronic shutter will have to fractions of the K2 works automatically between 1/1000 and 8 sec. If the needle still does not move, push the battery check button. The black numbers seen in the viewfinder... dial at "AUTOMATIC" for automatic electronic shutter operation. (When set on the electric circuit. If the needle does not drop from 1000, close down the lens diaphragm one or more stops. u, z S OCR 14.
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... open, pre-advance position - As long as you should happen to depress the shutter button, while the shutter dial is set at "AUTOMATIC" and the lens cap is on and the needle will be activated only as long as the rapid-wind lever is returned to shoot. that the "L" becomes visible...
... open, pre-advance position - As long as you should happen to depress the shutter button, while the shutter dial is set at "AUTOMATIC" and the lens cap is on and the needle will be activated only as long as the rapid-wind lever is returned to shoot. that the "L" becomes visible...
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... system, when your camera has, there are in the microprism center will be divided into upper and lower portions. Depending on the type of a Fresnel lens, made up into sharp focus. Split-image focusing system .17 A split-image focusing system consists of many small dots. ;COMPOSE While viewing through the viewfinder... rings, with a horizontally divided screen under the ground glass. If your subject is not in focus, the microprism will break the image up of a Fresnel lens with a microprism center underneath the ground glass.
... system, when your camera has, there are in the microprism center will be divided into upper and lower portions. Depending on the type of a Fresnel lens, made up into sharp focus. Split-image focusing system .17 A split-image focusing system consists of many small dots. ;COMPOSE While viewing through the viewfinder... rings, with a horizontally divided screen under the ground glass. If your subject is not in focus, the microprism will break the image up of a Fresnel lens with a microprism center underneath the ground glass.
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... you want to know how great the depth of field is to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of in focus at a given lens aperture. Note that lens opening of f/4 is at a certain aperture, focus on each side of the distance index correspond 'to be used, the range on the distance... scale ring covered within the figure 4 on the depth-of-field guide indicates the area in focus at that as the lens apertures change, the effective depth of field also changes. In the photograph below, the distance scale is the range between the nearest and farthest distances...
... you want to know how great the depth of field is to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of in focus at a given lens aperture. Note that lens opening of f/4 is at a certain aperture, focus on each side of the distance index correspond 'to be used, the range on the distance... scale ring covered within the figure 4 on the depth-of-field guide indicates the area in focus at that as the lens apertures change, the effective depth of field also changes. In the photograph below, the distance scale is the range between the nearest and farthest distances...
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DEPTH-OF-FIELD TABLE: SMCFENTAX 50mm LENS Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 • Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 0.45m 0.45 - 0.453 0.45 - 0....
DEPTH-OF-FIELD TABLE: SMCFENTAX 50mm LENS Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 • Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 0.45m 0.45 - 0.453 0.45 - 0....
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and the longer the lens you use a tripod for this kind of the way. Once everything is possible to its original position. up lever The mirror will not be locked ...
and the longer the lens you use a tripod for this kind of the way. Once everything is possible to its original position. up lever The mirror will not be locked ...
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Then determine the lens-to the infrared index by turning the distance scale accordingly. For instance, if your subject into clear focus. First, bring your subject is in focus at infinity, turn the distance ring and move the infinity (co) mark to use the infra-red index marked with an orange line on the lens. Then match your lens-to-subject distance to -subject distance from the distance scale on the depth-of-field guide. INFRA-RED If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to the index. 00 4-1 26 •
Then determine the lens-to the infrared index by turning the distance scale accordingly. For instance, if your subject into clear focus. First, bring your subject is in focus at infinity, turn the distance ring and move the infinity (co) mark to use the infra-red index marked with an orange line on the lens. Then match your lens-to-subject distance to -subject distance from the distance scale on the depth-of-field guide. INFRA-RED If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to the index. 00 4-1 26 •
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Full-aperture metering lenses will not function. 2. Due to a Mount Adaptor K. Conventional screw-mount Takumar lenses (both Super-Takumar and SMC Takumar) can be easily mounted onto your camera by attaching them first to the difference in coupling systems, the automatic diaphragm will function as regards the following two points: 1. Use of the Mount Adaptor K does not affect any aspect of normal lens function except as stop-down metering lenses. 28 •
Full-aperture metering lenses will not function. 2. Due to a Mount Adaptor K. Conventional screw-mount Takumar lenses (both Super-Takumar and SMC Takumar) can be easily mounted onto your camera by attaching them first to the difference in coupling systems, the automatic diaphragm will function as regards the following two points: 1. Use of the Mount Adaptor K does not affect any aspect of normal lens function except as stop-down metering lenses. 28 •
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...from that which locks 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.) 3. Screw the conventional Takumar lens into the Mount Adaptor K. 2. HOW.... mount Takumar lenses can then be attached in the Mount Adapter K is totally different from the camera body, first remove the screw-mount lens. Since the mechanism for locking in the normal way. tf: B. Other screw- Turn the Mount Adaptor K counter-clockwise until it out...
...from that which locks 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.) 3. Screw the conventional Takumar lens into the Mount Adaptor K. 2. HOW.... mount Takumar lenses can then be attached in the Mount Adapter K is totally different from the camera body, first remove the screw-mount lens. Since the mechanism for locking in the normal way. tf: B. Other screw- Turn the Mount Adaptor K counter-clockwise until it out...
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... STOP-DOWN METERING LENSES SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax Zoom 400mm 500mm 1000mm 135 - 600mm f/4 f/3.5 f/4 f/3.5 f/3.5 f/2 f/3.5 f/1.2 f/1.4 f/1.8 O1.8 f/2.8 f/2.8 f/2.5 f/3.5 f/4 f/4 f/4 f/4 f/4.5 f/4 f/4 f/5.6 f/4.5 f/8 f/6.7 30. Use of the lens which locks into the camera body... to stop -down metering system must be used between the camera body and an SMC Pentax lens, the stop-down metering system. Whenever any one of other K Series accessories - standard ...
... STOP-DOWN METERING LENSES SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax Zoom 400mm 500mm 1000mm 135 - 600mm f/4 f/3.5 f/4 f/3.5 f/3.5 f/2 f/3.5 f/1.2 f/1.4 f/1.8 O1.8 f/2.8 f/2.8 f/2.5 f/3.5 f/4 f/4 f/4 f/4 f/4.5 f/4 f/4 f/5.6 f/4.5 f/8 f/6.7 30. Use of the lens which locks into the camera body... to stop -down metering system must be used between the camera body and an SMC Pentax lens, the stop-down metering system. Whenever any one of other K Series accessories - standard ...
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... wiping is effective; Take care not to drop the camera or knock it 's an excellent way of a lens brush. Breathing on your pictures. 3. Commercial lens cleaners are particularly good for this. it against anything solid. Clean, plain cotton handkerchiefs that have been hurt. 32 ...off granular dirt golrasdsust - Never touch the mirror or the shutter leaves with either a lens tissue or a clean, soft cloth. K2 PEN TAX t9_ CAMERA MAINTENANCE 1. Always keep the viewfinder eyepiece, lens and filters as clean as fingerprints, should be sure to wipe away all moisture completely....
... wiping is effective; Take care not to drop the camera or knock it 's an excellent way of a lens brush. Breathing on your pictures. 3. Commercial lens cleaners are particularly good for this. it against anything solid. Clean, plain cotton handkerchiefs that have been hurt. 32 ...off granular dirt golrasdsust - Never touch the mirror or the shutter leaves with either a lens tissue or a clean, soft cloth. K2 PEN TAX t9_ CAMERA MAINTENANCE 1. Always keep the viewfinder eyepiece, lens and filters as clean as fingerprints, should be sure to wipe away all moisture completely....
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... is often nothing that can get inside and do a great deal of the tripod screw hole on a tripod, be done to protect both body and lens from rain or splashing water. There are not using it is an important point. The beest storage place is the depth of damage. This is.... Take care to make it . 6. If your camera in a cabinet or closet. Once a camera has become completely soaked, there is risky to an authorized Asahi Pentax Service Center. 5. When mounting your camera on your camera in its bag or case while you will probably puncture the bottom of humidity, it off...
... is often nothing that can get inside and do a great deal of the tripod screw hole on a tripod, be done to protect both body and lens from rain or splashing water. There are not using it is an important point. The beest storage place is the depth of damage. This is.... Take care to make it . 6. If your camera in a cabinet or closet. Once a camera has become completely soaked, there is risky to an authorized Asahi Pentax Service Center. 5. When mounting your camera on your camera in its bag or case while you will probably puncture the bottom of humidity, it off...