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KM Manual - Page 2
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Specifications
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Lens Mounting
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Battery
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Basic Operating Instructions
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Film Loading and Winding
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Film Reminder Dial
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Setting ASA Film Speed
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Compose and Focus
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Shutter
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Camera Holding
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Film Unloading
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Self-timer
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Flash Synchronization
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Depth-of-field Preview Button and Guide
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Helpful Hints on Exposure Problems
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Manual Shutter...
KM Manual - Page 6
... screens
standard plus custom screens.
Exposure Counter
Automatic re-set.
4e Film and Picture Size 35mm film. 24mm x 36mm.
Dioptry -1.0. Standard Lenses
SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2, 50mm f/1.4
and 55mm f/1.8 with 50mm lenses (life-
advance angle and 160° advance angle. Releases shutter in through-the-lens
light meter. size with special shock
absorbers for minimum vibration...
KM Manual - Page 10
... METER Remove the lens cap and the meter circuit is on. Generally, you should use to the index. Try starting with 1/125 sec. indoors.
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4. SET SHUTTER SPEED Turn the shutter speed dial and set the speed you 're using appears next to avoid blurred pictures caused by camera movement. SET FILM SPEED Lift the...
KM Manual - Page 11
...ring. When the needle is close to a faster setting. change the shutter speed to the (+) mark, you will get correct exposure. RELEASE SHUTTER Cock the rapid-wind lever. Hold your camera firmly and trip the shutter. When the needle ..., change the shutter speed. If the needle is not necessary to a slower setting.
6. change the shutter speed to repeat instruction 5.)
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KM Manual - Page 13
To set the dial, turn the film rewind knob clockwise. The dial is marked Ci for black-and-white, -4} for tungsten color film,
20 and 36 exposures. light color film, 8 for day- If it turns freely, the camera is in the windows.
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FILM REMINDER DIAL
Use the film type dial as a reminder of what type of...
KM Manual - Page 16
... be set on the shutter speed dial, refer to red showing that the shutter is cocked. CAUTION
At slow speeds - support your finger from the shutter button, the shutter closes. To protect the shutter mechanism, trip the shutter release before or after cocking the rapid-wind lever. As you release your camera rigidly...
KM Manual - Page 20
... table on ) only when you insert a shoemount electronic flash. Unless these combinations are rigidly followed, there will be combined for maximum lamp efficiency. When using a shoe-mount electronic flash like the Pentax Autorobo which has a flash contact on the built-in flash synchronization. This eliminates the danger of the camera body, and a separate X contact on the shoe...
KM Manual - Page 21
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•19 Before attaching the flash unit to the camera, you must remove the protective plug from the proper terminal. The clip-on types and bracket types. Use one of these three types are screwed...
KM Manual - Page 25
...camera can still be operated even if the battery is worn out. (A good sign of a worn-out battery is that the black meter needle does not move when you remove the lens cap.) If the battery...shutter mechanism is a totally manual operation. MANUAL SHUTTER OPERATION
The silver oxide battery in your KM is used only for determining the correct exposure in with most types of 35mm film is a data sheet of ...
KM Manual - Page 28
... used with the 50mm f/1.4 lens and ASA 100 film, any aperture from f/1.4 (the maximum aperture of the aperture settings is beyond the measurability range (B), as the camera's total range of f/stop-shutter speed combinations.
However, the combination of the ground glass. RANGE OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT
The exposure meter of the KM measures the brightness of...
KM Manual - Page 29
... the camera body and an SMC Pentax lens, the stop-down the diaphragm automatically. standard Extension Tube Set K, Helicoid Extension Tube K, AutoBellows K and Bellows Unit K - A
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 SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax SMC Pentax...
KM Manual - Page 31
... for locking in the Mount Adaptor K is totally different from the camera body, first remove the screw-mount lens. Attach the Adaptor/lens unit to the camera body, simply unscrew the lens counter-clockwise. Other screw-mount Takumar lenses can then be attached in an SMC Pentax bayonet-mount lens, the
e lock lever on the camera body plays no part
at all.
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KM Manual - Page 35
...Pentax Service Center. However, in such a case, take your camera should get wet, dry it off immediately with a clean, soft cloth.
When mounting your camera on your camera in a cabinet or closet. Once a camera...it is risky to keep your camera in its bag or case while you are not ... keep your camera. Because of the possible build-up of the hole, after which the camera will not ...
KM Manual - Page 36
... other than Pentax lenses are to the manufacturer. In this procedure and warranty policy. Service will be rendered and defective parts will be replaced without cost to you upon completion of such lenses will apply. Because the tolerances, quality, and design compatibility of lenses other indirect or consequential damages of the country where you owing to instruction. If...
KM Manual - Page 37
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•35 Always obtain a quotation of he service charge, and only after you are sending it least a year. Before sending your equipment 'or servicing, please make sure that you are ending it to the manufacturer's authorized epresentatives or their accredited repair shops, inless you accept he quoted service charge, instruct the service tation to the Manufacturer.
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