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... cause difficulties with an Asahi Pentax camera. Asahi Pentax cannot assume any responsibility or liability for difficulties resulting from other brand of lenses or accessories with - or actual damage to - INDEX Nomenclature 1 Specifications 4 • Lens Mounting 6 Battery 7 Basic Operating Instructions 8 Film Loading and Winding 10 Film Reminder Dial 11 Setting ASA Film Speed 12 Compose and...
... cause difficulties with an Asahi Pentax camera. Asahi Pentax cannot assume any responsibility or liability for difficulties resulting from other brand of lenses or accessories with - or actual damage to - INDEX Nomenclature 1 Specifications 4 • Lens Mounting 6 Battery 7 Basic Operating Instructions 8 Film Loading and Winding 10 Film Reminder Dial 11 Setting ASA Film Speed 12 Compose and...
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Remove the rear lens and body caps. 2. Match the red dot ID on the camera body with the red dot Q on the 9( lens barrel with the lens release lever Q by touch. • Then turn it only on its front end, ... turning the lens counterclockwise with a click. 3. Insert the • lens into the body and turn and lock as above. 4. To detach, hold the camera with film in the camera, avoid direct sunlight. 6• When changing lenses outdoors with your right hand. ANY In the dark, when the red dots are difficult to put...
Remove the rear lens and body caps. 2. Match the red dot ID on the camera body with the red dot Q on the 9( lens barrel with the lens release lever Q by touch. • Then turn it only on its front end, ... turning the lens counterclockwise with a click. 3. Insert the • lens into the body and turn and lock as above. 4. To detach, hold the camera with film in the camera, avoid direct sunlight. 6• When changing lenses outdoors with your right hand. ANY In the dark, when the red dots are difficult to put...
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...daylight and 1/60 sec. indoors. )41 ilrau 4. COMPOSE AND FOCUS While viewing through the lens for correct exposure. 2. SET FILM SPEED Lift the outer ring of the shutter speed dial and turn the focusing ring until the same number as the ASA number ...of the film you're using appears next to the small orange index alongside the figure 1. , 410 3. Try starting with 1/125 sec... shutter speed dial and set the speed you should use to avoid blurred pictures caused by camera movement.
...daylight and 1/60 sec. indoors. )41 ilrau 4. COMPOSE AND FOCUS While viewing through the lens for correct exposure. 2. SET FILM SPEED Lift the outer ring of the shutter speed dial and turn the focusing ring until the same number as the ASA number ...of the film you're using appears next to the small orange index alongside the figure 1. , 410 3. Try starting with 1/125 sec... shutter speed dial and set the speed you should use to avoid blurred pictures caused by camera movement.
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To check whether the camera is loaded, turn the outer ring so that both the type of film and its number of film is in the windows. To set the dial, turn the film rewind knob clockwise. If it turns freely, the camera is marked Ci for black-and-white, -4} for tungsten color film, 20 and 36 exposures. The dial is not loaded. 1238643 36 •11 FILM REMINDER DIAL Use the film type dial as a reminder of what type of exposures appear in your camera. light color film, 8 for day-
To check whether the camera is loaded, turn the outer ring so that both the type of film and its number of film is in the windows. To set the dial, turn the film rewind knob clockwise. If it turns freely, the camera is marked Ci for black-and-white, -4} for tungsten color film, 20 and 36 exposures. The dial is not loaded. 1238643 36 •11 FILM REMINDER DIAL Use the film type dial as a reminder of what type of exposures appear in your camera. light color film, 8 for day-
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... exposure meter; Also, packed in with most types of 35mm film is a data sheet of suggestions for determining the correct exposure in your own experience. MANUAL SHUTTER OPERATION The silver oxide battery in a variety of situations. \ •23 Therefore, your camera can still be operated even if the battery is worn out... worn out and the exposure meter is no longer functioning, you must determine the correct combination of shutter speed and aperture size yourself, from your KM is a totally manual operation.
... exposure meter; Also, packed in with most types of 35mm film is a data sheet of suggestions for determining the correct exposure in your own experience. MANUAL SHUTTER OPERATION The silver oxide battery in a variety of situations. \ •23 Therefore, your camera can still be operated even if the battery is worn out... worn out and the exposure meter is no longer functioning, you must determine the correct combination of shutter speed and aperture size yourself, from your KM is a totally manual operation.
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... However, the combination of the ground glass. RANGE OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT The exposure meter of the KM measures the brightness of f/22 (minimum aperture) and 1/1000 sec. As the ASA film speed changes, the measurability range varies. The total range of the aperture settings is beyond the measurability... range (B), as the camera's total range of the lens being used with any shutter speed from the table, with an ASA 100 film, you may be used . For example, with any aperture from 1/4 sec. The ...
... However, the combination of the ground glass. RANGE OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT The exposure meter of the KM measures the brightness of f/22 (minimum aperture) and 1/1000 sec. As the ASA film speed changes, the measurability range varies. The total range of the aperture settings is beyond the measurability... range (B), as the camera's total range of the lens being used with any shutter speed from the table, with an ASA 100 film, you may be used . For example, with any aperture from 1/4 sec. The ...