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MV-1 Manual - Page 3
CONTENTS
Description of parts
2
Specifications
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Lens mounting -
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Inserting batteries
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Basic operating instructions
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Film loading and winding
10
Setting ASA film speed/Memo holder
11
Aperture setting
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Shooting on AUTO
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-The "100X" and "B" settings
16
Focusing and composing
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Holding the camera
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Unloading film
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Auto flash photography (AF 200S)
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Other flash...
MV-1 Manual - Page 5
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0 Depth-of-field scale 0 Aperture/distance index O Aperture ring 0 Viewfinder eyepiece 0 Guide pin channel
Winder direct contact
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Film chamber 0 Battery chamber
Winder/Tripod receptacle 0 Film guide rail 0 Film rail ED Shutter blades
Film rewind button O Film transport coupler 0 Sprocket wheel 0 Film take-up spool 0 Back cover
Film pressure plate
MV-1 Manual - Page 6
...: Manual flash synch:
35mm full-frame SLR camera with aperture-preferred automatic exposure, auto flash synch (with shutter dial set to ASA 1600 (Exposure Compensation via ASA film speed dial. Exposure range from EV 3 (ASA 100 1/4 sec. Film Speed Range: ASA 25 to Auto; Pentax Bayonet Mount SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2, SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7 SMC Pentax...
MV-1 Manual - Page 7
... shooting (1/1000 - 1/30 sec.) Yellow: Slow Exposure Warning (below 1/30 sec., inadequate for speedy film rewind. MV 1 camera body accepts Winder ME with 50mm lens; -1.0 diopter eyepiece. Film loading: Exposure counter: Battery: Back cover: Body size: Body weight
Aluminum-coated pentaprism finder with 30O rest setting. Red: overexposure; Two 1.5V Alkaline (LR44) or Silver-oxide (G13...
MV-1 Manual - Page 9
... with the exposure mode dial set to insert them into a fire, as shown above, each with a dry cloth before operating the camera.
• CAUTION
•
The battery is not rechargeable.
Handle by skin acids. Insert the two batteries into the
battery chamber of the camera as it may explode. For replacement, use Eveready S76E
or...
MV-1 Manual - Page 13
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ASA Film Speed Range
The ASA film speed rating of all 35mm films is given in the data sheet packed with each roll of the camera.
• 11 SETTING ASA FILM SPEED/MEMO HOLDER
that the film is properly loaded and is moving from the cartridge to the...
MV-1 Manual - Page 16
...shutter speed below 1/30 sec. Orson Red
Yellow
SHOOTING ON AUTO
Your Pentax MV 1 is designed for battery failure and film wind on. The 100X setting may also be used for used . To prevent this
14e Usually,... accessory AF 200S Auto Flash is used on AUTO. Otherwise, keep the shutter dial set the ASA film speed, preset the aperture and focused, you will be prevented by turning it clockwise...
MV-1 Manual - Page 18
... also be used in emergencies when batteries fail and you use the Pentax AF 200S Auto Flash and keep spare batteries on hand. "100X": This manual shutter speed setting really need not be used at all if you do not have spare batteries on hand. For emergency exposures without batteries, merely set the exposure mode dial to "100X...
MV-1 Manual - Page 22
...To accompany its unprecedently easy auto exposure system, the MV 1 features automatic flash synch with a special "X" ...AF 200S Auto Flash. After mounting the AF 200S, set the auto flash mode and lens aperture according to fire, without even taking your eye...overrides these indications, they should be kept at AUTO because the MV 1 synchronizes automatically at 1/100 sec. The camera's exposure mode...
MV-1 Manual - Page 23
... the same manner as the AF 200S.
Synchronize them manually by sliding into the hotshoe on top of flash unit you are the cordless type.These mount by turning the exposure mode dial to the instructions accompanying your flash unit for flash mode setting, aperture setting, and other flash units. Flash Synch: Unlike the...
MV-1 Manual - Page 24
...LED continues to light. Any aperture
setting may be obtained as long as such, is necessary to stop the action by using a wide lens aperture where the red LED does..., the MV 1 is a sophisticated single-lens-reflex camera and, as the green LED lights. Optimum Apertures
The aperture guide listed on . (for example, f/2.8, f/1.7 etc.).
SHOOTING POINTERS
The basic instructions for shooting...
MV-1 Manual - Page 26
... when spotlighted on spotlighted stage, etc., decrease your exposure by temporarily altering the setting of the subject. With ASA 400 film: reset the ASA dial to ASA 200 (1/2X) or ASA 400 (1/4X...ASA 25 (this gives 2X and 4X compensation, respectively). Such problems are easily corrected by doubling or quadrupling the ASA film speed value. Spotlighted Subjects: For subjects on stage, etc., ...
MV-1 Manual - Page 34
... The ultra
telephotos do not have
a diaphragm coupling lever Q on the back of the Auto-Extension Tube Set K
permits open -aperture metering. Use of these is used
A
between the camera body and an SMC Pentax
lens, the stop-down metering system must be
used with the camera body to
permit open -aperture metering...
MV-1 Manual - Page 35
... batteries.
•33 Furthermore, if the camera goes from 50° C to the mechanism. Thus, sudden temperature changes should be replaced....battery. Therefore, the camera should be allowed to operate at least 30 minutes. Extremely low temperature reduces the efficiency of at full efficiency in temperature will often cause moisture to condense inside or outside your camera will help...
MV-1 Manual - Page 37
... soaked, there is often nothing that can get wet, dry it is risky to an authorized Asahi Pentax Service Center. The best storage place is no longer than 5.5mm. Because of the possible build up of...camera should get inside and do a great deal of the camera to protect both body and lens from interfering with proper mounting of damage. Your camera is the depth of the socket, after ...
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