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MV Manual - Page 3

CONTENTS Description of Parts 2 Specifications 4 Lens mounting 6 Inserting batteries 7 Basic operating instructions 8 Film loading and winding 10 Setting ASA film speed 11 Aperture setting 13 Shooting on AUTO 14 The "100X" and "B" settings 16 Focusing and composing 17 Holding the camera 18 Unloading film 19 Auto flash photography (AF 200S) 20 Other flash units 21 ...
MV Manual - Page 6

...(operates without batteries at manual settings). SPECIFICATIONS Type: Mount: Standard lenses: Shutter: Exposure metering: Auto flash synch: Manual flash synch: 35mm full-frame SLR camera with aperture-preferred automatic exposure, auto flash synch (with shutter dial set 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...
MV Manual - Page 7

Standard camera back with 50mm lens; -1.0 diopter eyepiece. Instant-return mirror and automatic diaphragm. Green: Adequate exposure for handheld shooting (1/1000 - 1/30 sec.) Yellow: Slow Exposure Warning (below 1/30 sec., inadequate for speed film rewind. Automatic reset, additive type. LEDs double as battery check lamp. Magic-needle quick/sure loading. shows 92% of the ...
MV Manual - Page 8

... the raised white node 0 on the lens barrel with the red dot C) on the camera body with the lens e release lever by touch. When changing lenses outdoors with a click. 3. Then turn it only front-elementdown, never front-element-up. H 0 0 LENS MOUNTING 1. Depress e the lens release lever while turning the lens counterClockwise with your right hand. In the...
MV Manual - Page 9

... a phonograph record. For replacement, use Eveready S76E or Mallory MS76H or equivalent. Insertion Open the battery chamber cover with plus mark (+) facing down. one of small children. When batteries are packed separately. Check If batteries are salted. Also be damaged by the edges with a dry cloth before operating the camera. • The battery is not rechargeable. Be...
MV Manual - Page 12

... this setting until the back opens. 3. If film advance is performed on AUTO without J removing the lens cap, inordinately long exposures will result, hindering film advance. 2. Insert the film leader between any of the white pins surrounding the film take-up the film rewind knob until after closing the back cover, you must remove the lens cap and point the camera toward...
MV Manual - Page 16

... setting may also be taken off, even for battery failure and film ...set to AUTO once the film is loaded. Overexposure Warning: If the red LED indicator lights on presseing the shutter button partway, the photo will be overexposed. This, does not necessarily indicate that the camera has selected a shutter speed below 1/30 sec. Or••n Fled Yellow SHOOTING ON AUTO Your Pentax MV...
MV Manual - Page 18

.... To use, first mount the camera on a tripod, then, attach a cable release to the exposure guidelines accompanying the film). It is provided for manual flash synchronization with a locking device. 16• "100X" This manual shutter speed setting really need not be used in emergencies when batteries fail and you use the Pentax AF 200S Auto Flash and...
MV Manual - Page 21

... out the film rewind knob (the back will not advance any further.) Fold out the rewind crank. AVOID DIRECT LIGHT WHEN UNLOADING THE FILM. " ASA / ASA • 19 Rewind until the tension on the roll has been taken, the rapid-wind lever will open automatically), and remove the film cartridge. Depress the film rewind button p and turn the rewind crank as...
MV Manual - Page 23

... type. VONNOMINII X 1i • AUTO •21 As flash operating instructions vary depending upon the type of the camera in the same manner as the AF 200S. Also note that the viewfinder LED flash ready indication is not provided with the MV. Flash Synch: Unlike the AF 200S, however, other flash units do...
MV Manual - Page 24

... Optimum Apertures The aperture guide listed on page 13 is well worth your while. Although the MV does not feature a... shutter speed dial, you to obtain better results in flight, etc., a fast shutter speed is better to vary from bluring. Any aperture setting...the action, and so forth. However, the MV is a sophisticated single-lens-reflex camera and, as such, is capable of a ...
MV Manual - Page 27

... reset it as follows for exposure compensation. After setting the compensation, push the film rewind crank shaft back in the camera (Illust.0). For 4X compensation: Second dot on...film rewind crank as if to rewind the film and lift the knob slightly to expose the exposure-compensation-indicator dial. (CAUTION: BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO PULL HARD AS THE BACK COVER WILL SPRING OPEN, EXPOSING YOUR FILM...
MV Manual - Page 34

... with the stop-down metering. Use of the Auto-Extension Tube Set K permits open -aperture metering. 0 VRE AND STOP-DOWN METERING LENSES Open-aperture SMC Pentax lenses have a diaphragm coupler, so they must be used . 32• Use of these is used between the camera body and an SMC Pentax lens, the stop -down metering system. standard Extension Tube...
MV Manual - Page 36

...Clean, plain cotton handkerchiefs that have been damaged. 34* but be carefully wiped away with either lens tissue or a clean, soft cloth. it against anything solid. Accidents or rough handling can .... Do not try to drop the camera or knock it 's an excellent way of a lens brush. CAMERA MAINTENANCE PENTA)CIF Always keep the viewfinder eyepiece, lens and filters as clean as fingerprints, ...
MV Manual - Page 37

...lenses from rain or splashing water. If you use a longer screw, you are not using it . 6. However, in its bag or case while you will •35 probably puncture the bottom of the tripod socket on a tripod, be done to an authorized Asahi Pentax Service Center. 5. In order to keep your camera... camera will not function properly. 7. 4. Take care to protect both body and lens ...

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