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... the Shutter Speed Dial 12 Composing and Focusing 13 Exposure Measurement 14 Holding the Camera 15 Unloading Film 16 Flash Synchronization 18 Depth-of-Field Preview Lever and Scale 20 Depth-of-Field Table: SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 Lens 21 Meter Coupling Range 22 Helpful Hints on Exposure Problems 23 Dual Control Exposure...
... the Shutter Speed Dial 12 Composing and Focusing 13 Exposure Measurement 14 Holding the Camera 15 Unloading Film 16 Flash Synchronization 18 Depth-of-Field Preview Lever and Scale 20 Depth-of-Field Table: SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 Lens 21 Meter Coupling Range 22 Helpful Hints on Exposure Problems 23 Dual Control Exposure...
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I NOMENCLATURE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 • rti 1 ' O Exposure counter 0 Shutter button lock lever 0 Shutter-cocked indicator O Shutter release button 0 ASA window OASA dial lock button 0 Shutter speed dial O Shutter speed index 4iitttr,- Aperture/Distance index O Depth-of-field scale O Aperture ring 2e O Rapid-wind lever O Aperture read-out prism window al Hot shoe X contact Film rewind knob/Back cover opener 0 Film rewind crank O Lens release lever e 'O Ef Self-timer lever/Depth-offield preview lever O Upraised alignment dot 0 Focusing ring 0 Distance scale ,r;
I NOMENCLATURE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 • rti 1 ' O Exposure counter 0 Shutter button lock lever 0 Shutter-cocked indicator O Shutter release button 0 ASA window OASA dial lock button 0 Shutter speed dial O Shutter speed index 4iitttr,- Aperture/Distance index O Depth-of-field scale O Aperture ring 2e O Rapid-wind lever O Aperture read-out prism window al Hot shoe X contact Film rewind knob/Back cover opener 0 Film rewind crank O Lens release lever e 'O Ef Self-timer lever/Depth-offield preview lever O Upraised alignment dot 0 Focusing ring 0 Distance scale ,r;
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27 26 € X-sync terminal € FP-sync terminal 0 Neck strap ring 8o Viewfinder eyepiece O Film pressure plate € Guide pin channel 0 Winder/Motor Drive direct contact terminal .3 30 33 32 33 34 35 J 0 Film chamber O Battery chamber e Motor Drive/Tripod receptacle € Film rail e Film guide rail ®Shutter curtains e Film rewind button 38 39 10 !Film transport coupler €11+Bulk magazine guide pin channel 0Sprockets rOFilm take-up spool €Back cover
27 26 € X-sync terminal € FP-sync terminal 0 Neck strap ring 8o Viewfinder eyepiece O Film pressure plate € Guide pin channel 0 Winder/Motor Drive direct contact terminal .3 30 33 32 33 34 35 J 0 Film chamber O Battery chamber e Motor Drive/Tripod receptacle € Film rail e Film guide rail ®Shutter curtains e Film rewind button 38 39 10 !Film transport coupler €11+Bulk magazine guide pin channel 0Sprockets rOFilm take-up spool €Back cover
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... lens adaptor M, Magnifier M and Refconverter M fit the viewfinder frame. Ratchet-type rapid wind lever, plastic-tipped for speedy film rewind. 4• X synchronization. Delays shutter release to 1/1000 sec. split-image microprism focusing screen (9 interchangeable screens); 95...taking area visible and 0.97X magnification with open-aperture center weighted Through-The-Lens meter. SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2 SMC Pentax-M 40mm f/2.8 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2 Horizontal-run, rubberized silk focal-plane shutter; shutter lock and "Cocked" indicator....
... lens adaptor M, Magnifier M and Refconverter M fit the viewfinder frame. Ratchet-type rapid wind lever, plastic-tipped for speedy film rewind. 4• X synchronization. Delays shutter release to 1/1000 sec. split-image microprism focusing screen (9 interchangeable screens); 95...taking area visible and 0.97X magnification with open-aperture center weighted Through-The-Lens meter. SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2 SMC Pentax-M 40mm f/2.8 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7 SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2 Horizontal-run, rubberized silk focal-plane shutter; shutter lock and "Cocked" indicator....
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... switch. Open-aperture, center-weighted Through-The-Lens meter, with SPD cells for fast light response, with Bulk Film Magazine MX, Dial Data MX for automatic, speedy film wind and shutter cocking. Standard back with memo holder, interchangeable with tri-colored LED exposure read-out, rapid wind... and consecutive exposure operation possible), for data recording on battery failure. MX camera body accepts Winder MX for up to 2 frames-per-second (single-frame and consecutive exposure operation possible) and Motor Drive MX for up to light on film. 135.5mm x 83.5mm x 49.5mm. 495 grams. ...
... switch. Open-aperture, center-weighted Through-The-Lens meter, with SPD cells for fast light response, with Bulk Film Magazine MX, Dial Data MX for automatic, speedy film wind and shutter cocking. Standard back with memo holder, interchangeable with tri-colored LED exposure read-out, rapid wind... and consecutive exposure operation possible), for data recording on battery failure. MX camera body accepts Winder MX for up to 2 frames-per-second (single-frame and consecutive exposure operation possible) and Motor Drive MX for up to light on film. 135.5mm x 83.5mm x 49.5mm. 495 grams. ...
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... speed you are '300 using is cocked. 3. Cock Rapid-Wind Lever Cock the rapid-wind lever all the way until the ASA number of the film you want to avoid blurred pictures caused by camera movement. Try starting with 1/125 sec. S• The "Cocked" indicator will turn the rim of ...the shutter dial until it stops. Set Film Speed While depressing the tiny button atop the shutter dial, turn red, showing that the shutter is centered in daylight and 1/30 sec.
... speed you are '300 using is cocked. 3. Cock Rapid-Wind Lever Cock the rapid-wind lever all the way until the ASA number of the film you want to avoid blurred pictures caused by camera movement. Try starting with 1/125 sec. S• The "Cocked" indicator will turn the rim of ...the shutter dial until it stops. Set Film Speed While depressing the tiny button atop the shutter dial, turn red, showing that the shutter is centered in daylight and 1/30 sec.
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... properly loaded and is ready to take -up the rewind knob until both top and bottom sprockets engage the film perforations. Close the back by alternately advancing the rapid wind lever and depressing the shutter button until the back opens. 2. Trip the shutter. ... that the first picture is moving from cartridge to be taken. 10e FILM LOADING AND WINDING Avoid direct light when loading your film. 41.011lic I Ti 4 1. Insert the film leader in the film chamber, and push down the rewind knob. Place the film cartridge in between any of the white plastic pins surrounding the...
... properly loaded and is ready to take -up the rewind knob until both top and bottom sprockets engage the film perforations. Close the back by alternately advancing the rapid wind lever and depressing the shutter button until the back opens. 2. Trip the shutter. ... that the first picture is moving from cartridge to be taken. 10e FILM LOADING AND WINDING Avoid direct light when loading your film. 41.011lic I Ti 4 1. Insert the film leader in the film chamber, and push down the rewind knob. Place the film cartridge in between any of the white plastic pins surrounding the...
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... Q , turn the rim 0 of the shutter dial until the ASA number of your camera, tear off the top of the film box and insert it is aligned with each roll of film. Be sure to light. I wuua..Jwt a LILM FOR COLOR oR,N' 31 EXPOSURES • 11 250 1000 640 500 320 25i... 50 40 25 • I I • I l • I I • 1 I • 1• I I • I 1600 800 400 200 100 64 32 innn The ASA film speed rating of all 35mm films is to set the ASA film speed because it into the Memo Holder on the back cover of the camera. The higher the ASA number, the...
... Q , turn the rim 0 of the shutter dial until the ASA number of your camera, tear off the top of the film box and insert it is aligned with each roll of film. Be sure to light. I wuua..Jwt a LILM FOR COLOR oR,N' 31 EXPOSURES • 11 250 1000 640 500 320 25i... 50 40 25 • I I • I l • I I • 1 I • 1• I I • I 1600 800 400 200 100 64 32 innn The ASA film speed rating of all 35mm films is to set the ASA film speed because it into the Memo Holder on the back cover of the camera. The higher the ASA number, the...
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UNLOADING FILM After the final picture on the crank lessens, indicating that the film must be rewound. Rewind until the tension on the roll has been taken, the rapid-wind lever will open automatically), and remove the film cartridge. Pull out the film rewind knob (the back will not advance further, indicating that the leader end of the film has been released from the take-up the rewind crank. AVOID DIRECT LIGHT WHEN UNLOADING THE FILM. 16• Depress the film rewind button and turn the rewind crank as indicated to rewind the film into its cartridge. Lift up spool.
UNLOADING FILM After the final picture on the crank lessens, indicating that the film must be rewound. Rewind until the tension on the roll has been taken, the rapid-wind lever will open automatically), and remove the film cartridge. Pull out the film rewind knob (the back will not advance further, indicating that the leader end of the film has been released from the take-up the rewind crank. AVOID DIRECT LIGHT WHEN UNLOADING THE FILM. 16• Depress the film rewind button and turn the rewind crank as indicated to rewind the film into its cartridge. Lift up spool.
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... should be obtained after you will illuminate the green LED in the viewfinder. For example, with 25 ASA film will illuminate the green LED. to 1/1000 sec. with the 50mm f/1.4 lens and ASA100 film, an aperture from f/1.4 (the maximum aperture of f/stop-shutter speed comb'nations. SHUTTER SPEED 25 1 1 2 1 4 1 8...16 (f/1.4 f/16). 22• As you have focused your subject on the ground glass. METER COUPLING RANGE The exposure meter of the MX measures the brightness of the lens being used with any aperture that will not be used . Therefore, the proper LED exposure read-out ...
... should be obtained after you will illuminate the green LED in the viewfinder. For example, with 25 ASA film will illuminate the green LED. to 1/1000 sec. with the 50mm f/1.4 lens and ASA100 film, an aperture from f/1.4 (the maximum aperture of f/stop-shutter speed comb'nations. SHUTTER SPEED 25 1 1 2 1 4 1 8...16 (f/1.4 f/16). 22• As you have focused your subject on the ground glass. METER COUPLING RANGE The exposure meter of the MX measures the brightness of the lens being used with any aperture that will not be used . Therefore, the proper LED exposure read-out ...
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...speed and aperture size yourself, from your own experience. If the batteries have worn out. Also, packed in with most types of 35mm film is a data sheet with suggestions for 1710.8 determining the correct exposure in your camera can still be operated even if the batteries have... worn out and the exposure meter is a totally manual operation. • Therefore, your MX are used only for powering the exposure meter; the shutter mechanism is no longer functioning, you must determine the correct combination of situations. ...
...speed and aperture size yourself, from your own experience. If the batteries have worn out. Also, packed in with most types of 35mm film is a data sheet with suggestions for 1710.8 determining the correct exposure in your camera can still be operated even if the batteries have... worn out and the exposure meter is a totally manual operation. • Therefore, your MX are used only for powering the exposure meter; the shutter mechanism is no longer functioning, you must determine the correct combination of situations. ...
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... 8 i M1611 8 5.:20,2 1.4 INFRA-RED PHOTOGRAPHY If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to use the infra-red mark indicated with infra-red color film. Then determine the subject-to the infra-red mark. • NOTE: An infra-red focusing adjustment is not required when working with an orange line...
... 8 i M1611 8 5.:20,2 1.4 INFRA-RED PHOTOGRAPHY If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to use the infra-red mark indicated with infra-red color film. Then determine the subject-to the infra-red mark. • NOTE: An infra-red focusing adjustment is not required when working with an orange line...
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Then make one blank exposure, before taking the next picture, to function each time the shutter is cocked, a double exposure will be counted as two frames. 280 As the exposure counter continues to avoid overlapping. Then tighten the film by turning the rewind knob a , and keep hold of the rewind knob. Finally release the shutter to make the first exposure in the normal way. This cocks the shutter without advancing the film. MULTIPLE EXPOSURE For deliberate multiple exposures, make the second exposure. Depress the film rewind release button and advance the rapid-wind lever.
Then make one blank exposure, before taking the next picture, to function each time the shutter is cocked, a double exposure will be counted as two frames. 280 As the exposure counter continues to avoid overlapping. Then tighten the film by turning the rewind knob a , and keep hold of the rewind knob. Finally release the shutter to make the first exposure in the normal way. This cocks the shutter without advancing the film. MULTIPLE EXPOSURE For deliberate multiple exposures, make the second exposure. Depress the film rewind release button and advance the rapid-wind lever.