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Program Plus Manual - Page 4
... you to read this manual carefully. You can use Programmed AE (Automatic Exposure), Aperture-priority AE, Metered Manual, or Programmed Auto Flash. Welcome to approx. 3.5 frames per second, a digital data back, etc. Since your camera has a great many special features and functions, take full advantage of this camera, with a wide range of Pentax accessories including dedicated automatic...
Program Plus Manual - Page 5
... Using batteries correctly Grip Super A Strap and case Lens mounting Film wind lever Shutter dial, shutter release button
and release button lock Setting film speed,
Memo Holder/Grip Film loading Viewfinder displays Focusing Holding the camera Unloading the film Pentax "A" lens Shutter dial, Manual shutter speed
select button Warning indication for each exposure mode Selecting the Programmed AE...
Program Plus Manual - Page 6
... Manual and all conventional Auto Flash modes. Choose the mode that those modes are only available when the lens hays an "A" (auto aperture setting). When using new "A" series lenses, you want to express. iti
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EXPOSURE MODES
This Pentax camera provides four different exposure modes. The reason for this camera, you can also select Programmed AE and Programmed flash...
Program Plus Manual - Page 7
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Programmed AE (lens on "A", shutter dial on "AUTO") When the aperture is set manually, the shutter speed is recommended. It is suitable for both general photography and carefully controlled pictures such as portraits. (Rf. 34 page for
details)
Aperture-priority AE
(lens on any f-number, shutter dial on "AUTO") This Pentax camera itself automatically selects...
Program Plus Manual - Page 8
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Metered Manual (lens on any aperture, shutter dial on "MAN.") The combination of shutter speed and aperture is not feasible with the camera in the viewfinder, you . Guided by the meter indication in the Programmed AE mode, the camera will automatically select the proper aperture and automatically control...
Program Plus Manual - Page 11
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4. Set the ISO film speed to the appropriate number. (p. 19) Set the exposure compensation dial to Auto...
Program Plus Manual - Page 27
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aperture is indicatec in shutter speed setting
(flickering). An aperture range from the proper
value which is indicated by ±0. Shutter information LCD
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Shutter speed in use. 1000 stands for 1/1000 sec. 15" stands for a full 15 sec. Low battery warning is denoted by alternate
displays of...
Program Plus Manual - Page 32
...) setting Programmed AE mode
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PENTAX 'A" LENS...
Program Plus Manual - Page 35
... speed for the aperture you have set , Try selecting a larger aperture. The camera is not possible to change batteries,
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Weak battery warning. Overexposure.
These warnings appear in the Programmed AE mode. Adjust aperture or shutter...
Program Plus Manual - Page 36
SELECTING THE PROGRAMMED AE MODE
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When you take your Pentax "A" lens, and rotate its A-index (green line) to the AUTO position. "P" (Programmed) will then be displayed on the LCD windows inside the ...
Program Plus Manual - Page 45
...If you leave the power switch of the Pentax dedicated auto flash on in Auto flash mode, this confirmation mark S appears. Notes: • In Metered Manual mode, speeds between 1/1000 and 1/125... in any mode, the camera's exposure control circuitry will remain on . Choosing any slow speed, you have chosen may be automaticall' switched on , consuming the camera's battery power. And it will ...
Program Plus Manual - Page 58
... in which the subject-to-camera distance is necessary to the instructions contained in the film package.
• 54 As shown on the left, note the subject-to-camera distance on the lens distance scale as you intend to take infrared photographs using infrared film and R2 or 02 filters, it is set at infinity ( As for...
Program Plus Manual - Page 59
... exposure is metered with aperture stopped
down. • Programmed AE mode cannot be easily attached to the lens mount of your camera can be used with
screw-mount lenses. • There is not automatic aperture setting even with dedicated flash units.
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Program Plus Manual - Page 60
... used with this camera in the Aperture-priority AE or the Metered Manual mode. If not set at 125X, it may cause malfunction. • Do not use the Winder ME with this camera, as they are not designed to fit it properly. • The Programmed AE mode does not function with a Pentax dedicated flash set at AUTO.
Program Plus Manual - Page 66
... mirror. SPECIFICATIONS
Type:
35mm SLR camera with dedicated automatic flash units.
Shutter:
Seiko MFC-E5 vertical-run metal focal-plane shutter, automatic exposure and manual settings electronically-controlled speeds from 15 to cancel at 1/100 sec. Lens Mount: Pentax KA Bayonet (A Pentax K bayonet mount with dedicated flashes,shutter-speed setting error warning, battery life warning...
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