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...not 26 produced to these precise 27 specifications and, therefore, 28 may cause difficulties with 36 an Asahi Pentax camera. INDEX Nomenclature Specifications • Lens mounting Battery Basic operating instructions Film loading and winding Setting ASA film speed Exposure factor control dial Diaphragm ...• Compose and focus Camera holding Film unloading Depth-of-field preview button and guide Depth-of-field table: SMC PENTAX 50mm lens Mirror lock-up Self-timer Flash synchronization Infra-red photography Multiple exposure Using conventional screw-mount TAKUMAR lenses How to use Mount...
...not 26 produced to these precise 27 specifications and, therefore, 28 may cause difficulties with 36 an Asahi Pentax camera. INDEX Nomenclature Specifications • Lens mounting Battery Basic operating instructions Film loading and winding Setting ASA film speed Exposure factor control dial Diaphragm ...• Compose and focus Camera holding Film unloading Depth-of-field preview button and guide Depth-of-field table: SMC PENTAX 50mm lens Mirror lock-up Self-timer Flash synchronization Infra-red photography Multiple exposure Using conventional screw-mount TAKUMAR lenses How to use Mount...
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41 ENCLAIVRE 1 23 4 5 6 9 10 11 Rapid-wind lever 12 ell Shutter release button ID Shutter speed dial 13 Shutter speed index 14 15 o X contact hot shoe 16 ID Accessory shoe Film rewind knob o Film rewind crank • 1 X LIILLOOL Z 8'Z 1 8S b.' ' Exposure counter (1) Shutter button lock lever Shutter dial lock pin el Lens mounting guide bump Diaphragm ring el Distance scale Diaphragm/distance index 0 Depth-of-field guide
41 ENCLAIVRE 1 23 4 5 6 9 10 11 Rapid-wind lever 12 ell Shutter release button ID Shutter speed dial 13 Shutter speed index 14 15 o X contact hot shoe 16 ID Accessory shoe Film rewind knob o Film rewind crank • 1 X LIILLOOL Z 8'Z 1 8S b.' ' Exposure counter (1) Shutter button lock lever Shutter dial lock pin el Lens mounting guide bump Diaphragm ring el Distance scale Diaphragm/distance index 0 Depth-of-field guide
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MI 19 20 21 e Strap ring lug a) Depth-of-field preview button • Lens release lever e Exposure factor dial • Focusing ring e Self-timer lever e ASA ring e ASA ring lever e Mirror lock-up lever • FP flash terminal e X flash ...
MI 19 20 21 e Strap ring lug a) Depth-of-field preview button • Lens release lever e Exposure factor dial • Focusing ring e Self-timer lever e ASA ring e ASA ring lever e Mirror lock-up lever • FP flash terminal e X flash ...
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... 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 sec. FP + X contacts for cordless flash connection. Standard Lenses SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2, 50mm f/1.4 and 55mm f/1.8 with through-the-lens light meter and vertical electronic focal-plane shutter. Shutter Vertical run, metal focal-plane shutter. Dioptry -0.8. Exposure control fully automatic.... Focusing Turn focusing ring until viewfinder image comes into focus. 4. Self-timer Built-in self-timer with 55mm lens). 95% field of view. Manual mechanical shutter: B, 1/125 sec. (when battery is dead.) Flash Synchronization ...
... 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 sec. FP + X contacts for cordless flash connection. Standard Lenses SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.2, 50mm f/1.4 and 55mm f/1.8 with through-the-lens light meter and vertical electronic focal-plane shutter. Shutter Vertical run, metal focal-plane shutter. Dioptry -0.8. Exposure control fully automatic.... Focusing Turn focusing ring until viewfinder image comes into focus. 4. Self-timer Built-in self-timer with 55mm lens). 95% field of view. Manual mechanical shutter: B, 1/125 sec. (when battery is dead.) Flash Synchronization ...
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... Exposure Meter Exposure Control Power Source Meter Switch Dimensions Weight Swing-up-and-back, instant-return type, with no lens. • 5 Pentax bayonet mount. Also, when film wind lever is at full lens aperture. Couples directly to shutter, aperture and film speed settings. Two 1.5V silver oxide batteries (Eveready S76E or Mallory MS76H...
... Exposure Meter Exposure Control Power Source Meter Switch Dimensions Weight Swing-up-and-back, instant-return type, with no lens. • 5 Pentax bayonet mount. Also, when film wind lever is at full lens aperture. Couples directly to shutter, aperture and film speed settings. Two 1.5V silver oxide batteries (Eveready S76E or Mallory MS76H...
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... body caps. 2. Match the red dot (;) on the camera body with the red dot on the lens barrel with the lens release lever Co by touch. Insert the lens into the body and turn and lock as above. 4. Then turn it only on its front end, never on the rear. When changing lenses... outdoors with your left hand. In the dark, when the red dots e are difficult to put the lens down without the rear lens cap, place it clockwise until the lens locks with your right hand. If you have to see, align the white plastic bump on the...
... body caps. 2. Match the red dot (;) on the camera body with the red dot on the lens barrel with the lens release lever Co by touch. Insert the lens into the body and turn and lock as above. 4. Then turn it only on its front end, never on the rear. When changing lenses... outdoors with your left hand. In the dark, when the red dots e are difficult to put the lens down without the rear lens cap, place it clockwise until the lens locks with your right hand. If you have to see, align the white plastic bump on the...
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... operation. (When set on the electric circuit. If the needle does not drop from 1000, close down the lens diaphragm one or more stops. Moving the shutter speed dial to fractions of the K2 works automatically between 1/1000 and 8 sec. u, z S OCR 14. The black numbers seen in the viewfinder refer to 1/125...
... operation. (When set on the electric circuit. If the needle does not drop from 1000, close down the lens diaphragm one or more stops. Moving the shutter speed dial to fractions of the K2 works automatically between 1/1000 and 8 sec. u, z S OCR 14. The black numbers seen in the viewfinder refer to 1/125...
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... lever Q so that is, as long as you should happen to depress the shutter button, while the shutter dial is set at "AUTOMATIC" and the lens cap is on and the needle will be activated only as long as it is not closed , the meter will automatically indicate the speed for...
... lever Q so that is, as long as you should happen to depress the shutter button, while the shutter dial is set at "AUTOMATIC" and the lens cap is on and the needle will be activated only as long as it is not closed , the meter will automatically indicate the speed for...
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...when your subject comes into many concentric rings, with a horizontally divided screen under the ground glass. A split-image focusing system consists of a Fresnel lens with a microprism center underneath the ground glass. To focus, simply adjust the focusing ring until your subject is not in focus, the microprism will ...will break the image up of many small dots. With this . Cross-microprism focusing system A cross-microprism focusing system consists of a Fresnel lens, made up into sharp focus. ;COMPOSE While viewing through the viewfinder will appear to be sharp.
...when your subject comes into many concentric rings, with a horizontally divided screen under the ground glass. A split-image focusing system consists of a Fresnel lens with a microprism center underneath the ground glass. To focus, simply adjust the focusing ring until your subject is not in focus, the microprism will ...will break the image up of many small dots. With this . Cross-microprism focusing system A cross-microprism focusing system consists of a Fresnel lens, made up into sharp focus. ;COMPOSE While viewing through the viewfinder will appear to be sharp.
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... know how great the depth of field is the range between the nearest and farthest distances which are in -focus distance for different lens apertures. For example, if a lens opening . Or, after focusing, look through the viewfinder while depressing the depth-of-field preview button Q. t afir 3, 10 5 ...10 3 tilte , 8 ! 1618 56 4 2 1.8 • • • /1k 6 5 4 2 1 0 Distance (m) F1.4 F5.6 F8 20. the lens is set at 5 meters . . . For depths of field at different apertures and distance, refer to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of in focus...
... know how great the depth of field is the range between the nearest and farthest distances which are in -focus distance for different lens apertures. For example, if a lens opening . Or, after focusing, look through the viewfinder while depressing the depth-of-field preview button Q. t afir 3, 10 5 ...10 3 tilte , 8 ! 1618 56 4 2 1.8 • • • /1k 6 5 4 2 1 0 Distance (m) F1.4 F5.6 F8 20. the lens is set at 5 meters . . . For depths of field at different apertures and distance, refer to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of in focus...
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DEPTH-OF-FIELD TABLE: SMCFENTAX 50mm LENS Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 • Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 0.45m 0.45 - 0.453 0.45 - 0....
DEPTH-OF-FIELD TABLE: SMCFENTAX 50mm LENS Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 • Distance scale F1.4 F2 F2.8 F4 F5.6 F8 F11 F16 0.45m 0.45 - 0.453 0.45 - 0....
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... vibration will be done before or after you trip the shutter. The reflex mirror can be affected by mirror movement. A 22* and the longer the lens you advance the film. It then automatically drops back down into place. up lever The mirror will not be locked up either before lock-up...
... vibration will be done before or after you trip the shutter. The reflex mirror can be affected by mirror movement. A 22* and the longer the lens you advance the film. It then automatically drops back down into place. up lever The mirror will not be locked up either before lock-up...
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For instance, if your subject into clear focus. First, bring your subject is in focus at infinity, turn the distance ring and move the infinity (co) mark to use the infra-red index marked with an orange line on the lens. Then determine the lens-to the infrared index by turning the distance scale accordingly. Then match your lens-to-subject distance to -subject distance from the distance scale on the depth-of-field guide. INFRA-RED If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to the index. 00 4-1 26 •
For instance, if your subject into clear focus. First, bring your subject is in focus at infinity, turn the distance ring and move the infinity (co) mark to use the infra-red index marked with an orange line on the lens. Then determine the lens-to the infrared index by turning the distance scale accordingly. Then match your lens-to-subject distance to -subject distance from the distance scale on the depth-of-field guide. INFRA-RED If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to the index. 00 4-1 26 •
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Use of the Mount Adaptor K does not affect any aspect of normal lens function except as stop-down metering lenses. 28 • Conventional screw-mount Takumar lenses (both Super-Takumar and SMC Takumar) can be easily mounted onto your camera by attaching them first to the difference in coupling systems, the automatic diaphragm will function as regards the following two points: 1. Due to a Mount Adaptor K. Full-aperture metering lenses will not function. 2.
Use of the Mount Adaptor K does not affect any aspect of normal lens function except as stop-down metering lenses. 28 • Conventional screw-mount Takumar lenses (both Super-Takumar and SMC Takumar) can be easily mounted onto your camera by attaching them first to the difference in coupling systems, the automatic diaphragm will function as regards the following two points: 1. Due to a Mount Adaptor K. Full-aperture metering lenses will not function. 2.
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...a ballpoint pen, against the spring pin 0 . 2. Attach the Adapter/lens unit to the camera body, simply unscrew the lens counter-clockwise. PEN -TAX 1. mount Takumar lenses can then be attached in an SMC Pentax bayonet-mount lens, the e lens release lever on the camera body plays no part at all. •... 29 Since the mechanism for locking in the Mount Adapter K is totally different from the camera body, first remove the screw-mount lens. To remove the Mount ...
...a ballpoint pen, against the spring pin 0 . 2. Attach the Adapter/lens unit to the camera body, simply unscrew the lens counter-clockwise. PEN -TAX 1. mount Takumar lenses can then be attached in an SMC Pentax bayonet-mount lens, the e lens release lever on the camera body plays no part at all. •... 29 Since the mechanism for locking in the Mount Adapter K is totally different from the camera body, first remove the screw-mount lens. To remove the Mount ...
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... Auto-Extension Tube Set K permits open -aperture metering. Use of these is used . It can also be used between the camera body and an SMC Pentax lens, the stop down metering system. The super telephotos do not have a diaphragm coupling lever 0 on the back of other K Series accessories - standard Extension Tube Set...
... Auto-Extension Tube Set K permits open -aperture metering. Use of these is used . It can also be used between the camera body and an SMC Pentax lens, the stop down metering system. The super telephotos do not have a diaphragm coupling lever 0 on the back of other K Series accessories - standard Extension Tube Set...
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...Do not try to drop the camera or knock it 's an excellent way of a lens brush. Never touch the mirror or the shutter leaves with either a lens tissue or a clean, soft cloth. but be carefully wiped away with your hands.... cotton handkerchiefs that have been hurt. 32 • Minor dirt or spots on the lens before wiping is effective; Always keep the viewfinder eyepiece, lens and filters as clean as fingerprints, should be sure to have already been washed a few... the mirror will not affect the clarity of your skin are also effective. 2. K2 PEN TAX t9_ CAMERA MAINTENANCE 1.
...Do not try to drop the camera or knock it 's an excellent way of a lens brush. Never touch the mirror or the shutter leaves with either a lens tissue or a clean, soft cloth. but be carefully wiped away with your hands.... cotton handkerchiefs that have been hurt. 32 • Minor dirt or spots on the lens before wiping is effective; Always keep the viewfinder eyepiece, lens and filters as clean as fingerprints, should be sure to have already been washed a few... the mirror will not affect the clarity of your skin are also effective. 2. K2 PEN TAX t9_ CAMERA MAINTENANCE 1.
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... completely soaked, there is the depth of damage. This is often nothing that can get wet, dry it . 6. Take care to an authorized Asahi Pentax Service Center. 5. However, in such a case, take your camera. When mounting your camera on your camera as soon as possible to protect both body... and lens from rain or splashing water. Because of the possible build-up of the hole, after which the camera will not function properly. • 33 ...
... completely soaked, there is the depth of damage. This is often nothing that can get wet, dry it . 6. Take care to an authorized Asahi Pentax Service Center. 5. However, in such a case, take your camera. When mounting your camera on your camera as soon as possible to protect both body... and lens from rain or splashing water. Because of the possible build-up of the hole, after which the camera will not function properly. • 33 ...