KX Manual
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... these precise specifications and, therefore, may cause difficulties with an Asahi Pentax camera. a Pentax camera. INDEX Nomenclature 1 Specifications 4 • Lens Mounting 6 Battery 7 Basic Operating Instructions 8 Film Loading and Winding 10 Setting ASA Film Speed 11 Compose and Focus 12 Shutter 13 • Camera Holding 14 Film Unloading 15 Flash Synchronization 16 Depth-of-field Preview Button and Guide...
... these precise specifications and, therefore, may cause difficulties with an Asahi Pentax camera. a Pentax camera. INDEX Nomenclature 1 Specifications 4 • Lens Mounting 6 Battery 7 Basic Operating Instructions 8 Film Loading and Winding 10 Setting ASA Film Speed 11 Compose and Focus 12 Shutter 13 • Camera Holding 14 Film Unloading 15 Flash Synchronization 16 Depth-of-field Preview Button and Guide...
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... it • C clockwise until the lens locks with the red dot 0 on the lens. To detach, hold the camera with the lens release lever 0 by touch. CAUTION If you have to see, align the white plastic bump (9 on... the rear. Match the red dot 0 on the It camera body with a click. 3. Then turn it only on its front end, never on the lens barrel with your right...hand. Depress the lens release lever 0 while turning the lens counter clockwise with film in the camera, avoid direct sunlight. 60 LENS MOUNTING 1.
... it • C clockwise until the lens locks with the red dot 0 on the lens. To detach, hold the camera with the lens release lever 0 by touch. CAUTION If you have to see, align the white plastic bump (9 on... the rear. Match the red dot 0 on the It camera body with a click. 3. Then turn it only on its front end, never on the lens barrel with your right...hand. Depress the lens release lever 0 while turning the lens counter clockwise with film in the camera, avoid direct sunlight. 60 LENS MOUNTING 1.
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..., turn red, showing that the shutter is opposite the index mark. The "Cocked" indicator will turn the outer ring of the film speed indicator until the ASA number of the film you have selected. The blue needle in daylight and 1/30 sec. IWINAliMmos 3. indoors. 8. BASIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS $23H 1. Try starting with 1/125... way until the speed you should use the fastest possible shutter speed to use is cocked. Generally, you want to avoid blurred pictures caused by camera movement.
..., turn red, showing that the shutter is opposite the index mark. The "Cocked" indicator will turn the outer ring of the film speed indicator until the ASA number of the film you have selected. The blue needle in daylight and 1/30 sec. IWINAliMmos 3. indoors. 8. BASIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS $23H 1. Try starting with 1/125... way until the speed you should use the fastest possible shutter speed to use is cocked. Generally, you want to avoid blurred pictures caused by camera movement.
KX Manual
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... exposure meter system. Be sure to set your speed on the camera because it into the Memo Holder on the back cover of the camera. •11 The higher the ASA number, c), the more sensitive the film is connected to light. SETTING ASA FILM SPEED ttii 8218542 ( Yr 5000 4000 2500 2000 1250 1000... 100 64 32 16 8 The ASA film speed rating of all 35mm films is in the data sheet packed with each roll of film. MEMO HOLDER a• ISM FOR COLOR PRINT 36 EXPOSURES As a reminder of what type of film is given in your camera, tear off the top of your film matches the index mark.
... exposure meter system. Be sure to set your speed on the camera because it into the Memo Holder on the back cover of the camera. •11 The higher the ASA number, c), the more sensitive the film is connected to light. SETTING ASA FILM SPEED ttii 8218542 ( Yr 5000 4000 2500 2000 1250 1000... 100 64 32 16 8 The ASA film speed rating of all 35mm films is in the data sheet packed with each roll of film. MEMO HOLDER a• ISM FOR COLOR PRINT 36 EXPOSURES As a reminder of what type of film is given in your camera, tear off the top of your film matches the index mark.
KX Manual
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...maximum aperture of the lens being used with an ASA 100 film, you have focused your subject on the ground glass. The area (A) in the table. The total range of aperture settings is beyond the measurability range (B), as the camera's total range of the meter, and should be interpreted as... shown in the table indicates the reading range of f/stop-shutter speed combinations. to 1/1000 sec. RANGE OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT The exposure meter of the KX measures the brightness of f/22 (...
...maximum aperture of the lens being used with an ASA 100 film, you have focused your subject on the ground glass. The area (A) in the table. The total range of aperture settings is beyond the measurability range (B), as the camera's total range of the meter, and should be interpreted as... shown in the table indicates the reading range of f/stop-shutter speed combinations. to 1/1000 sec. RANGE OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT The exposure meter of the KX measures the brightness of f/22 (...
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...the shutter mechanism is a data sheet with most types of 35mm film is a totally manual operation. Therefore, your KX are used only for an extended period, as this may weaken the... spring. •- • 1M - When using the self-timer, do not depress the shutter release button . . . Do not leave the cocking lever in "interrupt" position for powering the exposure meter; IICX PENTAX...OPERATION SELF-TIMER The two silver oxide batteries in your camera can re-start the self-timer by moving the start lever again....
...the shutter mechanism is a data sheet with most types of 35mm film is a totally manual operation. Therefore, your KX are used only for an extended period, as this may weaken the... spring. •- • 1M - When using the self-timer, do not depress the shutter release button . . . Do not leave the cocking lever in "interrupt" position for powering the exposure meter; IICX PENTAX...OPERATION SELF-TIMER The two silver oxide batteries in your camera can re-start the self-timer by moving the start lever again....
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... see anything through the lens might damage the shutter curtain. • 25 And because light will be locked up the mirror, do not keep the camera facing directly into place. The reflex mirror can be . A B When locking up either before lock-up out of the way. It then automatically... mirror, return the mirror lock -up lever to use , the more noticeable the vibration will not reach the light meter, it up , you advance the film. MIRROR LOCK-UP In normal picture-taking situations, when you use a tripod for a long time. Inevitably, this kind of -field preview lever C) . ...
... see anything through the lens might damage the shutter curtain. • 25 And because light will be locked up the mirror, do not keep the camera facing directly into place. The reflex mirror can be . A B When locking up either before lock-up out of the way. It then automatically... mirror, return the mirror lock -up lever to use , the more noticeable the vibration will not reach the light meter, it up , you advance the film. MIRROR LOCK-UP In normal picture-taking situations, when you use a tripod for a long time. Inevitably, this kind of -field preview lever C) . ...