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Page 1: ...ntem BELGIUM ASAHI OPTICAL EU ROPE S A Hamburg Office 2000 Hamburg 54 Lokstedt Grandweg 64 WEST GERMANY ASAHI OPTICAL AM ERICA INC 15 East 26th Street Suite 1710 New York New York 10010 U S A ASAHI OPTICAL BRASILEI RA INO E COM LTOA Rua Estados Unidos 1053 Sao Paulo SP BRAS I L C3 Printed in Japan ASAHI PENTAX ...

Page 2: ...s 31 Camera Maintenance 32 Warranty Pol icy Memo 34 36 SMC Pentax lenses and Pentax accessories are engineered and produced meticulously to preci Asahi Pentax specifications Lenses and accessories from other manufactu rers are no t produced to these precise specifications and therefore may cause difficulties with or actual damage to a Pentax camera Asahi Pentax cannot assume any responsibility or ...

Page 3: ...ow X flash terminal fD FP flash terminal W Accessory fitting groove Film guide rails G Film rails Viewfinder eyepiece Film chamber Ol Battery chamber Tripod receptacle IV Shutter curtains iJ Film rewind button Sprocket Film take up spool aD Film roller Back cover Film pressure plate PENTAX 1 3 e3 ...

Page 4: ...ant return type with mirror lock up device and special shock absorbers for minimum vibration 5 Lens Mount Film Advance Exposure Counter Film Rewind Flash Synchronization Exposure Meter Memo Holder Dimensions Weight Pentax bayonet mount Ratchet type rapid wind lever 20 0 pre advance and 160 0 advance angle Cocked indicator alongside shutter release button Automatic re set Rapid rewind crank for spe...

Page 5: ... into the battery chamber before o erating the camera CAUTION Do not push the check button too often as it wi 11 exhaust the batteries The battery is like a phonograph record It can be damaged by skin acids Handle by the edges with a dry cloth before insertion into the camera The battery is not rechargeable Do not throw a dead battery into fire as it may explode A lso keep it beyond the reach of s...

Page 6: ...0 sec indoors s 4 COMPOSE AND FOCUS While viewing through the finder turn the focusing ring until your subject comes into sharp focus 5 TURN ON LIGHT METER AND ROTATE DIAPHRAGM RING Make sure that the rapid wind lever is at its pre advance angle not at its completely closed position As you depress the shutter button halfway the light meter turns on and the black meter needle matches the blue one W...

Page 7: ... Trip the shutter Advance the film until the exposure counter t urns to 1 indicating that the first picture is ready to be taken 10 SETTING MA FILM SPEED 5000 4000 2500 2000 1250 1000 640 500 320 250 160 125 80 50 40 25 20 12 10 64 32 16 8 6400 3200 1600 800 400 200 100 11 The ASA film speed rating of all 35mm films is given in the data sheet packed w ith each roll of film The higher the ASA numbe...

Page 8: ...il the upper and lower portions are in perfect al ignment UTTER Turn the shutter speed dial clockwise or counter clockwise to the shutter speed desired The shutl speed may be set either before or after cocking the rapid wind lever As you cock the shutter by turning the rapid wind lever the cocked indicator turns to red showing that the shutter is cocked The indicator blacks out as you trip the shu...

Page 9: ... to your body Vertical position C Hold your camera tightly to your forehead with your left hand raise your right arm and draw your left arm to your body FILM UNLOADING After the final pi cture on the roll has been taken the rapid wind lever will not turn indicating that the film must be rewound Lift up the rewind crank Depress the film rewind release button and turn the rewind crank as indicated t...

Page 10: ...shoe flash contact turns to hot switched on only when you insert a shoe mount electronic flash It remains cold disconnected even when using an electronic flash with its cord plugged into the X terminal on the body front This eliminates the danger of electric shocks 16 There are basically two types of flash bu Ib attachments on the market clip on types and bracket types Either can be used with your...

Page 11: ...59 0 98 1 46 1 93 4 5 7 8 40 5 1 75 0 4 5 3 0 61 _ 1 02 1 54 2 0 7 5 52 12 36 F 2 0 45 0 59 0 98 1 45 1 9 0 4 4 1 7 86 36 24 0 454 0 6 1 1 02 1 56 2 11 5 78 13 75 F 2 8 0 44 0 59 0 97 1 43 1 87 4 2 1 7 24 25 9 0 0 46 0 6 1 1 0 3 1 58 2 16 6 16 16 19 F4 0 44 0 59 0 95 1 40 1 8 1 3 94 6 48 18 14 0 46 0 62 1 0 5 1 6 2 2 23 6 8 4 22 05 _ 00 FS 6 0 44 0 58 0 94 1 36 1 75 3 64 5 68 12 97 0 46 0 62 1 07 ...

Page 12: ...red sand or when you are copying a page of black letters on white paper increase the size of the aperture somewhat When your subject is brighter than the background if he is standing in a spotlight for example you make the aperture 1 or 2 steps smaller to compensate 20 1 J The exposure system built into the KX is called a needle matching system because the correct exposure for any given situation ...

Page 13: ...battery as the exposu re meter is switched off as soon as this lever is locked in 22e E OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT The exposure meter of the KX measures the brightness of the grou nd glass Therefore the meter needles should be matched after you have focused your subject on the ground glass The area A in the table indicates the read ing range of the meter and shou Id not be interpret ed as the camera s t...

Page 14: ...s not been moved back past the 90 position You can re start the self timer by pushing the cocking lever down again and moving the start lever again Do not leave the cocking lever in interrupt position for an extended period as this may weaken the spring 24e In normal picture taking situations when you trip the shutter the reflex mirror swings up out of t he way It then automatically drops back dow...

Page 15: ... if your subject is in focus at infinity turn the distance ring and move the infinity co mark to the index 00 o I ll MULTIPLE EXPOSURE For deliberate multiple exposures make the first exposure in the normal way Then tighten the film by turning the rewind knob e and keep hold of the rewind knob Depress the film rewind release button and cock the rapid wind lever This cocks the shutter without advan...

Page 16: ... camera body by aligning the red dots e and and turning the lens clockwise until it locks with a click This takes slightly less than a quarter of a revolution 3 To remove only the lens leaving the Mount Adaptor K attached to the camera body simply unscrew the lens counter clockwise Other screw mount Takumar lenses can then be attached in the normal way 1 To remove the Mount Adaptor K from the came...

Page 17: ... f 2 8 f 2 8 f 2 5 f 3 5 f 4 f 4 f 4 f 4 f 4 5 f 4 f 4 SMC Pentax 400mm f 5 6 SMC Pentax 500mm f 4 5 SMC Pentax 1000mm f 8 SMC Pentax Zoom 136 600mm f 6 7 30 ESISTANCE TO TEMPERATURE EXTREMES AND CHANGES The temperature range at which your camera will continue to function properly stretches from 50 C to 20 C However resistance to cold could be hampered by oil which has become dirty Therefore if th...

Page 18: ...l mechanism even though externally nothing seems to have been hurt 32e 4 Your camera is not waterproof There are several places where water can get inside and do a great deal of damage Take care to protect both body and lens from rain or splashing water If your camera should get wet dry it off immediately with a clean soft cloth Once a camera has become completely soaked t here is often nothing th...

Page 19: ...In this case it will take a considerable length of time before the equipment can be returned to you owing to the complicated customs procedures required in Japan in importing and re export ing photographic equipment If the equipment is covered by warranty repairs will be made and parts replaced free of charge and the equipment will be returned to you upon completion of servicing If the equipment i...

Page 20: ...MEMO 9 1975 ...

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