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Pentax SP 500
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Posted 11-27-'02
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  • Page 1 If you use Pay Pal, use the link below. Use the above address for a check, M.O. or cash. www.PayPal.me/butkus Back to my main Camera manual main page (Same as the Pentax SP but with only a 1/500 sec as fastest shutter speed)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Asahi Pentax warranty policy 40 Honeywell Pentax SP 500 This is the Pentax SP 500—another proud member of the world-famous Pentax family whose name has become synonymous with design innovations and precision craftsmanship in 35mm single- lens-reflex cameras. When the first Pentax Spotmatic was introduced to the public at the 1960 PHOTOKINA, the world's largest photographic fair, in Cologne, Germany, it attracted the instant and close attention of photographers and photographic engineers alike.
  • Page 3 Like the other members of the Pentax family, the Honeywell Pentax SP 500 has a 42mm threaded lens mount that accepts any of the superb Takumar lenses from the ultra-wide-angle 17mm Takumar to the super telephoto 1000mm Takumar, a wide range of optics that will satisfy the demands of even the most critical professional.
  • Page 4 A--Shutter speed index F--Automatic reset exposure counter B--Shutter speed dial G--Cocked indicator C--Rapid wind lever H--D ring lug D--ASA film speed setting I --Focusing ring E--Shutter release J--X flash terminal K--FP flash terminal L--Preview lever M--Exposure meter switch N--Film type reminder dial 0--Rewind knob...

  • Page 5: Specifications

    Specifications Type 35mm single-lens reflex with built-in light meter. Film and Picture Size 35mm film (20 or 36exposures). 24mm x 36mm. Standard Lenses Super -Takumar 50mm f/1.4 or 55mm f/l.8 with fully automatic diaphragm. Filters and lens hood size: 49mm. Equipped with diaphragm preview lever which affords visual check of depth of field.
  • Page 6 Film Advance Ratchet-type rapid wind lever (for film advance and shutter cocking). 10° pre-advancing and 160 degrees advancing angle. "Cocked" Indicator A red disk appears in a small window alongside the shutter release button when the shutter is cocked, and blacks out when it is released.

  • Page 7: Short Operating Course

    Short-course operating manual 1. SET FILM SPEED. Lift the outer ring of the shutter speed dial, turn it around and set the same number as the ASA number of the loaded film to the small red index which appears alongside the figure 1. Then cock the rapid wind lever.
  • Page 8 4. TURN ON LIGHT METER SWITCH. Push up the switch button with your thumb, and the small window on the switch button will turn to red indicating that the meter is switched on. Through the viewfinder, you will observe the movement of the meters needle on the right side of the ground glass.

  • Page 9: How To Hold Your Camera

    (Position B), while others release it with the index finger (Position C). Position C is more desirable for fast focusing and shooting. With the Honeywell Pentax, whether held vertically or horizontally, you see your subject image through the taking lens,...

  • Page 10: Film Loading

    Film loading Avoid direct sunlight when loading your film. 1. Open the back by pulling out the rewind knob until back cover snaps open. 2. Place the film cassette into the cassette chamber, and push back the rewind knob. Draw out the film leader and crease across one or two perforations back from the end of the leader.

  • Page 11: Film Wind And Rewind

    Film Type Reminder dial Setting ASA film speed The ASA film speed rating of all 35mm films is given in the data sheet packed with Use the film type dial to show what type of each roll of film. The higher the ASA film is in your camera.

  • Page 12: Bright Field Focusing

    4www.butkus.org Microprism Honeywell Pentax cameras have a Fresnel lens with a microprism center underneath the ground glass. As you look through the finder, you will see that the Fresnel lens consists of many concentric rings which provide the brightest possible image on the ground glass.

  • Page 13: Automatic Diaphragm

    Automatic diaphragm When the preview lever is in "A" (automatic) position, and the exposure meter is turned to "OFF", the fully automatic diaphragm is at its largest aperture at all times, except for the instant of exposure, no matter what aperture is set on the diaphragm ring.

  • Page 14: Shutter

    Shutter Turn the shutter speed dial clock. wise or counter-clockwise to the shutter speed desired. The shutter 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"...

  • Page 16: Range Of Light Measurement

    Range of light measurement The exposure meter of the Spotmatic measures the brightness of the ground glass. Therefore, the meter should be turned on after you have focused your subject on the ground glass. The following table shows the range of the meter's light measurement, and should not be interpreted as the camera's total range of f/stop-shutter speed combinations.

  • Page 17: Mercury Battery

    Mercury battery - There are WEIN Air replacement batteries available that provides the accurate 1.3v needed. How to check it 1. Set the shutter speed dial to B (bulb) position. 2. Turn the ASA dial to ASA 100. 3. Push the meter switch to "on" position. Look at the meters needle through the viewfinder.

  • Page 18: Flash Synchronization

    Please always keep a battery from the reach of small children Webmaster: see my page on mercury batteries Flash synchronization The Honeywell Pentax has two sets of terminals --FP and X. The table below shows which flash contact, which shutter speed and which flash bulb may be combined for maximum lamp efficiency.

  • Page 19: Important Notes

    Important notes 1. Always keep the meter switched off when not actually taking readings. Leaving the meter switched on will rapidly exhaust the battery. It is also necessary to keep the meter switched off when mounting a Super-Takumar lens on the Spotmatic camera body.

  • Page 20: Infra-Red Photography

    Forcing longer screws into the tripod socket of the camera will damage the mechanism. 6. We do not guarantee the quality of photographs when brands other than Takumar lenses and Pentax accessories, such as lens extenders, are used. Infra-red photography If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to use the small "R"...

  • Page 21: How To Make Deliberate Double Exposure

    55mm, the subject image is seen through the viewfinder larger than its life size. Regardless of the lens selected for your Honeywell Pentax, there is never need for an accessory viewfinder, ordinarily required for rangefinder type cameras. When interchanging lenses, hold the lens by the distance scale ring.
  • Page 22 slow-speed fine grain film. Generally, high speed films are grainy and are not suitable for resolution test. Support your camera on a good tripod. Use a shutter release cable to prevent camera movement. The definition of the picture on the negative film may decrease if exposure and developing time are not proper.
  • Page 26 COMPLETE SYSTEM OF SUPERB TAKUMAR LENSES...
  • Page 27 The extension tube set consists of 3 rings: #1, #2 and #3; 9.5mm, 19.0mm and 28.5mm respectively. These rings may be used in combination as desired. Ring #1 is suited for moderate close-up work as in copying documents. When all extension tubes are used simultaneously with the 55mm lens, the subject may be enlarged on the film to a magnification of 1.04 of the life size.
  • Page 28 An extremely versatile accessory for the Honeywell Pentax owner who specializes in color transparencies, the Repronar incorporates a specially modified Honeywell Pentax camera with a precision 50mm f/4 Takumar lens and a Strobonar electronic flash light source. It enables the user to duplicate original transparencies,...
  • Page 29 HONEYWELL PENTAX COPIPOD This new portable copying stand fits all models of the Honeywell Pentax and can be used anywhere for copying documents, artwork, photographs, stamps, etc. The Copipod consists of a lens board complete with adapter rings for 46mm and 49mm sizes, and four calibrated telescoping legs.
  • Page 30 ADAPTER 'A' - For use of Leica-mount lenses on the Honeywell Pentax camera body. Leica- mount lenses may be used on the Honeywell Pentax camera body with this adapter ring ONLY for close-up photography. The following table illustrates the film plane-to-subject distance that can be covered by Leica-mount lenses when using this adapter.
  • Page 31 For use in loading bulk film. 90° FINDER A convenient accessory viewfinder to be attached to the viewfinder frame of the Honeywell Pentax, for low-angle close-up, photo-micrography, etc. × ACCESSORY CLIP Attaches to the Honeywell Pentax viewfinder window for mounting a folding flash gun, etc.

  • Page 32: Warranty Policy

    Any equipment which proves defective during the 12-month warranty period should be returned to your Honeywell Pentax dealer. The dealer will forward the equipment to the Honeywell factory or nearest Honeywell repair station. If the equipment is covered by warranty, repairs will be made and parts replaced free of charge, and the equipment returned prepaid to your dealer.

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