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- Page 1 Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Table of Contents NOMENCLATURE ................................2 SPECIFICATIONS ...............................4 HOW IT WORKS................................6 FILM LOADING AND WINDING..........................8 SETTING ASA FILM SPEED............................9 FILM TYPE REMINDER DIAL..........................9 EXPOSURE FACTOR CONTROL DIAL......................10 DIAPHRAGM SETTING............................11 TTL METERING AND AUTOMATIC SHUTTER....................12 OPEN-APERTURE OR STOP-DOWN READING.............13... -
Page 3: Nomenclature
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts NOMENCLATURE Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. - Page 4 Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale.
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Page 5: Specifications
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts SPECIFICATIONS Type 35mm TTL-metering single-lens reflex camera with focal plane electronic shutter automatic exposure control. Film and Picture Size 35mm film (20 ir 36 exposures). 24mm x 36mm. Standard Lenses Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 55mm f/1.8 with fully automatic diaphragm. - Page 6 Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Film Rewind Rapid rewind crank. Film rewind button on base of camera body releases film from take-up spool for rewind. Film Exposure Counter Automatic re-set type. 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.
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Page 7: How It Works
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts A silver battery is packed separately. Be sure to insert it into the battery housing before operating the camera. For insertion, refer to HOW IT WORKS page 19. Load your film and set ASA 2. - Page 8 Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 6. TTL Meter Reading. Softly depress the shutter button. Electric circuit is now switched on. Meter needle starts moving and indicates correct shutter speed. 7. Electronic memory device stores exposure reading information, whether through open- aperture or stopped-down aperture.
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Page 9: Film Loading And Winding
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts FILM LOADING AND Avoid direct light when loading your film WINDING 1. Open the back by pulling out 2. Place the film cassette properly into the cassette chamber, and the rewind knob until the back push down the rewind knob. -
Page 10: Setting Asa Film Speed
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts SETTING ASA FILM SPEED The ASA film speed is given in the data sheet packed with each roll of film. The higher the ASA number, the more sensitive the film. Lift the outer ring of the exposure factor control dial, and turn it until the same number as the ASA number of the loaded film appears in the ASA speed indicator window. -
Page 11: Exposure Factor Control Dial
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts EXPOSURE FACTOR CONTROL DIAL The scale (4x 2x 1x 1/2x ) indicates exposure factor Turn the outer ring of the film type dial, and set 1x against the orange arrow for normal exposures. Use this control only when necessary to give... -
Page 12: Diaphragm Setting
The shutter speed of the ES is automatically determined at any speed within the range of 8 to 1/1000 sec. according to the brightness of your subjects. -
Page 13: Ttl Metering And Automatic Shutter
"1000". If the needle goes below "1", the shutter speed indicates an exposure longer than 1 second. The electronic shutter of the ES is guaranteed to work properly down to 8 sec. (When making longer exposures with your eye off the viewfinder, use the viewfinder cap to shield the light coming in through the viewfinder as it may interrupt the correct exposure. -
Page 14: Open-Aperture Or Stop-Down Reading
The SMC Takumar 85mm f/1.9 (photo at the top right) and SMC Takumar-Zoom 85mm~210mm lenses do not have the open aperture reading pin (1), and therefore, they should be used on the ES for stop-down reading. Also remember that the TTL metering does not work unless the shutter dial is set at "AUTOMATIC". -
Page 15: Mechanical Shutter
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts MECHANICAL SHUTTER addition electronic shutter for the automatic exposure control, the ES has a mechanical shutter for speeds 1/60 X for electronic flash synchronization, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500. 1/1000 sec. plus B (Bulb). To operate at any one of these speeds, just turn the shutter dial from "AUTOMATIC"... -
Page 16: Film Unloading
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts FILM UNLOADING After the final picture on the roll has been taken, the rapid wind lever will not turn, indicating that the film must be rewound. Unfold the rewind crank. Depress the film rewind release button and turn the rewind crank as indicated to rewind the film into the film cassette. -
Page 17: Battery Check And Replacement
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts BATTERY CHECK AND REPLACEMENT A silver battery powers the TTL meter and electronic shutter. The power circuit is on only when you depress the shutter release (lightly for meter reading completely electronic shutter) with the shutter speed dial set at "AUTOMATIC". -
Page 18: Flash Synchronization
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION The Pentax ES as FP and X terminals at the front of the camera body, and an additional X contact on the built- in hot shoe atop the pentaprism housing, As indicated... -
Page 19: Depth-Of-Field Guide
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts DEPTH-OF-FIELD GUIDE If you want to know how great the depth of field is in focus at the lens opening. You will note from the at a certain aperture, look at the depth-of-field depth-of-field guide in the photograph that the guide. -
Page 20: Infra-Red Photography
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts INFRA-RED PHOTOGRAPHY If you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember to use the infra-red index marked with an orange line or a small "R" on the depth-of-field guide. First focus your lens on your subject. Determine the lens-to-subject distance from the distance scale. -
Page 21: Multiple Exposure
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts MULTIPLE EXPOSURE For deliberate multiple exposures, make the first exposure in the normal way. Then tighten the film by turning the rewind knob (1), and keep hold of the rewind knob. Depress the film rewind release button (2) and cock the rapid wind lever. -
Page 22: Important Notes
Extension Tubes, Bellows Unit, etc. inserted between the lens and camera body. If you set the shutter dial of the ES at "AUTOMATIC" and release the shutter, the reflex mirror will be blocked up for safety, if 1) the lens cap is on. - Page 23 Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts The following two lenses will not properly fit the Pentax ES camera body due to the difference of mechanical design and construction: Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 Super-Takumar 55mm f/1.8 (with "1.8" engraved on the left of the diaphragm ring and "16"...
- Page 24 Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale.