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Pentax Camera Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1 This page is copyright@ bV M. Butkus, Nl This page may not be sold or distributed without the expressed permission of the producer I have no connection with any camera company On-line camera manual library - www.orphancameras.com This is the full text and images from the manual. This may take 3 full minutes for the PDF file to download depending on your connection type.
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  • Page 4 SupEftpffi}fFiflt O N e c k s t r a p r i n g O f x p o s u r e c o u n t e r O f i l m w i n d l e v e r O S f r u t t e r r e l e a s e b u t t o n €...
  • Page 5 € ) M a n u a l s h u t t e r s p e e d s e l e c t b u t t o n s @ l l l u m i n a t i n g w i n d o w G) Hotshoe ( D E x p o s u r e c o m p e n s a t i o n i n d e x m a r k ( D E x p o s u r e c o m p e n s a t i o n s c a l e...
  • Page 6 S i x e x p o s u r e m o d e s " ^ " l e n s O & As on your Pentax Super Program ..2 8...
  • Page 7 T H E S U P E R P R O G R A M I N 9 E A S Y S T E P S F o l l o w t h e I s t e p s b e l o w , a n d i n a v e r y s h o r t t i m e y o u ' l l b e a b l e t o t a k e p i c t u r e s w i t h t h e S u p e r P r o g r a m i n i t s P r o g r a m m e d A E m o d e .
  • Page 8 " A " 4 . R o t a t e t h e a p e r t u r e r i n g o n y o u r s e r i e s l e n s t o t h e A u t o 3 .
  • Page 9 ( p . 2 1 ) 7 . F o c u s t h e l e n s b y r o t a t i n g t h e f o c u s i n g r i n g . 1 / 6 0 s e c o n d .
  • Page 10 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Pfease refer to pages321 43 for detailed'information,on the Super Prograffr, six,exposure,modes. o , , P r o $ f 0 n ' l I T l B d , A E m o d e , ' : o A p e ' r .
  • Page 11 lEf$tpEi*$ifi$fit Your Super Program doesn't operate without batteries. Use two 1 . 5 V s i l v e r o r a l k a l i n e b a t t e r i e s , o r a 3 V l i t h i u m b a t t e r y . B e f o r e i n s e r t i n g b a t t e r i e s i n t h e b a t t e r y c o m p a r t m e n t , w i p e t h e m w i t h a c l e a n d r y c l o t h .
  • Page 12 T h i s a l t e r n a t e L C D i n d i c a t i o n t e l l s y o u t h a t b o t h b a t t e r i e s s h o u l d be replaced promptly to restore the camera to normal functioning.
  • Page 13 Therefore, the batteries o When keeping the camera in a bag c s u p p l i e d w i t h y o u r c a m e r a m a y b e s l i g h t l y b e l o w...
  • Page 14 G R I P . S U P E R A o F i t t h e G r i p m o u n t s o c k e t ( o n t h e r e a r s i d e o f t h e G r i p ) t o t h e G r i p l u g o n t h e c a m e r a .
  • Page 15 . F i r s t s t r i p t h e c l a s p a n d b e l t r i n g f r o m e i t h e r e n d o f t h e s t r a p .
  • Page 16 To remove the lens cap, press in on the notches at both sides. o To remove the lens, press the lens release lever toward the camera b o d y w h i l e t u r n i n g t h e l e n s c o u n t e r - c l o c k w i s e .
  • Page 17 F I L M W I N D L E V E R Film-advance/shutter-cocked indicator W h e n o n e f r a m e i s c o m p l e t e l Y w o u n d a n d t h e s h u t t e r i s c o c k e d f o r t h e n e x t s h o t , t h e - m a r k a p p e a r s o n t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d L C D .
  • Page 18 S H U T T E R D I A L , S H U T T E R B E L E A S E B U T T O N A N D R E I - E A S E B U T T O N L O C K o T h e s h u t t e r d i a l i s a u t o m a t i c a l l y l o c k e d a t t h e A U T O p o s i t i o n .
  • Page 20 S e t t h e f i l m s p e e d d i a l t o t h e f i l m s p e e d i n d i c a t e d o n y o u r f i l m p a c k a g e .
  • Page 21 F I L M L O A D I N G L o a d t h e c a m e r a w i t h a 3 5 m m f i l m c a r t r i d g e . L o a d o r u n l o a d t h e f i l m i n t h e s h a d e , a v o i d i n g d i r e c t s u n l i g h t .
  • Page 22 o L i g h t l y r o t a t e t h e f i l m r e w i n d i n g k n o b u n t i l a n y s l a c k i s t a k e n u p , a n d c o n f i r m t h a t t h e f i l m i s p r o p e r l y f i t t e d b e t w e e n b o t h g u i d e r a i l s .
  • Page 23 " " " E r r o r i n s h u t t e r s p e e d s e t t i n g T h e s p l i t - i m a g e c e n t e r s p o t a n d i t s s u r r o u n d i n g f f i m i c r o p r i s m c o l l a r a r e b r i g h t e r a n d e a s i e r t o f o c u s ( f l i c k e r i n g ) .
  • Page 24 Lighting button for viewfinder LCDs. I n d i m l i g h t , t h e v i e w f i n d e r LCDs may become hard to see. I n t h a t e v e n t , p r e s s t h e i l l u m i n a t i o n b u t t o n t o t h r o w m o r e l i g h t o n t h e f i n d e r L C D s .
  • Page 26 Y o u c a n f o c u s i n t h r e e w a y s , w i t h t h e s p l i t - i m a g e , m i c r o p r i s m , a n d / o r m a t t e f i e l d .
  • Page 27 . R e l e a s e t h e s h u t t e r g e n t l y release in order to reduce camera shake to w h i l e s l o w l y b r e a t h i n g o u t .
  • Page 28 U N L O A D I N G T H E F I L M W h d n t h e l a s t f r a m e o f t h e f i l m h a s b e e n e x p o s e d , t h e f i l m s h o u l d b e r e w o u n d i n t o t h e c a r t r i d g e b e f o r e u n l o a d i n g f r o m t h e c a m e r a .
  • Page 29 W h e n u s i n g c o n v e n t i o n a l P e n t a x K , a n d K f m o u n t lenses on your Pentax Super Program, you can use the Aperture-pri,orit\y',AE, Metered Manual and a f f A u t o F l a s h m o d e s , W h e n u s i n g , n e w t .
  • Page 30 Programmed AE (lens on "A", shutter dial on "A"l Aperture-priority AE (lens on any f-number, shutter dial on "A"l Y o u r S u p e r P r o g r a m i t s e l f a u t o m a t i c a l l y s e l e c t s t h e m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e c o m b i n a t i o n o f s h u t t e r s p e e d W h e n t h e a p e r t u r e i s s e t m a n u a l l y , t h e s h u t t e r a n d a p e r t u r e t o o b t a i n p r o p e r e x p o s u r e , c h a n g i n g...
  • Page 31 Shutter-priority AE, Metered Manual (lens on "Af', shutter dial on "M'rl , ,, (lens on any aperture, shutter diat on "M") The cornbination of shutter speed and,apertur,e is , The shutterspeed is set manually, and the aperture value ii's automatically.' Co-htrol'led accor.dihg,to : c o r n p l e t e l y u p t o y o u .
  • Page 32 . ( R f ' 4 2 p a g e f o r d e t a i | s } Programmed Auto Flash lf you use a Pentax dedicated TTL tfash unit with the camera in the Programmed AE oro Shutter-...
  • Page 33 PENTAX T'A'' LENS. T o s e t t h e l e n s i n t h e A p o s i t i o n , m a t c h t h e A - i n d e x ( g r e e n l i n e ) o n t h e a p e r t u r e r i n g t o t h e o i n d e x m a r k w h i l e d e p r e s s i n g t h e a p e r t u r e a u t o l o c k b u t t o n .
  • Page 34 I,fr*if.ttTt*ifi S h u t t e r d i a l i s a u t o m a t i c a l l y l o c k e d w h e n s e t a t t h e A U T O p o s i t i o n . T o s e l e c t o t h e r p o s i t i o n s ( L , M , 1 2 5 X o r B ) r o t a t e t h e s h u t t e r d i a l , d e p r e s s i n g t h e s h u t t e r a u t o l o c k b u t t o n , a n d m a t c h t h e i n d e x ( r e d l i n e ) t o t h e d e s i r e d p o s i t i o n .
  • Page 35 o L C D d i s p l a y s o n t h e c a m e r a t o p c o v e r a n d i n s i d e t h e v i e w f i n d e r f l i c k e r t o w a r n o f v a r i o u s r p r o b l e m s .
  • Page 36 T h e s e s h o w b e y o n d t h e m e t e r c o u p l i n g r a n g e i n t h e S h u t t e r - p r i o r i t y A E m o d e .
  • Page 37 o D e p r e s s t h e a u t o l o c k b u t t o n o n t h e a p e r t u r e r i n g o f y o u r P e n t a x "...
  • Page 38 Programmed AE mode warnings \ l l r / W h e n t h e p r o g r a m m e d c o m b i n a t i o n o f s h u t t e r "...

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