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  • Page 2: Part Names

    Part Names ■: Reference page ○: OK ✕: NO 札 擦 拶 察 察 Operation Parts 拶 Accessory Shoe 撮 Grip 殺 擦 AF Sensor Window 札 Finder Brightness Window 捌 殺 View Finder Window 錆 薩 Self-timer Light 雑 AE Sensor Window 皐...
  • Page 3 皿 傘 山 鮫 Back Cover Lock 皿 Finder Eyepiece 晒 Film Chamber 三 Film Speed Detection Pins 傘 Film Sprocket 参 Tripod Socket 散 山 Film Take-up Spool 惨 Battery Chamber Cover 惨 撒 参 鮫 撒 Back Cover 三...

  • Page 4: Operation Parts

    1. Operation Parts 桟 Rewind Button 蚕 纂 酸 燦 SELECT Button 珊 MF Button 産 Self-timer Button 算 Up/Down Button 纂 Aperture Dial 蚕 Display Panel 讃 Main Switch OFF: off P: Program Mode A: Aperture-priority Mode 賛 桟 燦 珊 産 算...

  • Page 5: Loading The Battery

    Loading the Battery When loading the battery, first turn the main switch to M.
  • Page 6 拭 When to replace the battery Fig. 拭 Turn the Main Switch ON. The ⓐ Change battery. (power low) following indication will last for ⓑ No power. about 10 seconds. * Main switch off before you replace the battery. * If you replace the battery, set values of camera-shake critical speed, ISO speed, etc.

  • Page 7: Basic Functions/Operation

    Basic Functions/Operation Pressing Shutter Release Button Halfway-down Fig. 拭 Fig. 植 Fig. 殖 拭 Halfway-down Pressing 植 Complete Pressing 殖 Caution: Be careful not to The shutter will be released. cover the AE sensor and AF Press the Shutter Release Button sensor parts on the front of the halfway down and hold it with the camera with your fingers etc.
  • Page 8 Finder Display 察 擦 撮 拶 札 殺 察 AF Frame 拶 Focusing Completion Mark 撮 Under-exposure Warning Mark 擦 Over-exposure Warning Mark 札 AE Frame: A, P Modes 殺 AE Frame: M Mode...
  • Page 9 燭 Automatic Compensation of Parallax Fig. 燭 ⓐ ⓐ ⓑ ⓒ ⓐ Photo Range ⓑ In Close Photography ⓒ In Distant Photography...
  • Page 10 織 Photo Range Fig. 織 ⓐ The effective distance range is 0.6 m - infinity. ⓑ Too close to the subject. * Auto Focus does not work with some kinds of dark objects, reflective or light-emitting objects, or very small objects.
  • Page 11 Focus Lock Photography Place the AF-Frame on the Press Shutter Release Now frame the picture as you object. Button halfway down and hold wish. Slowly press the Shutter Metering range Release Button all the way memorized. down.

  • Page 12: Film Loading

    Film Loading Open the Back Cover. Place film Film Draw out the film tip as far as Chamber. the FILM TIP mark.
  • Page 13 Fig. 拭 Close the Back Cover. Turn the Main Switch ON. The 拭 Open the back cover and film will advance to the first reload the film. frame. * With DX film, film speed (ISO * When Main Switch 25-5000) is automatically set. already set to ON, press the Film Speed Manual setting.
  • Page 14 Standard Photography P Mode This mode prevents failures as much as possible. Based on the specified aperture value, the shutter speed changes according to the brightness. If shutter speed changes are not sufficient for proper exposure, then the aperture is also changed. Set the Main Switch to P.
  • Page 15 拭 Successful Aperture Setting Fig. 拭 ⓐ Increase the shutter speed. ⓑ Standard Set Values ⓒ Enlarge the focus range.
  • Page 16 植 Exposure Display (Shutter Release Button halfway down.) Fig. 植 ⓐ Correct Exposure (Realized with the specified aperture value). ⓑ Correct Exposure (Aperture value is changed). ⓒ Under Exposure Warning. ⓓ Over Exposure Warning. * When --- is continued to be displayed on display panel, please once set the main switch to M.
  • Page 17 殖 P Mode Program Chart Fig. 殖 ⓐ Camera-shake critical speed ⓑ Range of choice...
  • Page 18 Camera-shake Critical Speed At the time of shipment, the speed is set to 1/30 second. Range of choice is 1/4 - 1/60 second. Set to P Mode. Press and hold the SELECT Set the value by pressing the Button for more than a second, Up-Down Button.
  • Page 19 Self-timer Press the Self-timer Button. The Self-timer Light will light for * To cancel, turn the Main Switch 7 seconds and blink for the last to OFF. seconds before shutter * Focus and exposure will be set release. when the Self-timer Button is pressed.
  • Page 20 Rewinding When the film is at the end of Open the Back Cover and take roll, film will the film out. automatically rewind.
  • Page 21 Just before the completion of the rewind, [1] will appear in the Frame Counter Window. rewind stops with [- -] displayed for about a second. Now open the back cover. The film tip will remain outside.

  • Page 22: Manual Rewind

    Manual Rewind (rewinding before the roll is finished) Press the Rewind Button. The rewinding will start.
  • Page 23 Aperture-priority Photography A Mode In this mode, the shutter speed changes according to the specified aperture value. This mode is convenient in taking the depth of field into consideration, as the aperture values can be fixed. * If the shutter speed exceeds the maximum speed (1/250 sec.) or falls below the lowest speed (30 sec.), the warning...
  • Page 24 拭 Exposure Display (Shutter Release Button halfway down.) Fig. 拭 ⓐ Correct Exposure ⓑ Under-exposure Warning ⓒ Over-exposure Warning...

  • Page 25: Depth Of Field

    Depth of Field Changing the aperture will influence the photo effect. F2 1/250 F22 1/2...
  • Page 26 植 Depth of Field Checking Fig. 植 ⓐ F8 Depth of Field ⓑ F16 Depth of Field ⓒ Infrared Compensation Index You can roughly check the depth of field by the Focus Indicator.
  • Page 27 殖 A Mode Linkage Range Fig. 殖...
  • Page 28 Manual Photography M Mode In this mode, you manually combine the shutter speed with the aperture at your option. Set the Main Switch to M. Press the SELECT Button. With Specify the aperture value. the shutter speed displayed, press the Up-down Button and specify the shutter speed.
  • Page 29 燭 Exposure Display (Shutter Release Button halfway down.) Fig. 燭 ⓐ Correct Exposure ⓑ Under Exposure warning ⓒ Over Exposure Warning * If the shutter speed blinks, it means that the exposure exceeds the Exposure Display Range (EV3-18). * In this case, correct exposure isn't displayed but the camera is properly controlled at the specified value.

  • Page 30: Time Exposure

    Time Exposure If you press the Shutter Release Button, the shutter will be left opened. Press it again, and the shutter will be shut. * During the exposure. “T- -” will be displayed on the Display Panel. Set the Main Switch to M. Press the Down Button and set the Shutter Speed Display to T.
  • Page 31 Variable Aperture Synchronization (P Mode) In this control system, correct exposure is decided according to the outside light to prevent the darkened background. The aperture is changed to meet the correct exposure When the battery charging is Attach the flash to the camera. Set the Flash Switch to P ･...
  • Page 32 拭 Aperture Control and Effective Range Fig. 拭 * If the flash hasn’t been charged, the flash will not operate. * In this case, ordinary Program AE exposure will be adopted. INFORMATION The hot shoe flash can also be used in either A or M modes.
  • Page 33 Automatic Flash Photography (A･M Mode) When the Flash Switch is set to A, it can be used as automatic flash. Fig. 植 Set the Flash switch to A. aperture value 植 Aperture Values according to the film speed in Automatic Flashing use.
  • Page 34 Manual Flash Photography (A･M Mode) Set the Flash Switch to P･FULL. You need to adjust the aperture according to the camera-to-subject distance. Fig. 殖 ⓐ ⓒ ⓑ The Flash Switch is set to P･ Calculate the correct aperture 殖 Format for calculating the FULL.

  • Page 35: Exposure Compensation

    More Advanced Usage Exposure Compensation -1.3EV +1.3EV ±0EV Set the Main Switch to P or A Specify the compensation value * During the exposure compen- Mode and press the SELECT with the Up-down Button. sation, Exposure Compen- Button. * If press SELECT sation Mark is displayed.
  • Page 36 Film Speed Manual Setting * Effective range is ISO 6 ∼ 6400. * Manual setting should be done after film loading. * In displaying the film speeds of more than ISO 1000, the last two digits are abbreviated as H. Example: ISO 3200 →...

  • Page 37: Fixed Focus Mode

    Fixed Focus Mode 拭 Focus Hold With this function, focus lock mode is continually maintained. Adjust the AF Frame, then Press the MF Button. press Shutter Release Focus will be fixed. Button halfway down.
  • Page 38 植 One Touch Infinity Press the FM Button, “999” (Infinity) will be fixed. Fig. 植...
  • Page 39 殖 Manual Focus Fig. 殖 If you press and hold MF Button, “999” will change to the focus display. Press the Up-down Button and specify the focus you want to fix. * Turning the Main Switch OFF cancels the Mode.
  • Page 40 One-touch Exposure Selection Mode In this mode, the proper shutter speed for the aperture value set in “M” mode is selected automatically. Set the Main Switch to “M” and Pressing either the UP or select the desired aperture DOWN button will then set the setting.
  • Page 41 Automatic Infrared Focus Correction Mode This mode allows for one-step compensation of auto-focus focal range when using infrared film. (Once the focus correction value is set, all exposures on a roll of film are corrected to the same value.) Load the infrared film in the camera as Then press the MF button once to display usual, pressing the shutter release button “750”...
  • Page 42 ★ When using this mode, be sure to use the “M” mode setting to set shutter and aperture values for the film in use following the recommendations of the film manufacturer. ★ Once set, Automatic Infrared Focus Correction values remain effective until the roll is finished, even if the Main Switch is turned off.
  • Page 43 Multiple Exposure Mode This mode allows the user to make any number of multiple exposures on a single frame of film. After loading film in the camera, ★ When the Main Switch is turned “OFF” the film is advanced to turn the Main Switch from the next frame and Multiple “OFF”...
  • Page 44 Manual Guide Number Setting Mode In this mode, the user can manually set the desired guide number when using a standard flash unit with hot shoe, for fully automatic variable aperture synchronized flash exporures that make use of background lighting as well as flash. (This function is also available in “P” mode with the dedicated flash unit.) ★...
  • Page 45 Miscellaneous Auto Date (Auto date only) This camera has a quartz-controlled auto-date mechanism (clock/calendar) that is programmed through December 31, 2019. Changing the Display Press the MODE button and select either date or time.
  • Page 46 Adjusting Date and Time Press the MODE button and the date or time will be displayed. Press the SELECT button so that the date or time blinks. Press the SET button to set the date or time. Press the SELECT button and the blinking will stop.
  • Page 47 How to replace the back-up battery Liquid Crystal Display The LCD display darkens at high temperatures, and the response is slower at low temperatures. The LCD returns to normal operation at normal temperature.

  • Page 48: Specifications

    Specifications * The above performance depends on the company’s test conditions. The specifications and appearance may change without notice. * The softcase is available separately. Please consult your dealer.

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