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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 1[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 1 Table of Contents NOMENCLATURE ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 SPECIFICATI[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 2 NOMENCLATURE[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 3[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 4 S PECIFICATIONS Type 35mm TTL-metering single-lens reflex camera with focal plane electronic shutter for automatic exposure control. Film and Picture Size 35mm film (20 ir 36 exposures). 24mm x 36m[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 5 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 appea[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 6 HOW IT WORKS A silver battery is packed separately. Be sure to insert it into the battery housing before operating the camera. For insertion, refer to page 19. 1. Load your film and set ASA film sp[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 7 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 expo[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 8 FILM LOADING AND WINDING Avoid direct light when loading your film 1. Open the back by pulling out the rewind knob until the back cover snaps open. 2. Place the film cassette properly into the cass[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 9 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 facto[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 10 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 cont[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 11 DIAPHRAGM SETTING Set the shutter speed dial at "AUTOMATIC". Rotate the diaphragm ring to pre-select the desired aperture such as follows: Fine weather ……………..f/8 - f/11 Cloudy[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 12 TTL METERING AND AUTOMATIC SHUTTER For open-aperture reading, be sure that the stop-down lever is DOWN. After cocking the rapid wind lever, press the shutter release button lightly to switch on th[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 13 OPEN-APERTURE OR STOP-DOWN READING With the new Super-Multi-Coated (SMC) Takumar lenses with an open-aperture reading pin (1), mounted directly on the ES camera body, the TTL meter reads exposure [...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 14 MECHANICAL SHUTTER In addition to the 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[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 15 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 re[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 16 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 and complet[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 17 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 in the t[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 18 DEPTH-OF-FIELD GUIDE If you want to know how great the depth of field is at a certain aperture, look at the depth-of-field guide. In the above photograph, the distance scale scale is set at 5 mete[...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 19 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 [...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 20 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 [...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 21 IMPORTANT NOTES 1. Always keep the stop-down lever down for open-aperture reading. Also, be sure to keep it down when interchanging lenses, otherwise, the automatic diaphragm pin of the lens will [...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 22 3. 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 ([...]

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    Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 23[...]