Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Table of Contents NOMENCLATURE ........................................................................................................................................................2 SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................................4 HOW IT WORKS.......................................................................................................
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts NOMENCLATURE Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts SPECIFICATIONS 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 36mm. Standard Lenses Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 and 55mm f/1.8 with fully automatic diaphragm. 7 elements in 6 groups. Distance scale: 0.45m (1.5 feet) to infinity. Filter size: 49mm. With depth-offield scale.
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. Lens Mount 42mm thread (Pentax-mount). Flash Synchronization FP + X contacts for conventional flash cord connection.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 speed. 2. Keep this at "1x" for normal exposure. 4. Set shutter speed dial at "AUTOMATIC". Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale. 6 3. Pre-select f/stop 5.
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 openaperture or stopped-down aperture. 8. Depress shutter button completely. 9. Memory device automatically releases electronic shutter. CORRECT EXPOSURE Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 cassette chamber, and push down the rewind knob. Insert the film leader into the slot of the take-up spool. 3. Advance the film by alternately turning the rapid wind lever and depressing the shutter button until both sprockets engage the film perforations properly.
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. FILM TYPE REMINDER DIAL Use this dial as a reminder of the type of film loaded.
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 intentional over- or under-exposures within the range of these factors while working on "AUTOMATIC". For example, set the dial at 2x or 4x when shooting against the light, and at 1/2x against dark backgrounds.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 weather………….f/4 - f/5.6 Indoor……………………f/2 - f/2.8 This is a rough guide to acquaint you with the automatic shutter operation. As you get used to it, you will have your own yardstick for aperture pre-selection depending on your subject and lighting conditions.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 the electric circuit. The meter needle in the viewfinder indicates the correct shutter speed. If the needle goes above "1000", close down the diaphragm until the needle moves below "1000".
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 through the fully open aperture or stopped-down taking aperture for correct automatic exposure. For open-aperture reading, the stop-down lever should be DOWN; for stop-down reading, push up the lever.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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, 1/500. 1/1000 sec. plus B (Bulb). To operate at any one of these speeds, just turn the shutter dial from "AUTOMATIC" to the desired speed setting. Now the electric circuit and the TTL meter circuit are off. Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M.
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. Rewind until the tension on the crank lessens, indicating that the leader end of the film has been released from the take-up spool.
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 and completely for electronic shutter) with the shutter speed dial set at "AUTOMATIC".
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 builtin hot shoe atop the pentaprism housing, As indicated in the table, set the shutter dial at 1/60 X for electronic flash, and the flash cord plugged into the X terminal. Set the shutter dial at 1/60 or faster for FP class flash bulb, with the cord plugged into the FP terminal.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 meters…the lens is focused on a subject 5 meters away. The calibrations on each side of the distance index correspond to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of focus distance for different lens apertures.
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. Then match your lens-to-subject distance to the infra-red index by turning the distance scale accordingly.
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. This tensions the shutter without advancing the film. Finally, release the shutter to make a second exposure. Then make one blank exposure, before taking the next picture, to avoid overlapping.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 hit the diaphragm activating lever in the body. Move it up only when checking the depth of field or using stop-down metering lenses or Extension Tubes, Bellows Unit, etc. inserted between the lens and camera body. 2.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts 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 (with "1.8" engraved on the left of the diaphragm ring and "16" on the right.) 4. The length of a tripod's screw should not exceed the normal length of 4.5mm (3/16"). Do not extend it longer than this length when mounting your camera on a tripod.
Asahi Pentax ES Operating Manual Excerpts Reproduced for Historical and Reference Purposes by Paul M. Provencher http://whitemetal.com Not For Resale.
