INDEX Introduction Nomenclature Specifications How it works .. Film loading and winding .. Setting ASA film speed Film type reminder dial Exposure factor control dial Diaphragm setting. Compose and focus TTL metering and automatic shutter Open-aperture or stop down reading Mechanical shutter 1 Firm loading 17 Camera holding . 18 Battery check and replacement 19 Remote battery cord 20 Flash synchronization . Depth-of-field guide...
Your Sahib Pentax ES is the most exciting 35 mm SLR camera on the market today. It comes equipped with a through-the-lens metering sys. tem with focal-plane electronic shutter for automatic exposure control. The fully automatic electronic shutter operates just like an electronic computer assuring you of perfect exposures every time.
NOMENCLATURE Battery check button X reactant hot shoe Exposure factor control dial Shutter speed index Rapid wind lever Shutter speed dial Shutter release butt co Film rewind knob/Back caver opener ASA speed indicator Exposure counter 3 = “Cocked” indicator Reminder dial selector Fim type D-ring lug reminder dial D-ring Stop-down lever Diaphragm and distance index Depth-of field guide FP flash terminal Distance scale : X flash terminal Battery housing Focusing ring Diaphragm ring Depth-of-field preview leve
Film rewind crank Film guide rails Viewfinder eyepiece Accessory fitting groove Sprocket Film take-up spool Back cover Film pressure plate Film roller Film rewind button Tripod receptacle Shutter curtain Film rails Film chamber
SPECIFICATIONS Type 35mm TEL-metering single-lens reflex camera with focal-plane electronic shutter for automatic exposure control, Film and Picture Size 35mm film (20 or 38 exposures), 24mm X 36mm, Standard Lenses Super-Multi Coated Tamarack 50mm f/1.4 and 55mm £/1.8 with fully automatic diaphragm. 7 elements in 6 groups. Distance scale: 0.45m (15 feet) to infinity. Filter size: 49mm. With depth-of-field scale.
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 ved disk appears in a small window alongside the shutter release button when the shutter is cocked, and blacks cut when it is released. Lens Mount 42mm thread (Fen tax-mount). Flash Synchronization FP + X contacts for conventional flash cord connection.
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 2. Keep this at "Ix" for normal ex3. Pr-select f/stop. speed. posture. 5. Keep it down for open-aperture exposure reading. (Lens aperture stays fully open, and stops down to pres elected fist op as you de. press shutter release.) Move it 4.
6. TTL meter reading. Softly depress shutter button. Electric ci coot is now switched on. Meter needle starts moving and ind cares correct shutter speed. 7. Electronic memory device stores exposure reading information, whether through open-aperture or stopped-down aperture. 8, Depress shutter release button completely. 9. Memory device automatically releases electronic shutter.
FILM LOADING AND WINDING Avoid direct light when loading your film. & ab Rin 1. Open the back by pulling out the rewind 2. Place the film cassette properly into the cassette chamber, and push down the rewind knob. knob until the back cover snaps open. Insert the firm leader into the slot of the take-up spool 4. Cock the rapid wind lever. and watch to see that the film rewind knob automatically turns counter.
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 tern it until the same number as the ASA number of the loaded film appears in the ASA speed indicator window. " 1250 1000 £40 500 320 2350 180 125 Ashe] epee NN » 1600 800 do 200 DIN FILM TYPE REMINDER DIAL Use this dial as a reminder of the type of film loaded.
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 ex. postures. 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 when shooting against the light, and at 1/2x against dark backgrounds.
12 DIAPHRAGM SETTING Set the shutter speed dial at "AUTOMATIC". Rotate the diaphragm ring to per-select the desired aperture such as follows: Fine weather Cloudy weather Indoor... f/11 — 1/16 . £/56 —£/8 coe £/2.8 — £74 This is a rough guide to acquaint you with the automatic shutter operation.
COMPOSE AND FOCUS While viewing through the viewfinder, turn the focusing ring until your subject image comes into sharp focus. Pentax cameras have a Fresnel lens with a micro. prism center underneath the. ground glass. As you look through the finder, you will see that the Fresnel lens consists of many concentric rings which provide the brightest possible image on the ground glass. “The micro prism is the center portion of this diagram.
14 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”. If the needle goes below “17, the shutter speed indicates an exposure longer than second. The electronic shut.
OPEN-APERTURE OR STOP-DOWN READING With the new Super-Multi-Coated (SMC) Tamarack 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.
16 MECHANICAL SHUTTER In addition to the electronic shut. ter for 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 elev. tic circuit and TTL meter circuit are off.
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 firm into the film cassette, Rewind until the tension on the crank lessens, ind. acting that the leader ead of the film has been released from the take-up spool.
18 CAMERA HOLDING <, fn horizontal position A. Held the camera firmly with your deft hand, and draw your arm close to your body. to your body. As a general rule, your camera should be held more firmly by the left hand which does not release the shutter. If you hold your camera with the right hand—the hand which re. leases the shutter—it may cause camera movement. Very often, pictures which are not sharp are due to movement of the camera.
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”.
REMOTE BATTERY CORD The battery capacity will decrease when temperature fails below 0°C Under extremely cold temperatures, use the Remote Battery Cord accessory, removing the battery from the camera body and placing it in the battery housing of the Cord. The Remote Battery Cord should then be put in your pocket to keep it warm. 1. Remove the battery from the battery housing of the cam. era body, and put it into the battery housing of the Cord.
FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION The Pentax ES has FP and X terminals at the front of the camera body, and an additional X contact on the built-in hot shoe atop the pentameter housing. As indicated in the table, set the shutter dial at 1/60 X for electronic flash, with the flash cord plugged into the X terminal.
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 is set at 5 meters the lens is focused on a subject 5 meters away. The calibrations on gate side of the distance index correspond to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of in-focus distance for different lens apertures.
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24 INFRA-RED PHOTOGRAPHY If you intend to take infra-red photographs, rem. ber to use the infra-red index marked with an orange fine 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. For instance, if your subject is in focus at infinity, turn the distance ring and move the infinity (co) mark to the index.
MULTIPLE EXPOSURE For deliberate multiple exposures, make the first ex. posture 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) aud cock the rapid wind lever. This tensions the shutter without advancing the film. Finally, release the shutter to make the second exposure. Then make one blank exposure, before taking the next picture, to avoid overlapping.
IMPORTANT NOTES Always keep the stop-down lever down for open-aperture reading. Also, be sure to keep it down when interchanging fesses, otherwise, the automatic diaphragm pin of the lens wail 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, ete, inserted between the lens and the camera body.
The following two lenses will not properly fit the Pentax BS camera body due to the difference of mechanical design and construction: # Super-Tamarack 50mm £/14 & Super Tamarack 35mm {/1.8 {with “L8" engraved on the left of the diaphragm ring and “16” on the right.) The length of a tripods screw should net exceed the nor. mal length of 4.5mm Do not extend it longer than this length when mounting your camera on a tripod. Fore.
28 TAMARACK INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES The Sahib Pentax offers many interchangeable lenses in a wide variety of focal lengths, all of which are highly respected by both professional and amateur photographers for their fine resolution. The photographic coverage of the various Tarawa lenses is illustrated vn page 29. With focal length longer than 35mm, the subject image is sees through the viewfinder larger than its life sie.
DIFFERENCE OF ANGLE OF TAMARACK LENSES All photographs were taken from the same location and distance from the subject.
Super-Tamarack Fish-Eye 17mm f/4* The world's most efficient fish-eye lens with maximum brightness of {/4. Cov ers an Angie of vision of about 180°. Enables you to view and focus through the viewfinder without keeping the reflex flipped up. Super-Tamarack 20mm fom The new Super-Tamarack 20mm the widest of the Tamarack wide-angle family lets you view and focus at a 94° angle of vision without keeping the reflex mirror flipped up. Superb perspective effect and a minimum focus.
SMC Tamarack 28mm A new super-wide angle lens of 7 elements, designed and produced to meet the most exacting of the professional requirements, this is the fens you professionals and advanced amateurs need to shoot more artistic photographs. Quipped with fully automatic diaphragm; ideal for architecture, fast action and artistic photography. Super-Tamarack 35mm 72% One of the fastest wide-angle lenses for 35mm single lens reflex cameras.
32 SMC Tamarack 50mm f/1.4 [km Newest high-speed T-element standard lens for Symptomatic II. Super Multi. Coated for higher light transmission, it has become a uch brighter lens. You get improved contrast and richer col ors. Ne irritating “ghost” images or flare when shooting directly against the light. An ideal calf-around lens for color photography. Lens element Minimum aperture. Minimum distance Angle of view 45° Weight SMC Tamarack 55mm f/1.
SMC Tamarack 105mm f/2.8 fiche— A quality medium telephoto lens of § elements, with well corrected aberrations. Light-weight design for portability and easy handling. Recommended for scenery, portrait, news photos and other moderate telephoto effects. Quipped with fully automatic diaphragm; supplied with serial lens hood. SMC Tamarack 120mm £/2.8 {ife— The latest addition to the Super-Multi Coated Tamarack medium telephoto family. So lightweight and compact, this fast lens is most ideal for taking snap.
34 SMC Tamarack 135mm f/2.5 A faster £/25 lens has joined the superb Tamarack 135mm lens family. Wei balanced, its total length is rather short so iris Eight in weight. Most suitable for shooting night scenes, stage, indoors, sports and snap portraits, An excellent lens also for color photo epigraphy. SMC Tamarack 150mm f/4 a “This new fully automatic 150mm Super. Multi-Coated Tamarack with a focal length three times as long as the stand.
SMC Tamarack 300mm f/4 Light enough for hand-held picture taking, this lens is the most ideal for spectacular telephoto graphic effects. Even with the diaphragm fully open, the aberrations are corrected to the greatest extent possible. Gives needle-sharp resolution to every corner of the picture. Quipped with fully automatic diaphragm; supplied with special lens hood. SMC Tamarack 400mm f/5.6 Especially designed for those professionals who specialize in outdoor sports, news and nature life photography.
36 SMC Tamarack 500mm {/4.5 Comparatively light and small for its performance, this powerful long-focus lens brings the inaccessible within reach. Its bright £/45 image simplifies composition and focusing, and it produces edge-to-edge coverage of high resolution. Equipped with manual diaphragm; supplied with special lens hood. Lens element . Minimum aperture .. Minimum distance Angle of view Weight . 1/45 10m (3281st) 3.5 kg. (122.5 025.
SMC Tamarack-Zoom 85mm ~ 210mm £/4.5 SMC Macro-Tamarack 50mm {7/4 ff a With the new SMC Tamarack-Zoom 85 ~ 210mm §/45, zooming and focusing are done in one action, So you get the kind of speed that's so essential to 200m shooting. With a zoom ratio of 25 and focal calibrations of 85, 100, 120, 135, 150, 180, 210, and any point within this range, this one lens takes the place of the most frequently used group of interchangeable lenses. It's compact and lightweight, too.
Ultra-Achromatic-Takumar 85mm f/4.5 1080 The new Ultra-Achromatic-Tamarack 85mm f/45 is corrected against chromatic aberration from ultraviolet to infrared wave. length bands. Not only is it a high-resolution lens for visible light photography, but also it gives unmatched optical per. conformance in ultraviolet and infrared photography. “The lens uses no glass; it uses fluorite and quartz. This unique lens answers some of the optical quality and performance problems in ultraviolet and infrared photography.
COMPLETE SYSTEM OF SAHIB PENTAX ACCESSORIES EXTENSION TUBE SET AUTO-EXTENSION TUBE SET HELICON EXTENSION TUBE | — REVERSE ADAPTER &o CLOSE-UP LENS Ca FILTERS
GUIDE BOOK FOR SAHIB PENTAX SYSTEM OF PHOTOGRAPHY The operating manual for the Sahib Pentax cameras is merely an instruction book for the proper care and operation of the Sahib Pentax cameras. It does not, and can not, deal fully with every possible application of the Sahib Pentax System of Photography because those applications are almost limitless, The following hook is therefore recommended to those amateurs who are eager to learn more about the Sahib Pentax System of Photography and photographic tech.
‘This comprehensive book deals mainly with the fol. lowing subjects: OPERATION AND TECHNIQUE: action, aperture, artificial light, camera care, carrying, choosing films, close-ups, copying, depth of field, developers, exposure, exposure meter, films, film speed, filters, flash, focal length, focusing, holding, lighting, loading, long-range work, monocular, multiple flash, perspective, printing, shooting, slide projection, Symptomatic operation, storing negatives, telescope, tripod, unloading, viewing.
Al Sahib Pentax cameras purchased through authorized ‘boa fife photographic distribution channels are guaranteed against defects of material or workmanship for « period of twelve months from date of purchase, Service will be rend. reed and defective parts will be replaced without cost to you within that period, provided the equipment has not hen abused, altered, or operated contrary to instruction, Be.