INDEX introduction t Nomenclature 2 Specifications $ Basic operating instructions er 6 Mercury battery 10 Film goading and winding 12 Film type reminder dial 14 Setting ASA film speed 15 Compose and focus 16 Shutter 17 Camera holding 18 Fim unloading 19 Stop«down lever and stop-down metering oo 8 preview lever 23 Beth-of-field guide 24 Depth-of-field table: 50mm lens sre err 25 Self-timer ® Range of fight measurement rss ee 3 Flash synchronization 28 infra-red photography 30 Multiple exposure 3 Special caut
HONEYWELL BENTAXSPOTMATICIF Your new Pentax Symptomatic F is one of the finest photographic instruments on the market. This camera represents the culmination of Pentax research into the optical possibilities, needs and wants of both professional and amateur photographers ‘round the world.
NOMENCLATURE Shutter spend index Rapid wind lever Shutter speed dif Reminder dial selector Film speed indicator Film rewind knob/Back cover opener Shutter release button Film type reminder dial Shutter button dock lever “Cocked" indicator Exposure counter Accessory rhos X contact hot shoe Strap ring lug Strap ring Stop-down lever £0 flash terminal X flash terminal Depth-OT-field preview lever Diaphragm ring Darth-of-field scare Diaphragm and distance index Distance scale Focusing ring Leif timer lover 2
itm rewind crank Film rats Accessory fitting groove \ Viewfinder eyepiece 3 Film roller Film pressure plate 2 pn Back cover L Film take-up spool Sprocket Film rewind button Film guide rails Shutter curtain Tripod receptacle Battery chamber Film chamber 3
SPECIFICATIONS Type Film and Picture Size Standard Lenses Finder Focusing Retie Mirror Lens Mount Film Advance “Cocked” indicator 36mm single-lens reflex with built-in through-the lens light meter. 35mm film, 24mm x Jammy SME Tamarack 50mm 171.4 or 56mm 1/18 with fully automatic diaphragm. Sifters and lens hood size: 48mm. Distincter scale: 0.45 (1.5 feet} to infinity. Focal plebe shutter. Speeds: 8, sec.
Film Exposure Counter Flash Synchronization Exposure Meter Film Rewind Loaded Film Indicator Dimension Weight Automatic re-set type, FP + X contacts for conventional flash cord connection. X contact on hot shoe for convenient flash cordless connection, Through-the-lens CS meter measures the average brightness of the ground glass at full elms aperture, and couples directly a shutter and film speed settings. Film speed (ASA) from 20 to 3200, LV3 — 18 for ASAMA film with 50mm lens. Powered with one 1.
BASIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS A mercury battery for the light meter is packed separately. Be sure to insert it into the battery chamber before operating the camera. For insertion instructions, refer to page 10, 1. TURN ON LIGHT METER Remove the lens cap. Now the meter circuit is on, The CdS cells are ready to measure the light coming in through the lens for correct exposures. {For the range of light measurement, refer to page 27.} 2.
3. SET SHUTTER SPEED Turn the shutter speed dial and set the speed you wish to use to the index, When outdoors, set the speed at 1/126 sec. or faster, depending upon the lighting. When indoors, set it at 1/30, or in its. neighborhood. Change the shutter speed later, when necessary. {Refer to instructions 6.} 4.
5. ROTATE DIAPHRAGM RING The needle moves with the turn of the diaphragm ring. When the needle rests at the center, you will get correct exposure, if the needle does not come to the center no matter how far you turn the diaphragm ring, change the shutter speed. When the needle is off center and close to the mark, you will get overexposure: change the shutter speed to a faster setting. If the needle is closer to the mark, you will get under-exposure: change the shutter speed to a slower setting. 6.
MERCURY BATTERY HOW TO INSERT IT Open the battery chamber cover with a coin. Insert the battery with side faced outward. For replacement, use Mallory PX-626 or EverReady E-625N or equivalent.
11 HOW TO CHECK IT Set the shutter speed dial to B (bulb) position. Turn the ASA dial to ASA 100. Look at the meter needle through the viewfinder, if the needle is in “up” position and remains steady, the battery has sufficient power; if it does not, replace the battery, CAUTION: The mercury battery js like a phonograph record. it can be damaged by skin acids. Handle by the edges with a dry cloth only, Be sure the battery is cleaned with the cloth before insertion into the camera.
FILM LOADING AND WINDING Avoid direct light when loading your film. . Open the back by pul ding out the rewind knob until the back cover snaps open, 2. Place the film cassette property into the cassette chamber, and push down the rewind knob. insert the film leader into the slot of the makeup spool. 3. Advance the film by alternately turning the rapid wind lever and depressing the shutter button until both sprockets engage the film perform. sons properly. Close the back by pressing it firmly.
4. Cock the rapid wind 8B, The first portions of the film cannot be used for picture ever, and confirm that taking as they have already been exposed to light. the film rewind knob Generally, two or three blank exposures should be made automatically turns before taking your first picture.
FILM TYPE REMINDER DIAL Lie the film type dial to show what type of film is in your camera, The dial is marked (8 for black-and-white, % for daylight color film, B for tungsten color film, 20 and 36 exposures, When you have pulled out the rewind knob to open the back when loading the film, move the dial selector €) and turn the outer ring @ so that both the type of film and its number of exposure appear in the windows.
SETTING ASA FILM SPEED The ASA film speed rating of ail 35mm films is given in the data sheet packed with each ROFL of film. The higher the ASA number, the more sensitive the film. Lift the outer ting of the shutter speed dial and rotate it until the ASA number of your film is opposite the orange dot alongside the figure 1. Be sure to set your film speed on the shutter speed dial because the dial is connected to the exposure meter system.
COMPOSE AND FOCUS While viewing through the viewfinder, turn the focusing ring until your subject comes into sharp focus, Pentax viewfinders 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.
SHUTTER Turn the shutter speed dial clockwise or counter-clockwise to the shutter speed desired. The shutter speed may be set either before or after cocking the rapid wind lever. As you cock the shutter by turning the vapid wind lever, the “cocked” indicator turns to red showing that the shutter is cocked. The indicator window blacks out as you trip the shutter button, For use of the X setting on the shutter speed dial, refer to page 28.
CAMERA HOLDING 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 releases the shutter — it may cause camera movement. Very often, blurred pictures are due to movement of the camera, Horizontal position A, Hold the camera firmly with your left hand, and draw your arms close to your body.
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. 18 Lift the rewind crank up. Depress the film rewind release button and turn the rewind crank as indicated to rewind the film into its 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. Pull out the film rewind knob {the back wilt open automatically), snd re.
STOP-DOWN LEVER AND STOP-DOWN METERING The “down” position is normal for the stop down fever an the Symptomatic F, The “down” position is necessary for open. aperture readings and for interchanging lesser, The “up” position for the stop-down lever is used only when: 1} checking the depth of field, 2} using close-up accessories such as Bel. lows Unit, Extension Tubes, etc, which are inserted between the camera body and the open-aperture reading lens.
4) using any stop-down metering lenses. {Tamarack lenses called just “Takumar’™, Alta-Takumar, Tell-Takumar and Super-Tamarack are stop down metering lenses.} 21 When making a stop
DEPTH-OF-FIELD PREVIEW LEVER The preview lever on open-aperture reading SMC Tamarack tenses should always be set to “AUTO” when the lens is used on the Symptomatic F. The lever has an interlock that prevents it from being set to “MAN” 23 when directly mounted on the Symptomatic F. {When close-up accessories are inserted between the lens and the camera body, the fever is movable, but it should also be set to “AUTO } This instruction applies to the Pentax Symptomatic F, £5 and ES I} models ony.
DEPTH-OF-FIELD GUIDE Depth of field is the range between the nearest and farthest distances which are in focus at a given lens aperture H you want to know how great the depth of field is at a certain aperture, look at the depth-officiated guide, In the photograph below, the distance scale is set at § meters the lens is focused on a subject & meters away. The calibrations on each side of the distance index correspond to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of in focus distance for different fens ape.
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SELF-TIMER Depending upon how far down you turn the serif-timer cocking lever @, it will release the shutter seconds. When operating the serf-timer, always depress the self-timer release button Jj to release the shutter. Do not depress the shutter button «it will immediately release the shutter without delayed action.
RANGE OF LIGHT MEASUREMENT The exposure meter of the Symptomatic F measures the brightness of the ground glass, Therefore, the meter needle should be matched after you have focused your subject on the ground glass, The area A in the able indicates the reading range of the meter, and should not bie interpreted as the camera’s total range of speed combinations. As you will note from the table below, with an ASAMA film, you may use any shutter speed from 1/4 sec. to 1/1000 sec. in combination with any pare.
FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION The Symptomatic F has FP and X terminals at the front of the camera body, and a separate X contact on the built-in hot shoe. The table below shows which flash contact, which shutter speed and which flash bulb may be combined for maximum lamp efficiency. Unless these combinations are rigidly followed, there will be » failure in fish synchronization, Note the “X" set. ting is exactly at the 60 marked on the speed dial. This indicates the highest shut.
INFRA-RED PHOTOGRAPHY #f you intend to take infra-red photographs, remember tc use the infra-red index marked with an orange line or a small "R* on the depth-of-field guide First, focus your fens on your subject. Determine the lens-to-subject distance from the distance scale. Then match your ins-to-subject distance to the infrared 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, meek the first exposure in the normal way. Then tighten the film by turning the rewind knob @. and keep hold of the rewind knob. Depress the film rewind release button 3 and cock the rapid wind lever. This cracks the 2 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 avid overlapping.
SPECIAL CAUTIONS Tamarack lenses and Pentax accessories are engineered and meticulously produced for Pentax use, Lenses and accessories from other manufacturers are not produced for Pentax specifications and may cause problems or difficulties with you Pentax, We cannot assume any ability if other brands are used. When not actually measuring the light, be sure that the lens is covered at afl times. Leaving the tens cap off for an extended period will exhaust the mercury battery.
The integral meter of your Symptomatic F correctly beads your exposures through the taking lens and through whatever accessory rise you use on the lens or between the lens and the camera, Thus, the exposure increase factors which apply when taking pictures with filters, close-ups, macro-and micro-photos, do aot apply to the Symptomatic F. Exposure factor x1.63 x1.88 X3.20 x 4.80 x5.46 No! 33 The length of a tripod’s screw should not exceed the normal length of 4.
GUIDE BOOK FOR HONEYWELL PENTAX SYSTEM OF PHOTOGRAPHY “The operating manual tor the Honeywell Pentax cameras is merely an instruction book for the proper care and aeration of the Honeywell Pentax cameras. It does not, and can not, deal fully with every possible application of the Honeywell Pentax System of Photography because those applications are almost limitless.
This comprehensive book deals mainly with the following subjects: OPERATION AND TECHNIQUE: notion, per true, 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, side projection, Symptomatic operation, storing negatives, telescope, tripod, unloading, viewing.
WARRANTY POLICY Your new Honeywell Pentax SYMPTOMATIC F is warranted for one year against defects in material or workmanship. This covers either the original purchaser or the gift recipient.
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