Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic, Operating Manual

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Specifications

Type

35mm

single-lens

reflex

with

built-in

light

meter.

Film Advance

Ratchet-type

rapid

wind

lever

(for film ad-

vance and shutter

cocking).

10° pre-advanc-

ing and 160" advancing

angle_

"Cocked" Indicator

A red disk appears

in a small window along-

side the shutter

release

button when the shut-

ter is cocked, and blacks out when it is released.

Film Exposure Counter

Automatic

re-set

type.

Lens Mount

42mm threaded

lens mount.

Flash Synchronization

Eqµipped

with

FP

and

X flash

terminals.

E(ectronic

synchronization

at 1/60 sec.

IExposure

Meter

Built-in

meter

measures

the brightness

of the

ground

glass, and couples

directly

to shutter

and film speed settings.

Film speed (ASA)

setting

ranges

from

20 to 1600 (LVI-18

for

ASA-I00

film

with

standard

lens.)

Meter

is powered

with a mercury

battery.

Film Rewind

Rapid rewind

crank

for speedy film take-up.

Film rewind release button on bottom of cam-
era body rotates

while film is being rewound.

Loaded Film Indicator

Loaded

film reminder

dial underneath

film

rewind

knob is marked

"PANCHRO"

(black-

and-white),

"COLOR"

and "EMPTY."

Dimension

Width

5.6" (143mm)

x

height

3.6" (92mm)

x

thickness

3.4" (88mm).

Weight

868 grams

(1

lb. 14 oz.)

with

standard

lens.

Body alone:

621 grams

(1

lb. 6 oz_)

Film and Picture Size

35mm film (20 or 36 exposures).

24mm

x

36mm.

Standard Lenses

Super-Takumar

55mm f/1.8 with

fully

auto-

matic

diaphragm.

Filters

and lenshood

size:

49mm.

Equipped

with

diaphragm

preview

lever which

affords

visual

check of depth of

field.

Distance

scale:

45cm (18") to infinity.

Shutter

Focal

plane shutter,

with single non-rotating

dial.

Speeds: B, 1-1/1000 sec.

Film

speed

(ASA)

setting

dial

and window

on shutter

speed dial.

Built-in

self-timer

releases

shut-

ter in 5-13 seconds.

Shutter

curtains

of spe·

cial

rubberized

silk.

Warning Signal

The index of shutter

speeds turns to red when

the shutter

and film speed settings

are off the

meter's

measurability

range.

Refer to page 15.

Finder

Pentaprism

finder

with

microprism

Fresnel

lens for instant

focusing;

0.88x magnification

with

50mm

lens and

approximately

life-size

with 55mm lens.

Focusing

Turn

the distance

scale ring until the subject

image on the ground

glass comes into focus.

Reflex Mirror

Instant

return type with special shock absorb-

ers for minimum

vibration.

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