User manual
Table Of Contents
- Reproducers Comments
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Major working parts of the ASAHI PENTAX Spotmatic II
- Specifications
- Short operating course
- How to hold your camera
- Film Loading
- Film type reminder dial
- Setting ASA film speed
- Film wind and rewind
- Bright field focusing
- Microprism
- Automatic Diaphragm*
- Shutter
- Depth-of-field guide
- Depth-of-field tables:
- Range of light measurement
- Mercury Battery
- Flash Synchronization
- Self-Timer
- Infra-red Photography
- How to make deliberate double exposure
- Important Notes
- How to take care of your camera
- Interchangeable Lenses
- Fixed Focus Setting
- Super-Multi-Coated (SMC) Takumars
- DIFFERENCE OF ANGLE OF TAKUMAR LENSES
- Lenses
- Fish-Eye Takumar 17mm f/4*
- Super-Takumar 20mm f/4.5*
- Super-Takumar 24mm f/3.5*
- SMC Takumar 28mm f/3.5*
- Super-Takumar 35mm f/2*
- SMC Takumar 35mm f/3.5*
- SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4
- SMC Takumar 55mm f/1.8
- SMC Takumar 85mm f/1.8
- SMC Takumar 105mm f/2.8
- SMC Takumar 120mm f/2.8
- SMC Takumar 135mm f/3.5
- SMC Takumar 135mm f/2.5
- SMC Takumar 150mm f/4
- SMC Takumar 200mm f/4
- Super-Takumar 300mm f/4
- SMC Takumar 400mm f/5.6
- SMC Takumar 500mm f/4.5
- SMC Takumar 1000mm f/8
- SMC Takumar-Zoom 85mm~210mm f/4.5
- SMC Macro-Takumar 50mm f/4
- SMC Bellows-Takumar 100mm f/4
- Ultra-Achromatic Takumar 85mm f/4.5
- Ultra-Achromatic Takumar 300mm f/5.6
- SPECIFICATIONS OF TAKUMAR LENSES
- Complete System of Asahi Pentax Accessories for Close-Ups, Macrophotography, Photomicrography, and other Miscellaneous Accessories
- EXTENSION TUBE SET
- AUTO-EXTENSION TUBE SET
- HELICOID EXTENSION TUBE
- BELLOWS UNIT I
- AUTO BELLOWS & SLIDE COPIER
- REVERSE ADAPTER
- MICROSCOPE ADAPTER
- COPIPOD
- COPY STAND
- CLIP-ON MAGNIFIER
- CLOSE-UP LENS
- RIGHT ANGLE FINDER
- MIRROR ADAPTER
- CABLE RELEASE
- FILTERS AND LENSHOODS
- ACCESSORY CLIP II
- CORRECTION LENS ADAPTER
- STEREO ADAPTER SET
- FILM MAGAZINE
- SHORT SOFT CASE
- ยท SOFT CASE JUMBO FRONT
- GADGET BAG
- LEATHER CASE FOR STANDARD LENSES
- ASAHI MOUNT ADAPTER
- MISCELLANEOUS CAPS
- Super-Lite II Electronic Flash
- Spotmeter III
- ASAHI PENTAX Prism Binoculars
- ASAHI PENTAX Telescopes
- GUIDE BOOK FOR ASAHI PENTAX SYSTEM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
- WARRANTY POLICY
- CAUTION Mercury Battery
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GUIDE BOOK FOR ASAHI PENTAX SYSTEM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The operating manual for the Asahi Pentax cameras is merely an instruction book for
the proper care and operation of the Asahi Pentax cameras. It does not, and can not,
deal fully with every possible application of the Asahi Pentax System of Photography
because those applications are almost limitless.
The following book is therefore recommended to those amateurs who are eager to learn
more about the Asahi Pentax System of Photography and photographic technique in
general. It is available in English, German and Italian languages, and each can be
obtained from your photo dealers or directly from the publishers listed on the next page.
THE ASAHI PENTAX WAY by Herbert Keppler
Herbert Keppler has been associated with the U. S. photographic magazine Modern
Photography for over 15 years as its editor and publisher. His column devoted exclusively
to single-lens reflex cameras and photography is very famous throughout the world. He
is well known for his objective outlook
on all things photographic and for his
healthy mistrust of any theory that he has
not tried out in practice. He has no interest
in pushing the products of any particular
manufacturer and brings to the Asahi Pentax
Way a knowledgeable, independent and
unprejudiced outlook.
This comprehensive book of 352 pages,
containing 8 full-color and 48 black-and-
white picture pages, deals mainly with the
following subjects:
OPERATION AND TECHNIQUE:
action, aperture, artificial light, camera care,
carrying, choosing