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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Specifications
Type
35mm single-lens reflex with built-in light meter.
Film and Picture Size
35mm film (20 or 36 exposures). 24mm x 36mm
Standard Lenses
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 or 55mm
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar f/1.8 with fully automatic
diaphragm. Distance scale: 0.45m (1.5 feet) to infinity.
Filter size: 49mm. With depth-of-field scale. 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 (dial
rotates to select shutter speed but remains stationary
when exposure is made - this is a reference to earlier
cameras that had shutter speed dials that rotated when
the exposure was made). Speeds: B, 1-1/1000 sec.
Film speed (ASA) setting dial and window on shutter
speed dial. Built-in self-timer releases shutter in 5-13
seconds. Shutter curtains of special rubberized silk.
Warning Signal
The index of shutter speeds turns red when the
shutter and film speed settings are off the meter's
measurability range.
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 in
the viewfinder comes into sharp focus. Minimum focus
distance: 0.45m (1.5 feet) (With 50/55mm lenses)
Reflex Mirror
Instant Return Type with special shock absorbers for
minimum vibration.
Lens Mount
42mm threaded lens mount (Pentax-mount)