Pentax 30465 Operation Manual

Pentax 30465 Manual

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  • Pentax 30465 | Operation Manual - Page 1
    PENTAX AF 200S AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC FLASH UNIT O 0 I IIKLMe PENTAX
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    "X" hotshoe synch, owners of the Pentax ME -SUPER, ME -F, MV, MV-1 and other late model Pentax cameras have the additional advantage of without the need to remove your eye from the viewfinder. Check your camera's instruction manual to see if it offers the benefit of "dedicated" auto flash with the
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    ACCESSORY ADAPTORS PERMIT FULL,EVEN FLASH COVERAGE WITH ALL LENSES. While the AF-200S offers sufficient coverage from 120mm telephoto lenses down through 28mm wide-angle lenses even without attachment, wide-angle and telephoto flash head attachments are available which extend coverage to'give even
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    DESCRIPTION GPPARTS 7 8 4
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    compartme". OControl Panel 0 Flash sensor O Hotshoe contacts Hotshoe bracket ()Thumbscrew OASA Film Speed Index (D Aperture Scale (DDistance Scale ID Auto Mode Indexes CD Auto/Manual Selector (DPower Switch ®Flash ready lamp ®Test button ilioWide-Angle Adaptor (AFW1) 41;:( Telephoto Adaptor (AFT1) 5
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    manual; energy-saving circutry. Direct to camera's with hotshoe (cordless mounting only); auto synch via hotshoe with Pentax dedicated flash units. AUTO OPERATION Via AUTO/MANUAL Auto Recycling Times: Number of Flashes on AUTO: MANUAL OPERATION Guide Numbers: Recycling Times: Number of Flashes: 6
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    FLASH SYNCH Auto: Automatically on charging at camera's designated synch speed with ME-SUPER, ME-F, MV, MV -1 and other Pentaxes with dedicated flash provision. Manual: At camera's specified synch speed. ANGULAR SPREAD 50° vertical, 65° horizontal (for down to a 28mm wide-angle lens) FLASH
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    [SETTING UP INSERTING BATTERIES 1. Slide the • mark on the battery compartment cover up with your thumb and open the cover all the way with your fingers from the top. 2. Insert four AA size penlight batteries into the battery compartment in accordance with the polarity symbols engraved on the sides
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    MOUNTING 1. Slide the unit's hotshoe bracket into the camera's hotshoe. (this is easier if you grasp the flash at the bottom near the bracket). When the bracket is inserted all the way into the hotshoe, tighten the thumbscrew above the bracket by turning it in the direction of the arrow (FIX) to
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    BASIC OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (for Pentax Cameras with "Dedicated" Flash Provision). Certain late model Pentax cameras (the MESUPER, ME -F, MG "AUTO". (With certain cameras other settings may also be used- see camera instruction manual). 2. Determine the flash mode (page 11.12). 3. Switch the flash
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    AUTO FLASH EXPOSURES 1. Set the AUTO/MANUAL selector either to the RED or GREEN AUTO setting in accordance with subject distance as indicated in the following chart. (Note: "T" and "W" index lines apply
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    a smaller lens aperture when the subject is near, which is especially useful for close-up shooting requiring maximum depth of field. 1. Set the AUTO/MANUAL selector to the white (MAN) setting. 2. After focusing on your subject, determine the subject distance on the lens' distance scale. Tli, look up
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    flash at the standard "X" flash synch setting. Flash Synch: With the Pentax ME: Set the shutter dial to "100X" With the Pentax MX: Set the shutter dial to "60". For other Cameras: Set as specified in the camera's instruction manual. For Auto Flash Operation: Choose the auto flash mode (RED or GREEN
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    comes on when the flash capacitor has reached 80% of its charge. This presents no problem in the GREEN auto mode, and most of the RED mode, as less than 80% charge is required. In the manual mode, however, and in the RED auto mode when the subject is located beyond 5.07
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    left too long in the unit and may cause serious damage. • When the ready lamp no longer lights within 60 sec. after a test flash on Manual (approx. 30 sec. on auto), it is time to replace batteries. Replace batteries earlier when shorter recycling is desired. Altough the ready lamp will still
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    GENERAL POINTERS Incident light Reflected light Angle of l Angle of incidence reflection .--- --- ' Strongly reflecting surface / \, ii i // \ t \'• Reflections . ..' \ \ I / \ I I \\ . I \\ 1, / / / 0 16 GUARD AGAINST UNEXPECTED REFLECTIONS The direction in which light is
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    the distance in meters by the f-number. For the guide number in feet, multiply the distance in feet by the f-number. Although all the practical exposure data needed for operating the AF 200S is provided on the control panel, manual guide numbers as well as some additional ASA speeds are listed
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    speed as for normal auto exposures, but use the respective "W" index line of both RED and GREEN auto modes to determine the f-number. Manual Flash: To compensate for manual f exposures with the wide-angle adaptor index, halve the ASA film speed on the ASA film speed index on the flash unit's control
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    same manner as with normal auto exposures, but use the respective "T" index for both RED and GREEN auto modes to determine the f-number. Manual Flash: Compensate for manual flash with the telephoto adaptor by doubling the ASA film speed setting of the ASA film speed index on the control panel (with
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    mbH. 2000 Hamburg 54 (Lokstedtl, Grandweg 64, WEST GERMANY Pentax Corporation 35 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, Colorado 80112, U.S.A. Pentax Canada Inc. 1760 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6J I K5, CANADA Pentax U.K. Limited Pentax House, South Hill Avenue, South Harrow, Middlesex HA2 OLT
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