Olympus Pen EM User manual

PEN EM FEATURESI

              Piclure size                   I 24mmX l8mm (Single Frome PEN size)
         Lens                              I F Zuiko F2.0, tl35 mm, 4 group of 6-elemeni.
           Diophrogm scole         I 2,2.8,4,5.6,8,    ll,   16,
           Shutter                          I Copol ELEC electronic shulter (diophrogm priority lype), using four
                                    high performonce lronsistors
              Shuiter sPeed             I A (outomotic) obout 30sec (Fl6)- l/5003ec, M(monuol) l/30second,
                               no visible scole indicolor for shulier speeds
              Synchronizing        X conloct Point
              Film speed scole       ASA l0 - 400
          Comero  f ocusing syslem   Zone focuing rolory helicoid, eye meosuring type
               Distonce                 m(meter) oo5,3,2, 1.5, 1.2, l,0.9   ft(fooi) co15, 1O,7,5,4,3.5,3
               Finder                  Albodo type light frome finder, mognificotion 0.6 time, with porollox
                                            (visuol difference) oid morks for short ronge photogrophy.
              Film odvonce                Electricol motor driven; odvonces film ot rote of one frome per
                                           secon d.
              Film rewind             Quick rewind by electricol moior
              Film counler             Remoining number lype, toke-up slops outomoticolly whe "O"
                                 oppeors in the counter
           Power source         Two size AA l.5volt dry cells (preferobly olkoline lype) will lost
                                       for over 5 rolls 172 lromes per roll) of film.
              Dimensions               123 (width) x 73 (height) x 54 (depth)mm (5" x3't x2'tl
            Weight                 540 sr. (l j;   lbs)

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       The very heorl of ony fine comero is its opticol sysfem. The PEN EM utilizes
      one of the highest resolving ond shorpesf F Zuiko lenses developed ond monu-
        foctured by Olympus especiolly for single-frome opplicotion.  lt is the F Zuiko
         Fl2.O, o six element, four-group lens.
       Your PEN EM utilizes ony stondord 35 mm film corlridge snd will toke twice the
       number of piclurer o slondord comero will produce (72 exposure roll on o 36
        exposure  roll, 40 on o 20 exposure roll). The greot sovings inherenl in single-frome
        photogrophy  will be of porticulor interesl to the budget-minded photogropher.


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                                                                                                   .l.       i"_rToke two size AA 1.5 volt dry
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                       O Open the botlery           O lnsert ihe botierles.
                                          comPortmenl keY.

                          Move the key on the comero       Insert both botleries with positive
                                 botlom lowords the film counter       terminols ( I ) focing upword.
                                  ond open the boltery comPorlmenl      Close the cover ond slide the keY
                                          cover.                               to its locking posilion.

                              When not usirrg your comero    f cr long periodi  oi time, remove lhe
                                               botteries ond store them in o cool dry  ploce.

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  O Sering rhe         O Ser the AM swiich on   O furn lhe releose    O Releose lhe shutter.
           film counter.         lhe bock of the comerq               locking ring.
                                to A.
   With the boll of your    Move lhe switch to the right    Turn ihe ring clockwise    Press lhe shuller bullon,
    finger, lurn the counler     ond "A" oppeors.                        till  it siops. (When the   ond the shuller clicks;
   setting knob on  lhe    Move it to the left ond "M"    red index ond L ore in    releose your finger, ond
   comero boltom lo posi-       o p Peo rs.                                line, you connot oclivole    you will heor the sound of
    lion olher lhon zero. In     For ihe use of "M", see the     ihe shutter button.)         the molor odvoncing the
   the zero position, the      section on flosh photogrophy                                            film.
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 O To rewlnd rhe fllm.Ywffi
   When the film counfer showl zero upon completion of rhooling the roll of film, the molor slops.
                                                                      ( I )  Press lhe shuller button;
                                      (21  Keep the rewind bullon (R) pressed;   DEMEMBER
                                                                      ( 3 )  Releose lhe shutler buflon.
   When rewinding the ftlm,be               There lhree sleps ore necessory lo rewind the film.
    sure lo put the lenr cop on.                         ( 1)  Releosc lhe rewind bullon (R), ond the rewind motion slopr.
                               When o film is in releose the rewind button (R) , ot promptly
                                         os lhe counler slops lurning.
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Dry Run Compleled, You Are Now
Reody to Use Your PEN EM
Lood the comero with the 35 mm film
of your choice. ln brighl light, during
the worm summer months, we suggest
use of o low speed film with o roiing
of ASA 40, or o medium speed oll-
purpose out-door film wilh on ASA
roting of   I 25-
These excellent films will ossure you
of moximum quolity under normol
shooting conditions.
In dim or poorly lif situotions, use film
with o higher ASA roting (ASA 400).
When shooling color, it is odvisoble
to  conf ine yourself lo slower   f ilms
(in bright sunlit situotions).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          f ilmRemember: the PEN single-frome             Pull the reor cover key ond oPen                   Insert the
iormot enobles you to toke 72 piclures          ihe reor cover.                                 cortridge into
on o 36 exposure roll, or 40 piclures                                                    lhe  f ilm com-
on o 20 exposure  roll.                                                               porlmenl with
                                                                                                                its  proiection
                                           Turn the toke-up spool                            focing upword.
                                                 (with spool roulette)  in
                                        the comero until ihe
                                                                                                                       f ilm insertion slii   f oces
                                        upword3 you.
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Pull ouf enough leoder (the cut-in       While holding the cortridge lighl,      Close the reor cover  (it is relf
side of rhe film) to engoge in the        presr the shuller releose button        locking).
sprockels, then push lhe end of thc         until the   f ilm perforotions ore
leoder into the inserlion  slit of the      engoged by lhe 3prockelr. At
toke-up spool.                               this moke cerloin the film is pro-
                                          perly positioned belween lhe lwo
                                     guide roils.

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Press the shuiter releose three times then set the film counter to the       Set lhe film speed.
number of exposures on the roll (40 or 721.                          Turn the ASA selting knob on the
(lf, in the course of operotions up to this point, the film counter      comero fop ond sel the proper ASA
indicotes zero ond winding become difficult, turn the counter selling        roting in lhe window.
knob slightly to the right.) The film counter, o remoining number
type, indicotes the number of exposures left to shoot.
'lf  the toke-up pilot mork (red-dotied bufton) on the comero bottom
  turns during idle shooting,  it indicotes thot the  f ilm is being token
 up securely. (Also, if you forget whether your comero is looded
 or not, shoot once or lwice, ond if  this mork lurns, you con be
  sure the film is in.l                                                                                       r3

I    Look through the finder.


          The finder is unusuolly bright ond conloins o
           froer fromer' When composing ond shooting
        be sure io check lo 3ee lhot your subiect
           occupies lhe frome oreo os fully os possible'
        When photogrophing from o dislonce of   I
           meter (3 feet) moke certoin the subiect is pro-
            perly composed within fhe porollox correction
          morks in rhe light frome.





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Shoorlng hints for your PEN EM

Since lhe working piclure size of the
Pen comero is smoll, lhe obsence of
hond shoking is essenliol lo produce
good pictures, ond is on obsolute
"must" for moking quolity enlorge-
ments.
Hold the comero firmly ond press the
shutter releose lightly with the boll of
your finger. Remember to remove
the lens cop before shooiing. And
be coreful to check thot you do not
hove o finger or hond, or port of the
comero cose covering either lhe lens      Attoch bolh orms firmlY to Your    Attoch your right orm firmly lo
or the CdS lighr sensing cell.           body ond press lhe shuller bullon   your body, hold your comero
When shooting in dim light, this comero       with the pod of your index finger.    securely with your lefl hond, ond
permifs the shutter lo be releosed ol                                            press the shutler button with the
o slow speed. Employ o triPod to                                pod of your right thumb.
 stobilize your comero  if possible.



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lf o tripod is nol ovoiloble try plocing the
comero on o toble top with o smoll obiecl
under the lenr ongling it to foce the subiecf.
Hold comero firmly ond employ o coble re-
leose.
Or leon on elbow ogoinsl o woll or ledge fo
steody yourself, hold the comero firmly ogoinst
your body ond hold your breoth during the
time of expo3ure.
(Eoch photogropher  will odd to his piclure-
toking pleosure by creoting o personol techni-
que for shooling ot slow shuller speedr).





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Moke the mosl of your piclure-
toking pleosure by using the
following PEN EM occessories:





                                            Flcsh.                                                  Self-tlmer.
                                When photogrophing under inodequote lighting     Use ony of  the
                                               condilionr, use lhe PEN flosh otlochment. Slide     mony   ovoiloble
                                         lhe AM switch to the left, so thof "M" oppeorr.         units (os shown  in
                                            In this monuol setling the shutler speed will        illustrotion)  ond
                                         outomolicolly be progrommed ot l/30 second.       screw il  into the
                                             For the proper relotionship belween diophrogm          shuller releose hole.
                                    opening ond distonce-to subiect, consult the
                              PEN flosh exposure chorl.
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