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Olympus Pen F User manual
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The Olympus Pen F is the newest of the populor " Olympus Pen " series.
This single-tens reflex comero feotures lightness of weight, moximum
flexibility ond eose of operotion.
There ore severol new feotures, which moke it importont for you to r6od
- this instructionbooklet corefully before using your Olympus Pen F.
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The index numbers here correspond with numbered explonotions on
following poges.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Film size . 2 4 x l 8 m m ( " P e n " s i z e l ( 1 5 / 1 6 x l l / 1 6 i n . )
Lens : Stondqrd lens: F Zuiko Auto S, F 1.8 f :38 mm (ltl2 in.l
Lenr mouni 3 Boyonet type (Pen mounl)
Shuiler : Olympus rotory metol focol-plone shutter with single'pivot, non'
revolving shutter diol. Synchronized for electronic f,osh use. B.
l-1i500 sec., equolly colibrofed. X setting.
Finder i. Through-the-lens type. lmoge mogniftcotion 0.8 X. Porroprism
system with Fresnel lens.
Focus odiurtmenl : Speciotly computed focusing lens with 5 X mognifier
Mirror : Horizontolly revolving, quick return.
Film odvoncing : Double qction with 90" self-cocking lever. Double exposure
impossible. Self resetting iype fllm counter.
Rewinding : Cronk rystem wifh rewind releose bulton.
Reor cover 3 Hinge system wifh releose built into rewind knob.
Size : Widrh: 5 in. (127 mml aJ Heisht z 23ll in. (69.5mml Aulku-s'
Depth: 2rlzin. (62.5mm) with stondord lcns'
lrf tin. (32.5mm) body only
Weight I lb. 3 oz. (560 gr.l wilh stqndqrd lens
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To set shutfer speed, lurn the diol until the correspond-
ing number is oligned with the red dot. B (bulbl-ln
this setting the shutter leoves ore opened when the
shutter releose button is pressed, ond will remoin open
until it is releosed. B is used when exposures of longer
thon one second qrp desired. The numbers I through
500 stond for froctions of o second. i. e. | - | sec.,
2:r lz sec., etc. through 50O - | /50Q sec.
For the correcl speed, en3ure thqf the number is per-
fectly motched with the red dol. The diol moy be
turned in either direction. Speed moy be set either
before or ofter odvoncing the ftlm.
Rotory Metol Focol Plone Shutter
The newly designed shutter on the Pen F is completely different from
other types of focol plone shutlers. lt conloins o semi-circulor titonium
screen (50 mm diometerl which rototes in q clockwise direction ql o distonce
of 1.6 mm from the fflm.
This shutter works so ropidly thot regordlesr of shutler speed it never
foilt to open completely, moking it possible for on electonic flosh to be
synchronized with it ot speeds of from I to I /500 of o gecond. (With
other focol plone shutters this is impossible when speeds exceed t /60 th
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Boyonet-mounted lenses for the Pen F ore eosily removed ond
reploced. On the bose of the lens there ore two butlons, one of
which is morked with o red L (lockl. This is the lens releose
button.
Firsl, hold the comero in the left hond ond grosp the bose of the
lens with the right hond. Then press the lenr releose button with
the thumb of the right hond ond turn the lenr in o clockwise
direction until it rtops. The lens is removed by pulling it owoy
from the comero body.
To remount the lens, insert it corefully into the body, oligning the
red mork (8) on the lenr with the red dot on the body. Turn the
lens in o counter-clockwise direction until the lenr releote button
(Ll returnr with o click.
It is not necesrory to moye the lenr releose button when mounting
the lenr.
It lockr into ploce outomoticolly.
REMOVAL RI
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The unmorked button on lhe bose of the lenr ir
cqlled the " pre-view bullon ". Even ofter the
operture on the Pen t is sef, it will not close
down to lhis opening unles lhe shutter releose
button ir prested. At oll other times the operl-
ure is wide open. This completely outomolic
operture rystem ollows focusing ond froming ol
full brightness.
The pre-view button on the Pen F closer lhe
pre-set opening, moking ir possible to see the subiect through the viewflnder with
the 3ome brightners 03 thot of the operture setting. (See Section I l, Depth of
Focus Scole.l This ensures perfect focusing of both subiect ond bockground.
The ring which is oround the top of the lens body is the lens operture rcole
r i n g . l t i s n u m b e r e d 1 . 8 r 2 . 2 . 8 , 4 , 5 . 6 , 8 , l l o n d 1 6 . T h e l o r g e r n u m b e r s
indicote rmoller operture openings, ond the converse. Turn thir ring ond olign
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While viewing through the finder, turn the
lens distonce scole ring in either direction
until the subiect is most cleorly visible.
The shutter releosc button moy then be
pressed. Cleor, shorp photogroPhy.
The lens distonce scole ring hos scoles
in two different colors; white (meters) ond
yellow (feell. These indicote distonce
between the comero ond the subiect in
focus.
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The moin feolure of the Pen F finder is thot the subiect viewed through the finder ond the phofogroph ore exoclly the some. i. e. The "phofogroph" is 3een lhrough fhe ffnder. Even when the distonce to the subiect is short, or o telephoto lens is used, the subiect is PORROPRISMSYSTEiI FINDER perfectly fromed in fhe viewfinder. Not only is it possible to copture the feeling of distonce Mirror Prism ond bockground, but the full eftect of color is ossured. Directly behind fhe lens is o rectongulor-shop- ed mirror which swings horizontolly on o Uoi pivot. The left ride of the mirror is q focol Mognifler o o oEdi-t plone. Light enters through ihe lens, is refect- ed by lhe mirror ond forms on imoge on q focol plone through lhc Fresnel Lens. This o o D imoge pqrses through both prisms ond o 5 X mognifter. Film surfoce Mogniflcolion of the finder is 0.8 times with Quick relurn mirror Lens the stondord lens, which hos o focol length of f:38 millimeters. t2View original page 16
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When the comero is focused ol o certoin dirtonce, only the subiect is exoctly in focus.
Other obiecfc oppeor in the viewfinder oul of focus. The ronge in front of ond behind
the subiecl in which obiects orc in reosonobly shorp focur is colled " lhe depth of
focul ".
Depth of focus chonger, depending upon the lens focusing distonce ond operlure opening.
When thir ronge is brood, the depth of focus is soid to be "deep". To mqke the
depther of focus deeper, either lengthe.;r the lens focusing distonce or reduce the size of
lhe operlure opening. A ihird method ir to focus upon on obiect which is further from
lhe comero thon fhe subiect.
Urlng Depth of Focu:
Depth of focus csn be odiusted by moking lhe operlure opening torger or smoller. Both
ncor ond for oblects con be brought into focur by rcducing the operlure opening. For
portroit pho?ogrophy the subiecl con be emphorized by enlorging the operlure opening
to toke the bockground out of focur.
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r12Reodlng the Depth of Focus Scole
The depth of f ocus is indicoted bY o This is the infro-red indicotor.
set numbersi 1r 8 ond 16 ; which Gor' To use infrq-red sensitive film,
respond to o perture openings ond ore sel the focus first, ond move
written on eqch side of the red mork the depth of focus ring to the
(6). Reoding the dePth of f ocus is rr '' R mork. Infro-red photogro'
exploined by the following exomple :
phy requires o red filter. The distonce between the comero ond
lhe subiect is 1.5 feet ond the operture
setting is 8. Depth of focus is indicot-
ed between 8 to the left of the mqrk
(l.l ft.) ond 8 to the right of the mork
11.7 ft.).
The focused ronge con olso be determin-
ed by pressingthe pre'view button while
viewing through the finder, os exploined
in Section 7,
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O Close the bock cover
To toke up slock in the film, lift the ftlm
rewind hondle ond turn it in o counter-
clockwise direction until it becomes
ri9ht.
@ Wind the film odvonce lever (pressing
the shulter releose button every second
time) until the film counter moves lo l.
lf the film rewind knob turns during this
operotion, the film is odvoncing correct-
ly.
(The comero is now reody to toke
ictures.)
(NOrE)
O Film looding should neyer be done in direct
sunlight. Dorker ploces ore preferoble.
@ lf the film is looded improperly ir moy be
impossible to toke pictures. Be coreful when
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FILM Whencop ondo rollrewindof filmthe isfilm.completelyThe filmexposed,is completelycover theexposedlens whenwith thethe
R,EWINDING fifmof filmcounterused.indicotes either 40 or 72, depending upon the length
Press the rewind re. Lift the film rewind hondle ond Pull out the filmr ewind
leose button on the turn it in o clockwise direction. knob ond remove the
bottom of the co- This hondle is tight while the film ftlm, keeping it owoy
mero body. is being rewound, but when from direct sunlight.
the end of the film leoves the
toke-up reel the hondle will
become loose.
When the film is completely exposed the film odvonce lever becomes iight dur'
ing its oction ond film connot be odvonced. film is then rewound in the
monner described obove.
(NOTE)
The film rewind knob shoulcl not be pulled out before the film is complete-
ly rewound. lf the knob is pulled out by misloke, the bock cover moy
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THINGS TO NOTE BEFOREPRESSINGTIIE SHUTTER,RETEASE
O Hold lhc comero firmly. (See rhe next poge.l
@ Pressthe shutier releqre button lightly.
@ Due to the smollnessof the film size it is suggested thot the comero be o3 clote
to the subiect os possible in order to fill the frome compleiely.
@ Whcn using slow shutter speeds (l/30-l sec. qnd B) the comsrct should be ploced
on o tripod or olher flxed obiect.
@ Good enlorgementrdepend eniirety upon good film development. The expored film
rhould be develoPed corefullY.
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Use either flosh bulbs or on electronic flosh ATTAGHINO THE FTASH UNIT
under conditions of poor light, or dorkness. The block colored eyepiece of the view-
finder is slightly roised from lhe comero
Even in doylighr photogrophy, ortiffciol light body, leoving spoce to slide in the brocket
which holds the flosh unit. This brocket is
con be used fo eliminote shodows coused by on oplionol occessory.
sunlighf coming from behind the subiect, or The plug of the flosh unit goes into fhe
synchronized socket on the side of the co.
when the bockground is expon:ive. nl:ro body. This is the X socket.
The Pen F, differenf from ordinoy focol plone TYPES OF ARTIFIGIAT IIGI,IT
shutler comeroi, con synchrcnize on elecironic Following qre the three types of ortiflcoiol
l i s h t :
flosh ot ony shutter speed from I to l/500fh of (o) Electronic flash
q second. This speciol feoture mokes it possible FroshBu,bs l:i T ilii)
lo use on electronic flqsh under doylight condi- The omount of light emitted by eoch different
bulb is indicaied by guide numbers which qre
tions. printed on iheir boxes. The operture opening
is determined by dividing the guide number
by the distsnce to the subiect. This is ex-
ploined in more detoil by the following ex-.
ornple: ASA of the film is 100, shutter speed
l/60 sec., distqnce 5 meters ond fhe bulb guide
number is 40. Dividing the guide number of
40 by the distqnce of 5 gives the resuhont
25 operlure opening, 8.
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Open the speciol link with the thumb ond
index ftnger ond put it through the eye
which protrudes from the side of the
comero.
Open the hook ot the end of the corq"-
ing strop ond ottoch ir to the link.
Put the comero into its leother cose ond
tighten it by turning the knob which is
locoted on the bottom of the cose.
The front cover of the leother cose con
be removed by unsnopping il, or left on
the bottom of the cose where it pivols.
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ZUIKO AUTO Z.OOMLENSF3.5 i- sO-gOmm
STANDARD TENS IHE EFDECT OF LENS REPLAGEiIENT
Vorious efiects con be obtoined by using dif-
erent lenses.
Interchongeoble lenses include zoom, wide
ongle ond telephoto lenses. The mosl versotile
of these is the zoom lens, becouse it ollowg
the photogropher to chonge the size of his
subiect freely.
Weights of Pen size lenses ore one third of
stondord 35 mm lenses ond size onfy one holf,
F 1.8 f-38 mm moking them eosy to corry.
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ZUIK O A UTO ZOOI^ IENS F 3 .5 f :5O- 9Om m Th e mo in fe o tu re s o f zo o m le n se s or e ( l) o single lens con be used in ploce of mony different lenses belween 50 ond 90 millimelers, ond (2) efiective composure moy be mode before lhe picture is token to eliminote trimming. The speciol feoture of the Zuiko Auto Zoom Lens is thot, unlike other zoom lenses, it remoins in focus throughoul the complete zooming ronge, Its resolving power is extremely high. www.orphancameras.comView original page 34
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Olympus Optbal Co., was established
in- 1919 io manufacture top quality
microscopesin Japan. Since that timn
eaery Olympus product has been rn&nu-
faciured wiih ilr,b sam,etyPe of technical
precision tlecessaryfo, mnnufacturing
microscopes.
Current products inclufu mitroscoPes,-
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