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Olympus Pen S User manual
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- Olympus Pen S
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Mo ke Pictures o Po rt of Your Personol Progrom -with
this fomed Olympus Pen
The ONE comero you con ALWAYS hove with you. Shoot
pictures indoors or out, ovoilo ble light or f osh, lztl
close-up or distont londscope. Use the PEN morning,
noon, or night, of home, of the club or of business.
The Olympus PEN occepts regulor 35mm fllm, tokes
regulor 35mm processing, ovoiloble everywhere. Use
color or block ond white, fost fllm or slow. The PEN
is speciflcolly desigred to be the World's flnest sub-
minioture: smollest in size, biggest in quolity. The PEN
flts comforto bly in your hond, pocket or purse . . . . the
most convenient co mero compon ion eyer.
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SPECIFICATIOl{S
Lcns: Pen F3.5 D. Zuiko 1 clement f3.5, Infnity.| By revolving the helicol ring
28 mm focol lcngth. or for oul or posible, you will bc
Pen-S F2.8 D. Zuiko 4 elcmcnt 12.8, focuted ot obout I foot.
30 mm focol lcnglh. Winding : Round roll wind ol comero rcor dcsigncd
Shutter: Pcn F3.5 Copol with Blub, I lZS, tlSO, lo roll quickly right olong your thumb.
l/100, ll20O second. One lhumb molion winds film for ncxt
Pen F2.8 Copol with Blub, l18, lll5, thol, cocks lhe shutlcr, counls the
t/30, t/60, | 1125, tl25o expo3ure, prevenlr doublc exposurG.
F / r t o p r : P e n F 3 . 5 f 3 . 5 f 4 f 5 . 6 f 8 f l l J l 6 t 2 2 Rcwind: Fold-down cronk type rewind levcr.
P c n - S F 2 . 8 t 2 . 8 t 1 f 5 . 6 f I f l l Looding: Entire bock cover unlocks, tlipr down
t 1 6 t 2 2 ond oul.
Finder r Luminous Bright Fromc Findcr 0.5 Dimension: Pen F3.5 2.7 inch high 4.2 inch widc,
mognificotion 1.6 inch deep over oll ouler dimcnrions.
Focuring: Helicol focuring with morkings ot 2leel, Pen-S F2.8 2J inch high, 1.2 inch wide,
2.25,2.5 3, 1, 5,7, 10, 15, 30 ond 1.6 inch deep overoll outer dimensions.
Infinity. Click stops ot 7 ond | 5 feet. Weight: Pen F3.5 350 gr.
(Greot ronge ot | 5 feet ollow3 every- Pen-S F2.8 400 gr.
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o o o o o o o o c o o o o o o o o Film Size Accepts ony regulor 35mm film, color or block ond white, oll ASA speeds. No speciol film is necessory. The PEN tokes the identicol film thot ony 35mm comero tokes. On o regulor 36 exposure roll, the PEN gives you 72 exposures. On o regulor 20 exposure roll, the PEN gives you 40 exposures. The picture size is l8mmx24mm (obout 3lt" xl"l. This is exoctly tll- the size of pictures token with o regulor 35mm comero. www.orphancameras.comView original page 7
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o o o o o o o o o o o o oFilm loodingo
Flip up the lock ot the comero bose. Turn it in the direction of the
orrow shown below. Then grosp the comero body with the left hond,
the comero bock with the right hond, ond gently slide the comero bock
DOWN in the direction of the orrow shown in center photo below.
2l Slip the end of the new film irto the Winding Spool (see Poge 5).
3) Ploce the film cortridge in the cortridge chomber, being sure thot the
cortridge holder fits snugly within the top of cortridge (see Poge 5). Be
sure the sprockets on the sprocket spool engoge the perforotions in the
f ilm. Move the f ilm slightly if necessory,or turn the rewind lever slightly
to toke up film slock. Reploce the comero bock ond lock it securely.
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Wind the f ilm once ond releose the shutler button. During this lst wind, the film is
being engoged in the sprocket spool, ond the rewind lever will move in the some
direction the f ilm is moving. This is normol, ond shows proper looding. Wind ond
expoie the fllm lhree more limes, whenever you wind the fllm, be sure you wind
it oll the woy. Never wind it holf woy or port woy, but oll the woy.
4) After the 3 triol shots, set the film counter. Ploce your thumb on the knurled round
indicotor, ond turn unfil the triongle poinls to either 72 or 40. lf you ore using o 36
erposure roll, set the triongle lo point to 72. lt you ore using o 20 exposure roll, set
the triongle to point to 40. From fhot point on, the COUNTER SHOWS YOU HOW
MANY PICTURESYOU CAN STILL TAKE BEFORE'THEFILM tS ALL USED UP. If ThC
pointer points to 27, lor exomple, thot meons you con still loke 27 more piclures on
thot roll of film.
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Self-CockingShutter
When the f ilm is completely wound for next picture,
two operotions toke ploce outomoticolly. The film
is moveci to the next frome ond the shutter is
cocked, reody f or releose. You need only press
the releose button to moke on exPosure.
The Film Winding Roller should be rolled oll the woy
until it stops. lf not, the shutter will not operote.
Do not wind the film immediotely ofter you hove
token o picture. Woit until you ore reody for the
next picture, ond wind the film iust before moking
the exposure. This enobles the shutter springs to
lost ond remoin occurote indefinitely.
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To Set the lens Opening
Hold the Focusing Ring stotionory with your left thumb ond turn the f/stopdiol
with you other hond. There ore 7 tlstops ovoiloble : t13.5, 4, 5.6, 8, I l, 16,
22. Turn the diol until the f/stop you select is opposite the white triongle.
f 122oltows the f ilm to receive HALF os much light os f/16. tl16 ollows HALF
os much os f/l l, etc. t122, however, gives MOREdepth of field thon f ll6. f ll6
gives MORE depth of f ield thon tlll, etc.
To Set the ShutterSpeed
Turn the outermost ring unfil the shutter speed you wont is opposite the block
dot. Eoch shutter speed clicks into ploce. 8, for 8ulb, ollows the 3hutter to
stoy open os long os ihe shulter releose button is held down. There ore 5
shuiter speeds: Bulb, l/25 second, l/50, l/100, l/200th. When using l/25,
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To Set the FocusingRing
The FocusingRing is morked cleorly with l0 reodings, in melers. (l meters is obout
equol to 3 feet.) This lens hos such o greot depth of field thot by clicking the
FocusingRing into the 5m morking, everything from 2m to Infinity will be shorp.
For close-ups, set the Ring ot2m. For superoccurote work, lhe FocusingRing moy
be set on the exoct dislonce desired. Dut to the greot depth of field, o ronge-
finder is unnecessory.
To be doubly sure of overoll shorpness, set the f/stop to the highest possible
number. Wherever possible vse f 122. lf you need more light, use f/16, ond then
f/l l, etc. Try to use the highest numbered f/srop (tl22l, for oll your pictures.
As o guide to focusing remember thot :
- when your o rm is stretched o ll the woy out, it
reoches out obout 3 feet.
-o loll person is obout 6 feet high. A child of 5
yeo rs oge is o bout 3 f eet high.
- o bed is o bout 6 feet long.
-o lorge Americon cor is obout 19 feet long. A
smoll compoct cor obout | 3 feet long.
- the overoge living room is o boul I 9 f eet f rom
end lo end.
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To Usethe Viewfinder
The Olympus Pen embodies on Extro Bright
LuminousFrome Finder. Perfect composition
is eosy. Simply ploce the subiect in the center
\ of the f rome. The Pen Finder is so constructed
thot regordless of the position of your €y€,
the subiect will be centered.,l
When moking close-ups (l meter or closer),
f rome the subiect in the blue oreo. This
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Moke o PerfectPicture
l) Hold the comero f irmly ogoinst your foce.
2l Spreod your feet oport so you will not owoy bock ond forth, or
side to side.
3) Be sure your fingers do not cover the lens, the viewfinder, or
the fromefinder. Be sure your fingers do not move the shutter
ring ofter it is set.
4l Hold your breoth os you press the shutter releose button.
5) Use o lens shode when shooting into the sunlight.
6) Use o UV filter to shrit out ultroviolet roys. (The filter con be
used between pictures lo protect the lens olso.)
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ooooooccooooooooo To Rewindthe Film After the lost Exposure Flip up the rewind lever. Press down ond HOLD the rewind button ot the bose of lhe comero body. SLOWLY turn the rewind cronk in the direction of the orrow. You will feel o tension, which shows thot the film is being rewound into the cortridge. At the rote of obout I complete turn per second, turn the rewind cronk until you feel the tension suddenly disoppeors. Then turn the rewind cronk o few more times, ond the film con be removed from the comero. lf you turn the rewind cronk too quickly in the PEN or in ony comero, the friction of the film ogoinst the pressure plote will couse tiny bits of dust to settle on the film.View original page 16
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FTASHSYNCHRONIZATION
Seleciion of the shutter speed.
To use the Strobo light:
The electric flosh synchronized of oll speeds.
To use the Typ. F Bulb :
Set the Shutter speed ot 118 to | /50.
To use the Type M Bulb :
Set the shutter speed ot I 18 to | 125.
Selection of the lens opening.
Divide the guide number by distonce ond this
is the lens opening figure.
EXAMPLE: Film Speed : ASA 100
G u i d e N u m b e r : 1 0 5
Distonce t6 subiect : 15 feet
1 0 5+ | 5 : 7
Set the lens opening of 8 close to 7.
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oooooG€soasssesoe Advontogesof the D. ZUIK0Wide Anglelens One of the moior reosons for toking pictures is to record life os it exists. The comero lens is like our eyes. We wont to put on film whot our eyes see. Our eyes con look of o newspoper, or o person ocross the toble, or o three miles owoy, ond they will oll be shorp to us. lf something very close ond very for is shorp to us of the some time-like our eyes see things-it is colled greot " depth of f ield ". Our eyes hove o greot depth of field. The lenses found on most ordinory comeros do NOT hove o greot depth of f ield. But the D. ZUIKO lens on the Olympus PEN hos one of the greotest depth of fields in existence. To prove this, moke o photogroph of o neor obiect, o middle obiect ond o for-owoy obiect in the some picture. The Olympus PEN will get them ALL shorp ot the some time, JUSTAS OUR EYESWOULD SEE lT. (To be doubly sure, use the highest numbered f/stop whenever possible.lView original page 18
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The Olympus PEN is o precision instrument. lt will give you
excellent trouble-f ree service for o lifetime, providing you respect
o few simple rules :
l. When not toking pictures, keep the lens covered with o lens
cop or o UV f ilter
2. Don't ollow dust, dirt, foreign obiects or moisture to get into
the comero works.
3. Use o lens tissue or soft cloth to cleon the lens. Do NOT
cleqn it with your finger. Perspirotion or noturol body oils
con domoge qny fine lens.
4. lf, by chonce, the comero is dropped into seo woter, cleon it
immediqtely in soft woter ond send it in for repoir.
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ALTHOUGHTHEOLYMPUSPENIS AN INEXPENSIVECAMERA,
IT IS IDENTICALIN MANUFACTURETO OTHR OLYMPUS
CAMERAS. OLYMPUS IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST
RESPECTEDNAMESIN CAMERAS,MICROSCOPES,AND OTHER
pHoro/opilc INSTRUMENTS.you hove q lifelong cemponion
ot your commqnd. Toke the PENwith you wherever you go'
It will serve You well. Good Luck'
IUIPUSOPTICAIC0., LTD.,Tokyo,Jopon
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