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TYPE;                P e n t a p r i s m S L R c a m e r a w i t h b u i l t - i n c r o s s c o u p l e d C d S e x p o g u r e m e t e r
                                in TTL system.
F I LM :                     3 5 m m .  f i l m ( 2 0 , 3 6 o r 1 2 e x p o s u r e s )
F I L M S I Z E :              2 4 m m . x 3 6 m m
S T A N D A R DL E N S :      P R O M A T I C 5 5 m m .   t 1 1 . 7 , 6 e l e m e n t s i n 4  g r o u p s w i t h  f u l l y a u t o m a t i c
                          d i a p hr a g m .
S HU T T E R :             F o c a l p l a n e t y p e w i t h s p e e d s , 1 s e c o n d t o 1 / 1 0 0 0 s e c o n d a n d B . B u i l t - i n
                             s e l f- t i m er .
E X P O S U R ME E T E R     B u i l t - i n c r o s s c o u p l e d C d S e x p o s u r e m e t e r  i n T T L   s y s t e m .
                      A S A . 2 5  t o  1 6 0 0   ( D l N : 1 5  t o 3 3 ) .
V I E W F I DN ER           P e n t a p r i s m v i e w f i n d e r w i t h  " M i c r o m a t i c P r i s m F o c u s i n g " d e v i c e
F I L M T R A N S P O R T     S i n g l e s t r o k e r a p i d f i l m w i n d i n g a n d s h u t t e r c o c k i n g .
SYNCH RON IZATIO N      F P a n d X a u t o m a t i c s e t t i n g . A h o t s h o e c o n t a c t .
L E N S M O U N T :         S c r e w m o u n t .
F I L T E RS I Z E :            5 2 m m . s c r e w - i n t y p e
L E N S H O O D S I Z E :      5 4 m m . p u s h - o n t y p e
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FILM TRANSPORTLEVER
W h e n   t h e   f i l m t r a n s p o r t   l e v e r   i s a d v a n c e d , t h e
f o l l o w i n g t h i n g s h a p p e n s i m u l t a n e o u s l y
        l  T h e  b a t t e r y  s w i t c h    i s   t u r n e d  o n  a n d    t h e
     expo s u r e m e t e r   l s a c t i v a t e d .
   2 . T h e    f i l m   f r a m e    i s   t r a n s p o r t e d t o    t h e  n e x t
      u n e x p o s e d f r a m e .
   3 . T h e  f i l m c o u n t e r  i s a d v a n c e d .
   4 . T h e s h u t t e r  i s c o c k e d .
After the  s h u t t e r   i s  r e l e a s e d ,t h e b a t t e r y c i r c u i t i s
s h u t o f f a n d u n n e c e s s a r y b a t t e r y d r a r n i s a v o i d e d .

EXPOSURECOUNTER
T h e c o u n t e r i s  l o c a t e d o n  t o p o f  t h e c a m e r a b o d y .
 I t s h o w s  t h e n u m b e r o f   f i l m  f r a m e s e x p o s e d ,a n d
 is aUtom a t i c a l l yr e s e t   t o  " S " ( f o r  " S t a r t " ) p o S i t i o n
w h e n t h e b a c k c o v e r  i s o p e n e d . F r a m e s o f  t h e 1 2 t h ,
 2 O t h a n d 3 6 t h a r e m a r k e d i n  r e d  t o s i g n a l e n d o f
 t h e  r o l l ,d e p e n d i n g o n  t h e   l e n g t h o f  t h e f i l m u s e d .
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DIAPHRAGMSCALE
   T h e d i a p hr a g m s c a l e i s   l o c a t e d o n  u p p e r s i d e o f   t h e    l e n s
   b a r r e l .
   T h e a p e r t u r e o p e n i n g h a s s e v e n  s e t t r n g s ,  r a n g i n g  f r o m
       f / 1 . 7 ,  t h e m a x i m u m o p e n i n g , t o t / 1 6 , t h e m i n i m u m o p e n i n g .
   S et t rn g s b e t we e n  f / st ops are also possible.





  AUTOMATIC/UANUAL OPERATION
   T he re a re  " 4 " (sh o rt   f or Automatic)mark in green a n d   " M "
     ( s h o r t f o r M a n u a l )m a r k  i n  r e d o n   t h e u n d e r s i d eo f   t h e   l e n s
   b a rre l
  M o v e  t h e a u t o & m a n u a l d i a p hr a g m s w i t c h e D t o   t h e  left,
   a n d y o u w i l l s e e  t h e d i a p h r a g m  i s s e t a t   " A " p o s i t i o n . T h i s
       i s t h e n o r m a l p o s i t i o n f o r m o s t c i r c u m s t a n c e sW.   i t h  t h e  " 4 "
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UPRIGHT.UNREVERSEDIMAGE
  A s a 3 5 m m s i n g l e l e n s r e f l e x c a m e r a , y o u r S L R c a m e r a u s e s a
  m i r r o r a s p a r t o f    i t s o p t i c a l s y s t e m t o   t r a n s f e r t h e   i m a g e
  e n t e r i n g t h e   l e n s t o   t h e v i e w fi n d e r . I n  t h e p r o c e s s ,t h e  i m a g e
  w h i c h  i s o r i g i n a l l y r e v e r s e d a n d  i n v e r t e d w h e n    i t e n t e r s  t h e      l e n s r s r e v e r s e d a n d   t u r n e d  r i g h t s i d e u p s o y o u  s e e  t h e   tu
  p r c t u r e i n  t h e v i e w f i n d e r e x a c t l y a s y o u r n a k e d e y e w o u l d .      {(rM
 MICROMATICPRISM GRID
  y o u r c a m e r a h a s a M i c r o m a t i c F o c u s i n g s l s t e r F  f o r   f a s t a n d
  accurate  f ocusing. The precision focusing elements in  the
   v i e w f i n d e r c o n s i s t o f  a  g r o u p  o f m o r e   t h a n  8 O O m i c r o -
  p n s m s a s s h o w n  i n  t h e c e n t e r o f  t h e p i c t u r e . A s  y o u     l o o k
    t h r o u g h  t h e m i c r o - p r i s m a r e a  l )   i n  t h e v i e w f i n d e r , y o u c a n
  s e e  t h e s u b j e c t c l e a r l y , O N L Y w h e n    i t    i s c o r r e c t l y f o c u s e d .
  R o t a t r n g t h e  f o c u s i n g r i n g y o u w i l l n o t i c e t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f
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COUPLEDCdS METER
The CdS meter of your SLR camera is coupled to the
lens aperture, shutter speed and film speed settings.
A  c h a n g e   i n   t h e  s e t t i n g o f  a n y  o n e  o r m o r e w i l l ,
therefore, alter the meter reading.  lt  is preferable, of
course,to change either the aperture or shutter speed
if an adjustment is required. The  film  speed  setting                                                                O V E R
should always be the one for the film you are using.
By advancing the  film  transport  lever, the  battery
switch is turned on and the exposure meter is activated.
Keep your finger on the diaphragm button@. (When the
diaphragm is being set at the manual operation, there
is no need to press the button.Refer to AUTO/MANUAL
O P E R A T I O Na t p a g e 1 2 . ) A n d s w i n g t h e d i a p h r a g m s c a l e
@. When the exposure meter needle is centered, thesetting  is correct.                        ,-tr
 lf the  lens aperture is too  large or the shutter speed
 t o o s l o w  f o r   t h e  a v a i l a b l e  l i g h t ,  t h e  n e e d l e    i n    t h e
viewfinder will be above  the  circle and indicate that
the picture,if taken, will be overexposed.
 lf the lens aperture is too small or the shutter speed
too fast for the available light, the needle will be below
the circle to indicate that the picture will be underexposed.                             U ND E R
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EXPOSUREMETERCOUPLEDRANGE
   Your SLR camera has a fully coupled CdS exposure      f r o m 1 / 1 2 5s e c o n tdo 1 / 2 5 0 ,o n e s t o pf a s t " , , l
   meter which  measures optimum  exposure         d i a p n r a g m h a s  t o  b e a l t e r e d f r o m  f J 5 . 6   t o   f 1 4 ,
    c o n d i t i o n s T h r o u g h - T h e - L e n s ,r a n g i n g  f r o m E V      one stop larger aperture.Thus, you can usg seven.*
    3   t o E V   1 8 w i t h A S A  1 0 0 ( D l N 2 1 ) f i l m .           d i f f e r e n t  s h u t t e r s p e e d s  r a n g i n g   f r o m  1 / 1 0 0 O
                                                                 s e c o n d t o  1 / 1 5 s e c o n d ( s e e t h e c h a r t ) w h e n   t h e
  HOW TO READ.THE CHART                  E V   i s a t  1 2 .
   The word "EV"stands for"Exposure Value," which       \Mrat shutter speed you should use depends on the
   represents the  brightness on  the  sub.;ect you       condition  of  subject.(Refer to SHUTTER SPEED
   frame  in the  viewfinder. The EV is  represented    D l A L a t p a g e l 1 . ) T h e d i a p h r a g m o p e n i n g s h o u l d b e
   by numbers, and exposure meter  of  your SLR       also decided according to  the  purpose  of  your
   cameracan measure the brightness on the subject      p h o t o g r a q h y . ( R e f e rt o D E P T H O F F I E L Da t p a g e 2 5 . )
      r a n g i n g f r o m E V 3   t o E V 1 8 w h e n y o u u s e t h e      ExposureMeter CoupledRangeChart EV3-EVl8 (ASA100)
                                                                       EV
       f i l m s p e e d e d a t A S A 1 O O ( D l N 2 U .                                                               f          3 4 5  6  7  8  9  1 0 1 1  1 2  1 3  1 4  1 5  1 6  1 7     l 8
    For example, if  the  exposure meter needle  is            1.4    4  I 15 30 60 125250 500 1000
'   centered when you select aperture opening  of              211.71  2 4 8 15 30 60 125250 500
 * ,   t 1 5 . 6 w i t h s h u t t e r s p e e d o f  1 / 1 2 5  s e c o n d ( t h e            2.8          t 2  4  8 1 5 3 0 6 0 1 2 5 2 5 0
  ]F       f i l m s p e e d d i a l  i s s e t a t A S A  1 O O ) ,t h e b r i g h t -            4        1 2 4 8 1 5 3 0 6 0 1 2 5
b   ness on the subject is supposed EV 12.  lf the       h'*-                               |    b r i g h t n e s si s a t E V 1 2 , y o u c a n u s e e v e r y o n e o f             8                  4     15 30  I
  II  seven different shutter speeds and get properly                               l l                              z       R          l E
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F IL M LOADING
  Y o u r SL R ca me ra a cce pts the standard 35mm             t h e  f i l m  c a r t r i d g e . L o a d  t h e  f i l m  i n a s h a d e ,
   c a r t r i d g e sc o n t a i n i n g 1 2 , 2 0 o r 3 6 - e x p o s u r e   l e -     u s i n g y o u r  b o d y w i t h y o u r b a c k  t o  t h e s u n a s
   n g t h s  o f  f i l m . A v o i d d i r e c t s u n l i g h t f a l l i n g o n       p r o t e c t i o n i f  y o u h a v e n o o t h e r m e t h o d





   1 T O O P E N T H E C A M E R A B A C K    2  T O P U L L O U T T H E K N O B       3  F I LM L O A D I N G
  Pul l d o w n   t h e  le ve r with your    P u l l o u t  t h e f i l m r e w i n d k n o b o n    S l i p t h e  f i l m e n d  i n t o a n y s l i t o n
     t h u m b n a i la n d o p e n  t h e c a m e r a        t o p  o f   t h e  c a m e r a . T h i s   i s  t o           t h e   t a k e - u p s p o o l a n d s l i d e  i t
  b a c k . A t  t h e s a m e t i m e , t h e e x -    allow the film cas s e t t e t o b e p u t     d o w n  t o w a r d  t h e b o t t o m o f  t h e
  p o s u r e c o u n t e r a u t o m a t i c a l l yr e -           i n t o  t h e c a s s e t t e c h a m b e r .           c a m e r a b o d y , a n d  c h e c k  t h a t
     t u r n s    t o    " S "     ( w i h c h m e a n s                                                                                   t h e   f i l m p e r f o r a t i o n  i s p r o p e r l y
    " S t a r t " ) p o s i t i o n .                                                        e n g a g e d  w i t h     t h e    t o o t h  o f
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4 . T O A D V A N C E T H E F I L M        5 TO CLOSE THE CAMERA   6 TO RELEASETHE SHUTTER
A d v a n c e t h e  f i l m a d v a n c e l e v e r     BACK                    AN D ADVANCE TH E FILM
a  l i t t l e a n d , s e e t h a t  t h e  f i l m  i s   The cameraback will be locked   Repeatthis actiontwice,and You
fa ste n e drou n d t h e t a ke -u p spool,    with a snap by a slight pressure.   are ready to take your first pic-
b e f o r e c l o s i n g t h e c a m e r a b a c k .                                           tu re.
   N O T E : ln ca se t h e  f il m rewind knob does, not turn c o u n t e r c l o c k w i s e b y a d v a n c i n g t h e  f i l m a d v a n c e
              le ve r, it sh o ws that the   f i l m  i s n o t p r o p e r l y t r a n s p o r t e d . O p e n  t h e c a m e r a b a c k a n d c h e c k
                       t h e  t a ke -u P sPool.
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F IL M UNLOADING
  After the entire length of   f i l m    i n the          r e m o v e d i n t o t h e f i l m c a r t r i d g e s o  i t c a n
 cartridgehas been exposed,rt must b e     be removed from the camera.





  1 T O R E W I N D T H E F I L M                                               2 . T O R EM O V E T H E C A R T R I D GE
 D ep re s s t h e   f ilm re u , , indbutton    a  l i t t l e t e n s i o n o n  t h e c r a n k w h i l e   P u l l o u t  t h e f i l m r e w i n d k n o b a n d
    l o c a t e do n b o t t o m o f  t h e c a m e r a       t h e  f i l m  i s b e i n g r e w o u n d W h e n       r e m o v e t h e  f i l m c a r t r i d g e
  b o d y R a i s et h e f i l m r e w i n d c r a n k        t h e t e n s i o n s t o p s ; y o u k n o w  t h a t    A v o i d d i r e c t s u n l i g h t w h e n   r e -
  a n d  t u r n  i t  i n  t h e d i r e c t i o n i n d i -       t h e  r e w i n d i n g i s c o m p l e t e       m o v i n g  t h e   f i l m c a r t r i d g e f r o m
  c a t e d b y  t h e a r r o w Y o u w i l l f e e l                                                                                   t h e c a m e r a A l s o ,t h e c a m e r a l e n s
                                                                                   s h o u l d f a c e d o w n w a r d w h i l e t h e
                                                                                   c a r t r i d g e i s b e i n g r e m o v e d s o a s
                                                                                                                                                      t o p r e v e n t i t f r o m d r o p p i n g o u t
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HOW TO HOLD YOUR SLR CAMERA
T h e f o r m a t o f y o u r p i c t u r e r s d e t e r n r i n e db y  t h e p o ? i t i o n i n w h i c h
y o u h o l d  t h e c a m e r a H o l d i n g t h e w i d e s t p a r t  i n a h o r i z o n t a lp o s i -
t i o n w r l l r e s u l t i n a h o r i z o n t a fl o r m a t H o l d i n g t h e w i d e s t p a r t  i n a
v e r t i c a lp o s i t i o n w i l l r e s u l t i n a v e r t i c a l f o r m a t B l u r r i n g i n a p i c t u r e
 i s o f t e n c a u s e d b y  c a m e r a s h a k e a t   t h e m o m e n t o f e x p o s u r e
P r a c t i c eh o l d i n g t h e c a m e r a a n d r e l e a s i n gt h e s h u t t e r s o y o u c a n
t a k e p i c t u r e s w i t h o u t  j a r r i n g o r  s h a k i n g  i t
U s e t h e  f o l l o w i n g t h r e e s i m p l e r u l e sf o r  t a k i n g a p i c t u r e t o a v o i d
c a m e r a m o v e m e n t :
    1 B e f o r e r e l e a s i n gt h e s h u t t e r ,t a k e a d e e p b r e a t h a n d h o l d
                 i t u n t i l a f t e r  t h e p i c t u r e h a s b e e n  t a k e n
    2 W h i l e  t a k i n g  t h e p i c t u r e ,h o l d  t h e c a m e r a f i r m l y w i t h b o t h
       h a n d s a n d p r e s s t h e b a c k a g a i n s t y o u r f a c e a n d  f o r e h e a d
       a s  f i r m l y a s p o s s i b l e
    3 Squeeze t h e s h u t t e r  r e l e a s e b u t t o n , d o n o t P r o d o r  t a P  t t
      P r a c t i c es q u e e z i n gu n t i l Y o u c a n r e l e a s et h e s h u t t e r w i t h o u t
             t h e s l i gh t e s t q u i v e r

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HOW TO INTERCHANGETHE LENS
              Y o u r S L R c a m e r a h a s a s t a n d a r d 5 5 m m   l e n s
             w h i c h   f e a t u r e s a s c r e w m o u n t a n d  i s m o s t
                   s u i t a b l e f o r  t a k i n g g e n e r a l - p u r p o s ep i c t u r e s .
                                  I t a c c e p t s a  v a r i e t y o f    i n t e r c h a n g e a b l e
                                           l e n s e s  f r o m w i d e a n g l et o  t e l e p h o t o a n d  t h e
                 b u i l t - i n C d S e x p o s u r e m e t e r  i s g e a r e d t o
                                   t h e   i n t e r c h a n g e a b l el e n s e s
                T o  r e m o v e t h e   l e n s , t u r n t h e  l e n s i n a c o u n -
                                  t e r c l o c k w i s e d i r e c t i o n u n t i l   i t  c a n b e   r e -
            m o v e d .
                T o    i n s e r t a n o t h e r  l e n s ,  t u r n  t h e    l e n s  i n a
                   c l o c k w i s ed i r e c t i o nu n t i l t h e   l e n s  i s s e c u r e d
                 1 n p o s r t l o n .




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FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
 W h e n  t h e e xp o su re me ter needle in the viewfind-
 e r s t a y s b e l o w t h e c i r c l e( s e e p a g e l 7 ) a n d e v e n a
   l a r g e r a p e r t u r e o p e n i n g a n d s l o w e r s h u t t e r s p e e d
 c a n n e v e r m a k e   i t c o m e u p    i n t o   t h e  c i r c l e  i t
 s h o w s  t h a t  t h e    l i g h t i n g c o n d i t i o n  i s  t o o  p o o r
 a n d  t h a t y o u m u s t s w i t c h t o  f l a s h p h o t o g r a p h y .
 Pho t og ra p h y wit h   f la sh not, only extends your
 p ic t u re po ssib ilit ie sg re atly but adds excitement
 a n d d ra ma  t o yo u r p ictures. The use of  flash
                                                                                                                                    ,lffi{lMA-TI{:
 e q ui pme n t wit h yo u r camera is relatively simple
 b e c a u s ei t h a s b u ilt -in synch ro nization.lt is equip-
 ped  with  X  synchronization. Therefore, both
 e l e c t r o n i c  f l a s h a n d  o r d i n a r y s i n g l e - e x p o s u r e
  f l a s hb u l b s c a n b e u s e d .
 Any modern flash with a hotshoe can be
 used. Most now are automatic. Set F/stop
 setting on flash, then on lens @ 1/60 sec
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MAINTENANCEAND CARE OF YOUR SLR CAMERA
 A   f e w s i m p l e p r e c a u t i o n s , c a r e f u l h a n d l i n g a n d          6.   Be sure that your camera is not kept in ab-
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   t h e  l i f e o f y o u r c a m e r a a n d k e e p  i t o p e r a t i n g w e l l            room temperature is best.
 indefinitely. Follow these simple rules:                      7.    Before storage, release the shutter and re-
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             f irst use a soft brush and then a soft cloth.               period, rem.ove a battery and avoid a risk
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                 l e n s n o t o n l y a f f e c t p i c t u r e c o n t r a s t b u t ,  i f               regularly to keep  it in. good condition. Set
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                 i t t h o r o u g h l y i n f r e s h w a t e r a n d  t h e n d e l i v e r             e r a t i o n . C h e c k  f i l m   t r a n s p o r t . C h e c k  t h e
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       p r o t e c t e d  f r o m d a m p a n d d u s t . P r e f e r a b l y             g o o d o r d e r , r e t a i n i n gt h e n a t u r a l q u a l i t i e so f
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                 i n s e r t e d i n t o a p o l y t h e n e b a g .                         ready for an instant use when required.
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