Yashica PENTA J User manual

P u sh d o wn  the  diophr og:n pr eset lever unr il
 it sto p s, ond lens will be  fully opened.  Now.
you hove the brightest possible for eosy focus-
 I n g .





No te  th ot the diophr ogm closes down  to the
p re se le cted setting when the shutter is r eleosed.
Turn the focusing ring  clockwise  or  counter-
clo ckwise until the upper ond  lower  por tions
of   the  subject  in the split-imoge rongefinder
o re  in per fect  olignm ent.  T he  subject will
o p p e o r shor p in the  r em oining or eo, os  well.

P u l l o u t  t h e F i l m R e w i n d K n o b     f u r t h e r  o n d
  i n s e r t o   r o l l o f 3 5 m m f i l m  i n  t h e  f i l m c h o m b e r .
 T h e n  p u s h l h e  F i l m R e w i n d  K n o b b o c k   t o
 P O st t O n





R o t o t e t h e T o k e - u p S p o o l u n t i l t h e g r o o v e   i n
t h e s p o o l  i s p o s i t r o n e ds o o s  t o o l l o w t h e f l l m
l e o d e r l o   f i t  r n t o t h e g r o o v e

A d v o n c e    t h e   f i l n w i t h    t h e  o d v o n c e     l e v e r   o n d
p r e s s t h e  s h u t t e r  r e i e o s e b u t t o n   D o   t h i s t w i c e .
T o  b e  s u r e   t h o t   t h e   f i l m    i s o d v o n c e d   b y      t h e
l l l - n o d v o n c e     l e v e r ,  s e e i n g   t o   i t     t h o t      l h e     f i l ; n
r e w r n d  k n o b     i s o l s o   t u r n i n g  c o u n t e r - c l o c k w r s e .





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m o v i n g  t h e D i o l C c u n t e r  c l o c k w i s e    T h i s
c o u n t e rw i l l s h o w  t h e n u r b e r o f   f i l n e x p o s e d

IN FOCUS

By  lurning  the  Focusing  Ring  clockwise   or
counter-clockwise   il  is  possible  to   bring  lhe
upper  portion ond lower  portion  of  lhe imoge
seen in the inner-most circle  of the finder irrto
perfect  olignmenl.

 OUT OF FOGUS
When  lhe imoge  in the inner-most circle  is no
        'HALVED',longer                fhe  comero   is   propcrly
focused.
Proper focusing should be donc qftcr thc shuller
hos been cocked.
You  will  olso  notice  lhof  the  ovcroll   viewing
oreor   lhe  fresnel focusing  gloss of  the view-
finder  is not  cleor  when  the  cqnisrq   is  out
of  focus.                           L2

INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY

In fro red photo index m or k is used for focusing
lhe comero when infro red film ond red  filler ore
used.  A{ter  the subiect distonce hos been de-
te rmin ed, the com er o to  subiect distonce m ust
b e  { u rther oligned with the  r ed dot.



ASA FILM SPEEDREMINDER

A  h o n d y f i l m S p e e d R e m i n C c pr e r m i t s y o u   l o
s e t  t h e  t y p e  o f    f l l m ,  b o c k  o n C w h i r e  o r
c o l o r , o n d   l h e  { i l m t p € , . : da n a ^ e e o \ ' y ' - l o . ( e o d
d i o l .
S e t  t h e  f i l m s p e e d r e m r n d e ro t   l h c A S A   r ru r n -
b e r o f y o u r  f i l m  P e d : f o n d s   l . : r  c o l o r o n d
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CARE OF CATIERA AND LENS


The outer ond  inside, never use o froyed cloth.    lt  is most essentiol to keep lhe  film  pressure

plote cleon.

When cleoning fhe lens,  olcohol moy be used but greot core musl be  exercised  to  prevent

excessive omounts of olcohol from ottocking the bolsom odhesives between the lense elements.

Do not dismontle the comero or  the lenses; leove lhis precision woik to experl comero repoirmen.



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