Asahi Pentax PC-505 Instruction Manual
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1. And replace the battery with the new one ensuring that the polarities are correctly set uf ir Asahi Optical Co Ltd C P 0 895 Tokyo 100 91 JAPAN Pentax Europe n v Weiveldlaan 3 5 1930 Zaventem BELGIUM O Pentax Handelsgesellschaft mbH Postfach 54 0169 2000 Hamborg 54 WEST GERMANY Pentax U K Limited Pentax House South Hill Avenue South Harrow Middlesex HA2 OLT U K Pentax France Z I Argenteuil 12 Rue Ambroise Croizat 95100 Argenteuil FRANCE Pentax Nederland Spinveld 25 4815 HR Breda THE NETHERLANDS Pentax Schweiz AG Industriestrasse 2 8305 Dietlikon ZH SWITZERLAND Pentax Scandinavia AB Box 650 S 751 27 Uppsala SWEDEN Pentax Norge A S Cecilie Thoresens Vei 11 Lambertseter 1101 Oslo 11 NORWAY Pentax Corporation 35 Inverness Drive East Englewood Colorado 80112 U S A Pentax Canada Inc 3131 Universal Drive Mississauga Ontario L4X 2E5 CANADA Asahi Optical Brasileira R Capit o Antonio Rosa 376 Sala 121 Ed PBK S o Paulo BRAZIL 03 07 89 57056 Printed in Japan2. defective during the 12 month warranty period should be returned to the dealer from whom you purchased the equipment or to the manufacturer If there is no representative of the manufacturer in your country send the equipment to the manufacturer with postage prepaid In this case It will take a considerable length of time before the equipment can be returned to you owing to the complicated cus toms procedures required in Japan for importing and re exporting photographic equipment If the equipment is covered by warranty repairs will be made and parts replaced free of charge and the equipment will be returned to you upon completion of servicing If the equipment is not covered by warranty regular charges of the manufacturer or of its representatives will apply If your Pentax equipment was purchased outside of the country where you wish to have it serviced during the warranty perlod regular handling and servicing fees may be charged by the manufacturer s representatives in that country Notwithstanding this Pentax equipment returned to the manufacturer will be serviced free of charge according to this procedure and warranty poli cy In any case however shipping charges and customs clearance fees are to be borne by the sender To prove the data of your purchase when required please keep the receipts or bills covering the purchase of your equip ment for at least a year Before sending your equipment for servicing please make sure that
3. he motor automaticatly stops Make sure to confirm the exposure counter has returned to SI before opening the back cover and take out the film cassette J NOTE THIS IS APPLICABLE TO THE PC 505 DATE MODEL 1 Mode Button 4 Day Minute Button 2 Year Hour Button 5 Battery cover 3 Month Button 6 Battery cover fixing screw This camera is equipped with a LCD Data Back which al lows you to print date or time directly onto each picture Your Data Back has three modes of operation A Date Year Month Day printed on each picture B Time Hour and Minute printed on each picture C Off LCD shows No data is printed SETTING DATA To switch between modes push the Mode Button 1 To set Year Month Day switch to the Data Mode and push each respective control buttons 2 3 4 until the desired data is displayed The control buttons can be pressed by using ball point pens or a fine pointed device To set Hour and Minute switch to the Time Mode and push each respective contro button 3 and 5 until the desired data is displayed H you do not desire any data printed on your pictures switch to the Off Mode which can be confirmed by a series of dash es The dashes will not be printed on the picture BATTERY The data back is powered by one CR2025 3V Lithium bat tery When the displays on the LCD are not seen clearly re move the Battery Cover 5 by removing the Battery cover fixing screw 6
4. n the tip of the film with film loading mark 24 Make sure to align the holes on the edge of the film leader with the sprocket teeth 15 After closing the back cover depress the shutter release but ton 2 until the number 1 appears on the exposure coun ter If the exposure counter does not count the film is not properly loaded Reload the film Taking pictures Fig 9 10 11 12 The effective focusing range is from 1 1m 3 6ft to infinity Compose the subject within the outer bright frame In the viewfinder and bring the autofocus frame on the main part of your subject and depress the shutter release button gently After the shutter is released the motor will automat ically advance the film and cock the shutter for the next pic ture For subject from 1 1m 3 6ft to 2 5m 8 2ft compose your picture within the inner bright frame NOTE MAKE SURE NOT TO BLOCK THE AUTOFOCUS WINDOW 3 BUILT IN FLASH 5 LENS 6 AND LIGHT SEN SOR WINDOW 7 WITH YOUR FINGERS OR HAIRS ETC WHILE SHOOTING Focus lock Fig 13 14 When the subject is off the autofocus frame first bring the autofocus frame to the main part of one of the subjects As you keep depressing the shutter release button half way the focus will be locked Re compose your picture within the bright frame and depress the shutter release button all the way Auto flash Fig 15 16 The camera starts charging the built in flash whenever the lens cover is
5. open and the flash ready lamp 12 glows This is for automatic discharge under poor lighting conditions As you depress the shutter release button in a dimiy tit place the low light warning lamp 14 glows and the flash is set for discharge Make sure to release the shutter after con firming the fiash ready lamp The flash effective range is from 1 1m 3 61t to 3 5m 11 5ft ISO 100 400 NOTE WHEN THE CHARGING TIME BECOMES MORE THAN 15 SEC OR THE SHUTTER IS LOCKED PLEASE REPLACE THE BATTERIES THE FLASH READY LAMP KEEP GLOWING AS FAR AS THE FLASH IS CHARGED EVEN AFTER THE LENS COVER IS CLOSED Self timer photography Fig 17 18 Mount the camera to a tripod or put it on a flat table etc and push the self timer lever 9 down Depress the shutter release button after composing your picture When the sub ject is off the autofocus frame use the focus lock technique Self timer lamp 4 glows about 10 seconds and then the shutter will be released Shoutd you need to cancel the Self timer after it has been started close the lens cover and reset the Self timer lever NOTE MAKE SURE TO RESET THE SELF TIMER LEVER AF TER TAKING SELF TIMER PICTURES OTHERWISE SELF TIMER WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE Unloading the film Fig 19 20 When you have exposed the last frame the motor stops au tomatically and the shutter release button will not release the shutter Keep pushing the rewind button 23 on the bot tom of the camera and t
6. ry PC50O5 o _ PENTAX 72077 77077 AA 1 BS sul ec DESCRIPNIO 1 EXPOSURE COUNTER 2 SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON 3 AUTOFOCUS WINDOWS 4 SELF TIMER LAMP 5 BUILT IN FLASH 6 7 8 9 LENS LIGHT SENSOR WINDOW LENS COVER RELEASE LEVER 9 SELF TIMER LEVER 10 BACK COVER RELEASE LEVER 11 FILM REWIND SHAFT 12 FLASH READY LAMP 13 VIEWFINDER EYEPIECE 14 LOW LIGHT WARNING LAMP 15 SPROCKET TEETH 16 FILM TAKE UP SPOOL 17 FILM PRESSURE PLATE 18 FILM INFORMATION WINDOW 19 BATTERY CHAMBER COVER 20 FILM CHAMBER 21 TRIPOD SOCKET 22 DX SENSING CONTACTS 23 REWIND BUTTON FILM LOADING MARK ki FILM Auto film speed setting with 35mm perforated DX coded film with ISO rating from 100 to 400 24x 36mm format Use color print films only LENS 35mm F3 8 3 elements 3 groups VIEWFINDER With Albada bright frame FOCUSING Infrared active autofocus system Range 1 1m 3 6ft infinity SHUTTER Programmed AE behind the lens shutter Electro magnetic release EXPOSURE CONTROL Programmed AE control Range EV10 15 ISO 100 EV8 13 ISO 400 FILM LOADING Easy toading FILM TRANSPORT Auto film winding and rewinding Rewinding stops upon completion FLASH Built in auto discharge flash SELF TIMER Approx 10 sec delay self timer with LED indicator BATTERIES Two 1 5V AA size ALKALINE batteries LR6 type Ni Cd batterles not usable DIMENSIONS 124 5 W x 71 H
7. x 50 D mm WEIGHT 240g Specifications are subject to change without any obli gation on the part of the manufacturer WARRANTY POLICY All Pentax cameras purchased through authorized bona fide photographic distribution channels are guaranteed against defects of material or workmanship for a peri od of twelve months from date of purchase Service will be rendered and defective parts will be replaced without cost to you within that period provided the equipment does not show evidence of impact sand or liquid damage mishandling tampering battery or chemical corrosion operation contrary to operating instructions or modification by an unauthorized repair shop The manufacturer or its authorized representatives shall not be liable for any repairs or alternations except those made with its written consent and shall not be liable for damages from delay or loss of use or for other indirect or consequential damages of any kind whether caused by defective material or workmanship or otherwise and it is expressly agreed that the liability of the manufac turer or its representatives under all guarantees or war rantles whether express or implied Is strictly limited to the replacement of parts as hereinbefore provided No refunds will be made on repairs performed by non authorized Pentax service facilities Procedure during 12 month Warranty Period Any Pentax equipment which proves
8. you are sending it to the manufacturer s authorized representatives or their accredited repair shops unless you are sending it direct ly to the manufacturer Always obtain a quotation of the service charge and only after you accept the quoted service charge instruct the service station to proceed with the servicing This warranty does not apply to Pentax products pur chased in the U S A U K or Canada The focal warranty policies available from Pentax distributors in those countries supersede this warranty policy Installing batteries Fig 1 2 Open the battery chamber cover 19 and insert two AA size fresh ALKALINE batteries into the battery chamber with thelr polarities aligned as indicated CAUTION DO NOT USE NI CD BATTERIES Lens cover Fig 3 Open the tens cover fully by sliding the tens cover release lever 8 NOTE AS THE RELEASE LEVER IS THE POWER SWITCH AS WELL ALWAYS CLOSE THE LENS COVER WHEN THE CAMERA IS NOT IN USE Film speed Fig 4 Film speed Is automatically set with 35mm DX coded film with ISO rating from 100 to 400 If non DX coded film is load ed the film speed is set at ISO 100 no matter what the film speed Is Loading film Fig 5 6 7 8 Open the back cover by pushing the back cover release lever 10 down Place the film cartridge into the film chamber 20 as shown in the Fig 6 Pull the film leader out to reach the film take up spool 16 and atig
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