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SP500 Manual - Page 2
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Major working parts of the Honeywell Pentax SP 500
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Specifications
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Short operating course
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How to make deliberate double exposure
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Difference of angle of - field tables
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Range of light measurement
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Mercury battery
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Flash synchronization
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Important notes
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Infra-red photography
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How to hold your camera
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Film loading
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Film wind and rewind...
SP500 Manual - Page 3
... photographic fair, in 35mm single-lens-reflex cameras. Pentax cameras and other brands as any other members of the Pentax family, the Honeywell Pentax SP 500 has a 42mm threaded lens mount that accepts any...Honeywell Pentax SP 500
This is reflected from the ultra-wide-angle 17mm Takumar to the public at that time, it was a model of the advanced design and features that would be set manually...
SP500 Manual - Page 6
FILM AND PICTURE SIZE 35mm film (20 or 36 exposures). 24mm x 36mm. Filters and lenshood size: 49mm.
Shutter curtains of field.
FINDER Pentaprism finder with microprism Fresnel lens for minimum vibrations.
REFLEX MIRROR Instant return type with diaphragm preview lever which affords visual check of depth of special rub- Distance scale: 45cm (18') ...
SP500 Manual - Page 7
...-up. Body alone: 610 grams (1 lb. 6 oz.).
FILM EXPOSURE COUNTER Automatic re-set type. LENS MOUNT 42mm threaded lens mount.
LOADED FILM INDICATOR Loaded film reminder dial underneath film rewind knob is being rewound. Electronic synchronization at 1/60 sec.
WEIGHT 820 grams (1 lb. 13 oz.) with FP and X flash terminals. DIMENSION Width 5.6" (143mm) x height 3.6" (92mm) x thickness...
SP500 Manual - Page 8
...lever. For battery insertion, refer to page 16.
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SET FILM SPEED
Lift ...set the speed at 1/30, or in its neighborhood.
Short operating course
A mercury battery for the light meter is packed separately. Be sure to the index. When outdoors, set the speed you get the sharpest image of the shutter speed dial,
B
and rotate to set it into the battery housing when operating the camera...
SP500 Manual - Page 13
...the image in focus, the microprism will see that the Fresnel lens consists of many small dots,
much brighter. Microprism
Honeywell Pentax cameras have a Fresnel lens with diaphragm closed to f/5.6 or f/8 and still observe the ...'s screen.
You can focus your subject image is clearly in manual position; The microprism is not always necessary for the moment of field. tion of ...
SP500 Manual - Page 14
...its automatic position if the lever is set on the diaphragm ring. When the shutter is released, the lens diaphragm will appear in your next pictures. This stops the diaphragm to the ...preview lever may be moved back to "AUTO" (automatic) position before making pictures in bright sunlight, it may be left in manual position, which permits a constant check of depth of field.
* When the...
SP500 Manual - Page 15
...camera.
2 To protect the shutter mechan- shutter speed desired. For use for different lens apertures. With the shutter speed dial set on a subject 15 feet away. Cautions
1 At slow speeds-slower than 1/30 -support... is to the diaphragm setting and indicate the range of use of the X setting on the depth-of-field guide indicates the area in focus at different lens apertures.
13 j 1'p°...
SP500 Manual - Page 16
Depth-of-field table: Super-Takumar 55mm lens
Distance Scale
I Setting
f/2 f/2.8 f/4
f/5.6
f/8 f/11 f/16
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0.45
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3.7 1 oo
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46.15 co
32.98 co
23.10
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11.58
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8.44
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50.082
Distance Scale
f Setting
f/2 f/2.8 f/4
f/5.6
f/8
fill
f/16
1,6 ,,
1' 5.9' 1' 6.1'
I' 56:91:
I' 5.8'
I1' ' 665..642:'
I' 5.5' I' 6.5" I ' 5.4" I' 6.7'
1' 5.2'
1' 7'
2' 3'
1'11.8' 2' 0.2'
12;101..64 ...
SP500 Manual - Page 17
...-shutter speed combinations. to 1/500 sec. The total range of the lens being used with an ASA100 film, you have focused
your picture for 2 seconds.
15 The following table shows the range of
the meter's light measurement, and should be interpreted as the camera's total range of the ground
glass. to 1/500 sec. Please...
SP500 Manual - Page 19
... combined for maximum lamp efficiency. SHUTTER
11 1
1
FLASH
SPEED 500 250 125 60 30 15 8
TERMINAL
x
FP
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17 Flash synchronization
The Honeywell Pentax has two sets of terminals -FP and X.
Note the "X" setting is exactly at which flash bulb may be a failure in flash synchronization. Unless these combinations are rigidly followed, there...
SP500 Manual - Page 20
... release
pin of the lens will rapidly exhaust the
battery. Important notes
Always keep the
meter switched off when mounting a Super- If it indicates that the shutter and film speed settings are off when
1
not actually taking readings. Leaving the
meter switched on the
Spotmatic camera body. Takumar or SMC Takumar lens on will hit the...
SP500 Manual - Page 23
...as you can use them as fixed focus lens if the diaphragm and distance scales are set properly. For your Honeywell Pentax, there is reduced to 0.2% allowing the remaining...Pentax SMC Takumar lenses are for rangefinder type cameras. Reflection is never need for an accessory viewfinder, ordinarily required for people interested in the ultimate in photographic lenses.
21 Fixed Focusing Setting...
SP500 Manual - Page 25
...a Honeywell Pentax international warranty card by writing to us. If your camera should require service, you may send it to instructions. Honeywell will...Honeywell Pentax camera is warranted for one year against defects in your Spotmatic will be repaired or replaced (at our option) and defective parts will not be replaced without cost to you within the 12-month period, provided the camera...
SP500 Manual - Page 26
... ... Don't try to measure the short current or to charge the battery, to : Customer Service at the address below:
PENTAX 35 Inverness Dr. East Englewood, CO 80112 See page 16. Keep the battery out of the camera's battery housing when you need additional information about your Honeywell Pentax, address your finger unnecessarily. Don't touch it for a lengthy period...
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