PENTAX SPOTMATIC Instructions

PENTAX SPOTMATIC

SPOTMATIC HONEYWELL PENTAX

Reprinted November 1975

WIND LEVER SPEED KNOCK SPOTMATIC HONEYWELL PENTAX 1 DELAYED-ACTION COCKING LEVER REWIND KNOCK

BATTERY TEST: Set: ASA 100 and "bulb" on speed knob (see illustration #3)

Push exposure meter on/off switch up to energize meter.

If battery is good, exposure meter needle will jump to "underexposure" (-) position.

EXPOSURE METER ON OFF SWITCH

SWITCH INDICATOR WINDOW "T" FLASH CORD TERMINAL "Bulb" SPOTMATIC HONEYWELL PENTAX "X" FLASH CORD TERMINAL

LENS FOCUSING RING TO SET FILM SPEED, LIFT AND ROTATE KNURLED SPEED KNOB DIAPHRAGM SETTING RING SHUTTER COCKED INDICATOR WINDOW DEPTH-OF-FIELD PREVIEW LEVER 3 FILM TYPE REMINDER DIAL UNSCREW AND REMOVE LENS EXPOSURE METER INDICATOR WINDOW (RED SIGNAL INDICATES METERING LIMITS) COUNTER DIAL FILM SPEED DIAL

DELAYED-ACTION RELEASE BUTTON HONEYWELL PENTAX DIAFHEAGM CLOSING BAR 4

REWIND BUTTON TRIPOD SOCKET REMOVE FOUR SCREWS AND LIFT OFF BOTTOM PLATE BATTERY COVER

MIRROR COCKING LEVER + EXPOSURE METER BATTERY CONTACT CLOSING CURTAIN IN WORM AND WORM GEAR LOWER WIND GEAR CLOSING CURTAIN IN WINDING ROLLER LOWER PINION MIRROR RETURN GEAR MIRROR CATCH LEVER SHUTTER RELEASED RECENT MODEL OPENING CURTAIN IN WORM AND WORM GEAR

END OF MIRROR COCKING LEVER SPRING THAT NETURNS MIRROR TENSIONING LEVER AFTER THE EXPOSURE

END OF MIRROR COCKING LEVER SPRING THAT RETURNS MIRROR TENSIONING LEVER AFTER THE EXPOSURE MIRROR TENSIONING LEVER HELD BY MIRROR CATCH LEVER LIFT OFF REWIND BUTTON DUST SEAL TO PREVENT LOSS "X" SYNC WIRES

The mirror cocking lever drives the mirror tensioning lever toward the rear of the camera during the cocking cycle -- just opposite to the cocking direction in the design shown in Illustrations 6 and 7.