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PENTAX PROGRAM PLUS Silimar models Super Pro Batteries: 2 ea $76 Fig. 1— top cover removed bottom cover removed Fig Fig 3— front view, covers removed Fig. 4 top view, wind side shutter-dial board held aside Fig. 5— front view, mirror box removed Fig 6— mirror box, hack view Fig. 7 mirror box, rewind side Fig. 8— miror box, bottom view Fig 9— underside of shutterial ‘board, terminal identification Fig. 10— test connections. optical encoder Fig. 11— wit ctorial, top of flex Fig. 12— wiring pictorial, side and bottom of flex ADJUSTMENT LOCATIONS: Auto exposure A ‘Apertue-contsol voltage B LCD alignment (parallel) is LCD alignment (height) D Mirror angle E Travel time, 2nd curtain BY Travel time, Ist curtain G Timing switch HY AV (Evolume) resistor 1 Shutter release J *normally do not disturb — adjustments can’t be reached with camera assembled ADJUSTMENT VALUES: (Curtain-travel time: 6ms (20mm distance), 7.2 ms (24mm distance) Flange-focal distance: 45.46¢0.04mm (lange to film rails) Aperture-contcol voltage: 450+ SOmv peak-to-peak Battery-testvoluge: With 2.6V applied, the LCDs should read normally. With 2,4V applied, the LCDs should alternately show the exposure reading and a row of OS ‘Timer: LCDs should remain on 30 seconds after release button returns 12/SPT JOURNAL. Pentax Program Plus Figure + counter Syne speed: 1/100 AV resistor 6K +10 ohms at (78 ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES: 1 AY resisor Adjust before installing the mirtor box. Install the lens at f/8. Measure the resistance between the yellow and brown AV-resistor wires (isconnected), Fiz. 11. Adjus I Fig. 6, fora reading of 6K +10 ohm. Aperture-control voltage 1. Set both the lens and the shuter dial to auto bb Connect 28V between the Dattery-box terminal (+) and round . Check the f/stop on the LCD to assure that the camera will program. ‘an aperture smaller than f/28. If rot, use higher light level or faster film speed. «, Connect an oscilloscope between ‘round and the test point for the Aaperture-contcol voltage, Fig. 2. Set ‘a sweep time of 2ms, vertical deflection of 02v/cm, and 10:1 on the probe: «Release the shutter. The scope will dsplay a sine-wave signal Adjust the trie postion until you ‘ean measure the P-P voluge ofthe £ Adjust B, Fig. 2, fora P-P voltage ff 450mv-* SOmy (2.Sem on the scope, Fig. 12) 3. Exposure a. Check with the top cover installed, Temporarily intl the bottom cover and the hatteres. Or use a special bottom cover with a cearance cutout for the restos Fig Set ISO 100, £/8, auto on the shutter dial. Check at EVI2, Adjust A, Fig. 2, for an expanure time of 156m (O EV error Remove the lens and check the except for timing-switch ecventt ‘manual speeds (no adjustme 1. Check the exposure at progeam ens and shutter dal st to auto The programmed! exposure shoul be within | EV at EVI6, EVI2, EVI0, EVS. and EV6, 4. LCDali Lep of the Adjust C, Fig. 3, to make tl with the bo g sereen, Adjust D so that the nce between the boxtom ede of the screen and the top ele of the LCD is 1/2 1.2 times the width of the LCD, 5. Shurter lease push allow the mirror to move up slowly and no when the shutter releases. The sottom sie of the mirror should align with the top edge of the of teadge of the porous plastica the top of the mirror box). If not remove the mictor box and bene! the shuter release lever Fig. 8, Bend up the Jong arm to make the shutter release sooner: bend! down the long aem to ‘make the shutter release Inter Aperture lever (or be no moe half way between the op the aperture lever and the OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: 1 For program operation, st the shutter dial and the lens diaphragm to auto, The LCD inthe finder then zads both the shutter speed and the f/st0p that will be automatically programmed. Push the release Dutton part way to turn on the LCDs. The LCDs remain on 30 FIGURE FLEX-CONNECTOR PRESSURE PLATE FIGURE 4 seconds after you allow the release button to rtum. manual f/stop. One LCD (rewind side) now shows the selected shutter 2, For aperture preferred, st the speed: the other LCD shows over or shutter dial to auto and the under exposure up 10 3 stops. For i | | | diaphragm t0 a manual setting. The proper exposure, the LCD shows * LCD then shows the shutter speed 4, Ifyou set the lens to auto and that will be automatically set, The the shuter dial to manual, 1/100, o¢ {/s1op LCD has no indication, bulb, the LCD shows an “E 3. For metered manual, set the shutter- (lickering) for error. The shutter dial to manual (depres the gray will not release Asa Jow-battery warning, the LCD alternates showing the normal readings with “000” in one display ‘and "00" in the other display Tatch button on top of the shuter dial) Select the shutter spoed with the up/lown keys next to the shutter dial. Also set the lens to a SPT JOURNAL/13 6 The camera provides normal ‘operation with the back open. ‘When you clase the back, the LCD indicates “1000.” The shutter delivers 1/1000 second until the counter reaches “I.” 7. With the dedicated flash, the lightning-flash symbol appears in the display when the ash charges. The display and the shuter speed change to 1/100. At manual shutterspoed settings the flash changes the display to “100” at speeds 1/125 and faster the shuter delivers 1/100. At speeds of 1/60 and slower, the shutter

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