Pentax SMC -FA User Manual

smc PENTAX-FA INTERCHANGEABLE LENS

OPERATING MANUAL

Congratulations on your purchase of smc PENTAX lens. This operating manual applies to all of the smc PENTAX FA, FAJ and F lenses.

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In this manual, smc PENTAX FA lens is referred to as FA lens.

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Please also read your camera's operating manual.

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Illustrations shown herein may differ from the actual appearance.

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CONTENTS

FOR SAFE USE YOUR LENS……………1

PRECAUTION AND LENS MAINTENANCE ……………………………2

smc PENTAX F, FA and FAJ LENSES …3

• Mount compatibility

MOUNTING AND REMOVING OF LENS ………………………………………5

FINGER POINT ……………………………6

APERTURE CONTROL …………………6

FOCUSING …………………………………7

HOW TO USE INFRARED INDEX ………9

LENS HOOD………………………………10

• Square lens hood

• Round-type lens hood

• Built-in lens hood

FILTER ……………………………………14

ZOOM LENS………………………………16

POWER ZOOM LENS……………………17

• Power zoom ring

• Aperture

• Infrared index of the zoom lens

MACRO LENS ……………………………22

• Focus range limiter

• Clamp screw

• Tripod mount

• Magnification

WIDE-ANGLE LENS (FA

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24mm f/2 AL (IF) ) …………………27

TELEPHOTO LENS FA

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85mm f/1.4 (IF)

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200mm f/2.8ED (IF),

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300mm f/4.5ED (IF) …………………28

• Note on ∞ (infinity) mark

PRECAUTIONS WHEN THE FLASH IS USED ………………………………………30

SOFT CASE FOR LENS…………………31

SPECIFICATIONS ………………………32

COMPATIBILITY OF LENSES WITH THE BUILT-IN FLASH ……………38

WARNING

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Never look at the sun through the lens or camera. Serious damage to the retina, or total loss of eyesight may occur.

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Wrapping the strap around your neck is dangerous. Make sure that small children do not get the strap caught their neck. (A strap is supply only with some large types of lenses)

CAUTION

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Do not leave the lens in direct sunlight without lens caps. Sunrays passing through the lens will be intensified, and should they focus on flammable materials, fire may occur.

FOR SAFE USE OF YOUR LENS

Although we have carefully designed these lenses for safe operation, Please be sure to follow precautions given in this page.

WARNING This mark indicates precautions that if not followed,

could result in serious injury to the user.

CAUTION This mark indicates precautions that if not followed,

could result in minor or medium injury to the user or damage to the equipment.

• Leaving the camera in the direct sunlight without covering the lens with the lens cap, may damage to the inside of the camera.

• When storing the lens in a case, attach the front and near lens caps that come supplied with the lens to protect it from dust and scratches.

• After removing the lens from the camera body, be careful not to let it roll over or fall. Be sure to place the lens with its front side down.

• Moisture can cause serious damage to optical glass elements. Storage in a damp place may cause mildew, so avoid storing the lens in a place where temperature and

humidity are high. Keep you lens in as dry a place as possible.

• If you do not expect to use the lens for an extended period, store it in the case with a desiccant or it is recommended that the lens occasionally be taken out of the case and placed in a cool, dry, well-ventilated place to avoid the possibility of damage due to condensation build-up.

• Use a blower or lens brush to remove dust on the lens. If the lens becomes dirty, remove the dirty particle with a blower brush, then wipe it off with a clean cotton cloth or tissue paper moistened with lens cleaning solution. Wipe in a spiral pattern from the center to the outside.

PRECAUTION AND LENS MAINTENANCE

The Pentax FA lenses are primarily designed to work with the Pentax autofocus SLR (K

AF2-

or K

AF2-mount camera), making autofocus

shooting possible. When Pentax FA Zoom lenses with power zoom function are used on the Pentax K

AF2-

mount camera, the camera features a Power Zoom system.

• An FA zoom lens without the power zoom contacts are shown in the illustration does not have the power zoom function.

• Do not damage or dirty the power contacts.

smc PENTAX F, FA and FAJ LENSES

Focusing ring

Front-ring threads

Distance scale

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Aperture-A-lock button

Aperture ring Depth-of-field scale

AF coupler

Lens-information contacts

Power zoom contacts

• When using FA lens with the K-mount Pentax camera having no lens information contacts, be sure to set the lens aperture ring to any f-stop other then A. If set to the "A" position, the lens will automatically be set to the minimum aperture, causing improper exposure.

CAUTION :

• Be careful not to damage or dirty the lens information contacts and AF coupler on the mount surfaces of the camera and lens. Otherwise, failure or malfunction may result. If this occurs, wipe them gently with a clean, dry cloth.

• FAJ28-80mm f/3.5-5.6AL and FAJ75-300 mm f/4.5-5.8AL lenses have A (Auto) position only, no aperture ring to set a f-stop manually. The camera body controls aperture settings on "A" position. Camera bodies and accessories that not compatible with "A" cannot be used.

Camera/Lens Mount Compatibility

Pentax camera/lens mount compatibility chart is shown below.

KAF2

-mount

which is equipped with

Power contacts

AF coupler

Lens information contacts

KAF-mount

which is equipped with

AF coupler

Lens information contacts

A-mount

which is equipped with

Lens information contacts

K-mount

(base mount) -

-will not autofocus, autozoom or provide automatic electroni-

1.To mount the lens on the camera body

Align the red dots on the lens and camera body, and then turn the lens clockwise until it clicks into place.

※After mounting the lens, try to turn the lens

counterclockwise to make sure it is locked in place.

2.To remove the lens

Hold down the lens unlock button on the camera body and turn the lens counterclockwise.

MOUNTING AND REMOVING OF LENS

The lens can be mounted on the camera by aligning the finger point with the lens unlock button.

• Following Limited lenses have finger point.

FA31mm f/1.8AL Limited. FA43mm f/1.9 Limited. FA77mm f/1.8 Limited.

Setting the aperture to "A"(Auto)

Turn the aperture ring to align the aperture-A index with the line while depressing the Aperture-A-lock button. The aperture ring can be released from "A" in the same manner to set your desired f-stop manually.

• FA28-105mm f/4-5.6(IF) and FA28-200 mm f/3.8-5.6AL lenses can set to "A" position without depressing the Aperture-A-lock button.

• When using the camera body with no lens information contact, set the aperture ring to desired f-stop other than "A" position.

FINGER POINT

APERTURE CONTROL

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To set the focus mode

Slide the focus mode switch on the camera body to change the focus mode to AF (Autofocus) or MF (Manual focus).

• During autofocus, do not touch the focusing ring of your lens or you will interfere with proper lens movement.

In manual focus mode

You can adjust focus on the subjects by turning the focusing ring manually and confirming the focus indicator in the viewfinder.

• FA 28-90mm f/3.5-5.6, FAJ 28-80mm f/3.5-

5.6AL and FAJ 75-300mm f/4.5-5.8AL lenses have no distance scale, adjust focus with aid of the matte field for non-auto focus camera or using focus indicator in the viewfinder for auto focus camera.

FOCUSING

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There is a white dot next to the maximum fnumber engraved on the lens's aperture ring on many Pentax lenses. This white dot indicates an aperture which is darker by one stop (larger number). The illustration below shows the white dot next to f/4.5 is f/5.6.

F-STOPS OR F-NUMBERS AND CLICK STOPS

The click stops between two engraved f/stops are equivalent to intermediate f-stops. Some lenses do not have an intermediate click fstop on the aperture ring due to limited space between the f-numbers engraved on the aperture ring.

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1.221.7

2.8

2.443.4

5.6

4.886.7119.51613.5221932264538

When taking infrared pictures with infrared film and either a "R2" or "02" filter, it is necessary to adiust the focus because the point of focus is not the same with infrared light as it is with visible light. As shown above, memorize the focusing point on the lens distance scale when viewed through the viewfinder and turn the focusing ring until the point you memorized aligns with the infrared index.

• Turn the focusing ring in the MANUAL focus mode only.

• For the exposure control requierd in this special photography, see the information supplied with the infrared film.

• Caution : Infrared film can not be used for MZ-S, MZ-60 and ＊ist cameras since infrared ray is used for detecting device of film transport. It will expose infrared film in the camera.

HOW TO USE THE INFRARED INDEX

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Square Hoods (Clip-on type)

PH-SA49 FA50mm f/1.4 & f/1.7 PH-SB49 FA28mm f/2.8AL, FA Sofy28mm f/2.8 Round Hoods (screw-in-type) PH-RA49 FA50mm f/1.4 & f/1.7 RH-RA49 F & FA Zoom 35-80mm f/4-5.6 RH-RB49 FA Zoom 70-200mm f/4-5.6

F & FA Zoom 80-200mm f/4.7-5.6

FA Macro 100mm f/3.5 RH-RC49 FA50mm f/1.4 & f/1.7 MH-RA49 FA43mm f/1.9 Limited RH-RA52 FA Macro 50mm f/2.8 RH-RB52 FA Zoom 28-70mm f/4AL MH-RB52 FA Soft 85mm f/2.8 RH-A58 FA Zoom 80-320mm f/4.5-5.6

F Zoom 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6

FA Zoom 100-300mm f/4.7-5.8 RH-RC58 FA Zoom 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6

FA Zoom 28-90mm f/3.5-5.6

FA Zoom 28-105mm f/4-5.6 MH-RB67 FA 20mm f/2.8 MH-RA112 FA★300mm f/2.8ED (IF)

Notes :

• Do not use the built-in flash with lens hood because it blocks the flash light, except the FA43mmf/1.9 Limited lens.

Bayonet-type

PH-RBA49 FA 35mm f/2AL PH-RBA58 FA Zoom 20-35mm f/4AL PH-RBA62 FA Zoom 28-105mm f/4-5.6 (IF) PH-RBC58 FA Zoom 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5AL (IF) PH-RBE58 FAJ Zoom 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6AL PH-RBF58 FAJ Zoom 75-300mm f/4.5-5.8AL PH-RBB67 FA★24mm f/2AL (IF) PH-RBE67 FA Zoom 24-90mm f/3.5-4.5AL (IF) PH-RBG67 FA★Macro 200mm f/4ED (IF) MH-RBD67 FA★85mm f/1.4 (IF) MH-RBB77 FA

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200mm f/2.8ED (IF)

FA★400mm f/5.6ED (IF) MH-RBC67 FA★300mm f/4.5ED (IF) PH-RBA72 FA Zoom 28-200mm f/3,8-5.6AL (IF) PH-RBC77 FA

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Zoom28-70mm f/2.8AL

FA★Zoom 80-200mm f/2.8ED (IF)

PH = Plastic, RH = Rubber, MH = Metal

• When using the FA28-70mmf/4AL lens with lens hood and filter, it may cause vignetting at edges of picture at focal length of 35mm and shorter.

• The external flash can be used with lens hood attached to lens. FA

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28-70mm f/2.8AL lens with the external flash, refer to page 30 for precautions.

LENS HOOD

Make sure to use a proper size lens hood specially designed for your lens.

How to Use the Square Hood

Attach the square hood to the front of the lens while pressing the knurled tabs on both sides of the hood.

• Make sure to keep the top and bottom of the hood parallel with the top and bottom covers of the camera. The improper fitting will cause the vignetting in the picture corners.

How to Use the Round Hood

The round hood screws into the front of the lens.

• The round type rubber hood can be folded when not in use.

How to Use the Built-in Hood

To use a lens with a built-in hood, first extend the hood to the fullest position. The 600mm f/4 lens and 250-600mm f/5.6 zoom lenses come in screw-fixed-type. Extend these hoods while rotating them for use. See the lens instruction manual for details.

Lenses with Built-in Hoods

FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited FA 135mm f/2.8 (IF) FA 600mm f/4 ED (IF) FA Zoom 250-600mm f/5.6 ED (IF)

The built-in flash of the camera can be used when the built-in hood is utilized on the FA 77mmf/1.8 and FA 135 mm f/2.8 lens.

• For more details of Bayonet hoods, refer to page 28.

LENS HOOD for FA

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24mm f/2

How to attach

To attach the hood to the lens, align ( | ) on the hood and ( ) on the lens front, then turn the hood clockwise to lock it in place. To remove it, reverse the above procedure.

• When the hood is not in use, align ( | ) on the hood and ( ) on the lens front, then turn the hood counterclockwise to lock it in place.

• Always attach the lens hood to avoid stray light.

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