Pentax K1000 User Manual

HOW TO USE MOUNT ADAPTOR K
1.
Screw the conventional Takumar lens into the
Mount Adaptor K.
2.
Attach the Adaptor/lens unit to the camera body
by aligning the red dots e and ® , and turning
the lens clockwise until it locks with a click.
(This takes slightly less than a quarter of a
revolution.)
3.
To remove the lens, leaving the Mount Adaptor
K attached to the camera body, simply unscrew
the lens counter·clockwise . Other screw-mount
Takumar lenses can then be attached in the
normal way .
1.
To remove the Mount Adaptor K from the camera
boCly, first remove the screw-mount lens. Then
press,
with your thumbnail or a pointed object
such as a ballpoint pen, against the spring pin e
2.
Turn the Mount Adaptor K counter-clockwise
until you felf it release, and take it out.
3.
Since the mechanism for locking in the Mount
Adaptor K is totally different from that which
locks in an SMC Pentax bayonet-mount lens, the
lock lever ® on the camera body plays no part
at all.
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Pentax K1000 Specifications

General

ISO Range	20-3200
Lens Mount	Pentax K
Shutter Speed	1/1000s to 1s, Bulb
Metering	Center-weighted
Focus	Manual
Flash	Hot shoe