On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> > wrote: >> My inherited M2 is back from its repair/CLA. I think I have figured out how >> to load film. But I need some help with interpreting some of the controls - >> I don't want to push/pull the wrong thing and cause new damage . . . > > The M2 and M3 had the removable spool type loading. Pull out leader, > attach to take up spool, push spool and cassette into the camera > simultaneously. Wind on carefully and check that it is feeding. > > (The M4 and all later models have the "auto" spool loading setup ... a > three/four blade spool is permanently fixed in the camera, just shove > the cassette in with the leader pulled out so that it falls into the > blades, stick the baseplate on and wind ... that traps the film and > pulls it onto the takeup spool.) > >> On the right front of the body, there are three controls: >> a. to the top, a small lever next to a letter R - I presume I need to >> rotate this lever in order to rewind film? > > Yes, that's the film advance clutch release. > >> b. below that, a larger lever - I presume this is a self-timer as >> used to be typical on many cameras. > > Yes. > >> c. still on the right, a small button - lens release. > > Yes. > >> On the left front, there is another rotating lever. I have no clue what this >> is for! > > The left side lever switches the viewfinder illuminated frame > temporarily so that you can preview what the field of view for other > lenses would be. The illuminated frame for the currently mounted lens > is shown automatically. Very clever idea! And it works - I just tried it. With a 35mm mounted, a gentle push of the lever successively shows what I imagine are the FOV's for a 50mm and then a 90mm.
Thanks Godfrey. stan > I can't remember what frames were included in > the the M2 viewfinder, off the top of my head ... possibly 35, 50, 75, > 90 mm but I could be wrong. I know the M2 had one set, the M3 had a > different set (likely 50, 75, 90, 135 mm), then the M4 included all > the standard frames from 28mm to 135mm (shown in pairs). > > Lovely old cameras. I only had an M2 for a brief time, but I had > several M4 models (M4, M4-P, M4-2) and an M6TTL that I did a heck of a > lot of shooting with.. > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
