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Manufacturer description #1

TYPE: 35mm full-frame SLR camera with aperture-preferred automatic exposure, auto flash synch (with AF 200S Auto Flash)

MOUNT: Pentax Bayonet Mount

SHUTTER: Seiko MFC vertical-run metal focal-plane shutter; shutter speeds automatically varied between 1 sec. and 1/1000 sec.; mechanical settings of "100X" and "B" provided (operates without batteries at manual settings)

SELF-TIMER: Delays shutter release 4-10 seconds

EXPOSURE METERING: Open-aperture, center-weighted through-the-lens light metering via SPD cell. Exposure range from EV 3 (ASA 100 1/4 sec at f/1.4, 1 sec. at f/2.8) to EV 19 (ASA 100 1/1000 sec. at f/22). Film speed range: ASA 25 to ASA 1600 (Exposure compensation via ASA film speed dial. LED "Stop/Go" exposure readout in finder)

AUTO FLASH SYNCH: Synchronizes automatically for AF 200S Auto Flash Unit at 1/100 sec. via hotshoe with shutter dial set to Auto; hotshoe contact also provided for flash ready indicator in viewfinder

MANUAL FLASH SYNCH: At "100X" (1/100 sec.) flash-synch setting of exposure mode dial (hotshoe synch only)

VIEWFINDER: Aluminum-coated pentaprism finder with split-image/microprism focusing screen; shows 92% of the picture area, 0.85x magnification with 50mm lens; -1.0 diopter eyepiece

VIEWFINDER INDICATIONS: Three LED Stop/Go indicator system. Red: overexposure; Green: Adequate exposure for handheld shooting (1/1000 - 1/30 sec.). Yellow: Slow Exposure Warning (below 1/30 sec., inadequate for handheld shooting). "X": AF 200S flash ready indicator

MIRROR AND DIAPHRAGM: Instant-return mirror and automatic diaphragm

FILM WIND AND REWIND: Single-stroke rapid wind lever; plastic tipped for winding comfort, 135° advance with 30° rest setting. Rapid rewind crank for speed film rewind

AUTOMATIC WINDER: MV 1 camera body accepts Winder ME with both single-frame and consecutive automatic film winding capability; winding speed: 1.5 frames-per-sec. in consecutive mode

FILM LOADING: Magic-needle quick/sure loading

EXPOSURE COUNTER: Automatic reset, additive type

BATTERY: Two 1.5V alkaline batteries; LEDs double as battery check lamp

BACK COVER: Standard camera back with memo holder, interchangeable with Dial Data ME for data recording on film

Manufacturer description #2

We live in the age of computers. And in photography, as in most other fields today, computerization has come to have an enormous influence. With the more widespread use of computers in cameras, we not only obtain a better and more efficient camera, but one in which the operation is also greatly simplified.

The Pentax MV 1 represents the latest advances in computerization and its accompanying simplification of operation. The MV 1, like its companion the Pentax MV, features Pentax's latest "Go-on-the-Green" Auto Exposure Control - the simplest auto exposure system ever devised for a sophisticated SLR camera. Essentially, this means that all you need to do is shoot when the Green LED indicator lamp in the MV 1 viewfinder lights - and it lights most of the time.

Moreover, the shutter speed is completely computerized by the camera and set automatically when you release the shutter. There's not even a shutter speed dial on the camera, nor are shutter speed indications given in the viewfinder. The result is a camera that will give professional results, yet will confuse no one. Even an absolute beginner or a small child can take fabulous photographs with the MV 1.

The advantages of computerization do not stop with the camera body alone. When the MV 1's dedicated AF 200S Auto Flash is used, you can take flash pictures while the camera remains set to AUTO, as the AF-200S couples directly with the camera's exposure system. Not only does it compute the flash exposure for you automatically, but it also lets you know when the flash unit is ready to fire through a special "X" flash ready indicator inside the camera viewfinder.

The above are just some of the features of the wonderful new Pentax MV 1. It also features many of the extras that Pentax is so famous for, such as "magic needle" loading, a memo holder, shutter-cocked indicator and even a self-timer for occasions when you wish to include yourself in the picture.

And, of course, the camera itself is only a beginning. The MV 1 also accepts the full line of over 40 SMC Pentax interchangeable lenses and the wide range of over 200 Pentax Accessories, including Winder ME, the handy automatic film winder. But, the best part of it is that even system photography is easy with the MV 1, because of its Auto-Easy exposure control.

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Undoubtedly one of the greatest thrills awaiting the MV 1 owner is the wide range of over 40 SMC Pentax interchangeable lenses. The available selection runs all the way from 15mm ultra-wide-angle to 2000mm super telephoto and includes a 17mm fisheye lens, 7 zooms, 10 wide-angles, 13 telephotos, the option of 5 standard lenses, and an assortment of special-purpose lenses including bellows, macro and shift lenses. Moreover, 22 of these lenses are the new compact M-type which were especially designed for keeping within the dimensions of the MV 1, MV, ME and MX.

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