Pentax A3

Pentax introduced this manual-focus 35mm SLR in 1984. It uses the Pentax K lens mount and features programmed autoexposure and an internal film advance winder. The shutter is a electronically controlled vertical metal focal plane type and manufactured by Seiko. It has a range of 2 to 1/1000 of a sec. Flash sync is at 1/60 of a sec. The self-timer has a delay of 12 seconds. The meter features a TTL center-weighted open aperture system. It has a range of 1 to 8 EV (ISO 100, 50mm f1.4). It is compatible with DX code film from 25 to 1600 ISO, it can also be manually set. A crank is used for film rewinding. The camera was powered by 2 AA batteries.