Operating Manual
Table Of Contents
- FOR YOUR SAFETY
- PRECAUTIONS FOR BATTERY USAGE
- Handling the Camera
- CONTENTS
- Contents of this manual
- 1 Before using your camera
- 2 Getting Started
- 3 Basic Operation
- 4 Shooting Functions
- 5 Playback Functions
- 6 Settings
- Setting Menu List
- How to Operate the Settings Menu
- Camera Settings
- Formatting a CF card
- Setting the Custom Functions
- Setting the Color Saturation
- Setting the Image Sharpness
- Setting the Contrast
- Setting the Instant Review
- Auto Power Off
- Turning the Beep On and Off
- Changing the Date Style and Date / Time
- Setting the World Time
- Setting the Display Language
- Selecting the Video Output Format
- Setting the LCD Monitor Brightness
- Resetting the File Number
- Setting the Slideshow
- Sensor Cleaning
- Resetting to Default Settings
- Custom Function Chart
- List of City Names
- 7 Connecting
- 8 Appendix
- More Details about Capture Functions
- Effect of Aperture and Shutter Speed
- Calculating flash distance from the aperture used (using built-in flash)
- Calculating aperture used from the flash distance (using the built-in flash)
- F, FA and FA J Lenses Compatibility with the Built-in Flash
- Setting the White Balance Manually
- FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE WITH VARIOUS LENS COMBINATIONS
- Optional Accessories
- Cleaning the CCD
- Precautions Regarding Memory Cards
- Error Messages
- Troubleshooting
- Main Specifications
- Glossary
- WARRANTY POLICY
- More Details about Capture Functions
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Appendix
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Exposure mode
Green program AE mode, e (Hyper program) mode,
b (Shutter-priority) mode, c (Aperture-priority) mode,
a (Hyper manual exposure) mode, and p (Bulb) mode
LCD Monitor
1.8 inch TFT Color LCD monitor with 118,000 pixels
(with backlight)
Shutter
Electronically controlled vertical-run focal-plane shutter,
Electromagnetic release, Speed range (1) Auto 1/4000-30
sec. (step less), (2) Manual 1/4000-30 sec. (1/2 EV step or
1/3 EV step) (3) Bulb
Shutter lock by setting Main switch in OFF position.
Lens Mount
Pentax KAF bayonet mount (K-mount with AF coupler, lens
information contacts)
Compatible Lens Pentax K
AF
2, K
AF
mount lenses, K
A
mount lenses
Autofocus System
TTL phase-matching autofocus system (SAFOX VIII), AF
operational brightness range: EV 0 to 19 (at ISO 200 with
f/1.4 lens), Focus lock available,
Focus Mode: AF.S (single) / AF.C (predictive continuous) /
MF (manual), focus points changeable.
Viewfinder
Penta-prism finder, Natural-Bright-Matte focusing screen,
Field of view: 95%, Magnification 0.95 × (with 50mm f/1.4
lens at ∞), Diopter: -2.5 to +1.5 m
-1
.
Viewfinder Indication
Focus Information: In-focus (Green lamp ] is lit), front or
back focus Indication signals and unable-to-focus indicator
(Green lamp ] blinks), Shutter speed indication, Aperture
indication, Flash ready indication b is lit,
Bar graph (exposure compensation, Over or Under
exposure indication in Metered Manual Mode, exposure
compensation indication), Av dial enabled, Tv dial enabled,
focus points, and @=(AE lock).
External LCD
b is lit=Built-in flash ready, Blinking=Flash recommended
warning or inappropriate lens warning, =Automatic
flash, =Red-eye reduction automatic flash,
=Wireless mode, =Wireless high-speed sync
mode, b=Flash ON, 9=Single-frame drive mode,
j=Consecutive shooting, g=Self-timer, h=Remote
control shooting, ?=Battery exhaustion warning,
V=Auto bracketing exposure (exposure setting steps can
be set to
1/2Ev or 1/3Ev), V=Multiple exposure, \=Busy display,
[=Beep, Shutter speed, Aperture value, Recorded Pixels,
Quality Level, Tv dial enabled, Av dial enabled, Sensitivity,
White Balance, Capacity remaining, Number of multiple
exposure shots, Bracket frames, and Exposure
compensation.
Preview Electronically controlled and usable in all exposure modes