Pentax 14071 Understanding the Button Functions

Common Operations

Comm

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Understanding the Button Functions

1Power switch

Turns the camera on and off (p.36).

2Shutter release button

Focuses the camera on the subject when pressed halfway in still

picture capture mode (except in 3 and s modes).

Takes a still picture when pressed down fully (p.55).

3Zoom button

Changes the area captured by the camera (p.63).

Switches to the [A Rec. Mode] menu, [C Movie] menu, or [W Setting]

menu when a menu screen is displayed.

4Q button

Switches to the Q mode (p.46).

5Movie button

Starts and stops movie recording (p.84).

A Mode

Contents

Main ENG Digital Camera Operating Manual Page Using Your Camera Safely Warning Caution About the Power Adapter Warning About the Camera Caution About the Battery Warning Caution Warning Keep the Camera and its Accessories out of the Reach of Small Children Care to be Taken During Handling Before Using Your Camera Precautions on Carrying and Using Your Camera About the Battery Cleaning Your Camera Storing Your Camera Other Precautions Page Contents Getting Started 26 Common Operations 42 Taking Pictures 54 Playing Back and Deleting Images 89 Editing and Printing Images 105 Settings 123 Connecting to a Computer 137 Appendix 148 1 Composition of the Operating Manual Camera Features Easy-to-Navigate Capture and Playback Functions! Perfect for Portrait Shots! Add Fun Frames to Your Pictures! Display Your Data in Calendar Format! Advanced Movie Recording Functions A Multitude of Functions Inside the Camera for Enjoying Images Without a Computer! Checking the Contents of the Package Front Names of Parts Back Names of Operating Parts Monitor Indications Display in A Mode 38 3 8 38 Page Page Page Page Page Attaching the Strap Dress-up the Camera Remove the lens ring. Put on an Alternative Skin. Remove the front panel. Page Powering the Camera Installing the Battery Close the battery/card cover. Make sure that the camera is turned off and open the battery/card cover. Push the battery lock lever in the direction of the arrow 3. The battery will be ejected. Take care not to drop the battery when removing it. To Remove the Battery Charging the Battery Image Storage Capacity, Movie Recording Time, and Playback Time Page Installing an SD Memory Card Page 36 Turning the Camera On and Off Memory status Press the power switch. r + Initial Settings Use the four-way controller (2345) to choose the desired display language. Setting the Display Language Page Page Page Page Understanding the Button Functions 1Power switch 2Shutter release button 3Zoom button 4Q button Page 1Power switch 2Shutter release button 3Zoom button 4Q button Q Mode 5Four-way controller 64 button 7Green/i button 83 button Press the Q button. Switching Between A Mode and Q Mode Setting the Camera Functions Operating the Menus T WT T W W Press the 3 button in A mode. The [A Rec. Mode] menu appears. Press the four-way controller (3). The frame moves to [Recorded Pixels]. Press the four-way controller (3) twice. Press the Q button. Press the 3 button. Menu List [C Movie] Menu 51 [A Rec. Mode] Menu 2 [A Rec. Mode] Menu 1 [A Rec. Mode] Menu 3 [W Setting] Menu [W Setting] Menu 1 [W Setting] Menu 2 [W Setting] Menu 3 Taking Still Pictures Press the power switch. Check the subject and shooting information on the display. Taking Pictures Press the shutter release button halfway. Page Press the four-way controller (3) in A mode. Use the four-way controller (2345) to choose a shooting mode. Setting the Shooting Mode There are 23 shooting modes which can be selected from the Capture Mode Palette. Using the Face Detection Function Use the four-way controller (2345) to select b (Auto Picture) from the Capture Mode Palette. Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode) Use the four-way controller (2345) to select R (Program) from the Capture Mode Palette. Change the settings as needed. Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode) Taking Pictures in Basic Mode (Green Mode) Press the Green button in A mode. 383 838 You can use the zoom to change the captured area. Press the zoom button in A mode. Using the Zoom Press the 3 button in A mode. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Digital Zoom]. Use the four-way controller (45) to select O or P. Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode) Press the 3 button. H Use the Use the four-way controller (2345) to select H (Pet) from the Capture Mode Palette. Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode) Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode) Taking Pictures Using the Miniature/HDR Filter Use the four-way controller (45) to select an option. Setting the Shooting Functions Press the four-way controller (4) in A mode. The setting is saved and the camera returns to capture status. Selecting the Flash Mode a Selecting the Drive Mode j q Page 73 Press the four-way controller (5) in A mode. The setting is saved and the camera returns to capture status. Selecting the Focus Mode 3 r q = Page Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Recorded Pixels] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu. Use the four-way controller (23) to change the number of recorded pixels. Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels The setting is saved. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [EV Compensation] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu. Use the four-way controller (45) to select the EV value. Compensating for Exposure (EV Compensation) Adjusting the White Balance Setting the Sensitivity Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Face Detection] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu. Use the four-way controller (23) to select an option. Switching the Face Detection Function Press the 4 button. Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness) The setting is saved. The Face Detection icon appears on the display. You can give the image sharp or soft outlines. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Sharpness] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu. Use the four-way controller (45) to change the sharpness level. Page Use the four-way controller (23) to select the Date Imprint details. Calling Up a Specific Function Page Recording Movies This mode enables you to record movies. Sound is recorded at the same time. Point the camera at your subject in A mode. Press the Movie button. Recording a Movie Setting the [C Movie] Menu Selecting the Recorded Pixels for Movies Setting the Movie SR (Movie Shake Reduction) Function Saving the Settings (Memory) Page 89 Playing Back Images For information on other deletion procedures 1p.98 Press the Q button after taking a picture. The camera enters the Q mode and the captured image appears on the display (single-image display). Press the four-way controller (45). Playing Back a Movie You can display six or twelve thumbnails of images at a time. In Q mode, press the zoom button towards the left (f). Multi-Image Display Six-Image Display/Twelve-Image Display 92 Frame 102 103 In Q mode, press the zoom button towards the left (f) three times. The screen changes to folder display or calendar display. Folder display The folder list with recorded images appears on the screen display. Calendar display Using the Playback Functions You can play back recorded images one after another. In Q mode, use the four-way controller (45) to choose the image to start the slideshow with. Use the four-way controller (2345) to select u (Slideshow) from the Playback Mode Palette. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Start]. Slideshow Page Rotating an Image You can magnify an image up to ten times. In Q mode, use the four-way controller (45) to choose the image you want to magnify. Press the zoom button towards the right (y). Zoom Playback Deleting Images Deleting a Single Image Deleting Selected Images Deleting All Images Page 101 Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Protect]. To Protect All Images Select [All Images] in Step 4 on p.100. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Protect]. Page Connecting the Camera to AV Equipment Turn the camera on. Editing Images Changing the Image Size (Resize) 106 The resized image is saved. You can delete the unwanted part of a picture and save the cropped image as a new image. Cropping Images Images taken with the recorded pixels of n/h/m and movies cannot be cropped. Processing Images to Make a Face Look Smaller Processing Images with the Miniature/HDR Filter Use the four-way controller (45) to select an option. mode and the processed image is displayed. Q The camera returns to Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Overwrite] or [Save as]. Processing Images with the Digital Filters Movies and images taken with another camera cannot be processed using the Digital Filter function. Page Page Page Press the zoom button towards the right (y). Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Overwrite] or [Save as]. Page To Save a Frame from a Movie as a Still Picture The screen appears for selecting a frame to be saved as a still picture. In Q mode, use the four-way controller (45) to choose the movie you want to edit. Use the four-way controller (2345) to select [ (Movie Editing) from the Playback Mode Palette. Editing Movies Use the four-way controller (2345) to choose the frame you want to save. To Divide a Movie A confirmation dialog appears. The selected frame is saved as a still picture. Select [Divide Movies] on the movie editing selection screen. Copying Images 119 Use the four-way controller (23) to select [2}{]. All the images are copied to the SD Memory Card. Selected images from the SD Memory Card are copied to the built-in memory one by one. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [{}2]. Use the four-way controller (45) to select the image you want to copy. Setting the Printing Service (DPOF) Use the four-way controller (2345) to select r (DPOF) from the Playback Mode Palette. Printing a Single Image 121 Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Single Image]. The message [Applies DPOF settings to this image] appears. Use the four-way controller (45) to select an image. Use the four-way controller (23) to choose the number of copies. Press the Green button to switch O or P for [Date] setting. Printing All Images Changing the [ W Press the 3 button in Q mode. Use the four-way controller (23) to select an item and change its setting. Press the 3 button after changing the setting. Changing the Sound Settings Page Page Setting the World Time Page 6 Settings Changing the Display Language Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Select Time]. Use the four-way controller (23) to select X or W. Press the 3 button twice. You can change the language in which the menus, error messages, etc. are displayed. Changing the Naming System of the Folder Page Adjusting the Brightness of the Display Using the Power Saving Function Setting the Auto Power Off Function Changing the Start-up Screen Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor (Pixel Mapping) Starting-up in Playback Mode Resetting to Default Settings (Reset) Connecting to a Computer Turn your camera on. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [USB Connection] in the [W Setting] menu. Use the four-way controller (23) to select [MSC]. Setting the USB Connection Mode Page Disconnecting the Camera from the Computer Using the Provided Software System Requirements Turn your Windows PC on. Insert the provided CD-ROM into the CD/DVD drive. Installing the Software Page Page Using MediaImpression on Windows Connect your camera to the computer. Click [Import media files to local disk]. Page Using MediaImpression on Macintosh 7 Connecting to a Computer Click [Import]. 148 Mode z: Can be set. : Cannot be set. bR9AB c R d 9 a f K b \ H B K U c Q cSN 9 Messages Messages such as the following may appear on the display during camera operation. Page Troubleshooting Problem Cause Remedy 153 Default Settings [C Movie] Menu Items [W Setting] Menu Items Playback Mode Palette Items Key Operation List of World Time Cities City: Region City Video Output Format Region City Video Output Format Optional Accessories Main Specifications Page Page Page WARRANTY POLICY Page Page Declaration of Conformity Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals Page Page Index Symbols A B C D E F G H M N O P R T U V W Z Page Page Page ENG Digital Camera Operating Manual