Operating Manual
Lenses you can use
About the Camera
For Using Your Camera Safely
Personal injuries
Or medium personal injuries, or loss of property
About the Battery Charger and AC Adapter
About the Usage of AA Batteries
About the Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
Care to be Taken During Handling
Before Using Your Camera
Precautions on Carrying and Using Your Camera
About the Battery and Charger
Cleaning Your Camera
Storing Your Camera
Regarding Product Registration
Other Precautions
Before Using Your Camera
Contents
Getting Started
Basic Operations
Shooting Functions
Shooting Settings
Playback Functions and Image Editing
Changing Additional Settings
Using the Flash
Connecting to a Computer
Appendix
286
Main Specifications 272 Index 279
Composition of the Operating Manual
Indicates precautions to take when operating the camera
Symbols used in this Operating Manual are explained below
Indicates useful information
Before Using Your Camera
Checking the Contents of the Package
Names and Functions of the Working Parts
Main switch
Capture Mode
EV Compensation Button
DGreen button
Focus mode switch
Mode dial
Front e-dial R
Lens unlock button
Four-way controller
Playback Mode
3button
I Delete button
Monitor Display
Capture Mode
Status screen
Settings for shooting with the viewfinder are displayed
Live View
Capture mode p.80 Histogram p.31 Flash Mode p.66
Your Camera
Control panel
Still picture capture mode
Mode
Shooting Info Display
Playback Mode
Detailed Information Display
Use the four-way controller 23 to switch between pages
Still picture
Before Using
Histogram Display/RGB Histogram Display
Using the Histogram
Histogram shows the brightness
Histogram before and after shooting
Guide Indicators
16 17
Viewfinder
Appears when the AF point can be changed
Appears when the sensitivity is displayed
Appears when Multi-exposure is set
Appears when the Shake Reduction function is activated
Electronic Level Display
Using the Direct Keys
How to Change Function Settings
Press the Mbutton in standby mode
Using the Control Panel
Or rear e-dial S to select a Setting value
Use the four-way controller
Press the 3button in standby mode
Using the Menus
Press the 3button or the shutter release button halfway
Camera returns to the control panel Next, set other items
Press the four-way controller 5 twice
Use the four-way controller 23 to select a setting
Use the four-way controller 23 to select an item
Press the four-way controller
Press the 3button
Inserting/Removing an SD Memory Card
Adjusting the Viewfinder Diopter
Attaching the Strap
Using the Lithium-ion Battery
Inserting the Battery
Charging the Battery
Use the exclusive Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery D-LI109
GettingStarted
Inserting/Removing the Battery
Close the battery cover
Using the AA Batteries
Battery cover is locked
Available Batteries Characteristics AA lithium batteries
Battery Level Indicator
Open the battery cover
Using the AC Adapter Optional
Connect the DC coupler and the AC adapter
Make sure that the camera is turned off
Inserting/Removing an SD Memory Card
Push the SD Memory Card in once to remove
Arrow 4
Close the card cover 3, and then slide it in the direction
Remove the body mount cover 1 and lens mount cover
Attaching a Lens
Pushing the indicated portions
Remove the front lens cap by
Inward
To remove the lens
Adjusting the Viewfinder Diopter
Turning the Camera On and Off
Turn the main switch to on
Setting the Display Language
Initial Settings
Initial Setting screen appears in the selected language
W Hometown screen appears
Use the four-way controller 45 to select a city
Date Adjustment screen appears
Use the four-way controller 23 to set the month
Setting the Date and Time
Set the current date and time and the display style
Choose mm/dd/yy, dd/mm/yy or yy/mm/dd
Date Adjustment
Memo
Basic Operations
Taking Pictures Using the Viewfinder Set the mode dial to n
Letting the Camera Choose the Optimal Settings
Basic Shooting Operation
Look through the viewfinder to view the subject
Set the focus mode switch to l
Review the captured image on the monitor
Press the shutter release button fully
Available operations
Live View image is displayed on the monitor
Setting the Flash Mode
Using the Built-in Flash
Capture Mode Selectable Flash Mode E/F/r G/H/I/r A/p K/r
Compensating Flash Output
Press the Ebutton
Using the Built-in Flash
Take a picture
Playing Back Images
Reviewing Images
Press the Q button
You can play back captured images with the camera
You can delete images one by one
Deleting a Single Image
Delete confirmation screen appears
Press the four-way controller 2 to select Delete, and press
Memo
Checking the Depth of Field Preview
Using the Shake Reduction Function to Prevent
Taking Pictures Continuously
Direct Keys Setting Items
How to Operate the Shooting Functions
Rec. Mode Menu Items
Power is turned off
Adjust
Movie Menu Items
Using flash
Custom Setting Menu Items
120
Control
Flash in Wireless Mode
Capture Mode Characteristics NAuto Picture mode
Selecting the Appropriate Capture Mode
Mode for the subject
Auto Picture Modes
Scene Modes
Camera switches to the H mode status screen
Selecting a Scene Mode Set the mode dial to H
Scene Mode selection screen appears
Press the Mbutton
Priority
Exposure Modes
Automatic Exposure Aperture value Manual Exposure
Bulb Exposure
Setting the Sensitivity
Setting the Exposure
Use the four-way controller 23 to select ISO Auto or ISO
Turn the rear e-dial S to change the sensitivity value
ShootingFunctions
Set the mode dial to e, K, b, c, L, a or p
Changing the Exposure Mode
Turn the front e-dial R
Shutter speed can be changed in b, L, or a mode
Take your finger off the shutter release button
Bulb Shooting
Exposure ends
Exposure is adjusted
Adjusting the Exposure
Press the m button 1, and then turn the rear e-dial S
Standard exposure Underexposure
Button Starts/ends selecting the compensation value Dbutton
Use the four-way controller 45 to select l
Press the four-way controller 5 in standby mode
Press the four-way controller 3, and set the bracket value
Press the shutter release button halfway
Press the shutter release button fully
Locking the Exposure Before Shooting AE Lock
Refer to Setting the =/LButton Operation p.167 for details
Assign AE Lock to the =/Lbutton
Set the exposure, and press the =/Lbutton
Selecting the Metering Method
When a subject is too small to obtain a correct exposure
AE Metering screen appears
Camera returns to the control panel
Reducing the Image Noise Noise Reduction
Reduces noise at high ISO sensitivity settings
High-ISO NR
High-ISO NR screen appears
Select a sensitivity value, and use
Use the four-way controller 23 to
Four-way controller 45 to set
Applied to the selected sensitivity
Reduces noise during long exposures
Slow Shutter Speed NR
Setting the Focus Mode
Focusing
TTL phase-matching autofocus
Select from l, k, or fmode which
100
Autofocus Modes when Shooting with the Viewfinder
101
102
Selecting the Focusing Point AF Point
AF Active Area screen appears
Points in the AF frame
Select the desired AF point
103
104
Setting the Contrast AF during Live View
Contrast AF screen appears
105
106
Selecting the Desired Focusing Area
Press the U/i button
Select the AF area
107
Checking the Focus
Turn the rear e-dial S to change the magnification
Autofocus system operates
Focusing Using the Viewfinder
Adjusting the Focus Manually Manual Focus
108
Press the 4button or the shutter release button halfway
109
Image on the monitor is magnified
Press the four-way controller 5, and adjust the value
AF Fine Adjustment
22. AF Fine Adjustment screen appears
110
How to Take Pictures
Adjustment value is saved
111
Press the 3button three times
Displaying the Optical Preview
Checking the Depth of Field Preview
Assign Optical Preview to the V/Ybutton
Take your finger off the V/Ybutton
113
Displaying the Digital Preview
Assign Digital Preview to the V/Ybutton
Focus on the subject, and press the V/Ybutton
Shake Reduction screen appears
Taking Pictures Using the Shake Reduction Function
115
Correcting the Tilt of the Images
116
Use the four-way controller 45 to select P Off or O On
117
Shooting with the Self-timer
Autofocus system operates
118
For g, the self-timer lamp starts blinking
119
Shooting with a Remote Control Unit Optional
A standby status
120
Continuous Shooting
Taking Pictures Continuously
121
122
123
Interval Shooting
Select hours, minutes, or seconds
To set the time
124
125
126
Multi-exposure
Multi-exposure screen appears
Take the picture
127
Multi-exposure is ended
Set the mode dial to C, and press the 3button
Changing the Settings for Movie Recording
Movie Capture Settings screen appears
Compensation value. default setting
Select Recorded Pixels
129
Select Framerate
Set Quality Level to C, D, or E Press the 3button
Recording Movies
Set the mode dial to C
130
View the subject on the monitor
131
132
Interval Movie
Start Interval
Is selected, set Start Time
133
134
Playing Back Movies
First frame of the movie is displayed on the monitor
Movie playback starts
Capturing a Still Picture from a Movie
135
Captured image from the movie is saved in Jpeg format
136
Select a point where you want to
Use the four-way controller 2345 to select Movie
Edit, and press the 4button
Use the four-way controller To select Save as, and press
137
Save confirmation screen appears
Deleted from it. The divided movie is then
138
Customizing the Button/E-dial Functions
Saving Frequently Used Settings
Image Capture Settings screen appears
Setting a File Format
Jpeg Recorded Pixels
File Format
141
You can set the format of image files
Color Space
Jpeg Quality
142
You can select a color space to use
143
Setting the White Balance
Press the Mbutton. The fine-tuning screen appears
Press the four-way controller 3 in standby mode
144
Use the four-way controller 45 to select the white balance
145
Adjusting the White Balance Manually
Use the four-way controller 45 to select K1 to K3
Screen that was displayed in appears again
146
Saving the White Balance Settings of a Captured Image
Turn the front e-dial R to select an image
Save confirmation screen appears
147
Adjusting the White Balance with Color Temperature
Use the four-way controller 45 to change the settings
Brightness Adjustment
Correcting Images
Highlight Correction or Shadow Correction screen appears
High Dynamic Range Image Capture
This section explains how to set HDR Capture
149
HDR Capture screen appears
150
Select from ±1 EV, ±2 EV default setting or ±3 EV
151
Lens Correction
Distortion
Lateral chromatic aberration
Use the four-way controller 45 to select Off or On
152
Select Start adjustment, and press the 4button
Composition Adjustment
Adjust the composition
Composition Adjust. screen appears
154
Custom Image
Setting the Image Finishing Tone
155
156
Screen to adjust the parameters appears
To choose a parameter you want To change
Cross Random/Preset 1-3/Favorite 1-3 *1 Processing
You can check the saturation and hue with the radar chart
157
Filter Effect None/Green/Yellow/Orange/Red/Magenta
158
Saving the Cross Processing Settings of a Captured Image
Turn the front e-dial R to select a cross processed image
159
Digital Filter
Use the four-way controller 2345 to select a filter
160
161
Use the four-way controller 23 to select an exposure mode
Setting the E-dials Operation
Screen for the selected exposure mode appears
Customizing the Button/E-dial Functions
163
Following settings can be selected for each exposure mode
164
Depends on the Exposure Setting p.128 Movie 1 menu
Press the 4button Press the 3button
ELINE
165
Setting the V/YButton Operation
Select , and press the four-way controller
Button Customization screen appears
Is taken. default setting
Setting the One Push File Format
166
Use the four-way controller 23 to choose a file format
167
Setting the =/LButton Operation
Off the =/Lbutton to return to normal autofocus operation
Saving the Settings
Saving Frequently Used Settings
Save User Mode screen appears
Rename User Mode screen appears
Editing a Setting Name
169
Text-entry screen appears
Enter the text
170
Using Saved User Settings
Checking the Saved User Settings
Set the mode dial to Bor C
171
Change the settings as necessary
Resetting to Default Settings
Resets the settings saved as a mode to the default settings
Reset User Mode screen appears
Playback Functions and Image Editing
Connecting the Camera to an AV Device
Function Image Rotation *1
How to Operate the Playback/Editing Functions
An image and produce a soft or slim
175
Playback Menu Items
Select from ×16, ×8, ×4, ×2 or Off default setting
Setting the Playback Display Method
Magnifying Images
Selecting the Playback Functions
177
Right toward y
178
Displaying Multiple Images
Select the images to display
Turn the rear e-dial S to the right toward y
Changing the Multiple Image Display Style
179
Press the Mbutton in on p.178
16/36/81 Thumbnail Display
180
Playing Back Images Continuously
Setting the Slideshow Display
181
Start screen is displayed Slideshow starts
182
183
Rotating Images
Image rotation information is saved
Deleting Selected Images
Deleting Multiple Images
Select images to delete
You can delete multiple images at once
185
Deleting a Folder
Selected images are deleted
Folder display screen appears
186
Deleting All Images
Confirmation screen for deleting all images is displayed
Changing the Number of Recorded Pixels Resize
Processing Images
187
Screen to select the recorded pixels appears
188
Cutting Out Part of the Image Cropping
Cropped image is saved as a new image
Four-way controller Moves the cropping frame Rear e-dial S
189
Processing Images with Digital Filters
Extracted Color 2 OFF/Red
190
Screen to adjust the parameters appears
Controller 45 to adjust the value
191
Screen to select a filter appears
Recreating Filter Effects
192
Filter effects used for the selected image appear
To check the parameter details, press the Mbutton
193
Turn the front e-dial R to select
An image to apply the same filter
Joining Multiple Images Index
Index setting screen appears
194
Index image is created and a confirmation screen appears
195
Developing One RAW Image
Developing RAW Images
Screen to select a development method is displayed
Use the four-way controller 45 to change the value
197
Following parameters can be changed
RAW image is developed and saved as a new Jpeg image
Developing Multiple RAW Images
Settings, and press the 4button
198
Select the RAW images to be developed
Settings is selected, refer to p.197 to
When Develop images with modified
199
Connecting the Camera to a Video Input Terminal
Connecting the Camera to an AV Device
201
Setting the Video Output Format
Turn the AV device and camera on
Interface Options screen appears
202
Changing Additional Settings
Set-up Menu Items
How to Operate the Set-up Menu
207
AV device with a video input terminal Interface
Menu Function Create New
205
Folder
Setting the Sound Effects
Camera Settings
Use the four-way controller 45 to adjust the volume
Sound Effects 1 screen appears
207
Setting the World Time
Use the four-way controller 45 to select a destination city
208
List of World Time Cities
209
Setting the Electronic Level Display
Setting the Monitor and the Menu Displays
Setting the LCD Display
210
Use the four-way controller 45 to adjust the value
Adjusting the Brightness and the Color of the Monitor
Adjusts the brightness and the color of the monitor
LCD Display Settings screen appears
212
Setting the Display for Instant Review
Instant Review screen appears
213
Setting the Initial Menu Tab to be Displayed
20. Save Menu Location screen appears
Pixel Mapping screen appears
Minimizing Battery Consumption
Battery Settings
Setting the Battery Type
AA Battery Type screen appears
Function Default
Selecting Settings to Save in the Camera Memory
215
Memory 1 screen appears
Turn the rear e-dial S to display the Memory 2 screen
216
Resetting the Rec. Mode/Movie/Playback/Set-up Menus
Resetting the Camera Settings
Resetting the Custom Menu
217
218
Checking the Camera Version Information
Formatting an SD Memory Card
File Management Settings
219
Format screen appears
220
Protecting Images from Deletion Protect
Select Protect, and press Button
Creating New Folders
Changing the Naming System of the Folder
221
Create New Folder screen appears
222
Setting the Photographer Information
Use the four-way controller 45 to select P or O
Copyright Information screen appears
223
Alphanumeric Characters Symbols can be
Up to 32 single-byte
Camera returns to the Copyright Information screen
You can set up to 99 copies
Setting the Dpof Settings
224
Press the Mbutton to select P or O for printing the date
225
226
Connecting to a Computer
Windows
Manipulating Captured Images on a Computer
Macintosh
Unless otherwise specified, select MSC
229
230
Connecting the Camera and a Computer
Turn the camera on
Save the captured images to the computer
Installing the Software
Using the Provided Software
231
Turn the computer on
Click Silkypix Developer Studio For Pentax
232
Regarding Product Registration
233
234
Using the Flash
Using the Slow-speed Sync Flash
Flash Characteristics in Each Exposure Mode
Using the Flash in b Mode
Using the Flash in c Mode
237
Set the flash mode to Gor H
Built-in flash pops up
Calculating Shooting Distance from Aperture Value
238
Calculating Aperture Value from Shooting Distance
Slave flash High-speed sync Wireless flash
Using an External Flash Optional
239
Camera Function
240
Using the P-TTL Auto Flash
241
Using the High-speed Sync Flash
Setting the Channel for the External Flash
Using Flash in Wireless Mode
242
First, set the channel for the external flash unit
243
Camera and the wireless flash unit as the main flash
Connecting an External Flash with an Extension Cord
244
Discharge both the flash directly connected to
When combining with the built-in flash
Multiple Flash Shooting Using Extension Cords
When combining two external flashes
245
246
Using the Contrast Control Sync Flash
Connect the external flash to the camera indirectly
Refer to p.244 for details
Appendix
Rec. Mode Menu
Default Settings
Direct Keys
249
250
251
Playback Mode Palette
Movie Menu
Playback Menu
252
Set-up Menu
253
ACustom Setting Menu
AF Fine Adjustment Off
Default Setting Reset Save Menu Location
Reset Custom Functions 217
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255
Functions Available with Various Lens Combinations
256
Lenses and accessories that cannot be used with this camera
Lens names and mount names
Lens and Built-in Flash
257
Unavailable due to vignetting
Available with some restrictions
258
Setting the Focal Length
Turn the rear e-dial S to set the focal length
259
Using the Aperture Ring
Removing Dust by Shaking the Cmos Sensor Dust Removal
Cleaning the Cmos Sensor
Shaking the Cmos sensor removes dust from the sensor unit
Dust Removal screen appears
Removing Dust with a Blower
Sensor Cleaning screen appears
261
262
Clean the Cmos sensor
Turn the camera off
Attach the lens or body mount cover
263
Using the GPS Unit
264
Shooting Celestial Bodies Astrotracer
Select ASTROTRACER,
Select Action in B Mode, press
Press the shutter release button fully again
265
Error Messages
267
268
269
Troubleshooting
270
271
Model Description
Main Specifications
Live View
273
Exposure Control
274
Capture Functions
275
Playback Functions
276
277
Power Supply
When using a 2 GB SD Memory Card
When using the fully charged battery
278
Approximate Image Storage Capacity and Playback Time
279
Index
280
281
282
283
284
285
Warranty Policy
CE Mark is a Directive conformity mark of the European Union
287
For customers in USA
288
For customers in Canada
Pour les utilisateurs au Canada
289
Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals
290
Memo
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