Operating Manual
Lenses you can use
Or medium personal injuries, or loss of property
For Using Your Camera Safely
About the Camera
Personal injuries
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
Storing Your Camera
About the Battery and Charger
Precautions on Carrying and Using Your Camera
Cleaning Your Camera
Regarding Product Registration
Other Precautions
Basic Operations
Contents
Before Using Your Camera
Getting Started
Shooting Functions
Shooting Settings
Playback Functions and Image Editing
Changing Additional Settings
Appendix
Connecting to a Computer
Using the Flash
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Main Specifications 272 Index 279
Composition of the Operating Manual
Indicates useful information
Symbols used in this Operating Manual are explained below
Indicates precautions to take when operating the camera
Before Using Your Camera
Checking the Contents of the Package
Names and Functions of the Working Parts
DGreen button
Capture Mode
Main switch
EV Compensation Button
Lens unlock button
Mode dial
Focus mode switch
Front e-dial R
3button
Playback Mode
Four-way controller
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
Mode
Still picture capture mode
Control panel
Shooting Info Display
Playback Mode
Still picture
Use the four-way controller 23 to switch between pages
Detailed Information Display
Before Using
Histogram before and after shooting
Using the Histogram
Histogram Display/RGB Histogram Display
Histogram shows the brightness
Guide Indicators
16 17
Viewfinder
Appears when the Shake Reduction function is activated
Appears when the sensitivity is displayed
Appears when the AF point can be changed
Appears when Multi-exposure is set
Electronic Level Display
Using the Direct Keys
How to Change Function Settings
Use the four-way controller
Using the Control Panel
Press the Mbutton in standby mode
Or rear e-dial S to select a Setting value
Camera returns to the control panel Next, set other items
Using the Menus
Press the 3button in standby mode
Press the 3button or the shutter release button halfway
Press the four-way controller
Use the four-way controller 23 to select a setting
Press the four-way controller 5 twice
Use the four-way controller 23 to select an item
Press the 3button
Inserting/Removing an SD Memory Card
Adjusting the Viewfinder Diopter
Attaching the Strap
Use the exclusive Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery D-LI109
Inserting the Battery
Using the Lithium-ion Battery
Charging the Battery
GettingStarted
Inserting/Removing the Battery
Available Batteries Characteristics AA lithium batteries
Using the AA Batteries
Close the battery cover
Battery cover is locked
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
Close the card cover 3, and then slide it in the direction
Arrow 4
Push the SD Memory Card in once to remove
Remove the body mount cover 1 and lens mount cover
Attaching a Lens
To remove the lens
Remove the front lens cap by
Pushing the indicated portions
Inward
Adjusting the Viewfinder Diopter
Turning the Camera On and Off
Turn the main switch to on
W Hometown screen appears
Initial Settings
Setting the Display Language
Initial Setting screen appears in the selected language
Use the four-way controller 45 to select a city
Date Adjustment screen appears
Choose mm/dd/yy, dd/mm/yy or yy/mm/dd
Setting the Date and Time
Use the four-way controller 23 to set the month
Set the current date and time and the display style
Date Adjustment
Memo
Basic Operations
Basic Shooting Operation
Letting the Camera Choose the Optimal Settings
Taking Pictures Using the Viewfinder Set the mode dial to n
Look through the viewfinder to view the subject
Set the focus mode switch to l
Available operations
Press the shutter release button fully
Review the captured image on the monitor
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
Take a picture
Using the Built-in Flash
Press the Ebutton
You can play back captured images with the camera
Reviewing Images
Playing Back Images
Press the Q button
Press the four-way controller 2 to select Delete, and press
Deleting a Single Image
You can delete images one by one
Delete confirmation screen appears
Memo
Taking Pictures Continuously
Using the Shake Reduction Function to Prevent
Checking the Depth of Field Preview
Direct Keys Setting Items
How to Operate the Shooting Functions
Rec. Mode Menu Items
Power is turned off
Adjust
Movie Menu Items
Control
Custom Setting Menu Items
Using flash
120
Flash in Wireless Mode
Mode for the subject
Selecting the Appropriate Capture Mode
Capture Mode Characteristics NAuto Picture mode
Auto Picture Modes
Scene Modes
Press the Mbutton
Selecting a Scene Mode Set the mode dial to H
Camera switches to the H mode status screen
Scene Mode selection screen appears
Bulb Exposure
Exposure Modes
Priority
Automatic Exposure Aperture value Manual Exposure
Turn the rear e-dial S to change the sensitivity value
Setting the Exposure
Setting the Sensitivity
Use the four-way controller 23 to select ISO Auto or ISO
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
Exposure ends
Bulb Shooting
Take your finger off the shutter release button
Press the m button 1, and then turn the rear e-dial S
Adjusting the Exposure
Exposure is adjusted
Standard exposure Underexposure
Button Starts/ends selecting the compensation value Dbutton
Press the shutter release button halfway
Press the four-way controller 5 in standby mode
Use the four-way controller 45 to select l
Press the four-way controller 3, and set the bracket value
Press the shutter release button fully
Set the exposure, and press the =/Lbutton
Refer to Setting the =/LButton Operation p.167 for details
Locking the Exposure Before Shooting AE Lock
Assign AE Lock to the =/Lbutton
Camera returns to the control panel
When a subject is too small to obtain a correct exposure
Selecting the Metering Method
AE Metering screen appears
High-ISO NR screen appears
Reduces noise at high ISO sensitivity settings
Reducing the Image Noise Noise Reduction
High-ISO NR
Applied to the selected sensitivity
Use the four-way controller 23 to
Select a sensitivity value, and use
Four-way controller 45 to set
Reduces noise during long exposures
Slow Shutter Speed NR
Select from l, k, or fmode which
Focusing
Setting the Focus Mode
TTL phase-matching autofocus
100
Autofocus Modes when Shooting with the Viewfinder
101
Points in the AF frame
Selecting the Focusing Point AF Point
102
AF Active Area screen appears
Select the desired AF point
103
Contrast AF screen appears
Setting the Contrast AF during Live View
104
105
Select the AF area
Selecting the Desired Focusing Area
106
Press the U/i button
Autofocus system operates
Checking the Focus
107
Turn the rear e-dial S to change the magnification
108
Adjusting the Focus Manually Manual Focus
Focusing Using the Viewfinder
Image on the monitor is magnified
109
Press the 4button or the shutter release button halfway
110
AF Fine Adjustment
Press the four-way controller 5, and adjust the value
22. AF Fine Adjustment screen appears
Press the 3button three times
Adjustment value is saved
How to Take Pictures
111
Take your finger off the V/Ybutton
Checking the Depth of Field Preview
Displaying the Optical Preview
Assign Optical Preview to the V/Ybutton
Focus on the subject, and press the V/Ybutton
Displaying the Digital Preview
113
Assign Digital Preview to the V/Ybutton
Shake Reduction screen appears
Taking Pictures Using the Shake Reduction Function
115
Use the four-way controller 45 to select P Off or O On
116
Correcting the Tilt of the Images
Autofocus system operates
Shooting with the Self-timer
117
118
For g, the self-timer lamp starts blinking
A standby status
Shooting with a Remote Control Unit Optional
119
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121
Taking Pictures Continuously
Continuous Shooting
122
To set the time
Interval Shooting
123
Select hours, minutes, or seconds
124
125
Multi-exposure screen appears
Multi-exposure
126
Multi-exposure is ended
127
Take the picture
Compensation value. default setting
Changing the Settings for Movie Recording
Set the mode dial to C, and press the 3button
Movie Capture Settings screen appears
Set Quality Level to C, D, or E Press the 3button
129
Select Recorded Pixels
Select Framerate
View the subject on the monitor
Set the mode dial to C
Recording Movies
130
131
Is selected, set Start Time
Interval Movie
132
Start Interval
133
Movie playback starts
Playing Back Movies
134
First frame of the movie is displayed on the monitor
Captured image from the movie is saved in Jpeg format
135
Capturing a Still Picture from a Movie
Edit, and press the 4button
Select a point where you want to
136
Use the four-way controller 2345 to select Movie
Deleted from it. The divided movie is then
137
Use the four-way controller To select Save as, and press
Save confirmation screen appears
138
Customizing the Button/E-dial Functions
Saving Frequently Used Settings
Image Capture Settings screen appears
Setting a File Format
You can set the format of image files
File Format
Jpeg Recorded Pixels
141
You can select a color space to use
Jpeg Quality
Color Space
142
143
Setting the White Balance
Use the four-way controller 45 to select the white balance
Press the four-way controller 3 in standby mode
Press the Mbutton. The fine-tuning screen appears
144
Screen that was displayed in appears again
Adjusting the White Balance Manually
145
Use the four-way controller 45 to select K1 to K3
Save confirmation screen appears
Saving the White Balance Settings of a Captured Image
146
Turn the front e-dial R to select an image
147
Adjusting the White Balance with Color Temperature
Highlight Correction or Shadow Correction screen appears
Brightness Adjustment
Use the four-way controller 45 to change the settings
Correcting Images
HDR Capture screen appears
This section explains how to set HDR Capture
High Dynamic Range Image Capture
149
150
Select from ±1 EV, ±2 EV default setting or ±3 EV
Lateral chromatic aberration
Lens Correction
151
Distortion
Use the four-way controller 45 to select Off or On
152
Composition Adjust. screen appears
Composition Adjustment
Select Start adjustment, and press the 4button
Adjust the composition
154
155
Setting the Image Finishing Tone
Custom Image
To choose a parameter you want To change
Screen to adjust the parameters appears
156
Filter Effect None/Green/Yellow/Orange/Red/Magenta
You can check the saturation and hue with the radar chart
Cross Random/Preset 1-3/Favorite 1-3 *1 Processing
157
Turn the front e-dial R to select a cross processed image
Saving the Cross Processing Settings of a Captured Image
158
159
Digital Filter
Use the four-way controller 2345 to select a filter
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161
Customizing the Button/E-dial Functions
Setting the E-dials Operation
Use the four-way controller 23 to select an exposure mode
Screen for the selected exposure mode appears
163
Following settings can be selected for each exposure mode
ELINE
Depends on the Exposure Setting p.128 Movie 1 menu
164
Press the 4button Press the 3button
Button Customization screen appears
Setting the V/YButton Operation
165
Select , and press the four-way controller
Use the four-way controller 23 to choose a file format
Setting the One Push File Format
Is taken. default setting
166
Off the =/Lbutton to return to normal autofocus operation
Setting the =/LButton Operation
167
Save User Mode screen appears
Saving Frequently Used Settings
Saving the Settings
Text-entry screen appears
Editing a Setting Name
Rename User Mode screen appears
169
Enter the text
170
171
Checking the Saved User Settings
Using Saved User Settings
Set the mode dial to Bor C
Reset User Mode screen appears
Resetting to Default Settings
Change the settings as necessary
Resets the settings saved as a mode to the default settings
Playback Functions and Image Editing
Connecting the Camera to an AV Device
An image and produce a soft or slim
How to Operate the Playback/Editing Functions
Function Image Rotation *1
175
Playback Menu Items
Select from ×16, ×8, ×4, ×2 or Off default setting
Setting the Playback Display Method
Right toward y
Selecting the Playback Functions
Magnifying Images
177
Turn the rear e-dial S to the right toward y
Displaying Multiple Images
178
Select the images to display
16/36/81 Thumbnail Display
179
Changing the Multiple Image Display Style
Press the Mbutton in on p.178
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Setting the Slideshow Display
Playing Back Images Continuously
Start screen is displayed Slideshow starts
182
Image rotation information is saved
Rotating Images
183
You can delete multiple images at once
Deleting Multiple Images
Deleting Selected Images
Select images to delete
Folder display screen appears
Deleting a Folder
185
Selected images are deleted
Confirmation screen for deleting all images is displayed
Deleting All Images
186
Screen to select the recorded pixels appears
Processing Images
Changing the Number of Recorded Pixels Resize
187
Four-way controller Moves the cropping frame Rear e-dial S
Cutting Out Part of the Image Cropping
188
Cropped image is saved as a new image
Extracted Color 2 OFF/Red
Processing Images with Digital Filters
189
190
Screen to select a filter appears
Controller 45 to adjust the value
Screen to adjust the parameters appears
191
Filter effects used for the selected image appear
192
Recreating Filter Effects
An image to apply the same filter
193
To check the parameter details, press the Mbutton
Turn the front e-dial R to select
194
Index setting screen appears
Joining Multiple Images Index
Index image is created and a confirmation screen appears
195
Screen to select a development method is displayed
Developing RAW Images
Developing One RAW Image
RAW image is developed and saved as a new Jpeg image
197
Use the four-way controller 45 to change the value
Following parameters can be changed
Select the RAW images to be developed
Settings, and press the 4button
Developing Multiple RAW Images
198
199
When Develop images with modified
Settings is selected, refer to p.197 to
Connecting the Camera to a Video Input Terminal
Connecting the Camera to an AV Device
Interface Options screen appears
Setting the Video Output Format
201
Turn the AV device and camera on
202
Changing Additional Settings
AV device with a video input terminal Interface
How to Operate the Set-up Menu
Set-up Menu Items
207
Folder
205
Menu Function Create New
Sound Effects 1 screen appears
Camera Settings
Setting the Sound Effects
Use the four-way controller 45 to adjust the volume
Use the four-way controller 45 to select a destination city
Setting the World Time
207
208
List of World Time Cities
209
210
Setting the Monitor and the Menu Displays
Setting the Electronic Level Display
Setting the LCD Display
LCD Display Settings screen appears
Adjusting the Brightness and the Color of the Monitor
Use the four-way controller 45 to adjust the value
Adjusts the brightness and the color of the monitor
Instant Review screen appears
Setting the Display for Instant Review
212
Pixel Mapping screen appears
Setting the Initial Menu Tab to be Displayed
213
20. Save Menu Location screen appears
AA Battery Type screen appears
Battery Settings
Minimizing Battery Consumption
Setting the Battery Type
Memory 1 screen appears
Selecting Settings to Save in the Camera Memory
Function Default
215
Turn the rear e-dial S to display the Memory 2 screen
216
217
Resetting the Camera Settings
Resetting the Rec. Mode/Movie/Playback/Set-up Menus
Resetting the Custom Menu
218
Checking the Camera Version Information
Format screen appears
File Management Settings
Formatting an SD Memory Card
219
Select Protect, and press Button
Protecting Images from Deletion Protect
220
Create New Folder screen appears
Changing the Naming System of the Folder
Creating New Folders
221
Copyright Information screen appears
Setting the Photographer Information
222
Use the four-way controller 45 to select P or O
Camera returns to the Copyright Information screen
Alphanumeric Characters Symbols can be
223
Up to 32 single-byte
224
Setting the Dpof Settings
You can set up to 99 copies
Press the Mbutton to select P or O for printing the date
225
226
Connecting to a Computer
Macintosh
Manipulating Captured Images on a Computer
Windows
Unless otherwise specified, select MSC
229
Save the captured images to the computer
Connecting the Camera and a Computer
230
Turn the camera on
Turn the computer on
Using the Provided Software
Installing the Software
231
Click Silkypix Developer Studio For Pentax
232
Regarding Product Registration
233
234
Using the Flash
Using the Flash in c Mode
Flash Characteristics in Each Exposure Mode
Using the Slow-speed Sync Flash
Using the Flash in b Mode
Built-in flash pops up
Set the flash mode to Gor H
237
Calculating Aperture Value from Shooting Distance
238
Calculating Shooting Distance from Aperture Value
Camera Function
Using an External Flash Optional
Slave flash High-speed sync Wireless flash
239
240
Using the P-TTL Auto Flash
241
Using the High-speed Sync Flash
First, set the channel for the external flash unit
Using Flash in Wireless Mode
Setting the Channel for the External Flash
242
243
Discharge both the flash directly connected to
Connecting an External Flash with an Extension Cord
Camera and the wireless flash unit as the main flash
244
245
Multiple Flash Shooting Using Extension Cords
When combining with the built-in flash
When combining two external flashes
Refer to p.244 for details
Using the Contrast Control Sync Flash
246
Connect the external flash to the camera indirectly
Appendix
Direct Keys
Default Settings
Rec. Mode Menu
249
250
Movie Menu
Playback Mode Palette
251
Set-up Menu
252
Playback Menu
253
ACustom Setting Menu
254
Default Setting Reset Save Menu Location
AF Fine Adjustment Off
Reset Custom Functions 217
255
Functions Available with Various Lens Combinations
Lens names and mount names
Lenses and accessories that cannot be used with this camera
256
Available with some restrictions
257
Lens and Built-in Flash
Unavailable due to vignetting
Turn the rear e-dial S to set the focal length
Setting the Focal Length
258
259
Using the Aperture Ring
Dust Removal screen appears
Cleaning the Cmos Sensor
Removing Dust by Shaking the Cmos Sensor Dust Removal
Shaking the Cmos sensor removes dust from the sensor unit
261
Sensor Cleaning screen appears
Removing Dust with a Blower
Attach the lens or body mount cover
Clean the Cmos sensor
262
Turn the camera off
263
Using the GPS Unit
Select Action in B Mode, press
Shooting Celestial Bodies Astrotracer
264
Select ASTROTRACER,
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
Approximate Image Storage Capacity and Playback Time
When using the fully charged battery
When using a 2 GB SD Memory Card
278
279
Index
280
281
282
283
284
285
Warranty Policy
CE Mark is a Directive conformity mark of the European Union
287
Pour les utilisateurs au Canada
288
For customers in USA
For customers in Canada
289
Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals
290
Memo
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