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86TROUBLESHOOTING

What appears troublesome may be easily remedied. Here are some problems that may occur and their remedies. Before contacting a Pentax service center, check the following items.

Symptoms

 

Causes

 

 

Remedies

Reference

 

 

The last frame is exposed and

Remove the film from the film back.

P.25

 

 

wound onto the take-up spool.

 

 

 

The shutter

cannot be

The main switch is set to [ OFF ].

Set the main switch to [ ON ].

P.14

The battery warning [

] appears.

Replace the battery.

P.12

released.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The self-timer mode is being set.

Cancel the self-timer mode.

P.35

 

 

 

 

The exposure compensation dial is

Turn

the exposure compensation

P.24, P.66,

 

 

being set to D, PF or ISO.

dial other than D, PF or ISO.

P.76

The exposure counter does

The

shutter release

button is not

Press

the shutter release button

P.20

not indicate [

].

depressed after loading the film.

after loading the film.

 

 

 

The main switch is the [ OFF ] posi-

Turn the main switch to [ ON ].

P.14

Indicators do not appear on

tion.

 

 

 

 

 

No battery has been installed.

Install the batteries.

P.12

the LCD panel.

 

The

batteries are

improperly

Install the batteries properly.

P.12

 

 

installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries are dead.

Replace the batteries.

P.12

 

 

AF frame is not placed over the sub-

Move the camera until the AF frame

P.36

 

 

ject.

 

 

[

] covers the subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The subject is too close.

Increase the camera-to-subject dis-

P.36

The camera does not focus.

tance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The focus mode is set to [ MF ].

Set the lens in the autofocus posi-

P.32

 

 

 

 

tion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The subject is difficult to autofocus.

Use the focus technique or focus

P.60, P.62

 

 

 

 

 

manually using the matte field.