eProgram, bShutter priority, cAperture priority, aManual, pBulb Picture mode IAuto Picture, = Portrait, s Landscape,

Exposure Mode

 

q Macro, \Moving Object, .Night Scene

 

Portrait, a Flash OFF

 

 

 

Scene mode

ANight Scene, iSurf & Snow, BText, KSunset,

 

 

CKids, EPet, DCandlelight, EMuseum.

 

Electronically controlled vertical-run focal-plane shutter, Speed

Shutter

range (1) Auto 1/4000 to 30 sec. (stepless), (2) Manual 1/4000 to

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)

 

Lens Used

Pentax KAF2 (not power zoom compatible), KAF mount lenses, KA

mount lenses

 

 

 

 

TTL phase-matching autofocus system (SAFOX VIII), AF

Autofocus System

operational brightness range: EV –1 to 18 (at ISO 100 with f/1.4

lens), Focus lock available, Focus Mode: l (Single)/k

 

 

(Continuous)/\, Switch Focusing Area (Wide/Spot) available

 

Penta-mirror viewfinder, Natural-Bright-Matte II focusing screen,

Viewfinder

Field of view: 96%, Magnification 0.85× (with 50 mm f/1.4 lens at

 

∞), Diopter: –2.5m-1to +1.5m-1(per meter)

Focus information: ] is lit when in-focus and blinking when unable to focus, b is lit=Built-in flash ready, Blinking=Flash should be used or incompatible lens is being used, Shutter

Viewfinder Indication speed, Aperture value, e-dial enabled indicator, @=AE lock, Capacity remaining and m=Exposure compensation, k=Continuous mode, Picture mode icon, Scene mode icon, \=Manual focus, o=ISO warning

 

b is lit=Built-in flash ready, Blinking=Flash should be used or

 

incompatible lens is being used, E=Auto discharge,

 

E>=Auto flash+Redeye reduct, 9=Single frame shooting,

 

j=Continuous shooting, g=Self-timer, h=Remote control

LCD Panel Display

shooting, ?=Battery exhaustion warning, ]=Auto bracketing

exposure (exposure setting steps can be set to 1/2 EV or 1/3 EV),

 

 

M=Center-weighted metering, N=Spot metering, M=Spot AF,

 

Shutter speed, Aperture value, White Balance, Capacity remaining

 

and m=Exposure compensation, PC (mass storage)/Pb

 

(PictBridge) appears when the USB cable is connected

 

Digital Preview: Composition, exposure and focus confirmation

Preview Function

Optical Preview: Depth of field confirmation (electronically

 

controlled and usable in all exposure modes)

 

Electronically controlled with delay time of 12 sec./2 sec. (with

Self-timer

mirror lock up). Start by pressing shutter release button. Operation

 

confirmation: Possible to set beep. Can be cancelled after operation

Mirror

Quick-return mirror, mirror lock up function (available at 2 sec.

self-timer)

 

 

Three frames (under exposed, proper exposure and overexposed)

Auto Bracket

are shot continuously with exposure bracketing. (Selectable

 

between 1/2 EV and 1/3 EV for Exposure setting steps)

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