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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, Electromagnetic

 

 

release, Shutter lock by setting Main switch in OFF position.

 

 

Lens Mount

Pentax KAF2 bayonet mount (AF coupler, lens information

contacts, K-mount with power 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 0 to 19 (at ISO 100 with f/1.4

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

 

 

(Continuous)/\, Adjustable AF point

 

 

 

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, bis lit=Built-in flash ready, b is blinking=Flash should be used or incompatible lens is being used, Shutter speed,

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

 

bis lit=Built-in flash ready, bis 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 shooting, ?=Battery

LCD Panel Display

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, V=AF Point Select, M=Center of AF Point,

 

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 up function). Start by pressing shutter release button.

Operation confirmation: Possible to set beep. Can be cancelled

 

 

after operation

Mirror

Quick-return mirror, mirror up function (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)