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Regarding trademarks
Regarding copyrights
Regarding Product Registration
To users of this camera
Using Your Camera Safely
About the Camera
About the Battery Charger and the AC Adapter
Page
About the Battery
Care to be Taken During Handling
Before Using Your Camera
About the Battery and Charger
Precautions on Carrying and Using Your Camera
Other Precautions
Cleaning Your Camera
Storing Your Camera
Contents
Taking Still Pictures
Taking Pictures
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Editing and Printing Images
Playing Back and Deleting Images
Connecting to a Computer
Settings
Recording and Playing Back Sound
Appendix 223
Mode
2or 4or 5or 3or
Composition of the Operating Manual
Settings
Appendix
Easy-to-Navigate Capture and Playback Functions
Camera Features
For decorating your pictures with a frame
Perfect for Portrait Shots
Add Various Frames to Your Pictures
Display Images and Sound Files in Calendar Format
Advanced Movie Recording Functions
Checking the Contents of the Package
Front
Names of Parts
Back
Names of Operating Parts
No Info
Display in a Mode
Monitor Indications
Normal Display
Digital Zoom/Intelligent Zoom
Page
Page
Histogram + Info
Display in Q Mode
B5 1/250 B6 F3.5
Normal Display/Histogram + Info Display in Playback Mode
100-0038
Setting the Exposure EV Compensation 1p.108
Using the Histogram
Guide Indications
Understanding Contrast
Understanding Brightness
Dark image Correct image Bright image
Memo
Getting Started
Attaching the Strap
Charging the Battery
Powering the Camera
Battery lock lever
Installing the Battery
Open the battery/card cover
Battery
Removing the Battery
Close the battery/card cover
At 23C with the display on and the battery fully charged
Battery Level Indicator
Confirm the DC coupler is locked in place
Using the AC Adapter
Extract the DC coupler cord
AC plug cord Started AC adapter DC coupler DC terminal
GettingStarted
Backing Up Data
Installing the SD Memory Card
Pull the card out
Push the card into the SD Memory Card socket to eject it
To Remove the SD Memory Card
SD Memory Card socket
Precautions When Using an SD Memory Card
Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels 1p.106
Number of Images Recordable on an SD Memory Card
Checking the SD Memory Card
Press the power switch
Press the power switch again
Turning the Camera On and Off
Press the power switch while holding down the Q button
Starting-up in the Playback Mode
Setting the Display Language
Initial Settings
Four-way controller 4 button Button
Started
Press the 4 button
Daylight saving time
When the Screen After Appears in the Wrong Language
When the Wrong Language Has Been Inadvertently Selected
Press the 3 button
Use the four-way controller 45 to choose a city
Press the four-way controller
To Set Hometown and DST
To select 24h 24-hour display or
Setting the Date and Time
Use the four-way controller
To choose the date format
Use the four-way controller 23 to change the month
Press the four-way controller 3 to select Settings complete
Frame moves to the month
GettingStarted
Memo
Common Operations
Mode
Understanding the Button Functions
Green button
Displays the a Rec. Mode menu p.57
Four-way controller
W button
Switches to a mode p.56
Green/i button
Press the Q button
Switching Between a Mode and Q Mode
Press the Q button or the shutter release button halfway
Operating the Menus
Setting the Camera Functions
Mode
Operations
Camera
Returns to Q
Press the four-way controller 3 twice
Press the 3 button in a mode
Use the four-way controller 23 to change the setting
Ex. To set the Focusing Area on the a Rec. Mode menu
Press the shutter release button halfway
To Save the Setting and Start Taking Pictures
To Save the Setting and Start Playback of Images
To Cancel the Changes and Continue with Menu Operations
Menu List
Rec. Mode Menu
Operations a Rec. Mode Menu
a Rec. Mode Menu
Setting Menu
W Setting Menu
Memo
Taking Pictures
Confirm the subject and shooting Information on the display
Shutter release Button Zoom lever Power switch
Taking Still Pictures
Taking Pictures
Press the shutter release button fully
Press fully
Using the Shutter Release Button
Poor focusing conditions
Press halfway
Instant Review and Blink Detection
Setting the Shooting Mode
Press the four-way controller 3 in a mode
Use the four-way controller 2345 to choose a shooting mode
Sky and foliage
Panoramic photograph
Main frame White frame
Using the Face Detection Function
To Switch the Face Detection Function
Face detection frame When the multiple faces Are detected
Face Detection On Smile Capture
Taking Pictures Automatically Auto Picture Mode
Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings Program Mode
Set the functions you want to change
Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode Green Mode
Picture is taken
Camera switches to 9 mode
Press the Green button in a Mode
Shutter release Button Green button
Turn the zoom lever in a mode
Using the Zoom
Zoom lever Four-way controller Button
Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio
To Set the Digital Zoom
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Digital
Zoom Use the four-way controller
To select O or P
Pixels is fixed at f2592×1944
On the subject at the correct distance
Taking Pictures of People Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode
Use the four-way controller 2345 to select cor d
Shutter release Button Four-way controller
Taking Pictures of Children Kids Mode
Pet registration screen appears
Taking Pictures of Your Pet Pet Mode
Press the Ibutton on the capture status screen in ePet mode
To Register the Pet
Capture status screen
Press the I button again
Pet registration screen
Registry confirmation Screen
To Delete the Pet from the Entry
Status screen in ePet mode
To Switch the Pet You Want to Shoot
Press the Ibutton on the capture
Sport
Taking Pictures Indoors Party Mode
C mode selection screen appears
Taking Pictures of Text Text Mode
Use the four-way controller 23 to select c, d, c or d
Shutter release Button Zoom lever Four-way controller
Framing Your Pictures Frame Composite Mode
9-frame display of the frame selection screen appears
Turn the zoom lever to the right y
Optional Frames
Using the Self-timer
Press the four-way controller 2 in a mode
Drive Mode screen appears
Longer the interval between shots
Camera is ready to take a series of pictures
Using the Digital Wide Function Digital Wide Mode
OK Exit
Take the second image
To Cancel after Taking the First Shot
Confirmation dialog appears
Screen for taking the first frame is
Taking Panoramic Pictures Digital Panorama Mode
If you select right 5 in Step
Take the second frame
Take the third frame
Pictures
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To Cancel after Taking the First or Second Frame
Selecting the Flash Mode
Setting the Shooting Functions
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102
Press the four-way controller 4 in a mode
Setting is saved and the camera returns to capture status
About the red-eye phenomenon
Press the four-way controller 5 in a mode
Selecting the Focus Mode
103
To Set the Focus Manually Manual Focus
Use the four-way controller 23 to adjust the focus
Focus Mode screen appears
\ indicator
To Set the Focusing Area
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Focusing
To change the focusing area
Setting
Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels
Default setting is g
106
Pixels
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Recorded
Pixels Press the four-way controller
To change the number of recorded
108
Setting the Exposure EV Compensation
Use the four-way controller 23 to select EV Compensation
To select the EV value
Correcting the Brightness D-Range Setting
110
Adjusting the White Balance
Press the 3 button twice
Display
111
To change the setting
Press the 4 button. The setting is saved
White Balance screen appears
112
Setting the AE Metering
Setting is saved and the a Rec. Mode menu reappears
To Set the White Balance Manually
Pull-down menu appears
Setting is saved
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Setting the Sensitivity
Press the 3 button in a mode. The a Rec. Mode menu appears
Use the four-way controller 23 to change the sensitivity
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Setting the Blink Detection Function
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Blink
Detection Use the four-way controller
To choose the Shake Reduction
Setting the Shake Reduction Function
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Shake
Reduction Press the four-way controller
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Instant Review
Setting the Instant Review
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Soft Normal Sharp
Setting the Image Sharpness Sharpness
Use the four-way controller 45 to select O or P
Instant Review is displayed Instant Review is not displayed
Low Normal High
Setting the Color Saturation Saturation
Setting the Image Contrast Contrast
Use the four-way controller 45 to change the contrast level
To select the Date Imprint details
Setting the Date Imprint Function
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Date
Imprint Press the four-way controller
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Setting the Green Button
122
Mode other than C first to select Green Button
Change
Press the 9 button in a mode
To Use Fn Setting
Use the four-way controller To select a function to
Setting is saved and the camera returns to capture status
Use the four-way controller 23 or 45 to change the setting
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To select C Movie
Camera enters the C mode and returns to capture status
Recording Movies
Recording a Movie
126
Keeping the Shutter Release Button Pressed
Movie screen appears
Selecting the Recorded Pixels and Frame Rate for Movies
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128
Setting the Movie SR Movie Shake Reduction Function
129
Saving the Settings Memory
Memory screen appears
Use the four-way controller 23 to choose an item
130
Playing Back and Deleting Images
Images To Play Back the Previous or Next Image
Playing Back Images
Playing Back Still Pictures
Press the Q button after taking a picture
Available operations while playback is paused
Playing Back a Movie
Deleting Images
Available operations during playback
Back and Deleting Images
Multi-Image Display
Q mode, turn the zoom lever to the left f
Four-Image Display/Nine-Image Display
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Q mode, turn the zoom lever to the left f three times
Folder Display/Calendar Display
Folder display
Calendar display
Using the Playback Functions
Press the four-way controller 3 in Q mode
Use the four-way controller 2345 to choose a playback mode
137
Closes the Playback Mode
Palette and goes to a mode
Press halfway
138
Deleting Images Playback Mode Palette
Press any button other than the 4 button
Slideshow
To select u Slideshow
To select Start
Deleting Images To Set the Slideshow Conditions
Use the four-way controller To select Interval in on 139
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Screen Effect
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Sound Effect
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Rotating the Image
Button Four-way controller 4 button
Image appears on the display
Rotated image is saved
To select s Image Rotation
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Turn the zoom lever to the right
Zoom Playback
Q mode, use the four-way controller 45 to
Choose the image you want to magnify
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Detected when the image was taken
Zoom lever Button
Image is magnified around the face first
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Available operations during the Face close-up playback mode
Image or sound file is deleted
Deleting Images and Sound Files
Deleting a Single Image
Use the four-way controller To select Delete
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Appears on the images and sound files
Deleting Selected Images and Sound Files
Q mode, turn the zoom lever to the left f once or twice
Four-image display or nine-image display appears
Selected images and sound files are deleted
Appears on the selected images Sound files
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Press the 3 button in Q mode
Deleting All Images and Sound Files
Mode, press the four-way
All the images and sound files are deleted
Protecting Images and Sound Files from Deletion Protect
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Single Image/Sound
Playing Back
152
Use the four-way controller To select Protect
Select All Images/Sounds in Step On p.151
To Protect All Images and Sound Files
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Connecting the Camera to AV Equipment
Turn the AV device on
Terminal Yellow White
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Turn the camera on
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About printing
Editing and Printing Images
Printing Images
Editing Images
Changing the Image Size Resize
To select nResize
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Cropping Images
To select oCropping
Resized image is saved
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Processing Images to Make Faces Look Smaller
Choose the cropping area
Choose the image you want to edit
Approx %
Green frame indicates the face that is to be processed
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Using the Digital Filters
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Use the four-way controller 2345 to select PDigital Filter
Images
Subsequent steps vary depending on your selection
To Select a Retro, Color, Extract Color, Color Emphasis or
Use the four-way controller 23 to choose a filter
To choose the color
To Select a B&W, Sepia or Soft Filter
To Select a Toy Camera, High Contrast or Brightness Filter
To adjust the effect
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Compensating for an Unwanted Red-eye Effect
Processed image is saved
Adding a Frame Frame Composite
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Use the four-way controller 2345 to select NFrame Composite
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Remove the SD Memory Card from the camera
Printing Images Optional Frames
To Copy Frames
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Editing Movies
Use the four-way controller 2345 to select Movie Edit
To Use a New Frame
Select Divide Movies on the movie edit selection
Screen Press the 4 button
To choose the frame you
Want to save
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Divide
Copying Images and Sound Files
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Use the four-way controller 23 to select
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Press the 4 button
To select the image/sound file you Want to copy
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Use the four-way controller 2345 to select rDPOF
Setting the Printing Service Dpof
Dpof setting method selection screen appears
Printing a Single Image
To choose the number of copies
Press the Green button to switch Or P for Date setting
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Single Image
Use the four-way controller 45 to select an image
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Message Applies Dpof settings to all images appears
Printing All Images
Select All Images in on p.177 Press the 4 button
Recording and Playing Back Sound
180
Setting the Voice Recording Function
Recording Sound Voice Recording
Back Sound
Fully. REC
Press the Green button Mode
Recording Sound
Press the shutter release button
Playback starts Total file recording time Playback time
Playing Back Sound
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Adding a Voice Memo to Images
Recording a Voice Memo
Use the four-way controller 2345 to select \Voice Memo
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Playing Back a Voice Memo
Appears on images with voice memos in single-image display
Playback stops To Delete the Sound from an Image 1p.147
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Settings
Format screen appears
Camera Settings
Formatting an SD Memory Card
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Format
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Sound
Changing the Sound Settings
Change Playback Volume in the same way as in Steps 4
To Change the Operation Volume/Playback Volume
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Changing the Date and Time
Use the four-way controller 23 to select the sound type
To Change the Sound Type
191
Use the four-way controller 23 to choose the date format
192
Change the time in the same way as in Steps 8 to
World Time screen appears
Setting the World Time
Use the four-way controller 23 to select X Destination
To Set the Destination
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Use the four-way controller 23 to select Select Time
Use the four-way controller 45 to select O On or P Off
To Display the Time of the Destination Select Time
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Language
Are displayed in a mode
Changing the Display Language
Use the four-way controller 23 to select X or W
196
Changing the Naming System of the Folder
Menus and messages are displayed in the selected language
Taken with the folder
197
Changing the Video Output Format
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Folder Name
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Pentx or Date
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Eye-Fi
Setting the Eye-Fi Communication
198
Dark Normal Bright
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
199
Choose from 2min., 1min., 30sec., 15sec., 5sec. or Off
Using the Power Saving Function
200
To select the time until the camera
Setting the Auto Power Off Function
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Auto Power
Off Press the four-way controller
Image selection screen appears
Changing the Start-up Screen
Q mode, press the four-way controller
To select Start-up Screen
203
Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor Pixel Mapping
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Pixel Mapping
Pixel Mapping screen appears
204
Resetting to Default Settings Reset
Use the four-way controller 23 to select Reset
Reset screen appears
Connecting to a Computer
206
Setting Up Your Computer
Provided Software
System Requirements
207
Windows
Macintosh
Computer
208
Installing the Software
If the installation screen appears, go to Step
Installation screen appears
Click MediaImpression 2.0 for
Installation is complete Reboot your computer
Select the file format to use and click Next
Click Finish
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Click Exit on the installation screen
Click Close
Product Registration on the Internet
211
Setting the USB Connection Mode
Turn your camera on Press the 3 button in Q mode
Use the four-way controller 23 to select MSC
PTP Picture Transfer Protocol
MSC Mass Storage Class and PTP Picture Transfer Protocol
212
Turn your camera on
Connecting to Your Computer
Connecting the Camera and the Computer
Connect your camera to the computer using the USB cable
Import screen appears. For subsequent steps, go to on p.215
When the AutoPlay screen does not appear
Transferring Images
Click Import
Select an image to import
Click Import media files to local disk
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Stop a Hardware device screen Appears
Disconnecting the Camera from Your Computer
Select USB Mass Storage Device and click Stop
Safely Remove Hardware screen appears
Disconnect the USB cable from your Macintosh and the camera
Starting MediaImpression 2.0 for Pentax
Select USB Mass Storage Device and click OK
Drag no Name on the desktop to the trash
Images are displayed
Click All Media
Select and double-click an image you wish to view
Media Browser screen appears
Explanation is displayed
Details on How to Use MediaImpression 2.0 for
Click the desired topic
Help screen appears in the web browser
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Transferring Images Using an Eye-Fi Card
222
Appendix
Can be set × Cannot be set
Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode
224
C Q
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226
Messages
Data being processed
227
Problem Cause Remedy
Troubleshooting
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229
a Rec. Mode Menu Items
Default Settings
Last Memory Setting
Reset Setting
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232
W Setting Menu Items
233
Playback Mode Palette Items
234
Key Operation
235
List of World Time Cities
Genuine leather strap
Optional Accessories
AC adapter kit K-AC92
ST81 Waterproof strap Camera case CC81
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Main Specifications
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Shooting Modes
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Digital Filters
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241
Procedure During 12-month Warranty Period
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243
For customers in USA
For customers in Canada
Pour les utilisateurs au Canada
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Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals
245
Memo
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Index
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Guide indications
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250
Memo
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