Pentax 17472 manual

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    Digi tal C amer a Operating Manual To ensu re the best pe rformance from your c amera , plea se re ad the Opera ting Manual before using the camera. • Specifi cations and ext ernal dimensio ns are subject to cha nge without notice. 53454 Copyright © HOYA CORPOR ATION 2009 H01-200902 Pri nted in China HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Imag ing Systems Divi[...]

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    Memo Thank y ou for purchasin g this PENTAX Di gital Came ra. Please rea d this manua l before using the camera in order to get the m ost out of al l the feat ures and fun ctions. Keep this manua l safe, as i t can be a valu abl e tool in hel ping y ou to u nders tand all th e cam era ca pabil itie s. Reg ardin g copy rig hts Images taken using the[...]

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    1 To users of this camera • There is a possibil ity that recor ded data may be erased or that the camera m ay not function co rrectly when used in surroundings su ch as install ations gener ating stron g electroma gnetic radiat ion or magne tic fields. • The liqui d cr ystal panel used in the displ ay is manuf actur ed usi ng extreme ly high pr[...]

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    2 • Wrapp ing the str ap of the cam era around yo ur neck is also danger ous. Please take care tha t small childre n do not hang the strap arou nd their necks. • If the camera em its sm oke or a str ange sm ell, or in the event of an y other irregul arity, stop usin g the camera imme diately , remove the ba tteries and contac t your neare st PE[...]

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    3 • AA alk aline and AA lith ium batterie s cannot be rec harged. D o not try to take the ba tteries apart. The b atteries may ru pture or leak if y ou try to charge them or tak e them apart. • Do not remove the external seal of the batte ry. If the seal is removed, the battery may shor t and may caus e a fire, ruptur e, leak or hea t. • Whe [...]

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    4 • When travel ing, t ake th e Worldwi de Servi ce Net work l istin g that i s includ ed in the pack age. This w ill be useful if yo u experienc e problem s abroad. • Whe n the camera has not been use d for a long time, co nfirm that it is still worki ng pr operly , part icul arly pr ior to taking import ant pi ctures (such as at a we dding or[...]

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    5 • If the cam era is subj ected to rap id temperat ure chan ges, conden sation may fo rm on the inside a nd outsi de of the cam era. Therefo re put the camer a in a bag or pla stic bag, and t ake the ca mera out whe n the differenc e in temper ature has su bsided. • Be careful n ot to allow dir t, mud, sand, dust , water, toxic ga ses or salt [...]

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    6 USING YOUR CA MERA SAFELY....... ....... ........ ......... ...... ........ ....... 1 Care to be Taken During Handling ....................... ............................ 4 Contents .. ......... ...... ........ ......... ...... ......... ...... ........ ....... ........ ........ ..... 6 Composition of the O perating Manual ................ .....[...]

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    7 Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode) .............................................................. ......... 68 Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode) .......................... 6 9 Using the Zoom ...... ........ ....... ........ ......... ...... ........ ....... ........ ........ ... 71 Using Pixel Tr ack SR .... ......[...]

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    8 Playing Back Favorite Images ...................................................... 119 Deleting Fav orite Images....... ........ ...... ......... ........ ....... ........ ........ . 121 Deletin g Images ........ ...... ......... ........ ...... ......... ...... ........ ......... ...... ..... 124 Deleting a Single I mage . ......... ........ ..[...]

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    9 Connecti ng with Comput ers 173 Prepar ations ... ....... ........ ...... ......... ...... ......... ...... ........ ......... ...... ........ . 174 Supplied Software ...................................... .................................. 174 System Requirements .................................................................. 175 Install ing [...]

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    10 In this ma nual, the metho d for operating th e four-way co ntroller is sho wn in illus trations, such as in the one below. The mean ings of t he symbols us ed in thi s Operating Manual are explain ed below. 1 indicat es the reference pa ge number for an expla nation of the related ope ration. indicat es informati on that is useful to know. indi[...]

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    11 g This Op erating M anual contai ns the follo wing chapt ers. Composition of the Operating Manual 1 Getting Sta rted ––––– –––––––––––– –––––––– ––––––––––– ––––– This chapter explains what you need to do after purch asing the camer a before you start taking pictur[...]

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    12 Camera Features In addition to basic pictur e-taking, the Optio E70 has a variety of shooting modes to suit different situations. This section describes how to make the most of the key features of your camera. Together with the explanations of camera operations, it wil l enable you to enjoy your came ra to the full. The Opt io E70 has a shake re[...]

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    13 When you ta ke a pi ctur e with t he Opt io E70, you can choose from a wide ran ge of fun frame s to c reate attra ctiv e fram ed shots (p.81). Yo u can also add frames t o pi ctur es y ou have tak en a nd ad jus t t he position of the subject in the picture or reduce or enlarge t he picture size to match the frame sha pe and size. Now you no lo[...]

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    14 With t he Optio E70, you can d isplay reco rded images by date in calendar format (p. 109). This lets you qu ickly find the image yo u want to play back. The Optio E70 has a var iety of function s to let you enjoy playin g back and edit ing i mages with out having to connect the camer a to your computer and tr ansfer the images fir st. Th e came[...]

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    15 Items marke d with an aste risk (*) are als o available as optional ac cessories. For other optional accessories, refer to “Optional Accessories” (p.209). Checking t he Contents of the Package Camera Opti o E7 0 Strap O-ST51 (*) Software (CD-ROM) S-SW87 USB cable I-US B7 (* ) AV cable I-AVC7 (*) Two AA alkaline batteries Operating Manual (th[...]

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    16 Front Back Names of Parts Self timer lamp Microphone Lens Speaker Flash Battery/Card cover Tripod socke t PC/AV terminal Display Power switch Shutter release b utton Strap lug e_kb477.book P age 16 Thurs day, November 20, 2 008 4:21 P M[...]

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    17 Names of Operating Parts Refer to “Understanding the Button Functions” (p.46 - p.50) for an explanation of the function of each button. Shutter release but ton 4 / W button Four-way controller Q button Zoom/ w / x / f / y button Green/ i button 3 button Power s witch I button e_kb477.book P age 17 Thurs day, November 20, 2 008 4:21 P M[...]

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    18 The disp lay sho ws information such as the camera settings in t he capture m ode. The disp lay changes in the fol lowing se quence each time you pre ss the 4 / W button : Normal Displa y, Detailed Dis play, No Info . Monitor Indications Display i n A Mode • T o prevent camera shake, use a tr ipod and/or the self-timer funct ion (p.83). • W [...]

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    19 Normal Display in Still Picture Capture Mode * 3 indi cate s the st atus of Pixel Trac k SR. : Appears w hen Pixel Track SR is set to Aut o and the shu tter release bu tton is pr essed halfwa y. l : Always app ears when the Pi xel Track SR i s set to Off. * 4 and 5 a ppear o nly whe n the sh utter relea se butto n is pre ssed halfw ay. * As to 8[...]

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    20 Detailed Disp lay/No Info Display in Still Picture Ca pture Mode A1 to A14 a nd B1 appea r when “Detai led Display” i s selected . Only B1 appears when “No In fo” is select ed. * A3 indicates the s tatus of Pixe l Track SR. : Appears w hen Pixel Track SR is set to Aut o and the shu tter release bu tton is pr essed halfwa y. l : Always ap[...]

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    21 The disp lay sho ws the shootin g informat ion of the im age in Q mode. The disp lay changes in the fol lowing se quence each time you pre ss the 4 / W button : Normal Displa y, Detailed Dis play, No Info . Display i n Q Mode OK OK OK 14:25 1 4 : 2 5 14:25 100 1 0 0 - 0026 0 0 2 6 100 - 0026 F3.5 F 3 . 5 1/250 1 / 2 5 0 F3.5 1/250 0 2 / 0 2 / 2 [...]

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    22 Normal Disp lay/ Detai l ed Disp lay i n Sti ll P ict ure Pl aybac k Mode (All of the display items are displayed here for explan atory purposes.) The disp lay shows information such as th e shooting c onditions. A1 to A10 appea r when “ Normal Display ” or “ Det ailed Disp lay” is sele cted. B1 to B4 appe ar only when “ Deta iled Di s[...]

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    23 A guide fo r each avail able butto n operation a ppears as fol lows on th e display during o peration. Guide Indicatio ns Four-way cont roller ( 2 ) 2 Zoom bu tto n Four-way cont roller ( 3 ) 3 4 / W button Four-way cont roller ( 4 ) 4 Shutte r release butto n Four-way cont roller ( 5 ) 5 Green / i button X , i 3 button I butt on I , J OK SHUTTE[...]

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    1 Getting Started Attaching th e Strap .................. ................. 26 Powering the Camera .............. .............. ... 27 Installing the SD Memory Card ................ 32 Turning the Camera On and Off .............. 36 Initial Se ttings ................ .............. ............. 38 e_kb477.book P age 25 Thurs day, November 20, 2 0[...]

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    26 1 Getting Started Attaching the Strap Attach the strap (O-S T51) supplied with the cam era. 1 Pass the narrow end of the strap through the strap lug. 2 Pass the other end of the s trap through the loop and pull tight. 2 1 e_kb477.book P age 26 Thurs day, November 20, 2 008 4:21 P M[...]

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    27 1 Getting Started Poweri ng the Camera Install the batterie s into the cam era. Use two AA alk aline, AA lith ium or AA Ni-MH batteries. 1 Open t he battery /card cov er. Slide the battery/car d cover in th e direction 1 . The cover will autom atically open i n the direc tion 2 when you re lease yo ur fingers from it. 2 Insert the batter ies, ma[...]

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    28 1 Getting Started • A A alkaline and AA lithium batteries are not rechargeable. • Do not open the bat tery/card cover or r emove the batte ries while the camera is turned on. • I f you do not intend to use the camera for a long time, remove the batteries. If the batteries are left in the c amera for a long time, they may leak. • I f the [...]

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    29 1 Getting Started Image Stor age Capacit y, Movie Recordin g Time, and Playback Time (at 23 ° C with the dis play on and the battery fully charge d) *1 Recor ding ca pacity sh ows app roxim ate num ber of shots re corded d uring CIPA-co mpliant test ing (with di splay on, fla sh used for 50 % of the sho ts, and 23 de grees cen tigrade) . Actual[...]

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    30 1 Getting Started Use of the AC adapter k it K-AC62 (optiona l) with a ho usehold powe r supply is recommende d if you intend to use the camera f or a long ti me or conne ct it to a c omputer. 1 Conn ect t he DC te rmin al of t he AC ad apter to the DC input terminal of the DC coupler. 2 Make su re that the c amera is t urned off an d open th e [...]

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    31 1 Getting Started 4 Open the DC coupler cable cover, pass the DC coupler cable through th e opening, and close the battery/card cover. Slide the battery/car d cover in the opp osite direc tion of 1 . Slide the battery/ card cov er all the way i n to make sur e it is securel y closed . 5 Connect t he AC plu g cord to th e AC adapt er. 6 Plug the [...]

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    32 1 Getting Started Instal ling the SD Memory Card This camera uses either an SD Memory Card or an SDHC Me mory Card. (Both card s are referred to as SD Memory Cards herea fter.) Captured images are saved on the SD Memory Card if a card is insert ed in the camera. They are saved in the bui lt-in memory if a card is no t inserted (p.36). • Be su [...]

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    33 1 Getting Started 1 Open t he battery /card cov er. Slide the battery/car d cover in th e direction 1 . The cover will autom atically open i n the direc tion 2 when you re lease yo ur fingers from it. 2 Insert the SD Me mory Card into the SD Me mory Card socket so that the la bel is facin g toward t he disp lay. Push the card in u ntil it clic[...]

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    34 1 Getting Started Precautio ns When Using an SD Memory Card • T he SD Memory Card is equipped with a write- protect switch. S etting the switch to LOCK prevents new data from being recorded on the card, the stored data from being delet e d, and the card from being formatted by the camera or computer. r appears on t he display when the car d is[...]

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    35 1 Getting Started The siz es of the reco rded images differ dep ending on the number of recorded pixels of th e images, so th e number of i mages that wi ll be saved o n an SD Memory C ard also dif fers. Choose the ap propriate nu mber of recorded pix els for still picture s on the [ A Rec.M ode] menu. Choos e the appropriate nu mber of recorded[...]

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    36 1 Getting Started Turning the Camera On and Off 1 Press t he power switch. The came ra turns on a nd the display turns on. When you turn the camera on, the lens cove r opens and the lens extend s. If the [Langu age/ ] screen or [D ate Adjust] sc reen appea rs when you tu rn the ca mera on, follo w the pr ocedur e on p. 38 to set the d isplay lan[...]

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    37 1 Getting Started Use th is mode wh en you wan t to play bac k an image straighta way without tak ing any mo re pictures. 1 Press the power switch while holding down the Q button. The disp lay turns on with the lens re tracted an d the camer a turns on in the play back mod e. If the batteries have been remov ed from the camera for a long t ime, [...]

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    38 1 Getting Started Initia l Settings The [Lan guage/ ] s creen appea rs when the camera is turn ed on for the first time. Perfor m the operatio ns in “Sett ing the Displ ay Language ” below to set the lan guage, and in “Setting the D ate and Tim e” (p.42) to set the c urrent date an d time. 1 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to choose[...]

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    39 1 Getting Started 2 Press t he 4 button. The [Initi al Setting] scr een appear s in the selected languag e. If the d esired setti ngs for [Hom etown] and [ DST] (Dayligh t Saving Time) appear, p ress the 4 button agai n to display the [Date Adjust] screen. Go to “Setting the Dat e and Time ” (p.42). Go to Step 3 in “To Set Hometown and DST[...]

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    40 1 Getting Started If you accident ally select another language and g o to the next procedu re, perform the fo llowing operation to set the language back. When Ano ther La nguage Has B een Inadv ertently Selected 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to se lect the language and press the 4 but ton. The [[...]

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    41 1 Getting Started 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The frame moves to [Ho metown ]. 4 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). The [Hom etown] scr een appear s. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to choose the city. 6 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The fram e mo ves to [DST] (Daylig ht Saving Time). 7 Use the four-way controll[...]

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    42 1 Getting Started Set the cu rrent date a nd time and the display style. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). Th e fram e mo ve s to [m m/ dd/y y]. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choo se the date an d time display st yle. Choose from [mm/ dd/yy], [dd/mm/y y] or [yy/mm /dd]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). The frame moves [...]

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    43 1 Getting Started 8 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the month. Change the day a nd yea r in the same manner . Next, ch ange the tim e. If you sel ected [12h] in St ep 4, the setting switch es betwee n am and pm corres ponding t o the time. 9 Press t he 4 button. The setti ng is saved and the came ra returns to capture sta tus. [Lang[...]

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    2 Common Operations Understanding the Button Functions ..... 46 Setting the Came ra Functions .... ............. 52 e_kb477.book P age 45 Thurs day, November 20, 2 008 4:21 P M[...]

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    46 2 Common Operati ons Understanding the Button Function s 1 Power sw itch Turns the ca mera on a nd off (p.36). 2 Shutter rel ease button Focuses the camera on the subjec t when pressed halfway in Still Picture Ca pture Mode (except in 3 an d s mode s) (p.6 1). Takes th e still picture w hen pres sed down fu lly (p.61). Starts and stops movie r e[...]

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    47 2 Common Operati ons 6 Four-way con troller ( 2 ) Change s the drive mo de (p.83, p. 84). ( 3 ) Displays t he Captur e Mode Palett e (p.63). ( 4 ) Change s the flash mode (p.89 ). ( 5 ) Change s the focus m ode (p.9 1). 7 4 / W button Chang es the inform ation on th e display ( p.18). 8 Green button Switches to t he 9 (Green) mode (p.69). 9 3 bu[...]

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    48 2 Common Operati ons 1 Power sw itch Turns the ca mera on a nd off (p.36). 2 Shutter rel ease button Switches to A mode ( p.50). 3 Zoom/ f / y button Press f du ring si ngle-imag e display to ch ange t o four-im age disp lay, and pres s f again to chan ge to nine -image disp lay. Retur ns to the previous display when y is p ressed (p.108). Enlar[...]

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    49 2 Common Operati ons 5 I button Zooms in on the subje ct’s faces in the face-reco gnized image in the order the fac es we re recogn ized w hen the pictur e was t aken. (Face close-up playb ack) (p.117 ) . 6 Four-way con troller ( 2 ) Plays back and pa uses a mov ie (p.1 07). ( 3 ) Dis plays the Playbac k Mode Pa lette (p. 112). Stop s a movie [...]

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    50 2 Common Operati ons Chang es to nine-im age disp lay of the se lected fold er during fol der display ( p.109). Chang es to nine-im age disp lay of the sele cted date du ring calen dar display ( p.109). In th is manu al, the captu re mod e, such as for tak ing still p ictures, is referred to as “ A mode” (the c apt ure mode ). The p lay back[...]

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    51 2 Common Operati ons Displaying data stored in the built-in memory When an SD Memory C ard is insert ed in the cam era, images an d movies o n the SD Memory Card are displayed . If you want to display images and movies i n the built-in memory, turn the camera off a nd remove the SD Memo ry Card, or fol low the proc edure below to use the “Buil[...]

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    52 2 Common Operati ons Setting the Camera Fun ctions To chang e the camera settings, pr ess the 3 b utton to displ ay the [ A Rec.M ode] menu or [ W Setting] men u. Menus for pla ying back a nd editing images a re displaye d from the Play back Mo de Palette. Press t he 3 button in A mode to displa y the [ A Rec.Mode] me nu. Press t he 3 button in [...]

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    53 2 Common Operati ons Available button operations a ppear on the display during menu operation. MENU SHUTTER MENU MENU OK MENU Exit 38 3 8 38 14:25 14:25 14:25 14:25 1 4 : 2 5 14:25 100 1 0 0 - 0038 0038 100 - 0038 38 3 8 38 14:25 14:25 14:25 14:25 1 4 : 2 5 14:25 100 1 0 0 - 0038 0038 100 - 0038 Rec.Mode MENU Exit MENU Exit 1/2 Rec.Mode 1/2 Sett[...]

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    54 2 Common Operati ons Ex.) To set th e [Focusing Area] o n the [ A Rec.Mode ] menu 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The fram e mo ves to [Pixel T rack SR ]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The f rame moves to [Foc using A rea]. 4 Press t he four-w ay contr oller[...]

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    55 2 Common Operati ons 6 Press t he shutter release button half way. The setti ng is saved and the came ra returns to capture sta tus. When th e shutter rel ease button is pressed f ully, the pict ure is taken . 6 Press t he Q button. When t he [ A Rec.Mo de] menu is display ed from A mode , the set ting is sav ed and th e camera r eturn s to play[...]

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    56 2 Common Operati ons This dis plays the i tems that ca n be set with the me nus and prov ides descrip tions of each item . See the list of d efault setti ngs in the Appendi x “Defaul t Settings” (p.203 ) to decide wh ether you want th e settings sa ved when th e camera is turn ed off and w hether you wan t the settings returned to the defaul[...]

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    57 2 Common Operati ons [ W Setting] Menu Item Descri ption Page Sound For adju sting the op eration vo lume and play back volume, and setting the start-up sound, shu tter sound, key operat ion sound and self-time r sound p.157 Date Ad just For adju sting the date and time p.158 World Time For setting the Hometown and Destination p .16 1 Language /[...]

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    3 Taking Pictures Taking Still Pictures ................. .............. ... 60 Setting the Shooting Functions ............ ... 89 Recording Movie s .................... .............. ... 99 Saving the Settings (M emory) ............... 103 e_kb477.book P age 59 Thurs day, November 20, 2 008 4:21 P M[...]

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    60 3 Taking Picture s Taking Still P ictur es The Opti o E70 features a wide rang e of shooting modes and functions to suit alm ost any subject or sc ene. This chap ter describes ho w to take pictur es with the m ost common ly used sta ndard setting s (the ini tial factor y default se ttings). 1 Press t he power switch. The cam era turns on and is [...]

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    61 3 Taking Picture s 3 Press t he shutter release button halfway. The foc us frame (or face rec ognition frame) on the display turns g reen w hen t he came ra foc uses on the su bjec t at th e corr ect distance . 4 Press t he shutter release button fu lly. The pictur e is taken. The flash di scharg es automati cally depe nding on the li ght condit[...]

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    62 3 Taking Picture s Press ful ly This refers to pressing th e shutter releas e button all th e way down to the fully de pressed pos ition. This t akes a p icture. Poor focusing cond itions The camera may not be able to focus u nder the following conditions. In these cases, lock the focus on an object the same distance away as the subject (by pres[...]

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    63 3 Taking Picture s The Op tio E 70 ha s a var iety of sho otin g mode s that let you ta ke pic ture s or record movies in d ifferent situa tions si mply by ch oosing the appropria te mode for th e particular s ituation from the Capture Mo de Palette. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appears. 2 Use t[...]

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    64 3 Taking Picture s There are 18 availa ble shootin g modes. Shoo ting Mode Description Page b Auto Pictu re Automat ically selects the best capture mode. p.67 R Progr am Used for basic shoot ing. Various func tions can also be set with t his mode. p.68 A Night Sce ne For night time imag es. Use of a tripod or other support is sugg ested. p.74 B [...]

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    65 3 Taking Picture s With the O ptio E70, the Face Reco gnition funct ion is avai lable with all shooting modes. When t he camera detect s a person’s f ace in the image, the Face Recogn ition function displays a yellow face recogn ition frame arou nd the face on the di splay scre en, sets t he focus (Face Reco gnit ion AF) and co mpensa tes t he[...]

  • Page 68

    66 3 Taking Picture s By defaul t, the Face Recogniti on function is set to Face Prio rity On. The Face R ecognition f unction i s switche d as follow s each tim e the I button is pr essed: Smil e Capt ure ´ Face Priority O ff ´ Face Priority On An icon i ndicating e ither Face Priority On or Smile Capture a ppears on the disp lay. (The icon does[...]

  • Page 69

    67 3 Taking Picture s In b (Auto Picture) mode , the camera automatical ly selects the most appropria te mode dependi ng on the situations and su bjects. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to se lect b . 3 Press t he 4 button. The b (A uto Picture) m ode is[...]

  • Page 70

    68 3 Taking Picture s 5 Press t he shutter release button fu lly. The pictur e is taken. In R (Progr am) mode, th e camera a utomaticall y sets the shutter spe ed and apert ure for taki ng still pic tures. How ever, you c an select ot her funct ions such a s the flash mode and rec orded pixels . 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. [...]

  • Page 71

    69 3 Taking Picture s 3 Press t he 4 button. The R (P rogram) mod e is selected an d the camer a return s to capt ure status . When t he cam era r ecogni zes a f ace, the Face Recogn iti on fun ction i s ac tivat ed and the face re cognitio n frame app ears (p.63 ). 4 Set the funct ions you want to change. Refer to “S etting the Shooting Function[...]

  • Page 72

    70 3 Taking Picture s 1 Press the Gr een button in A mode. The came ra switc hes to 9 mo de. Press the Green button aga in to return t o the status befor e 9 mode was select ed. When t he cam era r ecogni zes a f ace, the Face Recogn iti on fun ction i s ac tivat ed and the face re cognitio n frame app ears (p.65 ). 2 Press t he shutter release but[...]

  • Page 73

    71 3 Taking Picture s You can u se the zoom to change th e captured area. 1 Press the Zoom/ w / x button in A mode. x (Right) enlarge s the subj ect. w (Left) widens th e area that is capt ured by th e camera . When y ou pres s and h old th e x button, the camer a automat ically sw itches from optical zoom to int elligent zoom. Once the bu tton is [...]

  • Page 74

    72 3 Taking Picture s Recorded pix els and the max imum zoom ratio The digi tal zoom is set to O (On) in th e default se ttings. To ta ke pictur es using onl y the optical zoo m and Intellige nt Zoom, set the digi tal zoom to P (Off). 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o s elect[...]

  • Page 75

    73 3 Taking Picture s 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select O (On) or P (Off). The setti ng is saved. 4 Press t he 3 button. The c amera r etur ns to captur e stat us. In P (Pixel Track SR) mode , you can com pensate for c amera shake while you ar e shooting a still image. Pixe l Track SR is set to [Auto ] in the default s ettings. 1 Press[...]

  • Page 76

    74 3 Taking Picture s You can choose s ettings app ropriate for t aking pict ures of d ark scenes, such as nightsc apes. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appears. Pixel Track S R is not avail able under the following conditions: -i n p (Frame Com posite), F (Digital Panorama) or o (Half-length Portrait[...]

  • Page 77

    75 3 Taking Picture s 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to se lect A , B , c or K . 3 Press t he 4 button. The shoot ing mode i s selected and the camer a returns to ca pture status. When t he cam era recogn izes a fac e, the Fa ce Reco gnition function i s activat ed and the fac e recognit ion frame app ears (p.65 ). 4 Press t he shutter rele[...]

  • Page 78

    76 3 Taking Picture s o (Half -length Portr ait) and P (Po rtrait) mod es are suitable for taking pic tures of pe ople. Face Recogni ti on (p .65) op era tes for eac h shoot ing mod e, makin g it easie r to emphas ize the su bject’s fac e when ta king pic tures. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appea[...]

  • Page 79

    77 3 Taking Picture s 3 Press t he shutter release button half way. The foc us frame on the disp lay turns green wh en the ca mera foc uses on the sub ject at the cor rect distan ce. If the cam era recogn izes a per son's face in o mode, the ca mera autom atically zo oms in to enl arge the are a in the oran ge frame sh own in Step 2. 4 Press t[...]

  • Page 80

    78 3 Taking Picture s 4 Press t he shutter release button half way. The foc us frame on the disp lay turns green wh en the ca mera foc uses on the sub ject at the cor rect distan ce. 5 Press t he shutter release button fu lly. The pictur e is taken. Use this mode to k eep your mo ving pet in fo cus while y ou take th e pictur e and capture the colo[...]

  • Page 81

    79 3 Taking Picture s 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select Y , Z , Z , a , b or b . There are two types of icon s: a cat and do g icon. Ch oosing eithe r the cat or do g icon does n ot affe ct the resultin g pictur e. Cho ose whi chever you pref er. Choos e an icon (wh ite, gray, or blac k) whose tone bes t matches y our pet’s coat or f[...]

  • Page 82

    80 3 Taking Picture s 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appears. 2 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 2345 ) to se lect Q or . 3 Press t he 4 button. The shoot ing mode i s selected and the camer a return s to capt ure status . When t he cam era r ecogni zes a f ace, the Face Recogn iti on fun ction i s [...]

  • Page 83

    81 3 Taking Picture s In p (Frame C omposi te) mo de, yo u can ta ke pict ures usin g the f rames stored in the camera. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to se lect p and press th e 4 button. A 9-fram e display of th e frame selec tion scree n appears . 3 [...]

  • Page 84

    82 3 Taking Picture s 5 Press t he 4 button. The frame appears on the displa y. When t he cam era r ecogni zes a f ace, the Face Recogn iti on fun ction i s ac tivat ed and the face re cognitio n frame app ears (p.65 ). 6 Press t he shutter release button half way. The foc us frame on the disp lay turns green wh en the ca mera foc uses on the sub j[...]

  • Page 85

    83 3 Taking Picture s In Self-tim er mode, the p icture is taken ten seconds or two seconds afte r the sh utte r rel ease b utto n is pr essed. Stabilize the camera with a tripod when taking a picture with the self- timer. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 2 ) in A mo de. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 453 ) to sel ect g or Z and press the 4 bu[...]

  • Page 86

    84 3 Taking Picture s In this m ode, picture s are taken c ontinuously a s long as th e shutter release butt on is pressed. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 2 ) in A mo de. Focusing m ay be comprom ised if you m ove the came ra while the self- timer lamp is blinking when taking still pi cture s. •I n C (Movie) mode, recor ding will start afte[...]

  • Page 87

    85 3 Taking Picture s 2 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select j and press the 4 button. The came ra is rea dy to take a ser ies of pic tures . 3 Press t he shutter release button half way. The foc us frame on the disp lay turns green wh en the ca mera foc uses on the sub ject at the cor rect distan ce. 4 Press t he shutter release button fu [...]

  • Page 88

    86 3 Taking Picture s In F (Dig ital Panorama ) mode, you c an stitch two or three ca ptured frames to create a pan oramic photo graph with the c amera. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to se lect F . 3 Press t he 4 button. The came ra enters the F mode a[...]

  • Page 89

    87 3 Taking Picture s 5 Press t he shutter release button half way. The foc us frame on the disp lay turns green wh en the ca mera foc uses on the sub ject at the cor rect distan ce. 6 Press t he shutter release button fu lly. The scre en for tak ing the sec ond fram e is displaye d after yo u take t he first f rame. If you selec t right ( 5 ) in S[...]

  • Page 90

    88 3 Taking Picture s 1 After shooting the first frame in Step 6 or second fr ame in Step 7, press the 4 button or the four-wa y controlle r ( 3 ). A confirmat ion dialog ap pears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select an option and press the 4 button. Save: Saves t he captured image(s) and you ca n retake the first frame. When this o ptio[...]

  • Page 91

    89 3 Taking Picture s Setting the Shooting F unctions Selecting the Fla sh Mode , Auto The fl ash discharges aut omatically depend ing on the light conditi ons. a Flash Of f The flash doe s not discharge, regardless of the brightnes s. Use this mode to take pictures wh ere flash photograp hy is pr ohibite d. b Flash On The flash dis charges regardl[...]

  • Page 92

    90 3 Taking Picture s 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 4 ) in A mode. The flash m ode chang es each tim e the button i s presse d. You can al so chang e the set ting us ing the f our-w ay contr olle r ( 23 ). 2 Press t he 4 button. The setti ng is saved and the came ra returns to capture sta tus. About the red-e ye phenomenon Taking pictures us[...]

  • Page 93

    91 3 Taking Picture s 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ) in A mode. The focu s mode cha nges each t ime the button i s presse d. You can al so chang e the set ting us ing the f our-w ay contr olle r ( 23 ). 2 Press t he 4 button. The setti ng is saved and the came ra returns to capture sta tus. Selecting the Focus Mode = Standard Use this mod[...]

  • Page 94

    92 3 Taking Picture s You can c hange the au tofocus ar ea (Focusin g Area). 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o sele ct [Focusing Area]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the Focu sing Area sett[...]

  • Page 95

    93 3 Taking Picture s You ca n choo se from seven r ecorde d pixe ls set tings for sti ll pic tures. The lar ger your recorded pixels , the clearer the details will appe ar when you print yo ur picture. As th e quality of the prin ted picture al so depends on the ima ge quality, expo sure control, re solution of the printer and othe r factor s, you[...]

  • Page 96

    94 3 Taking Picture s 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Reco rded Pixels]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the number of r ecorded pixels. 5 Press t he 4 button. The setti ng is saved.[...]

  • Page 97

    95 3 Taking Picture s You can a djust the overall brig htness of the picture. Use th is function to take pictu res that ar e intentio nally overexpo sed or under exposed. 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o s elect [EV Compensati on]. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to sel[...]

  • Page 98

    96 3 Taking Picture s You can s elect the s ensitivity to suit the bri ghtness of t he surroundin gs. 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Sensitivity]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change th[...]

  • Page 99

    97 3 Taking Picture s This sp ecifies wh ether Blink Det ection work s when yo u use the Fac e Reco gnit ion fu nctio n. 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o s elect [Blink Detection]. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select O (On) or P (Off). The setti ng is saved. O (On[...]

  • Page 100

    98 3 Taking Picture s You can ch oose whethe r to imprint the da te and/or time w hen taking s till pictur es. 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Dat e Imprint]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to sel[...]

  • Page 101

    99 3 Taking Picture s Recording Movies This m ode en ables you to reco rd movi es. Soun d is record ed at t he same t ime. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in A mo de. The Cap ture Mode Pal ette appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select C (Movie). 3 Press t he 4 button. C (Movie) mo de is selec ted and the c amera r eturns t[...]

  • Page 102

    100 3 Taking Picture s 4 Press t he shutter release button fu lly. Recordi ng starts. You can continue r ecording until the built-in me mory or the SD Memor y Card is full, or the size of th e recorded movie reaches 2 GB. 5 Press t he shutter release button fu lly. Recording stops. If you ke ep the sh utter release b utton presse d for more th an o[...]

  • Page 103

    101 3 Taking Picture s You can cho ose from four record ed pixels setti ngs for movies : s , t , u and v . The more p ixels there are , the clearer the details and th e bigger the file size. 3 0fps will give s moother movies than 15fps, but file s ize will increas e. The def ault set ting is s (640×480 30fps). 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [...]

  • Page 104

    102 3 Taking Picture s In C (Movie) mode, y ou can com pensate for c amera shake while you are r ecor ding a movie w ith th e Movi e SR (M ovie S hake R educ tion) funct ion. 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o s elect [Movie]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). The [Mov[...]

  • Page 105

    103 3 Taking Picture s Saving the Settings (Memory) The Mem ory function is for saving th e current camera settings when the camera is turned off. For some ca mera settings , the Memory fun ction is always set to O (On) (the setti ngs are saved when the ca mera is turne d off), while for others you can choose on or off (to ch oose whether th e sett[...]

  • Page 106

    104 3 Taking Picture s 1 Press t he 3 button in A mode. The [ A Rec.Mo de] men u appears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Memor y]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). The [Me mory] scree n appears . 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choose an item. 5 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) t o se lec t O (On) or P (Off). 6 [...]

  • Page 107

    4 Playing Back and Deleting Images Playing Back Images .......... .............. ...... 106 Deleting Ima ges ............. ................... ...... 124 Connecting the Camera to AV Equipment .............. .............. ................... .............. ...... 130 e_kb477.book P age 105 Thu rsday, November 20, 2008 4:21 PM[...]

  • Page 108

    106 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Playing Back Images 1 Press the Q button a fter taking a picture. The came ra enters the Q mode an d the image app ears on th e display. Displaying one image in fu ll in Q mode ( Q mode default settin g) is ca lled sing le-imag e display. 2 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 45 ). The previo us or next image[...]

  • Page 109

    107 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges You ca n play ba ck th e movie s you have tak en. Soun d is pl ayed ba ck at the sam e time. 1 Enter the Q mode and use the four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choose the movie you want to play back. 2 Press t he four-w ay control ler ( 2 ). Playbac k starts. The following operat ions can be perform ed during pla[...]

  • Page 110

    108 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). Playbac k stops. You can d isplay four or nine thu mbnails of ca ptured ima ges at a tim e. 1 In Q mode, press f on the Zoom/ f / y button. A page cons isting of fo ur thumbna il images ap pears. The disp layed images c hange fou r at a time pa ge by page . Press f a[...]

  • Page 111

    109 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges choose i mage 2 and pres s the four- way contr oller ( 35 ), the next page appe ars. The icon s that appear on the images indicate the following: (No icon ) Still pictur e C Movie (the first frame ap pears) Press the 4 bu tton or the 3 button to switch to single-image display of the select ed image. Press th[...]

  • Page 112

    110 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Press y on the Zoom / f / y button to display the images for a date in nine-im age displ ay. Select a dat e and pres s the 4 button to switch to single- image display of the first ima ge recorded on that date . • P ress the 3 button in folder display or calendar d isplay to switch to nine-image display. ?[...]

  • Page 113

    111 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Press the four-way controlle r ( 3 ) in Q mode to d isplay the Playback Mode Pal ette. You can d isplay t he playback function y ou want to u se simply by using the four-w ay controller ( 2345 ) to choos e an icon an d pressing the 4 button. Using the Playback Function When an icon is selected in the Playbac[...]

  • Page 114

    112 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Playback M ode Palette Playbac k Mode Description Page u Slid eshow For continuously playing bac k images. Scr een or sound effects c an be set. p.113 n Resize Changes Record ed Pixels and Quality Level to make the file size sma ller. p.134 o Cropping For c ropping images to the siz e you like. Saved as a ne[...]

  • Page 115

    113 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges You can p lay back re corded imag es one after a nother. 1 Enter the Q mode and use the four-way cont roller ( 45 ) to choose an image to start the slideshow with. 2 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select u (Slideshow). 4[...]

  • Page 116

    114 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 3 Press t he 4 button. The scree n for settin g the slidesho w condition s appears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Interv al]. 5 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 6 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 23 ) t o change the int erval and pr ess the 4 button. Choose[...]

  • Page 117

    115 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 10 Press t he 4 button. The slides how starts u sing the selec ted inter val and effect . 1 Press t he Q button after ta king a picture. The ima ge a ppears on the d isplay. 2 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to se lect s (Im[...]

  • Page 118

    116 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges You ca n magn ify an imag e up to ten t imes . 1 Enter the Q mode and use the four-way cont roller ( 45 ) to choose the image you want to magnify. 2 Press y on the Zoom/ f / y button. The image is magnified (× 1.1 to ×10). Holding down y on th e Zoom/ f / y button chang es the ma gnifi cati on cont inuous [...]

  • Page 119

    117 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges You can enjoy playing back im ages with the subj ect’s faces zo omed up simply by pressin g the I butt on (Face clo se-up playba ck) if Face Recog nition operate d when the images we re taken. 1 Enter the Q mo de a nd use t he four-way controller ( 45 ) t o choose the image you want to magnify. 2 Confirm t[...]

  • Page 120

    118 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges You can cop y your favorite im ages onto the FAVORI TE folder, whic h you can easi ly playback . Images sav ed as favorite h ave x dis playe d on t he top left o f the screen. 1 En ter the Q mode and press the four-way controller ( 3 ). The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23[...]

  • Page 121

    119 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Plays ba ck images in the FAVORITE f older. 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select (Favorite). 3 Press the 4 button. The scree n to sele ct either to sa ve or playba ck images ap pears. • I mages taken with y , panora[...]

  • Page 122

    120 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Playback Favorites], and press the 4 button. The first ima ge save d as favorite a ppears. Press the 4 bu tton to sta rt slideshow . Press the 3 bu tton to end pl ayback o f favorite ima ges. Playing bac k favorite images in slideshow Press the 4 button while p[...]

  • Page 123

    121 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Deletes i mages in the FAVO RITE folder. 1 Enter th e playback screen of f avorite ima ges. (“Playing Ba ck Favorite Ima ges” 1 p. 119) 2 Use the f our-way controller ( 45 ) to choose the favo rite image you want to delete, and press the i button. The scr een fo r select ing [D elete] or [Can cel] appe a[...]

  • Page 124

    122 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 3 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Delete All]. 4 Press t he 4 button. All favorite images are deleted, and t he message “ No Image .” appears . 1 Enter th e playback screen of f avorite ima ges. (“Playing Ba ck Favorite Ima ges” 1 p. 119) 2 Press f on the Zoom/ f / y button. Four thum b[...]

  • Page 125

    123 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 6 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Select & Delete]. 7 Press t he 4 button. The favo rite images selected are de leted, an d the displa y either returns t o four-ima ge/nine-im age dis play of favorit e image or the messa ge “No Image .” appea rs. Favorite images are not compatible with [...]

  • Page 126

    124 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Deleting Images Delete images with mistake s or that are un necessary. You can d elete a sing le image . 1 Enter the Q mode and use the four-way cont roller ( 45 ) to choose the image you want to delete. 2 Press t he i button. A confirmat ion screen appears. When imag es are inadv ertently delete d Deleted i[...]

  • Page 127

    125 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 3 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Delete]. 4 Press t he 4 button. The image is deleted. You ca n del ete se veral imag es sel ected from t he fo ur-i mage o r nine - image d isplay a t once. 1 In Q mode, press f on the Zoom/ f / y button. Four thum bnail image s appear. Pr ess f again t o disp [...]

  • Page 128

    126 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 2 Press t he i button. P appear s on t he ima ges. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to choose th e images that you want to delete and press the 4 button. O appear s on t he sel ected i mages. If you sel ect an imag e and press y on the Zoom/ f / y button, the selecte d image appears i n single-ima ge d[...]

  • Page 129

    127 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 1 After deleting a file, press the four-wa y controller ( 3 ). The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select ] (Image Recover y). 3 Press t he 4 button. The numb er of recove rable image s appea rs. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Recover] . 5 Press t [...]

  • Page 130

    128 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select Z (Protec t). 3 Press t he 4 button. The scree n for selec ting [Single Ima ge] or [All Ima ges] appe ars. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Single Image ]. 5 Press t he 4 button. The mes sage [Prot ect this [...]

  • Page 131

    129 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 1 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ) in Q mod e. The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to se lect Z (Pr ote ct). 3 Press t he 4 button. The scree n for selec ting [Single Ima ge] or [All Ima ges] appe ars. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [All Imag es][...]

  • Page 132

    130 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges Connecting the Camera to AV Equipment By using th e supplied AV ca ble (I-AVC7), you can capture and play back images on equipm ent with a video IN jack, suc h as a TV. Make sure th e camera a nd TV are turned off before connecting the camera to the TV. 1 Connect t he AV cable t o the PC/AV terminal. Conne c[...]

  • Page 133

    131 4 Playing Bac k and Deleting Ima ges 4 Turn the camera on. • I t is r ecommended to use the optional AC adapter kit K-AC62 if you intend to use the c amera for a long time. • Depe nding on the country or region, images and movie f iles ma y fail to be played b ack if the video output format is set different from the one in use there. If thi[...]

  • Page 134

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    5 Editing and Printing Images Editing Image s .................... .............. ...... 134 Setting the Printing Service (DPOF) ...... 146 Printing Using PictBridge ....... ............... 149 e_kb477.book P age 133 Thu rsday, November 20, 2008 4:21 PM[...]

  • Page 136

    134 5 Editing and Printi ng Images Edit ing I mag es By chang ing the siz e of a selec ted image, y ou can make the file siz e smalle r than the orig inal. You can use this fun ction to con tinue taking pictures when the SD M emory Card or the built-in mem ory is full, by making the image s smaller and overw riting the or iginal i mages to m ake mo[...]

  • Page 137

    135 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 5 Select [Recorded Pixels]. Use the four-w ay contro ller ( 45 ) to choos e the size. 6 Press t he 4 button. A confirmat ion dialog f or overwri ting the image ap pears. When an image is protected, the image will be saved as a new image withou t the following confirmat ion dialog di splayed on t he screen . 7 Use [...]

  • Page 138

    136 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select o (Cropp ing). 4 Press t he 4 button. The cropp ing screen appears. The max imum rang e for c ropping is s hown with a green frame on the screen . Cropping ca nnot be per formed ins ide of this ar ea. 5 Choose the c ropping conditions. The follo wing operat ions mov[...]

  • Page 139

    137 5 Editing and Printi ng Images This mo de lets you change th e color tones and perform s pecial process ing on a sel ected image. 1 Enter the Q mode and use the four-way cont roller ( 45 ) to choose the image you want to edit. 2 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 3 ). The Playb ack Mode Palet te appears . 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) [...]

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    138 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choose a digital filter. The previe w image of the results o f the filter effe ct appears. 6 Press t he 4 button. A confirmat ion dialog f or overwri ting the image ap pears. When an i mage is pr otect ed, t he image w ill be sa ved as a new image with out the f ollow ing co[...]

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    139 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 8 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Overwr ite] or [S ave as]. 9 Press t he 4 button. Image s processed with the filter are recor ded with the same num ber of record ed pixels an d quality level as the origina l image. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o s elect the digital filter you want to use.[...]

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    140 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 9 Press t he 4 button. Image s processed with the filter are recor ded with the same num ber of record ed pixels an d quality level as the origina l image. You can c orrect image s where the flash has c aused the subj ect to appear w ith red eyes. 1 Enter the Q mode and use the four-way cont roller ( 45 ) to choos[...]

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    141 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 6 Press t he 4 button. The edited image is sa ved with the s ame numbe r of recorde d pixels and qual ity level as the o riginal. This func tion lets yo u add a decorat ive frame t o still pictur es. There are 90 frames already st ored in the camera. 1 Enter the Q mode and use the f our-way controller ( 45 ) to ch[...]

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    142 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 6 Press y on the Zoom/ f / y button. The sele cted frame appears i n single-i mage display. You can choose an other fr ame us ing either of the follo wing operat ions. Four -way c ontr oller ( 45 ) P ress to ch oose a differe nt frame . Zoom/ f / y butt on ( f ) P res s to retu rn t o the 9-f ram e dis play of the[...]

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    143 5 Editing and Printi ng Images Optional F rames The optional frames ar e stored in the built-in m emory in the Optio E70. These optional frames are deleted if the camera set tings are reset or if t he built-in memory f iles are deleted from a c omputer. To r eload the optional frames into the built-in memory, copy the files from the CD-ROM (S-S[...]

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    144 5 Editing and Printi ng Images Frames d ownloaded from a PENTAX website o r other sou rce can be used for adding a f rame to pictu res. You can c opy images f rom the buil t-in memory to the SD Memor y Card and vice versa. This functi on can only be sel ected when an SD Me mory Card ha s been inse rted in the camera. 1 Press t he four-w ay cont[...]

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    145 5 Editing and Printi ng Images All the i mages in th e built-in m emory are copi ed to the SD Memory Card at once. Before copyin g the images , make sure tha t there is eno ugh space o n the SD Memory Car d. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [ 2}{ ]. 5 Press t he 4 button. All t he image s are copi ed. Selected images from the SD M[...]

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    146 5 Editing and Printi ng Images Setting the Pri nting Service (DPOF) DPOF (Dig ital Print Order Fo rmat) is the f ormat for storing print order data on still pic tures captu red with a digital c amera. Onc e the print order data has bee n stored, the picture s can be printed acc ording to the DPOF settings using a DP OF-compatible printer or pho[...]

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    147 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Single Image ]. 5 Press t he 4 button. The mess age [DPOF se tting for this ima ge] appea rs. To make DPOF settings f or another image, use the fou r-way co ntroller ( 45 ) to sel ect an other im age. If DP OF sett ings ha ve alre ady bee n made fo r an imag e, th e [...]

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    148 5 Editing and Printi ng Images When you c hoose the numb er of copies and w hether or not to ins ert the date, the settings are applied t o all the ima ges stored in th e camera. 1 Display th e screen f or DPOF set tings i n Q mo de. Refer to Steps 1 to 3 on p.146. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [All Imag es]. 3 Press t he 4 but[...]

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    149 5 Editing and Printi ng Images Printing Using PictBridge By connec ting the came ra to a printer that s upports PictBrid ge using the USB cable (I -USB7) provide d, you can p rint images directly from the camera without u sing a co mputer. Co nnect the c amera to th e printer an d select the images y ou want to print and the n umber of cop ies [...]

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    150 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 5 When the printer is r eady to print, turn the camera on. The printin g mode selec tion scree n appears . Go to the fo llowing pages. • “Pri ntin g Singl e Images ” (p.1 50) • “Printing All Images” (p .152) • “P rinting Us ing the DPO F Settings” (p .153) 1 In the printing mode selection screen,[...]

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    151 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 6 Press t he 4 button. A confirmat ion dialog ap pears. To print the pi ctures acc ording to the print set tings on the pr inte r, pres s the 4 button. To chan ge the print se ttings, g o to Step 7. 7 Press the Gr een button. The scree n for changi ng the print se ttings ap pears. 8 Select [P aper Si ze] an d pres[...]

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    152 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 12 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o s elect the paper type an d press th e 4 button. The [Paper Type] setting is saved, and the screen return s to the print setting s screen. Se t [Quali ty] and [Bo rder Status ] in the same w ay as in Steps 11 an d 12. If you se lect [ _ Setting] fo r each print set ting, i[...]

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    153 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 3 Choose the numb er of copies and whether to insert the da te or not. The numb er of copies an d date setting that you choos e apply t o all the images . Ref er to Step s 4 and 5 in “Pr inti ng Sing le Image s” (p.150) fo r details of ho w to make the setting s. 4 Press t he 4 button. A confirmat ion dialog a[...]

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    154 5 Editing and Printi ng Images 4 Press t he 4 button. The image s are printe d accordin g to the settings . Press the 3 bu tton to canc el printing. Disconne ct the USB c able from the camera and p rinter wh en you have finishe d printing . 1 Turn off the ca mera and printer. 2 Disconn ect the USB cable fr om the camera and printer. Disconnecti[...]

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    6 Setting s Camera Settings ............. .............. ........... 1 56 e_kb477.book P age 155 Thu rsday, November 20, 2008 4:21 PM[...]

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    156 6 Settings Camera Set tings Formattin g will delete all the data o n the SD Memor y Card. Be sure to us e this camera to fo rmat (initializ e) an SD Memory Car d that is unus ed or has bee n used on oth er cameras o r digital devices. 1 Press t he 3 button in Q mode. [ W Setting ] me nu appe ars. When y ou pr ess th e 3 button in A mode, press [...]

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    157 6 Settings 5 Press t he 4 button. Format starts. When forma tting is complet ed, the camera ret urns to A mode or Q mode. You can adjus t the volume of operati on sounds and chan ge the type of sound. 1 Press t he 3 button in Q mode. [ W Setting ] me nu appe ars. When y ou pr ess th e 3 button in A mode, press the fo ur-way contro ller ( 5 ) on[...]

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    158 6 Settings 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [Start-up Sound]. 5 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 6 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o sele ct the sound type. Choose from [1 ], [2], [3] or [Off]. 7 Press t he 4 button. 8 Set [Shut ter Sound], [Opera tion Sound] and [Self-t imer Sound] in the [...]

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    159 6 Settings 4 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). Th e fram e mo ve s to [m m/ dd/y y]. Depe nding on the in itial setti ng or pr evious setting , [dd/mm/yy ] or [yy/mm /dd] may be displaye d. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choo se the date an d time display st yle. Choose from [mm/ dd/yy], [dd/mm/y y] or [yy/mm /dd]. 6 Press t he f[...]

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    160 6 Settings 10 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). The f rame moves to one of the foll owing items de pending on the date st yle set in Step 5. For [ mm/dd/yy] month (E xample: [01]) For [dd/m m/yy] da y (Examp le: [01 ]) For [yy/m m/dd] year (Example: [2009]) The follo wing operat ions and scr eens use [mm/d d/yy] as an ex ample. The ope ra[...]

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    161 6 Settings The date and time sel ected in “Setti ng the Date an d Time” (p.4 2) and “Changi ng the Date and Tim e” (p.158) serve as the W (Hometown ) date and t ime. By using t he world ti me function, you can display th e time in a city other than the Hometown ( X Desti nation). This is us eful when taki ng pictur es in a diff erent ti[...]

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    162 6 Settings 7 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o sele ct [DST]. 8 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) t o se lec t O (On) or P (Off). Select O (On) if th e Destin atio n city us es dayl ight savi ng tim e. 9 Press t he 4 button. The [Wo rld Time] setti ng is saved. 10 Press t he 3 button twice. The c amera r etur ns to captur e stat us wi th[...]

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    163 6 Settings 6 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select X (Destination) or W (Hometown). X Displ ays the tim e of the D estinati on city W Displ ays the time of t he Homet own city 7 Press t he 4 button. The setti ng is saved. 8 Press t he 3 button twice. The ca mera retu rns to A mode or Q mode. When X (Des tination) is selected in St ep 6, [...]

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    164 6 Settings 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). The [Lan guage/ ] screen ap pears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select the language. 5 Press t he 4 button. The menu s and mes sages are displayed in the se lected language. You can cha nge the naming rul e of the folder for stori ng images. When the name is changed to the date ,[...]

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    165 6 Settings 1 Press t he 3 button in Q mode. [ W Setting ] me nu appe ars. When y ou pr ess th e 3 button in A mode, press the fo ur-way contro ller ( 5 ) onc e. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o sele ct [Folder Name]. 3 Press t he four-w ay contr oller ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [St[...]

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    166 6 Settings 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [PC] or [Pict Bridge]. PC : For transferring ima ge dat a to a comput er PictBridge : For connecting the camera to a PictBridge-compatible printer 5 Press t he 4 button. The setti ng is saved. When yo u connect th e camera to AV equipmen t, choose th e appropriate video o utput format (N[...]

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    167 6 Settings 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select video output for mat. Choos e the video ou tput format t o match the output format of the AV equipment . 5 Press t he 4 button. The setti ng is saved. You ca n adj ust th e brig htne ss of t he disp lay. 1 Press t he 3 button in Q mode. [ W Setting ] me nu appe ars. When y ou pr ess th e[...]

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    168 6 Settings 4 Press t he 3 button. The ca mera retu rns to A mode or Q mode. The disp lay appears with the set brigh tness. You can s ave battery power by se tting the display to d im automati cally when no operation is perfo rmed for a fi xed time. After th e power saving function has been activated, the display returns to the ordinary brightne[...]

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    169 6 Settings You can s et the came ra to turn of f automatica lly when no op eration is performed for a fixed ti me. 1 Press t he 3 button in Q mode. [ W Setting ] me nu appe ars. When y ou pr ess th e 3 button in A mode, press the fo ur-way contro ller ( 5 ) onc e. 2 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 23 ) to select [Auto Power Off]. 3 Press t he f[...]

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    170 6 Settings You can d elete all the images at o nce. 1 Press t he i button in Q mode. A confirmat ion dialog ap pears. 2 Press t he i button. A confirmat ion dialog ap pears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Delete All]. 4 Press t he 4 button. All t he image s are del eted. Auto Power Off does not function in t h e following sit u[...]

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    171 6 Settings You can re set the cam era settings to t heir defau lts. Refer to “Default Settings ” (p.203) for t he reset s ettings. 1 Press t he 3 button in Q mode. [ W Setting ] me nu appe ars. When y ou pr ess th e 3 button in A mode, press the fo ur-way contro ller ( 5 ) onc e. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to se lec t [R eset] . 3[...]

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    7 Connecting with Compu ters Preparati ons ............... .............. ............... 1 74 Using the Supplie d Software ................ . 189 e_kb477.book P age 173 Thu rsday, November 20, 2008 4:21 PM[...]

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    174 7 Connecting w ith Computers Preparations You can t ransfer im ages and mo vies ca ptured with you r digital c amera and then display an d manage them by instal ling the soft ware included on the pro vided CD-R OM to your com puter and co nnecting yo ur digital camera to yo ur computer with the US B cable. This secti on explains how to insta ll[...]

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    175 7 Connecting w ith Computers The followi ng system req uirements mu st be met for you to fully enjoy th e images and movies captured w ith a digital camera on y our comp uter. USB connection • OS: Win dows 2000, Win dows XP, Win dows Vista (The OS must be p reinstall ed and update d to the lates t version.) • USB port must be standa rd equ [...]

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    176 7 Connecting w ith Computers USB connection • OS : M ac OS X (Ver . 10.1.2 - 10 .5) (The OS must be preinstalle d and upda ted to the latest versi on.) • USB port must be standa rd equ ipmen t Application Softw are <ACDSee 2 for Mac> (Six lang uages: Engli sh, French, G erman, Spanish, Italian, Japa nese) • OS : Mac OS X (v er. 10.3[...]

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    177 7 Connecting w ith Computers Install the image vi ewing/man aging/editin g software (ACD See for PENTAX 3.0). 1 Turn your Windows PC on. 2 Insert t he CD-ROM (S -SW87) into the CD-ROM drive. The lang uage select ion screen of “PENTAX Softw are Installer ” appears . Installing t he Software Installin g on Windows PC • Make sure your Window[...]

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    178 7 Connecting w ith Computers 3 Choose a language from the displayed screen . The “ACDS ee for PENTAX 3.0” installat ion scr een app ears. 4 Click [Install]. Setup sc reen appe ars. Follow th e on- screen guidan ce and enter the registr ation inform ation. 5 Click [Finish]. “ACD See fo r PENTAX 3.0” i nstal lati on is complete. Then clic[...]

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    179 7 Connecting w ith Computers Install the im age viewing/m anaging software (ACDSee 2 for Mac). 1 Turn your Macintos h on. 2 Insert t he CD-ROM (S- SW87) in the CD-ROM driv e. 3 Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW8 7) icon. 4 Double-click the [ACDSee Install] icon. The lang uage select ion screen of “PENTAX Softw are Installer ” appears . Double-c[...]

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    180 7 Connecting w ith Computers 8 Click [Close]. “ACDSee 2 for Mac” installation is compl ete. Then click [Exit] on the installation screen to close the wi ndow. In order to better serve you, we reques t that you c omplete the p roduct registra tion. Thank y ou for your co operation. If your computer is c onnected to t he Internet, p lease cl [...]

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    181 7 Connecting w ith Computers Make s ure to set the USB Connectio n mode before connecting your camera t o the compute r. You canno t perform the fo llowing se tting if the camera i s connected to your compu ter or a prin ter with the USB cable. 1 Press th e MENU butto n. The [ A Rec. Mode] menu or the [ Q Playback] men u appears. 2 Press t he f[...]

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    182 7 Connecting w ith Computers 1 Turn your PC on. 2 With your camera turne d off, connect it to your Windows PC using the supplied USB cable. Conn ect t he ter minal of the AV cabl e wi th poi nti ng towa rd th e 4 on the PC/AV terminal of th e camera. 3 Turn your camer a on. The “De vice D etector” scree n appea rs autom atically. If the “[...]

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    183 7 Connecting w ith Computers 4 Confirm that [Acq uire images from the device with ACDSee] is checked a nd click [ OK]. 5 Click [Nex t]. 6 Select an image to copy and click [Next]. 7 Specify [File names] and [Destina tion folder ], and click [Next]. The ima ge is copied to the Window s PC. Transferr ing Images If there is no SD Memory Card in th[...]

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    184 7 Connecting w ith Computers 8 Click [Finish]. The “ACD See for PENTAX 3. 0” browser starts. When the Device Detector screen does not ap pear 4 Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0] icon on the de sktop. 5 Cli ck [My C omput er]. 6 Double-click [Removable Disk]. If the SD Mem ory Card h as a vol ume labe l, the vol ume labe l name appear[...]

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    185 7 Connecting w ith Computers 7 Double-click the [DCIM] folder. Image s are stored in folders name d by the shooting date (“XX X_0202” for Febru ary 2. “XXX” is a three- digit number.). If [Standard ] is select ed for [Folder Name] in th e [ W Set ting] menu , a folde r name d “XXXPENTX” (X XX is a three-digit folder number ) is disp[...]

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    186 7 Connecting w ith Computers 1 Double-click the [Safely Remove Hardware] i con in the task ba r. The “Safel y Remove Hardware” screen a ppears. 2 Select [USB Mas s Storage Devi ce] and click [Stop]. The “Stop a Hardware device” s creen appears. 3 Select [USB Mas s Storage Devi ce] and click [OK]. A messag e appears indicating tha t the [...]

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    187 7 Connecting w ith Computers 1 Turn your Macintos h on. 2 With your camera turne d off, connect it to your Macintosh using the supplied USB c able. If there is no SD M emory Card in the camera, the images sto red in the built-in memory wi ll be transm itted to your Ma cintosh. 3 Turn your camer a on. The camera is recognized as [NO_NAME] on the[...]

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    188 7 Connecting w ith Computers 1 Drag ([NO_NAME] icon) on the desktop to tr ash. If the SD Memory Ca rd has a vo lume labe l, drag the icon of that nam e to the tr ash. 2 Disconnect the USB cable fr om your Macintosh and the camera. • Wh en [Dele te images f rom de vice] is che cked, im ages are deleted from the camera after trans fer is comple[...]

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    189 7 Connecting w ith Computers Using the Su pplied Software “ACDSee for PENTAX 3 .0” lets you vie w, edit, ma nage, search for, share, an d print im ages. 1 Double-click the [ACDSee for PEN TAX 3.0] icon on the desktop. ACDSee starts and the main window, which is calle d the browser, appears . A Menu bar You can a ccess the various men u comm[...]

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    190 7 Connecting w ith Computers B Toolbar Provides quick acc ess to shortcut s for freque ntly used task s and funct ions. C Folders pan e Displ ays the configu ration of fol ders in yo ur computer. W hen you brow se a folder, the conten ts of the fold er appear in th e File Li st pane. D Preview pane Display s a preview of the image or media fil [...]

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    191 7 Connecting w ith Computers 2 Select and double-click the image you want to view in the File List pane. The sele cted imag e is displayed with the view er. Wit h the vi ewer, you c an enl arge/ reduce the di splay size o f the image or edit the ima ge. You can also play bac k movies. The imag e is displa yed on the “ACD See Quick View” scr[...]

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    192 7 Connecting w ith Computers 2 Double-click the desired topic. “ACDSee 2 for Mac” le ts you disp lay and man age images . 1 Double-click the [ACDSee] folder inside the [Applications] folder. 2 Double-click the [ACDSee 2 for Mac] icon. ACDSee starts and the main window, which is calle d the browser, appears . A Menu bar You can a ccess the v[...]

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    193 7 Connecting w ith Computers C Folders pan e Displ ays the configu ration of fol ders in yo ur computer. W hen you brow se a folder, the conten ts of the fold er appear in th e File Li st pane. D Preview pane Display s a preview of the image or media fil e currently sel ected in the File Lis t pane. You can change the size of the previe w image[...]

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    194 7 Connecting w ith Computers You can f ind more info rmation on how to use “AC DSee 2 for M ac” by using th e help pa ges. 1 Select [ACDSee 2 for Mac] from [Help] on the me nu bar. The hel p screen app ears. 2 Click the desired topic. Detail s on H ow to Use “A CDSee 2 for Mac” e_kb477.book P age 194 Thu rsday, November 20, 2008 4:21 PM[...]

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    8 Appendix Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode ......... ................... .............. ............... 196 Messages . .............. ................... .............. . 198 Troubleshooting ......... .................. ........... 201 Default Set tings ........................ .............. . 203 List of World Tim e Cities ............[...]

  • Page 198

    196 8 Appendix Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode Yes: Can be set. No: Cannot be set. b 9 RA B P R o C H K I Q Y K Pixel Track SR Yes No Yes Yes Ye s No No Yes Face Priority On Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Smile Capture Face Priority Off No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Blink Detection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Flas h Mode , (Auto) Y[...]

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    197 8 Appendix c p F Page No No No Pixel Track SR p.73 Yes Yes Yes Face Priority On p.65 Smi le Captu re Yes Yes Yes Face Priority Off Yes Yes No Blink Detection p.62 Yes Yes Yes , (Auto) Flash Mode p.8 9 Yes Yes Yes a (Flash Off) Yes Yes Yes b (Flash On) Yes Yes Yes d (Flash On + Red-eye ) Yes Yes Yes 9 (Sta ndard ) Drive Mode — Yes Yes Yes g (S[...]

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    198 8 Appendix Messages Messag es such as the follow ing may app ear on the display duri ng camera o peration. Message Descri ption Batte ry depleted The batteries are exhauste d. Replace with new bat teries. If using recharge able batteries , charge the batterie s. (p.27) Memory card full The SD Memory Card is fu ll and no more images can be saved[...]

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    199 8 Appendix Messag es such as the following may appea r on the display whe n using the PictBri dge function . Data being re corded This messag e appears when you try t o switch to Q mode while an image is still being recor ded, or when the protect setting or DPOF setting is being c hanged. It dis appears after the image is recorded or th e setti[...]

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    200 8 Appendix Printing is completed. Conti nue printing? Displaye d when printing complete s. Print canc eled Displayed when pri nting is canceled . No image to be proc essed Displayed when t here are no images to pri nt. Wrong DPOF sett ing Displaye d when DPOF printing cann ot be performed. Message Descripti on e_kb477.book P age 200 Thu rsday, [...]

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    201 8 Appendix Troublesh ooting Problem Cause Remedy The camera will not tur n on The batt eries are not installed Check if batteries are installed. If not, install batteries. The batt eries are installed incorr ectly Check ori entation of t he battery. R einsert the batte ries according to the +- sym bols i n the bat tery co mpar tmen t (p.27). Th[...]

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    202 8 Appendix The sub ject is not in focus The subj ect is difficul t to fo cus on with auto focus The camera may have di fficulty in focusin g on such subjects as: low contrast subj ects (a white wall, a blue sky, etc .), dark subjects, f inely-patte rned objects, rapidly-moving objects. I t is also difficul t to get proper focu s when shooting t[...]

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    203 8 Appendix Default Settings The table below lists the factory d efault settin gs. The mean ing of the indication s for menu ite ms with a def ault setting is explain ed below. Last Memory Se tting Yes : The current setti ng (last memory) is saved when the camera is turned off. No : The setting retur ns to the defaul t setti ng when the camera i[...]

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    204 8 Appendix Memory Face Pri ority P (Off) Ye s Y es p.65 Flas h Mode O (On) Yes Y es p.89 Drive Mode P (Off) Yes Yes p.8 3 p.8 4 Fo cus Mod e P ( Off) Yes Ye s p. 91 Zoom P osition P ( Off) Yes Yes p.7 1 Sensitivity P (Off) Yes Yes p.9 6 EV Co mpen sat ion P (Off) Ye s Y es p.95 Digital Zoom O (On) Yes Yes p.72 DISPLAY P (Off) Yes Ye s p. 18 Fil[...]

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    205 8 Appendix [ W Setting] Men u Items Item Default Se tting Last Memo ry Setti ng Reset Sett ing Page Sound Operation Vo lume 3 Yes Yes p.157 Playback Vo lume 3 Yes Yes Start-up Sound 1 Ye s Yes Shutter So und 1 Yes Yes Operation So und 1 Yes Yes Self-timer Sound 1 Ye s Yes Date Adju st Date Sty le (date) According to initial setting Yes No p.42 [...]

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    206 8 Appendix Playback M ode Palette Items Item Defaul t Setting Last Memo ry Setti ng Reset Sett ing Page Slid eshow Inter val 3 sec Yes Yes p.113 Screen E ffect Wipe Yes Yes Sound Effe ct O (On) Ye s Yes Resize Recorded Pi xels Depending on the pictur e taken — — p.13 4 Cropping Depe nding on the pictur e taken — — p.13 5 Image Co py Bui[...]

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    207 8 Appendix Key Oper ation Item Function Default Set ting Las t Mem ory Sett ing Reset Setti ng Page Q butt on Operation Mode Q mode — — — Zoom/ w / x butt on Zoom P osition Full wide-an gle * No p.71 Four-way controll er 2 Drive Mo de 9 (Standard) * Ye s p.83 p.84 3 Shooting Mode b (Auto Picture) Yes Yes p.63 4 Flash Mode , (Auto) * Ye s [...]

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    208 8 Appendix List of World Time Cities City: indicates cities that can be set as either the Initial Setting (p.38) o r the World Tim e (p.161). Video Out put Format : indicates the vide o output f ormat of t he city set as the Initial S etting. Region City Video Output Format Region City Video Output Format North America Honolulu NTSC Africa/ Wes[...]

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    209 8 Appendix Optional Accessories A number of dedicated accessorie s are availa ble for this cam era. Products marked with an asterisk (*) are the sa me as those supplied with the cam era. Power supply AC adapter kit K-AC62 (AC adapter D-AC62, DC coupler D-DC51, AC plug cord) Cab le USB cable I-USB7 (*) AV cable I- AVC7 (*) Strap O-ST51 (*) O-ST2[...]

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    210 8 Appendix Main Specifi cations Type Fully automat ic compact digital still camera with built-in zoom lens Number of Effect ive Pix els Approx. 10 megapixe ls Image Sens or 1/2.33 inc h CCD Number of Recorded Pixe ls Still z / N (3648×27 36 pixels), 6 (3072×23 04 pixels) f (2592×1944 pixels), h (2048×153 6 pix els) y (16:9) (192 0×1080 pix[...]

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    211 8 Appendix Approxima te Image Sto rage Capacit y and Recordin g Time Still Pictures • The image storage capacit y is for refer ence only. Th e actual image storage capacit y may vary depending o n the S D Memory Card and the s ubject. Movie • The above fig ures are based on ou r stand ard shooting c onditions and may va ry depending on the [...]

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    212 8 Appendix Display 2 .4 inch LCD, approx. 112,000 dot s, Wide view ing angle Playbac k modes S ingle-fr ame, 4- frame Index, 9-fram e Index, Enlarg ement ( max. 1 0×, scrol lable), F ace C lose-up Playbac k, Folde r Displa y, Cal endar Displa y, Deleting Selected I mages, Slid eshow, Resi ze, Croppi ng, Image Copy, Image Rot ation, Dig ital Fi[...]

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    213 8 Appendix Batter y Life Numbe r of Recordable Image s approx. 210 pict ures * Reco rding capaci ty sho ws app roxim ate num ber of sh ots re cord ed duri ng CIP A-comp liant testi ng (wit h display on , flash us ed for 50% of the shots, and 23 degree s ce ntigrad e). Act ual performance may vary a ccording to operating cond ition s. Playbac k [...]

  • Page 216

    214 8 Appendix WARRANTY POLICY All PENTAX cam eras purchased through authorized bona fide photographic distribution channels are guaranteed against def ects of material or workmanship for a period of twelve months from dat e of purchase. Service will be rendered, and defective parts will be replaced without cost to you within that period, provided [...]

  • Page 217

    215 8 Appendix • T his warranty policy does not affect the customer’s statutory rights. • T he local warranty policies avai lable from PENT AX distributors in so me countries can supersed e this warranty policy. The refore, we recommend that yo u review t he warrant y card su pplied wit h your pr oduct at the time of purchase, or con tact the[...]

  • Page 218

    216 8 Appendix For customers in USA STATEMENT OF FCC COMPLIANCE This de vice com plies with Part 15 of the FCC Ru les. Operat ion is subject to the fol lowing two c onditions: (1) Th is device m ay not cause harmful interferen ce, and (2) this devic e must accept an y interference rec eived, includi ng interferenc e that may cause undes ired operat[...]

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    217 8 Appendix Declar ation of C onformity According t o 47CFR, P arts 2 and 1 5 for Class B P ersonal Co mpute rs and Per ipher als We: PENTAX Imagi ng Comp any A Division of PENT AX of Am erica, In c. Located at: 600 12 St reet, Suite 300 Golde n, Colora do 80401 U.S .A. Phone: 303-799-80 00 FAX: 303-790-11 31 Declar e under sole responsibil ity [...]

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    218 8 Appendix Information for Use rs on Collection an d Disposal of Old Equi pment and Used Batteries 1. In the Eu ropean Unio n These sy mbols o n the products , packag ing and/or accompa nying docu ments me an that used electric al and electroni c equipm ents and bat teries shoul d not be m ixed with gen eral househo ld waste. Used elec trical/e[...]

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    219 8 Appendix don’t purchase a n ew product . Further co llection facilities a re listed on the home page of www.swico.ch or www.sens.ch . Note fo r the battery symbol (bo ttom two s ymbol exa mples): Thi s symbol might be used in co mbinatio n with a des ignation for the chemi cal element or compound in use. I n this case you have to comply wit[...]

  • Page 222

    221 8 Appendix Index Symbols A mode ..... ................. 10, 50 Q mode ........... .......... 10, 5 0 Q button .......... .......... 46, 4 8 I button ........... .......... 46, 49 [ A Rec.Mode] menu .......... ............. .. 56, 203 [ W Setting ] menu ....... 5 7, 205 9 Green Mod e ....... .......... 6 9 i Delete ................. 10 6, 124 x [...]

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    222 7 Appendix Date Imprint ....... ................ 98 Dayligh t saving tim e .......... 4 1 Default s etting ... ........ 38, 20 3 Delete i .... ............. 106, 124 Destination .............. ........ 16 1 Digital Filt er .................... . 137 Digital SR ... ............. .......... 74 Digital Zoom ...... .......... 71, 72 Display bri ght[...]

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    223 7 Appendix O 4 / W button .. 47, 49 Operating the Menus ...... ... 52 Optional a ccessory ......... . 209 P PAL ............ .................... . 166 Pan Fo cus 3 ......... .......... 91 Panora mic Pictures ........... 8 6 PC ........ ............. .............. 16 6 Pet Mode ........... ................ 78 Photo proc essing lab ...... . 146[...]

  • Page 225

    Digi tal C amer a Operating Manual To ensu re the best pe rformance from your c amera , plea se re ad the Opera ting Manual before using the camera. • Specifi cations and ext ernal dimensio ns are subject to cha nge without notice. 53454 Copyright © HOYA CORPOR ATION 2009 H01-200902 Pri nted in China HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Imag ing Systems Divi[...]