Pentax K-7 manual

Opera ting Man ual • Specif ications and external dim ensions ar e subject to ch ange with out notice. 53495 Copyrigh t © HOYA CORP ORATION 2009 H02-200 905 Printe d in Philippines HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Ima ging Systems D ivision 2-36-9, M aeno-cho, Itabash i-ku, Tokyo 1 74-8639 , JAPAN (http:// www.pentax.jp) PENTAX Europe GmbH (European Hea [...]

Than k yo u for purc hasi ng th is PE NTAX Q Digital Cam era. Ple ase read th is manual before using t he came ra in or der to get the most out of all the features and fun ctions. Keep th is manua l safe, as it can b e a val uable too l in helping you to unders tand all the camer a capabili ties. Lenses you can use In general , lenses that can be u[...]

1 We have paid close att ention to the sa fety of thi s produc t. When us ing this product, we requ est your special attention r egarding i tems mar ked with the follo wing symbol s. Warning • Do not di sassembl e or modi fy the came ra. High v oltage ar eas are pres ent inside t he camera, with the risk of electric shock. • If the c amera in t[...]

2 • If the gene ration of smoke or strange od or from the pr oduct or other abnormal ity occurs, immediat ely disco ntinue u sing a nd cons ult a P ENTAX S ervice Ce nter. Contin uing to use the pr oduct can cau se a fire or e lectrical shoc k. • If water shou ld happe n to get inside the p roduct, co nsult a PENTA X Service Cen ter. Contin uin[...]

3 • Do not s hor t the batt ery o r di spose of t he ba tter y in fire . Th is ca n caus e an expl osi on or fire. • If any le akage from the batt ery should come in co ntact wit h skin or clo thes, wa sh the affected are as thoroughly wit h water. • Precaut ions for D-LI90 Ba ttery Usag e: - USE SPECIFIED CHAR GER ONLY. - DO NOT INCINERATE. [...]

4 • Do not su bject the camera t o strong vi bration s, shocks, or pressu re. Use a cushion to protec t the camera fro m vibratio ns of motorcy cles, aut omobiles, or ships. • The tem perature ran ge for camera u se is -10°C to 40 °C (32°F to 104 °F). • The monitor may app ear black under high temperat ures, but will retur n to normal as [...]

5 FOR USING YOUR CAMERA SAF ELY ............. ................. ............ .....1 Care to be T aken During Handling ................ ........... ................. ...........3 Contents ..... ............ ................ ................. ........... ................. ............ .....5 Composit ion of the Operating Manual ........... ..........[...]

6 Basic Operations 63 Basic Shooting Oper ation .... ................... .................... ................ 64 Holding th e Camera ................ ................. ................. ........... ...............64 Letting th e Camera Cho ose the Opti mal Settin gs ..................... .........66 Using a Zoom Lens ............................ .[...]

7 Shooting while Adjusting the Settings (Auto Bracke t)........... 148 Shooting w hile the Exposure is Automatic ally Chan ged (Expos ure Bracketin g)................... ........... ................. ................. ........... .............148 Shooting wh ile Adjus ting Other Sett ings ( Extended Bra cketing) ......151 Taking Pictures Using Digi[...]

8 Storing Frequently U sed Settings .... ................... .................... . 207 Saving th e Settings ............ ................. ................ ............ ................. . 207 Checking the Saved USER Sett ings.............. ................. ................. .208 Using Save d USER Settings ................... ................. ..[...]

9 Developing RAW Image s ...... ................... .................... .............. 247 Developin g One RAW Ima ge................... ................. ................. .......247 Developin g Multiple RAW Images ................. ................. ................. .248 Specifyi ng the Param eters............ ................. ................[...]

10 Appendix 283 Default Settings .. ................... ................... .................... .............. 284 Resetting the Menu................. ................. ........... ................. .............290 Functions Available with Various Lens Combinations .......... 292 Notes on [3 7. Using Ap erture Ring] ............... ..............[...]

11 This Ope rating M anual con tains the following chapters. Compositi on of the Operating M anual 1 Before Using Your Camera Explains ca mera ch aracterist ics, accesso ries and the names and functions of various par ts. 2 Getting Star ted Explains y our first steps fro m purcha sing the c amera to taking pic tures. Be sure to read it and f ollow [...]

12 The sy mbols used in this Op erating M anual are e xplained below. 1 Shows re ference p age numb er explain ing a rela ted operat ion. Shows u seful in formation. Shows p recaution s to take when op erating the came ra.[...]

1 Before Using Your Camera Check the p ackage content s and names and functions of working par ts befor e use. Q Characteris tics .................... ......... .............14 Checking the Contents of the Package .............. 16 Names and Functions of Working Parts ............ 17 Display Indica tors ....... .......... .............. ...........[...]

14 Before Using Your Camera 1 Q Characteristics • Feature s a 23.4×15 .6 mm CMOS sensor with approxi mately 14 .6 millio n effective pixels for high pr ecision a nd a wid e dynamic r ange. • Features S hake Redu ction ( SR), an imag e sensor s hifting shak e reductio n system. Th is enabl es you to capture sh arp pict ures with minimal camera [...]

15 Before Using Your Camera 1 • Records in the ve rsatile J PEG forma t or the high quality a nd full y editable R AW forma t. You can also s elect JP EG+RAW and recor d in both forma ts. Pict ures take n in RAW format can be easily processed internal ly by the c amera. • Features Cu stom Ima ge and White Ba lance whi ch allow you to readjust i[...]

16 Before Using Your Camera 1 Checking the Cont ents of the Package The foll owing ac cessorie s are pa ckaged wi th your camera. Check th at all ac cessorie s are incl uded. Hot s hoe co ver F K (Install ed on camera ) Eyec up F R (Installe d on camera) ME viewf inder cap Sync socke t 2P cap (Install ed on camera ) Body mount cover (Installe d on [...]

17 Before Using Your Camera 1 Names and Functions of Working Parts * In the firs t illustr ation, the camer a is shown with the Hot sh oe cover F K removed. * In the s econd ill ustration, th e camera is shown wit h the Hot sh oe cover F K a nd the Eyec up F R removed. Tripod sock et Battery co ver Se lf-ti mer lam p/ Remote con trol recei ver AF c[...]

18 Before Using Your Camera 1 Functions of buttons , dials and levers us ed during s hooting a re noted. Capture M ode 1 m button Turn the rear e-dial while pressing this button to set the EV compensation value. (p.115) 2 o button Turn the rear e-dial while pressing this button to set the ISO sensitivity. (p.90) 3 Shutter release butt on Press to c[...]

19 Before Using Your Camera 1 8 Mode dial lock button Press to allow the mode dial to be turned. (p.39) 9 Mode dial Swi tches the exposure modes. (p.39) 0 Metering mode sw itchi ng l eve r Changes the metering method. (p.113) a | but ton Temporarily changes the file format. Saves JPEG and RAW file by default. (p.189) b Focus mode lever Switc hes be[...]

20 Before Using Your Camera 1 Functions of buttons , dials and levers us ed duri ng playback are noted. l Four-way control ler ( 2345 ) Opens the [Drive Mode], [Flash Mode], [White Balance] or [Custom Image] setting screen (p.82). When the control panel or a menu screen is displayed, use this to move the cursor or change items. When the AF point sw[...]

21 Before Using Your Camera 1 In this O peratin g Manual, the buttons of the four- way controll er are referred to in the following way. 1 m button Press in the enlarged view to increase the magnification. (p.214) 2 Shutter release butt on Press halfway to switch to Capture mode. 3 Ma in swit ch Move to turn the power on/off. (p.56) Set to the | po[...]

22 Before Using Your Camera 1 Display I ndicators The foll owing indic ators appear on the monitor depe nding on the st atus of the camera. Guides appear on th e monitor for 3 seco nds (def ault setting) wh en the camera is switche d on or th e mode dia l is turned . * 3 appea rs only wh en [World T ime] is s et to [Destina tion]. Monito r The brig[...]

23 Before Using Your Camera 1 While s hooting, t he stat us screen is displa yed showi ng the cu rrent shooting function settings. Statu s screen (All of the indicat ions ar e displa yed here f or explan atory purpo ses. The Actu al disp lay may differ. ) Capture Mode 1 Exposure Mode (p.9 3) 13 EV Compensa tion (p.115 )/ Exposure Br acket ing (p.14[...]

24 Before Using Your Camera 1 Control panel Press the M button in the status screen t o display the control panel an d change setting s. 1 Functio n name 10 Lateral C hromatic Abe rration Correction 2 Sensitiv ity 3 Program Li ne 11 File Forma t 4 Highlight Correction 12 JPEG Recorded Pix els 5 Shadow Correction 13 JPEG Quality 6 Distortion Correct[...]

25 Before Using Your Camera 1 The cam era swit ches disp lay inform ation when you pres s the M button durin g playback . Playback Mode Stan dard Capt ured im age and in dicat ors are displ ayed. Histogram displa y Images and histo gram (Brigh tness/RGB) are disp layed. Detail ed informatio n display Detail ed show ing of how and when the imag es w[...]

26 Before Using Your Camera 1 Detailed information display Use the f our- way contr oll er ( 23 ) to sw itch between pages. Page 1 * Indica tors 6 a nd 17 app ear only fo r images in which th e flash wa s discha rged. * Indica tors 12, 13 , 14, 18, a nd 21 appe ar only fo r images taken with the corresp ondin g function s enable d. * Indica tors 23[...]

27 Before Using Your Camera 1 Page 2 Movi e 30 Informati on tampering warning 32 Copyright Ho lder (p.277 ) 31 Photograp her (p.277) 1 File Format 3 Folder numbe r-File number/ Volume 2 Playback t ime 4 Four-way co ntroller gu ide Photographer ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ Copyright Holder 30 31 31 30 32 32 Movie 100-0001 [...]

28 Before Using Your Camera 1 Histogram D isplay The following histograms can be displayed when pla ying back still picture s. The “B rightness hi stogram” s hows the d istributi on of brig htness and the “RG B histogr am” shows th e distribution of color inte nsity. Us e the four -way contr oller ( 23 ) to switc h between B rightne ss hist[...]

29 Before Using Your Camera 1 A histogr am shows the brigh tness distributi on of an i mage. The horiz ontal axis repr esen ts bri ghtne ss (dark at the lef t and bright at the right) and the v ertical ax is represen ts the number o f pixels . The shape and the dis tribution of the histogr am before an d after sh ooting tel ls you wheth er the ex p[...]

30 Before Using Your Camera 1 Understanding Color Balance Distri bution of col or intens ity is di splayed for each color i n the RGB histogr am. The ri ght side of the grap hs look si milar f or images t hat have white bal ance adjuste d well. If o nly one col or is lopsi ded to the l eft, that colo r is too in tense. 1 Setting th e White B alance[...]

31 Before Using Your Camera 1 The foll owing inf ormation appears in the viewfi nder. Viewfinder 1 AF frame (p. 55) 2 Spot meter ing frame (p.114) 3 AF point (p .122) 4 Flas h sta tus ( p.72) Appears w hen flash i s availa ble. Blinks wh en flash i s recom mended but no t set or is being c harged. 5 Manual f ocus (p.126) Appears w hen the f ocus mo[...]

32 Before Using Your Camera 1 11 Sensitiv ity Shows th e number of recordab le image s immed iately a fter shooting. 12 AE Lock (p .116) Appears du ring AE lock. 13 Move AF p oint (p .123) Appears w hen the AF poin t is bei ng move d with th e AF p oint switc hing di al set to j (Se lect). 14 Multi- exposure (p. 146) Appe ars wh en Mult i-ex posur [...]

33 Before Using Your Camera 1 The fol lowing in formatio n appears i n the LCD p anel on to p of the c amera. LCD Panel 1 Shutter sp eed > : Red-eye reduc tion function is activated 2 Aperture 3 Multi-ex posure (p .146) 3 : Aut o Flash Dis charge 4 Mirror Lock -up shooting (p.1 41) Q : Slo w-speed Sync 5 EV bar (p.11 5)/Electronic Level (p.65) E[...]

34 Before Using Your Camera 1 How to Chan ge Functi on Settings Function set tings can be changed using t he direct keys, t he control panel or the menu. Some functions can be changed usi ng both the control panel and menu. This sec tion explai ns the ba sic ways t o change f unction s ettings. By pr essi ng the four -way cont rol ler ( 2345 ) in C[...]

35 Before Using Your Camera 1 While s hooting, the cur rent setting s can b e check ed on the status sc reen. You can also swi tch the disp lay to the control panel and change sett ings. Following , how to set the JPEG q uality wi ll be expla ined as a n example. 1 Check the status screen and then press the M button. The control panel appears. Pres[...]

36 Before Using Your Camera 1 4 Press the 3 but ton. The camera returns to the status screen and is ready to take a picture. This secti on explains operation m ethods for t he [ A Rec. Mod e], [ Q Playba ck], [ R Se t-up] and [ A Custom Setting] m enus. Following , how to set [Program Line] in the [ A Rec. Mod e 2] men u will be explain ed as an e [...]

37 Before Using Your Camera 1 2 Press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ) or turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) to the right (towar d y ). Each time the four-way controller ( 5 ) i s pressed, the menu will change in the following sequence: [ A Rec. Mode 2], [ A Rec. Mode 3], [ A Rec. Mode 4], [ Q Playback 1] ··· [ A Rec . Mode 1]. When the front e-dial ( R [...]

38 Before Using Your Camera 1 6 Press the 4 but ton. The camera returns to the menu screen. Next, set other items. Press the 3 button to exit the menu and the screen that was displayed before selecting the menu appears again. Even aft er yo u pr ess t he 3 button and clo se the menu sc reen, yo ur setting s will not be sav ed if the came ra is turn[...]

39 Before Using Your Camera 1 Usin g the Mode Di al You can s witch the exposure m odes by s etting the icons o n the mod e dial to the d ial indica tor. Turn the m ode dia l while pre ssing the m ode dial l ock button. Mode Characteristics Pa ge A (USER) Lets you cap ture imag es with the save d Captu re mode. p.207 B (Green) Lets y ou captur e im[...]

40 Before Using Your Camera 1 p (Bulb) Lets y ou capture images that requir e slow shutter speed s such a s fireworks and nigh t scene s. p.110 M (Flash X-s ync Speed ) The shutter sp eed is lo cked at 1/180 secon ds. Use thi s when us ing an ex ternal flash t hat doe s not autom aticall y change the shutter speed. p.112 C (Movie) Use t his to reco[...]

2 Getting Started This chapter explai ns your first steps fr om purchasing the camera to taking pict ures. Be sure to read it and follow the instruct ions. Attaching th e Strap ..... .............. .......... .............. ... 42 Using the Battery .............. .............. .............. ........43 Inserting/Remo ving the SD Memory Card ......[...]

42 Getting Started 2 Attach ing th e Strap 1 Pass the end of the strap through the protec tive cover and triangula r ring. 2 Secure the end of the strap on t he inside of the clasp. 3 Attach the other end of the str ap in the same manner as describe d above.[...]

43 Getting Started 2 Using the Battery Insert the b attery into the cam era. Use only a D-LI90 battery. When usi ng the battery for the firs t time, or when th e battery has not been used in a long tim e, or when [Battery dep leted] appears, rec harge the battery. Note: AC plug cord “Listed, Type SPT-2 or NISPT-2, 18/2 flexible cord, rated 125 V,[...]

44 Getting Started 2 When using the battery for t he firs t time, charge the bat tery and insert i t into the camera. 1 Open the battery cover. Lift the battery cover unlock knob, turn towards OPEN ( 1 ) to unlock, and then pull the cover open ( 2 ). • Do not us e the prov ided bat tery charg er to char ge batt erie s other than rech arge able l [...]

45 Getting Started 2 2 Face the 2 mark on the bat tery towards the outside of the camera, push t he battery lock lever in t he direction of the arrow ( 3 ) and insert t he battery. Insert until the battery locks. To remove the battery, push the battery lock lever in the directi on of the arrow ( 3 ) with your hand. Remove the battery when it pops o[...]

46 Getting Started 2 You can confirm remaining battery l evel by c hecking the w / A display ed on the status s creen and LC D panel. The pictu re storag e capaci ty (flash us e 50%) is bas ed on meas uring cond itions in accorda nce with CIPA standards and the o thers are b ased on o ur measuri ng conditi ons. Some deviat ion from the above figure[...]

47 Getting Started 2 We rec ommend us ing the AC adapter ki t K-AC50 (optional) when using the monito r for a lon g time or when connect ing to you r PC or AV device . 1 Make sure that the camera is turned off . 2 Open the terminal cover. 3 Face the 2 mark on the DC terminal of the AC adapter towards the 2 mark on the camera, and connect the DC ter[...]

48 Getting Started 2 4 Connect the AC plug cord to the AC adapter. 5 Plug the AC cord into the power outlet. • Make sure the camera is turned off before connecti ng or discon necting the AC a dapter. • Make s ure conn ections are secure b etween the termin als. SD Mem ory Card and data will be corrup ted if discon nected whil e the camera i s r[...]

49 Getting Started 2 Inserting/Removing the SD Memory Car d This camera uses either an SD Memory Card or an SDHC Memory Card. (Both ca rds are referr ed to as SD Memo ry Cards herea fter.) Mak e sure the camera is turne d off before i nserting or remov ing the SD Me mory Card (comme rciall y available) . 1 Make sure that the camera is turned off . [...]

50 Getting Started 2 4 Close the card cover ( 3 ) and then slide it in the direction of the arrow ( 4 ). Be sure to f ully close the card cov er. The camera will not tu rn on if the card cover i s open. Precaut ions When Usi ng the SD M emory Card • The SD Memory Card is equ ipped w ith a write-prot ect switch. Se tting the s witch to LOCK pre ve[...]

51 Getting Started 2 Choose the numbe r of pixels (size) and quali ty leve l (JPE G data compre ssion ra te) of pic tures acco rding to how you i ntend to us e the picture s you ha ve taken. Pictur es with la rger rec orded p ixels or more E s a re clear er when pr inted. The numbe r of pictures tha t can be taken (the number of pi ctures that ca n[...]

52 Getting Started 2 JPEG Reco rded Pixels , JPEG Qual ity and App roximate I mage Storage Cap acity (When us ing a 1 GB SD Memory Card ) • Th e number o f stora ble imag es may v ary depe nding on t he subje ct, shooti ng conditi ons, sho oting mod e and SD Memory Ca rd, etc. With the Q , you can recor d in the ver satile JP EG format o r the hi[...]

53 Getting Started 2 Attach ing the Lens Attach a proper len s to the c amera’s bo dy. When you u se one of the follow ing lense s with the Q , all the c amera’s exposure modes wil l be availa ble. (a) DA, DA L, D FA , FA J lenses (b) Lense s with an Apertur e s (Auto) p osition, when used in the s positio n 1 Make sure that the camera is turne[...]

54 Getting Started 2 4 Remove the front lens cap by pushing the indicat ed portions inwar d. To detach the lens, hold down the le ns unlock button ( 4 ) and turn the lens counterclockwise. • We assume no responsibili ty nor liability for accidents, dama ges and malfun ctions resul ting from the use of lenses made by other manufactur ers. • The [...]

55 Getting Started 2 Adjust ing t he Vie wfinder Diopt er Adjust the viewfinder to suit y our eyesight. If it is d ifficult to see the viewfinder image cl early, sl ide the di opter adjustme nt lever side ways. You can adjust the di opter from a pproximate ly -2.5 to + 1.5 m -1 . 1 Look through the vi ewfinder and slide the diopter adjust ment leve[...]

56 Getting Started 2 Turni ng the Camera On and Off 1 Turn the mai n switch to [ ON]. The camera will turn on. Set the main switc h to the position [OFF] to turn off the camera. • Always turn the camera o ff when not in use. • The power will auto matically turn off wh en you do not perform any o perations within a se t period of tim e. To react[...]

57 Getting Started 2 Initi al S ettin gs The first tim e the camera is t urned on after purchasi ng, the [ Language/ ] scr een appears on the mon itor. Follow t he procedu re below to s et the lan guage display ed on the monitor and t he current date and ti me. Once s etting is done, these will not need to be set again when turning your c amera on.[...]

58 Getting Started 2 2 Press the 4 but ton. The [Initial Setting] screen for the selected language appears. Pres s the f our -way co ntro ller ( 3 ) tw ice an d proce ed to Step 10 on p.59 if [Hometow n] does no t have to be cha nged. 3 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ). The cur sor move s to W . 4 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [ W H[...]

59 Getting Started 2 10 Press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [St andard] or [Lar ge]. Selecting [Large] magnifies the selec ted menu item. 11 Press the 4 but ton. 12 Use the four-way control ler ( 3 ) to select [Settings complete]. 13 Press the 4 but ton. The [Date Adjustment] screen appears. In thi[...]

60 Getting Started 2 When an Incorrect Language is Set When yo u mist akenly sel ect a lan guage in t he [Lang uage/ ] scree n and proc eed to the [Date Adjust ment] scr een, you can perform the followin g operations to set the correct language. If you hav e proceede d to sw itch the cam era to Capt ure mode (a nd the camera is ready to take a pict[...]

61 Getting Started 2 Set the c urrent d ate and tim e and the di splay sty le. 1 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The frame moves to [mm/dd/yy]. 2 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to choose t he date for mat. Choose [mm/dd/yy], [dd/mm/yy] or [yy/ mm/dd]. 3 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The frame moves to [24h]. 4 Use the four-way co[...]

62 Getting Started 2 6 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ). The frame moves to [Date]. 7 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The frame moves to the month. 8 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to set the month. Set the day and year in the same manner. Next, set the time. If you select [12h] in Step 4, the setting switches between am and pm depen[...]

3 Basic Operations This chapter explai ns basic operati ons for shooting by setting mode dial to Green mode (automatic exposur e according to th e program line set to j ) to ensure successful capturin g. For information about advanced functions and settings for taking pi ctures, refer to chapter 4 and onward. Basic Shooting Operation ........ .....[...]

64 Basic Oper ations 3 Basi c Shootin g Opera tion How you hold the cam era is important whe n taking picture s. • Hold the camera f irmly with both hands an d keep yo ur elbows c lose to your body. • Press th e shutter release b utton gentl y when taking a picture. Hold ing the Camera • To reduc e camer a shake, su pport your body or the c a[...]

65 Basic Oper ations 3 When the Came ra is not Le vel This camera is equippe d with an elec tronic le vel for detecting whether the camera is level. When the camera is not l evel, th is is ind icated o n the b ar graph in the viewfind er and on the LCD pane l. This is useful when holding the c amera. [Electr o nic Level ] is P (Off) by default. Set[...]

66 Basic Oper ations 3 The Q fe atures vario us captur e modes, foc us modes , and driv e modes fo r expres sing your photogr aphic vis ion. This section explain s how to take pi ctures by simply pr essing the shutter re lease bu tton. 1 Set the mode dial to B . Turn the mode dial while pressing the mode dial lock button. The exposure mode changes [...]

67 Basic Oper ations 3 3 Look through the viewfi nder to view the s ubject. A zoom lens can be used to c hange the size of the subject in the viewfinder. (p.71) 4 Position the subje ct inside the AF frame and press the shutter release but ton halfway. The autofocus system operates. The focus indica tor ] appears in the viewfinder when focused. AF a[...]

68 Basic Oper ations 3 6 Review the c aptured image on the monitor . The image appears for 1 second on the monitor shortly after capturing (Instant Review). 1 Setting the Display for Instant Review (p.263) You can magnify the image during Instant Review with the rear e-dial ( S ). (p.214) You can delete the image during Ins tant Review by pressing [...]

69 Basic Oper ations 3 Operating the shutter release button The s hutter rele ase button has two work ing posi tions. Pressi ng it down halfway (fi rst positi on) turns o n the vie wfinder indic ators and th e autofocu s system o perates. Pr essing it fully (second positio n) takes a p icture. • Pr ess the s hut ter r elea se b utto n gen tly whe[...]

70 Basic Oper ations 3 Subjects that are Difficult to Focus on The au tofocus m echanis m is not perfect. Focu sing may be diffic ult when t aking pict ures under the followi ng condit ions. Thes e also appl y to ma nual focu sing us ing the foc us indica tor ] in t he viewfinde r. (a) Ext remely low-c ontrast subjec ts su ch as a whit e wall in th[...]

71 Basic Oper ations 3 Usin g a Zoom Lens Enlarg e the subj ect (teleph oto) or cap ture a wider area (wide angle ) with a zoom l ens. Adjust it to the de sired s ize and tak e the pic ture. 1 Turn the zoom r ing to the right or left. Turn the zoom ring clockwise for telephoto and counterclockwise for wide angle. • The sma ller the num ber of the[...]

72 Basic Oper ations 3 Usin g the Built- in Flash Use the fol lowing pr ocedures to take pic tures in lo w light or backlit conditi ons or when y ou want to manually use the b uilt-in fla sh. The bui lt-in flash i s optimum at a bout 0.7 m to 5 m from the subje ct. Exposu re will not be proper ly cont rolled and vignettin g (darken ing of the corne[...]

73 Basic Oper ations 3 The flas h modes that can b e select ed differ dep ending on the expos ure mode. 1 Press the four-way contro ller ( 3 ) in Capture mode. The [Flash Mode] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select a flash mode. When not in B (Green) mode, turn the rear e-dial ( S ) to perform the flash exposure compensati[...]

74 Basic Oper ations 3 3 Press the 4 but ton. The camera is ready to take a picture. 1 Press the E button. The built-in flash pops up and begins charging. When the flash is fully c harged, E appears in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel. (p.31, p.33) 2 Press the shutter rel ease button halfway. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder when [...]

75 Basic Oper ations 3 4 Push down on the portion indicated in th e illustrati on to retract the f lash. Using Red-eye Reduction Fla sh “Red- eye” is th e phenomen on where e yes look red dish in phot ographs tak en in dar k environm ents with a flash. Thi s is caus ed by the r eflection of the elec tronic fla sh in the retina of the eye. Red- [...]

76 Basic Oper ations 3 You can change the flash ou tput in a r ange of -2.0 t o +1.0. T he flash comp ensat ion va lues ar e as follow s for 1 /3 EV an d 1/2 EV. Set interv al of step s in [1. EV Steps] (p.11 6) in the [ A Cu stom Setting 1] men u. Compensating Flash Output Step interv al F lash compe nsation 1/3 EV -2.0, -1.7, -1 .3, -1.0, -0.7 , [...]

77 Basic Oper ations 3 Set the f lash co mpensatio n value by turning the rear e- dial ( S ) in the [Flash Mod e] screen. Press ing the | (Gree n) button returns th e flash e xposure comp ensation to the defaul t setting (0 .0). You can also sho ot while th e flash i s being charged . Sel ect [On] f or [ 30. R ele ase Whi le Charg ing ] in the [ A [...]

78 Basic Oper ations 3 Playing Bac k Images You can play bac k still pi ctures and movi es shot with the camer a. 1 Press the Q but ton. The camera enters Playback mode and the most recently captured image (image with the highest file number) is displayed on the monitor. (For movies, only the first frame is displayed on the moni tor.) Press the M b[...]

79 Basic Oper ations 3 You can delete one image at a time. 1 Press the Q b utton and use the four- way controll er ( 45 ) to select an image to delete. 2 Press the i butt on. The delete screen appears. 3 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Delete] . Sel ect the file form at to de lete for i ma ges save d in RAW + fo rmat. 4 Press the 4 b[...]

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4 Shooting Functions This chapter descr ibes the various basic and advanced shooting funct ions availa ble with the Q . How to Operate the Shooting Functions ............ 82 Setting the Exposure ................ .............. .............88 Focusing ........ .............. .......... .............. .............. . 118 Checking the Composition, E[...]

82 Shooting Func tions 4 How to Operate the Shooti ng Functi ons You can change c apture-re lated setting s using the direct k eys, contr ol panel, [ A Rec . Mode] me nus or [ A Cust om Setting] me nus. Pre ss the fo ur-w ay cont rol ler ( 2345 ) in Capture m ode to set the following items. For de tails on how to operat e the m enus, s ee “Usi ng[...]

83 Shooting Func tions 4 Perform the following settings in th e [ A Rec. Mode 1-4 ] menu. Press t he 3 button in C apture m ode to display [ A Re c. Mode 1] menu. Rec. Mode Menu Setting Items Menu Item Fun ction Page A 1 Exposu re Mode *1 Sets the expo sure mode when the mod e dial is s et to A . p.20 9 File Form at *2 Sets the fi le format. p.188 [...]

84 Shooting Func tions 4 *1 A ppears only when the mode dial is set to A . *2 Can be also set using the control panel. A 3 Movie Set s the movi e set tings. p. 160 Live Vi ew Sets the Li ve View display. p.157 Status Sc reen Sets the statu s screen dis play and di splay color set tings. p.262 Digit al Preview Sets the D igital Pre view setti ngs. p[...]

85 Shooting Func tions 4 Set the [ A Custom Setti ng 1-6] m enu to full y use the fun ctions of a SLR camera . Custom Setting M enu Setting Items Menu Item Function Pa ge A 1 1. EV Steps Sets the ad justmen t steps fo r exposure. p.116 2. Se nsiti vity S teps Sets the ad justment steps for ISO sensitiv ity. p.9 0 3. Expan ded Sensiti vity Expand s [...]

86 Shooting Func tions 4 A 3 15. Super impose AF Area Set s whethe r to di splay the sele cted AF point in the view finder. p.122 16. AF with Remote Control Sets whet her to use the autofocus w hen shooting with remote contro l. p.140 17. Remo te Control in Bulb While us ing the rem ote contr ol in p (Bulb) mode , sets whe ther to star t exposure w[...]

87 Shooting Func tions 4 A 5 29. LC D Pane l Illumi nation Sets whet her to ill uminate t he LCD panel. p.3 3 30. R eleas e Whil e Chargi ng Sets whethe r to rele ase shutter w hile the built- in flash is cha rging. p.7 7 31. Flas h in Wirel ess Mode Sets the bu ilt-in fla sh disc harge method in Wireless Mode. p.177 32. AF Assis t Light Provides a[...]

88 Shooting Func tions 4 Settin g the Exposure Correct ex posure of t he subject i s determin ed by the com bination of shutter s peed and apertu re setting . There are many correct combi nations of shutter s peed and a perture for a particular subject. Di fferent combina tions produce di fferent effe cts. By ch angin g the shutt er spee d, you can[...]

89 Shooting Func tions 4 Opening the aperture (re duce the apert ure value ) Object s close r and farthe r than the focused su bject will b e more out of focus. For in stance, if y ou take a picture of a flower ag ainst a land scape wi th the apertur e open, the landscape i n front and behind th e flower will be blurre d, emphasi zing only t he flo[...]

90 Shooting Func tions 4 You can set the se nsitivit y to su it the bright ness of th e surroun dings. The sensit ivity ca n be set to [AU TO] or within a sensitiv ity rang e equivale nt to ISO 10 0 to 3200. Th e default s etting is [A UTO]. 1 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) while pressing t he o button in Capture mode. The sensitivity displayed on the[...]

91 Shooting Func tions 4 1 Selec t [ISO A UTO Se tting ] in the [ A Rec. Mode 1] menu and press t he four-way c ontroller ( 5 ). The [ISO AUTO Setting] screen appears. 2 Press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to set the minimum sensitivity. 3 Press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ) and use the four-way control ler[...]

92 Shooting Func tions 4 Dynamic range is th e ratio that indicate s the light l evel ex pressed by the CMOS s ensor pixe ls from br ight areas to dark ar eas. The la rger it is, the better th e whole ran ge from d ark to br ight areas will appear in the picture. By expa nding the dynamic r ange, you can expand th e light l evel expressed b y the C[...]

93 Shooting Func tions 4 This cam era features th e followi ng nine expo sure mod es. Use the mo de dial to change the exp osure mode. (p.39 ) The set tings av ailable for each expos ure mode are as foll ows. Changing the Exposure Mode Exposure Mode Characteristics EV Com- pensat ion Change Shut ter Speed Change Aperture Change Sensi- tivity Page B[...]

94 Shooting Func tions 4 a (Hyper- manual ) Lets you set the shutter speed and aperture t o captur e the picture wi th creative intent . zz z z p.107 p (Bulb) Lets you capture images that requi re slow shutter sp eeds such as firewo rks and night s cenes. ×× z Other than AUTO (up to ISO 1600) p.110 M (Flash X-sync Speed) The s hutter spee d is lo[...]

95 Shooting Func tions 4 Lets you captu re image s with ful ly automa tic settings . In B mode, p ictures are tak en with the following settings. • Program Line j (AUTO) • File Format JPEG • JPEG R ecorded Pixels W • JPEG Qua lity C • Sensi tivity AUTO • Metering M ethod L ( Mult i-segment Mete ring) •A F P o i n t S (Auto) • White [...]

96 Shooting Func tions 4 Automati cally sets shutter s peed and ap erture to the proper ex posure accord ing to Prog ram Line when taking p ictures. Use the fr ont and rear e-dials to change the shutter s peed and a perture while mainta ining the proper ex posure (p.9 7). 1 Set the mode dial to e . •I n B m ode, the follow ing fun ctions a re not[...]

97 Shooting Func tions 4 2 Confirm the shutter speed and aperture. Confirm using the status screen, viewfinder or LCD panel. • Set the Prog ram Line to use in [Program Line] in the [ A Rec. Mode 2] menu (p.94). • Set the EV co mpensa tion in increm ents of 1/3 EV o r 1/2 EV. S et the exposur e steps in [1. EV Steps] in the [ A Custom Setting 1][...]

98 Shooting Func tions 4 You can set the se nsitivit y to suit th e bright ness of th e subject. The shu tter speed a nd apertu re are a utomatica lly set according to the sele cted sensi tivity to obtain the appropr iate exp osure. 1 Set the mode dial to K . 2 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) to adjust t he sensitivity. The shutter speed, aperture valu[...]

99 Shooting Func tions 4 • You ca n set the sensit ivity to values equivalent to ISO 100 to 3200 . [AUTO] is not avai lable. •I n K m ode, you cannot chang e the sensit ivity by turni ng the rear e-di al ( S ) while pr essing the o butt on. • Turn the rear e- dial ( S ) while pr essing the m bu tton to change the EV comp ensat ion value . ( p[...]

100 Shooting Func tions 4 Lets you set the de sired s hutter spee d for exp ressing mov ing subjec ts. When tak ing pict ures of a fas t moving subjec t, you can in crease the shutter s peed to make the subjec t look still or decrease the shutter s peed to have th e subject s how movement . Aperture val ue is automa tically s et to give the appropr[...]

101 Shooting Func tions 4 • Turn the rear e- dial ( S ) while pr essing the m bu tton to change the EV comp ensat ion value . ( p.115 ) • Set the shut ter speed in incr ements of 1/ 3 EV or 1/2 EV. Set the ex posure steps in [1. EV Steps] in the [ A Custom Setting 1] menu. (p.116 ) • The prop er exposu re may not be obtained wi th the select [...]

102 Shooting Func tions 4 Lets you set the de sired a perture for controlling the depth of field. The depth of fiel d is deeper and the front and bac k of the focused ob ject is clear when aper ture is se t to a large v alue. The d epth of fie ld is sh allower and the front an d back of the fo cused obj ect is blur red when apert ure is set to a sm[...]

103 Shooting Func tions 4 • Turn the rear e- dial ( S ) while pr essing the m bu tton to change the EV comp ensat ion value . ( p.115 ) • Set the ap ertu re va lue in inc reme nts of 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV. Set t he expo sur e steps in [1. EV Steps] in the [ A Custom Setting 1] menu. (p.116 ) • The prop er exposu re may not be obtained wi th the se[...]

104 Shooting Func tions 4 You can set both th e desir ed shutter s peed and a perture to ta ke the pic tur e. Autom atically sets the sens itivity s o that the m anually set shutt er speed and apert ure will giv e the pro per exposu re accord ing to the br ightness o f the su bject. 1 Set the mode dial to L . 2 Turn the f ront e-di al ( R ) to adju[...]

105 Shooting Func tions 4 The shutter speed and aperture value are dis played on the status screen and LCD panel and in the viewfinder. • Turn the rear e- dial ( S ) while pr essing the m bu tton to change the EV comp ensat ion value . ( p.115 ) • Set th e shutter sp eed and a perture v alues in increment s of 1/3 EV or 1/2 E V. Set the exposur[...]

106 Shooting Func tions 4 e-dial in L & a Modes You ca n set the f unctions of the front a nd rear e-dials in L and a mode s. Set in [26. e-dial in TAv & M modes] in t he [ A Custo m Setting 4] menu (p.86). Settings Front e- dial ( R ) Rear e- dial ( S ) 1 b (Shutter Sp eed) c (Apertu re) 2 c (Aperture) b (Shutter S peed) Green Button in L [...]

107 Shooting Func tions 4 You can set the sh utter sp eed and aperture v alue. Th is mode is suitab le to take pi ctures of your ch oice by combinin g them. This mode is conveni ent for ta king pictur es using the same c ombinati on of the s hutter speed an d apertu re settings or taki ng intenti onally underexpos ed (dark er) or overex posed ( bri[...]

108 Shooting Func tions 4 4 Turn the rear e- dial ( S ) to adjust the aperture. Aperture range depends on the lens in use. The shutter speed and aperture v alue are displayed on the status screen and LCD panel and in the viewfinder. While adjusting the shutt er speed or aperture value, the difference from the appropriate exposure (EV value) is disp[...]

109 Shooting Func tions 4 EV Bar The E V bar appears on the LCD p anel and viewfi nder in a mode. The approp riate expo sure i s set when V is in the midd le of the EV ba r. If it is towar ds -, it i s underex posed. If it is toward s +, it is over exposed. If the value exceeds the range of the EV bar (±5.0) , the “+” or “-” bli nks. EV ba[...]

110 Shooting Func tions 4 This sett ing is us eful for the long e xposures required f or shoot ing night scenes and firewor ks. 1 Set the mode dial to p . 2 Press the shutter rel ease button. The shutter remains open as long as the shutter release button is kept pressed. Using the p (Bulb) Mode EV Co mpensatio n, Cont inuous Sh ooting a nd Expo sur[...]

111 Shooting Func tions 4 • Set the ap ertu re va lue in inc reme nts of 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV. Set t he expo sur e steps in [1. EV Steps] in the [ A Custom Setting 1] menu. (p.116 ) • The Sha ke Reductio n function is au tomatically di sabled wh en the exposur e mode i s set to p mode. • Use a s turdy tripod an d the cable switch CS- 205 (option [...]

112 Shooting Func tions 4 The shu tter speed i s locked a t 1/180 seconds. Us e this wh en using an externa l flash that d oes not autom atically s et the sync speed. 1 Set the mode dial to M . Using the M (Flash X- Sync Speed) Mode • Turn the rear e- dial ( S ) to adju st the aperture value. • Press t he | (Green) but ton to retain the shutter[...]

113 Shooting Func tions 4 Choose the part of th e screen to use for mea suring brigh tness an d determi ning expo sure. The following three me thods can be selec ted. The factory de fault setting is L (M ulti-segme nt metering) . 1 Turn the met ering mode switching lever . The set metering method is display ed in the viewfinder and status screen. T[...]

114 Shooting Func tions 4 Meterin g is weighted at the cen ter of the screen . Use this mete ring when you want to compens ate the ex posure by e xperience, instead of leav ing it to the camera. The illustr ation s hows that s ensitivit y incr eases as the pat tern heig ht increa ses (cen ter). This mode does not automa tically c ompensate for back[...]

115 Shooting Func tions 4 This all ows you to de liberate ly overexpo se (brigh ten) or unde r-expose (darken) your pictur e. Sele ct 1/3 EV o r 1/2 EV in [ 1. EV Step s] in the [ A Cu stom Setting 1] menu . You can adjust the EV compens ation fr om –5 to +5 ( EV). 1 Turn the rear e- dial ( S ) while pressing th e m button. The exposure is adjust[...]

116 Shooting Func tions 4 Set the e xposure steps in [1. EV St eps] in the [ A Custom S etting 1] menu ( p.85 ) to increm ents of 1/3 EV or 1 /2 EV. AE lock is a funct ion that lock s the exposur e prior to ta king the pi cture. Use this when the subject is to o small or bac klit and a prop er exposure se tting cannot be obtain ed. Changing the Exp[...]

117 Shooting Func tions 4 1 Press the L butt on. The camera locks the exposure (brightness) at that instant. @ is displayed in the status screen and viewfinder while the AE lock is engaged. (p.23, p.31) Press it again to unlock. • The exp osure rema ins locked as long as the L button i s kept p ressed o r the shutt er release but ton is kept pres[...]

118 Shooting Func tions 4 Focusing You can focus wit h the follow ing metho ds. You can also ch oose the autofocus mode from l (Singl e mode) whe re the shutte r release b utton is pre ssed halfway to focus on th e subjec t and the focus is locke d at that pos ition, an d k (Continuous mode) wher e the subj ect is k ept in foc us by conti nuous adj[...]

119 Shooting Func tions 4 2 Look through the viewfi nder and press t he shutter release button halfway. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder and you will hear a beep when the subject comes into focus. (When blinking, the subjec t is not in focus.) 1 Subjects that are Dif ficult to Focus on (p.70) l (Single mode) When the shutt er release[...]

120 Shooting Func tions 4 You can set the camera so that the focusing is performe d when the = button is pres sed. 1 Select [Enable AF] in [13. AF Button Funct ion] in the [ A Custom Setting 2] menu. 2 Press the = but ton. Auto focusing is performed. 3 Press the shutter rel ease button. The picture is taken. Using the = Button to Focus on the Subje[...]

121 Shooting Func tions 4 You can adjust the AF focus ing positio n. 1 Select [36. AF Adjustment ] in the [ A Custom Sett ing 6] menu and press the four-way control ler ( 5 ). 2 Use the four- way controll er ( 23 ) t o select [On] and pr ess the four- way controll er ( 5 ). The [AF Adjustment] screen appears. 3 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) t[...]

122 Shooting Func tions 4 5 Press the 4 but ton. The adjustment value is sav ed. 6 Press the 3 but ton. The camera returns to the Capture mode. 7 Take a test picture. You can easily check the focusing position by enlarging the image during Live View (p.156) or Digital Preview (p.131). Choose the part of the v iewfinder to se t focus to. The factory[...]

123 Shooting Func tions 4 1 Set the AF poi nt switching dial to j . 2 Look through the vi ewfinder and check the posi tion of the subject. 3 Press the 4 but ton. V appears in the viewfinder and the AF point can be changed. 4 Use the four-way control ler ( 2345 ) to select the desired AF point. The AF point lights red in the viewfinder (Superimpose [...]

124 Shooting Func tions 4 If the subj ect is outs ide the range of the focus ing area, th e camera cannot automat ically focus on the s ubject. In thi s situation , you can aim the focusing ar ea towar d the subjec t, use the focus lock and recomp ose the pic tur e. 1 Turn the f ocus mode lever to l . 2 Frame th e desired compositi on for your pict[...]

125 Shooting Func tions 4 3 Center the subject to focus in the viewfinder and press the shutter release but ton halfway. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder and you will hear a beep when the subject comes into focus. (When blinking, the subjec t is not in focus.) 4 Lock the focus. Keep the shutter release button pressed halfway. The foc[...]

126 Shooting Func tions 4 Set [5. AE -L with AF Lo cked] in the [ A Custom S etting 1] m enu (p.85) t o lock th e exposure value while the foc us is loc ked. When yo u adjust the focu s manual ly, you can use eith er the focus indicat or or the ma tte field i n the view finder. The fo cus i ndicator ] appear s in the view finder when t he subject i[...]

127 Shooting Func tions 4 2 Look through the viewfi nder, press the shutter rel ease button halfway and turn the focusing ring. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder and you will hear a beep when the subject comes into focu s. You can manually adjust t he focus using the matte fiel d in view finder. 1 Turn the focus mode lever to . • [...]

128 Shooting Func tions 4 2 Look through the vi ewfinder and turn the focusing ri ng until the subject i s clearly visible on the focusing scr een. Shooting in Catch-in Focus Mode When [3 5. Catch-in Fo cus] in the [ A Custom Setting 5] menu (p.87) is set to [O n], if the foc us mode is set to l and one of the fo llowing types of lenses i s attache[...]

129 Shooting Func tions 4 Checkin g the Compo sition, Exposure and Foc us Before Shooting (Preview) You can us e the preview function to c heck the d epth of field , composi tion, exposure and focus before taki ng a pict ure. There ar e two previe w methods. Choose whe ther to use O ptical Pr eview or Digi tal Previ ew when the m ain switch i s tur[...]

130 Shooting Func tions 4 5 When [On] is selected in Step 2, use the four-way controlle r ( 23 ) to sel ect [Histogram] or [Bright /Dark Area], and use the four-way contr oller ( 45 ) to selec t O or P . 6 Press the 3 but ton twice. 1 Position the subject inside t he AF frame and pr ess the shutt er release button hal fway to focus on the subject. [...]

131 Shooting Func tions 4 1 Focus on the subject, then compose the picture in the viewfinder and tur n the main switch to | . The icon ( | ) appears on the monitor during preview and you can check the composition, exposure and focus. Available operations 2 Press the shutter rel ease button halfway. Digital Preview is ended and the autofo cus system[...]

132 Shooting Func tions 4 Preventing Camera Shake during Shutter Release The Sha ke Reduction function reduces cam era shake t hat occurs when the shutte r relea se button is presse d. This is useful for taking p ictures i n situatio ns where camera shake is likely to occur. T he Shak e Reductio n function allows you to take pi ctures at a pproxim [...]

133 Shooting Func tions 4 1 Select [Shake Reducti on] in the [ A Rec. Mode 4] menu. 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select k or l . k : Uses Shake Reduction. (default setting) l : Does not use Shake Reduction. 3 Press the 3 but ton. The screen that was displayed before selecting the menu appears again. 4 Aim the camera at the subject and p[...]

134 Shooting Func tions 4 4 Aim the camera at the subject and press the shutter release but ton halfway. The following indicators appear on the status sc reen. q : Shake Reduction On + Horizon Correction On r : Shake Reduction Off + Horizon Correction On • Set [Sha ke Redu ction] to l (Off) wh en using the c amera with a tripod or when thi s func[...]

135 Shooting Func tions 4 The Shake Redu ction function ope rates by obtain ing the lens information such as foc al length. If the cam era uses a DA, DA L, D FA, FA J, FA or F lens, the lens informa tion is au tomatically obtained wh en the Shak e Reduction fu nction is acti vated. The [Inpu t Focal Len gth] setti ng screen appears when the camer a[...]

136 Shooting Func tions 4 This cam era has the followi ng two typ es of self- timers. 1 Mount the ca mera onto a t ripod. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 2 ) in Capture mode. The [Drive Mode] screen appears. 3 Use the four- way controller ( 45 ) to select g . • To change the focal length setting, use [Input Focal Lengt h] in the [ A R ec. Mode[...]

137 Shooting Func tions 4 4 Press the four-way contro ller ( 3 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select g or Z . 5 Press the 4 but ton. The camera is ready to take a picture. 6 Press the shutter rel ease button halfway. The autofocus system operates. The focus indica tor ] appears in the viewfinder when focused. 7 Press the shutter rel e[...]

138 Shooting Func tions 4 The shu tter can be re leased fr om a distan ce by using the optional remote control unit. This camera has the foll owing thr ee types of remote control shoot ing modes . • You ca n set the cam era so that the beep does no t sound. (p.257) • Ex posure may be affect ed if the li ght enters th e viewfinde r. Attach the p[...]

139 Shooting Func tions 4 1 Mount the ca mera onto a t ripod. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 2 ) in Capture mode. The [Drive Mode] screen appears. 3 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select h . 4 Press the four-way contro ller ( 3 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select h , i , or i . W appears on the LCD panel . The self- time[...]

140 Shooting Func tions 4 7 Point the re mote control unit towards the remote control receiver on the front or back of the camera and pr ess the shutter release button on the remote control. The operating distance of the remote control unit is approximately 4 m from the front of the camera and approximately 2 m from the back of the camera. After th[...]

141 Shooting Func tions 4 Use the Mirr or Lock-up fun ction if camera shake is evident ev en when the remote c ontrol o r cable sw itch is used with a tr ipod. To use the Mirror Lo ck-up function, pr ess the shu tter releas e button to raise t he mirror up . Press it again to release the shutter. This cam era has the following two types of the mir [...]

142 Shooting Func tions 4 5 Press the 4 but ton. The camera is ready to take a picture. 6 Press the shutter rel ease button halfway. The autofocus system operates. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder when focused. 7 Press the shutter rel ease button fully. The mirror pops up. AE lock function is enabled with the exposure value set immed[...]

143 Shooting Func tions 4 Taking Pi ctures Continuousl y Pictur es can be taken contin uously wh ile the s hutter relea se butt on is held down. This cam era has the following two types of contin uous sho oting. 1 Press the four-way contr oller ( 2 ) in Capture mode. The [Drive Mode] screen appears. 2 Use the four- way controller ( 45 ) to select g[...]

144 Shooting Func tions 4 4 Press the 4 but ton. The camera is ready to take pictures continuously. 5 Press the shutter rel ease button halfway. The autofocus system operates. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder when focused. 6 Press the shutter rel ease button fully. Pictures are taken continuously while the shutter release button i s [...]

145 Shooting Func tions 4 2 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Interva l]. When taking two or more pictures, set the wait time until the next pict ure is taken. Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select the number of hours, minutes, and seconds, and use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to set the time. You can set up to 24 hours, 00 mi[...]

146 Shooting Func tions 4 7 Press the shutter rel ease button fully. When [Start Interval] is set to [Now], the first picture is taken. When set to [Set Time], shooting starts at the set time. For shoot ing multiple pictures, pictu res are tak en at the interv al set in Step 2. After the set number of pictures is taken, the camera returns to normal[...]

147 Shooting Func tions 4 3 Press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select the number of shots. Select from 2 to 9 shots. 4 Press the 4 but ton. 5 Use the fo ur-way contro ller ( 23 ) to selec t [Auto E V Adjus tment] and use the fo ur-way contr oller ( 45 ) to select O or P . When O (On) is set, th e exposur[...]

148 Shooting Func tions 4 Shooti ng whil e Adjusting the Settings (Auto Bracket) Auto Br acket is a function f or shoot ing while automat ically ch anging the camera settings. There ar e two Auto Bracket mod es: Exposur e Bracketing and Exte nded Brack eting. You can set Auto Bracketing Order in [8. Auto Br acketing O rder] in the [ A Custom Se tti[...]

149 Shooting Func tions 4 3 Press the four-way contro ller ( 3 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select l , b , or c . 4 Turn the f ront e-di al ( R ) to set the number of shots. 5 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) to s et the EV compensation value. The following EV compensation values can be set according to the step interval set in [1. EV St[...]

150 Shooting Func tions 4 8 Press the shutter rel ease button fully. Continue to press the shutter release button until the set number of s hots has been captured. Three or five consecutive images will be taken according to the order set in [8. Auto Bracketing Order] in the [ A Custom Setting 2] menu (p.85). • When t he focus mo de is set to l ( [...]

151 Shooting Func tions 4 You can save pic tures with three dif ferent White Balance, Satur ation, Hue, High/L ow Key Ad justment, Contrast and Shar pness l evels. Unlike Ex posure Br acketing, th ree pictur es are sav ed each tim e the shutte r is released. 1 Select [Extended Brack eting] in the [ A Rec. Mode 2] menu and press the four-way control[...]

152 Shooting Func tions 4 6 Use the four- way controlle r ( 23 ) to select the bracketi ng amount. For [White Balance], select from [BA±1] (default setting), [B A±2], [BA±3], [GM±1], [GM±2] or [GM±3]. For other settings, select from [±1] (default setting), [±2], [±3] or [±4]. 7 Press the 4 but ton. 8 Press the 3 but ton twice. The camera [...]

153 Shooting Func tions 4 Taki ng Pictu res Using Dig ital Filte r You can apply a fi lter when taking pict ures. The foll owing fil ters can b e sele cted. Filter name Effect Parameter Toy Came ra For taking pictur es that look as i f taken wit h a toy camer a. Shading Le vel: + 1/+2/+3 Blu r: +1 /+2 /+3 Tone Brea k: Red/ Gree n/Bl ue/ Yellow Retr[...]

154 Shooting Func tions 4 1 Selec t [D igital Filte r] in t he [ A Rec. Mode 2] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The screen to select the filter appears. 2 Use the four- way controller ( 45 ) to select a fil ter. Cust om Fil ter Cust omize an d save a filter to your ow n preferen ces. High Contras t: Off/+1 to +5 Soft Focus: Off/+1/+2[...]

155 Shooting Func tions 4 3 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select the parameter and the four-way cont roller ( 45 ) to adjust t he parameter’s val ue. Available operations 4 Press the 4 but ton. The camera is ready to take a picture. Main switch ( | ) You ca n use D igit al Pr eview t o pre view t he backgro und imag e with th e select ed[...]

156 Shooting Func tions 4 Shooting with the Live View You ca n shoot a pic ture or a movi e while dis playing the r eal-tim e image on the m oni tor . • The imag e in Liv e Vie w may di ffer f rom t he capt ured image if the brigh tnes s of the subj ect is low or high. • If any cha nges o ccur in the sh ooting ligh t source du ring Live View, t[...]

157 Shooting Func tions 4 You can set the di splay i tems and a utofocus mode for Liv e View. 1 Select [Live Vie w] in the [ A Rec. Mode 3] menu and press the four- way controll er ( 5 ). The [Live View] screen appears. 2 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Info Overlay ], [Show Grid], [ Histogram] or [Bright/Dark Area], and use the four[...]

158 Shooting Func tions 4 5 Press the 4 but ton. 6 Press the 3 but ton twice. The screen that was displayed before selecting the menu appears again. 1 Set the e xposure mode. Set the mode dial to any mode othe r than C . 2 Press the U but ton. The mirror pops up and a real-time image is displayed on the monitor. Press the U button again to exit Liv[...]

159 Shooting Func tions 4 * Indicator 10 is displayed in white during Live V iew and turns green when the subject is in foc us. It turns red when the subject was not in focus. It is not displayed when the focus mode is set to . * Indicators 19 and 20 are displayed when [Autofocus Mode] is set to I and the camera detects person’ s face(s). (Up t[...]

160 Shooting Func tions 4 4 Press the shutter rel ease button fully. The picture is taken. You can record mov ies wit h a frame ra te (numbe r of frames shot per second) at 30 frames per second ( fps), mona ural audio, and the file form at set to AV I. 1 Select [Movie ] in the [ A Rec. Mode 3] menu and press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The [Mov[...]

161 Shooting Func tions 4 3 Press the 4 but ton. 4 Use the four- way controlle r ( 23 ) to select [Quality Level] . 5 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ) and use the four-way controlle r ( 23 ) to sel ect the quality level. Select from C (Best; default setting), D (Better) and E (Good). When the recorded pixels and q uality level are changed, the [...]

162 Shooting Func tions 4 12 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Shak e Reduction]. 13 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select k or l . k : Uses Shake Reduction. l : Does not use Shake Reduction. (default sett ing) 14 Press the 3 but ton twice. The camera is ready to record a movie. You can connect a commer cially av ailable stereo[...]

163 Shooting Func tions 4 3 Turn the c amera on. 1 Set the mode dial to C . The exposure mode is s et to C (Movie), and Live View for movie capture is displayed. Live View can be displayed for up to 5 minutes. When the Live View di splay is cancelled after the elapse of 5 minutes, Live View can be restarted by pressing the U button. If the internal[...]

164 Shooting Func tions 4 2 Position the subje ct on the monitor and press the = button. The autofocus system operates. When the focus mode is set to , turn the focusing ring until the subject is clearly visible on the focusing screen. 3 Press the shutter rel ease button fully. Recording of the movie starts. 4 Press the shutter rel ease button ag[...]

165 Shooting Func tions 4 Recorde d movies c an be played back in Playback mode in th e same manner a s saved images. 1 Press the Q but ton. 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to choose a movie to play back. The first frame of the movie is displayed on the monitor. 3 Press the four-way contr oller ( 2 ). Movie playback starts. Available operatio[...]

166 Shooting Func tions 4 You can capture a single fr ame from a r ecorded mov ie and sav e it as a JPEG sti ll picture. 1 Pause the movie in Step 3 on p.165 t o display th e frame to save as a s till pictu re. 2 Press the L butt on. The save confirmation screen appears. 3 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Save as]. 4 Press the 4 but t[...]

5 Using the Flash This chapt er provid es details on t he built- in fl ash of Q and describes how to take pict ures with the external fl ash. Flash Characte ristics in Each Ex posure Mode ........... .......... .............. .............. ......... .............. ...... 168 Distance and Aperture when Us ing the Built- in Flash ...... ............[...]

168 Using the Flash 5 Flash Characteri stics in Each Expo sure Mode • When takin g a moving subj ect, you can us e the flash to change the b lur effect. • An y desi red shu tter speed 1/180 second s or sl ower ca n be se t for tak ing a fla sh photog raph. • The aper ture value automatic ally chang es acco rding to the ambien t brightnes s. ?[...]

169 Using the Flash 5 1 Set the mode dial to e , K or c . 2 Press the E button. The built-in flash pops up. 3 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ). The [Flash Mode] screen appears. 4 Select G or H and press the 4 butt on. The shutter speed is set slower to give the appropriate ex posure for the background. 5 Take the pi cture. 1 Set the mode dial t[...]

170 Using the Flash 5 Trailin g Curtain Sy nc discha rges the fla sh immedi ately be fore the shut ter curtain closes. W hen shooti ng movin g objects with a slow s hutter speed , Trailin g Curtain Sy nc and S low-speed S ync produ ce dif ferent effe cts dependin g on whe n the flash is disch arged. For exam ple, when s hooting a moving car wi th T[...]

171 Using the Flash 5 Distance and Apertu re when Us ing the Built-in Flash A set cr iteria is nece ssary bet ween the gui de number , aperture and distanc e when shooti ng with the flash to o btain the cor rect exposur e. Calcula te and adju st the sh ooting con ditions if the flash o utput is n ot suffi cient. The followi ng equation calculates t[...]

172 Using the Flash 5 Lens C ompatibili ty with the Built-in Flash Depending on the lens used with th e Q , even if a lens with out a hood is attac hed, the us e of the bui lt-in flas h may not be possibl e or may be limited due to vignet ting. DA, DA L, D F A, FA J, and FA lenses not listed be low can be u sed withou t problem s. * Follow ing are [...]

173 Using the Flash 5 Using an External Fl ash (Optional) Using the optional external fl ash AF540 FGZ, AF360 FGZ, AF20 0FG or AF160FC e nables a variety of flash mo des, such as P-TTL aut o flash mode, depe nding on the external fla sh being use d. See the c hart below for details . ( z : Availab le # : Restr i cted × : Not av ailable) *1 A vaila[...]

174 Using the Flash 5 You can use [P-TTL auto] with t he AF540F GZ, AF36 0FGZ, AF2 00FG or AF160FC f lash uni t. The flash pre-flash es before th e actual f lash and confirm s the su bject (the d istance, brightne ss, con trast, whe ther it i s backlit, e tc.) using the camer a 77-segme nt metering s ensor. T he flash output for the actua l flash i[...]

175 Using the Flash 5 With the AF 540FGZ or A F360FGZ, yo u can disc harge the flas h to take a picture at a shutt er speed fas ter than 1/180 second s. 1 Remove the cover of the hot shoe and attach the exter nal flash ( AF540FGZ or AF360FGZ) to the camera. 2 Set the e xposure mode to b or a . 3 Turn on th e camera and the external f lash. 4 Set th[...]

176 Using the Flash 5 By usi ng two exte rnal fla shes (AF540 FGZ or AF360FG Z) or using the built-in fl ash with an external flash, you c an shoot in P-TTL fl ash mode withou t connecting the fla sh units wi th a cord. First set the c hannel for the e xternal fla sh unit on the camera. 1 Set the channel for the exte rnal flash unit. 2 Remove the c[...]

177 Using the Flash 5 Set the c amera to w ireless flas h mode whe n using an ex ternal flas h in combina tion with th e built-in flash. 1 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ). The [Flash Mode] screen appears. 2 Select r an d press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. Using the Bui lt-in Flash Wirelessly • r cannot be set when t h[...]

178 Using the Flash 5 Using a Combination of the Built-in Flash and an External Flash Unit 1 Remove the external flash unit after the channel was set on the camera, and place at the desired locati on. 2 Set the flash mode of the camera to r , and press the E button. 3 Confirm that bot h flashes are fu lly charged and then t ake the pict ure. Using [...]

179 Using the Flash 5 As with t he built-in flash, r ed-eye re duction is av ailable w ith an ext ernal flash. Ho wever, depen ding on the type of the fl ash, this fun ction may n ot be avai lable or ma y have s ome restr ictions fo r usage c onditions. S ee the chart on p.173. Red-Eye Reduction • The red- eye reductio n function works by disch a[...]

180 Using the Flash 5 When us ing the bui lt-in flas h with an exte rnal flash (AF540FG Z or AF360FGZ) that is set to the Trailing Cu rtain Sync fun ction, the bu ilt-in flash wi ll also u se this mod e. Confirm tha t both flas h units are fully char ged before s hooting. When us ing the bui lt-in flas h with an exte rnal flash that does not have w[...]

181 Using the Flash 5 You can com bine two or more ex ternal flash es (AF540FG Z, AF360FG Z or AF200FG ) or you can use two or more e xternal flashes i n combin ation with the built -in flash. Y ou can u se the ext ension c ord connec tion termin al on the flash to connect th e AF540 FGZ. You ca n connec t AF360FGZ o r AF200FG unit as shown in the [...]

182 Using the Flash 5 Combinin g two or mo re externa l flashes ( AF540FGZ , AF360F GZ or AF200FG ) or usi ng an ext ernal flas h in com bination with the bu ilt-in fla sh allows m ultiple f lash phot ography (c ontrast-con trol-syn c flash photogra phy). This is based on the differenc e between th e amounts of light di scharged fr om multi ple uni[...]

183 Using the Flash 5 You can connect a n external flash to th e camera with a sy nc cord by using t he X-sync sock et. Remo ve the Sy nc socke t 2P ca p and conne ct a sync cord to th e X-sync socke t. X-sync Socket • The us e of high-volta ge or high-cu rrent exter nal flashes m ay cause a ca mera breakd own. • Flashes wit h re vers ed po lar[...]

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6 Shooting Settings This chapt er descri bes how to s et the sav e format f or pictures taken and o ther sett ings. Setting the File Format .................. .............. ...... 186 Setting the White Bala nce ............. ......... ........... 191 Correcting Ima ges ................. ......... .............. ...... 199 Setting the Image Finis h[...]

186 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Settin g the File Format You can sele ct the num ber of re corded pi xels fr om W , J , P and i . The more p ixels ther e are, the l arger the pi cture an d the bigger the file size. The fi le size wil l also diff er according to the [JPEG Q uality] setti ng. The defa ult settin g is W . The pape r sizes above ar e referenc[...]

187 Shooting Setti ngs 6 You can s et the ima ge quality level. The file si ze will also diff er accord ing to the [JPEG Re corded Pixels ] setting. The defa ult setting is C (Best) . 1 Select [JPEG Quality] in the [ A Rec. Mode 1] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). 2 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select the quali ty level. Whe[...]

188 Shooting Setti ngs 6 You can set the for mat of ima ge files . 1 Select [ File Forma t] in t he [ A Rec. Mode 1] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). 2 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select a fil e format. When the file format is changed, the number of recordable image appears at the top right of the screen. 3 Press the 4 but [...]

189 Shooting Setti ngs 6 You ca n select P EF or DNG format in [RAW File Format] in th e [ A Rec. Mode 4] men u (p. 84) wh en ima ges are cap tur ed in R AW format. You can set the fun ction when the | button i s presse d. 1 Select [RAW Button] in the [ A Rec. Mode 4] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [RAW Button] screen appears. 2[...]

190 Shooting Setti ngs 6 3 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to choose a file for mat. The left side is the [File Format] setting and the right side is the file format when the | button is pressed. 4 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ), and u se the four -way controlle r ( 23 ) to sel ect a file format when the | button is pressed. 5 Press the 4[...]

191 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Settin g the Whit e Balance White balance is the funct ion for ad justing the color of an ima ge so that white obj ects appe ar white. Set the whi te bala nce if you a re not sa tisfied with the c olor balanc e of pic tures taken with white balance set to F (Auto) , or to intent ionally apply a c reative ef fect to yo ur im[...]

192 Shooting Setti ngs 6 1 Press the four-way contr oller ( 4 ) in Capture mode. The [White Balance] screen appears. 2 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select the white bal ance. Available operations 3 Press the 4 but ton. The camera is ready to take a picture. Main switch ( | ) You can use D igital P review t o preview the backgrou nd image [...]

193 Shooting Setti ngs 6 You can fine-tune the white b alance s ettings. 1 Perform desired sett ings in Step 2 on p.192. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The fine-tuning screen appears. 3 Fine-tune the whit e balance. Seven levels (225 patte rns) are available on the G-M and B-A axes. Available operations 4 Press the 4 but ton. The camera re[...]

194 Shooting Setti ngs 6 You can adjust the whi te balanc e depending o n the ligh t source wh en taking p ictures. With the manual white bal ance, the camera can store delicat e shades that canno t be precis ely adj usted with the white b alance preset val ues provi ded in the camera. This pro vides the op timum whi te balance for your s urroundin[...]

195 Shooting Setti ngs 6 6 When a spot ar ea is select ed, use the four-way cont roller ( 2345 ) to move the f rame to the posit ion you want to measure. 7 Press the 4 but ton. The white balance fine-tuning screen appears when measuring is completed. Adjust the white balance if nec essary. (p.193) 8 Press the 4 but ton. The camera returns to the [W[...]

196 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Use figures to set th e color tem perature. 1 Select K / K in Step 2 of p.192 and press the four-way controlle r ( 5 ). 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select the color temperat ure (default setting: 5000K). You can save three settings. Settings are saved to the location selected here. 3 Press the four-way contr ol[...]

197 Shooting Setti ngs 6 5 Press the 4 but ton. The settings are saved and the camera returns to the [White Balance] screen. Turn the main switch to | to display Digital Preview with the s et color temperature. 6 Press the 4 but ton. The camera is ready to take a picture. Color Temperature The col or of light s hifts toward s blue as th e color tem[...]

198 Shooting Setti ngs 6 You can copy t he white b alance se tting o f a captu red image and sav e it as Manual W hite Balanc e. 1 In Playback mode, display the image with the white balance setti ng you want to copy. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ). The playback mode palette appears. 3 Use the four-way control ler ( 2345 ) to select K (Save [...]

199 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Correcting Image s The cam era and len s properti es can b e automatic ally adju sted when taki ng pict ures . Adjusts the bri ghtness and prevents b right and dark area s from o ccurring. Expands the dyna mic range a nd the lig ht level ex pressed by the CMOS sensor and preven ts brigh t and dar k areas from occurrin g. 1 [...]

200 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Enables the captur e of image s at hi gh dynamic r ange. T akes thr ee frames (underex posed, sta ndard (proper exposure) and overexpos ed) to creat e a single composi te image wi th them. 1 Select [HDR Capture] in the [ A Rec. Mode 2] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). 2 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to s[...]

201 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Reduces distortion s and late ral chrom atic aber rations o ccurrin g due to lens pr operties. Distortion Distortion is the phenomeno n in which the ce nter of the image appe ars inflated ( barrel dist ortion) or the cente r of the imag e appears pi nched (pincushi on distor tion). Dis tortion occur s more eas ily whe n usi[...]

202 Shooting Setti ngs 6 1 Select [Len s Correction] in the [ A Rec. Mode 1] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [Lens Correction] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Di stortion Correction] or [Lat-Chromat ic-Ab Adj]. 3 Use the four- way controller ( 45 ) to select O or P . 4 Press the 3 but ton twice. T[...]

203 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Adjusts the Shake Reduc tion unit in the X-Y direction or rotation dire ction for a better composition position an d a more leve l camera. Use this when you want to adjust th e compos ition, s uch as when u sing a trip od. 1 Selec t [Com posit ion Ad just.] in the [ A Rec. Mode 2] menu and press t he four-way c ontroller ( [...]

204 Shooting Setti ngs 6 4 Press the 4 but ton. The camera returns to normal Live View and is ready to take a picture. The saved adjustme nt value is res et when the Live View is ended.[...]

205 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Setti ng the Image Finishi ng Ton e (Custom Image) You can set the im age fin ishing tone before s hooting. S elect from t he followin g seven modes for [Image Tone ]: Bright (defau lt setting), Natura l, Portra it, Lands cape, Vi brant, Muted and M onochro me. You c an adju st the followin g items fo r [Image Ton e]. *1 Th[...]

206 Shooting Setti ngs 6 2 Use the four- way controller ( 45 ) to choose t he image tone mode. 3 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to choose an item. When [Image Tone] is set to [Monochrome], you can change the settings for [Filter Effect], [Toning], [Contrast] and [Sharpness]. 4 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to change the setti ng. The bac[...]

207 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Storin g Frequently Used Setting s By usi ng A functi on, you c an store the curren t camera se ttings an d easily retrie ve them. The foll owing se ttings ca n be stor ed. Save s the set tings to A . 1 Make the necessary settings . 2 Select [USER] in the [ A Rec. Mode 4] menu and press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The [[...]

208 Shooting Setti ngs 6 3 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Save] and press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The [Save] screen appears. 4 Press the four-way contro ller ( 2 ) to select [Save] and press the 4 button. The settings are saved as A . 1 Select [Check Saved USER Set tings] in Step 3 of “Savi ng the Settings” and press the[...]

209 Shooting Setti ngs 6 You can easily retrieve s aved setti ngs. 1 Set the mode dial to A . The saved settings are retrieved. 2 Change the settings as necessary. To change the exposure mode, use [Exposure Mode] in the [ A Rec. Mode 1] menu. This menu appears only when the mode dial is set to A . 3 Take a pict ure. Changes th e setting s saved as [...]

210 Shooting Setti ngs 6 Resets the s ettings saved as A to the d efault se ttings. 1 Select [Reset USER Setti ngs] in Step 3 of “Saving the Settings” (p.207) and pre ss the four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The [Reset USER Settings] screen appears. 2 Press the four-way contro ller ( 2 ) to select [Reset] and press the 4 button. The A settings retur[...]

7 Playback Functions This chapter descr ibes how to use the various playback functions in Playback mode. Playback Functions Operatio n ............... ........... 212 Enlarging Images ........ .............. .............. ........... 214 Displaying M ultiple Image s ........... .............. ...... 216 Slideshow ............ .............. ......[...]

212 Playback Fu nctions 7 Playback Functi ons Operation Perfor m settings r elated to playing back image s in the p layback mode palette or [ Q Play back] menu . Pre ss the fo ur-w ay cont rol ler ( 3 ) i n Playbac k mode t o displa y the p layback mode pa lette. You can display the playbac k mode pa lette even when the movie i s paused. For de tai[...]

213 Playback Fu nctions 7 *1 This cannot be performe d when a R AW image is displayed. *2 This cannot be performed when a JPEG image is di splayed. You ca n perform the fol lowing set tings in the [ Q Playba ck ] menu . Press the 3 button in Play back mode to display the [ Q Playback 1] menu. K Save as Manu al WB You can c opy the w hite bal ance s[...]

214 Playback Fu nctions 7 Enlargin g Images Images c an be magn ified up to 32 times in Playbac k mode. 1 Use t he four-w ay co ntroller ( 45 ) to se lect an i mage in Playba ck mod e. 2 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) to the right (towar d y ). The image enlarges at each click (1. 2 times to 32 time s). Available operations * The default setting for t[...]

215 Playback Fu nctions 7 You can set whet her or not t o displa y the Br ight/Dark A rea warning in Playbac k mode and s et the ini tial mag nificati on when enl arging ima ges. 1 Select [Playback Display Method] in the [ Q Playback 1] menu and press the four-way control ler ( 5 ). The [Playback Display Method] screen appears. 2 Use the four- way [...]

216 Playback Fu nctions 7 Displaying Mul tiple Images You can dis play 4, 9, 16, 36 or 81 images on the monitor at the same ti me. The default setting i s [9]. 1 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) to the left ( toward f ) i n Playback mode. The multi-image display screen appears. Up to nine thumbnail images wil l be displayed at once. Multi-image Di splay[...]

217 Playback Fu nctions 7 Available operations 2 Press the 4 but ton. A full screen display of the selected image appears. Images will be grouped and di splayed by the f older in which they are saved. 1 On the multi-image display screen, turn the rear e-dial ( S ) again to the left (toward f ). The folder display screen appears. Fou r-way co ntro l[...]

218 Playback Fu nctions 7 2 Select t he folder y ou want to display. Available operations 3 Press the 4 but ton. The multi-image display screen for the selec ted folder appears. Images wi ll be group ed and dis played by shooting date. 1 In the multi- image displa y screen, pr ess the M button. The [Multi-img Display Setti ng] screen appears. 2 Pre[...]

219 Playback Fu nctions 7 Available operations 3 Press the 4 but ton. A full screen display of the selected image appears. Join a number of s aved im ages toget her and di splay them as an index print. You can also save the displayed in dex print as a new im age. You can sele ct the ima ges to incl ude in the index pr int and ha ve the m randomly -[...]

220 Playback Fu nctions 7 5 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [I mages] and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). 6 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select the number of images and press the 4 button. You can select 12, 24 or 36 images. 7 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Back grnd.] and press t he four-way c ontrolle[...]

221 Playback Fu nctions 7 11 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Create a n image] and press the 4 button. The index print is created and a confirmation screen appears. 12 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Save] or [Reshuffle] and press the 4 button. After the ind ex is saved, the camera returns to P layback mo de and the in[...]

222 Playback Fu nctions 7 Slideshow You can play bac k all i mages sa ved on yo ur SD Mem ory Car d succe ssively . Sets how images wi ll be displ ayed duri ng the Slides how. 1 Press the 3 but ton in Pl ayback mode. The [ Q Playback 1] menu appears. 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Sl ideshow] and press t he four-way c ontroller ( [...]

223 Playback Fu nctions 7 4 Press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to change the setting. 1 Select [Start ] in Step 3 on p.222 and press the 4 button. Or, select u (Sli desho w) in the playback mode palett e and press the 4 button. The start screen is displayed and slideshow begins. Available operations Startin[...]

224 Playback Fu nctions 7 2 Stop the s lideshow. Slideshow ends when one of the following operations is performed during playback or when paused. - The four-way controller ( 3 ) is pressed *1 - The Q button is pressed *1 - The 3 button is pressed *1 - The shutter release button is pressed halfway or fully *2 - The mode dial is turned *2 - The = but[...]

225 Playback Fu nctions 7 Rotating I mages When pictu res ar e take n wit h Q held v ertically, th e vertical positi on sensor activates a nd rotation informat ion is adde d to the image to enable playback with the co rrect ima ge orien tation. Yo u can change the rotati on informa tion and s ave the i mage usin g the followi ng proce dure. 1 Selec[...]

226 Playback Fu nctions 7 Com par ing Im age s You can display two image s side-b y-side. 1 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ) in Playback mode. The playback mode palette appears. 2 Use the four-way cont roller ( 2345 ) to select g (Imag e Comparison) and press the 4 but ton. The last image displayed wi ll be displayed twice side-by-side. 3 Selec[...]

227 Playback Fu nctions 7 Dele ting Mult iple Imag es You can delete mul tiple im ages in the mult i-image display at once. 1 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) to the left ( toward f ) i n Playback mode. The multi-image display screen appears. 2 Press the i butt on. The screen to select the images to delete is displayed. The screen temporarily changes to[...]

228 Playback Fu nctions 7 Available operations 4 Press the i butt on. The delete confirmation screen appears. 5 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) to select [Select&Dele te]. 6 Press the 4 but ton. The selected images are deleted. You can delete the selected folder a nd all the im ages in i t. 1 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) two clicks t o the [...]

229 Playback Fu nctions 7 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 2345 ) to select a folder to delete and press th e i button. The delete folder confirmation screen appears. 3 Press the four-way contro ller ( 2 ) to select [Delete] . 4 Press the 4 but ton. The folder and all images in it are deleted. The confirmation screen appears when there are protecte[...]

230 Playback Fu nctions 7 You can delete all saved ima ges at once. 1 Select [Delete All Images] in the [ Q Playback 1] menu and press t he four-way c ontroller ( 5 ). The confirmation screen for deleting all i mages is displayed. 2 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) to select [Delete All Images]. 3 Press the 4 but ton. All images are deleted. Th[...]

231 Playback Fu nctions 7 Prot ecting Im ages fro m Deletion (Pro tec t) You can protect ima ges from bei ng acci dentally del eted. 1 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ) in Playback mode. The playback mode palette appears. 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 2345 ) to select Z (Protect) and press t he 4 button. The screen to select the Protect setti[...]

232 Playback Fu nctions 7 6 Press the 4 but ton. The image is protected and the Y icon appears at the top right of the screen. Repeat Steps 4 to 6 to protect other images. 1 Select [All Images ] in Step 3 on p.231 and press the 4 button. 2 Press the four-way contro ller ( 2 ) to select [Protect] a nd press the 4 button. All images saved on the SD M[...]

233 Playback Fu nctions 7 Connectin g the Camera to AV Equipmen t You can connect t he camera to a TV or ot her devi ce with a video IN jac k or HD MI te rminal and play back im ages. Use the pr ovided AV cable (I- AVC7) to co nnect the camera t o a device with a video IN jac k. 1 Turn the AV device and camera off. 2 Open the terminal cover, face t[...]

234 Playback Fu nctions 7 4 Turn the AV device and camera on. The camera turns on in video mode, and the camera information is displayed on the screen of the connected AV device. When the hom etown is s et with the defau lt setting (p. 57), the video output format i s set in a ccordance wi th that r egion. Dep ending on the country o r region, imag[...]

235 Playback Fu nctions 7 Use a co mmercia lly avail able HDMI c able to conn ect the c amera to a device with an HDMI ter minal. 1 Turn the AV device and camera off. 2 Open the terminal cover and con nect the HDMI cable to the HD MI term inal. Çì 3 Connect the other end of the HDMI cable to the HDMI IN jack on t he AV device. 4 Turn the AV devic[...]

236 Playback Fu nctions 7 Set the ou tput signa l format of the HDMI te rminal. 1 Select [HDMI Out] in the [ R Set- up 2] menu and press t he four-way cont roller ( 5 ). 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select the HDMI output forma t. *1 When [480p] is selected, HDMI output format switches between 480p [NTSC] and 576p (720×576p) [ PAL] dep[...]

8 Processing Images This chapt er descri bes how to p rocess pictur es taken and edit RAW images. Changing the Image Size ............... ......... ........... 238 Proces sing Images wi th Digita l Filters ............. 241 Developing RAW Images .......... .......... .............. . 247 Readjusting Im ages Shot in JPEG Format ......252[...]

238 Processing Ima ges 8 Changing the Image Size Changes th e number of recorde d pixels a nd saves i t as a new ima ge. Change s the numbe r of recorded pixels and quali ty level and saves it as a new im age. The num ber of re corded p ixels can be reduced while st ill obtain ing an im age with go od quality. 1 Select an image to resize in Play ba[...]

239 Processing Ima ges 8 6 Press the 4 but ton. The save confirmation screen appears. 7 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Save as] . 8 Press the 4 but ton. The resized image is saved as a new im age. Cuts out only the des ired area of the pictur e and saves it as a new ima ge. The aspec t ratio can also be changed. 1 Select an image to[...]

240 Processing Ima ges 8 4 Specify the size and posit ion of the area to crop by using cropping frame. Available operations 5 Press the 4 but ton. The save confirmation screen appears. 6 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Save as]. 7 Press the 4 but ton. The cropped image is saved as a new image. Rear e-di al ( S ) Changes th e size of [...]

241 Processing Ima ges 8 Processing Images with Digital Filter s You can edit captu red images using digi tal filters . A proces sed imag e is save d as a new image with a size of W and a qu ality le vel of C . The foll owing filter s are ava ilable. Filter nam e Effect Paramete r Toy Came ra Create s an ima ge that looks a s thou gh it w as shot w[...]

242 Processing Ima ges 8 Water Colo r Create s an ima ge that looks a s thou gh it w as paint ed. Intensity : Weak/Stan dard/Strong Saturation: Low /Medium/H igh Pastel Create s an ima ge that looks a s thou gh it w as drawn with a cr ayon. Weak/Stand ard/Strong Slim Chang es the hori zontal and v erti cal ra tio of images . ±8 leve ls Miniatu re [...]

243 Processing Ima ges 8 1 Select an image for appl ying the digi tal filte r in Playbac k mode. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ). The playback mode palette appears. 3 Use the f our-way c ontroller ( 2345 ) t o select D (Digital Filter) and press t he 4 button. The screen to select the filter appears. 4 Use the four-way control ler ( 2345 ) t[...]

244 Processing Ima ges 8 7 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Uses fi lters in combination] or [Sav e as]. Select [Uses filters in combination] when you want to apply additional fi lters to the same image. 8 Press the 4 but ton. If [Uses filters in combination] was selected, the c amera will return to Step 4. If [Save as] was s elected,[...]

245 Processing Ima ges 8 4 To check the parameter deta ils, press the M button. You can check the filter parameters. 5 Press the 4 but ton. The image selection screen appears. 6 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select an image for applying t he same filt er effect s and press the 4 button. You can only select an image that has not been proces[...]

246 Processing Ima ges 8 Search es for an d displays the origi nal image prior t o digital fil ter applica tion. 1 Select [Search ing for the origi nal image] in Step 3 on p.244 and press the 4 button. The original image pri or to digital filter application is retrieved. Searching for the Original Image If the o riginal im age is no longer stored o[...]

247 Processing Ima ges 8 Developing RAW I mages You can conver t captured RA W files into JPEG or TIFF fi les. 1 Select a RAW image in Playback mode. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 3 ). The playback mode palette appears. 3 Use the four-way control ler ( 2345 ) to select h (RAW Development) and press the 4 but ton. The screen to select the devel[...]

248 Processing Ima ges 8 5 Press the 4 but ton. The save confirmation screen appears. 6 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Save as] and press the 4 button. The RAW image is developed and saved as a new image. 7 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Exi t] and press the 4 button. Select [Continue] to edit other images. You can d[...]

249 Processing Ima ges 8 4 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select [Develop image s as shot] or [Develop images wit h modified set tings]. To change the parameters, select [Develop images with modifi ed settings]. For details, see “Specifying the Parameters” (p.250). The screen to select the parameter appears. 5 Set [File Format] , [Recor[...]

250 Processing Ima ges 8 Specify the paramet ers for dev eloping RAW images . The foll owing param eters can b e changed . *1 This cannot be set when [File Format] is set to [TIFF]. (The setting is fixed to W .) *2 This cannot be set for RAW file s taken in Multi-exposure mode . *3 This can be selected only when a compatible lens is attached. (p.20[...]

251 Processing Ima ges 8 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to change the value. Use the four-way controller ( 5 ) to display the setting screen for White Balance and Custom Image. 3 Press the 4 but ton. The save confirmation screen appears. 4 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Sav e as] and press the 4 button. The RAW image is devel[...]

252 Processing Ima ges 8 Readjus ting Images Shot in JPEG Form at You can readjust Cus tom Image and White Balance for imag es shot in JPEG format imm ediately aft er shoo ting them without d eteriorating image quality . 1 Set the file format to [JPEG] and shoot an image. Refer to p.188 for setting File Format. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 4 [...]

9 Changing Additional Settings This chapter descr ibes how to change additional settings. How to Operat e the Se t-up Menu ................ ...... 254 Formatting the SD Memory Card .. .............. ...... 256 Setting the Beep, Date and Time, and Display Language ....... .............. .......... .............. .............. . 257 Adjusting the Mo[...]

254 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 How to Operate the Set-u p Menu Perform vario us settings related to t he camera in th e [ R Se t-up] me nu. Perfor m the foll owing sett ings in the [ R Set-up 1 -4] menu. Press t he 3 button in Capture/Play back mode a nd use the f our-way contr oller ( 45 ) to disp lay the [ R Set-up 1-4] m enu. Refer to “Us[...]

255 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 R 3 Copyrigh t Informati on Sets t he photogr apher and c opyright informat ion embe dded to Exi f. p.277 Auto Power O ff Sets t he time to turn off au tomatically . p.270 Select Ba ttery Sets the b attery to u se when th e optional battery g rip (D-BG4) is attached . p.270 Reset Res ets all s etting s. p.290 R 4[...]

256 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Format ting th e SD Memory Card Use this camera to format (initialize) a n SD Memory Card that is un used or has b een used on other cam eras or di gital devi ces. Formatting wi ll delete al l the data o n the SD Me mory Card. 1 Selec t [For mat] in the [ R Set-up 4] menu and pr ess the four-way cont roller ( 5 )[...]

257 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Setting the Beep, Date and Time, a nd Displa y Language You can turn the cam era operati on beep on or off. There ar e five ite ms that you c an set: In -focus, AE l ock, | button operatio n sound, s elf-timer and rem ote control. The defa ult settin g is all O (On). 1 Select [Beep] i n the [ R Set-up 1] menu and[...]

258 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 You can change the initial date an d time se ttings. Yo u can also set the display s tyle. Choose [mm/dd/yy], [dd/mm/yy] or [y y/mm/dd]. Choose [12 h] (12 ho ur) or [24h] ( 24 hour) fo r time di splay m ethod. Set in [Da te Adjustme nt] in the [ R Set-up 1 ] menu (p. 254). 1 Setting th e Date and Ti me (p .61) Th[...]

259 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 3 Press the four-way contr oller ( 23 ). The selection frame moves to X (Destination setting). 4 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [Destination] screen appears. 5 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select a desti nation city. Turn the rear e-dial ( S ) to c hange the map. The location, time difference[...]

260 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 List of World Time Cities Region City Regi on City North America Honol ulu Africa/We st Asia Dakar Anchorag e Algiers Vancouv er Johanne sburg San Franc isco Istanbul Los Angele s Cairo Calga ry Jerusal em Denver Nairobi Chica go Jeddah Miam i Tehra n Toronto D ubai New York Karachi Halifa x Kabul Centra l and So[...]

261 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 You can change the langu age in whi ch the menu s, error me ssages, etc. are displ ayed. You can choose from 20 la nguages: Eng lish, Fre nch, Germ an, Spanis h, Portugu ese, Itali an, Dutch, Danish, S wedish, Fin nish, Po lish, Cz ech, Hungaria n, Turkish, Greek, Rus sian, Kor ean, Chinese ( Traditiona l/ Simpli[...]

262 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Adjusting the Monitor an d the Menu Dis pla y You can set the si ze of the text sele cted in th e menus to [Standar d] (norma l display) or [Large ] (magni fied disp lay). Set in [Tex t Size] in the [ R Set-up 1] menu (p.254). Set the le ngth of time that th e guides are displa yed on the monito r when the camer [...]

263 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 1 Select [ Status Screen] in the [ A Rec. Mode 3] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [Status Screen] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select O or P . O : D isplays status screen (default setting). P : Does not display status screen. 3 Use the four-way contr oller ( 23 ) to [...]

264 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 2 Press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ) and use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select the di splay time for [Instan t Review]. 3 Press the 4 but ton. 4 Use the four-way cont roller ( 23 ) t o select [Histogr am] or [Bright/ Dark Area]. 5 Use the four-way control ler ( 45 ) to select O or P . 6 Press the 3 but [...]

265 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 4 Press the 3 but ton. The screen that was displayed before selecting the menu appears again. You can adjust the color of th e monitor. 1 Select [ LCD Color Tu ning] in the [ R Set-up 2] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [LCD Color Tuning] screen appears. 2 Adju st t he co lor. Seven levels (225 [...]

266 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 This came ra is equip ped with an electronic level for de tecting whe ther the camera is level, as ind icated on the bar graph in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel. Selec t whether to display the bar graph. 1 Select [ Electronic Le vel] in the [ A Rec. Mode 3] menu. 2 Use the four- way controller ( 45 ) to sele[...]

267 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Settin g the Fo lder N ame/Fil e Numb er Namin g Conventi on You can select a method for assign ing the fol der name s for stor ing image s. Set in [Fol der Name] in the [ R Set-up 2] menu (p. 254). You can select a method for assignin g the file number of an image w hen saved to a new fol der. Select O or P for [...]

268 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 You can change the file name s of imag es. The defa ult namin g conven tions for t he color s pace (p.279 ) setti ngs are as follows. [xxxx ] indicate s the file number. Th is is di splayed as a four-d igit sequ ential number. (p.267 ) For sRG B, you can c hange [IMG P] (4 charac ters) to t he desired charac ters[...]

269 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Available operations 4 After enteri ng the text, move the text selection cur sor to [Finish] and press t he 4 button. The file name is changed. 5 Press the 3 but ton twice. The screen that was displayed before selecting the menu appears again. You can reset a cha nged file name to its default s etting. 1 Select [[...]

270 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Settin g the Power Settin g You can set the ca mera to tu rn off auto matical ly if unu sed after a certain length of time. Sel ect from [1min.] (default setting), [3min .], [5min.], [10min.], [ 30min. ] or [Off]. Set in [A uto Power Off] i n the [ R Set-u p 3] menu (p. 255). You can set the ba ttery prio rity to[...]

271 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). 3 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select an item. 4 Press the 4 but ton. 5 When using AA bat teries i n the battery g rip, use t he four-way controlle r ( 23 ) to sel ect [AA Battery Type] and pres s the four- way controller ( 5 ). Auto Selec t Priority is g iven to [...]

272 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 6 Use the four- way controller ( 23 ) to select the AA batt ery type. When set to [Auto-detect], the camera will detect automatically the type of battery used. 7 Press the 4 but ton. 8 Press the 3 but ton twice. The screen that was displayed before selecting the menu appears again. • If batteries are inserte d [...]

273 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Settin g the DPOF Setti ngs You can order conv entional ph otograph p rints by ta king the SD M emory Card with recorded images to a store for printin g. DPOF (D igital Pr int Order F ormat) se ttings al low you to specify th e number o f copies and whether t o imprin t the date. 1 Press the four-way contr oller [...]

274 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 6 Turn the r ear e-dial ( S ) to select O or P for printing t he date. O : T he date will be printed. P : The date will not be printed. Repeat Steps 4 to 6 to set other images (up to 999). 7 Press the 4 but ton. The DPOF setting for the selected image is saved and the camera returns to Playback mode. • Depen di[...]

275 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Setting USB Connect ion Mode Set the US B connec tion mode whe n connec ting to a comp uter via the provid ed USB ca ble (I-USB 7). The de fault setting is [MSC]. 1 Select [USB Connection] in the [ R Set-up 2] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to s elect [M SC] or[...]

276 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 MSC and PTP MSC (M ass Stora ge Class) A gener al-purpos e driver prog ram that hand les devi ces conn ected to the comp uter via USB as a memory device. Also indic ates a standar d for co ntrolli ng USB de vices w ith this d river. By si mply conne cting a d evice th at supports USB Mas s Storage Class , you can[...]

277 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Setti ng the P hotogr apher Infor mation Saved t o Exif The cam era type, s hooting c onditions a nd other info rmation a re automa tically em bedded in captured images in the E xif data for mat. You can em bed photog rapher inf ormation in this Ex if. 1 Select [Copyri ght Information] in the [ R Set-up 3] menu a[...]

278 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Available operations 5 After enteri ng the text, move the text selecti on cursor to [Finish] and press the 4 button. The camera returns to the [Copyright Information] screen. 6 Use the four-way control ler ( 23 ) to select [Copy right Holder] and enter the te xt in the same way as [Photographer] . 7 Press the 3 b[...]

279 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Settin g the Color Space You ca n set the c olor space t o use. Set in [Color Spac e] in the [ A Rec. Mode 4] menu (p. 84). sRGB Sets to sRGB co lor spac e. (d efault setti ng) AdobeR GB Sets t o AdobeRGB c olor space. File nam es differ depe nding on the color space s etting as show n below. For sRGB : IMGPxxxx.[...]

280 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Correcting Defecti ve Pi xels in the CMOS Sen sor ( Pixel Ma pping) Pixel m apping i s a function for mappi ng out and correcting f or defect ive pixels in the CMO S sens or. 1 Select [Pi xel Mapping] in the [ R Set-up 4] menu and press the four- way controll er ( 5 ). The [Pixel Mapping] screen appears. 2 Press [...]

281 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 Selecting Settings to Save in the Camera (Memory) You ca n select which fun ction setting s to save when the camera is turned off. The f ollowing function set tings can be sa ved. The defau lt setting is O (On) fo r all except HDR Capt ure and Digi tal Filter. 1 Select [Memory] in the [ A Rec. Mode 4] menu and pr[...]

282 Changing Additio nal Settings 9 4 Press the 3 but ton twice. The screen that was displayed before selecting the menu appears again. • Se t [File No .] to O (On) to continue th e sequenti al numberin g for the file name ev en if a new folder is creat ed. See “Select ing the File Numb er Setting” (p.267). • When t he [ R Set-up] menu i s [...]

10 Appendix Default Sett ings ................ .............. ......... ........... 284 Functions Available with Various Lens Combinations ..... .............. .............. .............. ......292 Cleaning the CMOS Sensor ................ .............. . 295 Optional Acc essories ................ .............. ........... 299 Error Mess ages .[...]

284 Appendix 10 Default Setti ngs The tabl e below li sts the f actory default se ttings. The func tions se t in Memory (p.281) ar e saved eve n when the c amera is turned off. Reset Setting Yes : The setti ng returns to th e default set ting with the res et function (p.290). No : The se tting is sa ved even after rese t. Direct Keys [ A Rec. Mode][...]

285 Appendix 10 Prog ram Lin e k (Normal ) Y es p.94 Extended Bracketing Type Off Y es p.151 Bracketin g Amount ± 1 Y es HDR Capture Off Yes p.200 Digita l Filter Not use any filters Yes p.153 Multi- exp osure Number of Shots 2times Yes p.146 Auto EV Adjus tment P (Off) Y es Interval Shooting Interval 1sec. Y es p.144 Number of Sh ots 2 images Yes[...]

286 Appendix 10 *1 A ppears only when the mode dial is set to A . *2 The saved set tings are reset only for [ Reset USER Settings] in the [USER] screen. Playbac k Mode Pa lette *3 The filter parameter settings can be saved or res et. Electr onic Level P (Off) Yes p.266 Horizon Correc tion P (Off) Yes p.133 Color Spac e sRGB Yes p.279 RAW File Forma[...]

287 Appendix 10 [ Q Playback ] Menu [ R Set-up] Menu Item Defau lt Setting Reset Setting Page Slid esho w Interval 3sec. Y es p.222 Screen Effect Off Y es Repeat Pl ayback P (Off) Yes Playback Displa y Method Bright/Dark Are a P (Off) Yes p.215 Quic k Zoom Off Y es Delete All Images — — p.230 Item Defau lt Setting Reset Setting Page Languag e/ [...]

288 Appendix 10 *4 Res et only for [ Reset File Name] in the [File Name] screen. [ A Custom Setting] Menu Copyright Informatio n P (Off) No p.277 Auto Power O ff 1min. Yes p.270 Select Battery Select Batte ry Auto Se lect Yes p.270 AA Battery Ty pe Auto-detec t Yes Reset — — p.290 Pixel M apping — — p.280 Dust Alert — — p.296 Dust Remov[...]

289 Appendix 10 *5 The saved adjustment v alue is reset only f or [Reset] in the [36. AF Adjustment] screen. 18. Slow Shu tter Speed NR On Yes p.92 19. Hi gh-ISO No ise Reduc tion M edium Y es p.92 20. High-IS O NR Start Level ISO 800 Yes p.92 21. Co lor Temperature Steps Kelvin Yes p.196 22. e- dial in Pr ogra m Fron t: b Rear: c Ye s p. 97 23. e-[...]

290 Appendix 10 Settings in [ A Re c. Mode] menu, [ Q Pl ayback] menu, [ R Set-up ] menu, direct keys an d playback mode pal ette can be reset to def ault setti ngs. 1 Select [Reset ] in the [ R Set- up 3] menu and press the four- way controller ( 5 ). The [Reset] screen appears. 2 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) to select [Reset] and press th[...]

291 Appendix 10 2 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) to select [Reset] and press the 4 button. The settings are reset, and the screen that was displayed before selec ting the menu appears again. Reset Custom Functions Cancel Reset Returns the custom function settings to default values OK OK[...]

292 Appendix 10 Functi ons Avail able wit h Vari ous Lens Com binat ions Only DA, DA L and F A J lenses an d D FA/FA/F /A lenses having an s (Auto) pos ition on the apertur e ring can b e used with fa ctory defau lt settings. Re fer to “Notes on [37. Usin g A perture Ring]” (p.29 4) for other lenses and D FA/FA/F /A lenses with apertur e ring s[...]

293 Appendix 10 *1 Lens es with a maximum apertur e of f/2. 8 or brighter. O nly available at s position. *2 Lens es with a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or bright er. *3 When using the built-in flash and AF540FGZ, AF360FGZ, AF200FG or AF160FC. *4 A berration correction is available in [Lens Correc tion] in the [ A Rec. Mode 1] m enu. The [Distortion C[...]

294 Appendix 10 When [37. Using Ap erture Ring ] in the [ A Custom S etting 6] menu is set to [Permit ted], the sh utter ca n be rele ased even if the aperture ring of the D FA , FA, F or A lens is not set to the s (Aut o) posi tion or a lens wit hout an s po sition is a ttached. However, the featur es will be res tricted as shown bel ow. Restricti[...]

295 Appendix 10 Cleaning the CMOS Sensor Shadows may appea r in the i mage for whi te backgro unds and o ther shoot ing condi tions if the CMOS se nsor becom es dirty o r dusty. T his indicat es that the CMOS se nsor must b e cleane d. Dust adher ing to th e CMOS sens or is re moved by app lying ul trasonic vibrations to the filter on th e front su[...]

296 Appendix 10 Dust Ale rt is a func tion that de tects dust ad hering to the CMOS se nsor and visually displa ys the loca tion of the dust. You can save the detected i mage and d isplay it when per forming s ensor cleanin g (p.297) . The foll owing conditi ons must be met befor e using the Dus t Alert fun ction: • A DA, DA L, FA J lens or a D F[...]

297 Appendix 10 Raise the mirror up an d open the shutter to clean with a blower. Please contact P ENTAX Se rvice Center for pr ofessiona l cleani ng because the CMOS sensor is a precis ion part . Cleaning services i nvolve a fee. You can u se the opti onal Imag esensor Cl eaning Ki t O-ICK1 (p.30 3) when cleanin g the CM OS sensor. • The expos u[...]

298 Appendix 10 1 Turn the camera off and remove the lens. 2 Turn the c amera on. 3 Select [ Sensor Cleaning] in the [ R Set-up 4] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [Sensor Cleaning] screen appears. 4 Press the four-way contro ller ( 2 ) to select [Mirr or Up] and press the 4 button. The mirror is locked in the up position. If you [...]

299 Appendix 10 Optional Access ories A number of dedica ted access ories are available f or this cam era. Pleas e contact a PENTAX S ervice Ce nter for deta ils regardi ng access ories. Produc ts marked with an asterisk (*) ar e the same as those supplied with the camera. Battery Charger k it K-BC90 (*) (Set in cludes B attery c harger D- BC90 and[...]

300 Appendix 10 Auto Flash A F540FGZ Auto Flash A F360FGZ The AF54 0FGZ and AF360FG Z are P- TTL auto flas h units with a m aximum guide num ber of app roximatel y 54 and 36 (ISO 100/m), re spectiv ely. Their features include slave-syn c flash, contras t-control- sync flash, au to flash, high-spee d sync flas h, wireles s flash, slow-spee d sync an[...]

301 Appendix 10 Hot Shoe Adapter F G Extension Cord F5P Off-cam era Shoe A dapter F Use the ad apters and c ords to use th e externa l flash away from the ca mera. Off-cam era Shoe C lip CL-10 When us ing the AF 540FGZ or AF360FG Z as a wir eless flash, this large cl ip is used for se tting the exter nal flash on a desk o r table. Magnifie r Eyecu [...]

302 Appendix 10 Ref-converter A This is an access ory that cha nges the viewfind er viewing angle at 9 0° interva ls. The viewf inder ma gnification can be swi tched be twe en 1× an d 2× . Diopter correction lens adapt er M This accesso ry ad justs the di opte r. Install it on the v iewfinder. If it is diff icult to s ee the viewfind er image cl[...]

303 Appendix 10 Connect to the cable releas e termin al and opera te the camer a shutter re lease button. The cord len gth is 0.5 m. Used for remote cont rol shoo ting. Operati ng distan ce for rem ote contr ol From the fr ont of camer a: approx . 4 m From the back of ca mera: a pprox. 2 m Camera Case O-CC90 Camera Stra p O-ST53 (*) Clean the o pti[...]

304 Appendix 10 Body Mount Cap K Hot Shoe Cover F K (*) USB Cable I-USB 7 (*) AV cable I-AVC 7 (*) Sync S ocket 2P Cap (*) Others[...]

305 Appendix 10 Error Messag es Error Message Description Memo ry card full The SD Mem ory Card is full and no more im ages can be sav ed. Insert a new SD Mem ory Card or delete unw anted image s. (p.49, p.79) Data may be saved when y ou perform the follow ing operati ons. • Change the file format to [JPEG]. (p. 188) • Change the JPEG Re corded[...]

306 Appendix 10 Not enou gh battery power remainin g to activate Pixel Ma pping Appear s during pi xel mapp ing if the b attery l evel is insuffic ient. Repl ace th e battery wi th a fully charged one or use an AC adapto r kit K-AC50 (optional ). (p.47) Image fo lder cann ot be created The max imum folder number (99 9) and file number (9 999) are b[...]

307 Appendix 10 Troubl eshoot ing In rare case s, the camera m ay not operate c orrectly due to static electric ity. This can be remedied b y taking the battery ou t and putting them back in again. Wh en the mirr or remains in the up pos ition, take th e battery out and put them ba ck in agai n. Then, turn the power on. The mirr or will retract. A [...]

308 Appendix 10 The autof ocus does no t work The f ocus mod e is set to Set the fo cus mod e lever to l or A . (p.118) The f ocus mod e is set to k Autofocu s is not locked (foc us lock) when the f ocus mo de is set to k ( A ). The camera will co ntinue foc using on t he subject whil e the sh utte r rele ase b utto n is pr essed half way. If the[...]

309 Appendix 10 Main Specifi cations Approxim ate Number of Storable I mages Type TT L autofocu s, auto-expo sure SLR digital-still ca mera with built-in re tractable P-TTL flash Effective Pix els Approx . 14.6 megapi xels Image Sensor T otal pixels approx. 15.0 7 megapi xels, CM OS with a pri mary color filt er Recorded Pixels W (RAW: 46 72×3 104[...]

310 Appendix 10 Approxim ate Movie Rec ording Time Recor ded Pixels File Form at/ JPEG Quality SD Memory Card capaci ty 4 GB 2 GB 1 G B 512 MB 256 MB 128 MB i 1728×11 52 Z 2045 1041 5 16 258 130 66 C 3176 1617 8 05 402 203 104 D 5485 2793 13 73 686 346 177 E 10057 5 121 25 18 1258 634 325 JPEG Quality (Compression): Z (Pre mium) = 1/2.8, C (Best) [...]

311 Appendix 10 Playbac k Function Single f rame, m ulti-image display , zoom display ( up to 32 times , scrolling possible), ima ge comparison, ro tating, cale ndar display, folder disp lay, slidesh ow, histog ram, brigh t/dark are a, resize, cropping, index (Thum bnail/Squ are/Ran dom1/Rand om2/Ra ndom3/ Bubble) Exposur e Mode A , B Green, e H yp[...]

312 Appendix 10 Continuous Shoo tin g (Hi /Lo) Up to app rox. 5.2 fps, JPEG : up to 40 frames (H i) / until S D Memo ry Card is f ull (Lo), RAW: u p to 15 frames ( PEF, Hi) / up to 14 frames (DNG, Hi) Self-timer Electron ically controll ed with delay tim e of 12 sec./2 sec. (with mirror lock-up fu nction). Star t by pressing t he shutter relea se b[...]

313 Appendix 10 Power Rec hargeable lithium-ion ba ttery D-LI90 , AC adapter kit K-AC50 (optiona l) Battery Life (23° C) Number of recor dable imag es: app rox. 980 i mages ( without fl ash) *1 / approx. 740 ima ges (50% fl ash usag e) *2 , playba ck time: a pprox. 440 minutes *1 *1 The number of recordable im ages (without flash) and playback tim[...]

314 Appendix 10 Glossary AdobeRGB Color spac e recommen ded by Ad obe Syst ems, Inc. for commerc ial printin g. Wider range of col or reprodu ction than sRGB . Covers mo st of the colo r range so co lors only av ailable when printed ar e not lost whe n editing image s on a co mputer. W hen image is opene d by non-c ompatible software, the colors lo[...]

315 Appendix 10 Color Space A defined range of colors fr om the sp ectrum whic h are used. In digital cameras, [sRGB ] is defined as the stand ard by Exif. In thi s camera, [AdobeRG B] is also used bec ause of the r icher color expressio n over sRGB . Color Temperature This nume rically expres ses the col or of the l ight sourc e illumina ting the [...]

316 Appendix 10 EV (Ex posu re Value ) Exposu re valu e is determ ined by th e combin ation of the apertur e value and the s hutter sp eed. EV Compen sation Process of adjustin g the image br ightness by changing the shutter s peed and/or ap erture value . Exif (Exchangeable image file forma t for digital still camera) A standar d digital c amera f[...]

317 Appendix 10 Metering Meth od Brig htne ss of s ubj ect is m easur ed to det ermin e ex posure . In t his ca mer a, select from Mult i-segm ent Metering, Center-w eighted Me tering an d Spot Meterin g. Mired Propor tional scal e of measu rement that consisten tly shows c olor chang e per unit . Determin ed by mult iplying the i nverse of t he co[...]

318 Appendix 10 RAW data Unedited i mage data output from the CMOS s ensor. RAW data is data befo re bei n g in tern ally proc essed b y th e came ra. Ca mera se ttin gs at the time of c apture, suc h as White B alance, Contr ast, Satur ation, and Sharpne ss can b e set for each frame after shooting. In addition, R AW dat a are 12 bi t data that co[...]

319 Appendix 10 Index Symbols | (Green) b utton ............. 19, 21 | (Preview) butto n .............. 1 29 [ A Custom S etting] Menu ................ ............. .......... 85, 288 B (Green) mode ........ ........... 95 Q (Playback) b utton ................ ............. ...... 19, 21, 78 [ Q Playba ck] Menu .... 21 3, 287 [ A Rec. Mode] Menu .[...]

320 Appendix 10 Color Space ......... ........ 279, 315 Color Tem perature .......... ................... 196, 19 7, 315 Compos ition Ad justment ...... 2 03 Continuous Shootin g ......... ... 1 43 Contrast (C ustom Imag e) ..... 205 Contrast AF .......... ................ 1 57 Contr ast-C ontrol-S ync (F lash) ................ ............. ......[...]

321 Appendix 10 Flash ....... .................... ... 7 2, 167 Flash (White Balanc e) ....... ... 191 Flash compens ation .......... ..... 76 Flash Expos ure Compensati on ................ ............. .................. 76 E (Flash po p-up) button ................ ............. ............ 18, 72 Flash X- sync Spe ed Mode M ................ ...[...]

322 Appendix 10 M a (Hyper-manua l) Mode ... ... 1 07 Main swi tch ................ 18, 21, 56 Manual fo cus . ................ 126 Manual Mo de a .......... ......... 107 Manual W hite Balanc e ......... 1 94 Mass Storage Class ............. 2 76 Matte Field ........................ ... 1 27 Memory ... .................... ......... 281 Memory C[...]

323 Appendix 10 JPEG Recorded Pixels ........... 51 Record ed Pixe ls .......... ................... .. 51 , 186, 318 Red-eye re duction .......... 7 5, 179 Remain ing imag e storage capacity ... .................... ........... 46 Remote Contro l .... ........ 138, 303 Reset ....... .................... ......... 2 90 Resize ............ .........[...]

324 Appendix 10 X M (Flash X- sync Speed) mo de ................ ............. ................ 112 X-sync socket . ................... ... 183 Z Zoom Display ....... ................ 214 Zoom Lens .................. ........... 71[...]

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326 Appendix 10 WARRANTY PO LICY All PE NTAX came ras pur chased th rough author ized bo na fide photogra phic dis tribution cha nnels ar e guaranteed again st defects o f materia l or workmans hip for a pe riod of twelve m onths from date of purchase. Service will be r endered, and defectiv e parts will be rep laced withou t cost to you within tha[...]

327 Appendix 10 requir ed, pleas e keep the receipt or bills co vering the purchas e of your equip ment for at least a y ear. Before sending your equ ipment for servicing , please m ake sure t hat you ar e sending i t to the ma nufacture r’s authoriz ed represen tatives o r their appr oved repai r shops , unless yo u are sen ding it directly to t[...]

328 Appendix 10 For customers in USA STATEMENT OF FCC COMPLIANCE This dev ice co mplies with Part 15 of the F CC Rules. O peration is subje ct to the f ollowing two c ondit ions: (1) This devi ce may n ot cause harmful interfer ence, an d (2) this dev ice mus t accept any interfere nce recei ved, includi ng inter ference that may caus e undesi red [...]

Declaration of Conformity Accordin g to 47C FR, Parts 2 and 15 f or Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals We: PENTAX Imaging Company A Division of PENTAX of America, In c. Located at: 60 0 12 Street, Suit e 300 Golden, Color ado 80401 U.S.A. Phone: 303- 799-8000 FAX: 303 -790-1131 Declare un der sol e responsi bility that the produc t identif [...]

Information for Users on Collection and Disposal of Old Equipment and Used Batteries 1. In the Eu ropean Uni on These sym bols on the p roducts , packagin g and/or accompan ying doc uments mean that used e lectrica l and electron ic equipme nts and bat teries shoul d not be mi xed with general h ousehold waste. Used elec trical/el ectronic e quipme[...]

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