Pentax Optio S6 manual

• Specificati ons and extern al dimensions ar e subject to ch ange without not ice. 57565 Copyright © PENTAX Cor poration 20 05 01-200510 Printed in Philippin es PENTAX Corporation 2-36-9, Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-8639, JAPAN (http://www.pe ntax.co.jp/) PENTAX Europe GmbH (Eur opean Headquart ers) Julius -Vosseler -Strasse, 104, 22527 H[...]

Thank y ou for buy ing the PEN TAX Digit al Came ra. Please rea d this ma nual be fore using the cam era in orde r to get th e most out of al l the features and fun ctions . Keep thi s man ual safe , as it c an be a valuabl e tool in hel ping yo u to understan d all the ca mera's c apabil ities. Reg ard ing co pyri ghts Images taken using the [...]

1 Sufficien t atten tion ha s bee n paid to the sa fety o f this prod uct bu t plea se pay parti cular attention to the wa rnings indicate d by t he foll owing symbol s during use . Warning • Do not at tempt to ta ke the camera apart o r remodel the camera . High voltages are pres ent withi n the camer a, and ther e is the refore a da nger of ele[...]

2 Caution • Never try to disass emble or short the ba ttery. Also , do not disp ose of the battery in fire, as i t ma y explod e. • Do no t char ge a ny batter ies othe r than rechar geable lithium -ion bat tery D- LI8. The bat tery coul d explode or catch fire . • Do not place you r finger on the flash when it is dischar ging as ther e is a [...]

3 • If lightning should be present during use of the battery ch arger or AC adapt er , unp lu g the power cor d and di scont inu e us e. Co nti nui ng to use t he produc t can cause damage t o the equipm ent, fire o r electrical sh ock. • Wipe of f the plug of th e power cor d if it should become co vered w ith dust. Thi s ca n caus e a fir e. [...]

4 • Take t he interna tional war ranty card with you wh en you tra vel abroa d. Also tak e the W orldwide Service Netwo rk that is included in th e packag e. This will be us eful if you exp erienc e problem s abroad. • Whe n the came ra has not been use d for a long time , confirm th at it is still worki ng prop erl y, pa rt icul ar ly pri or t[...]

5 • If the cam era is su bjected to rapid temper ature c hanges, condensat ion may fo rm on the insi de and outs ide of the ca mera. Theref ore put the ca mera in a bag or plastic bag, and take the cam era out when the d ifferenc e in temper ature has su bsided . • Avoi d contac t with garba ge, dirt, san d, dust, wat er, toxic gas es, salt, et[...]

6 FOR S AFE USE OF YO UR C AMERA ........... ......... ..... ......... ..... ...... ....... 1 Care to be Taken Durin g Handling ..... ........ ........ ........ ....... ........ ...... ........ 4 Contents of t he Operating Manual . .... ...... ........ ...... ..... ...... ........ ...... ..... ... 9 Checki ng th e Con tents o f the Packag e .......[...]

7 Settin g the Func tions ( Prog ram M ode)...... ..... ......... ..... ...... ........ ...... ..... 54 Selectin g the Pictu re Mode Accor ding to the Sho oting Sc ene (Pic ture Mode ) ........ ..... ......... ..... ......... ..... ......... ..... ......... ..... ...... ........ 55 Taking Pict ures of Dark Scenes (Night Scen e Mode) ..... ...... ..[...]

8 Deleting Selec ted Images and Sound Fi les (from Nine -Image Disp lay) ........ ...... ........ ...... ........ ...... ...... ........ ...... 118 Protecti ng Images , Movies and Sound s from Deletio n (Protect ) ..... .... 120 View ing Image s on AV Eq uipmen t ...... ...... ........ ...... ..... ......... ..... ......... ... 122 Playing Back an [...]

9 This ope rating manua l contain s the followin g cha pters. 1 Getting Sta rted ––––– –––––– –––––– –––––––– –––––– ––––– ––––– This chapter e xplains w hat you need to do aft er pu rchasing th e came ra befor e you start taking pictures . Be sure to read it and fol [...]

10 Items marke d with an ast erisk ( ∗ ) are also available as optional accessories. For other optional accessories, refer to “Optional Access ories” (p.169). Type of AC plug cord D-CO2A Aust ralia/D-CO2E Europe/D-CO2H Hong Kong, United Kingdom / D-CO2J Jap an/D-CO2K K orea/D-CO2U North America, C anada Checking t he Content s of the Package [...]

11 Front Back Names of Parts Power switch Flash Self-timer lamp/ Auxiliary AF light Remote control recei ver Strap lug DC input terminal Battery/car d cover Shutter r elease b utton Microp hone Speak er Lens USB/AV terminal Power indicator LCD mo nitor Tripod socket Access lamp[...]

12 Four-way c ontroller In this o peratin g manual , the four-w ay cont roller is d escribed as show n below. Guide Ind ications A guide to avai lable butt on ope rations appears on the LCD moni tor during op eration . The butto ns are indicate d as s hown be low. Names of Operating Parts Four-way c ontrolle r ( 2 ) 2 Zoom bu tton Four-way c ontrol[...]

13 1 Getting Started Getting S tarted Attaching the Strap Pass the narrow en d of th e strap thro ugh the strap lug and p ass th e other end throu gh the loop.[...]

14 1 Getting Started Poweri ng the Ca mera Install the bat tery pro vided with the ca mera. 1 Open t he battery /card co ver. Slide th e batter y/card co ver in the dire ction in dicated b y the ar row and flip the c over open . 2 Insert the battery with the 2 symbol facing towar d the LCD monitor while using the side of the battery to press the ba[...]

15 Getting Started 1 If you inten d to use the camera continuous ly for a long per iod, use of the AC a dapter D-AC8 (optional) is reco mmend ed. ( 1 p.21) • Insert the battery corr ectly. If t he batte ry is incor rectly o riented, it may cau se a mal fun cti on. • Do not remov e the batte ry when t he camera i s turned o n. • If you do not [...]

16 Getting Started 1 Use the ba ttery c harger D-BC8 supp lied wi th the c amera to charge the battery b efore us ing the c amera for the first ti me or wh en the [Battery depleted ] mes sage appe ars. 1 Connect t he AC p lug cord to the ba ttery cha rger. 2 Plug the AC plug cord into the power outlet. 3 Place the battery in the b attery ch arger s[...]

17 Getting Started 1 • The t ime requir ed for full cha rge is abo ut 100 minu tes. The ap propriate am bient te mperatur e range for charging th e battery is 0°C – 40 °C (3 2°F to 104°F) . • The ch arging time may var y dependi ng on the am bient temp erature an d charging co nditions . • Wh en the batte ry reache s the end of its serv[...]

18 Getting Started 1 • Approximate O perating Time (when the D-LI8 batte ry is fully charged) Number of recorda ble imag es: Approx. 130 (at 23°C with the LCD mon itor on and the f lash used f or 50 % of shots) Playbac k time : Approx. 90 min. Movie r ecordi ng tim e: Approx. 50 min. Sound recordi ng time: Approx. 130 min. • The num ber of re [...]

19 Getting Started 1 The batte ry cha rger su pplied w ith the camera i s desig ned to s witch automati cally t o the voltag e (100 -240V) and frequen cy (5 0Hz, 60H z) of the elec tricity s upply in the co untry o r regio n where u sed. However , elec trical socket s hapes di ffer dep endin g on th e country or region. Be fore trav eling ab road, [...]

20 Getting Started 1 Main Socke t Types in the Major Co untries and Reg ions of th e World AB B F C S North America U.S.A., Can ada 9 Europe, Former S oviet Union Icelan d, Irela nd, Italy , Ukraine , Austria, Netherlan ds, Kazakhstan, Gree ce, Sweden, Denmark, German y, Norway, Hun gary, Finl and, France, Belarus, Belgium, Rumania, Russia 9 U.K. 9[...]

21 Getting Started 1 If you in tend to use the L CD monit or for a long time or connec t the camera t o a PC, use of the AC a dapter D-AC8 (optio nal) is recomm ended. 1 Make su re that th e camera is turned of f and open the battery /card co ver. 2 Connect the DC terminal on the AC adapter to the DC input terminal on the camera, being s ure to mat[...]

22 Getting Started 1 To avo id t he ri sk of fire or el ectr ic s hock w hen us ing the batt ery ch arg er or AC ada pter, be s ure to re ad the section on “FOR SAFE USE OF YOUR CA MERA” on page 1. Refer t o page 176 fo r the s pecifica tions of the batte ry char ger and AC adapter. Precaution s When Us ing the Ba ttery Charge r or AC A dapter[...]

23 1 Getting Started Instal ling the SD Memory Card An SD Mem ory Car d can be used w ith this camera . Capture d image s are recorded on the SD Memo ry Card i f a ca rd is inse rted or in the built-in memory if n o card is inse rted. 1 Open t he battery /card co ver. Slide th e batter y/card co ver in the dire ction in dicated b y the ar row and f[...]

24 Getting Started 1 Data Backup Very occasio nally, dat a stored in t he built-i n memory becomes un readable. As a backup meas ure, we recommen d that you download important dat a to a PC or store the data in a med ium other than t he built- in memory. Precautio ns When Using an SD Memory Card • Make sure that the ca mera is turned off before o[...]

25 Getting Started 1 Choos e the ima ge size a nd qua lity bes t suite d to your purpos e. Higher qualit y levels and n umbers o f recorded p ixel s produce clear er images for pri nting, but the res ultin g increas e in d ata volum e redu ces the total num ber of pictur es that can be ta ken. When you choo se hig h image qualit y as we ll as a lar[...]

26 Getting Started 1 Approximate Number of Reco rdable Im ages b y Size and Quality • The abov e tabl e indic ates th e approxi mate numbe r of ima ges and r ecord ing time wh en using a 128 MB SD Memor y Card. • The abov e table is based on stan dard shoot ing cond itions specifie d by PENTAX and may var y dependi ng on the subje ct, shoo ting[...]

27 Getting Started 1 Approximate Recordabl e Time by Size (Recorded P ixel s) and Quality The default setting i s C . • T he above table indicates the approximate rec ording times when using a 128 MB SD Memory Card. • T he above table is based on st andard shooting conditions specified by PENTAX and may var y depending on the subject, shooting [...]

28 1 Getting Started Initia l Setti ngs (Setti ng the Disp lay Language and the Date and Time) If the I nitial Settin g screen or Da te Adju st s creen ap pears when you turn the cam era on, follow t he procedu re bel ow to se t the di splay la nguag e and/or current da te and time. If the Ini tial Set ting s creen appe ars: 1 p.28 - 29 “ Setting[...]

29 Getting Started 1 3 Press t he OK but ton. 4 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). Th e fram e move s to [ W ]. 5 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 45 ) to choose the desired city ( Hometown). 6 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The fram e mo ves to [DS T] (Day light S aving Time). 7 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) t o select O (On) or [...]

30 Getting Started 1 6 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The f ra me mov es t o [Date] . 7 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The frame moves to the month. 8 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the month. Chang e the day and year in the sa me manner . Next, ch ange the ti me. If you sele cted [12 h] in Step 4, t he settin g swit[...]

31 Getting Started 1 • Whe n the Ini tial Setti ngs scr een is displaye d, you can canc el the setting operation and switch to Captur e mode by pressing the MENU button. In th is case, the Initial Sett ings or Date Adju st screen will appear next time you turn the camera on. • You can chang e the setting s on the me nu. Refer to the pages below[...]

32 2 Quick Start Quick Star t Taking Still Pictur es The sim plest procedure for tak ing still pictu res is describe d belo w. The flash fi res aut omatical ly depen ding o n the l ight cond itions. 1 Press t he power switch. The came ra turns on. 2 Confirm the subject and shooting information on the LCD monitor. The focus frame in the middle of th[...]

33 Quick Start 2 The shut ter rele ase button works in a two-s tep ac tion as follows . Press ha lfway The focu s and exposure are loc ked wh en the shutter rel ease b utton is pressed lightly (halfway ). The shut ter speed and ap erture setti ngs o nly appear on the LCD monito r when th e shutter re lease bu tton is pressed halfwa y. The focus fra[...]

34 2 Quick Start Quick Star t Playing Back Still Pic tures You can d ispla y the still pic ture y ou have j ust tak en. 1 Press t he Q Playba ck button after takin g a picture. The i mage ap pea rs on th e LCD mo nit or. Still pict ures ca n be played back one at a time, pro ceeding e ither forw ard or backwa rd. 1 Press t he Q Playba ck butt on af[...]

35 Quick Start 2 You can del ete the imag e displa yed on the LCD moni tor by pres si ng t he Gr een butt on , us ing t he four-w ay contr oller ( 2 ) t o se lec t [ Del ete] and pressing the O K button. Press the Q Playba ck button again or press t he shutter release butt on halfway t o return to the Captur e mode. Deleting the Dis played Image ?[...]

36 3 Common Operati ons Common Operations Turning the Camera On and Off 1 Press t he power switch. The power indicato r is illumin ated by a gr een light. The lens extends and the ca mera turn s on in the Ca pture mod e. The came ra is ready t o take pict ures by press ing the s hutter relea se button. • Press the Q Pl ayback button to switch to [...]

37 Common Operati ons 3 1 Confirm the SD Memory Card is set in the camera . 2 Hold down the Q Playbac k button fo r more th an four seconds in Capture Mode. The lens retracts two se conds after you st art holding down the Q Playbac k button, and the conte nts of the buil t-in memo ry are display ed two secon ds later . • Wh en you turn the po wer[...]

38 Common Operati ons 3 1 Press t he power switch w hile press ing the Q Pl ayback button. The pow er ind icator lights green a nd the came ra turns on i n the Playbac k mode with the lens retra cted. • Press the Q Pl ayback button to extend the lens and switch to the Capture mode. • Hold down t he Q Playback button for more than two seconds in[...]

39 3 Common Operati ons Using the Button Functions w / x Zoom button Changes the size of t he subject. ( 1 p .32) Q Playback button Switches to t he Playback m ode. When pressed again, returns to Capture mode. ( 1 p.34) Four-way controll er ( 425 ) ( qs 5 ) Changes the focus mode. ( 1 p.73) ( gh 2 ) Changes the drive mode. ( 1 p.65 to p.70) ( 3 ) D[...]

40 Common Operati ons 3 w / x Zoom button Press w / f in single-image display to switch to nine-image display. Pres s x / y to return to t he previous display. ( 1 p.112) Press x / y to enlarge the image in single-im age display. Press w / f to return to the previous display. ( 1 p.108) Q Playback button Switches to Capt ure mode. When switched to [...]

41 Common Operati ons 3 ( 45 ) : Selects a recorded file before playback. Performs the following operations during playback. If there are n o recorded indexes: When ( 4 ) is pres sed during playback, rewinds five seconds. When ( 5 ) is pres sed during playback, advances five s econds. If there are re corded indexes: When ( 4 ) is pressed during pla[...]

42 Common Operati ons 3 Shutter releas e button When pr essed , starts reco rding, and when pre ssed agai n, stops recordi ng. When pr essed for more than one seco nd, reco rding cont inues for as long as the button is held do wn and s tops when the bu tton is releas ed. Q Playback button Switch es to Playbac k mode. ( 1 p.38 ) When pr essed ag ain[...]

43 3 Common Operati ons Setting the Menus When you press the MEN U button , the menu s appe ar on t he LCD monitor. Yo u can set func tions, save the setti ngs and cha nge the came ra settings on th ese menu s. When you are m aking settings from a menu, a g uide to operat ion appears on the LC D monitor. 1 Press th e MENU butt on. The [ A Rec .Mode[...]

44 Common Operati ons 3 6 Press t he Q Playba ck button. The setti ng is saved and the came ra returns to playb ack status. 6 Press the OK butt on or the four-way contr oller ( 4 ). The setti ng is saved and the scree n returns t o Step 3. 6 Press th e MENU butt on. The chang es are c anceled and t he screen returns to Step 3. The MEN U button func[...]

45 Common Operati ons 3 Example of M enu Oper ation Rec. Mode MENU Exit Recorded Pixels Quality Level White Balance AF Setting AE Metering Sensitivity AWB Auto 6 M Set-up MENU Exit Format Sound Date Adjust English World Time Language/ USB Connection PC Rec. Mode MENU Exit Recorded Pixels Quality Level White Balance AF Setting AE Metering Sensitivit[...]

46 Common Operati ons 3 [ A Rec.Mod e] Menu Menu List Item Description Pa ge Recorded Pixe ls For selecti ng the number of pixel s p.78 Quality Level For selecti ng the image compre ssion ratio p.80 Whi te Ba lanc e For adjus tin g th e col or ba lanc e acc ord ing t o lig htin g p .82 AF Setting Focusing Area For chan ging th e area of the autofo [...]

47 Common Operati ons 3 [ B Set-up] Me nu Item Description P age Format For fo rmattin g the SD M emor y Card o r built-in memo ry p.148 Soun d For ad justing th e operat ion v olume and the play back volum e and setting the type and vo lume of start-u p sound, shut ter sound, key operat ion sound, self- timer sound . p.149 Date Adjust For ad justi[...]

48 3 Common Operati ons Operating the Mode Palette Once you press the four-way contro ller ( 3 ), the Mode P alette appears on the LC D mon itor. Yo u can edi t an imag e or c hange the settin gs of the camera . The guid e disp lay i s indica ted whil e usi ng the Mode Pale tte. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). In Capt ure mode , the Ca pt[...]

49 Common Operati ons 3 H Picture m ode Landscape mode Lets you c apture the na tural color s of landscape views. p.55 I Flower mode Lets you ta ke bright ly colored f lower pic tures. Portrait mode Lets you take port rait s with spati al eff ect , by emphasizing the pe rson. x Candlel ight mode Ideal for capturing a cand lelit atmos phere. L Surf [...]

50 Common Operati ons 3 Playback M ode Palette Icon Item Description Page Slideshow For playing record ed images success ively p.113 Resize For changing the size and qualit y level of images p.131 Trimming For trimming images and saving them as sepa rate images p.133 Image/ Sound Copy For copying file s from the built -in memory to the SD Memory Ca[...]

51 4 Taking Picture s Taking P ictures Taking Pictures Capture mode is for tak ing pictu res an d Playbac k mode i s for play ing back or deleti ng image s. • To ch ange fr om Capt ure mode t o Playb ack mod e, pres s the Q Playback button . • To chan ge fr om Playba ck mode to Capt ure mod e, press the Q Playback button or press the sh utter r[...]

52 Taking Picture s 4 Histogr am Disp lay The br ightness distri bution of the image is display ed. The horiz ontal ax is shows the brightnes s (dar kest at th e left e nd and brightes t at t he right end) a nd the vertica l ax is shows the numb er of pi xels . 1 Recorde d Pixe ls 2 Quali ty Level 3 White Bal ance 4 AE Me tering 5 Sensitiv ity 6 Hi[...]

53 Taking Picture s 4 A histogra m is a g raph sh owing t he brightnes s of a n image on the horizont al axi s and the numb er of pixels on the vertical axis (distribut ion chart of the bri ghtness). The h istogram will h elp you d etect t he brig htness of the imag e you hav e tak en. For instanc e, the graph p eak tends to appear on the le ft sid[...]

54 Taking Picture s 4 In R (Program mo de), the camera auto maticall y sets the s hutter spee d and apert ure for taking still pic tures. Howev er, you c an select ot her funct ions suc h as the Flash Mode or C ontin uous Sh ooting m ode. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Ca pture mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way contro[...]

55 Taking Picture s 4 You can sele ct the Pict ure mode acc o rding to the shooting sc ene. There are nine avail able modes in Picture mode. 1 Press the fou r -way co ntroller ( 3 ) in Capture m ode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to choose the desi red mode. For exam ple, select H (Land scape mode) . 3 Press the [...]

56 Taking Picture s 4 In Pet m ode, you can take pict ures that shows natural hair color of your pet. Ch oose the a ppropriate ic on depend ing on what co lor your pet i s (closer to black or white or in betw een). 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Ca pture mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) t o select[...]

57 Taking Picture s 4 This mo de allows you to take cle ar picture s of writ ten text. Th is is conven ient fo r captur ing a dig i tal copy of an important document or enhanci ng legibili ty of sma ll prin t. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Ca pture mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) t o select . 3 [...]

58 Taking Picture s 4 You can t ake pictures of dark scenes, suc h as nightscap es, wit h the appropria te settings. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Ca pture mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select A (Night- Scene m ode). 3 Press t he OK but ton. 4 Press t he shutt er release button halfway. The[...]

59 Taking Picture s 4 This mo de enables you to take movies a nd sounds. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Capture mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select C (Mov ie mode). 3 Press t he OK but ton. The foll owing sho oting infor mation appears on the LCD m onito r and the cam era is r eady to take [...]

60 Taking Picture s 4 If you ke ep the shutte r release b utton presse d for more th an one seco nd, the mov ie will be taken for as long as y ou ke ep the b utton pr essed. Shooting s tops when you take y our finger off the shutte r release button. Keeping th e Shutter Re lease Button Presse d • The flash will n ot discharg e in Movie mod e. •[...]

61 Taking Picture s 4 You can t ake a number of images and joi n them together to form a panor ama pict ure. The software supplied wi th the cam era (ACDS ee for PENTAX) and a compu ter are n ecessary fo r joining the im ages. The Panorama Assist mo de enabl es you to overla p the edges of the im ages so that t hey are easier to join together la te[...]

62 Taking Picture s 4 5 Take th e first imag e. Pre ss the shut ter relea se butt on to ta ke the first image . The right edge of the imag e appears in ha lf-transpa rent for m on the left of the LCD monitor. 6 Move the camera to the right and take the second imag e. Move the ca mera un til the half -transpa rent imag e and th e actual view ov erla[...]

63 Taking Picture s 4 You can t ake pictures w ith a dec orative frame ad ded using the Fra m e Composi te functio n. There are three fr ames already s tored in th e camera . 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Ca pture mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select Y (Frame Composite). 3 Press t he OK but[...]

64 Taking Picture s 4 7 Press t he shutt er release button fully. The pictur e is taken. To switch to the screen fo r registering a fra me, press the Green button in Step 3. You can regi ster frames which you have do wnloade d from the internet, etc. When you reg ister a new frame, it replaces one of the existin g frame s in the built-in memory . B[...]

65 Taking Picture s 4 In self-tim er mod e, the pictu re is taken ten sec onds or two seco nds after the sh utte r rel eas e butt on is pres sed. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 45 ) to select g or r . 3 Press t he OK but ton. The came ra is ready t o take pict ures using the Self-time[...]

66 Taking Picture s 4 • The co untdow n is displaye d on the LCD monitor whe n you pre ss the shu tter release button. • If y ou pr ess the shu tt er rel ease butt on halfw ay while the ca mera is count ing dow n, it s tops c ounting down. And i f you press the shutter relea se button fully, i t starts counti ng dow n again from the begin ning.[...]

67 Taking Picture s 4 You can s witch the Drive mode to Contin uous Shooting m ode. Pictures are taken continuously while the shu tter rele ase butto n is pressed. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 45 ) to select j . 3 Press t he OK but ton. The came ra is rea dy to take pictures continu[...]

68 Taking Picture s 4 • The flash will not discharge in Continuous Shooting mode. • Cont inuous shooting is not availabl e for Movie, Panoram a Assist or Fra me Composit e mode. • The foc us, e xposure and whi te b ala nce are lock ed with the fir st image.[...]

69 Taking Picture s 4 You can s witch the Drive mode to Remo te Contro l mode a nd take pictures using the remo te control unit E o r F (opti onal). 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 45 ) to select i or h . 3 Press t he OK but ton. The self-ti mer lamp bl inks slowl y and the camer a is [...]

70 Taking Picture s 4 You can not on ly change the zoom magnific ation with the zoom bu tton, but also shoot images with the shutte r button us ing the remote c ontrol unit E (option al). 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 45 ) to select i or h . The func tion is same e ither in i or h . [...]

71 Taking Picture s 4 You can u se the zoom to change the siz e of the subjec t and take pictu res in Tele o r Wide mode. 1 Press the zoom but ton in Capture mode. x Tele: makes the subjec t bigger. w Wide: makes the s ubject s maller. When t he digi tal zoo m fu ncti on is di sabled, you can ta ke pictu res at up to thr ee times magnif ication us [...]

72 Taking Picture s 4 The digi tal zoom is set to O (On) in t he default set tings. To take pi ctures using o nly the optical zoom, set the d igital zo om to P (Off). 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Digital Zoom]. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to sele[...]

73 4 Taking Picture s Setting the Shooting F unctions Focus mode Selecting the Focus Mode = Auto focus mod e The came ra focuses on the object in the aut ofocus a rea when the sh utter relea s e butto n is pressed half way. Use thi s mode when t he distan ce to th e subject is more than 40 cm (16 in.). q Macro mo de This mode is use d when the dist[...]

74 Taking Picture s 4 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ) in Ca pture mode. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 23 ) to select the focus mode. 3 Press t he OK but ton. The came ra is ready to take pictures i n the selected foc us mo de. When the mode is set to (Manual F ocus), press the OK button to make the cen tral portion of the pi cture e[...]

75 Taking Picture s 4 After the fo cus is set, pre ss the OK button to determin e the focus pos ition and return to the norm al ca ptur e scre en. Press the OK button again to change the previous ly determ ined focus po sition . • When focu sing, ho ld do wn the fo ur-w ay contro ller ( 23 ) to focu s quic kly. • Wh en you use Manual Focus i n [...]

76 Taking Picture s 4 Flash Modes 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 4 ) in Capture mode. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select the flas h mode. Selecting the Fla sh Mode Auto The flas h dischar ges automatically depending on the light condition s. a Flash Of f The flash wi ll not discharge , regardless of the brightness. Use this mode t[...]

77 Taking Picture s 4 3 Press t he OK but ton. The came ra is ready t o take pict ures in the s elected flas h mode. Saving the Flash Mode 1 p.100 • Usi ng the flash in Macro m ode may ca use the im age to be overex posed . • The sh utter spee d is slowe r when taki ng pictur es of dark sce nes using a flas h in N ight S cene mode. T o pr event[...]

78 Taking Picture s 4 You can c hoose th e number of recor ded pixels from [6M], [5M], [4M] , [3M], [2M ], [1024] and [640 ]. The more pixels t here are, the large r the picture a nd the big ger the file size. Th e data volume a lso varies depe nding on the qua lity level sett ing ( 1 p.80). Number of Recorded Pixel s 1 Press the MENU button in Cap[...]

79 Taking Picture s 4 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change t h e recording pix els. 5 Press t he shutt er release button halfway. The came ra is ready t o take the pi cture. • Selecti ng a large si ze produces a c lear pict ure when it is pr inted out . • The Recorded Pix els setting i s saved when the camera is t urned off. Image Siz[...]

80 Taking Picture s 4 You can c hoose th e image compress ion ratio. The more stars, the cl earer th e quality and th e larger th e volume. The Record ed Pixels setting also c hanges the p icture vo lume ( 1 p.7 8). Quality L evels 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to se[...]

81 Taking Picture s 4 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the qualit y level. 5 Press t he shutt er release button halfway. The came ra is ready t o take the pi cture. The Qua lity Leve l setting is saved whe n the camer a is turned o ff. Image Size and Q uality of Still Pictures 1 p.25 Rec. Mode Recorded Pixels Quality Level White Balan[...]

82 Taking Picture s 4 You can select a white b alance f unction best s uited to the l ight condition s at the time of s hootin g. The Auto adjusts a whi te bal ance auto matically and repro duces natural colors. The Manual allows yo u to dec ide a white balance based on t he subject y ou wa nt to make appear w hite. You ca n also ch oose other whi [...]

83 Taking Picture s 4 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The White Balance screen appears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to change the setting. 5 Press t he shutt er release button halfway. The came ra is ready t o take the pi cture. Plac e a whi te m ate rial such as a pi ece of whit e pa per in fron t of your camer a to adjus t wh[...]

84 Taking Picture s 4 You can s et the autofocus area a nd focus ing metho d. 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec. M ode] me nu appear s. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [AF Setting]. 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The AF Setti ng screen appears. You can c hange the autofo cus area (Focus ing Area). Focus[...]

85 Taking Picture s 4 4 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu appear s. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o change the Focusing Area. 6 Press t he shutt er release button halfway. The came ra is ready t o take the pi cture. You can l imit the movin g range of the le ns in accord ance with the shootin g conditions. When yo[...]

86 Taking Picture s 4 The auxil iary AF light is convenie nt when you shoot a dark su bject. The function helps you to fo cus on the sub ject under the c onditions that the auto f ocus doe s not work prop erly. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Aux. AF Light]. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select O (On)/ P (Off). 6 Press t h[...]

87 Taking Picture s 4 You can c hoose whi ch part of the sc reen to use to m easure the brightnes s and determin e the expo sure. AE Metering Mode s 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to sel ect [AE Met ering]. 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu[...]

88 Taking Picture s 4 You can s elect the sensitivity to suit the brightness of t he surroundings . Sensitivity 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Sensit ivity]. 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu appear s. 4 Use the four-way controll[...]

89 Taking Picture s 4 You can a djust the overal l brightness of the pictur e. Use th is functi on to take pictu res that are in tentionally ov erexposed or under exposed. 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [EV Compens ation]. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45 [...]

90 Taking Picture s 4 You can s elect the record ed pixels and qualit y level for taking mo vies. 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec . Mode] me nu appe ars. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Movie] . 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The Movie setting m enu appear s. You can c hoose the number o f recorded p [...]

91 Taking Picture s 4 4 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu appear s. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Record ed Pixel s]. The recor dable time for the sele cted Recorde d Pixels appe ars. 6 Press t he shutt er release button halfway. The came ra is ready t o take the pi cture. You can choose the qual ity leve[...]

92 Taking Picture s 4 This mod e lets you take mo vies at a delayed frame rate so that w hen you play the movie back, the act ion appea rs speeded up. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Time-laps e Movie] . 5 Press the f our-way cont rolle r ( 5 ). A pull-dow n menu app ears. 6 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the tim e-lap[...]

93 Taking Picture s 4 You can choose the Instant Review time fr om Off (no di splay), 1 sec ., 2 sec., 3 sec., 4 sec., an d 5 sec. 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Instant Review]. 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu appear s. 4 Use [...]

94 Taking Picture s 4 You ca n register one of the three f unction s: In itializ e Rec. Mode (p.102 ), Movie (p.5 9) or Fn Setting (p.95) on the Green bu tton. The functio n can be acti vated simply by pressing the Green bu tton. 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 23 ) to[...]

95 Taking Picture s 4 You can re gister frequently used function s on the f our-way controller. Using thi s functio n, you can direc tly set the functions by pressin g the four-way controll er without disp laying th e menu in Capture mode. In Fn Setti ng, still picture mode and Mov ie mode h ave di fferent set tings. To excu te Fn Setting fo r Movi[...]

96 Taking Picture s 4 The initial settings for Fn Setting Functions th at can be registered on Fn Setting still picture mode Movie mode Initial settings ( 2 ) Recorded Pixels ( 2 ) Reco rded Pixe ls ( 3 ) EV Compensati on ( 3 ) EV C omp ensa tion ( 4 ) White Ba lance ( 4 ) Quality L evel ( 5 ) Quality Level ( 5 ) Time-l apse Movi e still picture mo[...]

97 Taking Picture s 4 You can c hoose w hether yo u want the image to have sharp or soft outlines . 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Sharp ness]. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to ad jus t sharpn ess. To soften t he contou rs, choose ( –) and to sharp[...]

98 Taking Picture s 4 You can s et the color sa turation. 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way contro ller ( 23 ) to select [Saturat ion]. 3 Use the four-way contro ller ( 45 ) to adjust saturation. To reduce the satu ration, choo se (–) and to incre ase the satura tion, ch oose (+). 4 Pre[...]

99 Taking Picture s 4 You can s et the image c ontrast . 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way contro ller ( 23 ) to select [Contrast ]. 3 Use the four-way contro ller ( 45 ) to adjust contra st. To reduce the con trast, ch oose (–) and to increa se the contr ast, ch oose (+). 4 Press t he [...]

100 4 Taking Picture s Saving the Set ti ngs You can choo se whethe r you want the s et value s to be saved when the camera is turned off. If you s elect O (On), the s ettings wi ll be saved in the status they were in imm ediately before the ca mera was turned off. If you se lect P (Off), the setti ngs will b e reset to the def aults when the camer[...]

101 Taking Picture s 4 1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Memor y]. 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The [Mem ory] menu appears. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choose an item. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select O (On) or P (Off). 6[...]

102 4 Taking Picture s Returning the Shoo ting Fun ctions to the Default Settings This functi on lets you return all the sho oting fun ction settin gs to the defaults . All the item s on the [ A Rec.Mod e ] menu and the settings for the capture mode, fl ash, drive, focu s, and display ed information a re reset. For detail s on Rec. Mo de menu, refe[...]

103 5 Recording an d Playback of Sound Recording and Play back of Sound Recordi ng Sound (V oice Recordin g Mode) You can r ecord sound. The recordable tim e appe ars on the LCD monitor accordi ng to h ow much s pace is availabl e on the SD Memory Card. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Ca pture mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the [...]

104 5 Recording an d Playback of Sound 5 Press t he shutt er release button . Recording stop s. The remainin g recordable t ime appears. 6 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) to display Mode Palette and change to a nother mode. You c an exit th e Voice Recor ding mo de. • Soun d is saved i n WAVE m onaura l files. • The m icrophon e is locat[...]

105 5 Recording an d Playback of Sound Playing Back Sound You can p lay back the re cording you ma de in Voice Re cording mode. 1 Press t he Q Playba ck button in the Vo ice Reco rding mode. 2 Use th e four-w ay contro ller ( 45 ) to choose the r ecording to play back. 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 2 ). Playbac k starts. • The following op[...]

106 5 Recording an d Playback of Sound Adding a Voice Mem o You can a dd a voice me mo to a captu red im age. 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and use the four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choose the image to which y ou want to add a v oice memo. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to [...]

107 5 Recording an d Playback of Sound 1 Ente r the Pl ayback mode an d use the fou r-way contr oller ( 45 ) to choose th e stil l pic ture with the voice memo th at you want t o play back. If U appears on th e displaye d image, a voice memo has b een recorde d. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 2 ). Playbac k starts. The following operat ions c[...]

108 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Playbac k/Deletin g/Editing Playing Back Images You can p lay back images recorded on the SD Memory Card w hen a card is insert ed in the came ra, or in the b uilt-in m emory when no card is inserted . Press t he Q Play back but ton. Refer to “Playing Bac k an Image” (p.34) , or “Playing Bac k the Prev ious or[...]

109 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 3 Press th e MENU butt on. Zoom play back en ds. You ca n display the image at maximum magnificatio n simply by pre ssing x / y on the zoom butto n once dur ing zo om pl aybac k. 1 Press th e MENU butt on. The [ A Rec .Mode] m enu appea rs. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). 3 Use the four-way controller ( 23[...]

110 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can p lay back movies . A gui de to opera tion appears on the LCD monitor d uring playback . Operati ons include pl ayback , frame by frame playbac k (forwa rd or reverse), pau se and vo lume adjustme nt. 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and use the four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choos e the movie t o play back. 2 Pr[...]

111 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Shooting information ca n be displaye d on the LCD m onito r in Play back mode. Pres sing the OK button chan ges the display mo de.The Histogram is not dis playe d whil e pl aying back movies . Normal Display Shooting information is displaye d. 1 Voice Memo ic on 2 Card/B uilt-in memo ry icon 3 Folde r name 4 File n[...]

112 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can d isplay nine im ages at the sa me time. 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and use the four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choos e an imag e. 2 Press w / f on the zoom button. A page consi sting of nine thumbnai l images appears . The disp layed im ages chang e nine at a tim e page by pag e. Use the fo ur-way co ntroll[...]

113 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can p lay back all t he image s on the SD Memory Card or in the built -in memo ry contin uously. 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and use the four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choo se the image with which t o start the slid eshow. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way co[...]

114 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 7 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select the ef fect. 8 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 3 ) to select [Sound Effect]. 9 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) t o select O (On)/ P (Off). 10 Press t he OK but ton. [Start] ap pears on the LCD monitor and playback starts at the set interva l. If you pr ess th e OK bu[...]

115 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Deleting Images, Movie s and Sounds You can d elete a single image, movie o r sound. 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and use the four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choose the image, movie or sound to delete. 2 Press the Gr een button. The Delet e screen appears. 3 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 2 ) to select [D elete]. 4 P[...]

116 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing If an ima ge has a voice memo, you ca n delete the v oice me mo without delet ing the im age. 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and use the four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choose an i mage with a voice memo to delete. 2 Press the Gr een button. The Delet e screen appears. 3 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 2 ) to select [De[...]

117 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can d elete all the images , movies and sounds at once. 1 Enter th e Playback mo de and press th e Gr een button t wice. The Delete All scre en appears. 2 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 2 ) to select [D elete al l]. 3 Press t he OK but ton. All the images and sounds will b e deleted. Deleting All Image s Once d[...]

118 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can de lete several images/s ound files sele cted from the nine -image display at once. 1 Enter th e Playback mo de and press w / f on the Zoom button. Nine thu mbnail im ages appe ar. 2 Press the Gr een button. P appears on the images and sou nd files. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to choose th e image[...]

119 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 4 Press the Gr een button. A confirmat ion dialog ap pears. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [Select & Delete]. 6 Press t he OK but ton. The sele cted imag es and soun d files are deleted. Protect ed ( Z ) images and sound files c annot be d eleted.[...]

120 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can p rotect images, movies and sounds from being acci dentally delet ed. 1 Ente r the Pl ayback mode and use t he four -way con trol ler ( 45 ) to choose the image, m ovie or sound to protect. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select Z[...]

121 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 7 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Protect]. 8 Press t he OK but ton. You can p rotect all the im ages, movies and soun ds. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [All Im ages/Sou n ds]. 6 Press t he OK but ton. The [Pro tect all image s/soun ds] mess age appears . 7 Use the four-way controller [...]

122 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Viewing Images on AV Equipment By using th e AV cable, y ou can ca pture, play back and dub im ages on a TV o r other eq uipment with a vi deo IN jack. Make sure t hat both the AV equipm ent and the came r a are turne d off before conn ecting the cable. 1 Open th e battery /card cov er and connect th e AV cab le sup[...]

123 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing When the AV cable is conn ected to the cam era, th e image c an be display e d using the remote cont rol unit E or F (opti onal). 1 Press t he Q Playba ck button. 2 Press the Shu tter button or the zoom button of the remote control unit. Shutter bu tton: display s the next image. Zoom but ton: displ ays the previ ou[...]

124 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Setting the Printing Service (DPOF) You can print the images on t he SD Mem ory Card using a DPOF (Digit al Print Orde r Forma t) compati ble printe r or at a printing s ervice. Set the fol lowing items for each image. Copies: Choose th e number of copies up to a maximum of 99. Date: Specify whethe r you want the da[...]

125 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 6 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choose the number of copies. 7 Use the G reen bu tton to sel ect O (On)/ P (Of f) o f [Dat e]. O (On) : The date will be imp rinted. P (Off) : The date will not be imprinte d. 8 Press t he OK but ton. Prints can be made ac cording to the setting s. • If DP OF settings have a[...]

126 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and press th e four-way controlle r ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) t o select (DPOF). 3 Press t he OK but ton. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 3 ) to select [All Image s]. 5 Press t he OK but ton. 6 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choose the[...]

127 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Direct Printing Using PictBridge By connec ting the ca mera to a printer that s upports Pic tBridge using the USB cable (I -USB17) supplied with the camera, you can print im ages directly from the c a mera w ithout us ing a PC. Select the image s you want to print a nd the number of copies on the cam era after it ha[...]

128 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 1 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to sel ect [Prin t One]. 2 Press t he OK but ton. The Print this i mage scree n appears . 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to choo se the image t o print. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to choose the number of copies. You can prin t up to 99 cop ies. 5 Use the Green but[...]

129 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 9 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to choose t he pape r size. You can sel ect only the print sizes ava ilable with the pr inter you are us ing. 10 Press t he OK but ton. 11 Repeat St ep 8 to 10 to set [Paper Type] [Quality] and [Borde r Status]. When th e Paper Size i s set to [ Setting], im ages are pr inted a[...]

130 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 1 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [DPOF setting]. 2 Press t he OK but ton. The DPOF setting scree n appea rs. Use t he fo ur-w ay co ntro ller ( 45 ) to ch eck the imag es and the pr int settings . 3 Set the number of c opies, the setting of the date imprint, and confirm the print se tting. To set thes[...]

131 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Edit ing Im ages By changi ng the size and qual ity of a selected image, you can make the file smal ler than the original . You can use this functio n to continue takin g pictur es whe n the card o r memory is full, by making the images smaller and over w ritin g the o riginal im ages to make more space availa ble i[...]

132 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 5 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to change the size. 6 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The fr ame mo ves to [Qu ality L evel]. 7 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to change the qualit y. 8 Press t he OK but ton. 9 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to sel ect [Ov erwr ite ] or [Save as]. 10 Press t he O[...]

133 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can t rim a part of a picture an d save it as a separa te image . 1 Use the four-wa y controller ( 45 ) in Pla yback mode to select a n image to tri m. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select (Trimming). 4 Press t he OK but ton. The Tr[...]

134 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can ro tate a display ed image on the LCD moni tor. 1 In Playback mode, use the four-wa y controller ( 45 ) to select th e image t o be rota ted. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Playb ack mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select s (Im age R ota tion ). 4 Press[...]

135 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing This fun c tion enables y ou to edi t still pictures with color filters . You can choos e from t hirteen filters: B&W, Sepia, Eight dif ferent colors, B&W + Red , B&W + Gree n, and B &W + Blue . 1 Use the four-wa y controller ( 45 ) in Pla yback mode to select a n image to e dit. 2 Press t he the fou[...]

136 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 5 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select the c olor filter (eight colors). The colo r bar appears . 6 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select a desir ed color. 7 Press t he OK but ton. The O ver writ e conf irma ti on scr een appears . 8 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Over write] or [ Save [...]

137 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing This func tion enables you to apply sp ecial effects to s till pictures wi th the digital filter. You can ch oose from five filters: Sof t, Illustration, Sp ecial Effect 1, Sp ecial Effect 2 a nd Slim. 1 Use the four-wa y controller ( 45 ) in Pla yback mode to choose an image to edit. 2 Press t he the fou r-way co n[...]

138 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 7 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Over write] or [Save as]. 8 Press t he OK but ton. The edited image is sa ved with the s ame nu mber of recor ded pixe ls and qual ity level as t he origina l. 5 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 23 ) to select the s lim filter. 6 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 45[...]

139 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing This f unc tion enab les you to adjus t th e bri ghtne ss of stil l pic ture s wit h th e brightnes s filter. 1 Use the fou r-way controlle r ( 45 ) in Playback mode t o choose an image to edit. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select &[...]

140 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 6 Press t he OK but ton. The overw rite conf irmation s creen appe ars. 7 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to sel ect [Ov erwr ite ] or [Save as]. 8 Press t he OK but ton. The edited image is sa ved with the s ame nu mber of recor ded pixe ls and qual ity level as t he origina l.[...]

141 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can s elect a frame fro m a recorded movie to save as a still pic ture or divid e a movie in to two. 1 Use the four-wa y controller ( 45 ) in Pla yback mode to select a movie to ed it. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to select (Movie Edi[...]

142 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 7 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to choose the frame you want to save. 8 Press t he OK but ton. The sele cted fram e is saved as a still pic ture. 5 Select [Di vide M ovies] on the Movie Edit scre en. 6 Press t he OK but ton. The scree n for choo sing the divi ding pos ition appe ars. 7 Use the four-way controll[...]

143 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 5 Select [ Extra ct] on th e Movie Edit screen . 6 Press t he OK but ton. The Extract screen ap pears. 7 Press the f our-way co ntroller ( 2 ) to play back the movie a nd pre ss it again to sel ect the desired start point. The movie is paused. During pa use, you can m ove forw ards or backwar ds a fra me by press in[...]

144 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing You can c orrect images w here the flash has caus ed the s ubject to appear w ith red ey es. 1 Enter th e Playba ck mode and press th e four-way controlle r ( 45 ) to choose the imag e you want to correc t. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The Mode Palette app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to[...]

145 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing Copying File s You can co py image and soun d files from the buil t-in memor y to the SD Memory Card and vi ce versa. Thi s function can onl y be se lected w hen a card has been ins erted in the camera . When file s are copied from th e built-in memory to the SD Memory Card, all the f iles are cop ied at onc e. When[...]

146 6 Playback/Del eting/Editing 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [  ] and pre ss the OK button. All the files ar e copi ed to the S D Me mory Card. 4 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [  ] and pr ess the OK bu tton. 5 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select the file to copy. 6 Press t he OK but ton. The sele ct[...]

147 7 Settings Settings Camera Set tings You can d isplay a n image recorded wi th the camera as the start-up screen wh en the came ra is turne d on. 1 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Playback mode. The Mode Palette app ears. 2 Press the four-way controller ( 2345 ) to choose (Start-up Screen). 3 Press t he OK but ton. The screen for set [...]

148 7 Settings Formattin g will delete all the data o n the SD Memory Ca rd if you are using a card, and all the data in the buil t-in memory if t here is no SD Memory Card inserted. 1 Select [Format] on the [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The Form at screen ap pears. 3 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 2 ) to select [Fo r[...]

149 7 Settings You can a djust the pl ayback v olume a nd the volume o f operation sounds , such as the s tart-up sound, shutter s ound and oper ation sou nd. You can a lso change the operation sound s. 1 Select [Soun d] on the [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The Sound s creen app ears. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 45[...]

150 7 Settings 3 Use the four-way controller ( 2 3 ) to select [Sta rt-up Soun d]. 4 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu appear s. 5 Use the f our-way contro ller ( 23 ) to select [1], [2], [3], [Off ] or [USER]. 6 Change the [Shutte r Sound], [Oper ation Sound], and [Self-timer So und] in the same way. 7 Press t he shutt er[...]

151 7 Settings You can s et the first two s econds of your favorite re corded so und as the user soun d and then use this as the start-up so und or shutter sound. Th e sound to be used is recorde d with the camera . ( 1 p.10 1) 1 Select [USER] in Step 5 on page 150. 2 Press t he OK but ton. The Playb ack scre en appears if a sound that can be us ed[...]

152 7 Settings You can c hange the initi al date and time settings. You c an also set the style i n which the date a ppears on the ca mera. Choose [mm/dd/yy], [dd/mm/yy ] or [yy/mm/dd]. 1 Sele ct [Dat e Adju st] on th e [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The Date Ad just screen ap pears. 3 Press t he four- way contr oller ([...]

153 7 Settings 8 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ). The f rame mov es to [Dat e]. 9 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The frame moves to month. 10 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the month. Chang e the day and year in the sa me manner . Next, ch ange the ti me. If you select [12 h] in Step 6, the setting swi tches betwee n a[...]

154 7 Settings The date and time selec ted in “Initial Settin gs (Setting the Dis play Languag e and the Date a nd Time)” ( p.28) serve as th e Home Time setting. You can d isplay the t ime in a c ity othe r than the Home Time city (World Time). Th is is useful whe n taking pict ures abroad. 1 Select [World Time] on the [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Pres[...]

155 7 Settings 7 Use the four-way controller ( 3 ) to select [DST]. 8 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) to se lec t O (On) or P (Off). Select O (On) if th e Destina tion ci ty uses d ayligh t sa ving time. 9 Press t he OK but ton. 10 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 3 ) to sel ect W (Hometown). Set the locat ion and the cu rrent time in the sam[...]

156 7 Settings You can chan ge the lang uage in whi ch the menus , error message s, etc. are disp layed. You can c hoose fro m Engl ish, Fr ench, Ge rman, Spanish, Por tuguese, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Korean, C hinese (traditiona l and simpl ifi ed), an d Ja panes e. 1 Select [Language/ ] on the [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Press t he four- way co[...]

157 7 Settings You can c hange the USB Connection mode d epending on whether the USB cable i s to be c onnected to a pri nter (PictBri dge) or a c o mputer . 1 Select [USB Connection] on the [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu appear s. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [PC] or [PictBridge].[...]

158 7 Settings You can a djust the brightn ess of the LC D monit o r by sev en levels. 1 Select [Bright ness Level] on the [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Use the four-way controller ( 45 ) t o adjust the brightness. Moving t he slider lef twards ma kes th e LCD mon itor darker and movi ng rightwar ds makes it brighter . 3 Press t he Q Playba ck button. The ca[...]

159 7 Settings By settin g the LCD mo nitor to di m automatic ally w hen you l eave the camera wit hout performing any operatio ns for a certai n period, you ca n lessen battery dep letion . When Power Sav ing takes effe ct and the LCD monitor d ims, pre ss any b utton to retu rn to the ordin ary bright ness. 1 Select [Pow er Saving] on the [ B S e[...]

160 7 Settings You c an set the camer a to turn of f aut omatic all y when no ope rati on is perf ormed f or a fixe d time. 1 Select [Auto Po wer Off] on the [ B Se t-up] menu. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The pul l-down menu appear s. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) t o select [5 min], [3 min] or [Off]. 4 Press t he Q Playba ck b[...]

161 7 Settings You can ret urn all the settings other than t he date and time, w orld time , language/ , and vide o out to the defau lt settings. 1 Select [Reset] on th e [ B Set-up] menu. 2 Press t he four- way contr oller ( 5 ). The Res et screen app ears. 3 Use the fou r-way cont roller ( 2 ) to select [R eset]. 4 Press t he OK but ton. The sett[...]

162 8 Appendix Appendix List of City This is a list of cities which you can choo se for t he Worl d Time. Region City R egion City North Amer ica Honolulu Africa/West Asia Nairobi Anchora ge Jeddah Vancouv er Tehran San Francis co Dubai Los Angele s Karachi Calgary Kabul Denv er Ma le Chicago Delhi Miami Col ombo Toront o Kathmand u New York Dacca [...]

163 8 Appendix Default Settings The table below lists the factory d efault settings. Last Memory Se tting Yes : The current s etting (la st memory) i s saved whe n the camera is turned off. No : The settin g returns to the default sett ing when the camera is turned off . ∗ : The setting depends on t he Memor y setting ( 1 p.100). Reset Setting Ye[...]

164 8 Appendix z [ B Set-up] Menu Item Defaul t Setting Last Memory Sett ing Reset Settin g Page Memory Flash Mode On - Yes p.76 Drive Mode Off - Yes p.65 to p.70 Focus Mode Off - Yes p.73 Zoom Posit ion Off - Ye s p.71 MF Posi tion Off - Yes p.74 Whi te B alan ce Off - Y es p.82 AE Meteri ng Off - Yes p.87 Sens iti vity Off - Y es p.88 EV Compens [...]

165 8 Appendix z Playback M ode Pale tte Items Item Defaul t Setting Last Memory Sett ing Reset Settin g Page Language / A ccording t o initial sett ing Yes No p.2 8 USB Connectio n PC Yes Yes p.157 Video Out A ccording t o initial sett ing Yes No p.157 Brightn ess Level 4 Yes Yes p.158 Power Savi ng 5 sec Yes Yes p.159 Quick Z oom Off Yes Yes p.10[...]

166 8 Appendix z Capture Mo de and Functi ons Yes: Avai lable No: N ot avail able Flash Manual Focus Landsc ape, Macro, Pan Focus, Self-timer Continu ous Shoo ting Remo te Control Digital Zoom LCD Off Capture Mo de R Progr am Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes A Night Sce ne q Landscap e I Flow er Portrait x Candleli ght L Surf & Sn ow Sport E Pet Tex[...]

167 8 Appendix *1: Available but the setting is the same as that of the first shot *2: If you enter this mode when LCD is set to Off, the LCD monitor returns to normal d isplay. *3: Flash is fixed to off. *4: Available only when Movie anti-shake is set to Off. *5: The digital zoom is canceled when the LCD monitor is set to Off. z Capture Mode a nd [...]

168 8 Appendix * Blank means no changes of settings. 1 : Fixed to Flash Off 2 : Set to Flash Off (Setting can be changed) 3 : Fixed to 3M (2048x1536) 4 : Fixed to AWB 5 : Fixed to Spot 6 : Set to the automatic tracking AF 7 : Fixed to Off 8 : Set to Off (Setting can be changed) 9 : Fixed to center-weighted 0 : Fixed to Auto a : Fixed to normal Text[...]

169 8 Appendix Optional Accessories A number of dedicated ac cessorie s are a vailable for thi s camera. AC adapter D-AC8 USB cable I-USB17 ( ∗ ) AV cable I-AVC7 ( ∗ ) Camera case O-CC35 Strap O-ST8 Strap O-ST20 ( ∗ ) Leather Strap O-ST24 Sports Strap O- ST30 Remote contro l unit E (zoom function) Remote contro l unit F Rechargeable lithium- [...]

170 8 Appendix Messages Messag es such as the follow ing may a ppear on the LCD moni tor during camera o peration. Compression error Compression of t he image y ou capture d has failed. Chan ge the qual ity/si ze and try ag ain. No image/sound There are no images/soun ds on the SD Memo ry Card or in the built-in memory . Memory card fu ll The SD Me[...]

171 8 Appendix Messag es such as the fol lowing ma y appear on the LCD mo nitor when using th e PictBridge func tion. Image f older could n o t be creat ed The largest f older number has been use d and the larges t file numbe r has been assig ned to an image and no more images can be saved . Insert a new SD Memory Card or format the S D Memory Card[...]

172 8 Appendix Troublesh ooting Problem Cause Remedy Camera will not turn on Battery is not install ed Check battery is installed. If not, inst all batter y. Battery is installed incorrectly Check ori entation of battery . Reinsert batt ery, making sure that the batter y matches th e label inside the batte ry co mpar tm ent. ( p.14) Battery power i[...]

173 8 Appendix Very occ asionall y, static electricity m ay caus e malfunc tion of the camera. In this c ase, remove the battery and install it again. If the camera work s properly, the camera is in its normal cond ition and you can continu e to use i t. Subject is not in focus Subject diff icult to foc us on Subject s difficult to focus on using a[...]

174 8 Appendix Main Specifi cations Camera Image Storage Capacity and Recording Time (When using a 128MB SD Memory Card) Still Pictures Movie * The above table indicates th e approximate number of images and recording time. The number of images and recording time may vary depending on a SD Memory Card and sub ject. Type Fully automatic compact digi[...]

175 8 Appendix Whi te B ala nc e Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten Light, Fluorescent Light, Man ual Lens Focal Length 6.2 mm - 18.6 mm (equivale nt to 37.5 mm - 112.5 mm in 35 mm format) Maximum Aperture f/2.7 - f/5.2 Lens Composition 6 elements in 5 groups (two aspherical elements) Zoom Type Electrically driven Picture Range Ap pr ox . 14 8 m m × [...]

176 8 Appendix Power Supply Flash Type Auto flash with red-eye reduc tion function Flash Modes Auto, Flash Off, Flash On, Auto + Red-eye , Flash On + Red-eye (low-speed synchro in Night Scene mode), Soft Flash Effective Range Wide: Approx. 0.15 m - Approx. 5.1 m (at the standard output sensitivity of Auto) T ele: Approx. 0.4 m - Approx. 2.7 m (at t[...]

177 8 Appendix WARRANTY POLICY All PENTAX cam eras purchased through authorized bona fide photographic distribution channels are guaranteed against def ects of material or workmanship for a period of twelve months from dat e of purchase. Service will be rendered, and defective parts will be replaced without cost to you within that period, provided [...]

178 8 Appendix • T his warranty policy does not affect the customer’s statutory rights. • T he local warranty pol icies available from PE NTAX distributors i n some countries can supersed e this warranty policy. The refore, we recommend that yo u review the warranty c ard su pplied with y our pr oduct at the t ime of purchase, or con tact the[...]

179 8 Appendix For customers in USA STATEMENT OF FCC COMPLIANCE This de vice compli es with Part 1 5 of the FCC Rules. Operat ion is subject to the fol lowing two con ditions: (1 ) This dev ice may not cau se harmfu l interferen ce, and (2) this devic e must acce pt any interference rec eived, includi ng interference that ma y cause undes ired oper[...]

Declar atio n of Co nformity According t o 47CFR, P arts 2 and 1 5 for Class B P ersonal Co mpute rs and P eriph erals We: PENTA X IMAGI NG COMPAN Y A Division of PE NTAX of Am erica, In c. Located at: 600 12 St reet, Suite 300 Golde n, Colo rado 8040 1 U.S.A. Phone: 303-799-80 00 FAX: 303-790- 1131 Declar e under so le responsibil ity that the pro[...]

181 8 Appendix Information on disposal for users 1. In the European Union If your product is marked with this symbol, it means that used electrical/electronic product s should not be mixed with general household waste. There exists a separate collection system for these products. Used electric/electronic equipment must be treated separately and in [...]

182 8 Appendix Index A AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Access l amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Auto Powe r Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Autofoc us mo de . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Autofoc us Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Auxiliary AF light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 B Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

183 8 Appendix Number of recordable images . . . 18 O OK but ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 39 Operating Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . 169 P Pan Focus mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Panorama As sist Mode . . . . . . . . 61 PictBridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Picture Mode . . . . .[...]

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