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Operating Manual For optimum camera p erformance, please rea d the Operating Manual before using th e camera. SLR Digital Camera[...]

Thank yo u for purc hasing th is PENTAX W Digital Camera. Please read this manual before using t he came ra in order t o get the mo st out o f all the feat ures and funct ions. Keep th is manua l safe, as it ca n be a v aluable t ool in h elping you to unde rstand all the camer a’s capab ilities. Lenses you can use In gener al, lenses that can be[...]

1 To users of th is camera • Do not use or store this device in th e vicinity of equ ipment that generates strong electr omagneti c radiation or magnetic f ields. Strong st atic charge s or the magn etic fields produced by eq uipmen t such as radio t ransmitt ers could int erfere with the monit or, damage the stored d ata, or affec t the produc t[...]

2 • Do not pl ace your finge r over the flas h when disc harging th e flash. You ma y burn your self . • Do not cov er the flas h with clothi ng when dis charging the flash. Dis coloration may occur . • Do no t send d ata via infr ared tran smissio n with the infrared p ort of th e camera pointed at a per son’s eyes. D oing so may c ause im[...]

3 Warning • If any lea kage from the batter y should com e in contact with you r eyes, do not rub them . Flush your e yes with clean w ater a nd ge t medical attent ion imm ediately. Caution • Only us e the spec ified batt ery with th is camer a. Use of o ther batter ies may ca use an expl osio n or fi re . • Do not di sassem ble the bat tery[...]

4 • Do not cha rge any ba tteries oth er than recha rgeable N i-MH batte ries. The ba tteries could explode or catc h fire. AA bat teries for use w ith this came ra other th an Ni-MH batt er ies c ann ot b e char ged . • If any lea kage from the batter ies should c ome in cont act with skin o r clothes, it may cau se i rri tatio n to the skin. [...]

5 • Do no t subject the camer a to stro ng vibrat ions, shoc ks, or pre ssure. Use a cush ion to prote ct the came ra from vibr ations of mo torcyc les, automo biles, or shi ps. • The tem peratur e range for ca mera use is 0°C to 40°C (32 °F to 104°F ). • The moni tor may appe ar b lac k at hi gh te mper at ures , bu t wil l r et urn to n[...]

6 For Using Your Camera Safely .............. ................. ........... ................. . 1 Care to be Taken Duri ng Handlin g ... ........... ................. ........... ............ 4 Contents................ ................ ............ ........... ................. ........... ............ 6 Compos ition of th e Operati ng Manual .....[...]

7 Basic Operati ons 67 Basic Shooting Operation ............... ................... ............. ............ 68 Holding the Camera .................... ................. ........... ................. .......... 68 Letting the Camera Choose the Optimal Setting s .............. ............ .... 69 Using a Zoom Lens .......................... .....[...]

8 Checking the Composition, Exposure and Fo cus Before Shooting (Preview) . ................... .................... ............. ................ 137 Assign ing the Prev iew Functi on to the Green Button ... ........... ........ 137 Display ing the O ptical Pre view ... ........... ........... ............ ................. .. 139 Display ing the[...]

9 Shooting Settings 191 Setting a File Format ........... ................... ............. .................... ... 192 Setting t he JPEG Rec orded Pixe ls .............. ........... ................. ........ 192 Setting t he JPEG Q uality Le vel ......... ........... ................. ........... ........ 193 Setting t he File Format............[...]

10 Protecting Images from Deleti on (Protect) .................... .......... 240 Protectin g a Single Image ...................... ........... ............ ........... ........ 240 Protectin g All Imag es .................. ........... ........... ................. ............ .. 241 Connecting the Camer a to an AV Device .... ...................[...]

11 Setting the Folder/File Number .......................... .................... ... 279 Changing the Namin g System of the F older ...................... ............ .. 279 Creating New Folde rs ............................ ........... ............ ................. .. 279 Selecti ng the File Numbe r Setting .................... ............ ...[...]

12 Appendix 303 Default Settings ...... ................... .................... ............. ................ 3 04 Resetting the Menus ........................ ............. ................... .......... 310 Resettin g the Re c. Mode/Play back/Set-u p Menu s ....... ........... ........ 310 Resettin g the Cu stom Menu .................. ........[...]

13 This O perating Man ual conta ins the fo llowing cha pters. Composition of the Operating Manual 1 Before Using Your Camera Explains camera char acteris tics, access ories and th e names an d functions of vario us part s. 2 Getting Started Explains your first steps from purch asing the camera to taking p ictures. Be sure to read this chapter and [...]

14 The s ymbols use d in this Operat ing Manual are ex plained b elow. 1 Indicates referen ce page n umber explaini ng a re lated o peration. Indicates usefu l informa tion. Indicates precauti ons to take when operati ng the camera.[...]

1 Before Using Your Camera Check the package contents and the names and func tions of working parts bef ore use. W Camera Characterist ics .............. .............. 16 Checking the Cont ents of the Package .......... .... 18 Names and Functions of Working Parts ........ .... 19 Display I ndicators ................ ......... .............. .....[...]

16 Before Using Your Camera 1 W Camera Characteristics • Features a 23.6×15.8 mm CMOS s ensor with ap proximatel y 12.4 mil lion effectiv e pixels fo r high p recision and a wide dynamic r ange. • Features Shake Re duction ( SR), an ima ge senso r shifting shake reducti on system. This e nables y ou to capt ure sharp pictures wi th minimal cam[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 17 • Features Sensiti vity Pri ority mode K that au tomaticall y adjust s aperture a nd shutter speed a ccording t o the set s ensitivit y. • Support s infrared transmissio n (IrSimpl e/IrSS) whi ch allow s you to send and rec eive image data to a nd from cel l phones and printer s. The captu red area (view a ngle) wi[...]

18 Before Using Your Camera 1 Checking the Contents of the Package The fol lowing ac cessories are packa ged with y our cam era. Check t hat all ac cessories are inclu ded. Hot sho e cover F K (Installed on camera) Eyecup F Q (Install ed on came ra) Body mo unt cover (Ins tal led on camer a) USB cable I-USB7 Strap O-ST53 Recha rgeable li thium-ion [...]

19 Before Using Your Camera 1 Names and F unctio ns of Work ing Parts * In the second i llust ration, the came ra is sho wn wit h the Eyec up F Q removed. Tripod s ocket Battery cover Battery c over unlock lev er Self-timer lamp/ Remote control receiver AF cou pler Mirror Lens un lock button Lens i nfor mat io n contac ts Card co ver Strap lug Hot [...]

20 Before Using Your Camera 1 Funct ions of bu ttons, dia ls and lev ers used du ring sh ooting are n oted. Capture Mode The f act ory de faul t set tin gs ar e expl ai ned he re. De pend ing on the butt on, th ese set ti ngs ca n be ch anged . 3 4 1 7 0 d 6 9 8 e 5 2 a b c f[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 21 1 | (Green) button You can assign a function to this button. (p.197) 2 Shutter r elease but ton Press to capture images. (p.72) 3 Main sw itch Move to turn the camera on and off. (p.59) 4 Lens unlock button Press to detach a lens . (p.57) 5 m c button Sets the EV compensat ion and aperture values. (p.104, p.110, p.117)[...]

22 Before Using Your Camera 1 Funct ions of bu ttons, dia l and lever used duri ng playb ack are not ed. Playback Mode 3 4 2 9 6 0 7 8 a 5 1[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 23 In this Operating Man ual, the bu ttons of the fou r- way co ntroller are refe rred to in the followin g way. 1 | (Green) button Press to change the settings, such as resetting the values . (p.197) 2 Shutter r elease but ton Press halfway to switch to Capture mode. 3 Main sw itch Move to turn the camera on and off. (p.[...]

24 Before Using Your Camera 1 Display I ndicators The v arious info rmation a ppears on the monitor depending on the status of th e cam era. Guide s appear on the monitor for 3 sec onds (de fault sett ing) when the camer a is switch ed on or the mode di al is turn ed. Monitor The brightn ess and th e color of the moni tor can be ad justed. ( p.277,[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 25 While shooting , the status screen i s displ ayed showin g the cur rent shooti ng functio n settings. Y ou can c hange the t ype of the screen displa yed by pr essin g the M butt on. Status s creen (All items are disp layed here fo r explana tory pu rposes. Th e actual display may differ.) Capture Mode 1 Capture M ode [...]

26 Before Using Your Camera 1 Control panel Press the M button i n the status screen to display the co ntrol panel and change settin gs. 1 Function nam e 11 Highlight Correction (p.207) 2 Setting 12 Shadow Correcti on (p.208) 3 Custom Im age (p.213) 13 File Format (p.1 95) 4 Cro ss Pr ocessi ng (p .21 6) 14 JPEG Recorded Pixels (p.1 92) 5 Digital F[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 27 The c amera swit ches the types o f inform ation dis play when you pre ss the M but ton during pl ayback. Playback Mode Standard Captured image, file form at and gui des are dis played. Histogr am display Captured image and hist ogram (Brightness /RGB) are display ed. Not availa ble du ring movi e playback . (p .30) De[...]

28 Before Using Your Camera 1 Detailed information display Use the f our-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to swi tch between pages. P 09/09/2010 10:00AM 09/09/2010 10:00AM 100-0001 1/ 2000 AF .A 12 M G2 200 ISO 24 mm ±0 ±0 ±0 ±0 ±0 JPEG AdobeRGB A1 F2.8 F2.8 +1.5 -0.5 100-0001 100-0001 DR DR 200 200 G2 MONO Movie 10 min 10 sec ±0 ±0 ±0 ±0 ±0 A1 O F[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 29 * For images take n wit h Live View, the au t ofocus method is displayed for indicator 9. * In dicators 7 and 21 appear o nly for images taken with the flash. * In dicators 1 3, 14, 15, 16, and 24 ap pear only for ima ges taken wi th the correspo nding functions enabl ed. * In dicators 2 6 and 27 do n ot appear f or RA[...]

30 Before Using Your Camera 1 Histogram Display The fol lowin g histogram s ca n be disp layed when playing back still pictures . The “Br ightness h istogram” shows the distributi on of bri ghtness and t he “RGB his togram” shows t he dist ribution o f colo r intens ity. Pres s the four -way co ntroller ( 23 ) to swit ch between “Brightne[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 31 A histogram shows the br ightness distribu tion of an image. The h orizonta l axis repre sents brig htnes s (dar k at th e lef t and b rig ht at t he r ight) an d the v erti cal axis repre sents the nu mber of pixel s. The s hape and th e distribut ion of t he histogra m before and a fter shooting tells yo u whethe r t[...]

32 Before Using Your Camera 1 The fol lowing i ndicators appear on the monito r to indic ate the key s, buttons and e-di al that ca n be ope rated at that t ime. Exampl e) The fol lowing i nformatio n appears i n the vie wfinder. Guide Indi cators 2 Four-way con troller ( 2 ) 3 button 3 Four-way con troller ( 3 ) M button 4 Four-way con troller ( 4[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 33 5 Picture mode icon (p.92 ) The ico n for Picture m ode in us e appears . U (Normal mode of I ), = (Portrai t), s (Landsc a pe), q (Mac ro), (Moving O b ject), . (Night Scene Portrait) 6 Shake Re duction (p.141) Appears when the Shake Reduct ion functi on is activate d. 7 Shutter s peed Shutter s peed when cap turing[...]

34 Before Using Your Camera 1 How to Chan ge Functi on Sett ings Funct ion settings can be c hanged us ing the di rect keys , contr ol panel o r menu s. This se ction explain s the basic ways to cha nge functi on settin gs. In Captur e mode, y ou can se t Drive Mod e, Flash Mode, Whi te Balan ce and Sen sitivit y by pressing t he four- way contr ol[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 35 While shooting , the c urrent se ttings c an be ch ecked o n the s tatus sc reen. You ca n also s witch t he displ ay to the c ontrol p anel a nd change settings . Below, h ow to set [J PEG Qual ity] is explained a s an exa mple. 1 Check the status scr een and then press the M button. The control panel appears. Press t[...]

36 Before Using Your Camera 1 3 Press the 4 button. The setup screen of the selected item appears. 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) or e-dial to sel ect a setting value. 5 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the control panel and is ready to take a picture. • You can also change the settin g by turning th e e-dial after sel ecting the [...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 37 This se ction explain s how to us e the m enus: [ A Rec. Mode], [ Q Playback ], [ R Set-up ] and [ A Cu stom Setting ] menus. Below, how t o set [Slow S hutter Speed NR] in the [ A Rec. Mod e 2] me nu is expla ined a s an exampl e. 1 Press the 3 button in Capture mode. The [ A Rec. Mode 1] menu appears on the monitor. [...]

38 Before Using Your Camera 1 4 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). Available settings are display ed. The frame moves to the pop-up menu if there is one. When there is a submenu, it is displaye d. 5 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select a setting. 6 Press the 4 button. The setting is saved. Press the 3 button if a submenu is displayed. N[...]

Before Using Your Camera 1 39 • You can sele ct wheth er to display the menu t ab sele cted the la st time fir st, or to a lw ays d is play th e [ A Rec. Mode 1] me nu first. (p.275) • Refer to the following pages for details on eac h menu. •[ A Rec. Mode] menu 1 p.87 •[ Q Playbac k] menu 1 p .221 •[ R Set-up] m enu 1 p.26 6 •[ A Cus to[...]

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2 Getting Started This ch apter expl ains you r firs t ste ps from pur chasing the camera to taking pic tures. Be sure to read it and foll ow the instruct ions. Attaching th e Strap .................. ........................ .... 42 Inserting the Battery ................ ................... ......... 43 Inserting/Remov i ng an SD M emory Card ....[...]

42 Getting Started 2 Attaching the Strap 1 Pass the end of the strap through the strap lug, then secure it on the inside of the clasp. 2 Attach the other end of the strap in the same manner as descr ibed above.[...]

43 Getting Started 2 Insert ing t he Batt ery Insert the lithium-ion b attery or AA batteries into the camera. Use the e xclusive ba ttery D-LI1 09. When us ing the batt ery for the fi rst time, or when the batte ry has n ot been used in a l ong time, or when [Batte ry depleted] ap pears, recha rge the battery. Note: AC plug cord “Listed, Type SP[...]

44 Getting Started 2 3 Face the 2 mark on the exclusive batt ery up and insert it into the battery char ger. First, insert the battery at an angle, as shown in the illustration, and then push down on the battery until it clicks. The indicator lamp is lit during charging and turns off when the battery is fully charged. 4 When the batte r y is fully [...]

45 Getting Started 2 1 Slide the battery cover unlock lever in the directi on of the arrow ( 1 ) to open the battery cover ( 2 ). 2 Face the 2 mark on the battery towards outsi de of the camera, push the batt ery lock lever in the direction of the arr ow ( 3 ) and insert th e battery. To remove the battery, push the battery lock lever in the direct[...]

46 Getting Started 2 3 Close the bat t ery c over. When usin g AA batte ries, be sure to use the op tional A A battery holde r D-BH109 . (p.320) Use four A A lithium b atteries, AA Ni-MH recha rgeable batteries, o r AA alkaline batterie s. Using the AA Batteries Available Batteries Characteris tics AA lithium batteries Recommended when using th e c[...]

47 Getting Started 2 1 Insert the AA batt eries according to the +/– indicat ors in the battery holder. 2 Slide the battery cover unlock lever in the directi on of the arrow ( 1 ) to open the battery cover ( 2 ). • Do not us e the Ni-Mn ba tteries as the batteri es’ voltag e character istics may caus e a malfunc tion. • AA lith ium batteri [...]

48 Getting Started 2 3 Insert the batt ery holder into the battery chamber. Push the battery lock lever in the direction of the arrow ( 3 ) and insert the battery holder until it locks. To remove the battery holder, push the battery lock lever in the direction of the arrow ( 3 ) with your finger. Remove the battery holder when it pops out slightly.[...]

49 Getting Started 2 You c an confi rm rem aining b attery l evel by check ing the w displ ayed on the statu s screen . The imag e storage capac ity (norma l recording a nd flash use 50%) is bas ed on measurin g conditions i n accordanc e with CIPA standa rds, while othe r data is based on our measurin g conditi ons. Some deviation f rom the ab ove[...]

50 Getting Started 2 We recom mend th e use of th e AC adapte r kit K -AC109 (opt ional) w hen using the monitor fo r a long time or w hen connec ting the cam era to a compute r or AV device . 1 Make sure the camera is turned off . 2 Open the batt ery cover. Refer to Step 1 on p.45. Remove the battery if it is inserted into the camera. 3 Insert the[...]

51 Getting Started 2 4 Close the bat t ery c over. The DC coupler’s connection cable i s pulled out from the battery cover. 5 Connect the DC terminals on the AC adapter and the DC coupler with the 2 marks aligned. 6 Connect the AC plug cord to the AC adapter. 7 Plug the AC cord int o the power outl et. • Make sure the ca mera is turn ed off bef[...]

52 Getting Started 2 Insert ing/R emov ing an SD Memo ry Card This ca mera use s either an SD Mem ory Card or an SDHC Me mory Card (commercia lly avai lable). Both cards ar e referr e d to as S D Memory Cards hereaft er. Mak e sure the camera is turned off befor e inser ting or r emoving the SD Me mory Card. 1 Make sure t hat the c am era i s turn [...]

53 Getting Started 2 Push the SD Memory Card in once to remo ve. 4 Close the car d cover ( 3 ) and then slide it in the direction of the arrow ( 4 ). Precautio ns When Us ing the SD Memo ry Card • The S D Memory Card is equipp ed with a write -prot ect swi tch. Se tting the switch to LOCK pre vents ne w data fro m being recorded o n the card , th[...]

54 Getting Started 2 Choose the number of recorded pix els (size ) and quali ty level (JP EG data compr ession rate) of picture s accordi ng to how y ou intend to use the pictures you hav e taken. Pictu res wit h l arger recor ded pixels or more st ars ( E ) are cle arer when printe d. However, the number of pictures that ca n be taken (the number [...]

55 Getting Started 2 JPEG Re corded Pixe ls, JPEG Quality an d Approxima te Image Storage Capacity (When usi ng a 2 GB SD Me mory Ca rd) • The numbe r of storable images may v ary depend ing on the subj ect, shooting conditio ns, shooting mode and SD M emory Card , etc. With the W , you ca n record i n the ver satile JP EG format o r the hig h qu[...]

56 Getting Started 2 Attaching a Lens Attach a proper le ns to the c amera’s b ody. When y ou use one of the follo wing lens es with the W , all the came ra’s captur e modes wi ll be av ailable . (a) DA, DA L, D FA, FA J len ses (b) Lenses with an s (Auto ) position , when used in the s po sitio n 1 Check that t he camera is tur ned off. 2 Remo[...]

57 Getting Started 2 4 Remove the front lens cap by pushing the i ndicated por tions inward. To detach the lens, hold down the lens unlock button ( 4 ) and turn the lens counterclockwise. • We ass ume no re spons ibility nor liabi lity for accid ents, da mages an d malfunc tions resu lting from th e use of lense s made by othe r manufac turers. ?[...]

58 Getting Started 2 Adjusting the Vi ewfinder Diopter Adjust the viewf inder diopte r to suit y our eyesi ght. If it is difficult to see the v iewfinder imag e clearly, s lide the dio pter adjus tment lev er sideway s. You ca n adjust t he diopter from app roximatel y –2.5 to + 1.5 m –1 . 1 Look through the viewfi nder and slide the diopter ad[...]

59 Getting Started 2 Turning the Camera On and Off 1 Turn the main switch to [ON]. The camera will turn on. Set the main switc h to the position [OFF] to turn off the camera. • Always turn th e camera off when n ot in us e. • The power w ill automat ically turn o ff when you do not perform any ope rations within a set per iod of time . To react[...]

60 Getting Started 2 Initial Sett ings The first time the camera is turned on after purc hasing, t he [ Language/ u ] screen appear s on the mo nitor. Fol low the proce dure below to set the la nguage disp layed on the mon itor an d th e curr ent date and time. Onc e these s ettings are made, y ou will no t need to s et them aga in next time y ou t[...]

61 Getting Started 2 2 Press the 4 button. The [Initial Setting] screen appears in the selected language. Press the four-way controller ( 3 ) tw ice and proceed to Step 10 on p.62 if W (Hometown) does not have to be changed. 3 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ). The cursor moves to W . 4 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The [ W Hometown] scr[...]

62 Getting Started 2 10 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ) and use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to selec t [Sta ndard ] or [Large]. Selecting [Large] increases the text size of the selected menu items. 11 Press the 4 button. 12 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) to select [Setti ngs complete]. 13 Press the 4 button. The [Date Adjustment] scre[...]

63 Getting Started 2 When the Wrong Langua ge is Set If you m istakenl y select t he wrong l anguage i n the [La nguage/ u ] screen a nd proce ed to the [Da te Adjus tment] sc reen, you c an perfor m the foll owing oper ation to set the lan guage bac k. If you ha ve proc eeded to s witch the camera to Capture mode (and the camera is rea dy to take [...]

64 Getting Started 2 Set the c urrent dat e and ti me and the display s tyle. 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The frame moves to [mm/dd/yy]. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to choose the date format. Choose [mm/dd/yy], [dd/mm/yy] or [yy/ mm/dd]. 3 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The frame moves to [24h]. 4 Use the four-way contr[...]

65 Getting Started 2 7 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The frame moves to the month. 8 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to set t he month. Set the day and y ear in the same manner. Next, set the time. If you select [12h] in Step 4, the camera switches between am and pm depending on the time. 9 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) to select[...]

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3 Basic Operations This ch apter expl ains bas ic operati ons for shooting by setting mode dial to I (Auto Pi cture) to ensur e successfu l capturing. For informati on about advanced func tions and setti ngs for taking pictu r es, refer to chapt er 4 and onward. Basic S hooting Operation ............ ................... .... 68 Using a Zoom Lens ..[...]

68 Basic O perations 3 Basic Shooting Operation How you h old the c amera is i mportant w hen takin g pictures . • Hold the c amera firm ly with bo th hands a nd keep y our elbo ws close to your body . • Press the shutter rel ease butt on gently when taking a picture . Holding the Camer a • To redu ce came ra shake , suppor t your body or the[...]

69 Basic O perations 3 The W feature s various capture mo des, focu s mode s, and dr ive modes for exp ressing y our pho tographic vision . This s ection e xplains ho w to take p ictures b y simply p ressing t he shutter r elease b utton. 1 Set the mode dial to I . The camera will select the optimal capture mode for the subject. 1 Selecting the App[...]

70 Basic O perations 3 4 Position t he subject i nside the AF frame and pr ess the shutter release button half way. The autofocus system operates. The focus indica tor ] appears in the viewfinder when the subject comes into focus. When set to I (Auto Picture) mode, the optimal capture mode is automatically selected from U (Standard), = (Portrait), [...]

71 Basic O perations 3 6 Review the captured 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.276) You can magnify the im age during Instant Review with the e-dial. (p.223) You can delete the image during Instant Review by pressing the K / i but[...]

72 Basic O perations 3 Operating the shutter release button The s hutter rele ase button has two wor king po sitions. Pres sing it down ha lfway (first positio n) dis plays the indica tors i n the viewfi nder and the a utofocus system operates. P ressing i t fully (second positio n) takes a p icture. • Pres s the s hut ter r elease but ton gen tl[...]

73 Basic O perations 3 Subjects that are di fficult to focus on The au tofocu s mechan ism is not perfect. Fo cusi ng may be difficult when t aking pic tures un der the foll owing con ditions. Th ese also a pply to ma nual focu sing us ing the focus indi cator ] in the v iewfinder. (a) E xtremely low-con trast su bjects suc h as a wh ite wall in th[...]

74 Basic O perations 3 Using a Zoom Lens Enlarge t he subject ( telephoto ) or capture a wider are a (wide angl e) with a zoom lens. Adj ust the s ubject to the desire d size a nd take pi ctures . 1 Turn the zoom ri ng to the right or left. Turn the zoom ring clockwise for telephoto and counterclockwise for wide angle. • The smaller the num ber d[...]

75 Basic O perations 3 Using the Built-in Fl ash Use the f ollowing procedure s to take pictures i n low light o r backlit condit ions and w hen yo u want to us e the buil t-in fla sh. The bui lt-in flas h is optimu m for a subjec t at a dista nce from 0.7 m to 5 m. Expos ure will no t be prope rly control led and v ignetting (darkeni ng of the cor[...]

76 Basic O perations 3 The flas h modes th at can be s elected differ depen ding on the capture mode. *1 This ca n be selected in Q (Surf & Sno w), K (Food), l (Night Snap), R (Kids), and Y (Pet) of H mode. 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) in Capture mode. The [Flash Mode] screen appears. The flash modes that can be selected for the set c[...]

77 Basic O perations 3 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to select a flash mode. Turn the e-dial to perform the flash exposure compensation. (p.81) 3 Press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. 1 Set the mode dial to I , = , q , . or H . The flash is deactivated when A ( Night Scene), K (Sunset), n ( Stage Lighting), Z (Night Sce[...]

78 Basic O perations 3 4 Push down on the portion indicated in the il lustrati on to retract the buil t-in flash. 1 Press the K / i button. The built-in flash pops up and begins charging. The b mode is used regardless of the flash mode setting. When the flash is fully charged, b appears in the viewfinder. (p.32) 2 Press the shutter r elease but ton[...]

79 Basic O perations 3 Whe n th e mod e di al is s et to a (Flash Off), the bu ilt-in fl a sh will not pop up even if the K / i button i s pre ssed. Using red-eye reducti on flash “Red- eye” is th e phenomen on where e yes look r eddish in phot ographs tak en in dar k environm ents with a flash. T his is ca used by the r eflection of the elec t[...]

80 Basic O perations 3 Daylight-Sync Shooting In dayl ight cond itions, th e flash wi ll eliminat e shadows when a port rait picture is taken with a sha dow cast on a pers on’s face. U se of th e flash i n this wa y is ca lled D aylight-S ync S hooting. T he b (Manu al Flash Di scharge) mo de is us ed when sh ooting with Dayligh t-Sync Shooti ng.[...]

81 Basic O perations 3 You ca n change the fla sh output in a range of –2.0 to +1.0. The followin g flash comp ensation values c an be set ac cordin g to the step inter val se t in [1. EV S teps] (p.118 ) of the [ A Cust om Sett ing 1] men u. 1 Turn the e-dial in the [Flash Mode] screen. The flash compensation value is displayed. Press the | butt[...]

82 Basic O perations 3 Playing Back Pictures You ca n play ba ck captu red images with the c amera. 1 Press the Q button. 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 monitor.) Press the M button during pla[...]

83 Basic O perations 3 • Refer to “Playbac k Functions ” (p.219) for details on the playback m ode function s. • When the file forma t of the last ca ptured imag e is JPEG, and its data still remains i n the buffe r memory, yo u can addi tionally sa ve the imag e in RAW for mat by pres sing the m c button . If the image wa s shot using an y[...]

84 Basic O perations 3 You ca n delet e images one by one. 1 Press the Q button and use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to select an image to delete. 2 Press the K / i button. The delete confirmation screen appears. 3 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Delete ] . Select a file format to delete for images saved in RAW+ format. 1 4 Press t[...]

4 Shooting Functions This ch apter descr ibes the various basic and advanced shooting f unctions available wi th the W . How to Operate the S hoot ing Functions ........... 86 Selecting th e Appropriat e Captur e Mode .......... 91 Setting the E xposure ............... .............. .............. 96 Focusing ....... .............. ...............[...]

86 Shooting Fun ctions 4 How to Operate the Sh ooting Function s You ca n chan ge captur e-related settin gs usin g the dir ect keys , contr ol panel, [ A Rec. Mod e] menu or [ A Custom S etting] me nu. Press th e four- way contr oller ( 23 45 ) in Capture mode to se t the follow ing items. For details on how to use th e menus, re fer to “Using t[...]

87 Shooting Fun ctions 4 The fol lowing s ettings can be performe d in the [ A Rec. Mode 1-4] menus. Press the 3 button in Captur e mode to displ ay the [ A R ec. Mode 1 ] menu. Rec. Mode M enu Setting Items Menu Item Fun ction Page A 1 Cust om Im age *1 Sets the image fin ishing tone such as color and con trast before shoo ting an imag e. p.213 Fi[...]

88 Shooting Fun ctions 4 *1 Can be set using the c ontrol panel. A 3 Movie Sets t he movie settin gs. p.165 Live Vie w Sets the L ive View disp lay setti ngs. p.160 Inst ant Revi ew Sets the I nstant Review d isplay set tings. p.276 D-Rang e Setting *1 Expands the dynamic ra nge and pr events bright an d dark areas from occu rring. p.207 p.208 Lens[...]

89 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Set the [ A Custom Setting 1-4] m enus to fu lly us e the func tions of a SLR camera . Custom Setting Menu Setting Items Menu It em Functi on Page A 1 1. EV Steps Sets t he adjus tment steps for e x pos ure. p.118 2. Sensitivi ty Steps Sets t he adjus tment steps for I SO sensit ivity. p.99 3. Expanded Sensitiv ity Expands [...]

90 Shooting Fun ctions 4 A 3 15. Remote Control in Bulb Sets the remote control op eration while using t he remote con trol with the shutter speed s et to h . p.114 16. Rel ease Whil e Chargin g Sets wheth er to release shu tter while th e buil t-i n flas h is c hargi ng. p.81 17. Flash in Wireless Mode Sets t he built-i n flash discha rge method i[...]

91 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Selecting the Appropriate Capture Mode You ca n switch the capt ure mode s by se tting th e icons on t he mode dial to the di al indic ator. The W features variou s shootin g modes, en abling you to take picture s with set tings su ited fo r your pho tographic vision. In this manual, th e capture mo des are re ferred to as [...]

92 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Set the m ode dial to = , s , q , , . or a if you cann ot captur e the desir ed image in I (Au to Picture) m ode. The c haracteri stics o f each mod e are as follows. Picture Modes Mode Characteristics I Auto Pic tur e The optim al capture mod e is automa tically s elected from the U (Stand ard), = (Portrait), s (L ands c[...]

93 Shooting Fun ctions 4 By settin g the mo de dial to H (Sce ne), you ca n choose from the followi ng 11 shoo ting sce nes. H Modes Mode Characteristics A Night Sce ne Used for night s cenes. Us e a tripod , etc. to prevent shaki ng. Q Su rf & Snow For capt uring images of dazz ling backgro unds, su ch as snow y moun tain s. K Food For capt ur[...]

94 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Set the mode dial to H . The scene mode status screen appears. 2 Press the M button. The icon for the currently selected shooting scene appears in the control panel. 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to select [Scene Mode] and press the 4 button. The scene mode selection screen appears. 4 Use the four-way controll e[...]

95 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Use the e xposure m odes to c hange the s ensitivit y, shutter speed a nd aperture and take p ictures ac cordin g to your own photogra phic vi sion. When the 3 but ton is pressed while the m ode dial is set to H (Sc ene) , th e [ H Scene] menu appears. Press the four -way contro ller ( 3 ) to disp lay the scen e mode select[...]

96 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Setting th e Exposure Correct exposure of the subject is determi ned by a combin ation of shu tter speed a nd apertu re settin g. There ar e many cor rect comb inations of shutter speed an d aperture value for a particu lar subjec t. Differe nt combin ations prod uce diffe rent effects . By ch anging the shutter speed, y ou[...]

97 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Openin g the aper ture (red uce the a perture val ue) Object s closer and fart her than th e focuse d subject wi ll be mo re out of focu s. For instan ce, if yo u take a pi cture of a flowe r agains t a landscap e with the ap erture o pen, the lands cape in front and behind the flower will be blurred, e mphasiz ing only the[...]

98 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n set th e sensitiv ity t o suit the brightne ss of the surrou ndings. The sen sitivity c an be set to [AUTO] or within a sens itivity range eq uivalent to ISO 200 to 1 2800. The def ault setti ng is [A UTO]. 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ) in Ca pture mode. The [Sensitivity] screen appears. 2 Use the four- wa[...]

99 Shooting Fun ctions 4 • When the cap ture mod e is se t to n (Stage Ligh ting), l (Ni ght Snap) or Z (Night Scene HDR) of H (Sce ne) mode, or when th e mode d ial is set to C (Movie) , the sensitivit y is fixed to AUTO a nd cann ot be changed. • When t he capt ure mode is set to K (Sensitivity Priority) or a (Man ual), [AUTO Setting] i s not[...]

100 Shooting Fun ctions 4 When s hooting wi th a digita l camer a, image n oise (ima ge roughn ess or unevenn ess) b ecomes n oticeable i n the follo wing situ ations. - when shooting with a long expo sure - when shooting with a high sensi tivity s etting - when the temper ature of the CMOS se nsor is high You ca n reduc e image no ise by using Noi[...]

101 Shooting Fun ctions 4 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec t [Sett ing] and press the f our-way control ler ( 5 ). The screen to set the noise reduction level according to the s ensitivity appears. 5 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select a sensitiv ity value and use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to set the level of noise red[...]

102 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Reduces noise d uring long exposur es. 1 Select [Slow Shutter Speed NR] in the [ A Rec . Mode 2] menu and press the four-way contro ller ( 5 ). 2 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [AUTO], [ON] or [O FF], and press the 4 button. 3 Press the 3 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. Slow Shutter Speed NR A[...]

103 Shooting Fun ctions 4 This ca mera feat ures the following five expos ure mode s. Use the mode dial to change the exposur e mode. ( p.91) The s ettings avai lable for each expo sure mod e are as follows. ( z : Avai lable #: Rest ricted × : Not availabl e) *1 In [Gre en Butto n] of the [ A Rec. M ode 4] menu, you can make t he setting so that t[...]

104 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Automati cally sets the s hutter sp eed and ape rture va lue to o btain a pr oper expos ure accordin g to Prog ram lin e when taki ng pictu res. You ca n also us e the e-d ial to ch ange the s hutter sp eed and ap erture value while mai ntaining t he proper e xposure. ( p.105) 1 Set the mode dial to e . 2 Turn the e-dial w[...]

105 Shooting Fun ctions 4 The EV compensation value is displayed in the status screen and viewfinder. • EV com pensat ion value can b e set in increment s of 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV. Set t he exposure step s in [1. EV Steps] o f the [ A Custom Setting 1] menu. (p.1 18) • The proper exp osure may n ot be obta ined with the se lected shutter spe ed and [...]

106 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n set th e sensitiv ity t o suit the brightne ss of the subje ct. The shutt er speed and ape rture val ue are automa tically set accordi ng to the sel ected sen sitivity to o btain a pr oper expos ure. 1 Set the mode dial to K . 2 Turn the e-dial t o adjust t he sensitivit y. The set values are displayed in the stat[...]

107 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Lets y ou set the d esired sh utter spe ed for expr essing mov ing subjec ts. When tak ing pictur es of a fa st movin g subject, y ou can i ncrease th e shutter speed to ma ke the subj ect look sti ll or decr ease the shutt er spe ed to have the su bject show move ment. The ap erture val ue is aut omatical ly set to gi ve [...]

108 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Set the ap erture val ue for co ntrolling th e depth of fi eld. The dept h of field is dee per and th e front and ba ck of the focused o bject is clear when the apertur e is s et to a l arge va lue, a sm all len s open ing. Th e depth of field is shallower and the front an d back of the focus ed objec t is blurr ed when th[...]

109 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Turn the e-dial t o adjust t he aperture value. The set values are displayed in the s tatus screen and viewfinder. • Turn t he e-dial whil e pressing the m c button to chang e the EV compen sation value. (p.117) • The aperture valu e can be set in increments of 1/ 3 EV or 1/2 EV. Set the exposure step s in [1. EV Ste[...]

110 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n set the s hutter spee d and ap erture val ue. This m ode is sui table to take p ictures of your c hoice by c ombining them . This mod e is conve nient for taking pict ures using the same combinat ion of t he shutter speed and ap erture set tings or taki ng inten tional ly underex pose d (darker ) or ove rexposed ([...]

111 Shooting Fun ctions 4 The set values are displayed in the s tatus screen and viewfinder. On the status screen, the e-dial indicator appears next to the shutter speed or aperture value, depending on which is being adjusted. Of the shutter speed and aperture value, the value being adjusted is underlined in the viewfinder. While adjusting the shut[...]

112 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Using AE Lock When [A F/AE-L Button] i n the [ A Re c. Mode 4] menu is set to [A E Lock] an d the exposure i s locked (p.1 20) by pressing the = / L button in a m ode, if the shutt er speed or ape rture value i s changed, the com bination of shutter speed an d aperture v alue ch anges whi le the exp osure val ue is retai n[...]

113 Shooting Fun ctions 4 This se tting is useful when s hooting ni ght sce nes and fi reworks wh ich requir e the long exposu res. 1 Set the mode dial to a . 2 Turn the e-dial to th e left ( f ) and set th e shutter s peed to h . h appears after the slowest shutter speed (30 sec.). 3 Press the shutter r elease butto n. The shutter remains open as [...]

114 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Choose t he part of the viewfi nder to u se for meas uring bri ghtness and determi ning expos ure. The fo llowing th ree metho ds are a vailable. L Multi-s egment Me tering (d efault settin g) The sc ene in the v iewfinder is metered in 16 differ ent zone s. Even in back lit locati ons, this mo de auto matically dete rmine[...]

115 Shooting Fun ctions 4 M Center-weighted Mete ring Metering is weighted a t the center of the viewfi nder. Use this mete ring when yo u want to compen sate the expo sure by exper ience, instea d of leaving it to the camera. T he illus tration sho ws that sens itivity increase s as the p attern height in crease s (cent er). This mod e does not au[...]

116 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to sel ect [AE Metering] and press the 4 button. The [AE Metering] screen appears. 3 Use the four- way contr oller ( 45 ) to select a metering method. 4 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the control panel. You can als o change the se tting from the [ A Rec . Mode 1] m enu. 12[...]

117 Shooting Fun ctions 4 This al lows you to delibe rately ove rexpose ( brighten) or underex pose (dar ken) yo ur pict ure. The ex posure step s can be s elected f rom 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV in [1. E V Steps] of th e [ A Cus tom Setting 1] menu. You ca n adjust the EV compens ation va lue from –3 to +3 (EV). 1 Turn the e-dial whil e pressing the m c [...]

118 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Set the e xposure c ompensati on steps to incremen ts of 1/3 E V or 1/2 EV in [1. EV Steps] of the [ A Custom S etting 1] m enu (p.89). You can ta ke three cons ecutive images at thre e different exposure lev els when the shutte r release button is pressed . The firs t image i s exposed with no comp ensation , the seco nd [...]

119 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. The [Drive Mode] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to select l . 3 Turn the e-dial to set the bra cket value. The following bracket values can be set according to the step interval set in [1. EV Steps] (p.118) of the [ A Custom Setting 1] menu. Av[...]

120 Shooting Fun ctions 4 5 Press the shutter r elease butto n halfway. The focus indicator ] appears in the v iewfinder, and EV compensation value appears in the status screen and viewfinder when focused. 6 Press the shutter r elease but ton full y. Continue to press the shutter release button until three images are captured. Three consecutive ima[...]

121 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ) and use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [A E Lock]. 3 Press the 4 button. 4 Press the 3 button twice. The camera is ready to take a picture. 5 Set the exposure and pr ess the = / L button. The camera locks the exposure (brightness) at that instant. @ is displayed in the statu[...]

122 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Focusing You ca n focus wi th the foll owing meth ods. You ca n also c hoose the autofo cus m ode from l (Sin gle mode) where the shut ter releas e button is pressed ha lfway t o focus on the s ubject a nd the focu s is lo cked at th at positi on, k ( Continuous mode) w here the subject i s kept in focus by co ntinuous adj[...]

123 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Look through the viewfi nder and press the shut ter release butt on halfway. The focus indicator ] appears and you will hear a beep when the subjec t comes into focus. (When blinking, the subject is not in focus.) 1 Subjects th at are difficult to focus on (p.73) You c an set th e camer a so that focusi ng is p erformed [...]

124 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Press the four- way controller ( 5 ) and use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [E nable AF1] or [Enable AF2]. 3 Press the 4 button. 4 Press the 3 button twice. The camera is ready to take a picture. 5 Press the = / L button while looking through the viewfinder . Autofocus is performed. Enable AF1 Autofocus is perf[...]

125 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n choose from the f ollowing three auto focus mo des. Setting the AF Mode f Auto Swi tches autom atica lly betw een l and k modes accordin g to the subjec t. (default setting ) • [AF Mode] is fi xed to f in I (Auto Pi cture) mode . • Eve n if f is selected , [AF Mo de] is fix ed to l when ta king pictures by usi[...]

126 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Set the focus mode lever to = . 2 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to se lect [AF Mode ] and press the 4 button. The [AF Mode] screen appears. k Continu ous mode The su bject is kept in f[...]

127 Shooting Fun ctions 4 4 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) to select an AF mode. 5 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the control panel. • You can also chang e the setti ng from the [ A Rec. Mode 1] me nu (p.87) . • [AF Mode] canno t be chang ed when the ca pture mod e is set to Pictu re mode or H ( Scene) mode . • Always set the [...]

128 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n adjust t he AF foc using pos ition. 1 Select [21. AF Fine Adjustment ] in the [ A Custom Setting 3] menu and press the four-way control l er ( 5 ). 2 Use the four-way cont roller ( 23 ) to select [On] and pres s the four-way control l er ( 5 ). The [21. AF Fine Adjustment] screen appears. 3 Use the four-way c ontr[...]

129 Shooting Fun ctions 4 6 Take a test picture. You can easily check the focusing point by enlarging the i mage during Digital Preview (p.140) or Live View (p.159). Choose t he part of the viewfi nder to set focus to. Selec ted AF po int(s) ligh t red in t he viewfi nder (Supe rimpose AF Area). 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The contro[...]

130 Shooting Fun ctions 4 3 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) to select a focusing area. 4 Press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. 1 Set the focusing area to S and press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. • You can also chang e the setti ng from the [ A Rec. Mode 1] me nu (p.87) . • AF point(s) a re not il[...]

131 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to ch ange th e AF point. The selected AF point appears in the status screen. Available operations The AF point(s) light red in the viewfinder (Superimpose AF Area) and you can check where you set the AF point. 4 button Returns the AF poin t to the center of the AF frame. Press an d [...]

132 Shooting Fun ctions 4 If the sub ject is outs ide the rang e of the f ocusing ar ea, the cam era cannot automati cally f ocus on t he subject. In this c ase, set [ AF Mode] to l (Sing le mode) first, foc us the camer a on the subject in the focusin g area, lock the f ocus at th at positi on (Focus L ock), a nd then reco mpose yo ur picture. 1 S[...]

133 Shooting Fun ctions 4 5 Recompose the picture while keeping the shutter release button pressed halfway. • The focus is locked while th e focus indica tor ] is di splayed. • Turni ng the zoom rin g with the focu s locked may cause the sub ject to be out of fo cus. • The beep that sounds when th e imag e is focu sed can be turned off. (p .2[...]

134 Shooting Fun ctions 4 When y ou adjust the focus manuall y, you c an use either the focu s indic ator or the m atte field in the vi ewfinder. The focu s indicator ] appears in the viewfi nder when the subj ect is in focu s even d uring ma nual focu s. You ca n manua lly adj ust the focus usin g the fo cus indi cator ] . 1 Set the focus mode lev[...]

135 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n manua lly adjust the foc us using th e matte field in vi ewfinder. 1 Set the focus mode lever to . 2 Look through the viewfi nder and turn the focusing ring unt il the subject is clearl y visible in t he viewfinder. • Adjus t the f ocus m anually using t he ma tte field in the viewfind er when the subject i s [...]

136 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Shooting in Catch-in Focus Mode When [2 0. Catch-in Fo cus] in the [ A Cus tom Settin g 3] menu (p.9 0) is set to [On], if [AF Mo de] is se t to f or l and on e of the followi ng types of lenses i s attache d, catch-i n focus s hooting i s enabled and the shutter is released automat ically whe n the subj ect comes into foc[...]

137 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Checking the Composition, Exposure and Focus Before Shooting (Preview) You ca n use the p review f unction to c heck dep th of field , composi tion, expo sure a nd focus befo re taking a picture . There are two preview m ethods. First, assign the p review func tion to the | button. 1 Select [Green Button] in the [ A Rec. M[...]

138 Shooting Fun ctions 4 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select [Optical Previ ew] or [Digit al Preview] and press t he 4 button. If you selected [Optical Preview], proceed to Step 6. 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to selec t [His togra m], [Bright/Dar k Area] or [Enlarge Instant Revi ew]. 5 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to s[...]

139 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Position the subject i nside the AF frame and press the shutter release butt on halfwa y to focus on the subjec t. 2 Press the | button while lo oking through the viewfinder. You can check the depth of field in the viewfinder while the | button is pressed. During this time, no shootin g information is displayed in the v [...]

140 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Focus on the subject, then compose the picture in the viewfinder a nd press the | button. The icon ( | ) appears on the monitor during preview and you can check the composition, exposure and focus. Available operations 2 Press the shutter r elease butto n halfway. Digital Preview is ended and the autofocus system operate[...]

141 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Using the Shake Reduction Function to Prevent Camera Shak e The S hake Reducti on functio n reduc es camer a shake tha t occurs w hen the shut ter releas e button is pressed . This is useful for ta king pi ctures in situati ons where c amera shak e is li kely to occur. Th e Shake R eduction functio n allows you to tak e pi[...]

142 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to sel ect [Shake Reduction] and press the 4 button. The [Shake Reduction] screen appears. 3 Use the four- w ay contr oller ( 45 ) to select k or l . 4 Pr[...]

143 Shooting Fun ctions 4 The Sha ke Reduction fun ction operate s by obtaining the lens informat ion such as focal leng th. If the ca mera uses a DA , DA L, D FA, FA J, FA or F lens , the lens infor mation is automa tic ally obtained when th e Sh ake Re ductio n fun ction is activate d. If you us e a lens whose in formation such as fo cal leng th [...]

144 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Use the f our-wa y control ler ( 45 ) or the e -dial to set t he focal lengt h. Select from the fol lowing 34 focal length values. (The default setti ng is 35 mm.) 2 Press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. 8 1 01 21 51 82 02 42 83 03 5 40 45 50 55 65 7 0 75 85 100 120 135 150 180 2 00 25 0 30 0 350 400[...]

145 Shooting Fun ctions 4 This ca mera has the follo wing two ty pes of se lf-timers . 1 Mount the camera onto a tripod. 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. The [Drive Mode] screen appears. 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to se lec t g . 4 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) and use the four-way controller ( 45 ) to sele[...]

146 Shooting Fun ctions 4 6 Press the shutter r elease butto n halfway. The autofocus system operates. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder when the subject is in focus. 7 Press the shutter r elease butto n fully. For g , the self-timer lamp starts blinking slowly and blinks rapidly 2 s econds before the shutter is released. The beep is [...]

147 Shooting Fun ctions 4 The sh utter can be r eleased fr om a dist ance by usin g the optiona l remote contr ol unit (p .323 ). You can se lect from the following two setti ngs for remote co ntrol shooti ng. 1 Mount the camera onto a tripod. 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. The [Drive Mode] screen appears. 3 Use the four-w[...]

148 Shooting Fun ctions 4 6 Press the shutter r elease butto n halfway. The autofocus system operates. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder when focused. 7 Point the remote control unit tow ards th e rem ote contro l receiver on the front of the camera and press the shutter release butt on on th e remote control unit. The operating dista[...]

149 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Taking Pict ures Continuo usly Pictures can be ta ken conti nuously while the shu tter rel ease button is kept pres sed. The fol lowing two types of continuo us shooti ng are av ailable. 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 2 ) in Ca pture mode. The [Drive Mode] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to se lec[...]

150 Shooting Fun ctions 4 6 Press the shutter r elease but ton full y. Pictures are taken continuously whil e the shutter release button is fully pressed. Take your finger off the shutter release button to stop. • The dr ive mode i s fix ed to g w hen the ca pture mod e is set to (Moving Object) of Pic ture mo de, an d R (K ids) or Y (Pet ) of [...]

151 Shooting Fun ctions 4 During Interval Shooting, pictures are taken at a set interval from a set time. 1 Select [Inter val Shooting] in the [ A Rec. Mode 2] menu and press the four-way control ler ( 5 ). The [Interval Shooting] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Inte rval]. When taking two or more pictures, set the [...]

152 Shooting Fun ctions 4 5 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec t [Star t Shooting] and press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a series of interval pictures. 6 Press the shutter r elease butto n halfway. The focus indicator ] appears when the subject is in focus. 7 Press the shutter r elease but ton full y. When [Start Interval] [...]

153 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n create a compos ite pictu re by ta king mul tiple fra mes. 1 Select [Multi -exposure] in t he [ A Rec. Mode 2] menu and press the f our-way control ler ( 5 ). The [Multi-exposure] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec t [Numb er of Shots]. 3 Press the four- way controller ( 5 ) and use th[...]

154 Shooting Fun ctions 4 7 Take the picture. The composite picture is dis played in Instant Review each time the shutter release button is pressed. Press the K / i button during Instant Review to dis card pictures taken up to that point and take pictures again from the first frame. The pictures are saved when the set number of shots is taken, and [...]

155 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Taking Pictures Using Digital Filters You ca n apply a filter wh en taking pictures. The fo llowing f ilter s can be sele cted. Filter Name Effect Paramete r Toy Camera For takin g pictures that look as if ta ken with a toy camera. Shading Level: +1 to +3 Blur: +1 t o +3 Tone Brea k: Red/Green/Bl ue/ Yellow Retro For takin[...]

156 Shooting Fun ctions 4 *1 Not available w hen the capture m ode is set to C (Movie). *2 Av ailable only when the capture mode is set to C (Movie). 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. Custom Filter *1 Custo mize an d save a filter to your own pref erence[...]

157 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to select [ Digital Fil ter] and press the 4 button. The screen for selecting a filter appears. After the power is turned on, the last image taken is display ed in the background. 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to select a filter. 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to selec[...]

158 Shooting Fun ctions 4 • You can also chang e the setti ngs from the [ A Rec. M ode 2] menu ( p.87). • Set in [Movie] of the [ A Rec . Mode 3] me nu when the capt ure mod e is set t o C (Movie). (p .165) • Selec t [Not use any filters] in Step 3 to finish shoo ting with digital filter. • You can also appl y digital filter eff ects to JPE[...]

159 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Shootin g with Live View You ca n shoot a p icture w hile displ aying the real-time image on the monitor . • The image i n Live V iew ma y diffe r from the capt ured im age if t he brigh tness of th e subject is lo w or high. • If an y changes occur in the s hootin g light sour ce during Liv e View, the image may flic [...]

160 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n set the d isplay and autofoc us method for Live V iew. 1 Select [Live View] i n the [ A Rec. Mode 3] menu and press the four-way control l er ( 5 ). The [Live View] screen appears. 2 Press the four- way controller ( 5 ) and use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select an autofocus method. 3 Press the 4 button. Set[...]

161 Shooting Fun ctions 4 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec t [Show Grid] and press the four-way control ler ( 5 ). 5 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select a grid display type and press the 4 button. Select from [Off] (default setting), e (4×4 Gri d), f (Golden Section) or g (Scal e). 6 Use the four-way co ntroller ( 23 ) to [...]

162 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Select a Capture mode. Set the mode dial to any mode other than C . 2 Press the U button. The mirror pops up and a real-time image is displayed on the monitor. Press the U button again to exit Live View. Taking Still P ictur es 1 Capture M ode 7 Number of shots u sing Multi- exposure /Cross Process ing 2 Flas h Mod e 3 D[...]

163 Shooting Fun ctions 4 * Indic ator 1 1 (Phase Dif fer ence AF fr ame) is displayed in white during Live View . When the subject is in focus, a green square frame is displayed instead. It turns red when the subject is not in focus. It is not displayed when the focus mode is set to . * When 15, 16, and 18 can be changed, 5 appears next to the s[...]

164 Shooting Fun ctions 4 • When [AF Mode] is set t o k and [A utofocus Method] is se t to I or i , the cam era focuses on the center of the scree n when autofoc us starts and then aut omatically t racks the su bject whe n it is in focus . • Imag es capt ured in mag nifi ed disp lay ar e re corded at nor mal s ize. • If [Optical Preview] o r [...]

165 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Recording Movies You ca n record m ovies usi ng Live V iew. You ca n record m ovies with a frame rate (number of frames s hot per secon d) at 25 frames pe r second (fp s), monaural aud io, and the file format set to AVI. 1 Sel ect [M ovie ] in the [ A Rec. Mode 3] menu and press the four-way controll er ( 5 ). The [Movie] [...]

166 Shooting Fun ctions 4 5 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select [Sound] and press the f our-way control ler ( 5 ). 6 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec t g or Z and press the 4 button. 7 Change the [Cross Processing] and [Digital Fil t er] set tings as necessary. For details, refer to p.216 for Cross Processing and p.155 for Di[...]

167 Shooting Fun ctions 4 1 Set the mode dial to C . Live View for movie recording is displayed. Available operations s Recording Movies E-dial Change s the ape rture value whe n [Movie Aperture Control] is set to [Fixed]. (default setting) | button Resets the aperture val ue when [Green Button ] is assign ed to the | button in [Green Button] of th[...]

168 Shooting Fun ctions 4 2 Position the subj ect on the monitor and press the shutter release button half way. The autofocus system operates. When the focus mode is set to , tur n the focusing ring until the subject is clearly visible on the focusing screen. 3 Press the shutter r elease but ton full y. Recording of the movie starts. 4 Press the [...]

169 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Reco rded movie s can be played ba ck in P layback mode in the sa me manner as saved i mages. 1 Press the Q button. The camera switches to Playback mode. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to ch oose a movi e to play back. The first frame of the movie is displayed on the monitor. 3 Press the four-way cont roller ( 2 ). [...]

170 Shooting Fun ctions 4 You ca n capture a singl e frame from a movie and sa ve it as a JPEG s till picture. 1 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) in Step 3 on p.169 to pause the movie, and di splay the frame to save as a still picture . 2 Press the M button. The save confirmation screen appears. 3 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [[...]

171 Shooting Fun ctions 4 Movies c an be div ided and unwanted se gments c an be dele ted. 1 Press the Q button. The camera switches to Playback mode. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to ch oose a movi e to play back. The first frame of the movie is displayed on the monitor. 3 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ). The playback mode palette app[...]

172 Shooting Fun ctions 4 6 Press the K / i button to delet e unwanted segments. The screen to selec t segment(s) to delete is displaye d. Available operations 7 Press the 4 button. The save confirmation screen appears. 8 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Save as] and press t he 4 button. The movie is divided at the specified points an[...]

5 Using the Flash This chapter provi des details on the built-in fl ash of the W and descri bes how to take pictures wi th an ext ernal flash. Flash Characterist ics in Each Exposure Mode .......... ................... ......... .............. ................... ....... 174 Distanc e and Aperture w hen Using the Built- in Flash .......... ........[...]

174 Using the Fla sh 5 Flash Characte ristics in Each Expo sure Mo de • When taki ng a movin g subject , you can us e the flash to chan ge the blu r effect. • Any des ired sh utter spe ed of 1/ 180 sec. o r slowe r can be s et for taki ng a flash p hotograp h. • The ape rture v alue autom atica lly cha nges acc ording to th e ambi ent brightn[...]

175 Using the Fla sh 5 1 Set the mode dial to b . 2 Use the e-dial to set the shutt er speed. The background is not properly exposed if the aperture value is blinking when the shutter speed is set. Adjust the shutter speed so that the aperture value does not blink. 3 Press the K / i button. The built-in flash pops up. 4 Take a picture. 1 Set the mo[...]

176 Using the Fla sh 5 1 Set the mode dial to a . 2 Set the shutter speed and apertur e value to obtain a proper exposure. Set 1/180 sec. shutter speed or slower. 3 Press the K / i button. The built-in flash pops up. In a (Manual) mode, you can raise the built-in flash at any time prior to shooting. 4 Take a picture. Traili ng Curtai n Sync dis cha[...]

177 Using the Fla sh 5 1 Set the mode dial to e , K , b , c or a . 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ). The [Flash Mode] screen appears. 3 Select I or k and press the 4 button. 4 Press the K / i button. The built-in flash pops up. 5 Take a picture. Tr ail ing Cur tain Syn c slows th e shut ter speed. Us e the Sh ake Red uction function or turn o[...]

178 Using the Fla sh 5 Distan ce and Ap erture w hen Using the Built- in Flash Rela tionship s betwe en the guide numbe r, aperture and dista nce mu st be consider ed when s hooting wi th the flas h to obtain a correc t exposu re. Calculate and adj ust the shoot ing condit ions if the flash out put is not s ufficient . *1 This can be used when [3. [...]

179 Using the Fla sh 5 Lens Co mpatib ility w ith the Bu ilt-in Flash Dependin g on th e lens used with the W , even if a lens w ithout a h ood is atta ched, the u se of the b uilt-in flash may not be av ailable or may be limited du e to vign etting. DA, DA L, D FA , FA J, and FA lenses not l isted below c an be used w ithout prob lems. * The follo[...]

180 Using the Fla sh 5 Using an Ex ternal Flash (Opti onal) Using a n optional external f lash AF540 FGZ, AF36 0FGZ, A F200FG or AF160 FC enabl es a variet y of flash m odes, such as P- TTL auto f lash mode, dep ending on the externa l flash be ing used. See the cha rt below for deta ils. ( z : Avai lable #: Rest ricted × : Not availabl e) *1 Av a[...]

181 Using the Fla sh 5 You ca n use [P- TTL Auto] with the A F540FGZ, A F360FGZ, A F200FG or AF160 FC flash un it. The fl ash pre-fl ashes b efore the act ual flas h and confir ms the subj ect (the distance, b rightnes s, contr ast, wheth er it is backlit, etc.) usin g the came ra 16-segm ent met ering sens or. The fla sh output for the actu al fla[...]

182 Using the Fla sh 5 With the A F540FGZ or AF360FGZ, you can dischar ge the flash to ta ke a picture a t a shutter speed fa ster tha n 1/180 se cond. 1 Remove the cover of the hot shoe and at tach the external flash (AF540FGZ or AF360FGZ) to the camera. 2 Set the mode dial to b or a . 3 Turn on the camera and the external flash. 4 Set the externa[...]

183 Using the Fla sh 5 By using two exter nal flashes (AF540FG Z or AF360F GZ) or us ing the built- in flash with on e or mor e extern al flash es, you c an shoot in P-T TL flash m ode withou t conne cting the flash uni ts with a cord. First, set the channel for the externa l flash unit . 1 Set the channel for the extern al flash unit. 2 Remove the[...]

184 Using the Fla sh 5 Set the c amera to wireless flash mo de when usi ng an ext ernal fl ash in combin ation with the built- in flash. 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ). The [Flash Mode] screen appears. 2 Select r and press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. Using the Built- in Flash in Wireless Mode Whe n the dr ive mode i[...]

185 Using the Fla sh 5 Using a Combination of the Built-in Flash and an External Flash Unit 1 Remove the external flash unit afte r the channel is set on the camera, a nd place it at t he desired l ocation. 2 Set the camera flash to r mode, and press the K / i button. 3 Confirm that both fl ashes are fully charged and then ta ke a picture. Using a [...]

186 Using the Fla sh 5 Wireless Flash Control (P-TTL F lash Mode) When us ing exte rnal flash units (AF54 0FGZ or A F360FGZ) for wirel ess shooti ng, the foll owing inf ormation is exchan ged betw een the f lash units b efore the flash is dischar ged. Press t he shu tter releas e button fu lly. È 1 T he flas h directl y connect ed to the cam era e[...]

187 Using the Fla sh 5 When us ing the bu ilt-in flash with an external flash th at does no t have a wirele ss flash m ode functi on such as AF2 00FG, attac h the Hot Sh oe Adapter F G (option al) to the camera hot shoe a nd an Off-Ca mera Sho e Adapter F (option al) to the bottom of th e extern al flash, and conne ct these with the Extens ion C or[...]

188 Using the Fla sh 5 You c an comb ine two o r more external flashes (AF540F GZ, AF360F GZ or AF200 FG) or yo u can us e two or more exter nal flashe s in combination with the buil t-in fla sh. You c an use th e extension cord co nnection terminal on the flas h to conne ct the AF 540FGZ . You can connect AF360FG Z or AF200 FG units as shown in th[...]

189 Using the Fla sh 5 Combini ng two or m ore extern al flashes (AF540F GZ, AF360F GZ or AF200 FG) or us ing an ex ternal flas h in co mbinat ion with t he built-i n flash allows multiple flash photog raphy (c ontrast-c ontrol-sy nc flash photogr aphy). Th is is ba sed on the differen ce between the amounts of light d ischarged from mult iple uni [...]

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6 Shooting Settings This chapter de scribes how to set the save fo rmat for pictures taken and other set tings. Setting a File Format ................ ........................ .. 192 Setting the Green Button Function .................. 197 Setting the W hite Balanc e ............. .............. ....... 200 Correcting I mages ...... ...............[...]

192 Shooting Sett ings 6 Setting a F ile Format You can select the n umber of re corded pi xels fr om E , J , P and i . The mo re pixels there are, the large r the pictur e and the bigger th e file size. The file size will also v ary accor ding to th e [JPEG Qualit y] settin g. The de fault setting is E . The pa per sizes ab ove are references fo r[...]

193 Shooting Sett ings 6 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to select the num ber of recorded pixels. When the number of recorded pixels is changed, the number of recordable images appears at the top right of the screen. 4 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the control panel. You ca n set th e image qu ality le vel (com pressi on ratio). [...]

194 Shooting Sett ings 6 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to sel ect [JPEG Quality] a nd press the 4 button. The [JPEG Quality] screen appe ars. 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to select a quality level . When the quality level is c hanged, the number of recordable images at that quality level appears at the top right of the screen. 4 [...]

195 Shooting Sett ings 6 You ca n set the fo rmat of i mage files. 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to select [File Format] and press the 4 button. The [File Format] screen appears. Setting the File Format JPEG Ca[...]

196 Shooting Sett ings 6 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to select a file format. When the file format is changed, the number of recordable images appears at the top right of the screen. 4 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the control panel. You ca n sele ct PEF or DNG for mat in [RAW File F ormat] of th e [ A Rec. Mode 4] men u (p.88[...]

197 Shooting Sett ings 6 Setting th e Green Button Function You can as sign one of the fol lowin g functions to the | button and a ccess the func tion by s imply pre ssing the bu tton while shooting . 1 Select [Green Button] in the [ A Rec. Mode 4] menu and press the f our-way control ler ( 5 ). The [Green Button] screen appears. 2 Press the four-w[...]

198 Shooting Sett ings 6 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select a function to assign to t he | button, and press the 4 button. 4 Press the 3 button twice. The screen that was displayed before selecting the m enu appears again. When [O ne Push File Forma t] is assi gned to the | button, specify th e functio n settings. 1 Select [One Push Fi[...]

199 Shooting Sett ings 6 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to ch oos e a file forma t. The left side is the [File Format] setting and the right side is the file format when the | button is pressed. 5 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ), and use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select a file format when the | button is pressed. 6 Press the 4 b[...]

200 Shooting Sett ings 6 Setting the W hite Balance White ba lance is a function f or adjustin g the color of an image so th at white object s appear white . Set the white balanc e if you are not sa tisfied with the color b alance o f pictur es take n with wh ite balan ce set to F ( Auto), or to intent ional ly apply a creative e ffect to yo ur ima[...]

201 Shooting Sett ings 6 1 Set the mode dial to e , K , b , c , or a . 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 4 ) in Ca pture mode. The [White Balance] screen appears. After the power is turned on, the last image taken is displayed in the background. 3 Press the four-way cont roller ( 23 ) to select the white balanc e. Available operations 4 Press the [...]

202 Shooting Sett ings 6 You ca n adju st th e whit e balanc e depe nding on the l ight sourc e when t aking pictu res. With the manual white balan ce, the c ame ra can sto re delicate s hades that ca nnot be p recis ely adj usted with the w hite ba lance pres et va l ues p rovided in th e camera . Thi s prov ides th e opti mum white balan ce for y[...]

203 Shooting Sett ings 6 2 Under the l i ght to measur e the white balance, fully display a white sheet of paper in the viewfinder or sele ct a white area as the subject. 3 Press the shutter r elease but ton full y. Set the focus mode lever to when the shutter cannot be released. The screen to select the measuring range is displayed. 4 Use the e-[...]

204 Shooting Sett ings 6 8 Press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. You ca n fine-tun e the white balance setting. 1 Perform the d esired se tting in Step 3 on p.201. 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The fine-tuning screen appears. 3 Fine-tune t he white balance. Seven levels (225 patterns) are available on the G-M and B-A [...]

205 Shooting Sett ings 6 4 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the [White Balance] screen. 5 Press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a picture. You ca n sele ct a col or spac e to use. Set [Col or Spac e] in the [ A Rec . Mode 4] menu (p .88). When set to K , the white ba lance ca n also be meas ured by press ing the shutter re lease [...]

206 Shooting Sett ings 6 Color Space Colo r ranges fo r va rious inpu t/output devices, s uch as digital camer as, monito rs, and printe rs, differ. Thi s color rang e is called the Col or S pace. To r ecreate dif ferent color spa ces in d ifferent devices, s tandard color space s have been propose d. This ca mera sup ports sRG B and AdobeRGB . sRG[...]

207 Shooting Sett ings 6 Correct ing I mages The c amera and le ns prope rties can be automati cally adjusted for when taking pictu res. Adjus ts the br ightness and redu ces t he occurr ence of ov erexpo sed and under exposed areas. Expand s the dyn amic range and enabl es a mor e ample grad ation expre ssion by th e CMOS sens or and red uces the [...]

208 Shooting Sett ings 6 Expand s the dyn amic range and enabl es a mor e ample grad ation expre ssion by th e CMOS sens or and red uces the occurren ce of under exposed areas. 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to [...]

209 Shooting Sett ings 6 Enable s cap turing i mages at h igh dynam ic rang e. Take s three i mages (-3EV u nderexp osed, sta ndard (pro per exp osure) and +3EV overe xposed) to create a single com posite i mage with th em. 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not display[...]

210 Shooting Sett ings 6 • During HDR Capture, press ing the 3 but ton whil e an im age i s bein g saved canc els the pro cess and sav es the ima ge as a stand ard image . • HDR Capture is fixe d to [Auto] and [ A uto Align] i s set to O (On) when the capt ure mode i s set t o Z (Night Scene HDR) of H (Sc ene) m ode. • You can s et the [ HDR [...]

211 Shooting Sett ings 6 Reduces distortio ns and la teral chr omatic ab errations occurri ng due to lens p roperties. Distortion Distort ion is the phen omenon in which the cent er of th e image appears inflat ed (barre l distorti on) or t he center of the ima ge appear s pinch ed (pincu shio n distor tion). Di stortion occurs m ore ea sily wh en [...]

212 Shooting Sett ings 6 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. 2 Use the four-way con troller ( 23 45 ) to se lect [Disto rtion Correction] or [La t-Chromatic-Ab Adj] and press the 4 button. The [Distortion Correction] or [Lat-Chromatic-Ab Adj] screen appear[...]

213 Shooting Sett ings 6 Setting th e Image Finishin g Tone You ca n set the i mage fini shing ton e before s hooting w hen the cap ture mode is set to e ( Program) , K (Sensiti vity Priori t y), b (Shutter Priority ), c (Ape rture Prior ity) or a ( Manual). Selec t from the following ni ne modes f or the im age fin ishing tone: Bright (default s e[...]

214 Shooting Sett ings 6 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. 2 Use the four way controller ( 2345 ) to sel ect [Cu stom Image] and pres s the 4 button. The screen to select a custom image appears. After the power is turned on, the last image taken is displ[...]

215 Shooting Sett ings 6 Available operations 6 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the control panel. E-dial Switch es betw een [Sharpn ess] and [Fine Sh arpness]. When se t to [Fine Sharp ness], im age outlines c an be captured with more detail. | button Resets the s et value . (Available only when [Green Button] i s assigned to the | bu tt[...]

216 Shooting Sett ings 6 Cross pr ocessing is the procedure of delibe rately pr ocessing a film i n the wrong ty pe of che micals to cr eate an im age wit h different c olors and contra st. This cam era featur es digital cross proc essing, wh ich is done interna lly. 1 Press the M button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M [...]

217 Shooting Sett ings 6 The outc ome of cro ss processi ng varie s each tim e a picture is taken. If you are abl e to take a cross pro cessed image that you lik e, you ca n save th e Cross Pro cessing setti ngs used in that im age. A tota l of 3 C ross Proc essing set tings can be sa ved fo r still pi ctures and movies . 1 Select [Cross Pro cessin[...]

218 Shooting Sett ings 6 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select [Save as Favorite 1], [ Save as Favorite 2] or [Save as Favor ite 3] and press the 4 button. The settings for the selected image are saved to [Favorite 1 - 3]. 5 Press the 3 button twice to finish saving.[...]

7 Playback Functions This ch apter descr ibes how to use t he various pla yback functions in Playback mode. Playback Functi ons Operation .................. ....... 220 Setting the Playbac k Display Method .............. 222 Enlarging Images ....... .............. ................... ....... 223 Displaying Mult iple Images ............... .........[...]

220 Playback F unctions 7 Playba ck Functi ons Operation Make se ttings re lated to pla ying bac k images i n the playb ack mode palette or [ Q Playbac k] menu. Press th e four- way contr oller ( 3 ) in Play back mo de to disp lay the pla yback mode pal ette. You ca n disp lay the p layback mode pal ette even when a movie is pause d. For details on[...]

221 Playback F unctions 7 *1 This ca nnot be performed when a movie is displayed. *2 This cannot be performed when a RAW image is displayed. *3 This can be performed only when a movie is displayed. You can pe rform the foll owing settings in the [ Q Playba ck ] menu . Pres s the 3 button in Pl ayback mode to displ ay the [ Q Play back 1] menu. p In[...]

222 Playback F unctions 7 Setting the Playback Display Method You ca n set the i nitial ma gnifica tion when en larging images, whether to displ ay the Bright/D ark Are a warning, and whet her to automa tically ro tate images that are sho t with th e camera he ld verti cally in Playbac k mode. 1 Select [Quic k Zoom] in the [ Q Playback 1] menu and [...]

223 Playback F unctions 7 Enlarg ing Im ages Images can be mag nified up to 16 times in Playb ack mode . 1 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) to select an image in Playback mode. 2 Turn the e-dial to the ri ght (toward y ). The image enlarges at each click (1.2 times to 16 times). Available operations * The default setting for the first c lick (mi[...]

224 Playback F unctions 7 Displa ying M ultiple Images You can display 4, 9, 16, 36 o r 81 thumb nail ima ges on the m onitor at the same ti me. The defau lt settin g is nine im age-displ ay. 1 Turn the e-dial to the left (t oward f ) in Playback mode. The multi-image display screen appears. Up to nine thumbnail images will be displayed at once. Mu[...]

225 Playback F unctions 7 Available operations 2 Press the 4 button. A full screen disp lay of the selected im age appears. Images will be gr ouped and display ed by fol der in w hich they ar e saved . 1 In the multi- image display screen, turn the e-dial to the left (toward f ) again. The folder display screen appears. Four-way c ontroller ( 2345 [...]

226 Playback F unctions 7 2 Select the folder you want to display. Available operations 3 Press the 4 button. The multi-image display screen for the selecte d folder appears . Images will be gr ouped and display ed by the shooting date. 1 In the multi- image display screen, press the M button. The [Multi-img Display S etting] screen appears. Four-w[...]

227 Playback F unctions 7 2 Press the M button again. The calendar display screen appears. Only the dates when pictures were taken are displayed. Available operations 3 Press the 4 button. A full screen disp lay of the selected im age appears. Four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) Selects a shooting da te. Four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) Selects a n image take n[...]

228 Playback F unctions 7 You ca n disp lay t wo images side-b y-side . 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) in Playback mode. The playback mode palette appears. 2 Use the four-way contr oller ( 2345 ) to selec t g (Image Comparison) and press the 4 butt on. The last image displayed will be displayed twice side-by-side. 3 Select two i mages you w[...]

229 Playback F unctions 7 Join a numbe r of images toge ther and display them as an index print. Yo u can al so save the disp layed ind ex prin t as a new i mage. You can sel ect the ima ges to i nclude in the in dex print and have them randomly- arranged. 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) in Playback mode. The playback mode palette appears. 2[...]

230 Playback F unctions 7 7 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select [Backgrnd.] and press the four-way control ler ( 5 ). 8 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select the background color and press the 4 button. You can select a white or black background. 9 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [Selecti on] and press the f our-way c[...]

231 Playback F unctions 7 12 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Save] or [Reshuf fle] and press the 4 button. After the index image is saved, the camera returns to Playback mode and the index image is displayed. Save The index image is saved as a P and C fil e. Reshuff le Resele cts the im ages to be inc luded in the ind ex and display [...]

232 Playback F unctions 7 Playing Back Imag e s Continuously You ca n play ba ck all ima ges sav ed on your S D Memo ry Card succes sively in th e slidesho w. Sets ho w images will be di splaye d during the Slidesh ow. 1 Select [Slideshow] in the [ Q Playback 1] menu and press the four-way control l er ( 5 ). The screen to make the slideshow settin[...]

233 Playback F unctions 7 3 Press the four- way controller ( 5 ) and use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to change the setting and press the 4 button. 1 Select [Star t] in Ste p 2 on p.23 2 and press the 4 button. Or, select u (Sli deshow) in t he playback mode p alette and press the 4 button. The start screen is displayed and the slideshow begins. [...]

234 Playback F unctions 7 2 Stop the slideshow. Slideshow ends when one of the following operations i s performed during playback or pause. - 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 = / L butto[...]

235 Playback F unctions 7 Rotating Images You can rotate an i mage coun terclock wise in 90 ° increm ents a t a time and save t he rotated image. The i mage rot ation info rmation is saved wi th the image a nd during playback it will b e displaye d in port rait orien tation. 1 Select the image you want to rotate in Playback mode. 2 Press the four-[...]

236 Playback F unctions 7 Deleti ng Mu ltiple Images You ca n delet e multipl e images in the mul ti-imag e displa y at on ce. 1 Turn the e-dial to the left (t oward f ) in Playback mode. The multi-image display sc reen appears. 2 Press the K / i button. The screen to select the images to delete is displaye d. The screen temporarily changes to 36- [...]

237 Playback F unctions 7 3 Select the images to delete. Available operations 4 Press the K / i button. The delete confirmation screen appears. 5 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) to select [Select & Delete]. 6 Press the 4 button. The selected images are deleted. Four-way c ontroller ( 2345 ) Moves t he sel ectio n fra me 4 button Ad ds O an[...]

238 Playback F unctions 7 You ca n delet e a selec ted folder and all the image s in it. 1 Turn the e-dial tw o clicks t o the left (toward f ) in Pla yback mode. The folder display screen appears. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to sel ect a fol der to delete and press the K / i button. The delete folder confirmation s creen appears. 3 Pre[...]

239 Playback F unctions 7 You ca n delet e all sav ed im ages at on ce. 1 Select [Delete All Images] in the [ Q Playback 1] menu and press the four-way control ler ( 5 ). The confirmation screen for deleting all im ages is displayed. 2 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) to select [Delete All Images]. 3 Press the 4 button. All images are deleted. [...]

240 Playback F unctions 7 Protecting Images from Deletion (Protect) You ca n protect image s from be ing ac cidenta lly dele ted. 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) in Playback mode. The playback mode palette appears. 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to select Z (Protect) and press the 4 button. The screen to select the protection settin[...]

241 Playback F unctions 7 6 Press the 4 button. 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. 7 Press the 3 button. The camera returns to Playback mode. 1 Select [Al l Images] i n Step 3 on p.240 and press t he 4 button. 2 Press the four- way controller ( 2 ) to select [Pr[...]

242 Playback F unctions 7 Connecti ng the Camera to an AV Device You ca n connec t the camer a to a T V or other device w ith a video i nput termin al and play back images. U se the optional A V cable I-AVC7. 1 Turn the AV device and camera off. 2 Open the termi nal cover, face the arrow on t he AV cable toward the 2 mark on the camera , and connec[...]

243 Playback F unctions 7 When the hometo wn is set at t he time of initial s etting (p.60 ), the vi deo output for mat is set in acco rdance w ith that re gion. Depe nding on th e countr y or regi on, images may fai l to be pla yed back with the set video output for mat. If thi s happens , change the video output for mat setti ng. 1 Select [Video [...]

244 Playback F unctions 7 Exchanging Image Data with Other Devices This ca mera feat ures in frared tran smiss ion (IrSim ple/IrS S) which al lows you to s end imag e data to c ell phone s and printe rs, as well as play a duelin g game w ith other W camer as. Send and recei ve image data to and from other W cameras and o ther devices that suppo rt [...]

245 Playback F unctions 7 4 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select the number of recorded pixels and press the 4 button. 5 Change the [Transmission Method] setting as necessary. 6 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec t [Sen d and receive] and press the 4 button. The screen to select either to send or receive data appears. 7 Bring th[...]

246 Playback F unctions 7 8 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Send] or [Receive] and press the 4 button. [Sending] or [Receiving] appears and the data is transmitted. Do not move the camera until data transmission is compl ete. When data transmission is successful, [Send complete] or [Receive complete] appears. You can play a game with[...]

247 Playback F unctions 7 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select [Accept challenge] o r [Issue ch allenge] and press t he 4 button. When your opponent selects [Accept chal lenge], select [Issue challenge]. [Communication in progress] appears and the data is transmitted. If the data is transmitted properly, your opponent’s ima ge appears [...]

248 Playback F unctions 7 • The image sent from the oppon ent is not sa ved. • If you select [Game Score] in Step 3, you can check th e number of duel s that you have won and lost, and th ose that end ed in a dr aw. Pres s the | button in this screen t o reset the ga me score. • If data t ransmissi on is not compl eted properly or it is inter[...]

8 Processing Images This chapter de scribes how to process pi ctures taken and edit RAW images. Changing the Im age Size ......... ................... ....... 250 Processing Ima ges with Digital Filters ............ 253 Developing RAW Image s .............. .............. ....... 259[...]

250 Proces sing Images 8 Changi ng the I mage Size Changes the number of record ed pixels and qual ity level of the im age, and saves the image as a new f ile. Changes the number of rec orded pixel s and qua lity lev el of the selected image an d save s it as a ne w image. T he number o f record ed pixels ca n be reduc ed while s till obtain ing an[...]

251 Proces sing Images 8 6 Press the 4 button. The save confirmation screen appears. 7 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Save as] and press t he 4 button. The resized image is saved as a new image. Cuts out only the d esired ar ea of the s elected i mage a nd saves i t as a new image. T he aspe ct ratio can also be chang ed. 1 Select a[...]

252 Proces sing Images 8 4 Specify the size and positi on of the are a to crop by using cropping frame. Available operations 5 Press the 4 button. The save confirmation screen appears. 6 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Save as] and press t he 4 button. The cropped image is saved as a new image. E-dial C hanges the size of the croppin[...]

253 Proces sing Images 8 Processing Images with Digital Filters You ca n edit ca ptured images u sing dig ital filt ers. The f ollow ing fil ters are a vailabl e. Filter name Effect Paramete r Toy Camera Creates an image that looks as though it was shot wi th a toy camera. Shad ing Le vel : +1 to +3 Blur: +1 to +3 Tone Break: Red/G reen/Blue/Ye llo[...]

254 Proces sing Images 8 Color Adds a c olor filter to the imag e. Select from 18 fi lters (6 colors × 3 tones). Color: Red/Magenta/Blue/Cyan/Green/Yellow Color De nsity: Li ght/Standard /Dark Extract Colo r Extracts two spe cific colors an d makes the rest of th e image black a nd white. Extracted Color 1: Red/Ma genta/Blue / Cyan/Gre en/Yellow E[...]

255 Proces sing Images 8 1 Select an image for apply ing the digital fil t er in Playback mode. 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ). The playback mode palette appears. 3 Use the four-way control ler ( 2345 ) to select D (Dig ital Filter) and press th e 4 button. The screen to select a filter appears. 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to se[...]

256 Proces sing Images 8 6 Press the 4 button. The save confirmation screen appears. 7 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Use fil ters in combination] or [Save as]. Select [Use filters in combination] when you want to apply additional filters to the same image. 8 Press the 4 button. If [Use filters in combination] was selected, the came[...]

257 Proces sing Images 8 3 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Recreat ing filter effects] and press the 4 button. The history of the fi lter set for the selected image appears. 4 To check the parameter details, press the M button. You can check the filter parameters. 5 Press the 4 button. The image selection screen appears. 6 Use the fo[...]

258 Proces sing Images 8 Searches for and displays the origi nal image pr ior to dig ital filt er applic ation. 1 Select [Searchi ng for the ori ginal image] in St ep 3 on p.2 57 and press the 4 button. The original image prior to digital filter application is retrieved. Searchin g for the Original Image If the ori ginal ima ge is no l onger sto re[...]

259 Proces sing Images 8 Developi ng RAW Images You ca n conver t captur ed RAW fi les into JPEG f iles. 1 Select a RAW i mage in Playback m ode. 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ). The playback mode palette appears. 3 Use the four-way controll er ( 2345 ) to select h (RAW Development) and press th e 4 button. The screen to select a development[...]

260 Proces sing Images 8 5 Press the 4 button. The save confirmation screen appears. 6 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Save as] and press t he 4 button. The RAW image is developed and saved as a new image. 7 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Continu e] or [Exit]. Select [Continue] to edit other images . 8 Press the 4 but[...]

261 Proces sing Images 8 3 Press the M button. The development confirmation screen appears. 4 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Develop images as shot] or [Develop images with modified setti ngs]. To change parameters, select [Develop images with modified settings ]. For details, refer to “Specifying the Parameters” (p.262). The sc[...]

262 Proces sing Images 8 Speci fy the par ameters for deve lopin g RAW ima ges. The fol lowing pa rameter s can be ch anged. *1 This cannot be set for RAW files taken in Multi-exposure mode. *2 This ca n be selected only when a compatible lens is attached. (p.211) 1 Press the four-way cont roller ( 23 ) in Step 4 on p.259 to choose the parameter yo[...]

263 Proces sing Images 8 2 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to ch ang e the va lue. Use the four-way controller ( 5 ) to display the setting screen for White Balance and Custom Image. 3 Press the 4 button. The save confirmation screen appears. 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to select [Save as] and press the 4 button. The RAW image is deve[...]

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9 Changing Additional Settings This ch apter descr ibes how to chan ge additio nal settings. How to Opera te the S et-up Menu .......... ............ 266 Formatting an S D Memory Card ................ ....... 268 Setting the Beep, Date a nd Time, and Display Language ...... ................... .............. ................... .. 269 Adjusting the[...]

266 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 How to Operate the Set-up Menu Perfor m general settin gs related to the came ra in the [ R Set-up ] menu. Perform the following se ttings in the [ R S et-up 1-4] m enus. Pres s the 3 but ton in Captur e/Play back mod e and use th e four-way contr oller ( 45 ) or e-dial to disp lay the [ R Set-up 1-4] menus . For[...]

267 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 R 2 Create N ew Folder Creates a new folder on th e SD Memory Card. p.279 Copyright Informati on Sets the photographer a nd copyright informat ion embedded i n Exif. p.283 R 3 Auto Power Off Sets the time until the c amera turn s off autom atica lly. p.281 AA Battery Type Sele cts th e type of AA ba tter ies us e[...]

268 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Formatting an SD Memory Card Use this camera to forma t (initializ e) an SD Memo ry Card that i s unused or ha s been used on ot her came ras or digital device s. Form atting deletes all the data save d on the SD Memor y Card. 1 Select [Format] in t he [ R Set-up 4] menu and press the four-way controll er ( 5 ). [...]

269 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Setting th e Beep, Date and Time, and Display La nguage You ca n turn the camera o peration beep on or o ff, or change its volume. By defa ult, all a vailable i tems are set to O (On ), and the volume lev el is set to [3 ]. The follo wing six it ems can b e set. •I n - f o c u s • AE-L (A E Loc k operation so[...]

270 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 You ca n change t he initia l date a nd time s ettings, a nd set their display formats. Ch oose [mm/ dd/yy], [dd/mm /yy] or [yy/m m/dd] for the d ate displ ay format, an d [12h] (1 2-hour d isplay) or [24h] (24-ho ur disp lay) for the time display form at. Set in [Dat e Adjustm ent] of the [ R Set -up 1] menu (p [...]

271 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 4 Press the four-way cont roller ( 5 ). The [ X Destination] screen appears. 5 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 45 ) to select a destinati on city. Turn the e-dial to change the region. The location, time difference and current time of the selected city appear. 6 Press the four-way cont roller ( 3 ) to select [DST][...]

272 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 List of World Time Citi es Region City Re gion City North America Honolu lu Africa/ West Asia Dakar Anchorage Algiers Vancouve r Johannes burg San Fran cisco Istanbul Los Angel es Cairo Calgary Jerusale m Denver Nairobi Chicag o Jeddah Miami Tehran Toronto Dubai New York Karachi Halifax Kabul Central and South Am[...]

273 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 You ca n change t he languag e in whic h the menus , error m essages, et c. are d ispl ayed. The cam era sup ports t he following languag es: Engl ish, Fr ench, Ger man, Spanis h, Portu guese, Ital ian, Dutc h, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungaria n, Turkish , Greek, Russian, K orean, Tr aditional Ch[...]

274 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Adjusting the Monitor and the Menu Display You ca n set th e text si ze of an i tem se lected on the res pective menu screens to [Standa rd] (nor mal dis play) or [Large] (ma gnified d isplay) . Set in [ Text Size ] of the [ R S et-up 1] m enu (p.266). Set the l ength of ti me that the guides are display ed on th[...]

275 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Set the initial menu tab displa yed o n the moni tor when the 3 button is presse d. 1 Select [19. Save Menu Location] i n the [ A Custom Setting 3] menu and press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The [19. Save Menu Location] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Reset Menu Location] or [[...]

276 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 You ca n set th e displa y color of the st atus scr een and c ontro l panel. 1 Select [Stat us Screen] in t he [ R Set-up 1] menu an d press the four-way control l er ( 5 ). The [Status Screen] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way cont roller ( 45 ) to select from six displ ay colors. 3 Press the 3 button twice. Th[...]

277 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 3 Press the 4 button. 4 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec t [Hist ogram ], [Bright/Dar k Area] or [Enlarge Instant Review]. 5 Use the four-way controll er ( 45 ) to se lec t O or P . When [Enlarge Instant Review] is set to O (default setting), you can magnify the image with the e-dial. (p.223) 6 Press[...]

278 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 You ca n adjust t he color of the mon itor. 1 Select [LCD Color Tuning] in the [ R Set-up 2] menu and press the f our-way control ler ( 5 ). The [LCD Color Tuning] screen appears. 2 Adjust the color. Seven levels (225 patterns) are available on the G-M and B-A axes. Available operations 3 Press the 4 button. 4 Pr[...]

279 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Setting the Folder/File Number You can select a naming system of the folder for storing images. Set in [Fold er Name] of the [ R S et-up 2] menu (p .266). Creates a new fol der on an SD Memory Card. A folder is c reated with the number following the numbe r of the fol der current ly be ing used. 1 Select [Create [...]

280 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 2 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Create fo lder] and press the 4 button. A folder with a new number is created. You ca n select a metho d for assi gning the f ile numbe r of an im age when saved to a new fol der. Set in [File No.] in [M emory] (p.288) of the [ A Rec. Mode 4] m enu. Only one fo lde[...]

281 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Selecting th e Power S ettings You ca n set the cam era to turn off au tomatically if unused a fter a certain length o f time. Sel ect from [1 min .] (default s etting), [3 m in.], [5 min .], [10 min. ], [30 min.] or [Off]. Set in [Aut o Power Off] of the [ R Set-up 3] menu (p .267). Setting the Auto Power Off Fu[...]

282 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Sets th e type of AA b atteries used in the ca mera. The defau lt settin g is [Auto-dete ct]. 1 Select [AA Battery Type] in the [ R Set-up 3] menu and press the f our-way control ler ( 5 ). The [AA Battery Type] screen appears. 2 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select a bat t ery type a nd press the 4 butt[...]

283 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Sett ing the Photog rapher Info rmation The c amera type, shooting conditio ns and other in formation are automati cally e mbedde d in capt ured images in the Ex if data fo rmat. You can emb ed phot ographer i nformatio n in this Exif. 1 Select [Copyright Information] in th e [ R Set-up 2] menu and press the four[...]

284 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 4 Enter the t ext. Up to 32 single-byte alphanumeric characters and symbols can be entered. Available operations 5 After entering t he text, move the text select ion cursor to [Finish] and press the 4 button. The camera returns to the [Copyright Information] screen. 6 Use the four-way controll er ( 23 ) to se lec[...]

285 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Setting th e DPOF Settin gs You ca n order conventi onal photo graph pr ints by tak ing the S D Memory Card with rec orded image s to a store for p rinting. DPOF (Digital Print Orde r Format) setting s allow you to s pecify the number of copies a nd whether to i mprint the d ate. 1 Press the four-way cont roller [...]

286 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 5 Use the four- way contro ller ( 23 ) to select the number of copies. You can set up to 99 copies. K appears at the top right of the screen for images with DPOF settings. To cancel the DPOF settings, set the number of copies to [00]. 6 Turn the e-dial t o selec t O or P for print i ng t he date. Repeat Steps 4 t[...]

287 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Correcting De fective Pixels in the CMOS Sen sor (Pi xel Mappin g) Pixel M appin g is a functio n for m appin g out an d corre cting def ective pixe ls in the CM OS sens or. 1 Select [Pixel Mapping] in t he [ R Set-up 4] menu and press the four-way control l er ( 5 ). The [Pixel Mapping] screen app ears. 2 Press [...]

288 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 Selec ting Se ttings to Sa ve in the Camera (Memory) You can se lect whic h function se ttings to save when the ca mera is turned off. The fol lowing fun ction setti ngs can b e saved. 1 Select [Memory] in the [ A Rec. Mode 4] menu and press the four-way control l er ( 5 ). The [Memory 1] screen appears. 2 Use th[...]

289 Changing Additi onal Settings 9 • S et [F ile N o.] to O (On ) to contin ue the sequen tial num bering for the fil e name eve n if a new folder is created. R efer to “Sele cting the File Num ber Setti ng” (p.280). • When t he [ R Set-up] menu is reset ( p.310), all Me mory sett ings return to the default va lues. • If [Sh ooti ng In f[...]

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10 Connecting to a Computer This ch apter expl ains how to connect the camera to your computer, install the supplied CD-ROM, etc. Manipulating Captured Images on a Computer .. ....................... ................... ......... ....... 292 Saving Images on Your Computer ................. .. 293 Using the Provide d Software ............ ..........[...]

292 Connecting to a Computer 10 Manipulating Capt ured Images on a Computer The cap tured sti ll pictures and movies ca n be transfe rred to a compu ter by connec ting the W using a USB cab le and can be ma naged usi ng the prov ided soft war e. We recom mend th e followi ng system req uirement s to conn ect your camera to a computer or to use the [...]

293 Connecting to a Computer 10 Saving Images on Your Computer Set the U SB co nnection mode when c onnecting t o a comput er via t he prov ided USB ca ble (I- USB7) . The def ault set ting is [MSC] . 1 Select [USB Connection] in t he [ R Set-up 2] menu and press the f our-way control ler ( 5 ). 2 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [MSC][...]

294 Connecting to a Computer 10 1 Turn your computer on. 2 Turn off y our camera and use t he provided USB cable to connect your ca m era and your computer. Saving Images by C onnecting Your Cam era and Your Computer MSC and PTP MSC (M ass Stora ge Class) A gener al-purpos e driver pr ogram tha t handles de vices c onnected to the comp uter via USB[...]

295 Connecting to a Computer 10 3 Turn your camera on. The camera is recognized as a removable disk or an SD Memory Card with a volume label “K-r”. If the “K-r” dialog appears when the camera is turned on, select [Open folder to view files using Windows E xplorer] and click the OK button. 4 Save the captured images to your computer. Drag an[...]

296 Connecting to a Computer 10 Using the Provided Software “PENTAX Digital Camera Utility 4” i s included on the CD-ROM (S-S W110). Using the PENTAX Digital Camera Utility 4, you can manage images saved on your computer, and develop RAW files taken with the W and adjust the color of the images. Compat ible file form ats: .bmp ( BMP)/ .jpg (JPE[...]

297 Connecting to a Computer 10 3 Click [PENTAX Digital Camera Util ity 4 ]. For Windows, proceed to Step 4. For Macintosh, follow the instructions on the screen to perform subsequent steps. 4 Select the desired l anguage in the [Choose Set up Language] screen and click [OK]. 5 Wh en the [I nstall Shiel d Wizard] screen appears in the selected la n[...]

298 Connecting to a Computer 10 When PE NTAX Digi tal Camer a Utility 4 is launch ed, the foll owing sc reen (browser) a ppears. Browser tab set (d efault setting) You can perform the file mana gement func tions suc h as view ing and organiz ing the imag es. 1 Menu Bar This execute s func tions or make s various s ettings. For Maci ntosh, the Menu [...]

299 Connecting to a Computer 10 3 Control Panel Shooting inform ation an d settings of the selecte d imag e appear in this panel. T he set of tab p ages d isplaye d in Contro l Panel c an be chang ed by press ing the Bro wser, Lab oratory an d Custo m buttons o n the Tool bar. 4 File Display Pane The fil e list and th e images in the se lected fol [...]

300 Connecting to a Computer 10 Custom tab set (defa ult setting) The sc reen displ ay can be custom ized here. The Cust om tab p ages enable yo u to custom ize whether to show/hid e the various tab pages in accordan ce with your ne eds. By defa ult, all t ab page s are di splayed . Refer to Hel p for detail s on using th e software program. 1 Clic[...]

301 Connecting to a Computer 10 Regarding Product Registration To better se rve you, pl ease take a moment to re gister your software. Click [P roduct Regi stration] on the screen in Step 3 o n p.297 . A world m ap for Inte rnet Produ ct Regi stration is displa yed. I f your comput er is conn ected to th e Interne t, click th e displa yed coun try [...]

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11 Appendix Default Set tings .......... ........................ ................ 304 Resetting t he Menus ................ .............. ............ 310 Functions Available with Various Lens Combinations .... ................... .............. ................ 312 Cleaning the CMOS Sensor ............... ................ 315 Optional Acce ssori[...]

304 Appendix 11 Default Set tings The tab le below sho ws the factory default se ttings. The fun ctions set i n Memory ( p.288) are s aved even w hen the c amera is turned off. Reset Se tting Yes: The setting returns to the defa ult setting w ith the re set function (p.3 10). No: The sett ing is s aved even af ter reset. Direct K eys [ A Rec. Mode][...]

305 Appendix 11 Multi - exposure Numbe r of Shot s 2 time s Yes p.153 Auto EV Adju s tment P (Off) Yes Interval Shooting Interval 1sec. Yes p.151 Number of Shots 2 images Yes Start Interv al Now Yes Start Time 12:00AM / 0 0:00 Yes High-ISO NR Auto Yes p.100 Slow Shutter Sp eed NR Auto Yes p.102 Movi e Recorde d Pixel s b (128 0×72 0, 16 :9) Yes p.[...]

306 Appendix 11 *1 The param eters specified in [Custom I mage] are also reset . *2 The setting returns to [Gre en Button] after reset. Green Button Gr een But ton Green Button Green Button Yes p.197 Custom Image *2 —Y e s Optic al Prev iew *2 —Y e s Digital Preview *2 Histogram P (Off) Yes Bright/Dark Area P (Off) Yes Enlarge Instant Review O [...]

307 Appendix 11 Playb ack Mode Palette *1 The param eters specified in [ Digital Filter] are also reset. [ Q Playb ack] Men u Item Default Sett ing Reset Setting Page Image Rota tion — — p.235 Dig ital Fi lter Toy C amera Ye s *1 p.253 Resiz e Maxi mum si ze accor ding to the setti ng —p . 2 5 0 Cropping Maxi mum si ze accor ding to the setti[...]

308 Appendix 11 [ R Set-up] Menu Ite m Default Setting Reset Setting Page Language / u Accordin g to default setti ng No p.273 Date Adju stme nt According to default setting No p.270 World Time World Time setting W (Hometown) Yes p.270 Hometown (City ) According to def ault setting No Hometown (DST) Accordin g to default setti ng No Destina tion (C[...]

309 Appendix 11 [ A Custom Setting] Menu *1 The adjustmen t values ca n be reset only for [Reset] in the [21. AF Fine Adj ustment ] screen. Ite m Default Setting Reset Setting Page 1. EV Step s 1/3 EV Steps Yes p.118 2. Sensiti v ity S teps 1 EV Step Yes p.99 3. Expande d Sensitivity Off Yes p.99 4. Meter O perating Time 10 se c. Yes p.116 5. AE-L [...]

310 Appendix 11 Resetting the Menus Setting s in the [ A Re c. Mode] m enu, [ Q Pl ayback ] menu, [ R Set-up] menu, di rect ke ys and pl ayback mode pal ette can be reset to default setti ngs. 1 Select [Reset] in the [ R Set-up 3] menu and press t he four- way controll er ( 5 ). The [Reset] screen appears. 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 2 ) to [...]

311 Appendix 11 Reset setti ngs in [ A Cust om Setting ] menu to de fault val ues. 1 Select [Reset Custom Functions] in the [ A Custom Setting 4] menu and press the four-way control l er ( 5 ). The [Reset Custom Functions] screen appears. 2 Press the four-way cont roller ( 2 ) to select [Reset] and press the 4 button. The settings are reset, and th[...]

312 Appendix 11 Functions Availabl e with Various Lens Co mbina tions Only DA, DA L an d FA J lens es and D FA/FA/F /A lenses which have an s (Auto) p osition on th e apertur e ring can be used w ith factory default setting s. Refer to “Note s on [22. Using A perture Ring] ” (p.314) fo r other lenses an d D FA/FA /F/A lense s with apertu re rin[...]

313 Appendix 11 *1 Lenses with a maxi mum aperture of F2.8 or faster. Only available at the s position. *2 Lenses with a maximum aperture of F5.6 or faster. *3 When us ing the built-in flash and AF 540FGZ, AF360FGZ, A F200FG or AF1 60FC. *4 Aber ration correction is available in [Lens Correction] of the [ A Rec. Mo de 3] menu. The [Distortion Corre[...]

314 Appendix 11 When [22 . Using Aperture Ring] is set to [Permitte d] in the [ A Cu stom Setting 4] menu, the shutter can be rel eased ev en if the aperture ring of th e D FA, FA , F or A le ns is not set t o the s (Auto) position or a lens without an s p osition is attach ed. Howe ver, some fe atures will be rest ricted a s shown bel ow. Restrict[...]

315 Appendix 11 Cleanin g the CMOS Sensor If the CMO S sens or becomes dirty o r dusty, s hadows may a ppear in the image i n certain s ituations s uch as w hen shooti ng agains t a white backg round. This indicates that the CM OS sens or must be cleaned. Shaking t he CMOS s ensor rem oves du st that has collected . 1 Select [Dust Removal ] in the [...]

316 Appendix 11 Dust Al ert is a function t hat detects dust adh ering to t he CMOS sens or and visuall y displays t he location of the du st. You ca n save an image in dicating the dust l ocation a nd display it when perf orm ing sens or cle aning (p .318). The fol lowing co nditions must be met b efore using t he Dust Ale rt function: - A DA, DA [...]

317 Appendix 11 2 Fully displ ay a white wall or other bright subject wit h no detail in the viewfinder and press the shutter release but ton fully. After image processing is performed, the Dust Alert image appears. If the message [The operation could not be completed correctly] is displayed, press the 4 button and take another picture. 3 Check the[...]

318 Appendix 11 Raise th e mirror up and open the shutter wh en cleani ng the CMO S sensor with a blower. Please c ontact a P ENTAX Serv ice Cente r for profe ssional c leaning becaus e the CMO S sensor is a precision part. Clea ning servi ces invol ve a fee. You ca n use th e optio nal Image sensor Cl eaning k it O-ICK1 (p.324) when cleani ng the [...]

319 Appendix 11 4 Use the four-way c ontroller ( 23 ) to select [Mirror Up] and pr ess the 4 button. The mirror is locked in the up position. If you used Dust Alert to detect dust on the sensor within the last 30 minutes, the Dust Alert image appears on the monitor. Clean the sensor while checking the location of the dust. 5 Clean the CMOS sensor .[...]

320 Appendix 11 Optional Accessories A numbe r of dedic ated acces sories are a vailable fo r this c amera. Contac t a PENT AX Ser vice C enter for details r egard ing accesso ries. Produ cts marked wi th an asterisk (*) are the same as those suppl ied with the cam era. Battery Charger kit K-BC1 09 (*) (Kit inc ludes Batte ry Charger D-BC109 and AC[...]

321 Appendix 11 Auto Flash AF540FGZ Auto Flash AF360FGZ The A F540FGZ an d AF360FGZ are P-TT L aut o flash u nits wi th a ma ximum guide nu mber of 54 and 36 (IS O 100/m), respe ctively. The ir features include slav e-sync f lash, co ntras t-contr ol-s ync flash, high-speed sync fl ash, wirele ss flash, slow-speed sync and t railing curta in sync f[...]

322 Appendix 11 Hot Shoe Adapter F G Extension Cord F5 P Off-Camera Shoe Adapter F Use the a dapters and cords to use the external flash away fro m the came ra. Off-camera Shoe Clip CL-10 When us ing the A F540FGZ o r AF360 FGZ as a wi reless fl ash, this large c lip is used for s etting the external flash o n a desk or table. Magnifier Eyecup O-ME[...]

323 Appendix 11 Ref-converter A This is an acce ssory tha t changes the viewfi nder viewin g angle at 90° interval s. The v iewfinde r magnifi cation can be s witched between 1× and 2×. Diopter corr ection lens ad apter M This ac cessor y adjusts the diopte r. Inst all it on the viewfinde r. If it is difficult to see th e viewfinder image c lear[...]

324 Appendix 11 Camera Cas e O-CC84 Camera S trap O-ST53 (*) Hand Strap O-ST99 1 Hand Strap O-ST99 2 Free Length St rap O-ST842 Use this kit to cle an the opti cal parts such a s the CMO S sensor and lens of this c amera. Body Mount Cap K Hot Shoe Cover F K (*) USB Cable I-USB7 (* ) AV Cable I-AV C7 Camera Case/Str ap Imagesensor Cleaning Kit O-ICK[...]

325 Appendix 11 Error Messages Error Message Descrip tion Memor y card full The SD Mem ory Card is fu ll and no more images can be save d. Insert a new SD Memory Card or delete unwa nted images. (p. 52, p.84) Data m ay be sa ved when you perform the follow ing operat ions. • Change th e file format to J PEG. (p.195 ) • Chang e the JPEG Recorded[...]

326 Appendix 11 Battery de pleted The battery is exhausted. In stall a fully cha rged batter y or new AA ba tteries in the camera. (p.43) Not enough battery power rema ining to clea n sensor Appe ars du ring sens or cle anin g if th e batt ery level i s insufficient . Install a ful ly charg ed batter y or new AA ba tteries, or use th e AC adaptor k[...]

327 Appendix 11 Camera ove rheated. Disabl ing Live View temporar ily to protect circuitry Live Vie w cannot be us ed because the camera’ s internal temperatu re is too high. Pres s the 4 button and try using Live View again w hen the c a mera has cool ed down . Cann ot st art Li ve Vi ew Appear s when L ive View i s start ed when [22. Using Aper[...]

328 Appendix 11 Troub leshooting In rare cases , the came ra may not o perate correctly due to stat ic electric ity. T his can be r emedied by taking th e battery out and put ting it back in ag ain. When the mirr or remain s in the u p positio n, take the batter y out and put it bac k in again. Then , the mirror w ill retract when the camera is tur[...]

329 Appendix 11 Autofocus does not work The sub ject is not in the f ocusing area Position the subject in the focus frame i n the middle of the viewfinder. If the subject is outside the focusing are a, aim the camera at the su bject and lock the focus, then comp ose a pi cture and pres s the shutte r release button fully. (p.132) The sub ject is to[...]

330 Appendix 11 The USB conne ction with a comp uter does not work properly The USB con nection mode is set to [PT P] Set [USB Con nection] in the [ R Set-up 2] menu to [MSC]. (p.293) Shake Reducti on does not work The Shak e Reductio n func tion is off Set [Shake Reduction] to on. (p.142) The Shak e Reductio n func tion is not set properly If a le[...]

331 Appendix 11 Main Spec ifications Model Description Type TTL autofocus, aut o-exposure SLR digital- s till camera with built-in retra ctable P-TTL flas h Lens M ount PENTAX K AF2 bayon et moun t (A F couple r, le ns i nformat ion contacts, K-mount wi th power con tacts) Compatible Lens K AF3 , K AF2 (po wer zoom not compatibl e), K AF , K A moun[...]

332 Appendix 11 Viewfinder Type Penta-mir ror viewfind er Cov erag e (FO V) A ppro x. 96% Magn ifi cation Appr ox. 0. 85× (50 mm F1. 4 · ∞ ) Eye-Relief Length Approx. 19. 1 mm (from th e view window) , Approx. 21 .6 mm (from the ce nter of lens ) Dio pter Adjust ment Approx . -2 .5 to + 1.5m -1 Focusi ng Screen Natural-Br ight-Matte II focusing[...]

333 Appendix 11 Autofocus Sy stem Type TTL: phas e-matching autofocus Focus Sensor SAFOX IX, 11 points ( 9 cross type focus p oints in the ce nter) Brightne ss Range EV-1 to 18 (ISO 100) AF Mode Auto AF ( f ), Single AF ( l ), Con tinuous AF ( k ) Foc us p rio rity o r sh utt er p rior ity mo de f or l Focu s priori ty or FPS pr iority mode for k A[...]

334 Appendix 11 Built-in Flash Type Built-in P-TTL flash with seri al control GN: approx . 16 (ISO200/ m), approx . 12 (ISO100/ m) Angle of vie w: equivalent to angle of view of 28mm len s (35mm format eq uivalent) Flash Mod e P-TTL, Re d-eye Re duction, Slow-spee d Sync , Trailing Cu rtain Sync Hig h-S peed Sy nc and Wir eless Sy nc are als o avai[...]

335 Appendix 11 Playback Fun ctions Playback Vi ew Single f rame, im age comp arison, multi-image display (4, 9 , 16, 36, 81 segme ntation), display m agnifi cation (up to 1 6×, scrolling and qui ck mag nification available) , rotatin g, histogr am (Y histogr am, RGB hist ogram), br ight/dark ar ea warning, detailed informatio n display, copyright[...]

336 Appendix 11 Power Su pply Battery Ty pe Recharge able L ithium-ion Batte ry D-LI1 09 With AA battery h older D-BH109 ( optional), four AA batteries (lithium, Ni-MH recha rgeable, alkaline) can be used. AC Adapter AC Adapter Kit K-AC10 9 (optional) Battery Lif e (Wi th D- LI109) Number of reco rdable im ages (wi th 50% f lash usage ): approx . 4[...]

337 Appendix 11 Glossary AdobeRGB Colo r space r ecommende d by Ad obe Sy stems, Inc . for co mmerci al printing. Wider r ange of co lor repro duction th an sRGB. Covers most of the color range so colo rs avai lable onl y when prin ted are not lo st when ed iting images on a comp uter. Wh en an imag e is opened b y non-comp atible software, t he co[...]

338 Appendix 11 Color Space A defin ed range o f colors f rom the spec trum whi ch are use d. In digit al cameras , [sRGB] is defined as the stan dard by Ex if. In this camera, [AdobeRG B], which sup ports a wider color ga mut than sRGB, c an be also used . Color Temper ature This num erical ly expres ses the color o f the li ght sour ce illu minat[...]

339 Appendix 11 Dynamic Range (D-Range ) Indica ted with a va lue ex pressing the light l evel repr oducible in an ima ge. This is the same as the term “Exposur e latitud e” used w ith silver halide film. Gener ally, when the dyn amic range is w ide, overexpo sed and /or undere xposed a reas are l ess likely to occur wi thin the imag e, and wh [...]

340 Appendix 11 JPEG An imag e compression m ethod. In thi s camera, selec t from C (Be st), D (Better ), or E (Good). Ima ges recor ded in JP EG form at are sui ted for viewin g on your computer o r attachi ng to e-mai l. ND (Neutral Density) Filter A filte r available i n different s aturation l evels th at adjust s the bright ness without a ffec[...]

341 Appendix 11 sRGB (standard RGB) Interna tional standard of color spac e establi shed by th e IEC (Inter nation al Electrot echnica l Comm ission). T his is d efined from col or space fo r compute r monito rs and is a lso used as the stan dard color s pace for Exif. Vignetting The pi cture ed ges are bla ckened w hen part o f the light coming f [...]

342 11 Appendix Index Symbol s [ A Rec. Mode] Menu .... 87, 304 [ Q Playb ack] Menu .... 221, 307 [ R Set- up] Menu ....... .. 266, 308 [ A C ustom Set ting] M enu ............... ............. ........... 89, 309 Q (Playbac k) button ............... ............. ....... 21, 23, 82 | (Green) but ton ..... 21, 23, 197 m c (EV Com pens ation) button[...]

343 11 Appendix Beep ...... .................... .......... 269 Blue Sk y d .............. ............ 92 Brigh t areas ........... 31, 207, 337 Bright/Dark Area warning ..... 222 Brigh tness adjus tment ..... .... 207 Brightnes s Level ........ .......... 277 Brightnes s of the m onitor . .... 277 Built-in Fla sh ....... ................... 75 Bu[...]

344 11 Appendix Editin g movies ........... .......... 171 Error message .... ............. .... 325 EV .......... .................... .......... 339 EV Compensati on ........ 117, 339 m c (EV Com pens ation) button ..... .................... .... 21, 117 EV Steps ............. ............. .... 118 Exif ......... ............. ......... 283, 339[...]

345 11 Appendix Infrared port ........ ................... 19 Infrared tra nsmission ....... .... 244 Initial settings ...... ................... 60 Initial izing ............ ................. 268 Input Foc al Length ..... .......... 143 Install ing software ................ 296 Instant R eview .... ........... 71, 276 Interval Sho oting ........ [...]

346 11 Appendix Ni-MH recha rgeable batteries ............... ............. ................... 46 Noise Re duction .......... 100, 340 NTSC ............ ............... 243, 340 O 4 but ton ............... 21, 23, 130 One Pu sh File Format .......... 198 Optical Pr eview .......... .. 137, 139 Option al accessorie s . .......... 320 P e (Program) [...]

347 11 Appendix [ R Set- up] Menu ....... .. 266, 308 Shade (W hite Bala nce) ........ 200 Shadow C orrection .... .......... 208 Shake Redu ction ......... 141, 166 Sharp ness (Cust om Image) ............... ............. ................. 213 Shootin g Information ........ ...... 25 Show G rid ........... ................. 161 Shutter Priority M [...]

348 11 Appendix WARRANTY POLICY All PENTA X cameras purchased through authorized bona fide photogr aphic di stribut ion chann els are guarante ed against de fects of materi al or work manship for a period of twelve mo nths from date of purch ase. Servic e will be re ndered, a nd defecti ve parts will be repla ced without cos t to you withi n that p[...]

349 11 Appendix requir ed, plea se keep t he receipt o r bills coverin g the purcha se of you r equipme nt for at l east a ye ar. Before s ending y our equipme nt for serv icing, please make sure tha t you are sending it to the m anufac turer’s a uthorize d represe ntatives or their app roved repa ir shops, u nless y ou are sendi ng it dire ctly [...]

350 11 Appendix For cust omers in US A STATEMENT OF FCC COMPLIANCE This de vice c omplies with Part 15 of t he FCC Ru les. Oper ation is subject to the fol lowing two conditions : (1) This device m ay not caus e harmful interfe rence, a nd (2) t his devi ce must acce pt any int erferenc e rece ived, inclu ding inter ferenc e that m ay caus e undesi[...]

Declaration of Confor mity Accordin g to 47C FR, Par ts 2 and 15 for Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals We: PENTAX Imagi ng Company A Division of PENTAX of America, In c. Located at: 600 12 Street, Suite 300 Golden, Color ado 80401 U.S.A. Phone: 303- 799-8000 FAX: 303-790-1131 Declare un der sol e responsi bility t hat the pr oduct 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 products , packag ing and/or accompan ying doc uments m ean that us ed electri cal and electron ic equipme nts and bat teries sho uld not be mixed wi th general h ousehold waste. Used elec trical/el ectronic e quipme[...]

• Specifications and ex ternal dimensions are subject to change witho ut notice. OPKR00101/ENG Copyright © HOYA CORPORATION 2010 FOM 01.09.2010 Printed in Europe HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Imaging Systems Division 2-36-9, Maeno-cho, Itabashi -ku, Tokyo 174-8639, JAPAN (http://www.pentax.jp) PENTAX Europe Imag ing Systems S.A.S. (European Headquarte[...]