Using Your Camera Safely
Care to be Taken During Handling
Contents
Composition of the Operating Manual
Camera Features
Checking the Contents of the Package
Names of Parts
Names of Operating Parts
Monitor Indications
1 Getting Started
Attaching the Strap
Powering the Camera
Charging the Battery
Installing the Battery
Using the AC Adapter
Installing the SD Memory Card
Number of Images Recordable on an SD Memory Card
Turning the Camera On and Off
Starting-up in the Playback Mode
Initial Settings
Setting the Display Language
Setting the Date and Time
Vertical Snap Setting
2 Common Operations
Understanding the Button Functions
Capture Mode
Playback Mode
Switching Between Capture Mode and Playback Mode
Setting the Camera Functions
Operating the Menus
Menu List
3 Taking Pictures
Taking Still Pictures
Taking Pictures
Setting the Shooting Mode
Using the Face Recognition Function
Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode)
Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode)
Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode)
Using the Zoom
Simple Cellphone-style Picture Taking (Vertical Snap)
Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Night Scene/Night Scene Portrait/Digital SR/Fireworks/Candlelight Mode)
Taking Pictures of People (Half-length Portrait/Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode)
Taking Pictures of Children (Kids Mode)
Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode)
Taking Pictures of Sports and Leisure Activities (Surf & Snow/Sport Mode)
Taking Pictures Indoors (Party Mode)
Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode)
Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode)
Using the Self-timer
Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/Burst Shooting Mode)
Using the Digital Wide Function (Digital Wide Mode)
Taking Panoramic Pictures (Digital Panorama Mode)
Setting the Shooting Functions
Selecting the Flash Mode
Selecting the Focus Mode
Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels
Setting the Exposure (EV Compensation)
Correcting the Brightness (D-Range Setting)
Adjusting the White Balance
Setting the AE Metering
Setting the Sensitivity
Setting Blink Detection
Setting Pixel Track SR
Setting the Instant Review
Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)
Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)
Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)
Setting the Date Imprint Function
Calling Up a Specific Function
Recording Movies
Recording a Movie
Selecting the Recorded Pixels and Frame Rate for Movies
Setting the Movie SR (Movie Shake Reduction) Function
Saving the Settings (Memory)
4 Playing Back and Deleting Images
Playing Back Images
Playing Back Still Pictures
Playing Back a Movie
Multi-Image Display
Using the Playback Function
Slideshow
Registering/Playing Back Images in the FAVORITE Folder
Rotating the Image
Zoom Playback
Zoom In on the Subject’s Face Automatically (Face Close-up Playback)
Deleting Images and Sound Files
Deleting a Single Image
Deleting Selected Images and Sound Files
Deleting All Images and Sound Files
Recovering Deleted Images
Protecting Images and Sound Files from Deletion (Protect)
Connecting the Camera to AV Equipment
5 Editing and Printing Images
Editing Images
Changing the Image Size (Resize)
Cropping Images
Processing Images So That Faces Look Smaller
Using the Digital Filters
Red-eye Compensation
Adding a Frame (Frame Composite)
Editing Movies
Copying Images and Sound Files
Setting the Printing Service (DPOF)
Printing a Single Image
Printing All Images
6 Recording and Playing Back Sound
Recording Sound (Voice Recording)
Setting the Voice Recording Function
Recording Sound
Playing Back Sound
Adding a Voice Memo to Images
Recording a Voice Memo
Playing Back a Voice Memo
7 Settings
Camera Settings
Formatting an SD Memory Card
Changing the Sound Settings
Changing the Date and Time
Setting the World Time
Changing the Display Language
Changing the Naming Rule of the Folder
Changing the Video Output Format
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
Using the Power Saving Function
Setting Auto Power Off
Changing the Start-up Screen
Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor (Pixel Mapping)
Resetting to Default Settings (Reset)
8 Connecting to a Computer
Setting Up Your Computer
Provided Software
System Requirements
Installing the Software
Setting the USB Connection Mode
Connecting to a Windows PC
Connecting the Camera and Your Windows PC
Transferring Images
Disconnecting the Camera from Your Windows PC
Starting “ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0”
Viewing Images
Details on How to Use “ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0”
Connecting to a Macintosh
Connecting the Camera and Your Macintosh
Transferring Images
Disconnecting the Camera from Your Macintosh
Starting “ACDSee 2 for Mac”
Viewing Images
Details on How to Use “ACDSee 2 for Mac”
9 Appendix
Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode
Messages
Troubleshooting
Default Settings
List of World Time Cities
Optional Accessories
Main Specifications
WARRANTY POLICY
Index