Pentax ESPIO 928 QUARTZ DATE Operating Manual

OPERATING MANUAL

Congratulat ions on yo

ur purchasc of th c

PE

NTAX

ESPIO

928 and w cl

comc

to

thc

world of Pentax

zoom

com pact phorog

rap

hy!

Your comp ac t, li

ght

wc igh t ca mera is a gr eat

co rnp au ion

tu p rese rv e

your

favor ite mcrno r ies.

Its

bui

lt-in 28-90

mm

zoom

lens givcs yo u the

fre

ed

om

to f

rame

cvc ry rh ing

from

br ca th tak ing

l

and

sca pcs to fam ily

portra

its,

even derai

led clo-

se-ups .

Th

e b uil

t-in

auto n ash h elp s yo u ca p tu re

s

ubje

cts in dimly-lit

pla

ces or ph o

tograp

b

ind oor scenes with cla rity and bri lli

anc

e. Also

inclu

ded arc p anor ama / standar d format

mid-

roll switehing capability

and

a wi rc lcss rem e re

con trol

lca t urc. Silice

I110St

of t he op e rat ions -

inclu ding film loa d ing , film s

pc

cd se tting, wind-

ing/ rewinding, Iocus and exp osu rc

control-ar

c

autom a tic,

you

can Lakc

great

pic turcs ef-

fortlessly. T he DAT E mod cl rnake s il c asv to
re

mcmber th e dat es when you took p ictures.

• P lea se rcad

t his m anual ca refu lly

bef

ore

op e-

ra t ing the camera to help yo u

lake

cons i

sten

ly

superio r pi ctu res.

• P ay special a ttent ion to the

cau

tions an d notes

in th is

Op

cra tin g M a

nua

l, Pi

ctur

es an d illus-

tration, shown h erein may

difl cr from t he

ca rne ra 's act ua l a

pp

ea ran cc.

Icon

lnd lc

ator

s used in

this

rnanual

Operation direction

......

Autom atic operation

......

Attention

"

-,

1

'

...

_

....

Lamp lighted

' .. 1, '

-,-' :

':-

..-

Lamp blinking

..

:..:.

.-:-.

Corre ct

0

Incorre ct

X

T he

namcs of

the camer

a's

working

parts are
listed on the front a nd b ack flaps o f this man ual,
Keep th e flaps unfo

lded

for

quick

re fere

nce

w

hile

readi

ng th e

manu

a!.

NAMES OF WORKING PARTS

o St ra p lug ( p.S)

e S

hutt

er rcl ease burton (p

.19)

e D rive bu tten (p.23)

o Landsc

ap

c/ E asy Pic . mo de

bur ton ( p.23)

o Le D p

anel

(p.;>;,)

Ci)

Mo

ùe

but ron (p.22)

8 Red- eve r ed uet ion flash

bu rton (p .22)

Cl)

Auto focu s wi nd ow

Ci)

Bu ilt- in flash

G!)

Lens

li)

Viewfinde r wi ndo w

Œ)

Self-rimer lu

mp

(p.n )

Œl

Light scnsor wind ow

œR emo te COI1l

ro

1 rece ive r

(p .28)

OUTLI NE OF BASIC OPE TION S

I

cnl

\

O pen t he haek covc r Load th e film ami close The film will a ut o

mat

i-

Pu

sh the Ma in Sw itc h

(sec p age

12). th e b ack ca ve r

(see

ea lly adva nee to the

bu

tto

n

ta

sw itc h o n

pa ge

13) . f

ir

st fra me (sec pa ge p ow er ( sec p a ge 7) .

13) .

,1 _ _ , ,

rf"8t---

- - - -

I

~

I

J

1

COd

1

Fram e y" ur subj ec t a nd FllCUS 01 1 yo ur subjcct

Dc p ress t he shu rter re-

W h en t hc fi l m is fi n -

operatc the w om in g (sec p age 18) .

lease

but

ton, I n d ark

ishcd, the came ra will

lever

III co m pose th e

cond it ions, the flash will

autom a tically rewind

shot (sec

pa

ge 10) .

di

schargc auto rnatically it

(sec

pa ge 2U) .

(sec

page 19) .

TABLE OF CONTENTS

•

Names

of working pans

Flaps

• Iru r

odu

ctiou ..

...

... ..•. .... .. ..•. ..F r

ont

Iold

out

• Outline of ba sic

opcra

tions . .. ."

'l

nsi

de

co

vcr

•

Cautions

········

·····

·· ·· ··· ·· · ····

····

···

······

····

·2

• Pra ctical shooring

guid e ········ ···

····

···· ·· · ···4

PREPARATIONS

BEFORE

TAKING

PHOTOGRAPHS

1. S t rap a

tta

chrne nt ··

········

·· ··· ·

···

·· 6

2. M a in switch ···· ··················· ···· ·· ········ ·· 7

3. Ba

tlery

che ck 8

4. How 10 hold t he c amera · ··.. ·· .. · ·9

5. Opcra ring th e 28-9

0mm

zoom lens . ... .. . ·· 10

TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS

1. Usab le lilm ' 11

2. Film lo

adin

g ' 12

3. Vicwfinder d isplays a nd shoo ting ra nge s" · 14

4. L

arnp

ind ications · ·· ··· ·· · · · ·15

5. O rdin

ary

pho togra p hy · · ·16

6. Di

opt

er a d

jus

trne ru

lï

7.

Taki

ng pict ur cs 18

8. U nlo

adin

g th e lilm 20

TAKING

BETTER

PHOTOGRAPHS

How

to se lec t

modes

/ R ed-eye r

edu

ction nash mod e ..· ··

···

·..·· ·22

Dayli

ght

-synchro shoo ti ng ·.. · · ·24
T ak ing pic tu rcs a l slow sh uttc r specds 25
Slow-shu tt cr -spccd -syn ch ph oro gr

aph

y · ····· · 25

Bulh shooting ···

···

·· ·· ·· ··· ·

···

·· · ··· ·· · ·

···

···.. · ·26

B

ulb

-synch ro shoo ring 26

Self-

rimer

shoo ting ··.. ·· ·· ··· .. ·· · · ·· 27

Using

a wi rcl ess

rumot

e

contro

l ··· ··· ·· ·28

M ult i-

cxpo

surc sho ot ing

···

··· ··· ··

···

·· ··

····

·..·32

Inlinit

y-Iandsca pc shoo tin g · ····· ··.. · ..·· .. ·· · .. ·33

Spot

AF

sho ot ing .. ·· ··· · ··· ··..·· · ·· · 34

Easy

pic. shooting " 35

Focus -Iock sh ootin g ·.. · ··.. · ··· ··· ·· · .. ·· 36
Ex

posur

e

comp

ensa

tion ·.. ·· · .. ·· · ··· ··· ··· ···· .. ·38

Pa noramic format pict ure .. · ··.. ·· · ·.. · · ·39

DATE MODEL

·········· · ·42

MAINTENANCE

CONSIDERA

TIONS

Batie ry ex ha ustion w

arn

ing ,, 44
Ins ral ling/Rcpl ac ing th e bat rcry ,45
T

aking care

of you r ca

mera

46

Tro

ub le shooting ·.. · 48

Specificat ions ·· ·· .. ·· .. ·· .. · ·.. ··· .. ·50

W

arrant

y pol icy · ·· ·· ·· .. · · · 52

L

eD panel '55

2

CAUTIONS

• T h e el ec tr ic circ uitry insid e th e ca m cra
con ta

in

s high volt age wor king pa rt s.

N over at tcmpt to di sussernbl e the ca mera.

• Be ca rcfu l not 10 d rop or subjcct th e
ca m

era

ta

srrang vibr

ati

ons, sho ck o r

pres

-

su re.

• Do oot ap p ly force la

the

zoom lens ; do
not p lace the camera w ith t he lens facing
dow

nwa rd.

•

Neve

r au em p t Iq, man

ually

ope

n th e lens

covc r : it will

aut

o matically

ope

n and

close as the main swit ch is lurn ed on an d

on;

• M ake sure not

ta

obstr uer th e a utofocus

window , le ns, light sc nsor

wind

ow, or th e

bu ilt -in flash with yo ur fing ers, h

air

, o r

oth

er a bject.

•

Avoid

lcav

ing the cam er a for ex tend cd
pcriods in p laces w hcre temperat ur e and
hurn

idiry ar c hi gh su ch as in a ca r.

• Dirt ,

mud

, sa nd, rn

oisture

, tax ie ga s,

wat cr , salt wat er , erc., p

enetrat

ing

the

insid e ofth e camera may ca use

dama

ge o r

ren der it inoper

abl

e. Da

mag

e of any kind

will not be r

cpair

ed under rh e terms of th e

wa rraru y, T he refo re, h

andlc

th e

camer

a

w

ith great

ca rc.

• Nover use solvc nts such as p

aint t hinncr,

alcoho l or benzine la c1ean

the

cam

era .

PRECAUTIONS

FOR

BATTERY

• The rnisusc of a b

art

ery

ean

cause

hazards

such as leak age , ov

erh

cat ing, explosions,

etc , The h

att

ery shou ld be

inserted

with

the

~

+,.

and"

-~ side s fa

eing

correcrly.

•

Nev

cr

try

10 disassernble, sho rt or re-

charge the

batt

er y. Also, do not dispose

of

the h

all

cry in a lire, as il

may

exp

Iode.

• B

alt

ery p

erf

orm

ance m ay b e l

emporarily

hind

ered in low t

emperatur

es,

but

will

recov er in

norm

al

temp

eratur

es.

• K eep a spa re

batt

er y On

hand

for r

epla

ce-

m

ent

convcnience wh en

shootlng

outdoors

or

whil

e tr avel ing.

• K eep the ba

llery

OU I

of

thc reach of ch il-

dr

en,

• Wh en the came ra is in a bag, ens ure

the

m

ain

switch is oIT :

othe

rwise, b

atr

ery

pow

er may be w ast cd if th e shu trer re -

lease button is

accid

entally push

ed .

3

4

PRACTICAL

SHOOTING

GUIDE

Focusing - - - - - - - -

---

- - - -

---

- -

--,

Focu

sin g on a p

articul

ar spot of the su bject

p.34

T

akingapictur

e of distant lan dscape sc

ene

ry .

p.33

T

aki

ng a pi

ctur

e of a su biect

thr

ough

a win dow ..

p.33

Flash

photcg

raphy

-----

---

-

-------

Tak ing a pi

cture

in low light sit

uat

ions ..

p

.l6

Minimizing t he pic

tur

e of red-eve ef fect .

p.22

Taking a pict

ur

e of peopl e w hose face is

cast

in s

hado

w

Tak ing a pictu re of people

with night

scenery in back gr ou nd

............

~ :~~

Zooming

-------------------1'

Com pose the s ubjec t lal'gel' or srnaller ..

p.lO

Taking a

pieture

of people in various situations ,

p,24

T

akin

g a pi

ctur

e of people whose face is c

ast

in s

hado

w

Takin g a p

ictur

e of people with

sun

set scenery in bac

kgro

und

p.25

Ta king a pi

ctur

e of p

eop

le with ni

ght

scenery in backgrou nd

p.26

Pu tt ing yours elf into a pi

ctur

e .

p.27

Landscape

photography -----------

- -

--

Tak ing a pict ur e of di

st

ant

landscap

e scenery ..

p.33

Tak

ing a pi

ctur

e of

dista

nt landscape

thr

ough a

wind

ow ..

p.33

Others 1

Tak ing more

than

2 pict u

res

on the sarne (ram e p.32

Ta king a pic

tur

e or zoorning a lens at a distan t place fro m th e

cam

era -« p.28

Irnpr in ting da te o n a pi

ctur

e pA2

5

6

STRAPATTACHMENT

PREPARATIONS BEFORE

TA

KING

PHOTOGRAPHS

For optimum

performance

you should

ramiliarize

yourself

with

certain

rundamentals

befor

e taking any

photographs.

Remote Co ntro l Holdcr (O ption)

.

~

"'

~

-..

~

Fit the stra p o n th e ca

me

ra as illus trar ed . \<\'hen

attac

hing

th e R em

ere Control H

el

der ta t he

stra p, fir st

rernove

th e W ir ele

s.s Remot

e C

ont

rol

from th e R em ot c

Co

nt ro l H

eld

er , rhen pass th e

str a p

thro

ugh th e

Remote

Cont

rol B older as

illuvt

rat

ed. Use th e rab on th e cl

amp

(see

illus -

tra

tio n) 10 d

epr

ess th e

ADJUST

burt

on and la

op en the

b

att

ery cha mber ca ve r.

•

Ta prev

ent

th e

camc

ra fr

om swayi

ng a lot

wh ile w alking, a dj ust th e

strap

sa th e

cam

era

rid es a bove

you

r waist.

MAINSWITCH

Main

Switch

T o swi tch on,

pus

h th e M

ain

Swit

ch

burton

.

Th

e lens exten ds

sligh

tly la th e

wid

e-an gl e 28

mm

sett in g a nd th e

LC

D p

anel

is on .

To

swi tch

otf,

pu

sh the ma in switch b u

uon

aga

in. Whcn
not in use, c nsure tb at th e ca me r a is switc he d
o

iT.

•

Use

one 3V

lithi

um battery , t

ype CR123A or

th e e quiva le nt. D o no l rernove the b

atter

y

hefor e

il is ex

haus

ted, sin cc it is

used

by th e

d

ale

funcr ion on th e DATE

mo de l 10 keep

cons

ta nt tr ack of

lim

e.

• T he lens ca ver a utorna tica lly

opens

an d closes

wh

en the ma in swi rch is tu

rned

on

and

off.

Ne

ver

at r

crnp

t ID oJlen the lens co

ver

rnanua

-

lIy.

7

8

HOW TO HOLD THE

CAMERA

BATTERY CHECK

•

-

-

Batt

ery check

Af

ter yo u turn the Main

Swit

ch O N, the lens

sfight ly extends and th e lens coye r

open

s. You

are now

rca

dy to shoot. Sce page 44 wh en

the

ba trery exhaust ion sym ho l (

c>o

) ap

pca

rs on th e

L

eD

pa nel.

• If the ca mera is on

and

left

unu

sed for ove r 3

m

inut

es, th e Jens

au

torna

tica

lly

retr

acts an d

the power swirches off to sa ve h

atterv

pow er.

•

If

th e M ain

Swit

ch is

turn

ed on w

ith

in 60

minut

es of auto-power off, the pr cv ious se lt ing

will a

utomatica

lly

return.

Wh

en shooriug,

hold

th e ca mera sccurcly w

ith

hoth hand

s. K eep th e

came

ra as s rill as possibl e,
and gently d epress th e sh utter rclcasc bu tton. (I f
too much force is app lied, the ca me ra is likel y to
s

ha

ke, a nd th e pi

ctur

e will be

hlurred

.)

Try

to

br ace yo ur clbows a gainst y

our body,

or

support

yoursel f and the c

ame

ra

against

a st

able,stati

on­ary object, such as a wall.
Wh

en using th e flash

wirh

th e camer a posit i

oned

v

erti

call y, hoId the

cam

era

50

th at

the

flash is

above t he lens.

Caution:

Do not ho Id th e zoom lens becaus e il rnoves back
and

forth wh ite in ope ra tio n.

Note:

• M

ake

sure not to obs truer th e a u tofocus

window

, lens, light se nsor

window

or

the bui-

Ir-in flash

with

your

fingcrs, h

air

or

other

object,

9

10

OPERA TING 28-90mm

ZOOM

LENS

USABLEFILM

6,
6,

..

DX FILM

Perforations Film cartridge

TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS

•

Aller rcading this in

struction

manual

you

-

should be familiar with the functions available
on the camera, and you're ready to in

sert

the

-

film.

v

No

tes

:

• When

huyingDX-cod

ed films , ensu re

that

th e Aut

omatic

fil m speed se

ttin

g

V

pa ckage bears th e "DX " m

ark.

Th

is

came

ra is dcsigncd

ta

use DXc

cod

cd fil ms

•

Non

-DX

cou cd film ca

nne

t he used.

with

ISO

rar ings from 25 to 3200. When any of

• Use h igh -speed film with a n ISO

rat

ing of 800 rh ese film s are load ed , the properfilm s

pce

d is

or highcr maini)' for sh oot ing ind

oors

in dirn-

au to

rnat

ically set for th e ca me ra.

lv-lit co ndi tions.

• A film

with

IS

0400

film speed is recornm e-

ndcd

to l'et less image h

lur

and to c

aver

mor

e

photo

grap

hie situa

tiu ns.

Wh

en yo u move th e zoorning lever to th e right

( .

),

the lem ruoves

towards

the

90m

m seuing

and fram

es the su bject mo re closcly,

When

you

move th e zoom ing lever

ta

th e left (

...

) , the

lens m oves tow

ard

s th e wide

-ang

le 2

8mm

sel-

ling

. When th e le ns zoo ms to th e d csired sett ing,

release th e zoorning leve r a nd d ep ress th e

shut

-

ter rel ease bu rton full y io t ake pi c

tur

cs,

11

FILM LOADING (Ensure the power is off before insertlng the film.)

Ch

I!

5 When .. 1 ..

app

ears in the exposure coun tcr

on th e

LCD pa nel ,

th

e film aut

ornar

iea lly

Il

s

top

s w

indin

g. The indi ca tion appea rs as

sha wn

above,

If

( 1) does nol ap pe a r on

the

LeD

panel, il

indi

car

es th a t t he film is n ol

prop

erl

y Ioad cd.

If

th is oc

curs

, reload th e

film .

Slidc the hack

cov

cr

rel ea se lever

down

in th e

If

( E)

blink

s on th e LCD panel, it m éans th e

dire

cti

on ofth e

arrowlaope n th e ba ck caver

film is nol

prop

erl y loadcd.

as illu

strat

ed.

•

Th

e expos ure count cr ind ica tion w ill r ernain

2 Pl ace th e film carrrid gc in th e film cha mber

on even if the main

switch is

lurn

ed off

by

fitting

ils Ilat

sid

e on

top

of th e r

ewind

• If th e ca me ra is pl accd in a co nd itio n where

sha fi firsl a nd th cn slidc

the

top

end

into

th e

ca mera .

sta tie eleetriciry m ay b e discha rgcd on or n c

ar

3

Pull

th e film le

ader

am

far enough fro m th e

the

ca m

era

, th e L

eD

lilm

cou rue r ma y cha nge

c

artrid

ge

ta

rea

ch th e

take-up

spool

O,

Al

ign la num ber one, h ut you ca n con tinue LO use ail

the

t ip of

the

film

with

th e film le

ader

end

ot

her

Iunc

tion

s of th e ca

me

ra norm ally.

ma rk

8

• Enm re the film is ra ut as illus t ra tcd on th c p

rcv

ious page .

Takeup

any slac k in t he film by pu sh ing

it back in to the

ca

rtri

dge .

•

If

the en d of the film lead er is

ext

rcrn ely b

eru

, srraig h ren il oreut air t he

ben

t por tion,

x Slack NO!

o n« YES!

12

13

Notes:

•

Ens

ure

the film is

pla

ced p

rop

erl y be

twc

cn

th

e gu ide ra ils

f)

.

• I f th er e is di rt on the film

det

ect

er

0 ,

film

ca nna t be w

ound

prop

erl y.

4

Afier

th e back ca ve r is closed, th e film a uto-

rnari c

all

y advances

ta

th e first frame.

• Even if no film

is lo

ad

ed, th e m

otor

operai

es

for a seco nd or IwO

aft

er th e back caver is

c loscd.

14

LAMP INDICATIONS

VIEWFINDER DISPLAYS AND SHOOTING RANGES

Ordinary

photography

First,

switch

on

power

by

depressing

the

Main

Notes

:

8

•

If the sub

jec

t is too close, th e g

reen lamp

Ord in ary

photography (standard

Iorrnat

)

Swit

ch

button.

hlinks.

Adju

st th e carnera-to-su bject dist an ce

~

~

o A utofocus fra me

so that th e gree n l

amp lights continuously,

Focus on tb e su

bject with

thi

s frame.

th en r clcase th e

shuuer,

e Close d isLan ce c

ompensati

on fr

ame

.

•

If

th e s

ubject

is

eve

n clos er, th e gr een l

amp

Wh

en th e

carne

ra-

to-s ub

jcc

t distance is

bet

wcc n 0.58

ma y li

ght

conrin uous ly, eve n th ou gh

proper

C

o]

focu s can na t he oh ta ine d.

th is fr

am

e.

Pic

tur

c a rea

Wh

en ta king a no rm al pi

ctur

e, com pose the scene

with in this

fram

e.

m

( 1.9fL) and 1

III

(s.

sm,

com p ose th e scc ne wi t

hin

Panoramic

Iormat picture

Wh

en you

de

press t

he

shuu cr relcase

hull

on

Panoramic

rormat picture

o

Autofocu s

frame

halfw ay

down

, the l

amp

s 0 an

d/

or e l

ight

up

Focu s on th e sub

ject

with

thi

s f

ram

e. or b link as shawn a hove.

e Pict ur c area O Gr cen lump :

Wh

en t he s u

hjeet

is in focus, it

Wh

en tak ing panor

ami

c for m at p i

ctur

es, co

mpo

se th e

will

li

ght

up to ind ica te

that

scene wirhi n th is fram e.

you can tak

e th e p

ictur

e ;

wh en the

subjec t is not in

Au tofocus is referre d to

as "AF" .

focus, il w ill bl ink ,

indic

ating

Shooting

ranges

(efIe

ctive

camera- to-su bject dis-

t

hal

yo u ca nnot Lake the pi c-

tance

)

tur

c b ecause th e ca m era-ta -

• The or d i

nary

s

ctt

ing

and

pan or

amic

mod e allo w a

subjc ct d ista

nce

is roo close.

shoo ring ran ge from

00

(infmi

ty)

to 0.58m ( i .sn).

e Red la

mp When th e fl

ash

is re

ady

to d is-

• Su hjecLs closer

than 0.58m (1.9ft) ca nnet be fo

cus

ed

c

harg

e, it will li

ght

up. When

pr

op

erly

.

t he flash is b

cin

g c ha

rge

d, il

will blink.

15

DIOPTER

AD.JUSTMENT

ORDINARY

PHOTOGRAPHY

[Ch

L-.

1

Wh

en th e power is switchcd on h y d

epre

ssing

the

mai

n switc h buuon, th e cam era

autorn

ati-

ea lly selec ts th e Aut o and Sin gle-Frame Shoot­ing modes and the cx

posur

c counrcr in dicat ion
remain s on as shawn a hove. T hese m od es ar e
uscd for t akin g

orùin

ary pi

ctur

ϥ. The bu ilt- in

flash will discha rge a

utomatieally

whe

n the sub-

je

ct is poorly iIluminat eù or in a backl igh t situ -

a tion.

•

Wh

en the L

eD

panel d isp lay is d iffer

ent

from
the one shown ahove (wh ich indica tes th ar
e the r

m odes are set) , swircbing powe r O FF

and then O N re

stor

es th e

Aut

o a nd Single-

Fram e Sbooting modes.

16

ON

•

Wh

en the built -in flash a u to

rna

rica lly dis-

Aim th e cam era tow ard a bri

ght

suhj

ect,

Wh

ilc

cha rge s, th e ca mera uses a

shutr

er spe ed in

looking through th e view fi

nder

, adjust th e diop-

the r

ang

e f

rom

a

~p rox

.

1/ 301h (28mm) 10 1/

ter by

turni

ng th e diopr cr aùjust ment d ial u nril

451h sec. (90

mm)

when

IS01

00 IiIm is used, the AF fram e ap

pea

rs clea rcst.

17

18

11

TAKING PICTURES

Shooting

distance:

O.58m (1.9

rt)

.cx

'(i

nfi n ity)

1

Composing

the

scene

After zoom ing the lens an d co rnposing YO

Uf

scen c, focus on th e su bject with th e

autofo

cus

f

rame

in the ce nt er o f th e viewfin der.

•

Th

is cam era uses

rnulri-b

earn

AF

ta focus th e

lens on the

subj

cct . E

ven

if

th e s ub

jcct

is

slightly olT th c AF fra m e, th e

subj

ect will

cas ily be

brought

inta foeus.

• T a Iocus on a p

articul

ar

spot in

the

AF fram

e,

sele ct th e

AF

spot

mod

e. (See p ag e 34.)

ilili

•

Wh

en th e power is

turncd

on, th e

multib

ea rn

AF

mod

e is a uto rna ti

cally

sel.

2

Checking

the

lamp

indication

DClJreSS th e sh uu er rcl case

hut

ten

halfw

ay

down . Wh en th e s

ubj

cct is in focus, th e g reen

l

arnp

will li

ght

up. If th e subje ct is closer

than

0.58 rne ter ( 1.9

ft)

, th e gree n l

amp

will

blink

lU

warn

you . In th is case, extend th e ca m er

a-to-

su bjcct di st an ce un til

the

green larnp is lit con-

tinuou

sly.

•

Wh

en the

red lamp

ligh ts up, it indi cat es chat

th e

built-in

flash w ill discharge. Ensure th

ar

you ar e

wit h in th c Ilash e ffec

tive

ra nge before

shootin g.

(Se

c page 19.)

3

Shooting

D

epress th

e shu

rtc

r rel ca sc

buu

on full y,

and

th e

shutt

cr

will be reJ

eas

ed. Then,

the

film a utornat-

i

call

y ad

van

ces ta th e n cxt frame.

Notes :

• Wh en t.he

shut

tcr is relca sed, the self-r

ime

r

lamp

mumentaril

y li

ght

s up ta indi ca te th al a

pictur

e has bccn t aken.

• If

you

wish to focus on a no ther su

bjcc

r,

lif

t

your

linger from

the

sh u

tte

r rel ease

hutt

on

and d

epre

ss th e

shutt

er re1case

burt

on h aIf-

way

down aga

in.

•

Th

e shutte r can no t be rele ased whi 1c th e lens

is

zooming

.

Automatic

Fla

sh Emission

Wh

cn t

akin

g pict urcs in low ligh t or in a back-

li

ght

situ

ation, rh c flash will automatieally

dis-

charge.

Wh

en th e sh ut ter relca sc bu

tton

is de-

pre

sscd h

alfw

ay down in low ligh t,

the

red laml'

will li

ght up, ind iea t ing th e flash is r

eady

t.o

dis ch

ar

ge.

If

th e red

lamp

hlinks,

this

indi ca tes

thai

th e built -in llash is being cha

rged

and

the

shutt

er cal mol be released . T here fore, c

nsure

that

th e red lamp is lit eo

ntinuous

ly befo re

iak ing pi ct ures.

Red-oye

Shoot ing p

ortr

aits w it h the flash may

resu

lt in

"red -eve", th e red dot in

your subje

cr's

eye. T his

came ra in

clud

es a r ed -eye reduct ion flash fu ne-

t ion,

whi

eh redu ces the red-oye

phenomenon

by

using

pre

-flash. See page 22 an d 47 for

detai

ls.

Flash

effective

ra nges (Neg a-color film

used)

lens

ISO

100 20U

400

2

8mm

(U . )

O.58- 5.0m O.58- 7.0m

O.68

-9

.9m

90m m

(4 )

0.58- 2A m

O.58- 3.3m 0.58-

4.7m

19

(Remove the film from the camera in the shade

or

use your body to

UNLOADING FILM

shade

the

camera

.)

...

~

.

.

-:

...

~

,..

.

"

cëtrJ

...

~

~ ..:

'1

1 Rew

ind

ing

the

film 2 Unlo

ading

the

fil m

Aft

er

you have

expo

sed

the

last f

rame orth

e roll,

Ta

un lo

ad

th e film, open th e

bac

k caver, a nd

1

the lens r

etr

acts

and

th e film re

win

ds au tomati-

rcm ov e the c

ar

tri dge fro m th e c ha m he r by pull-

ca

lly. T he n, t he

motor

sto ps, a

nd

(

0)

hl inks as ing the top o ut firs t with yom fing cr,

s

ha

wn ta i

ndica

te tha t the fil m has hecn re-

wo und.

Note

s :

• T he sh u tter

may

be relea sed a

frame

or two

• A 24-ex

po

sure ro ll

of

film t ak es ab out 20

even a û er

the spe

cificd number of f

ram

es h ave

seco nd s ta he rewo und. becn usc d u p as indica red hy th e nurnbcr of

111

1111

• D

ur

ing r ew in

din

g, the cxposure c

ount

er

shots

shawn

0 11 th e film can istc r, If this occ urs ,

counts f

ram

e nu rnbcrs in rever se.

th ese ex tra fra m es

may

he lost in th e

proce

ss-

•

The

ent ir e ro ll of film in

cluding

the film

ing.

lea d

er

is always r

ewound

into t he carr

ridg

e ta • Nevcr op en th e bac k cov cr unt il the whole

prevent any pa rt of the film being e

xpose

d LO

film ro ll is rc wound.

light.

l

20

~~g

,..

~

~~ ,~

.

~

...

Rewind

ing

a film in mid

-roll

If

yo u wis h ta unload a film be fore exp osing a Il

2

Whi

le de p rcssing t he d rive mod e b ur ton , de -

p ress t he sh u t rer re leas e bu

tton

. Film re

win

d-

t he fr

am

es.

helow ,

foll ow t he

pro

ced ures d escrih cd

ing s t

arts

. W hcn a ro ll of film is rc

wou

nd ta its

end , th e mo to r sto ps an d

(

0)

blink s, ind ica t-

ing t ha r t he ha ck cover ma y be o pe ne d sa fely.

Tur

n th e m a in sw itc h O N a nd h

old down

th e

d ri ve

bu

rt on for

more

th an 3 se co nds.

(

~

)

app

ear

s a nd ( ) st

art

s b link ing on th e

Le D pan el, ind ica ti ng t

ha

r th e m id -roll film

rew indi ng mod e has been se t.

21

(HOW TO SELECT MODESIRED-EYE

TA

KING

BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS REI)UCTION FLASH MODE)

To

set

various

exposure

modes,

deprcss

the

Mode

Butto

n O.

To

set

various

shooting

modes,

depress

the

Drive

Button

e.

Auto Daylight- Slow-S huue r ••Slow -spccd - Bulb Bulb -sync

1

Syne speed sy ne

(l'lash-OFF) photography

l

QIT]-

1

~

r

CIJ

-1~ r

[il

~

LD--0 -

B-

Œ]-1

1

Si ng le

-l'

ram e Self-Timer

Remere contr ol M ul ti-Exposure

shoo ting shooting

shooting Shoo ting

• In a ny cxpos

ure

and/or s

hoot

ing mod e, ir the

burto

n 0 a nd e ar c d

cpr

cssed a ûer the

shutt

er

is

L I . T0.l.et variou s req u ired mod es,

depr

ess

the burton

0 , e

and

/

rele ased , th e A

uto

and Sin gle

-Fr

am e modes will r

etu

rn respe

ctiv

ely.

or U .

• H

olding down

the

Drive Butt

on e for m

ore

than

thr

ee seco nds se ts th e mid- roll rewinding

mod

e

• For

normal

use, set the Au to and Single

-Frame modes as sha wn

(See page 21.) .

on the lcfi . When the

power

is

switched

on, th e

Auto

and

•

Hold

ing

down

the Red-eve red u

ction

Oash

burto

n e for

more th

an two s

econds

sets

the

Exp

osur

e

Single- Fram e Sh ooting mo des a re au

toma

tically sel.

com pe

nsati

on m od e (See pa ge 38).

To

set

various

focusing modes.

depress

the

Landseape/Eas

y Pic. Mode

Button

e.

Red-Eye Reduction

Flash

Function

Toreducethe

red -eve ph

eno

rnenon in th e p i

ctu

rc, d ep ress the red-eve r

edu

cti on Oash

burton

(

<1»

With

tbi

s m

ode

, the flash discharges

two

consecu t ive times, re d uci ng th e ap pea ra nce or

the

red- eve

effecr, T o can cel the

mo

de,

depr

ess th e red-eve r

edu

cti on

butt

en again,

~

L

D-

0 -

B-

0

J

1

Autofocus

lnfinlty-

Spot A I'"

Easy Pic. shooting

shooling

landscape

shoo ung

shooti ng

23

22

I

I I

~

DAYLIGHT-SYNCHRO SHOOTING

Depr ess the

Mode

Butt

on

unt

il th e

(

~

)

sym ho l app-

ears on th e L

CD

pa

nel. T he flash

a

~

~

will d isch ar ge in

=

both d

ark

and

bri

ght

con d itions. Whcn a p

ortr

ait

is t

aken

w

ith

the subj ect in a ba ckli

ght

sit

uat

ion, th e fron t of

the subj eet may be

cast

in shado w. In sueh a

case , use th e Dayli

ght-Syn

ch ro Sh o

otin

g mo de

(Flas h-ON

mod

e)

within

the flash -effect ive

range to tak e p ict

ur

es.

This

will e

nsure that a

picture is weil ex

pose

d wi t h

out

an y

sha

dow,

When

you wish to

discharge th e flash , use th is

mod e. In

this mod

e, th e flash will always di s-

cha rg e.

Notes :

•

Ensur

e th at the red larn p on the lef

t-h

and

side
of th e vicwfinder is lit whcn th e sh uu er re­l

ease

burton

is d

epre

ssed

halfw

ay d

own

before

s

hoo

ting. A red la

mp

blinking indi cates that

the flash is be ing e ha rged.

•

Ensur

e y

ou'r

e wit hin th e flash effective r ange
even wh en yo u use the bu ilt -in flash as a lill-in
flash in

davli

ghr

, (S ee

pag

e 19

).

24

Wi th ou t D aylight-Sync

TAKING PICTURES

AT

A SLOW SHUTTER SPEED

~

i~

n[[t=1:J

J

Slow-Speed­Synchro

Shoot-

ing'

(Flash-ON)

D

cpr

ess the

M ode B

utt

on to

set the Slo w-

Spc

ed-

Synch ro

mod e

until

th e

(

~

!,J) sy mbol appcars on th e

LC D pan el. IL is poss ible to photog

raph

su b

jec

ts

and

bac

kgrou nd in a

ba

lan

ced

way (as show n in

the pho

to)

by using tbe bu ili-in flash 10 p ro p

erly

expose the foregr ou nd s

ubje

ci and a S low-

Shuu er-S pccd l O

expose

the luw light back-

gro und.

~

[tt=I:

J

1

Note:

• Wh en shooting in low li

ght,

the shut

tcr

spec

d

gets slower, a nd

cam

era sha

ke is likcly to

hlur

you r pi crure. Use of a tr ipod is recomrn errded .

25

Il 1

BULB, BULB·SYNCHRO SHOOTING

SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY

o

Sclf·Timer

1

Bulb

mode(ci)8)

D

Use th e S

elf

.

1

Dcp ress

the

IJ

Timer

if you

Mode Burton

•

wish ta get in th e

unt

il ( ci) 8 )

• . J.

pieture. Use of a

syrn

bol

app

ca rs ."

""..

Il

i

tripod

is recorn -

on th e L

CD

mend

ed. Depress

pa nel. T he sh ut tcr roma ins open up to 10 min-

the

Dri

ve Bu rton

until

the

(

<::»

sy

mbo

l a p

pea

rs

ut es as long as t he shu trer release bu rton is he ld

on th e L

CD

pa nel.

_._ ',:."'

.' :

;.

~

..:./,';.

:<1

1~

1

duwn. Thi

s mode is usefu l fur long exposu res

.

~

1"

. " ;....;J~_.~ ~ i

~~

~ . ~,

~,J

.::..1

,~r

~~

r

~

~~~

-

rcqui rcd fur shooring Iircwor ks

and night

sccnes ,

~

.i

lo

'.. ••

•.

•

"-;",,," ~j.

.

~:'

•.

,. ..:-.

for instance.

Wh

en usi ng ib is mod e, the came ra

should be mo unted on a

t ripod so th at th e

camera will he

steady.

Bulb

mode,

approx.

5 se c. ( ISO 100)

1

Focus on th e subjects first by d

epr

essing th e

sh

uu

er rel ea sc b u rton halfway down , and rhen

1

r

depress the shu tre r release burton fully.

Th

e

s

huu

cr will be rclcased in

abuut

10 second s.

Wh

en th e Self.T imer is work ing, t he Self.Ti mer

1

~

Bulb-synchrn

sym bo l

(

<::»

blinks on the

LCD

pa nel, and the

<§)

1

: .~.rl.Î ~

mode

(

~

B )

S

elf-Ti

rner l

amp light

s up. T he l

amp star

ts bli.

••,_ _ 1J "' . Depr ess th e

Il

nkin g 3 seconds b efore th e shu tter is relcased,

ij

:

i~

Mode Butt on

l

ett

ing you knuw

when

ta smi le.

unt il

( ~8

)

syrnbol ap

pea

rs

(

1

on the LCD pa nel, this lets you use t he flash in
ad di

tion

tu

the

Bul b

mode

, so yo u can tak c a

port

rai

t ph ot ograph wit h a night sccnc in th e

backg

rou nd, for cxar np le.

26

27

-

~'

(

-~

1

,.,._....

/ __1

~

/

'D I

<, 1

1

/ 1 1

'" '.( !

~

- -

.-:::

-~ .-----:=:-:::.

<,or'

"

Notes on

the

Self-Timer

shoot

ing

• K eep in mi nd th

at

when

starting th e

Self-

Tim

er wh iIc s

tan

ding in front

of the

ca

mera

, the

came

ra may

not

focus th e

subject .

• T o ca

ncel

th e

Self-Timer

at a ny

time

afrer ir's

bee

n ac tiva ted , p us h t he mai n

s

wite

h. In this

instance

, t

he

powe r w ill

not b e

turn

ed oIT.

•

Wh

en

you

wan

t to use th e flash w ith th e

Self- T im

er,

ens ure tha t t he re d lamp is

lit

indi

ca t ing the fla sh h as becn eh a

rge

d

be fore op cr at in g the S elf-T im er.

•

Wh

en

the

Bu lb mode is use d in eombi

na-

tian wir h

the

Sclf- T

ime

r, a shutte r

spcc

d

of

approx

, 1/ 2 sec. is au to

rnat

ica

lly selec-

red.

USING THE WIRELESS
REMOTE CONTROL (OPTION)

If

you

have

pur

ch ascd th e optional

wir

eless

rcmo

te cont ro l,

read

th is se

ction. The Wi rcl css

Rernot c

Con

tro

l a llows you

ta

a

djust th

e focal

len gt h in st eps

of

28, 90, 50, 28 and tr ip t

he

shu u er a t a di st ance.

• Us e a tripod whe n sh oo tin g w it h the

Wir

cless

Rcrnotc

Control.

• When

the

Remote Con

tro l is uscd ta t ak e

p

ictu

res, th e Single

-Frame mod

e ca n he usc d

in

cornhinat

ion with

any

of

th e ex posu re

m

od

es. T he Sel f-Time r sh oo ting a

nd

t he

Mul-

ti-Ex po

surc

modes

canne

t be used in thi s case .

•

Us

e the R eme re Cont rol ta take pi

ctur

es in

the Bu lb

mod

e ta

avo

id ca m era sh ak e. WhiIc

th

e R

emo

te C

ont

ro l's s

hurrerre

lease

burt

on is

hel

d d

own

, th e

shutrc

r re rn ains

ope

n.

Remote Control

Shooting

mode

D

epr

ess th e camera 's Drive Button unt il th e

(m:I.

J1)

syrnb ol ap

pears

on th e L

CD pan

el.

Removing

the

Wireless Remote Control

Remove the

Wir

d ess R em ote

Contro

l l'rom

the

Rem ot e

Con

tro l H

old

er in the di r e

cti

on

of

th e

ar row.

Name of

parts

Sh u tte r release bu

tton

28

29

R e

mer

e c

ontr

ol transm iner

~

,

=

L

Blinking

Lamp

Wh

en t he R emot e Cont ro l Sho

oring mod

e is sel

on

th

e c ame ra , the S

elf

-Tim

er la

mp

on th e

front

of

th e ca m era

blinks

slowly, i

ndi

car in g t hat y ou

ca n

take pi

ctur

cs w

ith

th e a id

of

a Re

mer

e

Con trol.

Wh

en

th e eame ra is sel in th e R em otc Con trol

Shou

ring mode a nd left unu s

ed

for 10 minutes.
th e camera a u tomat ically switches itself off to
sav

e ba t te ry power.

Pus

h th e camer a's Main

Sw irch ag a in to t urn it On.

Taking

Pietures

Com

pose th e sccne and frame th e subj cc t with t he

AF frame. Aim the Rcrnotc Com rol Transmiu

cr

low

ard

s th e R crnore Control R ec eivcr on th e

camera, and then d

ep

rcss t he R ernot c

Con

tro l' s sh u r-

te r

rclc

ase bu rto n fully tu re le ase th e sh u u er ,

• T he Sclf-T imer lamp bli nks rapidly for 3 seconds

and

th en t

he shuu

er is rclea scd ,

If

th e sh u ttcr is

rel eased by th e ca

rncra

's rcl cas e b

uuu

n, p ic

tur

es

w ill

be Lak en in the ordinary s

hoc

ring mo de.

• Foeus canne t he lockcd when th e Rernotc Control

is in use .

• The subj cct framed in the AF frame will be in

focu s whcn th e R e me re Coru ru l's sh u t tc r r clease
bu rton

is d

epr

essc d.

Operating

Distance

of

the

Wireless
Remote Control
From

the

camera

's

front:

within

approx.

5

m str a ight in

front

of

the

camera

• The R

emot

e C ontro l may notwo rk in a back-

li

ght

sit uatio n.

In

Ibis case, use

the

carne

ra'

s

sh u

tte

r rel ease burt on in the Sel f-

Tim

er mo

de

to rake pi ctures,

• The Rem ere Cont ro l docs no t w

ork

whi le the

b

uil

t- in fl

ash

is be ing eharged.

Zooming

using

the

Remote Control

Wh

en th e Rcmorc Cont ro l T ra us m it te r is airned

tuw a rd s th e ca rnera's R emot e

Cont

ro l R ee eiver,

ea

ch

time y

ou

dcp rcss t hc zoum ing b u rton loc-

ared o n

th

e Rem ot e Cont ro l, th e lens zo om s and

stops at src ps

of

28,90,50 a nd 28mm fo

cal

lcn

gth

se

tri

ngs con rin ucu slv .

• Be fure using t he R e m ote Cont ro l to

zoom

the

l

en

s, frame th e sub

je

ci rhrough

the view

lind-

er, usin g the

90mm

sctt ing.

Oth

cr w ise, th e

s

ubject

ma y be out of the pi eture a rea when

the

lens is zou rned.

Batter

y Iife on

the

Remote Control

Ab

out

30,000 c

om

ma nda ea n be issued usi ng th e

R ern ot e Control with

a baucry inst a llcd,

Hav

e

ex

ha

usted b

att

cry rcp la ce d at yo

ur

local P

enr

ax

Service center

if

th e b attery is cxhausted ( rhe re

is a ch arge f

or

th is serv ice ) .

30

31

32

MULTI-EXPOSURE

SHOOTING

Multi

-Exposure mo d e will disenga ge th e f

ilm

advance, le u ing you

superimp

ose images on a

single frame for f

ant

ast ic illusions .

Y

our imagin

ation

can produ

ee st riking c

rea

tive

cfle ct s,

l

ifJ

~

Procedure

1. D eprcss th e Drive

Butten

until

the sy rnbol

(~ )

a

ppea

rs on th e L

CD

pa nel.

2. D ep ress th e shut ter rclcase b u rton

1O sho ot a n

initi

al exposure. T

he

film

will

not adva

nce

,

th e f

ram

e COU m er

indication

an d

(

~)

hli nks

on

th

e LC D panel to in

dic

ate rh at you a re in

the M ult i-e x

posu

re mode.

S. R ec

ompos

e the frame, and depress the s

hutt

cr

release b

urt

on ta

shoo

t th e

seco

nd e

xpos

ure

.

Aft er the second shot , ih e film will

advanec

an d th e Single-F ra me shoo ring

mod

e w ill be

res to red .

Notes:

• T a expose or marc, d

epr

css th c drive h ut te n

unt

ill th e

(~ )

re rna ins lit afre r the srcp 2

ab

ove, an d the n dcp ress th e sh u trer rclease

bu u on ,

•

Th

e d at e will be ex

pose

d in step 3 above on

th e Dat e

mod

el.

• R

ep

cat ed mul t

iple

exposu res lend ta over ex-

pose a fra m e, sa

it is rccornrn

cnd

ed th ar

you

expose a fra me just tw ice or 3

tim

es al most.

•

Wh

en usin g M

ult

i-Exposur e mod e, you usual-

ly get th e best re su hs

with

dimly-li t back -

ground

, s uch as ni

ght

scenes.

INFINITY-LANDSCAPE SHOOTING

I~

~~

~

(O ·

.~ jl

'

~

;&

1- 1 ',_,

1---

11-,

-..:

~

When

you wish ta rak e a sh

arp picture of

a

dist

ant landscap

c or a dist

ant

subj

ect

rhr ou gh a

window

, th e infini ty-l

andscape mo

de a llows

you

ta

captur

e dist ant sccncry w

ith

clar ity.

Depr

ess the

Landscapc/E

asy

PIC

. Mod e

Burton

un til th e

(

~)

syrnbo l a p

pea

rs on th e L

CD

panel.

• Aft er th e pi ct ur e is tak en b y fully d

epr

essing

t he

shutt

er rcl casc but

ton,thi

s mode is eanc e-

led .

•

Th

e nash will

not

disch arge in i he Auto

expo-

su re mod e.

33

34

SPOT AF

SHOOTING

~

[

C

45!

F

~

IA

\

'--

.

'-

,"-

~

IY

1~

Sele

ct

the

AF

spot

mode ta focus on a

partieular

spot

in

the

fram

e.

Switch to Spot AF mode

Depress the

Lands

cape/Easy

Pi c.

modc

button

sa

that

the

(SPOT

AF)

appears

on

the

LeD

panel

imli

cating

rhat

Vou arc in th e

spot

AI-'

mode

.

Focus on the

subject

F

ocus

on the s

ubje

ct w

ith

the

Spot

AF

frame

(

(J

) in th e c

enter

of th e vi

ewfind

er.

•

When

the main subj ect is

out ofthe

AF frame

in

th

e cent

er

of

the

viewfind

er

wh en co m

po

s-

ing your

picture,

use

the

focus-lock

technique

(S ec

page

36.) .

•

Th

e l

amp

indi

cations

and pi

cture

-taking

pro-

cedure are sim ila r as

explained

for

mult

i-

bearn

AF

.

EASY PIC. SHOOTING

~

[O)

~

~

~

'.-

i~

1--

)...:C-

W

ith

the "Easy Pic." shooti ng

mode

, foeus is

fixed at 2.9

meler

(9.5ft )

and

th e

focall

ength

of

the

Jens is also Iixcd a t the 28m m

wid

e-angle

posit

ion.

This provide

s gr ea te r d

cpt

h of field ,

and no ne cd to

worry ahout getting out offocus

pi

cturcs,

Please use th is

mode wh

en

you

ask

som eone ta

tak

e yo u r pi c t

urc, when

shoot

ing

quickly

, or wh en close-distanc e s hoot ing t hr-

ou gh a

wind

ow,

1, D

epres

s the

Landscap

e 1 Ea sv Pi c.

Mode

Button

un til th e

(~)

syrnbol

appears in

the

I.CD

pan

el.

ln

thi s

mod

e the 28rnm

wide-ang

le foc

allcngth

of

th e Jens is selec t ed

autom

at ic

allv. Vou

arc

not

able

ta change focal l

cngth with

th e

zooming

lever.

If

Vou

rnov

e th e zo

oming

lever wh ile in

thi s

mod

e,

the

(

~)

syrn ho l srar ts blink ing ta

warn you .

2,

Tak

e a

pict

ore by

dcpr

essing the shu tter

release

butten

.

This

mode

sels

the

lens focus ta cave r a

wide

range

of

approx

. 1.2

meter

(3.9ft) to

infinity

under

.bright

sun

light,

Even w

ith a dark

suhje

ct

vou

ca n still

obt

ain

proper

focus if

the

sub

ject

di

stan

ce is

between

approx,

l.8meter

(5 .9ft ) to 8

met

er

(26.

2ft).

If

you

take

a p

icrure

with

flash

please

make

sure

the su bject is

with

in

the

flash e ffect ive

shooting

distan

ce.

(Sec page

19)

Th

e flash eff

ective

range

of

thi s

mode with

ISO

100 to 400 film is

betwe

en

l.8m (5.9ft)

to 4

.6m

( is

.in

).

The

lens fo

cal

length

cannot

he

changed with

th e

zooming

buuon

on

the

Rernote

Control

when

vou

are in this

mode.

Ta

ca neel

this

mod e

depr

ess

Eas y Pi c. M od e

Butt

en aga in.

th

e

Lands

cape

/

35

36

FOCUS-LOCK SHOOTING

,>- Ji

If

you s

hoot

with

ou t positioning the a

uto

focus

fr

am

e «

(J

) on th e m ain

subj

ect of th e illu

str

a-

tion as shown

abo

vc, on ly the ba c

kgrou

nd will

he in foc us.

Wh

en th e m ain suhjcct is off the

au tofocus fr

ame

in the center of th e

view

lind er ,

use the focus-Jock te

chn

iqu e.

(Focus lock is th e Iun ct ion to Jock Iocus.)

'

......

..,,

,.-.,

'~.[

J

Focu s on th e su h

je

ct

with

the a utofocus fra me

«(J). .

Wh

en you wish to focu s on the face, wh ich

ap pcars

very

sma ll in the vicwfinde r, focus on

Note:

the ch est inst ead to fill th e focus fr

ame

with

• You ca n release focus lock simp ly by lifting

mor e or th e s

ub

jcct.

your finger from the shu u er release

butten

.

2

Wh

en th e

shu

tte

r release burton is d

epr

essed

halfwa y down , th e grec n l

arnp

on the lefr-

h

and

side of the viewfinder li

ght

s up and th e

exposu

re and f

ocu

s are tem por arily lockcd,

3

Whil

e d

epr

essmg th e

shutt

er r elease b

urton

halfw ay, rc

-aim

th e camera or recompose the

pi

ctur

e, th en rclc ase the shu trer.

Hard

-to

-autofocus

subj

ects

Lik e

ma

ny e ther

autofocus ca me ras, th e

camcra's a uto focus system is hi

ghly

pre-

cise, but nut pe

rf

ect o Sorne subjects

may

not be focused as you wish. In suc h a case,

use the focu s-lock te

chn

iqu e on a su bject

near th e

act

ua l one

and

equidista n t

fram
the lens. Su bjects whieh ma y fool th e
syste m incl udc :

1. Bla ck ob

jcc

ts like

hair,

whi ch d on

't

re-

Ilcct rnu c h li

ght (and th ereforc d

on't

reflect

inf

rared aut ofocus beam s ),

2.

Wir

c n

ell

ing, la u icc

wor

k, ira n exe rcisc -

ba rs, etc .

3. Flieke rin g li

ght

sources suc h as neo n

signs, fluoresc

ent lamps

, TV images, sun-

light coming

through

trees, etc. a nd sub-

jecis illuminated by thesc light source s.

4. Glossy an d refl ccri ve surfaces lik e glass,

m

irr

ors, ca r bod ies, etc.

5. Fast-rn oving ob

jc

cts, likc trains o r auto-

m

obi

les in

moti

on.

6. W at cr jets, waler su rface, srno kc, flarn e,

. firew

ork

s, eic., which have no dis tin ct or

consistent form, or a suhjec t in rnist.

37

38

EXPOSURE

COMPENSA

TION

Exposu

re

comp

ensa t ion is a n adjust rne nt to b ri-

ght

cn or d

ark

en th e whol e pi

ctur

e when ShOI in

hi

gh-contr

ast li

ght

ing co nd itions. U se th e " +

..

side

for sit ua tions w

ith

bri

ght

ba ckgr

oun

ds o r

th e "- " sid e for

situati

ons where th e ce nt ra l

su bjcct is

10

0

bri

ghtl

y lit fro m t he Iront . Ex po-

sur

e compensa tion is po ssihle in th e range from

+ 3E V to - 3E V in O.

5EV

stcp.

Thi

s co m pe nsa -

tion ca n be uscd in corn hi

nat

ion w

ith

th e varion s

cxposure set

ting

.

• E

xp

osur

e compensat ion do es not w

ork

in the

Bulb

or B

ulb-S

ynch mo de .

• C

onfirm the compe

nsa tion va lue,

hold

down

th e R

ed-

eve r

edu

ction butten

for approx. 2

seco nds.

•

On

ce the cxposur e

com

pensa tio n is set, th e

compensation valu

e will be storcd in m cm or y

until

th e film is

rcpla

ced. T o ca nce l exposurc

correct ion, resct th e co rr ec ted va lue to ± O.

Setting

the

exposure

compensation

H

old down

th e R

ed-ev

e r

edu

ct ion flash

burton

for about 2 se

conds

to

make the

exp osurc com-

pen sat ion

mark

(

lil

), (0 )

and

(

~)

blink

.

Whil

e h

oldi

ng

down

the Red-

eve

redu

ction flash

hu

tten

, rnov e t he zoo ming l

ever

to th e r

ight

or

th e left

unt

il the d esir ed

compensa

tion value

ap

pca

rs, H

olding

thc

zoorning

lever

fully to th e

ri

ght

or th e le fr will a dv an cc

the

digit cont inu-

ously, Aft er th e c

omp

ensation

valu

e has b een

cnrere

d, th e eo m pensa tio n m

ark

(Ir

) or ( ~ )

ap

pe

ars on th e

LeD

panel

eve n if th e lever is

releas

cd,

indicatin

g t

hat

th e exposure compen-

sa tion is ac tivar cd.

TAKING PANORAMIC FORMAT PICTURE

Vou ca n

swit

ch b

etw

een

the

pan

oramic

format

and standard

format pi

ctur

e taki ng mod e in th e

middl

e of the roll by m

ovin

g th e

panorama

mode swi tc h, T he p an or amic f

orm

at pic

tur

c

allows

hor

izornall y posit ion cd

dyn

arnie

pi

ctur

cs

10

be

tak

en ( 13X 36

mm

on film ) .

DI~[J

CJ

2

Taking a panoramic

format

picture

Co mpose th e sc enc

with

in the

panorami

c

f

ormat

fra m e, a nd rh en full y dcprcss the sh u t-

ter rele a se

butt

on to take a p

anor

ami

c format

pi

ctur

e,

•

When

th e carne

ra-

to-s ubject dist

anc

e is less

Switching

to

the

panoramic

format

pic-

[han 1rn,

pa

nor a mic fo rmat

photography

is

ture

not re

cornm

end

ed due to a sub stant ial

diff

er-

Move

the

panor ama mode seleetor

switeh

to

cnce

hct

wccn wh at you see

rhrou

gh th e view-

(p)

to selec t th e p an or

ami

c for mat

mode

.

finde r verses

the

image you will ob ta in th e

a

ctu

al pi ci ur e l

akin

g area ; o ther wise ko

own

• When the f

orm

at is sw itch ed tapanor

ama ,

the

as par allax.

vi

ewfind

er switches to

the hori

zontal pano

-

r

am

ie f

orm

at fra m e.

39

40

Th

e m

ark

"_.,indi

eat

es th e position

wherethe

dat e

and

rime

ar c

imprim

cd.

The DATE

MaDEL

allows you to record

DATE

inf

ormation

in th e panoramie

mod

e in a

simi lar

manner

to th e sta ndard pic tu re t

akin

g

mod

e. Sec "DA T E

MaDEL

fl

on pag e 42 f

or

det

ail

s. The

dating

unit

autom

ati

eall y switches

the

DAT

E pos

ition betw

een the st

and

ard

and

panorama aeeording to

the form

at m ode selec-

ted.

NOTES ON

THE

DEVELOPMENT OF P AN-

ORAMIC FORMA T

PICTURES

•

When

dev el

oping the

film ,

if

you

hav

e tak en

on ly p

anoramie fo

rmat

pictures on

the

entir

e

roll of'filrn, tell th e clerk at th e

pro

cessing lab

to

develo

p th e film wi th onl y

the

panorami

e

form

at , Ifth ere arc

bothpanorami

c a nd sta-

ndardform

at p ho tog ra phs on th e film , ask th e

c1crk to dcvcl

op

the film

with

hoth

stan dard

and

panor

amie

form

at.

•

The developrn

ent

of panorami

e form

at piciur

es is a mo re tirne-c

onsuming and expensive process

than

that o f st

and

ard pictures,

Ple

ase co nsu lr

the

pro

cessin g lab for m

ore

det

ails.

•

Pan

oram

ie f

orm

at

pro

eessing faci litics difTer

dep

cnding on the area

and

requir

crnents. Y

our

local

film

pro

ccssor or ca me ra d eal er s will ad vise you on ail the

opti

ons a

vail

ahl

e to you .

•

With panor

ami

c for m at pict urcs, onl y

the

middl

e ar ca of the frame is

expos

ed, T he

nurnber

of

exposu res a va ila hle in the pan

orami

c f

ormat

is equivalent to th at of th e

stand

ard

phot

o size.

• Whcn the

pan

orarni c form at pic

ture

is

printedwith

a s

tandard size

format,

the

black

croppedareas

will

app

car on

the

top

and borrom

of th e pi

ctu

re.

41

DATE MODEL

If

you

purchas

ed the

DATE

mod e l, r

ead

th is

sect ion.

The

DATE

model records

dat

es up ta

the year

2019 on pi

crures,

o

~

M

ode

butt

on

e 1 SELECTI

Sele

ct

burt

on

e IADJUSTI

Adjust

button

42

Switching

the

Mode

At

eae

h pr ess of the

Mode buu

on 0

with

your

fing

ern

ail, the m

ode

on

the

LCn

pan

el

switches

as s hown in

th e chart.

Notes:

" " ind i

cate

s no data will be irn-

pr

int ed.

•

::M

" on

}he

LCD

pan el

indicate

s

Month

.

• U se tb e st r

ap

cram p 's

protru

sion

to d

epress

the

Sele ct

and

Adj ust

buttons,

*

Tb

e d

ate

in

the

picture abo

vc is

sirnular

ed .

1Year

~t

~

Oay 1

t

[O~ v~ I,l~!~ 1

t

C=

I

t

1~~Y

e a

· 1

t

1

D

aY ~OI't"~;af

1

Correcting

the

date

l. D

epr

ess the Select

buu

on e to rnak e a difT

er-

eni ea t ego ry

of digits

on

the LCD

panel you

w

ant

ta

cha nge bl ink.

2.

Depres

s th e

Adjust

but

ton

e co ch

an

ge digits

of

th e s

peci

fied category you c

hose

with ihe

Sele ct

hutt

on e. Di git s in

creas

e by one

eac

h

cime yo u

de

press the

Adju

st

bu

rto n e.

Hold-

ing down th e

burton

will

advan

ee d igits co n-

ti

nuo

usly.

•

The blinkin

g " : .. all ow s precise

fine-tunin

g of

th e int

ern

aI clo ck

lU

the

beginning of a sp ec i-

fied m inute.

To

do so, d

epres

s th e Select

butten

e to rn ake th e " : "

blink

, and chen

d

epres

s t he

Adjust burt

on e in syn c w

ith

a

time

signa l.

3.

After

th e

data

has becn adjusted{

depr

ess

the

Select

burt

on. T he

bar

mark (-)

appcars on

th e

LC

D p

anel, indicating that

data irnprint-

ing c ho ices a re

po

ssible

.

•

If

you rcl easc the shutrer

whil

e th e

blinkin

g

dat a is b cing eo rrec te d , th e

data

can no t be

i

mpr

int ed .

•

Nu

meri cal indication

Y

ear

= 87-1 9 ( 1987-20 19)

Month

= 1

-12

Day = 1- 31

Tirn

e - 0

-2

3

Minut

e = 00-59

OPERATION

AL

PRECAUTIONS

The data

on

the

LCD

panel

is i

mprint

ed on ea ch

fr

ame

you

exp ose.

•

"Ycar-Month-Day" and

"Day- H our- M inu

te"

canne r be

imprintcd

at th e sa me

tim

e.

• As you release th e sh u

tte

r,

the

bar

( - )

mark

on

the

displ

ay blinks for a fcw

seco

nds , in-

dicaring th e

data ha

s been imp rinte d .

• M ov e

the panorama

mode

selec to r

lever

to

th e ri

ght

or Ieft to swirch the

impr

im

mod

e

bel ween

panorama

and

standard.

• The

dacing

unir

autom

atically

swit

ches

the

impr int mod e

betw

ecn

the standard

and pa n-

ora

ma accordin

g

[Q

the

format

mode

sele

cted.

• If there is a

white

or ycll ow a bject in

the

co

rne

r of

the

pi

cture where the

data

is irn -

printed

, th e d

ata may b e diffic

ult

to r

ead,

Wh

en co mposing you r photog ra phs, try to

avo id

brightIy-colored

subj

ect s in

that corn

er .

43

BATTERY EXHAUSTION WARNING

<J)

...

[CM

J

(

CIl

~

i~

W hen

the bau

cry is nea rly ex

haustc

d, the b

al-

lery sy

mbo

l (

<=10)

a

ppe

ars on th e L

CD panel

to

wa rn

you

. Repl ace th e b a tt cry

a,

saon as po ssi-

ble.

Wh

en (

<=10)

starts b linki ng, no

ope

rat

ions

ean

be

perfo

rm ed.

Battery

lite

(using

24-exposure film rolls)

:

Appr

ox, 15

roll

, Us ing fla sh 50% of t he tim e

(us

ing

the

CR I23A b

att

ery

and

undc r Peruax

test in" condit ions)
(T

he

CR 123A

batt

cry

was

used

und

er P enrax

tcs

tin

g condi tio ns. A

ctu

al bart ery lif

e/p

erfo

rm-

an

ce ma y

vary

drasrically

de pendi ng on usage of

Auto-F

ocus, P ower Z oom, Flash , an d

ext

ernal

cond itions s

uch

as

temp

era

tur

e and Ire

shn

css

of

th e b

att

ery. )

Notes on

replacing

the

battery

:

• Ens u re

thatthe

re is no film loaded. Switch oIT

po

wer bef

ore

rep lacing the b

attcry.

•

If

th e h

atrery

is r

epla

eed w ith a film a

lrea

dy

lo

ad

ed,

the

ca mer a entc rs

the

start

ing mo de .

It w ill as

sum

e th e film h as j ust becn l

oad

ed

and will ad v

an

ce sevcr al frames. "1"

will

ap

pea

r on th e

LCD

pan

el.

• If th e b

attc

ry is r

cpl

ac cd at th e e nd of th e fil m

roll,

the came

ra may not d et ect

the

film

end

,

an

d the frame cuuntcr ind

ica

tio

n ma y not

ap p ea r on th e

LC\)

panel. F

ollow

thc proce-

dur

e for

rew

ind ing th e film in

mid

-roll to

r

ew

ind th e film, an d remove t he fil m.

•

Th

e b

atter

y is used by b

ath

th e

cam

era bod y

and

the

dat e funet ion on th e DA T E mode l ta

keep constant t raek of time. Aft er th e b

att

ery

is rc p

lacc

d, co r

rec

t th e

rim

e and

dat

e. (See

p

age

43.)

•

Wh

en th e ca mera is in a

earry

ing b ag, ens

ure

th e M a in

Swit

eh

i, oIT :

oth

erwi

se, ba tt ery

po

wer

ma y b e

wasr

cd if th e sh u tter rclcasc

burton

is a cc identa lly p ush ed ,

INSTALLINGIREPLACING BATTERY

Use.one 3V lithium battery (CR-123A or the
equiva lent)

Ens

ure

that

the

power

is oITbe forc replaeing th e

hat

ter y,

1.

Open

th e h

atter

y chamher ca ver hy

pullin

g

the

cover lock in the

dir

ect ion of th e a rrow

with th e stra p c

larnp

's

pro

trus

ion.

2. Inser t nne

lithium batt

ery

with

th e

plu

s/

minus

(+ / - ) side s

mat

chi ng

the

indi

cat

ions

in th e b

attery comp

artm

ent.

3. Close th e

hattcry charnbe r co

ver

. E nsu re t hat

th e ca ve r is l

ocked

with a cli ck.

• If th e

batt

cry

is co r

rec

tly load

ed,

th e zoom

lens mo ves slig htly an d th e m

otor

ope ra tcs for

a few

seco

nds.

•

On

the DATE MaDEL, the dat e is in-

irial ized ta 8 7/1 / 1 when th e b

att

ery c ha m be r

ca ver is

opcned

.

44

45

46

TA

KING

CARE OF YOUR CAMERA

Your

Pentax c

amera

is a

sophisticated

,

high-pr

ecision ,

and

reHablc

mechanism.

Handle

it

with

great

care.

• Do no l use the ca

mera

in a p lace wher c th e

came ra m ay come in con tac t w

iih rain

or

water

bcca use

the

camera is not we

ath

er-

resista nt. Should

the came ra get wet rai n o r

splash ing walcr, wip c it off

irnm

cdiat cly

with

a

dry

soft clo th o

• Do n

ot

drop th e ca mera or a llow il to hi t a

solid abjec

t.

If

the cam er a sufTers a severe

sho ck or impact, t ake il la a P

ent

ax service

cente r for insp ecti on .

• Be car efu l nol la

subje

ct the

product ta strong

vib ra tio ns, shock or pres

sure

. Use a cushion la

pr

orect th e eamera wh en c ar ry ing it in a mo-

tor cycle, car , boat , etc.

• U se a hlower and lens

bru

sh

III

remove dust

accurnu lared o n th e Jens or v iewfin

der

.

• Do nol store the

cam

era in a closet w

ith

m

othb

alls or in a case

wher

e chemicals a re

han d led .

Stor

e it in a plac e w

ith

good a ir

circula tio n la pre

vent

fungu

s gr

owrh,

• Avoid leavin g th e camera for extende d pe ri ­ods in pl a ces whe re t

emperatur

e a nd

hurni

di -

ty are high, s uc h as in a car.

<,

I.J

f(

~!....-

/.

\2)/1

.

IT'"

• Conde nsa lion on

the

inlerior or th e ex re rior of

the

came

ra may h e extrc rnely har mful 10 th e
ca me ra mech an ism as it may cause ru st and/
or corrosion.

Furrh

crm

ore, if

the

came ra is

ta ken from wa

rm temperatur

e 10 a su bfreez­ing one or vi ce versa, the forma tio n of icc lcts
may ca use damage. In such a ca se, put th e
camera int o a case or plast ic b ag sa th ar any
changes in tem pe

rat

ure

will be as gr

adu

al as

possible.

Afi

er the te mpe ra ture di fference is

min

i mi zed, tak e it

OUl

of th e ba g.

• The temper at ure ran gc at which this came ra
f

unct

ion

prop

erl

y is so

oe

to - lO

OC

(1 22

°F

10

l'l OF) .

• E lectri cal

probl

ems m ay ofrcn be ca used by

wa ler,

dirt

or dust a l po ints of eleelri ea J COn-

tac

t. Aiso chec k for ba rrery lcakage, tr aces

of

dirt or grcas c, or

cor

rosio n duc la sa linity or

gas .

If

ynu canne t correct th e

problc

m, h ave

you r ca

mera

inspect ed a t a Penr ax servi ce
cente r. R cpa ir of d amage ofany kind a re nol
cove red und cr

the

terrns of th e w

arr

ant

y and

charges ma y be asscssed.

• Do

not

app ly force to th e

zoom

lens as

doin

g

so causes dam ag c ta th e ca me ra. Nev

er

place

the zoom Jens

with

the Iront sid e fac ing down -

w

ard

.

• R

egul

ar size color prints ma y eut ofT wh at

ap pcars on th e cxtr

cme

edg

es of the film

frame. Com

pose

your p ic

turcwith

a ma rgi n

of

safe ty a l t he e

dges

.

•

Ta rnainr

ain

op tim

um perf

orm

ance, a camera

wh ich has nol bccn uscd for an e

xte

nde d

peri

od,

or is be ing pr ep ared for an importan t

photographie session, il is rccommend

cd th at

you

hav e the ca me ra insp cctcd or te st

shoot

w

ith

it.

• Repairs ma de necess

ary duc 10 usage

of

this

prod uct in an indust rial or co mme rcial

appli

-

ca tion m ay not be cov ered under the term.s

of

the P

cnt

ax w

arr

anty.

Red-eye phenomen on in flash phot

ogra

-

ph y

Wh

en a pi

cture

is t ak en

using

a flash , a s uhj e

ct's

eyes m ay appear rcd in th e

prim. This phenorn-

cnon is

caus

ed by th e refle

ction

of

the

ele

ctr

onic

flash in t

he

ret ina.

It

ca n be re d uced wh en the

s

urroundings

of

the

subje

ct a re

brigh

ten

ed,

or

sho oti ng

distan

ce is sho rte ne d o r by em plo

ying

the red -eyc r

edu

crion flash fe

atur

e.

47

TROUBLESHOOTING .

Sym pt oms

Causes

and

Remedie

s

L'Th e sh ut ter ca nna t h e relc ascd .

• Is t he

main

switc h

turn

ed oIT? If so ,

turn

it on. ( See pa ge 7.)

• Is the b

au

cry

exh

a us te d ? Repla ce: il or inser t ne w b auery ir il is

cx hausred. (Sc e

page

44.)

• Is (0) bl ink ing on t he

LeD

pan el ? [f '0, th e liJm

has

been used

up

. I nsert a new ro ll. ( Sec page 20. )

2

.My

pr inted p

ictures don't

look ve ry

• Di d Y

Oli

pos ition th e autofoc us fram e on yo ur subj ect ? (S ee pag e

clea r.

18.)

• D id

you

obStT UCI the au tofoc us

window

with

vour

fingers , ha ir no

otb

er a bject when you deprcssed the shu t ter re lease h

utte

n ? ( Sec

pa ge 9.)

3.Zoom lens r

etr

a ct cd a

urom

a ti

cally

• Did yoo lcav e th e cam era

unus

ed for over 3 minut es alte r th e ma in

(the

power is Lumed off a u toma tiea lly) .

swi tcb

was ru rne d on? Th e po we r is au tornati cally sw it

che

ù off

if

the camera is lcrt u nuse d for over 3 mi nut es. ( Sec page 8.)

•

V\Then

the cam era is on and left unused for more than 10 mi nu tes

in the R

emot

e Control shoc ring mode. t oc camera a urornat ica lly

swi

tches

itself

off to save batt ery po wer.

Pusb

the main sw itch

a gain LO

turn

il o n (See page 30.)

Whatappearstroubles

ome

may

be eas ily rem

edied.

Her

e ar e sorne

prohl

cms that

mayoccurand th cir

S

ymptoms

re m

edi

es.

-l

.The

R em ot e

Con

trol do cs no t

opc

ra re.

5. Zoo m lens does nol maye.

6. T he

(

H

)

or

(

U

)

mark is

d

ispla

yed on th e L

eD

panel.

Causes and Remedies

•

The ope

rable distance of t he Rem ot e C ontrol il' appr ox. Sm [rom

[he fron t, (See page 31.)

• The R

emot

e Control may not

ope

rate in a bac klight situation.

(Sec pag e 31.)

•

Th

e flash is being charged . Wai;

unril

it fully ch ar ges. (See pa ge

31.)

• Wilh Easy Pic. shoo tm g mode

unab

le to o pera te

zoomin

g by the

Rcmote Cont ro l.

(See pag

e 35.)

• With Easy Pic . shooring mode unable to

oper

are zon ming by the

zoomi ng lever. (See pa ge 35)

• If eithe r ma rk dis

app

car s whc n the zoom lever is rnoved, the

camera

i.s

ready for use. Th e Camera may be defe ct ive if eithe r

ma rk ap pe ar s

often,

Th

e correct ca mera -to-s ubj ect distan ces when sho orin g using flash

with

films oth e r th an

ISO

100

,200

or 400

are indica ted in the tab le bel ow.

Len s

ISO

25

50 1000

1600

3200

28m m

( "

t)

0.58·2 . 5m

0.58-3 . 5m 1:0" -16 . Sm

1.3"-2 1. 0m

1.8" ·30 . 0m

90m m ( . )

0.58-1 .2 m 0.58- 1. 7m 0.

58·8

. 0m

0.58 · JO. Om 0.6* -14 . 2m

*With

high spe ed lilm , ov ere xposure may oc cur at close ran ge due to the filrn's hig h s peed

49

48

"

SPECIFICATIONS

Type:
Film:

Format:
Film

loading,

:

Film

win

ding

:

Film

rewinding

:

Frame

number

:
Lens:
Focusing

system

:

Zooming

:

Shutter:
Self

Umer

:

Viewfind

er

:

Exposure

control

:

3

5rnm

rully

aut

ornaric leaf-

shutter

cam er a with built-in zoo m lens an d a uto nash

AUlOfilm spe ed sc u ing wirh 3

Smm

perf

ora Led

DX-

euded film

wirh

ISO

rating

from

2:, 10 3200

(l

EV srcp). N

oo-DX

coded film s ar c

au

rom a iically sel to

150

2S

2~

X 36mm ( 13 X36 in pan

orami

c f

orm

at )

AUlO lilm load ing C losing tb c back cov er will

autornat

icall y

wind

the film l O firsi

cx posure

Auto

lilm

-winding

: singlc-Iraru c ad van ce mod e.

Auro

sta

n a l the end of roll.

Aut

o

stop

upon

eom pletion of rew indi ng. R

ewinding

lime : a p

pr

ox 20 sec,

with

H-exposur

e film, R

cwindin

g in

mid-

roll

provid

cd .

Aut

ornaric r

ead

ou t of suc cessi ve fra

me

nurnb

crs in a.scc nd ing order when sh ooring,

and

des

ccn

ding

ord

cr

when rewinding

.

P

crua

x power

<Do

m 28-90mm f/ 3. S.9 9 e lem en ts in 7 g roups, An gle o f v iew : 7So-

27

0

•

Peru

ax infr ar ed

acti

ve

Mult

i-hcarn au tofoc using

with

locus lock . Swir

chabl

c to

Spot AF made .

Ran

ge : 0.

58m

( 1.9[t) -in finu y

(Maximum

rnagnificauon

approx

.

I/ S.

8X

).

Inlin

ity

-Iandscap

e m od e (Ioc us is Iixed to

inûnii

v) , E asy Pi c. mode (ro cus

is Iixcd al 2.9m ) .

El c

ctr

onie zoo m

Pro

grarnm

ed AE e lcctronic

shutr

cr with s

pee

ds

appr

ox. 1

/400

sec. -I/S sec.

Bulb

:

1/ 2 sec.-JO min., Electrornag ne ric release

Elc

cir

oni c red larnp indi

cation

.

Appr

ox, 10· see. del a y

wit

h

LED

indicati

on.
Ca ncellat ion aû cr activa tion is po ssibl e.
Act ual im age zoom viewfinder : 83% field-o f-view

ratio, Magnificat ion :

approx.

0.32X ( 28m m) -0.94X ( 90mm),

Dioprer

: -2.5 -

+0.

5D, AF fram e,

Picture fram

e,

Close distanc e co

mpe

nsation fr

am

e, Panorami

c f

orm

at pictur

e a re a, Gre cn lamp

ligbring : in-locus signal, Gr ecn la rnp bl inking : close-dist ance

war

ning, R ed l

amp

li

ghlin

g : Flas

h-read

y si a tus, R ed lamp b linking : Flash being e harged .

Progr a

mme

d auro-cxp osur c co ntrol. Range : EV8 .6- 17 al 28m m , E V 11.6-17 al 90

mm in

Aut

o or D aylight-Syn

chr

o mode (ISO 100

),

EV

6.0-17 in 28 mm,

EV8.4-17

at 90m m in S lc w - Sh ut rc r-Spce

d mode.

Au

i o rna ti c exp o

su

rc

com pensatio n in a black lit s iu ia rio n,

Exposure

compen

sation:

+ / - :

mv

(0. 5EV sic p )

Exposure-meter

switch :The

exposurc meier

is t u rned un by ha lf d ep ress ion o r th e sh

uu

er rcl cas c burton.

flash:

Bu ili -in zo

om

flash

wit

h red-eve red uc tion mode,

Aut

ornari c flash em ission in

low-Iu minancc or a backli glu

~ i tua t ion,

Flash-O N = Dayli ght-Svn

chr

o / Slow-

Sh u rtc r-Sp ccd Svu

chr

o (up 10 1/ 5 sec.}, Flash-O FF = Flash ovcrridc,

Hulb

-Svnch r o

= 1

/2

sc c.c lf] m in.

Flash

effective

range:

0.58-:,.Om (2 8m m) ,O.:,8.2Am (90mm) ,CISO IOO lilm uscd )

Flash

r

ecvcling

time

:

Approx. :) sec, und

cr

Pcn tax i cst ing cond it inos

Remote

control:

Infrarcd

wirc lcss rcrno lc co nt rol , S tep z oo rnin g al 2Bmm, 9 0rnI n, 50m m and 2Buuu,

Eff

cc tivc rang e : :H

ll

Irorn th e front wh c n projeci cd [ TOI

ll

th e carnc ra's fron t.

Power

source

for

Remotc

control

; On e li

thium

battcry

CR 1620 ( rep laced by rh e P eru ax Service fa c ilir v)

Size & weight

[or

R

emote

Control:

23.S (

W)

X 68.5 ( L) X 15.U (

D),

0.9" X 2,7 ' X 0.6". 15g (0.5m )

Power

source

: Ooe 3V lithium hat tcrv (CR I 2:lA or th e eq u ivalen t)

Battery

life

:

App rox, 15 roll. 01'24 cxp o

sur

c lilm when :,0% of shooting uses flash ( undc r Pen

la>:

tcst in g cond it ions )

Battery

exhaustion

warnlng

: (

co

) ap pca rs on the LCD p anel ,

Shul

ter is lock cd wh en the ( <=JO ) is hlink ing

Data

mechanism

:

Crys ta l qu

art

z controllcd ; LCD w ith digital cloek, a uto calcnda r

Imprinting

mode

:

"Year, M

onth

and Dav", "

Day, Hour

and i\ linule " or blank

Size & weight

; 126.S (

w)

X 73 (H ) x·54.5 (D) ( S.O"X 2.9' X 2. ' " ) 305 grarn s, ( 10.80z.) ( wi i ho u r

ba u cr y)

DATE

model:

126.5 (W) X 73 (

H)

X 57.5 ( 0 ) (S.O" X 2.9" X 2.3

')

31S grams, ( 1I. Io z.) ( w it

ho

ui

baucry )

SPECIFICA

TIONS

ARE

SUBJECT

TO

CHANGE

AT

ANY

TIME

WITEO

UT

NOTIFICA

TION

OR AN Y

OBLIGATION

ON Tm;

PART

OF

THE

MANUI-'ACTURER

.

51

50

52

WARRANTY POLICY

Ali Pcntax

ca m eras

pur

ch ascd rhrough

au-

rho rized

bona

fide

photo

graphie distributi

on

ch

ann

cls ar c g uaranre ed ag

ainstdefects

of mate-

rial

or

workmanship

for a per iod of twclv c

months

from

dat e

of

purchase.

Servi

ce wi ll be

rc

ndcred,

and defe

ctive parts

will

be replaccd

witbout

cost to

you

within

that period,

pro

vid ed

the

eq u ip

ment do

es nol show

evi

den

ce of

impact,

sand

or

liquid

dam

age, mi

shandlin

g,

l

amp

ering,

bau

cry or chemi cal co rr osion, ope r-

at ion

contrary

tu

operating

ins tru cti on s, or mod -

ificati on

by

an

una

urhorizcd

repair

shop

. T he

ma

nufa

ctur

er or its

au

t

hur

izcd r

epresent

ative

s

shall

not be

Iiable

for a ny r

epair

or

alter

ations

exc

cpt

those mad e wi th its wriu

cn consent arid

shall

not

be

liahlc

for d amag es

from

dela y

or

10"

of use o r from

eth

er

ind

irect or

cons

equ

ential

d

amag

es ofan y k

ind, whether

ca uscd by dcfec-

rive

materi

al

or

workmanship

or

orh

erwis

e ; and

it is expressly agree d th

at

the

lia bi lit y

of

th c

m

anufactur

er

or il s r

cpr

cscnt ativcs u

nder ail

guarant

ees

or

warrarui

es,

wh

crher

expressed

or

im

pli

ed , is strie tly li

mit

ed to th e r

epl

ace m ent

of

parts as

her

einb

efore

pro

vidcd.

No

rcfunds

will

be

mad

e o n repair

s p

erform

cd hy

non-

aut ho rized P

cruax

ser

vice

Iacilitics.

Procedure

During

12-month

Warrant

y

Period

Any

Pent ax

whi

ch

provos

dcf

ective

during the

12-m onth w a rr a nt )"p er io d s ho u ld be rc i u rnc d

tu

the dealer

from whom yo u

pur

ch ased th e

equip

-

m

ent

or t o th e m a nu fact ure r.

If ther

e is no

r

epresentative of

the man

ufactur

er in

your

co un-

try, send t he cquiprn cn t

tu

th e manufa

ctur

er,

with

post

ag e prc pa id . In

thi

s case, it will take a

conside rab le len

gth

of t im e

bcfore th e cquip-

m

ent

ca n be rct u

rncd

to you ow ing to 1he

corn

-

plicat

cd

customs proc

edur

es rcq

uir

ed .

If

th e

cq u ip rn cn t is co v

ere

d hy w a rr anty, rcpair

s w ill

be m

ad

e a nd parts r

epl

ac cd fr ee

of

ch arge,

and

th e cq u i

prn

ent

will be re t

urned

to you

up

on

com plc ti on ofserv icing.

If

t

he

eq u ipmcn t is not

covercd by w

arr

aru y, re gular c ha rges of th e

m

anufa

ct ur e r oro

fits repr

esent a

tive

s wi ll

apply.

Sh ip p ing c harges a r c to be b

orn

e by th e o

wnc

r,

If you r P

entax was pur

ch ased out side of the
co unt ry wher c you wish t o hav e it serv iccd
du

ring th e w

arr

ant

y pcriod, regul

ar

ha ndling

and se rv icing fees m ay be cha rg cd b y

the

ma

nufactur er 's r

epresent

atives in tha t count ry .
Not withsta

ndi

ng th is. yo u r P

ent

ax

rcturned

tu

th

e man ufac

tur

er w ill h e s

erv

iced frec of c h

arg

e

acco

rd ing ro this

procedur

e a nd w

arr

anty

poli e)".

ln

any

cas

e, how cver, sh ip p ing charges an d e us-

tom s c

learance

fees a re to b e

born

e by th e

sender . T o prove th e

da

te of

yourpur

ch ase when

rcquired , pl ease kee p

the

rece ip ts o r b ills en ver -

ing th e pur chase o

fyo

ur equip ment fo r a t least a

vear. Bcfore s

ending you

r eq u ip m ent fo r servie-

ing, plea se

ma

ke su re t hat yo u a rc sen d ing it

tu

the rna n u fac t ure 's a u th

oriz

ed represent

ative

s o r

t he ir ap p ro ved rcpa ir sh ops, u nlcss you

ar

c scnd-

ing it

directl

y to t he manufa cture r. Al ways
oh tain a q uotatio n for the service cha rge, a nd
on ly

afrer

yo u

aece

p t th e

quo

icd se rv ice c harge,

instr u ct the service s

ta

tion tu prn

cccd with

rhe

scr

vic in g.

This warr

ant y poliey

docs

not

app

ly to

Pcnt

ax p roduets pu r

eha

sed in

the

U.S.A.,

UR.

or

Can

ada.

The loca l

war

ra n ty polie-

ies

availa

blc from P

cnt

ax

distributors

in

thosc eou

ntr

ics supcrsede

thi

s w

arrant

y

poliey.

53

54

NAMES OF WORKING PARTS

CL)

Diopt er adj ustrncnt dial
( p.17)

«il

Viewfinder

eye

piece

œPa no ra ma mode sc lec to r

switeh (p.39)

Œ)

Main swiich (p .7)

œZooming lever (p. lO)

~

Film infor ma tion window

œBack

CO

Ye r rc lcase lever

( p. 12)

~

Baek enver (p. 12)

el T ripod soe ket

œBa ttery cha rnhcr covcr

(p.45)

LCDPANEL

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""nluGDlbH . [uhu s-cossele r-Srrasse. lM. D·22527

Hamburg

. G ERMA NY

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ind ica t inns will nol

act

ua lly appca

rs sirnulta

ncously

as s

hown

.

f~

Pfn

Lt.x

U.K. Limlted. Pema x H ou se. Heron Dr ive, Langley. Slo ugh 5L'\ 8PN. U.K .

o Slow-Speed-Sh uti er ( p .25)

~

Pentax France S.A. Z .I. Arg enteuil. 12. rue

~mbro i se

Crolzat, 95 100

Argenteu

il. FRANCE

e Flash

OF

F (p.2:i)

Pen'" Beneh..

B.V. ( for Ne rher land s) 5pinveld 25. 4815 H R Bred a. NETH ERLANOS

e Flash O N ( p.24)

(for Belgium

& Luxem burg ) Weiveld laa n 3 · 5. 1930 Za ven tem, BELGIlJM

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Red-eve Reduct ion Flash mod e (p.22)

Pentax (Schweiz) AG lndu str iestrasse 2. 8305 Dicth kon , SWITZERLANO
Pentax Sca ndi navie A B Pal

hagsleden

57, 75127

Uppsala. SWJ::

DEN

o Exposure Com pe nsa tio n ( p.38)

~nu..x

Corp or...n

ee

35

Inverness

Drive East , Englewood . Co lorado 80 112. U.S .A.

Cl)

Exposure Co ur

uer

(p.1 3)

l'\>nw

Canad.

1Re.

3l3l

Um versa ! Drive , Mississ auga . O ntari o UX 2ES. CANA DA

& S hutrcr R clc asc hutt on

o Spot

AI'

mode ( p.34)

Ci) Infin ity-L andseape mo de (p .33)

CIl)

Film R ewinding mo

de

(p.20)

CD

Easy. P ic.

mod

e (p.35)

CD

Bau cry Ex

haus

tion W

arnin

g ( p.44)

œ

Zoom

ing lever (p.10)

œSe lf-T imor

mod

e ( p .27)

Œl

Rernorc

Con

trol S

hooti

ng mo d e ( p .28)

œM u lt i-E xpo su re

Shoo

ring

mod

e ( p. 32)

œBulb ( p,26)

LeD

(Liquid-cr ysta l display)

• When th e

LCD

is ex

pose

d

ta

high te mper a-

tu rc s ove r about

GO

ce,

il

may

b

lac

kcn,

but

wh

en t he

rernp

cr a

tur

e norrna ri zcs, il will

ret u rn to

nor

mal .

• Th" L

CD

may

also slow down in resp onst: to

lowe r re

mperarur

es,

hU

I

thi

s is a nor mal char-

a

cteris

tic of a n L

CD

.

55

AP01900 1iE NG -

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The CE marking assures

that
this product com plies wit h
the requiremenls of the EC
directive for safety.

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03/98 Printed in Belg ium