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.

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