User manual PENTAX ESPIO

[. . . ] A lso inclu d ed arc p a nora ma / sta nd a rd format mid ro ll sw it eh ing ca pa b ility and a wi rc lcss rem e re con t ro l lca t u rc. Sili ce I110St of th e op erat ions inclu d ing film loa d ing , film spccd se t t ing, w ind ing/ rew ind ing, Iocu s a nd exp osu rc control-arc a u tom a tic, you ca n Lakc great p ic t ur cs ef fo rt lessly. T he DAT E mod cl rna ke s il casv to remcmber th e d at es whe n you took p ic tu re s. · P lease r ca d t h is m a nu a l ca r efu lly before op e ra t ing the ca me ra to hel p you lake cons isten ly super io r pi ctu res. [. . . ] The Wi rcl css R e rnot c Con tro l a llows yo u ta adjus t the focal lengt h in st eps of 28 , 90, 50, 28 a nd tr ip the sh u u er a t a di st ance. · Us e a tr ip od w he n sh oot in g w it h the Wircless R crn otc Control. · When the Remot e Contro l is us cd ta t ak e p ictu re s, th e Sing le-Frame mod e ca n he usc d in cornh inat ion w ith any of th e ex p os u re m odes. T he Sel f-Ti me r shoot in g and t h e Mul t i-Ex po surc m od es canne t b e used in thi s ca se . · Use th e R em e re Cont ro l ta take pi ctures in the Bu lb mode ta avo id ca m e ra sh ak e. Wh iIc the R emote C ontro l's shurrer release burton is held down, th e shutrc r rern a in s open. Remote Control Shooting mode D epress th e ca m era 's Drive Bu tton un t il th e (m:I. J1) syrnb ol ap pears on th e LCD p anel. su bject . · T o c ancel th e Self-Ti mer a t a ny time a frer ir's been ac t iva ted , p ush t he m ai n switeh. not b e turned oIT · When you want to use th e fla sh w it h th e Self- T im er, ens u re th a t the re d lamp is lit indica t ing th e fla sh h as be cn eh a rged b efor e op cr at in g th e Self-T im er. · When the Bu lb mode is use d in eo m b ina t ian wir h the Sclf- T imer, a shu t te r spccd of approx, 1/ 2 se c. is au to rnatically se lec Removing the Wireless Remote Control R emove th e Wird ess R em ot e Contro l l'rom the R e m ot e Con tro l H old er in the di rection of th e ar ro w. red . Na me of parts Sh u t te r rel ease bu tton 28 R emere contro l tr a nsm in er 29 L ~, = Operating Distance of the Wireless Remote Con trol From the camera's front: within approx. 5 m st ra igh t in front of the camera · The R emot e C ontro l may not wo rk in a b ack light si t uat ion . In Ib is case, us e the ca rne ra's sh u tter rel ease b u rt on in the S el f-Timer mo de to rake pi ctures, · The R em ere Cont ro l do cs no t w ork w hi le the b uilt- in flash is b ein g eha rged . Zooming using the Remote Control When th e R cm or c Co nt ro l T ra us m it ter is a irn ed tuw a rd s th e ca rnera's R emo t e Cont ro l R eeei ver, ea ch t im e you d cp rcss t h c zo um ing b u rton loc ared o n the R em ot e Cont ro l, th e lens zo om s a nd stops a t srcps of 28, 90, 50 a nd 28m m focal lcn gth se trings co n rin uc uslv. ' ~ 1~ 1-- ~ [ O)~ ~ '. ~ i~ ). . . :C- Select the AF spot mo de ta focus on a part ieular spot in the fram e. Switch to Spot AF mode Depress the Landscape/Easy Pi c. modc button sa that the (SPOT AF) appears on the LeD panel imli cating rhat Vou a rc in th e spot AI-' mode. Focus on the subject Focus on th e subje ct w ith the Spot AF frame ( (J ) in th e center of th e viewfind er. · When the m a in s ubj ect is out of the AF frame in the cen ter of the viewfind er wh en co m pos ing you r picture, use the focus-lo ck technique ( S ec page 36. ) . · The lamp indi cations and pi cture-taking pro ced ure a re sim ila r as expl a ined for mult i be arn AF. W ith the "Easy Pi c. " sh ooti ng mode, foeus is fixed a t 2. 9 meler ( 9. 5 ft) and th e focallength of the Jens is a lso Iixcd a t th e 28m m wide-angle position. This prov ides gr ea te r d cpt h of field , and no ne cd to worry ahout getting out of foc us picturcs, Pl ease use th is mod e when you ask som eone ta take yo u r pi c t urc, when shoot ing quickly, or wh en close-d ist anc e shoot ing t hr ou gh a wind ow , 1, D epress th e Landscape 1 Easv Pi c. ln thi s mode t h e 28rn m wide-angle foc allcngth of th e Jens is se lec ted automat icallv. If Vou rnove th e zooming lev er wh ile in thi s mod e, the ( ~) syrn hol s rar ts b link ing ta warn you . 2, Tak e a pict o re by dcpressing the sh u t ter re lea se butten. ( i s. in). The lens focal length cannot he changed w ith th e zooming buuon on the Rernote Control when vou a re in this mode. M od e Butten aga in. 34 35 FOCUS-LOCK SHOOTING ' . . , , , . -. , Hard-to-autofocus subj ects . . . . . . '~. [ J , > - Ji Fo cus on th e su hject with th e a utofocus fra m e L ike many e t he r aut ofocus ca me ras, th e ca m cra 's a uto focus syste m is highly pr e cise, but nut p erfect o Sorne subj ects may no t be focu sed as you wish . In suc h a case, use the focus-lock techniqu e on a su bj ec t near th e act ua l one and eq u id ista n t fram th e lens. Bla ck objcc ts like hair, whi ch don 't re If yo u shoot withou t positi oning th e a utofocus frame «(J ) on th e m a in subject of th e illu stra ti on as shown abovc, on ly the ba ckground will he in foc us. [. . . ] ' " ) 305 grarn s, ( 10. 80z. ) ( wi i ho u r b a u cr y) 126. 5 ( W ) X 73 ( H) X 57. 5 ( 0 ) ( S. O" X 2. 9" X 2. 3') 3 1S gra ms, ( 1I. Ioz. ) ( w it ho u i b au cry ) 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 WARRANTY POLICY Ali P cntax c a m era s pur ch ascd rh rough au rho rized bona fide photographie di stribution ch anncls ar c g u a ra n reed ag ainst d efects o f ma te rial or workm anship for a p er iod o f tw clv c months from d at e of purcha se. Servic e wi ll be rc ndcred, a nd d efective parts will be replaccd witbout co st to you within that p eriod, provi d ed the eq u ip ment does nol show evidence of impa ct, sand o r liquid dam age, mi shandling, l ampering, bau c ry or che mi ca l co rr osio n, ope r at ion contrary tu operating ins t ru cti on s, or mod ific a ti on by a n unaurhorizcd repair shop. T h e manufa cturer or it s au thurizcd r epresentatives shall not b e Iiable for a ny repair or altera tion s ex ccpt thos e m a de wi th it s wriu cn consent arid shall not b e liahlc for d ama ges from d el a y or 1 0" o f use o r fro m eth er ind ir ect or consequential d amages of an y kind , whet her ca uscd by d cfec rive material or workmanship or orh erwise ; and it is e xp ressly a g ree d th at the lia bi lit y of th c m anufa cturer o r il s rcprcsc n ta t ivcs u nder ail gua rant ees or warraruies, wh crher expressed or implied , is s tr ie tly limit ed to th e repl a ce m ent of p arts as hereinb efore providcd. [. . . ]