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. [. . . ] · 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. · Be fur e us ing t he R em o te C o nt ro l to zoom the lens, frame th e subjeci rhro ugh the viewli nd e r, using th e 90mm sc t t ing. Othcr w ise, t he subj ect m a y be o u t of the pi e ture a rea when the len s is zourne d . Blinking Lamp When t he R emo t e Co nt ro l Shooring mode is se l o n the ca m e ra , the S elf-Tim er lamp on th e front of th e ca m era blinks s lo w ly , indi car in g t h at yo u can tak e p icturcs w ith th e a id of a R emere C o n t ro l. When th e ea m era is sel in th e R em o tc C o n t ro l Shou ring mo d e a nd left unu sed for 10 m in utes. th e ca me ra a u tomat ically switches itsel f o ff to save ba t te ry p ower. 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. Mode Button un t il th e ( ~ ) syrnbol appears in the I. CD panel. ln thi s mode t h e 28rn m wide-angle foc allcngth of th e Jens is se lec ted automat icallv. Vou a rc not able ta ch a nge focal lcngt h with th e zooming lever. 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. Ta ca neel this mod e depress the Lands cape/ Eas y Pi c. 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. Su bj ects whieh may fool th e syste m incl udc : 1. 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. [. . . ] If th ere is no representative of th e m anufacturer in your co un try, send t h e cq u iprn cn t tu th e m an ufacturer, with post a ge p rc p a id . In this case, it w ill t a ke a co nside ra b le length o f t im e bcfore th e cq u ip m ent ca n b e rct u rncd to you ow ing to 1he corn pli cat cd customs pro cedures rcq uired . If t h e cq u ip rn c n t is co v ered hy w a r ra nt y, r cpairs w ill b e m ade a nd p a rts repla ccd fr ee of ch a rge , and th e cq u iprnent w ill be re t urned to yo u upo n co m plc ti o n of se rv ic ing. If t he eq u ipmcnt is not covercd by warraru y, re g u la r cha rges of th e m anufact ur e r or ofits re pr esen ta tives wi ll apply. [. . . ]