User manual PENTAX K2000

[. . . ] SLR Digital Camera / Operating Manual For optimum camera performance, please read the Operating Manual before using the camera. Thank you for purchasing this PENTAX e/y Digital Camera. Please read this manual before using the camera in order to get the most out of all the features and functions. Keep this manual safe, as it can be a valuable tool in helping you to understand all the camera capabilities. Lenses you can use In general, lenses that can be used with this camera are DA, DA L, D FA and FA J lenses and lenses that have an Aperture s (Auto) position. [. . . ] Mode 3] menu is set to P (Off). 4 Shooting Functions 132 Taking Pictures Using Digital Filters In Capture mode you can apply filter to take pictures. The following filters are available. Filter name Toy Camera Effect Parameter Shading Level: +1/+2/+3 For taking pictures that look as Blurring: +1/+2/+3 if taken with a toy camera. Tone Break: Red/Green/Blue For taking pictures with high contrasts. For taking pictures with a soft focus throughout the image. For taking pictures of night scenes or lights reflected on water with a special sparkling look achieved by adding crosslike effects to the picture's highlights. +1/+2/+3 +1/+2/+3 Number of light sources: Small/ Medium/Large Size: Short/Medium/Long Angle: 0°/30°/45°/60° High Contrast 4 Shooting Functions Soft Star Burst Retro Blue/Amber: -2/-1/Off/+1/+2 For taking pictures with the look White frame: Thin/Medium/ of old photos. Thick For extracting a specific color Red/Magenta/Cyan/Blue/ and taking the rest of the picture Green/Yellow in black and white. Extract color · When using digital filters, the file format is always set to JPEG. · Depending on the filter used, images may take longer to save. · Continuous shooting and Auto Bracket shooting in Drive Mode are not available when using digital filters. 1 Press the 4 button in the status screen. The control panel appears. Press the M button when the status screen is not displayed. 2 133 Use the four-way controller (2345) to select [Digital Filter] and press the 4 button. The screen for selecting the filter appears. OFF Digital Filter Not use any filters AWB AF. A ISO AUTO 400 JPEG 10M 3 Use the four-way controller (45) to select a filter. OFF SOFT Star Burst 4 Shooting Functions OK Check OK 4 Use the four-way controller (23) to select the parameter and the four-way controller (45) to adjust the parameter's value. Number of light sources OK Check OK 5 Press the 4 button. The camera returns to the status screen and is ready to take a picture. · After you finish shooting using the digital filters, select [Not use any filters] in Step 3. · You can also apply digital filter to images after shooting them in Playback mode (p. 192). 134 Memo 5 Using the Flash This chapter provides details on the built-in flash of the e/y and describes how to take pictures with the external flash. Flash Characteristics in Each Exposure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Distance and Aperture when Using the Built-in Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Lens Compatibility with the Built-in Flash . . . . . . . 139 Using an External Flash (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 136 Flash Characteristics in Each Exposure Mode Using the Flash in b (Shutter Priority) Mode · When taking a moving subject, you can use the flash to change the blur effect. · Any desired shutter speed 1/180 sec. or slower can be set for taking a flash photograph. · The aperture value automatically changes according to the ambient brightness. · The shutter speed is locked at 1/180 sec. when lens other than DA, DA L, D FA, FA J, FA, F or A is used. Using the Flash in c (Aperture Priority) Mode 5 Using the Flash · You can set the desired aperture to take a flash photograph when you want to change the depth of field or shoot a subject farther away. · The shutter speed automatically changes with the ambient brightness. · The shutter speed shifts automatically anywhere from 1/180 sec. [. . . ] Records maintained continue to reflect the equipment being produced can be expected to be within the variation accepted, due to quantity production and testing on the statistical basis as required by 47CFR §2. 909. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The above named party is responsible for ensuring that the equipment complies with the standards of 47CFR §15. 101 to §15. 109. Product Name: PENTAX Digital Still Camera Model Number: e/y Contact person: Customer Service Manager Date and Place: October, 2008, Colorado Information for Users on Collection and Disposal of Old Equipment and Used Batteries 1. In the European Union These symbols on the products, packaging and/or accompanying documents mean that used electrical and electronic equipments and batteries should not be mixed with general household waste. [. . . ]