User manual PENTAX PC-35W

[. . . ] Regarding copyrights Images taken using the U that are for anything other than personal enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are even cases where limitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment during demonstrations, performances or of items on display. Images taken with the purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside the scope of use of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care should be taken here also. Regarding trademarks · PENTAX and smc PENTAX are trademarks of PENTAX Corporation. [. . . ] This camera is capable of setting the white balance to enable taking pictures with natural coloring under a variety of lighting conditions. Red tint 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Blue tint 8000 10000 12000 [ K ] Adjusting the White Balance Manually You can adjust the white balance depending on the light source when taking pictures. With Manual White Balance, the camera can store delicate shades that cannot be precisely adjusted with the white balance preset values provided in the camera (p. 112). This provides the optimum white balance for your surroundings. Candle flame Oil lamp Tungsten light Halogen light bulb White (Fluorescent light) Daylight Flash Neutral white (Fluorescent light) Cloudy Daylight (Fluorescent light) Shade Clear sky 5 Function Reference 1 2 3 Set the mode dial to e, b, c, or a. Press the { button. The Fn menu appears. Press the four-way controller (4). The White Balance screen appears. 114 4 Use the four-way controller (3) to select K (Manual). White Balance Manual Adjust OK OK 5 Press the four-way controller (5). The message screen appears. Manual White Balance Point camera at subject Press the shutter release button 5 Function Reference 6 7 Fully display a white or gray sheet of paper in the viewfinder under the light to adjust white balance. Press the shutter release button fully. Slide the focus mode lever to \ when the shutter cannot be released. [OK] appears on the LCD monitor when setting is completed. [NG] appears when setting is not completed successfully. 8 Press the 4 button. · No image is recorded when the shutter release button is pressed to adjust the white balance. · Press the { button when adjustment is unsuccessful to set again. · You can set the range to measure white balance when setting manually. White balance is measured using the entire screen using multi-segment metering (p. 131) if [Entire screen] is selected for [Man. WB Measurement] in [A Custom Setting] menu (p. 101). To recreate different color spaces in different devices, standard color spaces have been proposed. sRGB is mainly used for devices such as a PC. AdobeRGB covers a wider area than sRGB and is used for occupational uses such as industrial printing. An image created in AdobeRGB may appear lighter than an image created in sRGB when output from a sRGB compatible device. 118 Focusing You can focus with the following methods. = Autofocus \ Manual focus The camera is focused when the shutter release button is pressed halfway. Manually adjust the focus. Select the focusing area in the viewfinder (focus point) from [Auto], [Select] and [Center]. (p. 122) Using the Autofocus You can choose the autofocus mode from l (Single mode) where the shutter release button is pressed halfway to focus on the subject and the focus is locked at that position, and k (Continuous mode) where the subject is kept in focus by continuous adjustment while the shutter release button is pressed halfway. (p. 121) 5 Function Reference 1 Set the focus mode lever to =. 2 119 Look through the viewfinder and press the shutter release button halfway. The focus indicator ] appears in the viewfinder when focused (if it is blinking, the subject is not in focus). 1 Hard-to-Autofocus Subjects (p. 46) 5 Focus indicator · In l (Single mode), the focus is locked (focus lock) while ] is lit. To focus on another subject, take your finger off the shutter release button first. · During \ (Moving Object) mode or when the focus mode is set to k (Continuous mode) (p. 121), focus is adjusted continuously, tracking the moving object as long as the shutter release button is kept pressed halfway. [. . . ] For customers in Canada This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference - Causing Equipment Regulations. Pour les utilisateurs au Canada Cet apareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. Declaration of Conformity According to 47CFR, Parts 2 and 15 for Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals We: Located at: PENTAX Imaging Company A Division of PENTAX of America, Inc. 600 12 th Street, Suite 300 Golden, Colorado 80401 U. S. A. Phone: 303-799-8000 FAX: 303-790-1131 Declare under sole responsibility that the product identified herein complies with 47CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC rules as a Class B digital device. [. . . ]