Pentax ESPIO 928 QUARTZ DATE User Manual

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TAKING PICTURES Shooting distance: O.58m (1.9 rt) .cx '(i nfinity)
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Composing the scene
After zoom ing the lens and cornposing YO Uf
scenc, fo cu s on th e su bject with th e autofo cus
f
rame in the center of th e viewfinder.
•
Th is camera uses rnulri-b earn AF ta focus th e
lens on the
subj cct . E ven if th e sub jcct is
sligh tly olT th c AF fra me, th e
subj ect will
cas ily be
bro u ght inta foeus.
• Ta Iocus on a p
art i cul ar spot in the AF fr am e,
sele ct th e
AF spot mod e. (See page 34.)
ilili
•
Wh en th e po we r is turncd on, th e multib ea rn
AF mod e is a uto rna ti cally sel.
2 Checking the lamp indication
DClJreSS th e sh uu er rclcase hut ten halfw ay
do wn . Wh en th e s
ubj cct is in focus, th e green
l
arnp will li ght up. If th e subje ct is clo ser than
0.58 rne ter ( 1.9 ft) , th e gree n l amp will blink lU
warn you . In th is case, extend th e ca mer a-to-
su b jc ct distan ce until the green larnp is lit con-
tinuou sly.
•
Wh en the red la mp lights up , it indi cat es chat
the built-in flash will di s ch arge. En sur e th ar
yo u ar e
wit hin thc Ilash effec tive range b ef ore
shooting.
(Se c page 19.)
3 Shooting
D epres s th e shu rtc r relcasc buu on fully, and th e
shutt cr will be reJ eas ed. Th en, the film auto rnat-
i
call y ad van ces ta th e ncxt fra me .
Notes :
• Wh en t.he shut tcr is relcased, the self-r ime r
lamp mum en taril y li ght s up ta indi ca te th al a
pictur e has bccn tak en.
• If
you wish to focus on another su bjcc r, lif t
your linger from the sh u tte r rel ease hutt on
and d
epre ss th e shutt er re1case burt on haIf-
way dow n aga in.
•
Th e shut ter can not be rele ased whi 1c th e lens
is
zooming .
Automatic Fla sh Emission
Wh cn t akin g pi ct urcs in low ligh t or in a ba ck-
li
ght situ ation, rhc flash will au tomatieally d is-
cha rge .
Wh en th e sh utter relcasc bu tton is de-
pre sscd h alfw ay down in low light, the red la ml'
will li ght up , ind ieat ing th e flash is r eady t.o
dis ch
ar ge. If the red lamp hlinks, this indi cates
thai th e bu ilt -in llash is bein g cha rged and the
shutt er cal mol be released . T herefore, c nsure
that th e red lamp is lit eo ntinuous ly befo re
iak ing pi ct ur es.
Red-oye
Sho oting p ortr aits wit h the flash ma y resu lt in
"red -eve", th e red dot in
you r subje cr's eye. T his
came ra in
clud es a red -eye re du ct ion flash fune-
t ion, whi eh red uces the red-oye phenomenon by
using
pre -flash. See page 22 an d 47 for detai ls.
Flash effective ra nges (Nega -color film
used)
lens
ISO
100 20U
400
2
8mm (U . )
O.58- 5.0m O.58- 7.0m
O.68
-9 .9m
90mm
(4 )
0.58- 2Am
O.58- 3.3m 0.58-
4.7m
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Pentax ESPIO 928 QUARTZ DATE Specifications

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Brand	Pentax
Model	ESPIO 928 QUARTZ DATE
Category	Film Camera
Language	English