Pentax P3 - Understanding Viewfinder Displays

VIEWFINDER DISPLAYS
Various exposure data described at right are
displayed by LED on the left side of the viewfinder.
LED = Light-Emitting Diode
P. Programmed AE mode
M. Metered Manual mode
1000 1. Shutter speeds from 1/1000
to 1 sec.
i . Flash-ready indication
Blinking ''1000".... Overexposure indication (blink
four times per second)
Blinking "1".. Underexposure Indication
(blinks four times per second)
(The above two indications also appear when
the exposure combination is out of the shutter/
aperture-coupling range or the metering range.)
Camera-shake (stow-shutter-speed) warning
Warning . 30 ~ 1 appears in orange