User manual PENTAX ESPIO 115V

[. . . ] ENGLISH 8 · Please read this manual carefully before operating the camera to take consistently superior pictures. · Pay special attention to the cautions and notes in this Operating Manual. Pictures and illustrations shown herein may differ from the camera's actual appearance. · Illustrations in this operating manual are the DATE MODEL. q Strap lug (p. [. . . ] When composing your photographs, try to avoid brightly-colored subjects in that corner. MAIN SWITCH AND BATTERY CHECK MAIN SWITCH Push the main switch button to switch ON. · If the camera is ON and left unused for over 3 minutes, the lens automatically retracts and the power is turned off to save the battery. BATTERY CHECK After you turn the main switch ON, the lens slightly extends and the lens cover opens. ) appears When the main switch button is depressed, the power turns ON. 7-4) Notes: · If there is dirt on the film detector w, the film cannot be wound properly. · Ensure the film is taut as illustrated on the illustration below. Take up any slack in the film by pushing it back into the cartridge. Slack No! Flat Yes! 5. ( ) appears in the exposure counter on the LCD panel when the film is loaded properly. ( ) appears in the exposure counter on the LCD panel, it means that the film is not loaded properly. 7-6) · If the main switch is turned OFF when the film is loaded properly, the number of exposure on the LCD panel will remain on for approx. · If the main switch is turned OFF when the film is not loaded properly, ( ) in the exposure counter on the LCD panel disappears instantly. 18 Automatic film speed setting This camera is designed to use DX-coded films with ISO rating at 100 and 400. When any of these films are loaded, the proper film speed is automatically set for the camera. Notes: · Use of negative color film (print film) is recommended. If non-DX coded film is used, the camera set the film speed to ISO 100. · A film with ISO 400 film speed is recommended to get less image blur and to cover more photographic situations. ew w e q e e q Autofocus frame Focus on the subject with this frame. w Close distance compensation frame When the camera-to-subject distance is less than 1m, compose the scene within this frame. e Picture areas When taking a normal picture, compose the scene within this frame. 19 English VIEWFINDER DISPLAYS AND GREEN LAMP INDICATIONS Green lamp indications When you depress the shutter release button halfway down, the green lamp lights up or blinks. Lighting up: When the subject is in focus and the flash is fully charged, the green lamp will light up to indicate that you can take a picture. Blinking: If either the camera-to-subject distance is less than 0. 8m (2. 6ft) or the flash is being charged, the green lamp blinks and you cannot release the shutter. TAKING PICTURES Shooting range 0. 8m (2. 6ft) to infinity Turn the power on by depressing the main switch button. After zooming the lens and composing your scene, focus on the subject with autofocus frame. 8-2) · When the main subject is off the autofocus frame in the center of the viewfinder, use the focus-lock technique. 8-3) When the subject is in focus, the green lamp will light up. Lighting up Blinking · The green lamp blinks if the subject is less than 0. 8m (2. 6ft) or the flash is being charged. [. . . ] · Make sure you are within the flash effective range even when you use the flash as a fill-in flash in daylight. See page 19. Self-timer Use the self-timer if you wish to get in the picture. Depress the Self-timer/AF infinity-landscape button to set the arrow mark on the LCD panel to ( ). When the Self-timer is working, the arrow mark ( ) blinks on the LCD panel, and the Self-timer lamp lights up. [. . . ]