User manual PENTAX K100D SUPER

[. . . ] SLR Digital Camera Operating Manual For optimum camera performance, please read the Operating Manual before using the camera. Thank you for purchasing the PENTAX s 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's capabilities. Lenses you can use In general, lenses that can be used with this camera are DA, D FA and FA J lenses and lenses that have an Aperture s (Auto) position. Regarding copyrights Images taken using the s that are for anything other than personal enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as specified in the Copyright Act. [. . . ] Effects such as White Balance, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness are not applied to the image but such information is saved. Transfer to a PC, apply effects with the enclosed PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 and create JPEG and TIFF images. Lowest compression rate, suited for printing large pictures such as A4 size. Standard compression rate, suited for viewing as photographs or on your computer screen. Highest compression rate, suitable for attaching to e-mail or posting on websites. Image is saved in JPEG format. | RAW C D Best Better Good 5 Function Reference E Set in [Quality Level] in the [A Rec. (p. 104) When the quality level is changed, the number of recordable images at that quality level appears on the screen. Recordable image no. 128 Image Tone Recorded Pixels Quality Level Saturation Sharpness Contrast Cancel OK OK 117 Setting the Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast Select from five levels of Saturation, Sharpness and Contrast. The default setting is [0 (Standard)] for all. Saturation Sharpness Contrast Sets the color saturation. Sets the image contrast. Set [Saturation], [Sharpness] and [Contrast] in the [A Rec. (p. 104) Settings cannot be changed in Picture mode and H mode (p. 50). Rec. Mode Image Tone Recorded Pixels Quality Level Saturation Sharpness Contrast Exit Towards + : Higher saturation Towards ­ : Lower saturation 5 Function Reference Rec. Mode Image Tone Recorded Pixels Quality Level Saturation Sharpness Contrast Exit Towards + : Higher sharpness Towards ­ : Lower sharpness Rec. Mode Image Tone Recorded Pixels Quality Level Saturation Sharpness Contrast Exit Towards + : Higher contrast Towards ­ : Lower contrast 118 Setting the White Balance White balance is a function for adjusting the color of an image so that white objects appear white. Set the white balance if you are not satisfied with the color balance of pictures taken with white balance set to F (Auto), or to intentionally apply a creative effect to your images. The default setting is F (Auto). F Auto Daylight Shade Cloudy Fluorescent Light Tungsten Light Flash Manual Automatically adjusts the white balance. (About 6000K) For use when taking pictures under fluorescent lighting. Select the type of fluorescent light, from W (white) (About 4200K), N (neutral white) (About 5000K), and D (daylight) (About 6500K). For use when taking pictures under light bulb or other tungsten light. (About 5400K) Use this to manually adjust the white balance according to the lighting so that white objects appear as a natural white. G H ^ 5 Function Reference J I b K * The color temperature (K) is an estimate. * The white balance is adjusted based on preset values provided in the camera when set to G (Daylight), H (Shade), ^ (Cloudy), J (Fluorescent Light), I (Tungsten Light), or b (Flash). Set [White Balance] in the Fn menu. (p. 108) White Balance Auto OK OK · Refer to p. 119 for manual adjustment method. [. . . ] · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. For customers in Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Pour les utilisateurs au Canada Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 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. 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. [. . . ]