Pentax 175743 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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First Steps
Basic Shooting
Now you are ready.
Taking Photographs with Auto Settings
1 Turn the mode dial to 5.
Press the mode dial lock button and rotate
the mode dial.
2 To use the flash, slide the FOPEN
switch down.
The flash opens.
The auto focus/flash lamp blinks while the
flash charges. Once the flash is charged, the
lamp turns off and the camera is ready to
shoot.
The flash will not fire when the flash cover is closed.
3 Half-press the shutter release
button.
Frame your subject in the center of the pic-
ture display and press the shutter release but-
ton halfway to set focus and exposure.
If the camera is able to focus, the focus frames
(up to nine) that contain objects that are in
focus are shown in green.
4 Full-press the shutter release button.
The photograph you have just taken will be displayed in the picture display
and recorded.