User manual PENTAX ESPIO24EW

[. . . ] Please read the Pentax User's Safty Guide before using the camera for safe operation. The illustrations used in this manual may differ from the camera's actual appearance. The characteristics of zoom compact with wide angle lens may lead darkening or distortion at the edges in some photograph subjects. [. . . ] If "E" blinks on the LCD panel, repeat step 24 to load the film properly. Compose your subject by using the zoom button and focus on the subject within the autofocus frame. 7 Press the shutter release button halfway down to confirm the focus with green icon lamp lights on, and press the shutter button completely to take a picture. * When the power on, the lens slightly extends and the lens cover opens. * When the camera is left unused for 3 minutes and the lens is extended longer than 35 mm focal length position with the power on, automatically retract the zoom lens to 35 mm to prevent it from damage. * When the camera is unused for 5 minutes in the remote control mode, the zoom lens will be retracted to storage position and turn the power off to conserve battery. When you turn the power on with the film loaded in the camera, the last date a picture was taken blinks on the LCD panel and then displays present date. The last date will be indicated according to your selected date imprinting mode as follows. "yy/mm/dd", "dd/hh/mm" or "------" "yy/mm/dd", "mm/dd/yy" "mm/dd/yy", "dd/mm/yy" "dd/mm/yy" When the film is not loaded or a new film is loaded, "------" will be displayed. 2 Each time the Date button A is pressed, the blinking digits changes in the following manner: Year Month Day Hour Minute, stop pressing the button when the desired digits appear to be corrected. When the battery cover is opened or a new battery is installed, the time is set to 0:00. A Multi AF (WIDE) and SPOT b Multi AF (TELE) 2 Picture area When taking a normal picture, compose your subject within this frame. 3 Close distance compensation frame When the camera-to-subject distance is between 0. 4 Green icon lamp (Focus status) When the shutter release button is pressed halfway down, the green icon lamp will light on or blink accordingly with the focus distance. [. . . ] Infinity-Landscape mode ( ) Use this mode to take a distant landscape or distant subject through a window. Portrait mode ( ) The camera will adjust zoom position to portrait proportions automatically at different distance when the shutter release button is pressed halfway down. Aim the focus frames to main subject and press the shutter release button halfway down. [. . . ]