Pentax IQZoom 120 Mi User manual

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Congratulations

on your purchase

of the

PENTAX l0hraor"ti and welcometo the

worldof Pentax

zoom compact

photogra-

phy!Your

compact,lightweight

camerais

great

companionto preserve

yourfavorite

memories.

Pleaseread

thismanual

care-

fullybefore

operating

the camera

to take

consistently

superior

pictures

and

pay

spe-

cialattentionto the cautions

and notes

thisOperatingManual.

. Pictures

and illustrations

shown herein

may differ from the camera's actual

appearance.

. lllustrationsinthis

operatingmanual

are

theDATA

MODEL.

lconindications

usedin

thismanual

Operation

direction <1r

Automaticoperation frrrr)

Attention fl

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NAMESOFWORKINGPARTS

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LCDPANEL

O Vain switch

O Shutter

releasebutton

0 Rfltntinity-Landscapebutton

@ Drivebutton

(p.27)

O Diopteradjustment

lever

(p.11)

@ Red-eye

reductionflashbutton

(p.25)

O trlooebutton

(p.25)

@ LCD

panet

I Datebutton

(p.34)

@ Buitt-in

flash

O Autofocus

window

(D Viewfinder

window

@ Lens

@ Spotbeam

window

(p.18)

(D lignt senser

window

(D Setttimer

lamp

(p.30)

@ Remotecontrol

receiver

(p.31)

@ Straplug

(p.7)

@ Viewfindereyepiece

@ Green

lamp

(l) Redlamp

@ Zoombuttons

(p.17)

@ fitm informationwindow

@ Backcover

@ Panoramaswitch

(p.24)

@ TripoOsocket

(D Mid-rollrewindbutton

(p.15)

@ Backcover

releaselever

@ Battery

chamber

cover

(p.8)

Allindications

willnotactuallyappearsimultaneously

shown

O Datainformation

(p.34)

@ Exposurecounter

(p.13)

O tntinity-Landscape

Mode

(p.20)

@ Spot

AF Mode

(p.21)

O Flash

off(p.28,29)

@ Flashon(p.26,28,29)

O Slow-speed-shutter

(p.28)

@eutu

(p.zg)

(@ Red-eye

Reductionfunction

(p.25)

@ Zoombutton

(p.17,35)

(D Remotecontrolshooting

(p.31)

(D Setttlmer

((p.30)

(E gattery

exhaustion

warning

(p.9)

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TABLE

OFCONTENTS

For

safe

use

your

camera ......1

--..

. Precautions

for

your

camera .....2

. Precautions

for

battery

usage .....

. Names

working

parts ...........4

. Table

ofcontents ......

ABOUT

THE

CAMERA ;

Strapattachment

..... ...........

lnstalling

/ Replacing

Battery .....

8 ,

Battery

exhaustion

warning . 9 ,t

Main

switch ........

Viewfinder

Display ...10

Lamp

Indications .......

Diopter

adjustment

... .......

/ Unloading

thefi|m ......

12 - 14

Rewinding

Film

inmid-roll ........

Holding

the

camera ...

TAKTNG

PHOTOGRAPHS , t

Operating

the

38-120mm

zoomlens

...17

Composing

andFocusing ........

Hard-To-Autofocus

Subjects .....1g

Lnfinity-Landscape

Mode ........20

Spot

Focus

..... ...21

Focus-Lock

Shooting .......22

Panorama

Mode ......24

Flash

photography ...25

. Flash

effectiverange .......26

ShootingModes ......27

Slow

Shutter

SpeedsModes .....28

BulbModes .....29

Self-timer

photography

... ....30

Using

wirelessremote

control

(option)......

'..3

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STRAP

ATTACHMENT

ABOUT

THECAMERA

Fit the strap on the cameraas illustrat-

ed.

. Use the illustrated

partfor pushing

the

mid-roll

rewindbutton. t

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INSTALLING/REPLACING

BAfi ERY

Ensure that the power is OFF before replac-

ing the battery.

1 Open the battery chamber cover as

shown.

2 Insertone lithium battery (type CR-2

or the

equivalent)with the plus/minus(+/-)

sides

matching the indications in the battery

compartment.

3 Close the battery chamber cover. Ensure

thatthe cover is locks with a click.

. OntheDATEMODEL,

thetimeis initialized

0 00 and(----)

barappears

on the LCDpanel

when the batterychamber

cover is opened.

Correctthetime.

See

page

34.

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BATTERYEXHAUSTION

WARNING MAINSWITCH

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Whenthe batteryis nearlyexhausted,the bat-

terysymbol

(! ) appearson the LCD panel

warn

you.

Replace

thebatteryassoonaspossi-

ble.

When

(! )startsblinking,nooperationscan

beperformed.

Battery life (using 24-exposurefilm rolls):

Approx.

10 rolls usingflash 50o/"of the time

(using

theCR-2batteryandunder

Pentax

test-

ing conditions).

Actual

batterylife/performance

may vary drasticallydepending

on usage of

Power Zoom, Flash and externalconditions

suchas temperature

andfreshness

of the bat-

tery.

Toswitch ON,set the mainswitch to the ON

position.

When the power turns ON, the lens slightly

extends

andthelens

coveropens.

Thecamera

is nowready

to shoot.

..lfthecameraisON andleftunusedforover

minutes,the lens automatically

retracts

and

thepower

switchedOFFtosavethebattery.

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>ON/OFF

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VIEWFINDERDISPLAYS

@ SpotAF Frame

Select

theSpot

AF frameto focus

on a par-

ticularspot

the

frame.

@ and@ Multi-focusFrame

Fornormal

photography,

compose

thescene

withinthis

frame.Whenthelensissetatthe

38mm

setting,composethescene

within

the

AF frame@. When the lens is set at the

120mmsetting,compose

the scenewithin

the

AFframe

. For other lengths,

the rangewidensas the

focallengthincreasesfrom

38mm

to 120mm.

Closedistancecompensation

frame.

When the camera-to-subject-distanceis closer

than

2m,

composethescene

withinthisframe.

. When the camerato-subjectdistanceis less

than 1.5m,the panoramaphotography

is not

recommended

dueto a substantial

difierence

between

what

youseethroughthe viewfinder

versesthe

pictureyou

willobtaintheactual

pic-

turetakingarea.

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LAMP

INDICATIONS

When you depressthe shutterrelease

button

halfway

down,thelamp

(AF)

and/or

(r )lights

orblinks

asshown

above.

Greenlamp(FocusstatusAF) :

When

the subject

is in focus,

it willlight

up to

indicate

that

you

cantake

thepicture.

When

the

subject

notin

focus,itwill

blink,

indicating

that

you

cannottakethepicture.

Red

lamp(Flash

status r) :

When

theflash

isready

todischarge,itwill

light

up.When

theflashis

being

charged,itwill

blink.

DIOPTER

ADJUSTMENT

Aim the camera toward a bright subject.

While looking through the viewfinder,

rotate

the diopter adjustment lever to the right or

left until the AF frame appears in the

sharpest

focus.

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