Pentax 170SL Support Question
Pentax 170SL Support Question
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Question posted by dwstojek on June 12th, 2010
Lens Will Not Extend, Shutter Will Not Open-lens Is Clicking And Then Resting
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IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 4
... with good air circulation that is minimized. Precautions for storage • Avoid leaving the camera for proper care • Use a blower and lens brush to remove dust
accumulated on the extreme edges of the film frame.
Precautions for extended periods
in places where temperature and humidity are high, such as paint thinner, alcohol or...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 7
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NAMES OF WORKING PARTS
O Self-timer lamp (p.33)
0 Shutter release button O LCD panel O Date button (p.37, 38) 0 Drive button (p.32) O Diopter adjustment lever (p.12)
AF/Infinity-Landscape button (p.22, 23, 32) 0 Mode button (p.27) 0 Built-in flash O Light senser window
O Lens e Viewfinder window e Autofocus window
• Remote control receiver (p.34 - 36) e0 Strap...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 9
... attachment Installing / Replacing Battery Battery exhaustion warning Main switch Viewfinder Displays Lamp Indications Diopter adjustment Loading / Unloading the film Rewinding Film in mid-roll Holding the camera
TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS Operating the zoom lens
1 2 - 3
3 4 - 5
6 7
8 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 - 15 16 17
18 - 19
Composing and Focusing
20
Hard-To-Autofocus Subjects
21
Infinity...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 11
... the lens may move forward slightly when the battery is replaced even if the camera power is locked with the plus/minus (+/-) sides matching the indications in the battery compartment.
3 Close the battery chamber cover. See page 37, 38.
9 INSTALLING/REPLACING BATTERY
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Please note that the cover is off.
1 Open the battery...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 12
When the power turns ON, the lens extends slightly for opening the lens cover.
• If the camera is ON and left unused for over 3 minutes, the lens automatically retracts to warn you. When (i=m) starts blinking, no operations can be performed. Battery life (using 24-exposure film rolls): Approx. 8 rolls using the CR-2 battery and under Pentax testing...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 13
...frame to focus on a particular spot in the frame.
0 0 Multi-focus Frame When the lens is set at the telephoto end setting, compose the scene within these frame.
VIEWFINDER DISPLAYS
For ...normal photography, compose the scene within this frame.
• When the camera-to-subject distance is less than 1.6m, compose the scene within this frame.
• For...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 17
... stops, and (C) blinks as shown to indicate that the film has been rewound.
• A 24-exposure roll of film takes about 25 seconds to be rewound.
• During rewinding, the exposure counter counts frame numbers in reverse.
2 Unload ng film To unload the film, open the back cover, and remove the cartridge from the chamber...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 18
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When rewind is completed, the motor stops, and (0) blinks, indicating that the back cover may be opened safely.
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If you wish to the shortest focal length and then film rewinding starts. REWINDING A FILM IN MID-ROLL
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3 0 ; the lens retracts to unload a film before exposing all the frames, push the mid-roll rewind button with the protrusion part of the strap clamp;
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 19
... camera positioned vertically, hold the zoom lens because it
moves back and forth while in operation. • Make sure not to shake, and the picture will be blurred.
When using the flash with your fingers, hair or other object.
17 HOLDING THE CAMERA
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Keep the camera as still as possible, and gently depress the shutter...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 20
... to the desired setting, release the zoom button and depress the shutter release button fully to take pictures.
18 Pushing the zoom button on the right ( 6 ) moves the lens towards the wide - OPERATING THE ZOOM LENS
TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS
10Zoom 150SL 38 - 50mm QZoom 170SL 38 - 170mm
Pushing the zoom button on the left ( 664...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 21
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• Do not apply force to the zoom lens as doing so causes damage to the camera.
• The shutter cannot be released while the lens is zooming.
• Although a sound like the shutter closing may be heard accompanied by vibration while zooming, this is an operating sound that occurs due to switching of...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 22
COMPOSING AND FOCUSING
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1 After zooming the lens, compose the scene, and place the autofocus frame on the subject. Release the shutter. AF illuminator When shutter release button half way down where it is hard for autofocus to work, such as in a dark place, the built-in flash discharges continuously to ...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 30
...11.0m . 1.2 - 11.0m . (5.9 - 66ft) (3.9 - 36ft) i (3.9 - 36ft)
* With high speed film, overexposure may occur at close range due to the film's high sensitivity.
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Red-Eye Reduction Flash Function To reduce the red-eye phenomenon in the picture, use this function used... negative film)
laZoom 150SL 38mm - 150mm IQZoom 170SL 38mm - 170mm
Lens 38mm AAA 150mm A 170mm ISO meters Ifirr meters ...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 32
...a slow-speed to expose the low light background. Use of a tripod is recommended.
• The shutter remains open as long as the shutter release button held down. (Max.
lminute)
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30 Use of a tripod ... way by using the built-in low light, the shutter speed
gets slower, and camera shake is useful for long exposures required for shooting fireworks and night scenes.
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 33
... photograph with a night scene in the background.
• In all flash modes make sure you are within the flash-effective range.
• The shutter remains open as long as the shutter release button held down. (Max. 1minute)
• Use of ,,j)(iiii5 I
Bulb-Sync Mode (Flash and red eye reduction flash-ON) Depress the...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 36
... the remote control is held down, the shutter remains open up to avoid camera shake. of parts
Shutter release button
Remote control transmitter
34
Name of 1 minutes. The wireless remote control allows you have purchased the optional wireless remote control, read this section. While the remote control's shutter release button is depressed.
• Use a tripod...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 37
... button on the LCD panel.
• If the shutter is released by the camera's release button, picture will be taken in the ordinary shooting mode.
• When the camera is set in the Remote Control Shooting Mode and left unused for 5 minutes, the lens automatically retracts and the power is switched OFF.
2 Compose the...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 41
... the main switch turned OFF?
The shutter cannot be easily remedied. If so, turn it off the camera is switched OFF. See page 10. • Is the battery exhausted? Reload the film. See
very clear. Wipe it ON. See page 20.
3. Zoom lens retracted automati- • The lens automatically retracts to the shortest focal length...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 42
...though it fully charges. page 27.
• Daylight sync mode has been set.
like the shutter clicking is switched on high magnification factor. The vibration and sound are not a
malfunction.
40 The ...during zoom- Wait until it • The flash discharges automatically in order to obtain a zoom lens that is compact and has a '
when the power is heard ing in a backlit situation. ...
IQZoom 150SL / IQZoom 170SL Manual - Page 43
...Electronic zoom Programmed AE electronic shutter with 35mm perforated DX - Shutter:
35mm fully automatic lens-shutter with built-in low light...Film:
Format: Film loading: Film winding: Film rewinding: Frame number: Lens:
IQZoom 150SL IQZoom 170SL Focusing system: IQZoom 150SL
IQZoom 170SL
Zooming.
Bulb: 1/2 sec.- 1min, Electromagnetic release.
41 coded film with 24 - DX coded films...
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