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ZX-L Manual - Page 2
Keep this manual before using the camera in helping you very much for purchasing the Pentax SLR camera. WELCOME
Thank you to get the most out of all the camera's capabilities. Please read this manual safe, as it can be a valuable tool in order to understand all the features and functions.
ZX-L Manual - Page 4
... camera is attached to the camera, the top part of safety at the edges. • When a macro or telephoto lens is not weather, water, or liquid resistant. If you cannot correct the problems,... due to salinity or gas.
Store it to a Pentax service center for battery leakage, traces of
electrical contact. Furthermore, if the camera is taken from the bag until temperature has stabilized. ...
ZX-L Manual - Page 5
... is recommended that you have the camera inspected or test shoot with it. • Repairs deemed necessary due to the instructions outlined in water usually cannot be repaired. The battery should occur, it is advisable to 14°F). • A camera which has been submerged in this manual, charges will be assessed and a repair quotation will recover in normal...
ZX-L Manual - Page 6
CONTENTS
FOR SAFE USE OF YOUR CAMERA
1
PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR CAMERA
2
PRECAUTIONS FOR BATTERY USAGE
3
NAMES OF WORKING PARTS
8
USING THIS OPERATING MANUAL
10
SET UP
11
THINGS TO DO
11
BEFORE TAKING PICTURES
12
STEP 1 Attaching the Strap
12
STEP 2 Loading the Batteries
13
STEP 3 Attaching a Lens
14
STEP 4 Imprinting the date or time
(OPTIONAL)
16
STEP...
ZX-L Manual - Page 7
...
24
TAKING A PICTURE
27
BUILT-IN FLASH-SMART FLASH
30
USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH
30
SETTING THE RED-EYE REDUCTION MODE 33
UNLOADING FILM
34
REWINDING THE FILM
34
SETTING THE FILM SPEED(ISO)
MANUALLY
36
REPLACING THE BATTERIES
38
REPLACING THE CAMERA
BATTERIES
38
REPLACE BATTERY FOR DATA BACK FJ
(OPTIONAL)
40
ADJUSTING THE DATA BACK
(OPTIONAL)
42
ZX-L Manual - Page 9
... BUILT-IN FLASH
86
SETTING THE FLASH MODE
86
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES WITH THE BUILT-IN
FLASH
88
POP-UP THE BUILT-IN FLASH MANUALLY
92
USING EXTERNAL FLASH...
PENTAX FUNCTIONS
110
BASIC SETTING OF PENTAX FUNCTIONS 111
SETTING A PENTAX FUNCTION
113
CAMERA FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE WITH
VARIOUS LENSES
117
ACCESSORIES (OPTIONAL)
119
PROGRAM DIAGRAMS
122
TROUBLE SHOOTING
125
SPECIFICATIONS ...
ZX-L Manual - Page 12
...8226; Using a Pentax-Dedicated External Flash: Explains the opera- exposure mode, self-timer mode, auto bracketing • Setting the Exposure: Auto Picture mode, Shutter-Priority AE,
Aperture-Priority AE, metered manual exposure, bulb exposure, exposure compensation • Focusing: Auto focus mode, manual focusing
♦Flash Photography • Tips: Tips on using the camera and accessories...
ZX-L Manual - Page 23
...
24
TAKING A PICTURE
27
BUILT-IN FLASH-SMART FLASH
30
USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH
30
SETTING THE RED-EYE REDUCTION
MODE
33
UNLOADING FILM
34
REWINDING THE FILM
34
SETTING THE FILM SPEED(ISO)
MANUALLY
36
REPLACING THE BATTERIES
38
REPLACING THE CAMERA
BATTERIES
38
REPLACING THE DATA BACK FJ
BATTERY (OPTIONAL)
40
ADJUSTING THE DATA BACK
(OPTIONAL)
42
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ZX-L Manual - Page 38
... the select switch to 6400 in 1/3-EV increments.
• [ISO] is displayed when the film speed is set manually for the DX-coded film.
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122
ISO
OFF ON gam
• The ISO speed can be set from the film's DX code.
I SETTING THE FILM SPEED (ISO) MANUALLY
The camera automatically reads the film speed from ISO 6 to...
ZX-L Manual - Page 40
..., a proper exposure will not work.
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• When the batteries must be replaced
When the low battery warning 0 blinks,
the information display in the viewfinder
will be off and the shutter will be obtained. REPLACING THE BATTERIES
I REPLACING THE CAMERA BATTERIES
When the camera's lithium CR2 batteries are exhausted, the LCD panel will display the low...
ZX-L Manual - Page 54
...8226; To stop the remote control operation after it replaced at your local Pentax Service center ( there is unused for this service). If the battery is exhausted, please have it has been activated,...About 30,000 commands can be automatically set. .NOTE
The operating distance of the camera.
i t= Battery life on the camera
halfway down or manually and then press the remote control's release...
ZX-L Manual - Page 77
...manual focus mode with the aid of the lens in use is smaller than f/5.6. • A bellows 100mm f/4 lens, Shift 28mm f/3.5 (shifted) lens, or Reflex
lens is in use . • An old type screw-mount lens fitted with a non-AF SLR camera.... (Wp.79) • The focus indicator [. ] is blinking. (The subject is in use .
/ Using the autofocus mode (AF)
®Set the focus mode ...
ZX-L Manual - Page 81
... and the audible PCV signal beeps.
()Check that the subject is lit, then press the shutter release button completely.
• Using the viewfinder's matte screen.
1 Setting manual focus (MF)
z
®Set the focus mode switch to [MF].
ZX-L Manual - Page 99
...is always set to TTL auto.
• For instructions on the flash unit's power switch.
0
©Set the ...camera or in the viewfinder when the shutter release button is depressed halfway down.
• An external flash can also be used while the flash unit is set...Set the flash unit to P-TTL auto
1
mode
©Turn on how to operate the flash unit, refer to the flash unit's operating manual...
ZX-L Manual - Page 121
... a new set of film rolls at 20°C/68*F about 180 rolls about 35 rolls
about 20 rolls
about 18 hours
■ CABLE SWITCHES
Cable Switch CS-205
It lengths: 0.5 m ,0%."C*.30.0111 0 vvr r rvr,Ir
ACCESSORIES (OPTIONAL)
A number of dedicated accessories are available for this camera.
■ AA-BATTERY PACK FG
Battery grip powered...
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