Setting The Drive Mode - Ricoh PENTAX K-3 II Operating Manual

t Memo
• Optical Preview is always used when the drive mode is set
to [Mirror Lock-up Shooting], [Multi-exposure], [Interval
Shooting], or [Interval Composite], or when
[ASTROTRACER] is activated.
• The display settings and camera operation during Digital
Preview can be changed in [Digital Preview] of the A4 menu.
(p.22)
• The preview function can also be assigned to P. (p.80)
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You can easily switch between Optical Preview and Digital
Preview after assigning different kinds of preview methods
to the two controls, U of the main switch and P.
u Caution
• The effects of some functions cannot be checked during
Digital Preview or are not applied to the saved preview image.
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Setting the Drive Mode

You can choose from the following drive modes.
Single Frame
Shooting Normal capture mode
(L)
Continuously takes pictures while the shutter
Continuous release button is kept pressed. (p.51)
Shooting The number of pictures that can be taken
(Z/a/b) continuously varies according to the
selected mode (H/M/L).
Releases the shutter about 12 seconds
Self-timer
or 2 seconds after the shutter release button
(O/P)
is pressed. (p.51)
Enables shooting with remote control. (p.52)
Remote Control Select from [Remote Control], [Remote
(Q/R/S) Control (3 sec. delay)], or [Remote
Continuous Shooting].
Takes consecutive pictures at different
Exposure exposure levels. (p.52)
Bracketing Select from [Exposure Bracketing], [Self-
(T/1/U) timer+Exposure Bracketing], or [Exposure
Bracket+Remote Ctrl].
Mirror Lock-up Takes images with the mirror raised. (p.53)
Shooting Select from [Mirror Lock-up Shooting]
(c/d) or [Remote Control+Mirror Lock-up].
Creates a composite image by taking
multiple pictures and merging them into
a single image. (p.53)
Multi-exposure
Select from [Multi-exposure], [Multi-
(V/2/W/X)
exposure+Continuous], [Self-timer+Multi-
exposure], or [Remote Control+Multi-
exposure].