Pentax *ist Operating Manual page 33

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Press the shutter release
button halfway, or turn the
select dial, to return the LCD
panel to the TV/AV display.
If you have chosen any date
mode other than [---- --],
appears on the LCD panel.
✍
MEMO
• [ M ] on the LCD indicates "Month".
• Selected date mode will be imprinted.
• "'03" imprinted on pictures indicates the year 2003.
• [---- --] indicates that no data will be imprinted.
• If there is a white or yellow object in the right bottom corner of the
picture where the data is imprinting, the data may be difficult to read.
• Two 3V lithium batteries supply power for both the camera and the date
functions. If the camera batteries are removed or replaced, the time
and data mode will be reset to 0:00 and [---- --] (no data imprinted)
respectively. You need to adjust the date and time then select the
imprinting date mode.
• The data is not properly imprinted on the frame whose number is over
the maximum number specified by the film.
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