Pentax 645D Operating Manual page 29

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and malfunctions resulting from the use of lenses made by other
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Using the Lens Shutter of the LS Lens
The PENTAX 645LS lens is equipped with a shutter that enables
high-speed sync shooting.
To use the lens shutter, switch the shutter speed ring on the lens
to LS. Note the following restrictions when using this function.
• The exposure mode switches to a regardless of the exposure
mode setting on the camera.
• The difference from the appropriate exposure is not displayed.
• [LS] is displayed for the shutter speed of the camera.
• The appropriate exposure is not selected even when the |
button is pressed.
• EV Compensation is not available.
• Setting the shutter speed ring to LS when EV Compensation
is set cancels EV Compensation.
• AE lock is not available.
• Setting the shutter speed ring to LS when AE lock is set
cancels AE lock.
• Continuous Shooting of the drive mode, Self-timer (2s delay),
Remote Control (3s delay), and Remote Continuous Shooting
are not available.
• Setting the shutter speed ring to LS when Continuous
Shooting or Self-timer (2s delay) is set switches the shooting
mode to Single Frame Shooting.
• Setting the shutter speed ring to LS when Remote Control (3s
delay) or Remote Continuous Shooting is set switches the
shooting mode to Remote Control.
• Mirror lock-up shooting is not available.
• Setting the shutter speed ring to LS when the mirror is raised
lowers the mirror.
• The shutter cannot be released when the shutter speed ring is
set to LS and the d dial is set to the "UP" position.
• Optical Preview is not available.
• If the lens shutter is charged in advance, Digital Preview can
be used. (The same applies when using the Digital Preview to
preview the image with White Balance or Custom Image.)
• Interval Shooting, Exposure Bracketing, and HDR Capture are
not available.
• Setting the shutter speed ring to LS when Exposure
Bracketing or HDR Capture is set cancels the setting.
• Setting the shutter speed ring to LS when Interval Shooting is
set exits Interval Shooting.
• In Multi-exposure mode, the lens shutter must be charged
manually for each shot.
• An external flash cannot be used even when connected to the
hot shoe. Be sure to use the sync terminal on the lens.
• An external flash cannot be synchronized even when connected
to the X-sync socket on the camera.
• The flash mode setting is not applied to LS shooting.
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