Step 2.Setting The Auto Picture Mode; Step 2. Setting The Auto Picture Mode - Pentax *ist Operating Manual

Step 2
SETTING THE AUTO PICTURE MODE
This Auto picture mode allows you to take pictures by simply
pressing the shutter release button. The camera automatically
selects one of the picture modes depending on the camera-to-
subject distance and image magnification.
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Set the mode dial to the
The selected picture mode
appears in the viewfinder.
In the Auto picture mode, the
camera automatically selects one
of 5 picture modes (standard
portrait
close-up
according to the requirement of
the scene.
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MEMO
• When using an F or FA lens, set the lens
aperture ring to the
holding down the aperture-A lock button
on the lens.
• The Auto picture mode operates only
when an FA J, FA or F lens is attached.
When an A lens is attached, the
exposure mode is automatically fixed to
standard .
, landscape
and action
position while
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When "standard" is selected
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