Pentax ZX-5 Operating Manual page 65

3. Turn either the shutter dial or lens aperturering until
the dot is displayed in the center of the bar graph.
• When the shutter release button is depressed half¬
way, the shutter speed, approximate aperture and bar
graph will be displayed in the viewfinder.
• When lenses other than an F or FA lens Is used, no ap¬
proximate aperture indication will appear in the view¬
finder.
• When the dots are displayed to the [o ] side on the
bar graph, it indicates overexposure and when the
dots are displayed to the [© ] side, it indicates under¬
exposure.
• Moving one dot on the bar g^ph indicates 0.5 step
(0.5EV). However, when under or over exposure is
set beyond + 3 or - 3 steps (3EV), [ O ] or [©] in¬
dicator will blink.
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• In the flash photography, when you use the flash sync
shutter speed of 1/100 second or a non-dedicated
external flash unit, set the shutter dial to the [100?^]
(1 / 100 of second) position.
• When a lens with no lens information contacts is
used, use either center-weighted metering or spot me¬
tering. The multi-segment metering mode cannot be
used.
• When using a Pentax A f/1.2 lens with the lens aper¬
ture ring set other than the A position, the center
weighted metering mode will be set instead of the
multi-segment metering mode. As the exposure will
come out approx.1 stop over, set the lens aperture
ring to [A], or adjust the exposure deliberately
epprox. 1 stop under.
• Exposure Warning
If the subject is too bright or too dark, the selected shut¬
ter speed will blink in the viewfinder as a warning as
shown. When the subject is too bright, choose a smaller
aperture or faster shutter speed ; when it is too dark,
choose a large aperture or slower shutter speed. When
the shutter speed indication stops blinking, you can
take a picture. If both shutter and aperture blink. It
means that the exposure is out of metering range, un¬
able to obtain a correct exposure even if the aperture is
adjusted. Select a darker subject or use a flash if it is
too dark.