Taking Movie Pictures (Movie Picture Mode); Setting The Shooting Functions; Adjusting The Viewfinder - Pentax Optio 430 Operating Manual

Taking Movie Pictures (Movie Picture Mode)

This mode enables you to take moving images. The maximum
length of one motion picture is 30 seconds.
z
Set the mode dial to
The following information will be dis-
played on the LCD monitor.
q Flash Off
w Movie Picture mode
e Remaining shooting time
r Remaining number of sets
x
Press the shutter release button.
Shooting will start.
You can change the size of the image using the Zoom button.
makes the image bigger
makes the image smaller
c
Press the shutter release button.
Shooting will end.
The remaining shooting time will be displayed on e.
G Keeping the shutter release button pressed
If you keep the shutter release button pressed for more than one
second, shooting will start, and will stop when the button is released.
Playing Back Images
• The flash will not fire in Movie Picture mode.
Caution
• Continuous shooting is not possible in Movie Picture mode.
• The LCD monitor cannot be turned off in Movie Picture
mode.
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Setting the Shooting Functions

Adjusting the Viewfinder

If the indicators in the viewfinder are hard to see, you can adjust
the diopter in the range of -3m
z
Aim the camera towards the light
and move the diopter adjustment
lever to the left or right while
looking through the viewfinder.
Adjust the focus frame in the middle
of the viewfinder to the optimum
position.
z
Viewfinder
-1 +1m -1 (per meter) (at 3m).
Focus frame
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