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    PENTAK IQZoom,OO gOZOOMMODATE OPERATING MANUAL PENIAX„
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    Congratulations on your purchase of the PENTAX IQ Zoom 160 and welcome to the world of Pentax zoom compact photography! Your compact, light weight camera is a great companion to preserve your favorite memories. Its built-in 38-160mm lens gives you the freedom to frame everything from breathtaking
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    NAMES OF WORKING PARTS I 00 00 0 1 IPENITAx I .F;;:safaZ00,,,,E , e o6 I 6 6 a 0 Strap lug (p.7) O Shutter release button (p.10) 0 Drive button (p.27) 0 AF mode button (p.27) 0 LCD panel (p.55) 0 Red-eye reduction flash button (p.26) 0 Main switch/ mode dial (p.26) 0 Slide-out flash O Self
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    UT ,FIATIOM I' Open the back cover (see page 12). Load the film and close the back cover (see page 13). The film will automaticatty advance to the first frame (see page 14). Switch on automatically (see page 23). When the film is finished, the camera will automatically rewind it (see page 24).
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    particularly careful with the flash around infants. • Never try to disassemble, short or recharge the battery. Also, do not dispose of the battery in fire, as it may explode. • Remove the battery from the camera immediately if it becomes hot or begin to smoke. Be careful not to burn yourself during
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    immediately with a dry soft cloth. • Do not drop the camera or allow it to hit a solid object. If the camera suffers a severe shock or impact, take it to a Pentax service center for inspection. • Be careful not to subject the camera to strong vibrations, shock or pressure. Use a cushion to protect
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    lined in the other operation contrary to the instructions outlined in this manual, charges will be assessed or a repair quotation will be provided. LCD (Liquid- . • Keep a spare battery on hand for replacement convenience when shooting outdoors or while traveling. • When the camera is in a bag, make
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    PRACTICAL SHOOTING GUIDE 11 Focusing Taking a picture through a window. Focusing on a particular spot. Flash photography Taking a picture in low light situations. Minimizing the red-eye effect. Taking a portrait
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    Taking pictures of people in various situations Taking a portrait when the subject is in the shade. Taking a picture of people with sunset scenery in the background. Taking a picture of people with night scenery in the background. Putting yourself into a picture. Landscape photography Taking a
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    shooting guide • Table of contents Flaps Front fold out Inside cover 1 2 3 4 6 PREPARATIONS BEFORE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS 1. Strap attachment 7 2. Turning on the power 8 3. Battery check 9 4. How to hold the camera 10 5. Operating the 38-160mm zoom lens 11 TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS 1. Film
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    fundamentals before taking any photographs. 40 STRAP ATTACHMENT 1 Hoop Hoop Clamp o II II Strap end ..•• * Strap end * Fit the strap on the camera using the following procedures. 1 Pass the strap through the hoops and the clamp as shown in il- lustration 1. 2 Pass the * marked strap
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    open the battery chamber cover, adjusting the data on the Date model, or pushing the mid-roll rewind button to rewind a roll of film before exposing position. • When the camera is not in use, ensure that the main switch 'mode dial is set to the (OFF) position. • If the camera is ON and left unused
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    is pushed into the camera manually, the shutter cannot be released even if the power is ON. • The lens cover automatically opens and closes when the main switch/mode dial is set to the ON and OFF positon. Never attempt to open the lens cover manually. n 0O0 C) 0 I Battery check After you set
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    the picture will be blurred.) If possible, brace your body against a stable, stationary object such as a wall. When using the flash with the camera positioned vertically, hold the camera so that the flash is above the lens. Notes: • Do not hold the zoom lens because it moves back and forth while in
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    OPERATING 38-160mm ZOOM LENS V A V A 11'c 0 6 I 0 i 6 160 When you move the zoom lever to the right ( 4 ), the lens moves towards the 160mm telephoto setting and frames the subject more closely. When you
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    WADING ( bEenfsourreeinthseerptionwgetrheisfoilmff . TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS After reading this instruction manual you should be familiar with the functions available on the camera, and you're ready to insert the film. V II 4ht 1 Slide the hack cover release lever down in the direction of the arrow
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    top of the rewind shaft first and then slide the top end of the film car- tridge into the camera. 3 Pull the film leader out far enough from the cartridge to reach the take-up spool. Align the tip of the film with the film leader end mark 0. 4 After the back cover is closed, the
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    25 to 3200. When any of these films are loaded, the proper film speed is automatically set for the camera. Notes: • Non-DX coded film cannot be used. If non-DX coded film is used, the camera automatically sets the film speed to ISO 25. • A film with ISO400 film speed is recommended to get less image
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    ill0 P DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT 4110F AUTOMATIC LCD ILLUMINATOR A170 ILLIPPAINAION 0 I r. I O IMB CD By FF 000 Turn ON the power Aim the camera toward a bright subject. While looking through the viewfinder, rotate the diopter adjustment dial to the right or left until the AF frame appears in
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    When taking panorama pictures, compose the scene within this frame. • Regular size color prints may cut off what appear on the extreme edge of the film frame.Compose your picture with a margin of safety at the edge.
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    Close distance compensation frame When the distance to the subject becomes closer, the picture area is automatically changed and compensated. Compose the scene within this frame. Standard format Panorama format C 1 17
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    Autofocus frame The autofocus frame varies in three steps according to the focal length you have set. Focus the subject within the autofocus frame. The autofocus frame becomes wider when the lens is zoomed toward the telephoto 160mm side. Five-point AF 38into Spot AF 1 J C ) C 3 ) 3 )
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    dO PLAMP INDICATIONS • A 2 3 When you depress the shutter release button halfway down, the lamp 0, 0 and/or 0 lights up or blinks as shown above. 0 Green lamp (Focus status) : When the subject is in focus, it will light up to indicate that you can take the picture; when the subject is not in
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    6 ORDINARY PHOTOGRAPHY AL/TO ILL UTWAIAIIO14 8$ FF I So the wain switch mod,. 'nude dial to III, mai Allcr /muffing III, Iciis mid composing your on the euhjcrl W1111 auUlfocus 20
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    C $ • C • • This camera uses the five-point AF system to focus on the subject. Even if the subject the subject is infocus, the green lamp will light up. The green lamp blinks when the camera is not able to obtain proper focus for one of the following reasons. OThe subject is too close. Extend the
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    taken. • The shutter cannot he released while the lens is looming. O 4 Shooting Depress the shutter release button fully, and the shutter will he released. The film automatically advances to the next frame. 22
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    an effect where the subjects eyes appear red in the print. This camera includes a red-eye reduction flash function, which reduces the red-eye using pre-flash. See page 26 and 27 for details. Flash effective ranges (Nega-color film used) Lens I SO 100 200 400 38 m m ( 444 ) 0.80-4.5m
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    UNLOADING FILM (Remove the film from the camera in the shade or by using your body to shade the camera 36 21 ••• • • II • • - - ow, • •- 1 Rewinding the film After you have exposed the last frame of the roll. the lens retracts and the film rewinds automatically. Then, the motor stops, and
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    mid-roll If you wish to unload a film before exposing all the frames, push the mid-roll rewind button with the protrusion part of the strap clamp; the lens re- tracts and then film rewinding starts. When re- wind is completed, the motor stops, and ( u ) blinks, indicating that the back cover
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    HOW TO SELECT FLASH, AF AND DRIVE MODES TAKING BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS O L et& 1 i © m\ To set various flash modes, turn the main switch/mode dial 0. Auto O DaylightSync Slow-Shutter Slow-Speed- Bulb Bulb-sync Speed Sync (Flash-OFF) (Flash-ON) (Flash-OFF) (Flash-ON) -I• 4- 4- B Bf 4- p
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    To set various shooting modes, depress the drive button 0. O Single-Frame Self-Timer Remote control Multi-Exposure shooting shooting shooting shooting • For normal use, use the Single-Frame Shooting Mode. • In any exposure and/or shooting mode, if the button 0 is depressed after the shutter is
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    DAYLIGHT-SYNC SHOOTING et. a Set the main 0 switch • mode '1 $ dial at the ( ) positionl. ( f ) appears 40 on the LCD panel. In this mode, the flash will discharge in both dark and bright conditions. When a portrait is taken with the subject in a backlight situation, the front of the
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    the foreground subject and a slow-speed to expose the low light back- ground. Notes: • When shooting in low light, the shutter speed gets slower, and camera shake is likely to blur your picture. Use of a tripod is recommended. • Make sure you are within the flash effective range even when you use
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    is useful for long exposures re- quired for shooting fire- works and night scenes, for example. When using this mode, the camera should be mounted on a tri- pod so that the camera will be steady. Set the main switch mode dial to the i B ) posi- tion. ( (11)) appears on the LCD panel. I ke
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    SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY •To, v, •r. O AUTOILLYNIMTION AF I Self-Timer Use the self-timer if you wish to get in the picture. Use of a tripod is recommended. 1 Depress the drive button until (0) appears on the LCD panel. Bulb mode, approx. 3-sec. (ISO 400) The shutter remains open as long as the
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    front of the cam- era when starting the Self-Timer, the camera will be focused in you, not the main subjects. Be sure that you are behind, or next to the camera when starting the Self-Timer. • To cancel the self-timer at any time after
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    modes. The Sell-Timer shooting mode cannot be used in this case. • Else the remote control to take pictures in the Bulb Mode to avoid camera shake. While the remote control's shutter release button is held down, the shutter remains open up to a max. of 5 minutes. Name of parts Shutter release
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    button each time until ( ) symbol appears on the LCD panel. 2 When the Remote Control Shooting Mode is set on the camera, the self-timer lamp on the front of the camera blinks slowly, indicating that you can take pictures with the aid of a remote control. • If the shutter is released by the
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    transmitter towards the remote control receiver on the camera, and then depress the remote control's shutter release Battery life on the Remote Control About 30,000 commands can be issued using the Remote Control. If the battery is exhausted, please have it replaced at your local Pentax Service
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    to indicate that you are in the Multi-Exposure Mode. 3 Recompose the frame, and depress the shutter release button to shoot the second shot, the film will advance and the Single Frame shooting will be restored. Notes: • To exposure two or more, depress the drive but- ton until the ( I2I) remains
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    INFINITY-LANDSCAPE SHOOTING 9 AUTO ILLUNIM9.)tabs AF at When you wish to take a sharp picture of a distant landscape or a distant subject through a window, the Infinity-Land Mode allows you to capture distant scenery with clarity. Depress the AF mode button and (A) appears on the LCD panel. •
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    SPOT AF SHOOTING ,„A.„ ALITO IL „POiTe AFI Select the Spot AF Mode to focus on a particular spot in the frame. I Switch the Spot AF Mode Depress the AF mode button until (SPOT AF) appears on the LCD panel. to 2 Focus on the subject Focus on the subject with the Spot AF frame in the center of the
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    FOCUS-LOCK SHOOTING ) S „ If you shoot without positioning the autofocus frame (C )) on the main subject as shown above, only the background will be in focus. When the main subject is off the autofocus frame in the center of the viewfinder, use the focus-lock technique. (Focus lock is the function
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    HARD-TO-AUTOFOCUS-SUBJECTS _C 3 While depressing the shutter release button halfway, re-aim the camera or recompose the picture, then release the shutter. Note: • You can release focus lock simply by lifting your finger from the shutter release button. The
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    middle of the roll by moving the panorama lever. The panorama format picture allows horizontally positioned dynamic pictures to be taken (13x36mm on film). 1 Switching to the panorama format Move the panorama lever to (II=1) to select the panorama format mode. • When the picture frame is switched
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    The mark " " indicates the position where the data and time are imprinted. The DATA MODEL allows you to record DATE information in the panoramic mode in a similar manner to the standard picture taking mode. See "DATE MODEL" on page 44 for details. The dating unit automatically switches the DATE
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    Please consult the processing lab for more details. • Panorama format processing facilities differ depending on the area and requirements. Your local film processor of camera dealers will advise you on all the options to you. • When the panorama format picture is printed with a standard size format
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    panel switches as shown in the chart. Year Month Day Day Hour Minute Notes: • The data on the LCD panel 0 will be imprinted on the film indicates no data will be imprinted. • "M" on the LCD panel indicates "Month". *nth Day YEW [pay Month Year V * The date in the picture above is
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    Correcting the date Use the strap clamp's protrusion to depress the SELECT and ADJUST buttons. 1. Depress the SELECT button 0 to select the category of digits on the LCD panel you want to change blink. 2. Depress the ADJUST button 0 to change digits of the specified category you chose with the
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    When O ) starts blinking, no operations can be per- formed. Battery life (using 24-exposure film rolls): Approx. 10 rolls using flash 50% of the time (using the CR123A battery and under Pentax testing conditions). Actual battery life/performance may vary drastically depending on usage of Power Zoom
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    by pulling the cover lock in the direction of the arrow with the strap clamp's protrusion. 2 Insert one lithium battery with the plus/minus + / - ) sides matching the indications in the battery compartment. 3 Close the battery chamber cover. Ensure that the cover is locked with a click. • If the
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    TROUBLESHOOTING What appears troublesome may be easily remedied. Here are some problems that may occur and their remedies. Symptoms Causes and Remedies I. The shutter cannot be released. • Is the main switch turned off? If so, turn it on. See page 8. • Is the battery exhausted? Replace it or
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    Wait until it fully charges. See page 35. • Is the battery for the remote control exhausted? See page 35. 5. The flash ready for use. The camera may be defective if either mark appears often. Flash effective ranges other than ISO 100, 200 or 400 (Nega-color film used) .) Lens 38mm
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    SPECIFICATIONS Type: Film: Format: Film loading: Film winding: Film rewinding: Frame number. Lens: Focusing system: Zooming: Shutter. Self-timer Viewfinder. 35mm fully automatic lens-shutter with built-in zoom lens and auto flash Auto film speed setting with 35mm perforated DX-coded film with ISO
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    shutter release, Effective range: Closer than 5m when projected from the camera's front. One lithium battery CR1620 (replaced by Pentax Service facility) 22.0(W) x50.0(L) x9.5(D)mm (0.9"x2.0"x0.4"), 9g(0.3oz) including battery SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTIFICATION OR
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    the equipment does not show evidence of impact, sand or liquid damage, mishandling, tampering, battery or chemical corrosion, operation contrary to operating instructions, or modification by an unauthorized repair shop. The manufacturer or its authorized representatives shall not be liable for any
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    repair shops, unless you are sending it directly to the manufacturer. Always obtain a quotation for the service charge, and only after you accept the quoted service charge, instruct the service station to proceed with the servicing. The local warranty policies available from Pentax distributors
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    inPOWER ON/ DISTANT (JO SEC.) AUTOMATIC El Atilt LANDSCAPE DIS I Anil RIME(' I REMOTE CoNII-RoL $ DAYLIGHT IHROUGH 3 SEC. FLASH ON WINDOW DELAY BULB: CAMERA b.cal STAYS OPEN etkr. FOR AS LONG AS YOU PRESS a...I THE SHUTTER a s RELEASE BurfoN (1) SLOW SITU ITER FLASH OFF in SLOW SPOT AF
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    FOR YOUR REFERENCE, KEEP THIS CARD WITH THE CAMERA. LCD PANEL PENTArkiZoomEM All indications will not actually appear simultaneously as Control Shooting 0 Infinity-Landscape Mode Mode (p.34) (p.37) 0 Self-Timer (p.31) 0 Battery Exhaustion 0 Multi-Exposure Mode Warning (p.46) o (p.36) 55
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