Pentax 17601 Operation Manual - Page 95

Shutter release button Four-way controller 4 button Taking Pictures 1 Press the four-way controller (2) in A mode. 3 2 Use the four-way controller (45) to select j or K and press the 4 button. The camera is ready to take a series of Drive Mode Continuous Shooting pictures. MENU Cancel OK OK 3 Press the shutter release button halfway. The focus frame on the display turns green when the camera focuses on the subject at the correct distance. 4 Press the shutter release button fully. Pictures are taken continuously as long as you keep the shutter release button pressed. • The flash does not discharge in j and K modes. • j and K cannot be selected in 9 (Green), b (Auto Picture), A (Night Scene), C (Movie), S (Fireworks), N (Frame Composite), X (Digital Wide), F (Digital Panorama) or Vertical Snap mode. • In j mode, you can continue shooting until the memory capacity of the SD Memory Card or the built-in memory is full. • The interval of j (Continuous Shooting) varies according to the Recorded Pixels and Quality Level settings. • The focus, exposure and white balance are locked with the first shot. • When the Face Recognition function is activated (p.70), it works only when taking the first shot. • The Blink Detection function works only for the last shot. 93