Pentax A3000 A3000 Manual - Page 48

Pentax A3000 Manual

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SPECIFICATIONS Type: Film: Lens Mount: Exposure Modes: Shutter: Viewfinder: Exposure Indication: Flash Synchronization: Self-Timer: Mirror: TTL (Through-The-Lens) automatic exposure 35mm SLR with built-in film winder. 35mm film, 24 x 36mm. Automatic film speed setting from ISO 25 to 1600 (in 1/3 step) with DX -coded film. Manual film speed setting from ISO 25 to 1600 (in 1/3 step). Pentax KA bayonet mount. Programmed AE, Aperture-Priority AE, Programmed Auto Flash. Seiko MFC E6 vertical-run focal plane shutter. Electro-magnetic shutter release with shutter release lock. Electronically-controlled speeds from 2 to 1/1000 sec.; 1/60 sec. and B (bulb) settings. Silver-coated pentaprism finder with split-image/microprism/ matte focusing screen. Shows 92% of the picture area at 0.82X magnification with 50mm lens at infinity. -1 Diopter eyepiece. LED indicators for: " 5 " (flash ready), "P" (Programmed AE mode), and 6 shutter speeds (green LED for "1000" to "60"; yellow for "30"). Warning for exposure setting outside aperture/shutter-speed coupling range ("1000" or "30" LED blinks at 8Hz; PCV sound at over "1000"). Camera -shake warning for shutter speeds under 1/45 sec. ("30" blinks at 2Hz. Shutter speed setting error ("P" flickers at 8Hz). Hotshoe (X-sync contact, dedicated flash contacts), X-sync at 1/60 sec. Electronically-controlled 12-second delay timer. Delay time indicated by blinking LED and PCV sound. Possible to cancel at any time. Timer activated with shutter release button. Back-swing type instant return mirror. •44

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SPECIFICATIONS
Type:
TTL
(Through
-The
-Lens)
automatic
exposure
35mm
SLR
with
built-in
film
winder.
Film:
35mm
film,
24
x
36mm.
Automatic
film
speed
setting
from
ISO
25
to
1600
(in
1/3
step)
with
DX
-coded
film.
Manual
film
speed
setting
from
ISO
25
to
1600
(in
1/3
step).
Lens
Mount:
Pentax
KA
bayonet
mount.
Exposure
Modes:
Programmed
AE,
Aperture
-Priority
AE,
Programmed
Auto
Flash.
Shutter:
Seiko
MFC
E6
vertical
-run
focal
plane
shutter.
Electro-magnetic
shutter
release
with
shutter
release
lock.
Electronically
-controlled
speeds
from
2
to
1/1000
sec.;
1/60
sec.
and
B
(bulb)
settings.
Viewfinder:
Silver
-coated
pentaprism
finder
with
split-image/microprism/
matte
focusing
screen.
Shows
92%
of
the
picture
area
at
0.82X
magnification
with
50mm
lens
at
infinity.
-1
Diopter
eyepiece.
Exposure
Indication:
LED
indicators
for:
"
5
"
(flash
ready),
"P"
(Programmed
AE
mode),
and
6
shutter
speeds
(green
LED
for
"1000"
to
"60";
yellow
for
"30").
Warning
for
exposure
setting
outside
aperture/shutter-speed
coupling
range
("1000"
or
"30"
LED
blinks
at
8Hz;
PCV
sound
at
over
"1000").
Camera
-shake
warning
for
shutter
speeds
under
1/45
sec.
("30"
blinks
at
2Hz.
Shutter
speed
setting
error
("P"
flickers
at
8Hz).
Flash
Synchronization:
Hotshoe
(X
-sync
contact,
dedicated
flash
contacts),
X
-sync
at
1/60
sec.
Self
-Timer:
Electronically
-controlled
12
-second
delay
timer.
Delay
time
indicated
by
blinking
LED
and
PCV
sound.
Possible
to
cancel
at
any
time.
Timer
activated
with
shutter
release
button.
Mirror:
Back
-swing
type
instant
return
mirror.
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