Pentax A40 Operation Manual - Page 87

Shutter release button Four-way controller OK button Shooting in Multi-exposure Mode Taking Pictures You can switch the Drive mode to [Multi-exposure Shooting] mode. You can overlap multiple frames while creating a single picture. 1 Press the four-way controller (2) in Capture mode. 4 2 Press the four-way controller (45) to select (Multi-exposure). 3 Use the four way controller (23) to specify the number of the picture- Drive Mode Multi-exposure shots. 4 Press the OK button. Number of Shot 3 MENU Cancel OK OK 5 Press the shutter release button halfway. The focus frame on the LCD monitor will light green when the camera is in focus. 6 Press the shutter release button fully. 7 Repeat step 5 and 6 for the specified number of picture- shots. • When you select , you can use (2 sec. Self-timer), which enables you to take a picture two seconds after the shutter release button is pressed, or use the Remote Control (optional) to release the shutter, to reduce camera shake and blurring. • To cancel Multi-exposure shooting halfway, change the Drive mode. • When you cancel the Multi-exposure shooting before the specified number of picture-shots are taken, the pictures already taken will not be recorded. • When shooting in Multi-exposure mode, the recorded pixels are fixed to 5M. (When using the Half-length Portrait together with Multi-exposure, the recorded pixels are fixed to 3M.) 85