Pentax MG MG Manual - Page 27

USING A TRIPOD/TIME EXPOSURES AT "B" Using a Tripod The camera may be mounted directly to a tripod by screwing the tripod into the socket at the base of the camera. Be sure the tripod screw protrudes no more than 5.5mm (0.22in.) from the tripod. This is the depth of your camera's tripod socket. Don't use a longer screws as it may puncture the bottom of the tripod socket if tightened too firmly. Tripod Spacer: In order to prevent large diameter lenses from interfering with proper mounting of the camera to the tripod, insert the Spacer Ring (packed with the camera) between camera and tripod. Finder Cap: When you make exposures with your eye away from the viewfinder while using a tripod (or at any other time), cover the viewfinder eyepiece with the accessory Finder Cap; otherwise, light entering from the rear may adversely affect the exposure. Time Exposures at "B" Exposures longer than 1 sec., exceed the range of the camera's electronic shutter and must be made at the "B" setting of the shutter mode dial. Here the shutter remains opened as long as the shutter release button is held depressed. To prevent movement of the camera during exposure, mount it on a tripod and attach a cable release to the hole in the shutter button to release the shutter. For exposures lasting several minutes or hours, use a cable release with a locking device. r • r.F. NTASx .410k 25 •