Pentax ZX-5 ZX-5 Manual - Page 65

61 3 BI 11 illpiAA 22161185114 M 3. Turn either the shutter dial or lens aperturering until the dot is displayed in the center of the bar graph. • When the shutter release button is depressed halfway, the shutter speed, approximate aperture and bar graph will be displayed in the viewfinder. • When lenses other than an F or FA lens is used, no approximate aperture indication will appear in the viewfinder. • When the dots are displayed to the [O ] side on the bar graph, it indicates overexposure and when the dots are displayed to the [e] side, it indicates under- exposure. • Moving one dot on the bar graph indicates 0.5 step (0.5EV). However, when under or over exposure is set beyond + 3 or - 3 steps (3EV), [ O ] or [ e] in- dicator will blink. • In the flash photography, when you use the flash sync shutter speed of 1/100 second or a non-dedicated external flash unit, set the shutter dial to the [100 (1/100 of second) position. • When a lens with no lens information contacts is used, use either center-weighted metering or spot metering. The multi-segment metering mode cannot be used. • When using a Pentax A f/1.2 lens with the lens aperture ring set other than the A position, the center weighted metering mode will be set instead of the multi-segment metering mode. As the exposure will come out approx.1 stop over, set the lens aperture ring to [A], or adjust the exposure deliberately epprox, 1 stop under. * Exposure Warning If the subject is too bright or too dark, the selected shutter speed will blink in the viewfinder as a warning as shown. When the subject is too bright, choose a smaller aperture or faster shutter speed ; when it is too dark, choose a large aperture or slower shutter speed. When the shutter speed indication stops blinking, you can take a picture. If both shutter and aperture blink, It means that the exposure is out of metering range, unable to obtain a correct exposure even if the aperture is adjusted. Select a darker subject or use a flash if it is too dark.