Pentax K-X User manual

SLR Digital Camera
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Operating Manual
Operating

Youcanprotectimagesfrombeingaccidentallydeleted.
Even protected images are deletedifthe inserted SD MemoryCard
formatted:
Proieciing a Singie Image
_' Press the four-way controller (•) in Playback mode.
The playback mode palette appears.
2Use the four-way controller (• • 4•) to select
O-n (Protect) and press the OK button.
The screen to select the Protect setting method is displayed.
3 Use the four-way controller
(• •) to select [Single Image]
and press the OK button.
#Use the four-way controller ( < •) to select an image to
protect.
Press the four-way controller (•)
to select [Protect].
Select [Unprotect] to cancel the
protectionof the image.

8Press the OK button.
The image is protected and the _q icon appears at the top right of the
screen.
Repeat Steps 4 to 6 to protect other images.
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Select [All Images] in Step 3 on p.219 and press the OK
button.
Press the four-way controller (A)
to select [Protect] and press the
OK button.
All images saved on the SD Memory Card
are protected.
Select [Unprotect] to cancel the
protection of all images.

YoucanconnectthecameratoaTVorotherdevicewithavideoINjack
andplaybackimages.UsetheoptionalAVcable(I-AVC7).
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Turn the AV device and camera off.
Open the terminal cover, face the arrow on the AV cable
toward the •mark on the camera, and connect the cable
to the PC/AV terminal.
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Connect the other end of the AV cable to the video IN jack
on the AV device.
Turn the AV device and camera on.
The camera turns on in video mode, and the camera information is
displayed on the screen of the connected AV device.
'if you intend to use the Camera Continuously for a long period, Use of the AC
adaptor kit K:AC84- (optional) is recommended. (p.42)
• For an AV device with multiple video !Njacks, check the operating manual of
the AV device, and setect a suitab!e video IN jack for connecting the camera.
• The camera monitor turns off while the camera is connected to the AV
device. You cannot adjust the ve!ume on the camera, Adjust the vo!ume on
the AV device.
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When the hometown is set at the time of initial setting (p.52), the video
output format is set in accordance with that region. Depending on the
country or region, images may fail to be played back with the set video
output format. If this happens, change the video output format setting.
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Select [Video Out] in the [_ Set-up 2] menu and press the
four-way controller (•).
Use the four-way controller (• •)
to select [NTSC] or [PAL].
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Brightness Level -+0
LCD Color Tuning
Folder Name Date
Copyright Information []
Press the OK button.
Press the MENU button.
The videooutputformat isset.
The video output format differs depending Onthe regionl When You Set [Setting
the Time] in the Wortd Time setting (p.244) to _r (Destination), the video output
setting changes to the video output format for that City.

Processing Images
This chapter describes how to process pictures taken and
edit RAW images.
Changing the Image Size ................................... 224
Processing Images with Digital Filters ............ 227
Developing RAW Images ................................... 233
Readjusting Images Shot in JPEG Format ...... 238

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Changes the number of recorded pixels and quality level of the image, and
saves the image as a new file.
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Changes the number of recorded pixels and quality level of the selected
image and saves it as a new image. The number of recorded 3ixels can be
reduced while still obtaining an image with good quality.
* Only 3PEG files captured with this camera can be resized:
, "YouCannot Select a larger resolution than that of the original image.
• Images resized to 0.3Mwith this Camera cannot be resized.
1Select an image to resize in Playback mode.
2Press the four-way controller (•).
The playback mode palette appears.
3Use the four-way controller (A • _1•) to select
[] (Resize) and press the OK button.
The screen to select the recordedpixels andqualitylevelappears.
Use the fou r-way controller (< •)
to select a size.
You can select one of the image sizes
starting from one size smaller than that of
the original image. The selectable sizes
differ according to the original image size
and aspect ratio.
Press the four-way controller (•) and use the four-way
controller (_1• ) to select the quality level.
You can select _, _ or _.

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Press the OK button.
The save confirmation screen appears.
Use the four-way controller
(A •) to select [Save as].
#Press the OK button.
The resized image is saved as a new image.
Cutting Out Part of the Image (Cropping)
Cuts out only the desired area of the selected image and saves it as a new
image. The aspect ratio can also be changed.
tOnly JPEG and }RAW files Captured With this Camera Can be Cropped_
• Images resized to 1i or _ With this Camera Cannot be Cropped.
1Select an image to crop in Playback mode.
2Press the four-way controller (•).
The playback mode palette appears.
3Use the four-way controller (A •4•) to select
[] (Cropping) and press the OK button.
The cropping frame tospecify the size and positionof the area tocrop
appears on the screen.

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Specify the size and position of
the area to crop by using
cropping frame.
Available operations
e-dial
Four-way controller
(Av,_.)
INFO button
Changes the size of the cropping frame.
Moves the cropping frame.
Changes the aspect ratio. Select from [3:2],
[4:3], [16:9] or [1:1]. The image can also be
rotated from -45 ° to +45 ° in increments of 1°.
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(Green) button Rotates the cropping frame in 90 ° increments.
appears only when the cropping frame can
be rotated.
Press the OK button.
The save confirmation screen appears.
Use the four-way controller (• • )
to select [Save as].
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1Press the OK button.
The cropped image is saved as a new image.

You can edit captured images using digital filters.
The following filters are available.
Filter name Effect . Parameter
Toy Camera
Retro
Creates an image that
looks as though it was
shot with a toy camera.
Creates an image with
the look of an old photo.
Shading Level: +1/+2/+3
Blur: +1/+2/+3
Tone Break: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow
Toning: -3 to +3
Frame Composite: None/Thin/Medium/
Thick
High Contrast +1 to +5
Extract Color
Water Color
Pastel Weak/Standard/Strong
Miniature Front/Middle/Back
Base
Parameter
Adj
Monochrome
Enhances the contrast
in the image.
Extracts a specific color
and makes the rest of
the image black and
white.
Creates an image that
looks as though it was
painted.
Creates an image that
looks as though it was
drawn with a crayon.
Blurs part of the image
to create a fake
miniature scene.
Adjusts the parameters
to create the desired
image.
Creates a monochrome
image such as a black-
and-white photo.
Adds a color filter to the
image. Select from 18
filters (6 colors x 3
tones).
Color
Color: Red/Magenta/Blue/Cyan/Green/
Yellow
Color Freq. Range: -2 to +2
Intensity: Weak/Standard/Strong
Saturation: Low/Medium/High
Brightness: +8 levels
Saturation: +3 levels
Hue: +3 levels
Contrast: +3 levels
Sharpness: +3 levels
Filter Effect: OFF/Red/Green/BlueilR
Toning (B-A): 7 levels
Color: Red/Magenta/Cyan/Blue/Green/
Yellow
Color Density: Light/Standard/Dark
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Filter name Effect I Parameter
Soft
Star Burst
Soft Focus: +1/+2/+3
Shadow Blur: OFF/ON
Effect Density: Small/Medium/Large
Size: Short/Medium/Long
Angle: 0°/30°/45°/60 °
Fish-eye Weak/Medium/Strong
Slim +8 levels
HDR Weak/Standard/Strong
Creates an image with
a soft focus throughout
the image.
For taking pictures of
night scenes or lights
reflected on water with
a special sparkling look
achieved by adding
cross-like effects to the
picture's highlights.
Creates an image that
looks as though it was
shot with a fish-eye
lens.
Changes the horizontal
and vertical ratio of
images.
Creates an image that
looks like a high
dynamic range image.
Customize and save a
filter to your own
preferences.
Custom Filter
High Contrast: OFF/+1 to +5
Soft Focus: OFF/+1/+2/+3
Tone Break: OFF/Red/Green/Blue/
Yellow
Shading Type: 6 types
Shading Level: -3 to +3
Distortion Type: 3 types
Distortion Level: OFF/WeaWMedium/
Strong
Invert Color: OFF/ON
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Digital Filter.

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Applying the Digital Filter
Select an image for applying the digital filter in Playback
mode.
Press the four-way controller (•).
The playback mode palette appears.
Use the four-way controller (• • 4 •) to select (_ (Digital
Filter) and press the OK button.
The screen to select the filter appears.
Use the four-way controller
(• • 4 •) to select a filter and
press the OK button.
After selecting a filter, you can check the
effects on the screen.
You can select a different image by
turning the e-dial.
Use the four-way controller (• •) to select the parameter
and the four-way controller ( < •) to adjust the value.
Color Filter Slim Filter
UPress the OK button.
The save confirmation screen appears.

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Use the four-way controller (• •)
to select [Use filters in
combination] or [Save as].
Select [Usefilters in combination] when
you want to apply additional filters to the
same image.
Press the OK button.
If [Use filters in combination] was selected, the camera returns to Step 4.
If [Save as] was selected, the filter-processed image is saved as a new
image.
Up to 20 filters, including a digital filter used during Shooting (p.140), can be
combined to thesame image,
Retrieves the setting of an image with filter effects and apply the same
filter effects to other images.
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Select a filter-processed image in Playback mode.
Select [Digital Filter] in the playback mode palette.
Use the four-way controller
(• •) to select [Recreating filter
effects] and press the OK
button.
The history of the filter set for the
selected image appears.

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To check the parameter details,
press the INFO button.
You can check the filter parameters.
Press the OK button.
The image selection screen appears.
Use the four-way controller
(4 • ) to select an image for
applying the same filter effects
and press the OK button.
You canonly selectanimage thathas not
beenprocessed with afilter.
The save confirmation screen appears.
Use the four-way controller (• • )
to select [Save as] and press the
OK button.
The filter-processed image is saved as a
new image.
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Searches for and displays the original image prior to digital filter
application.
1Select [Searching for the original
image] in Step 3 on p.230 and
press the OK button.
The original image prior to digital filter
application is retrieved.
If the original image is no longer Stored On the SD Memory Card; the message
[Original image, prior to digital filter application, is not found] appears.

You can convert captured RAW files into JPEG files.
Only RAW filescaptured with this CameraCanbe edited: RAWfiles andJPEG
files Capturedwith other Cameras cannot be edited on this Camera.
iiii!_ilDeveloping One RAW image
Select aRAW image in Playback mode.
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Press the four-way controller (•).
The playback mode palette appears.
Use the four-way controller (• • _1I_) to select RAW(RAW
Development) and press the OK button.
The screen to select the development methodis displayed.
Use the four-way controller (• •)
to select [Developing Single
Image] and press the OK button.
The parameters recorded in the image file
appear.
You can select a different image by
turning the e-dial.
To specify the parameters before
developing, refer to "Specifying the
Parameters" (p.236).
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Press the OK button.
The save confirmation screen appears.
Use the four-way controller (• •)
to select [Save as] and press the
OK button.
The RAW image is developed and saved
as a new image.
/Use the four-way controller (• •)
to select [Exit] and press the OK
button.
Select [Continue] to edit other images.
You can develop multiple RAW images using the same settings.
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Select [Developing Multiple Images] in Step 4 on p.233 and
press the OK button.
The multi-image displayscreen appears.
Referto p.204for details onoperations inthe multi-imagedisplayscreen.
Use the four-way controller (• • 4 • ) to select the RAW
images to be developed and press the OK button.
Press the INFO button.
The development confirmationscreen appears.

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Use the four-way controller (• • )
to select [Develop images as
shot] or [Develop images with
modified settings].
To change the parameters, select
[Develop images with modified settings].
For details, refer to "Specifying the
Parameters" (p.236).
The screen to select the parameter appears.
Set [Recorded Pixels] and
[Quality Level].
Press the OK button.
The save confirmation screen appears.
Use the four-way controller
(• •) to select [Save as] and
press the OK button.
The selected RAWimages are
developed and savedas new images.
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Specify the parameters for developing RAW images.
The following parameters can be changed.
Parameter I Value
12_ (4288X2848)/10M (3936X2624)/
Recorded Pixels 6M_ (3072X2048)/2M (1728x 1152)
Quality Level -k-k-k (Best) / -k-k (Better) /-k (Good)
Custom Image Bright/Natural/Portrait/Landscape/Vibrant/
Muted/Monochrome
AWB (Auto)/;,b,','_(Daylight)/Clb, (Shade)/
d_ (CIoudy)/_D (Fluorescent Light Daylight
Color)/_N (Fluorescent Light Daylight
White Balance .I White)/_W (Fluorescent Light Cool White)/
L (Fluorescent Light Warm White)/
_ (Tungsten Light)/_,WB (Flash)/OTE/
_:_ (Manual)
Sensitivity -2.0 to +2.0
High-ISO NR OFF/Low/Medium/High
Shadow Correction OFF/Low/Medium/High
Distortion Correction .2 OFF/ON
Lat-Chromatic-Ab Adj .2 OFF/ON
Color Space sRGB/AdobeRGB
"1 This cannot be set for RAW files taken in Multi-exposure mode.
*2 This can be selected only when a compatible lens is attached. (p.192)
1Press the four-way controller
(A T) in Step 4 on p.233 to
choose the parameter you want
to change.
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Use the four-way controller ( < •) to change the value.
Use the four-way controller (1_) to display the setting screen for White
Balance and Custom Image.
Press the OK button.
The save confirmation screen appears.
Use the four-way controller (A T) to select [Save as] and
press the OK button.
The RAW image is developed and saved as a new image.
,You Cannot Save the background image 0[ Use Digital Preview With White
Batance and Custom !mage,
When the white balance is set to _ (Manual), press the [] Av button to
display the measuring screen.
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