Pentax 555 - Manual

Pentax 555

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – • The SD logo
  • Page 3 – care that small children do not hang the strap around their necks.; Caution; smoke. Be careful not to burn yourself during removal.; FOR SAFE USE OF YOUR CAMERA; Warning
  • Page 4 – Care to be Taken During Handling
  • Page 5 – you use any other battery the camera may be damaged or malfunction.; To users of this camera; in this manual are different form the actual product.
  • Page 6 – Contents
  • Page 8 – Appendix
  • Page 9 – This Operating manual contains the following chapters.; Contents of the operating manual
  • Page 10 – Checking the Contents of the Package
  • Page 11 – Names of Parts
  • Page 12 – Guide indications; Names of Operating Parts
  • Page 13 – Getting Started; Attaching the Strap
  • Page 14 – Powering the Camera; Connect the AC plug cord to the battery charger.; Charging the Battery; • The time required for full charge is about 180 minutes maximum.
  • Page 15 – Installing the Battery
  • Page 16 – Number of recordable images; Battery Level Indicator; You can check the battery level by the; recovered when the batteries are returned to room temperature.
  • Page 17 – • Make sure that the AC plug cord and connecting cord are inserted
  • Page 18 – Installing the SD Memory Card; Follow the steps described on p.15 to open the cover.; Rotate the card with the surface of the card having the
  • Page 19 – Precautions When Using a SD Memory Card
  • Page 20 – Turning the Camera On and Off; Press the power switch.; appears on the LCD monitor if no SD; • If the camera is turned on by the playback only mode, the lens cannot; Card Check; Play back Only Mode; Playing Back Still Pictures
  • Page 21 – Adjusting the Viewfinder; You can adjust the diopter in the range of –3 m
  • Page 22 – Initial Settings; select the display language.; The default setting is English.; Setting the Display Language
  • Page 23 – You can choose the city (Home Town) in which you will use the camera.; select; The default setting is; Setting the Home Town
  • Page 24 – Set the current date and time.; Setting the Date and Time
  • Page 25 – the OK button when the clock reaches 00 seconds.
  • Page 26 – Quick Start; Taking Still Pictures; The camera will turn on.; Set the mode dial to
  • Page 27 – Press the shutter release button.; Press halfway; Autofocus area; Pressed down fully; Using the Shutter Release Button; Setting the Instant Review Time
  • Page 28 – You can display the still picture.; Press the Playback button after taking a picture.; The image taken will be displayed on the LCD monitor.; Playing Back Images; To rotate the displayed image
  • Page 29 – An image will be displayed on the LCD monitor.; Playing Back Previous or Next Images; Erasing the image displayed on the LCD monitor; largest file number will be displayed first.
  • Page 30 – How to View the Recorded Images; Viewing images on the camera; Viewing images on a TV; Viewing Images on a TV
  • Page 31 – Viewing images on a PC; Printing by directly connecting the camera to the printer; Printing images by a printing service; Setting the Printing Service
  • Page 32 – Common Operations; Changing the Mode; from Playback mode to Capture mode.; Turn the mode dial so that the mark is on
  • Page 33 – Using the Button Functions; Capture Mode
  • Page 35 – Playback Mode
  • Page 36 – Using the Menus; move to the select screen.; How to Set the Menus
  • Page 37 – Capture mode, any changes to the setting will not be saved.
  • Page 38 – Menu List
  • Page 40 – Taking Pictures; Displaying Shooting Information (Capture Mode); Display On; AWB
  • Page 41 – Display Off; The LCD monitor does not turn off in
  • Page 42 – Setting the Shooting Functions; Focus Mode; Press the; Selecting the Focus Mode; right of the picture when you use the flash in Macro mode.
  • Page 43 – • Keep pressing the four-way controller (
  • Page 44 – Selecting the Flash Mode; selected when the Capture mode is set to
  • Page 45 – The camera is ready to take the picture.; Selecting the Recorded Pixels; attaching images to E-mail or posting them on a website.
  • Page 46 – You can choose the image compression rate.; change the image quality.; The camera is ready to take the picture; Selecting the Quality Levels; format and the recorded pixels changes to 2592 × 1944.
  • Page 47 – The white balance screen will be displayed.; Press the OK button twice.; Saving the White Balance
  • Page 48 – Press the Display button.; Selecting the Type of Fluorescent Light
  • Page 49 – You can change the angle of the autofocus area.
  • Page 50 – Saving the AE Metering Method
  • Page 51 – Sensitivity; change the Sensitivity.; Setting the Sensitivity; Saving the Sensitivity
  • Page 52 – Setting the Instant Review time (Instant Review)
  • Page 53 – You can set the color saturation.; Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)
  • Page 54 – Reduces the brightness.; Adjusting the Flash Output
  • Page 55 – The picture will be taken.; Letting the Camera Set the Exposure (Program Mode)
  • Page 56 – Makes the aperture larger.
  • Page 57 – Increases the shutter speed.
  • Page 58 – You can set the shutter speed and aperture value manually.; Set the mode dial to M.; Setting the Exposure Manually (Manual Exposure Mode)
  • Page 60 – to quickly take pictures using your preferred settings.; Using Preset Function Settings (User Mode); Registering a function
  • Page 61 – Functions that can be set in User mode; Registering Functions in User Mode; • For the USER mode, you can choose from the following six modes:
  • Page 62 – You can select the Picture mode according to the shooting scene.; Picture mode; There are nine available modes in Picture mode.; Set the Mode dial to
  • Page 63 – ) becomes the manual focus button and
  • Page 64 – Joins the images at the left.; Take the first picture.; Taking Panorama Pictures (Panorama Assist Mode)
  • Page 65 – The screen returns to Step 1.; To cancel Panorama assist mode, change to another mode.
  • Page 66 – The 3D image mode screen appears again.; Select the 3D mode
  • Page 67 – The LCD monitor displays both the left and right images.; Taking pictures; • Press the Menu / Fn button or change the 3D image mode to another
  • Page 68 – Viewing 3D pictures by the parallel method and cross method
  • Page 69 – How to view 3D pictures using the 3D image viewer; this may lead to fire.
  • Page 70 – Example of a 3D picture
  • Page 71 – Recording stops. The remaining recordable time is displayed.; Playing back sound
  • Page 72 – Color filters; Pictures taken with the soft filter have a fuzzy effect.; Taking Pictures with Digital Filters (Digital Filter Mode)
  • Page 73 – Playing back still pictures
  • Page 74 – Taking Movie Pictures (Movie Picture Mode)
  • Page 75 – Playing Back Movie Pictures
  • Page 76 – You can use the zoom to take pictures in tele or wide mode.; Using the Zoom; Saving the Zoom Position
  • Page 77 – The camera is ready to take a picture.; Enabling the Digital Zoom Function; Saving the Digital Zoom Function Setting
  • Page 78 – The set level is displayed on the LCD monitor.; EV Compensation; Saving the EV Compensation
  • Page 79 – Playing Back Images and Sound
  • Page 80 – Life of the Battery for the Remote Control Unit
  • Page 81 – Continuous Shooting
  • Page 82 – Interval; Taking Pictures at Fixed Intervals (Interval Shooting); shutter release button is pressed.
  • Page 83 – will be displayed above and below the minutes.
  • Page 84 – You can superimpose a new image on top of an image already recorded.; Press; Priority is given to the brighter image.
  • Page 87 – The Bracket mode is set.; Press and hold down the shutter release button.
  • Page 88 – Shooting in Fast Forward Movie mode starts.; Shooting in Fast Fwd Movie mode ends.; Taking Fast Forward Movie Pictures (Fast Fwd Movie)
  • Page 91 – Pla; Zoom playback will end.
  • Page 92 – You can add a voice memo to a recorded image.; Adding a Voice Memo; • A voice memo cannot be added to protected (
  • Page 93 – Movie playback will end.; Press the Playback button.; The camera will return to Capture mode.
  • Page 94 – You can play back the recording you made in Voice Recording mode.; • The following operations can be performed during; ):Rewinds and plays back the recorded sound; The camera will return to the Capture mode.; Playing Back Sound
  • Page 95 – No playback information is displayed.; Playing back Shooting Information (Playback Mode)
  • Page 96 – You can display nine images at the same time.; ) while the top left; Press the OK button.; Sound files are displayed in
  • Page 97 – You can play back all the images on the SD Memory Card continuously.; change the playback interval.; Playback will start at the set interval.; Slideshow; buttons such as the Menu / Fn button during continuous playback.
  • Page 98 – Erasing Images; The Delete screen will be displayed.; Erasing a Single Image or Sound
  • Page 99 – If an image has a voice memo (; The Sound Delete screen will be displayed.; Erasing a Voice Memo
  • Page 100 – You can erase all the images / sound at once.; Enter the Playback mode and press the; Erasing All Images
  • Page 101 – You can protect images / sound from being accidentally erased.; The Protect screen will be displayed.; Enter the Playback mode.; The protect all images & sounds screen will be displayed.; Protecting Images from Deletion (Protect); symbol is displayed when the image /; Protecting All Images / Sound
  • Page 102 – Open the terminal cover and connect the AV cable.; Changing the Video Output Format
  • Page 103 – Set the following items for each image.; Copies; Set the number of prints up to a maximum of 10.; Date; Specify whether you want the date imprinted on the print or not.; ) to choose the image for which you want to make DPOF; The DPOF screen will be displayed.; Printing Single Image
  • Page 104 – : The date will be imprinted; number of prints and On / Off date setting will be displayed.
  • Page 105 – You can print up to 10 copies.; Prints can be made according to the settings.; Printing All Images; • The setting is not possible for movie pictures.
  • Page 106 – The Playback menu appears.; • We recommend that you use the AC adaptor D-AC7J while the camera is; Connecting the camera to the printer
  • Page 107 – select the number of prints.; You can set up to 10 prints.; The screen for printing images is displayed.; Printing one image at a time
  • Page 108 – Disconnecting the camera from the printer
  • Page 109 – Editing Images; The Resize screen will be displayed.; choose the image you want to resize.; Changing the Image Size
  • Page 110 – The image will be resized.
  • Page 111 – You can trim part of a picture and save it as a separate image.; • Operations available on the Trimming; Trimming Images
  • Page 112 – Using Digital Filters to Edit Images
  • Page 113 – The Playback menu is displayed.; The digital filter screen is displayed.; • If you selected the brightness filter; The image is saved with the filter affect applied to the image.
  • Page 114 – Camera Settings; Formatting will delete all the data on the SD Memory Card.; Formatting a SD Memory Card; • Do not remove the SD Memory Card while the card is being formatted.
  • Page 115 – The Sound screen will be displayed.; The camera is ready to capture or play back images.; Changing the Sound Settings; Changing the volume
  • Page 116 – The Volume screen will be displayed.; Changing the type of start-up, shutter or operation sound
  • Page 117 – Setting the Date Style; The style in which the time is displayed is set by [Date Adjust].
  • Page 118 – You can change the initial date and time settings.; Changing the Date / Time
  • Page 119 – On; ) to select the World Time; Tokyo (TYO) is selected as the Home Time city; See p.128 for the list of cities and code names.
  • Page 120 – The camera is ready to take or play back images.; Changing the Start-up Screen
  • Page 121 – The menus will be displayed in selected language.; Changing the Display Language
  • Page 122 – when the camera is operated by optional AC adapter.; Setting Auto Power Off
  • Page 123 – Setting the Quick Delete Function
  • Page 124 – The Fn Setting screen will be displayed.; ) to choose the key where; If you do not want to register a function, select Off.; Registering Functions; ) and a positive level of Flash Exposure Compensation is
  • Page 125 – The setting is saved and the camera is ready to take the picture.; Retrieving a function; If the flash exposure is set by using the four way controller (; Checking the status
  • Page 126 – Adjusting the Focus Limit
  • Page 127 – The Reset screen will be displayed.
  • Page 128 – Setting the Alarm; Checking the Alarm
  • Page 129 – The list of alarms will be displayed.; Press the DPOF button.; The camera will turn off.; Turning the Alarm Off; The alarm will not ring when the camera is turned on.
  • Page 130 – List of City Names
  • Page 131 – List of Menu Default Settings
  • Page 133 – :Changes are reflected in all camera operations
  • Page 134 – Messages; Memory card full
  • Page 136 – Troubleshooting
  • Page 138 – Main Specifications; • When using a 16MB SD Memory Card
  • Page 140 – Optional Accessories; A number of dedicated accessories are available for this camera.
  • Page 141 – WARRANTY POLICY
  • Page 142 – For customers in Canada
  • Page 144 – Copyright © PENTAX Corporation 2003; PENTAX Corporation
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Thank you for buying the Pentax Optio 555 Digital Camera. Please read this manual before using the camera in order to get the most out of all the features and functions. Keep this manual safe, as it can be a valuable tool in helping you to understand all the camera’s capabilities. Regarding copyrigh...

Page 3 - care that small children do not hang the strap around their necks.; Caution; smoke. Be careful not to burn yourself during removal.; FOR SAFE USE OF YOUR CAMERA; Warning

1 Sufficient attention has been paid to the safety of this product but please pay particular attention to the warnings indicated by the following symbols during use. Warning • Do not attempt to take the camera apart or remodel the camera. High voltages are present within the camera, and there is the...

Page 4 - Care to be Taken During Handling

2 • If any of the battery leakage should come in contact with your eyes, do not rub them. Flush your eyes with clean water and get medical attention immediately. • If any of the battery leakage should come in contact with skin or clothes, wash the affected areas thoroughly with water. • Do not clean...

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