Ricoh Pentax K-3 Camera User Manual

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1Press A in standby mode.The Drive Mode screen appears.
2Select  Q and press  B.
3Select  Q,  R , or S  and press  E.The camera returns to standby mode.
The self-timer lamp blinks.
4Press the shutter release button halfway.
5Point the remote control unit towards the remote 
control receiver on the front or back of the 
camera, and press the shutter release button on 
the remote control unit.
t  Memo
• The maximum operating distance of the remote control unit is 
approx. 4 m from the front of...

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1Press A in standby mode.The Drive Mode screen appears.
2Select  c and press  B.
3Select  c or d and press  E.The camera returns to standby mode.
4Press the shutter release button halfway, then 
fully.
The mirror pops up and the AE Lock function is activated.
5Press the shutter release button fully again.The mirror returns to its original position after the image is 
taken.
t Memo• The mirror automatically returns to its original position if 1 
minute elapses after the mirror pops up.
u...

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1Press A in standby mode.The Drive Mode screen appears.
2Select  Y and press  B.
3Set the shooting 
conditions.
4Press E to finish the setting.The camera returns to standby mode.
5Shoot.When [Start Interval] is set to [Now], the first picture is 
taken. When set to [Set Time], shooting starts at the set 
time.
To cancel shooting, press  F in standby mode.
After the set number of pictures are taken, the camera 
returns to normal capture mode.
t  Memo• A new folder is created when Interval...

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In C  mode, you can use [Interval Movie Record] to take still 
pictures at a set interval from a set time and save them as a 
single movie file (Motion JPEG, file extension: .AVI).
1Turn the Stills/Movie switch to  C and press  A.The Drive Mode screen appears.
2Select  Y and press  B.
3Set the shooting 
conditions.
4Press E to finish the setting.The camera returns to standby mode.
5Press the shutter release button to start 
shooting.
When [Start Interval] is set to [Now], the first picture...

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3Press G.The fine-tuning screen appears.
Available operations
4Press  E.The screen of Step 2 reappears.
5Press  E.The camera returns to standby mode.
t Memo• When  u is set, even if various light sources are present at 
the shooting location, the camera automatically adjusts the 
white balance according to the light source of each area.
• The following settings pertaining to the white balance can be  set in the E 2 menu. Measure the white balance of a given scene.
1Select 
o in Step 2 on...

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Specify the white balance with the color temperature.
1Select p in Step 2 on p.52, and press  B.
2Select from p1 to p3.
3Press  G.
4Adjust the color 
temperature.
Set the color temperature value 
within the range from 2500K to 
10000K.
Available operations
5Press  E.The White Balance setting screen reappears.
t Memo• Select [Mired] in [13. Color Temperature Steps] of the  E2 
menu to set the color temperature in mired units. The color 
temperature can be changed in 20 mired units with  Q,...

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3Press G.The parameter setting screen appears.
4Set the parameters.
Available operations
5Press  E.The screen of Step 2 reappears.
6Press  E.The camera returns to standby mode. The outcome of Cross Processing varies each time a picture is 
taken. If you take a cross processed image that you like, you 
can save the Cross Processing settings used in that image so 
that you can repeatedly use the same settings. 
1Press 
B in single image display of playback 
mode.
The playback mode palette...

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1Select [Digital Filter] in A1 menu and press  D.The Digital Filter setting screen appears.
2Select a filter.Select [No Filter] to not shoot with 
a digital filter.
Available operations when shooting with the 
viewfinder
Proceed to Step 6 if you do not need to change the 
parameters.
3Press  G.The parameter setting screen appears.
4Set the parameters.
Available operations
5Press  E.The screen of Step 2 reappears.
6Press  E.
7Press  F.The camera returns to standby mode.
u Caution• This...

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Expands the dynamic range and enables a wider range of tones 
by the CMOS sensor and reduces the occurrence of 
overexposed/underexposed areas.
Set the correction functions from [D-Range Settings] of the  A2 
menu or the control panel.
u  Caution• When the sensitivity is set to less than ISO 200, [Highlight 
Correction] cannot be set to [On].
Takes three consecutive images at three different exposure 
levels to create a single composite picture with them.
1Select [HDR Capture] in  A1 menu...

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It allows you to adjust the composition of your image using the 
Shake Reduction mechanism. Use this when you want to adjust the 
composition, such as when using a tripod during Live View shooting.
1Select [Live View] in A3 menu and press  D.The [Live View] screen appears.
2Select [Composition Adjust.] and set to  T.
3Press  F twice.The camera returns to standby mode.
4Press  K.Live View is displayed and the message [Adjust the 
composition of the image] appears.
5Adjust the composition.The...