Ricoh Pentax K-3 Camera User Manual

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h Rear e-dial ( R)Changes the value for camera settings such as exposure. (p.36)You can change the menu tabs when a menu screen is 
displayed. (p.17)
You can change the settings when the control panel is 
displayed. (p.16)
In playback mode, use this to magnify an image or display 
multiple images at the same time. (p.34, p.60)
i AF button ( I)
Available for adjusting focus, instead of pressing the shutter 
release button halfway. (p.42)
j AE Lock button ( H)
Locks the exposure value before shooting.
In playback mode, the JPEG image that was just taken can 
also be saved in RAW format. (p.34)
k Green button ( M)
Resets the values being adjusted.
Switches to ISO AUTO when adjusting the sensitivity.
l Stills/Movies switch
Switches between  A (Still capture) mode and  C (Movie 
recording) mode. (p.31)
m OK button ( E)
When a menu or the control panel is displayed, press this 
button to confirm the selected item.
n Change AF Point/Card slot switch button ( c / d )
In capture mode, press this button to enable changing the 
AF point. (p.44)
In playback mode, press this button to switch between the 
memory cards inserted in the two slots, SD1 and SD2. 
(p.34)
o Four-way controller (ABCD)
Displays the Drive Mode/Flash Mode/White Balance/
Custom Image setup menu. (p.16)
When a menu or the control panel is displayed, use this to 
move the cursor or change the item to set.
Press  B in single image display of playback mode to display 
the playback mode palette. (p.59)
When selecting the area of an image to magnify or to use as 
a focusing area, you can move the area diagonally by 
pressing two keys at the same time. p
MENU button ( F)
Displays a menu. Press this button while the menu is 
displayed to return to the previous screen. (p.17)
With this camera, you can take pictures while looking through 
the viewfinder or while viewing the image on the monitor.
When using the viewfinder, you can take pictures while 
checking the status screen displayed on the monitor and the 
viewfinder. When not using the viewfinder, you can take 
pictures while viewing the Live View image displayed on the 
monitor.
The camera is in “standby mode” when it is ready to shoot, such 
as when the status screen or Live View image is displayed. 
Press  G in standby mode to display the “control panel” and 
change settings. (p.16) You can change the type of information 
displayed in standby mode by pressing  G while the control 
panel is displayed. (p.12)
Monitor Display
Capture Mode
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t Memo•In [Live View] of the A3 menu, you can change the settings of 
the items displayed on the monitor during Live View. (p.19)
Status Screen
1 Exposure Mode (p.36) 14AE Metering (p.40)
2 AE Lock 15
Focus Method (p.42)3Digital Filter (p.56)/HDR 
Capture (p.57) 16
Card slot number (p.35)
17 File Format (p.35)
4 Wireless LAN status 
(p.78) 18
Image storage capacity
19 Flash Exposure 
Compensation (p.41)
5 GPS positioning status 
(p.85) 20
White Balance fine-
tuning (p.53)
6 Shake Reduction/
Horizon Correction 21
Drive Mode (p.47)
7 Battery level 22
White Balance (p.52)8E-dial guide 23AF point (p.44)
9 Shutter speed 24Custom Image (p.54)
10 Aperture value 25
Flash Mode (p.41)11EV Compensation 
(p.37)/Exposure 
Bracketing (p.49) 26
Operation guide, and 
number of shots during 
Multi-exposure, Interval 
Shooting or Interval 
Composite
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EV bar scale
13 Sensitivity (p.39)
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1 Exposure Mode (p.36) 14Electronic Level (vertical 
tilt) (p.15)
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3 Drive Mode (p.47) 15Histogram
4 White Balance (p.52) 16EV Compensation (p.37)
5 Custom Image (p.54) 17EV bar scale
6 Digital Filter (p.56)/HDR 
Capture (p.57) 18
Operation guide
19 AE Lock
7 Wireless LAN status 
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Shutter speed
21 Aperture value
8 GPS positioning status 
(p.85) 22
Sensitivity (p.39)
23 File Format
9 AE Metering (p.40) 24Card slot number in use 
(p.35)
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Shake Reduction/
Horizon Correction/
Movie SR 25
Image storage capacity
26 Face detection frame 
(when [Contrast AF] is 
set to [Face Detection]) 
(p.44)
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Battery level
12 Temperature warning
13 Electronic Level 
(horizontal tilt) (p.15)
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A mode
t Memo• Items that can be selected vary depending on the current 
camera setup.
• If no operations are made within 1 minute while the control  panel is displayed, the camera will return to standby mode.
• You can change the display color of the status screen, menu  cursor and control panel in [Display Color] of [LCD Display] in 
the  D1 menu. (p.22)
Control Panel
1 Function name 16AF Mode (p.43)/Contrast 
AF (p.44)
2
Setting
3 Card slot number (p.35) 17AF point (p.44)/Focus 
Peaking (p.45)
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Number of recordable 
still pictures/movie 
recordable time 18
Memory Card Options 
(p.35)
5 ISO AUTO Setting (p.39) 19File Format (p.35)
6 Highlight Correction 
(p.57) 20
JPEG Recorded Pixels 
and Quality Level (p.35)/
movie recorded pixels 
(p.35)
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Shadow Correction 
(p.57)
8 Digital Filter (p.56) 21Shake Reduction/Movie 
SR
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HDR Capture (p.57)
10 AF Assist Light (p.43) 22AA Filter Simulator (p.58)
11 High-ISO NR (p.40) 23Exposure Setting (p.38)
12 Slow Shutter Speed NR 24Recording Sound Level 
(p.38)
13
Distortion Correction
(p.57) 25Playback Sound Volume
14 Lateral Chromatic 
Aberration Adjustment 
(p.57) 26
Framerate (p.35)
27 Current date and time
28 Destination (p.74)
15 Peripheral Illumination 
Correction (p.57)
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You can change the type of information displayed in standby 
mode by pressing G while the control panel is displayed. Use 
CD to select the type and press  E.
When shooting with the viewfinder
When shooting with Live View The captured image and shooting information are displayed in 
single image display of the playback mode.
Press 
G to change the type of information displayed in single 
image display. Use  CD to select the type and press  E.
t  Memo•The display selected in Playback Info Display selection screen appears in 
playback mode when the camera is turned off and on again. If [Playback Info 
Display] is set to [Off] in [Memory] of the 
A4 menu, the [Standard Information 
Display] always appears first when the camera is turned on. (p.75)
Shooting Info Display
Status 
Screen Displays the settings for shooting with the 
viewfinder. (p.10)
Electronic 
Level Displays the camera 
angle.
A bar scale indicating 
the horizontal camera 
angle appears at the 
bottom of the screen, 
and a bar scale 
indicating the vertical 
camera angle appears 
on the right side. If the camera angle cannot be 
detected, both ends and the center of the bar 
scales flash red.
Display Off Nothing is displayed on the monitor.
Electronic 
Compass The current latitude, longitude, altitude, 
direction, and Coordinated Universal Time 
(UTC) are displayed. Turn the camera off and on 
again to return to the status screen.
Available only when the optional GPS unit is 
attached to the camera and is operating. (p.85)
Standard 
Information 
Display The Live View image and the settings for 
shooting with Live View are displayed. (p.10)
No 
Information 
Display Certain icons, such as those for the Exposure 
Mode and Drive Mode, are not displayed.
Example:Tilted 1.5° to the left (yellow)Vertically level (green)
When the camera is held vertically
When the camera is rotated to the vertical 
position, the status screen and control 
panel are displayed in a vertical position. 
To not display images in the vertical 
position, set [Auto Screen Rotation] to 
[Off] in [LCD Display] of the 
D1 menu. 
(p.22)
Playback Mode
Standard 
Information DisplayCaptured image, file format, exposure value, 
and operation guide indicators are displayed.
Detailed 
Information DisplayDetailed information on how and when the 
image was taken is displayed (p.13).
Histogram DisplayCaptured image and brightness histogram are displayed (p.13).Not available during movie playback.
RGB Histogram 
DisplayCaptured image and RGB histogram are displayed (p.13).Not available during movie playback.
No Information 
DisplayOnly the captured image is displayed.
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Use AB to switch between the Histogram Display and RGB 
Histogram Display.
Detailed Information Display
1 Captured image 10Flash Mode (p.41)
2 Rotation information 
(p.62) 11
Flash Exposure 
Compensation (p.41)
3 Exposure Mode (p.36) 12Color Moiré Correction 
(p.66)
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Digital Filter (p.56)/HDR 
Capture (p.57) 13Shutter speed
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LAN (p.78) 14
Aperture value
15 Shake Reduction/
Horizon Correction/
Movie SR
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Protect setting (p.75)
7 Card slot number in use
8 Folder number-File 
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Sensitivity (p.39)
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9 Drive Mode (p.47) 18Focus Method (p.42)
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AB
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AE Metering (p.40) 34Color Fringe Correction 
(p.69)
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AF point (p.44)
21 White Balance (p.52) 35Custom Image setting 
(p.54)
22
White Balance fine-tuning 
(p.53) 36Custom Image parameters23AA Filter Simulator (p.58)37Shooting date and time
24 Lens focal length 38Length of time of the 
recorded movie
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File Format (p.35)
26 JPEG Recorded Pixels 
(p.35)/movie recorded 
pixels (p.35) 39
Volume
40 Sound
41 Framerate (p.35)
27 JPEG Quality (p.35) 42Altitude (p.85)
28 Color Space (p.24) 43Lens direction (p.85)
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Highlight Correction (p.57)44 Latitude (p.85)
30Shadow Correction (p.57)45 Longitude (p.85)
31Distortion Correction (p.57)46 Universal Coordinated 
Time
32Lateral Chromatic Aberration 
Adjustment (p.57)47
Information tampering 
warning
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Peripheral Illumination 
Correction (p.57) 48Photographer (p.78)
49 Copyright Holder (p.78)
Histogram Display/RGB Histogram Display
1 Histogram (Brightness) 5Folder number-File 
number
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Brightness histogram 6Save RAW Data
3 Protect setting 7File Format
4 Card slot number in use 8Shutter speed
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When shooting with the viewfinder, the following information 
appears in the viewfinder.
t Memo• The information is displayed in the viewfinder when the 
shutter release button is pressed halfway, or during the meter 
operating time (default setting: 10 sec.).
• The AF point in use for autofocus appears in red  (Superimpose AF Area) when the shutter release button is 
pressed halfway. You can set it to [Off] in [14. Superimpose 
AF Area] of the  E2 menu.
• You can adjust the diopter in the  viewfinder using the diopter 
adjustment dial. Adjust the dial until 
the AF frame in the viewfinder is 
focused.
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Aperture value 12Histogram (R)
10 Sensitivity 13Histogram (G)
11 EV Compensation 14Histogram (B)
Viewfinder
1AF frame (p.32) 11Sensitivity (p.39)/
Exposure compensation 
value
2
Spot metering frame 
(p.40)
3 AF point (p.44) 12AE Lock
4 Flash indicator (p.41) 13Change AF Point (p.44)
5 Focus Method (p.42) 14Multi-exposure (p.50)
6 Shutter speed 15AE Metering (p.40)
7 Aperture value 16Shake Reduction
8 Focus indicator 17Flash Exposure 
Compensation (p.41)
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EV bar scale/Electronic 
Level (p.15) 18EV Compensation 
(p.37)/Exposure 
Bracketing (p.49)
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ISO/ISO AUTO
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t Memo• You can change the LCD panel backlight setting in [22. LCD 
Panel Illumination] of the  E4 menu. (p.24) You can also set 
the camera so that the LCD panel illumination turns on or off 
when  P is pressed. (p.71) You can check whether the camera is tilted horizontally by 
displaying the electronic level. The electronic level can be 
displayed in the EV bar scale in the viewfinder and/or LCD 
panel, or on the Live View screen.
Select whether to display the electronic level in [Electronic 
Level] of the A
3 menu. (p.19)
LCD Panel
1Shutter speed 12Battery level
2 Multi-exposure (p.50) 13GPS unit connected 
(p.85)
3
Aperture value
4 Mirror Lock-up Shooting 
(p.50) 14
Sensitivity (p.39)/EV 
Compensation (p.37)
5 AE Metering (p.40) 15Flash Mode (p.41)
6 AF point (p.44) 16Drive Mode (p.47)
7 Flash Exposure 
Compensation (p.41) 17
Card slot number (p.35)
18 File Format (p.35)
8 EV bar scale/Electronic 
Level (p.15) 19
Remaining image 
storage capacity/USB 
Connection mode (p.64)/
External flash channel 
(p.84)/Sensor cleaning in 
progress
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EV Compensation 
(p.37)/Exposure 
Bracketing (p.49)
10 HDR Capture (p.57)
11 Wireless LAN 
connection (p.78)
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The camera functions and their settings can be selected and 
changed by using the following ways.You can set frequently used shooting functions. Press 
G in 
standby mode.
How to Change Function Settings
Direct keys Press ABCD in standby mode.
Control panel Press 
G in standby mode.
(indicated with the  v mark in this manual)
Menus Press F.
Using the Direct KeysWXYZ
A Drive Mode p.47
B Flash Mode p.41
C White Balance p.52
D Custom Image p.54
Using the Control PanelG
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Use ABCD  to select an item.
Use  R to change 
settings.
Press F to 
cancel setting 
operation. Press 
E to confirm the 
selected item and return to 
the control panel.
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Most functions are set from the menus. Functions that can be set on the control panel can also be set from the menus.
t Memo• For the Custom Setting menu ( E1-4), you can show the setting screen of the next item in order of the menu on the monitor by 
turning  R while the submenu of the currently selected item is displayed.
• Press  F to display the first tab of the menu that is appropriate to  the current conditions. To display the menu tab last selected 
first, set in [24. Save Menu Location] of the  E4 menu.
• Settings are returned to their default values with [Reset] of the  D3 menu. To reset all the settings in the Custom Setting menu to 
the defaults, use [Reset Custom Functions] of the  E4 menu. (Some settings do not apply.)
Using the MenusF
M e m o r y   C a r d   O p t i o n s
Memory Card Options
I m a g e   C a p t u r e   S e t t i n g s Image Capture Settings
D i g i t a l   F i l t e r
Digital Filter
H D R   C a p t u r e HDR Capture L e n s   C o r r e c t i o n
Lens Correction
E x i t
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A F  A s s i s t   L i g h t
AF Assist Light
D - R a n g e   S e t t i n g s
D-Range Settings
I S O  A U T O   S e t t i n g ISO AUTO Setting
S l o w   S h u t t e r   S p e e d   N R
Slow Shutter Speed NR
P r o g r a m   L i n e Program Line G P S
GPS
E x i t
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H i g h - I S O   N R
High-ISO NR
D - R a n g e   S e t t i n g s
D-Range Settings
I S O  A U T O   S e t t i n g ISO AUTO Setting
S l o w   S h u t t e r   S p e e d   N R
Slow Shutter Speed NR
P r o g r a m   L i n e Program Line G P S
GPS
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O K
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Memory Card Options
I m a g e   C a p t u r e   S e t t i n g s Image Capture Settings
D i g i t a l   F i l t e r
Digital Filter
H D R   C a p t u r e HDR Capture L e n s   C o r r e c t i o n
Lens Correction
E x i t
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A F  A s s i s t   L i g h t
AF Assist Light
F i l e   F o r m a t
File Format
J P E G   R e c o r d e d   P i x e l s JPEG Recorded PixelsI m a g e   C a p t u r e   S e t t i n g s
Image Capture Settings
J P E G   Q u a l i t y
JPEG Quality
R AW   F i l e   F o r m a t RAW File Format
P E F
PEF
Use AB to select an item.
Use 
R  to switch between menu tabs.
Press  F to exit the 
menu screen.
Menu numbers
Press D to display the 
pop-up menu. Press 
D to display 
the submenu.
Press  E to confirm the 
selected item.
Press 
F to cancel the pop-up menu. Press 
F to return to the 
previous screen.
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Menu List
Rec. Mode Menu
MenuItemFunctionDefault SettingPage
A 1 Exposure Modes 
*1Temporarily changes the exposure mode when the mode dial is 
set to 
O, P  or Q . G
p.74
Memory Card Options 
*2Sets the recording method for when two memory cards are inserted.W p.35
Image 
Capture 
Settings File Format *2Sets the file format of images.
JPEG
p.35
JPEG Recorded 
Pixels 
*2Sets the recording size of images saved in JPEG format.
q
JPEG Quality 
*2Sets the quality of images saved in JPEG format. m
RAW File Format Sets the RAW file format. PEF
AF Assist Light 
*2Sets whether to use the assist light when autofocusing in dark 
locations. On p.43
Digital Filter 
*2Specifies a digital filter effect when taking pictures. No Filter p.56
HDR 
Capture HDR Capture *2Sets the type of high dynamic range shooting.
Off
p.57
Exposure Bracket 
Value 
*2Sets the range in which to change the exposure.
±2EV
Auto Align Sets whether to automatically adjust the composition. On
Lens 
Correc-
tion Distortion 
Correction 
*2Reduces distortions occurring due to lens properties.
Off
p.57
Lat-Chromatic-Ab 
Adj 
*2Reduces lateral chromatic aberrations occurring due to lens 
properties.
On
Peripheral Illumin. 
Corr. *2Reduces peripheral light fall-off occurring due to lens properties. Off
A 2 D-Range Settings 
*2Expands the dynamic range and prevents bright and dark areas 
from occurring.
Auto/Auto p.57
ISO AUTO Setting 
*2Sets the range of automatic correction in ISO AUTO and AUTO 
ISO Parameters. ISO 100 to ISO 
3200/Standard p.39
High-ISO NR 
*2Sets the Noise Reduction setting when shooting with a high ISO 
sensitivity. Auto p.40