Pentax 17601 - Optio P70 Digital Camera, Operating Manual

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Use the four-way controller
(
453
) to select
g
or Z and press
the 4 button.
The camera is ready to take the picture
using the self-timer.
When the camera recognizes a person’s
face, the Face Recognition function is
activated and the face recognition frame appears (p.70).
3
Press the shutter release button halfway.
The focus frame on the display turns green when the camera focuses
on the subject at the correct distance.
4
Press the shutter release button fully.
The picture is taken ten seconds or two seconds later.
In this mode, pictures are taken continuously as long as the shutter
release button is pressed.
Focusing may be compromised if you move the camera while the self-
timer lamp is blinking when taking still pictures.
• In
C
(Movie) mode, recording will start after ten seconds (or two
seconds).
• Press the shutter release button halfway while the self-timer is engaged
to stop the countdown and press fully to restart the countdown.
• Z cannot be selected while 9 (Green) mode is in default setting.
Select Z in another shooting mode and then switch the shooting mode
to 9 .
• You cannot use the self-timer to take pictures in Vertical Snap mode.
Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous
Shooting/Burst Shooting Mode)
j
Continuous
Shooting
Each time a picture is taken, the image is saved in the memory
before the next image is taken. The higher the image quality,
the longer the interval between shots.
K
Burst
Shooting
Recorded pixels is fixed at
f
(2592×1944) and up to 6
pictures are taken consecutively at 3.2 frames per second (5.8
frames per second when sensitivity is 3200 or 6400).
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