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SHOOTING:

It will take longer to describe this than it does to actually take a shot, so bear with me:

First, set the aperture ring on the lens to the f/stop you will use:

Next, look through the viewfinder and focus:

Half- press the shutter button to turn on the exposure meter:

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Summary of Contents for K 100D Super

Page 1: ... following illustrated guide Perhaps it will inspire a few folks who have some old lenses sitting around to wander down to their local camera store and give them a try GETTING STARTED configuring the camera The camera won t allow you to take pictures with manual lenses until you configure it properly Press the menu button go right until you see the Custom Setting menu and then go down a few menu p...

Page 2: ...othing special here manual lenses mount just like automatic ones with the exception of screw mount lenses which require an adapter I m not covering them here because I don t own any sorry The second step is to set the camera to M Manual mode Next set the focusing mode to MF Manual Focus There are some options regarding focusing that I ll mention below but to get started MF will work best ...

Page 3: ...Turn on SR Shake Reduction by flipping the switch near the lower right corner of the LCD and then turn on the camera ...

Page 4: ... a focal length that s as close to what you ll actually shoot with as possible For example if you re using an 80 200 zoom at around the halfway point choose 135mm as the focal length You won t see this screen if you turn on SR with the camera already powered up You can get to this screen by going through the menu screens it s just about the last item on the record menu but I find it quicker just t...

Page 5: ...SHOOTING It will take longer to describe this than it does to actually take a shot so bear with me First set the aperture ring on the lens to the f stop you will use Next look through the viewfinder and focus Half press the shutter button to turn on the exposure meter ...

Page 6: ... very close to where you thumb naturally sits When you hit the button the camera will momentarily stop down the lens to take a light reading then it will set the shutter speed to the appropriate exposure You ll see the new shutter speed in the green digits below the viewfinder image After setting the shutter speed the lens will immediately open back up again the whole thing takes about a second If...

Page 7: ...nual lens manually duh and you have to press the AE L button to set the shutter speed And if the lighting conditions aren t changing then you don t even have to do that In fact with constant lighting and a subject that stays within your depth of field you can probably fire shots off even faster than with an automatic lens Next More on Focusing and Summary see reply ...

Page 8: ...be able to use this for difficult focusing situations macros spring to mind Set the autofocus switch to AF frame the subject in the viewfinder focus as best you can and then hold down the shutter button while slowing moving to and from the subject With the shutter button held down the camera will fire as soon as you hit the correct focus point It sounds good in theory although I admit I haven t ac...

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