As you turn the shooting mode dial the camera repeats the selected mode on the LCD monitor (above the example for P mode). Note that it also indicates the flash mode, drive mode, AF mode, ISO and shake reduction. You can choose for how many seconds this is displayed or disable it in the 'Guide display' option in the setup menu.
Press the Function (Fn) button to display the four-way function menu. Press the four way controller in the indicated direction to change a setting; White balance, Drive mode, Sensitivity or Flash mode. Press the OK button to enter the Custom Image settings.
Menus
The camera's menus are split into four sections; Record, Playback, Setup and Custom Functions. Each of these sections is represented by a 'Tab' at the top of the menu page.
Thanks to the higher resolution most of the menu options now fit the screen but the design still reminds me of something that I saw on my Commodore Amiga in the 90s.
Record Menu
Option
Values / Actions
Notes
AF mode
• AF Single
• AF Continuous
AE Metering
• Multi-segment
• Center-Weighted Average
• Spot metering
Select AF point
• Auto
• Select
• Center
File Format
• JPEG
• RAW
• RAW + JPEG
JPEG Recorded Pixels
• 10M
• 6M
• 2M
- 3872 x 2592 pixels
- 3008 x 2000 pixels
- 1824 x 1216 pixels
• Flash Mode
• Drive Mode
• White Balance
• Sensitivity
• EV compensation
• Flash Exposure Compensation
• Playback Display
• Scene Display
• File No.
This lets you select which settings to save when the camera is turned off.
Input Focal Length
Choose a focal length between 8 and 800mm. Default setting is 35mm.
If you use an old lens that that does not report its focal lens to the camera you can set it here. This information is used to optimize the performance of the Shake Reduction.
Playback Menu
Option
Values / Actions
Notes
Playback display
• Bright/Dark area Off On
• Quick zoom Off x2 x4 x8 x16
Instant Review
• Display Time Off x2 x4 x8 x16
• Histogram Off On
• Bright/Dark area Off On
Controls the appearance of the Instant Review
Digital Preview
• Histogram Off On
• Bright/Dark area Off On
Controls the appearance of the Digital Review
Slideshow
• Interval 3 sec 5 sec 10 sec 30 sec
• Repeat Playback Off On
Set-up Menu
Option
Values / Actions
Notes
Format
• Format
• Cancel
Format the SD card
Beep
• On In-Focus AE-L RAW Self-Timer Remote Control
• Off
Date Adjust
• Style
• Date
• Time
World Time
• Set
Language
• English
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• Italian
• Danish
• Swedish
• Finnish
• Polish
• Czech
• Hungarian
• Turkish
• Dutch
• Russian
• Korean
• Chinese (traditional)
• Chinese (simplified)
• Japanese
Text Size
• Standard
• Large
Guide display
• Off
• 3 sec
• 10 sec
• 30 sec
Controls the display of shooting mode and settings when the mode dial is turned
Brightness Level
-7 to +7
Video Out
• NTSC
• PAL
USB Connection
• PC
• PictBridge
Auto Power Off
• 1 min
• 3 min
• 5 min
• 10 min
• 30 min
• Off
Folder Name
• Pentax
• Date
Select Battery
• Auto Select
• Body First
• Grip First
Pixel Mapping
• Pixel Mapping
• Cancel
Dust Alert
Press shutter button to check for dust on the sensor
Off
On
