Set-up Menu
Custom Image sub-menu
The Custom Image menu, reached via the control panel, allows control over the image parameters. Pressing the exposure compensation button takes an image to preview the settings. Rolling the rear dial switches between standard and fine sharpening. Parameters can be selected and changed using the multi controller.
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Option | Values / Actions | Notes |
Custom Image | Bright Natural Portrait Landscape Vibrant Muted Monochrome |
Selects from one of the preset custom images styles. The default varies depending on the language chosen and will be either 'Bright' or 'Natural.' |
Saturation/ |
9 steps (Color modes) Filter effect (Monochrome) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Adjusts saturation in color modes. In monochrome mode, the camera varies the amount of information taken from the sensor's Red, Green and Blue channels in order to mimics the effect of placing different colored filters in front of the lens. |
Hue/Toning |
9 steps |
In color modes, 'Hue' shifts the hue in color modes. Toning 'warms' or 'cools' the tint applied to mono images |
High/Low Key Adj. |
9 steps |
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Contrast | 9 steps | All modes |
Sharpness/Fine Sharpness | 9 steps | Rear dial switches to fine sharpening mode for representing fine detail. |
Image Adjust menu
The Image Adjust menu on the K-x works in the same way as on the K-7. Pressing the down arrow while in playback mode jumps to this menu.
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Option | Values / Actions | Notes |
Image Rotation | No Change 90° Clockwise 90° Anti-clockwise 180° |
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Digital Filter | ||
Resize | JPEG Rec. Pixels |
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Cropping | Aspect ratio![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Creates a cropped version of the original image. Choice of image size, aspect ratio, orientation and rotation. |
Slideshow | Starts slideshow | |
White balance | Select image | Take White Balance reading from previously shot image |
RAW Development | File Format![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Custom Image ![]() White Balance ![]() Sensitivity ![]() High-ISO noise reduction ![]() Shadow Compensation ![]() Distortion Correction ![]() Lat-Chromatic-Ab Adj Correction ![]() Color space ![]() ![]() |
Allows the post-shot re-processing of images recorded in the RAW format. The Custom Image and White Balance options give access to the Custom Image and White Balance screens with the same options as they appear in the camera's recording mode. Selecting Custom White Balance from within the White Balance screen allows a neutral area of the image to be selected and used to define a custom WB. |
Index | Layout (Six choices) |
Creates an index print image (contact sheet). Allows you to select images and layout. |
Image Comparison | Enters image comparison mode. Rear dial zooms, four-way controler pans, front dial scrolls through images. OK button toggles which image (or both) is affected. |
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Protect | Single image All images |
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DPOF | Single image All images |
Digital Filter menu
The digital filter menu, accessed from within the Image Adjust menu acts as home to most of the camera's JPEG processing tools and effects.
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Option | Values / Actions | Notes |
Toy camera | Shading level 3 steps Blurring 3 steps Tone Break R/G/B |
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Retro | Toning 7 steps (Cyan/Sepia) Add frame - 4 steps |
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High contrast | 5 steps | |
Extract color | Color![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Color Freq. Range ![]() |
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Watercolor | Intensity 3 steps Saturation 3 steps |
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Pastel | 3 steps | |
Miniature | Foreground/Middle distance/Background | Gives a mock-Tilt/Shift effect |
Base parameter adjust | Brightness 17 steps Saturation 7 steps Hue 7 steps Contrast 7 steps Sharpness 7 steps |
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Monochrome | Filter effect![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Toning ![]() |
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Color | Color![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Color density ![]() |
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Soft Focus | Soft Focus![]() Shadow Blur ![]() |
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Star Burst | Effect density |
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Fish-eye | 3 steps | |
Slim | 17 steps | |
HDR | 3 steps |
Pseudo High Dynamic Range effect |
Custom Filter | High Contrast |
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