ESPI024 EW
OPERATING MANUAL
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Copyright O PENTAX Corporation 2002
01-200210 Printed in Philippines
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The CE Mark is a Directive conformity mark of the European
Community.
For Customers in USA
STATEMENT OF FCC COMPLIANCE
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Changes or modifications not approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority
to operate the equipment.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15
of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and
receiver.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician
for help.
For Customers in Canada
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements
of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment
Regulations.
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PENTAX
Congratulations on your purchase of the
PENTAX ESPIO 24EW and welcome to the
world of Pentax zoom compact photography!
Your compact, light weight camera is a great
companion to preserve your favorite memories.
* Please read this manual carefully before
operating the camera to ensure you
understand the features and capabilities of
this camera.
* Please read the Pentax User's Safty Guide
before using the camera for safe operation.
* The illustrations used in this manual may
differ from the camera's actual appearance.
e The characteristics of zoom compact with
wide angle lens may lead darkening or
distortion at the edges in some photograph
subjects.
SPECIFICATIONS
Type: 35 mm fully automatic lens-shutter with built-in
zoom lens and auto flash
Film: Auto film speed setting with 35 mm perforated
DX-coded film with SO rating from 25-3200 (1EV
step). Non-DX coded films are set to {SO 25
Format: 24 x 36 mm (Approx. 13 x 36 mm in panorama
format)
Film loading: Auto film loading. Closing the back cover
will automatically wind the film to first frame.
Film winding: Auto film winding.
Film rewinding: Auto film rewinding at the end of roll.
Auto stop upon completion of rewinding. Rewinding
time: approx. 25 sec. with 24-exposure film.
Rewinding in mid-rolt provided.
Frame number: Automatic readout of successive
frame numbers in ascending order when shooting,
and descending order when rewinding.
External Display: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
Lens: 24-105 mm f/4.9-12.5, 7 elements in 5 groups,
Angle of view: 84-23.5°
Focusing system: Pentax phase-matching passive 7
point autofocus (at WIDE), Landscape mode,
Spot AF, Portrait, Focus lock, AF illuminator,
Autofocusing range: 0.3 m (1 ft) at Wide-angle and 0.5
m (1.6 ft) at Telephoto —Infinity (Macro zoom mode),
Maximum magnification: approx. 0.27 x {Equivalent to
AG size)
Zooming: Electronic zoom
Shutter: Programmed AE electronic shutter with speed
approx. 1/400-2 sec. Bulb: 1/2 sec. —1 min., Bulb timer:
1 sec-5 min. Electromagnetic release.
Self-timer: LED lamp indication. Delay time approx. 10 sec.
Cancellation after activation is possible.
Viewfinder: Actual image zoom viewfinder. 80% of field
of view ratio,
Magnification: 0.28 (24 mm WIDE) — 1.10x (105 mn
TELE),
Diopter adjustment range: -3 m'- +1 m' (per meter)
Frame: Autofocus frame, Picture frame, Ciose
distance compensation frame, Panorama frame
Green icon lamp lit: in-focus, Green icon blinks: out of
focus or hard-to-autofocus subject.
Red lamp lit: Flash is charged,
Red lamp blinks: Flash is charging.
Exposure control: Programmed AE control (Multi
segment metering, AE compensation in a back light
situation)
Range: EV10-17 at WIDE, EV13.5-EV19 at TELE in
Auto or Daylight-Sync mode (ISO 400).
EV6- EV17 at WIDE, EV6-EV19 at TELE in Slow
Shutter Speed mode (ISO 400)
Exposure meter switch: shutter release button
Exposure compensation: Exposure compensation button
and zoom button. Range: -3.0 - +3.0 (0.5 steps)
Bulb timer: Set exposure time with exposure
compensation button and zoom button in Bulb timer
mode. Setting time: 1 sec., 5 sec., 10 sec., 15 sec.,
30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., 3 min., 4 min., and 5 min..
Flash: Built-in zoom flash with red-eye reduction,
Automatic flash discharge in low tight and back light
situations in Auto mode, Flash ON=Day-light Sync.
Slow Shutter Speed Sync. (up to 2 sec.), Automatic
soft flash, Bulb sync Flash (1/2 sec.-1 min.)
Flash effective range: 0.3 —6.8 m (1-22.3 ft) (WIDE),
0.5-3.0 т (1.64-9.84 ft) (TELE) (ISO 400 film used).
Flash recycling time: Approx. 5 sec.
(under Pentax testing conditions.)
Date module: Crystal quartz controlled LCD digital
clock, auto calendar up to the year 2100.
Date imprint on 35 mm format and panorama format
trom the front side of film.
Display of the last date a photograph was taken.
Imprinting mode: “Year, Month, Day", “Day, Hour,
Minute”, “------"(no imprint), “Month, Day, Year”
or “Day, Month, Year”.
Power source: One 3V lithium battery (CR2 or
equivalent)
Battery life: Approx. 8 rolls of 24-Exposure film when
50% of shooting uses flash (under Pentax testing
conditions)
Battery exhaustion warning: ({—2) appears on the
LCD panei, Shutter is locked when (428) is blinking.
Size & Weight: 113 (W) x 62 (H) x 41 (D) mm (4.4" x
2.4" x 1.6") 195 g (6.9 07) without battery
Optional Remote control: Infrared remote control.
Release the shutter after about 3 sec. Works up to 3m
in front of the camera.
SPECIFICATIONS AND EXTERNAL
DIMENSIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE.
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© Main / Drive switch O Shutter release button
© AF button @ Flash / Bulb button
@ Exposure compensation button O LCD panel
O Diopter adjustment lever
© Date button © Built-in flash
(D Self-timer lamp ® Viewfinder window
® Lens ® Autofocus window
O Light sensor window
($ Remote controll receiver
® Strap lug ® Viewfinder eyepiece
@® Red lamp ® Zoom button
O Film information window
@ Battery chamber cover @ Back cover
@ Panorama switch BD Tripod socket
@ Mid-roll rewind button
@ Back cover release lever
— [22STRAP ATTACHMENT
Fit the strap on the camera as illustrated.
* Protrusion @ can be used for pushing the mid-roll
rewind button.
— [SIBASIC OPERATION
1 Insert the battery with the plus (+) side
up In accordance with the indication
label in the battery chamber.
Use one 3V Lithium Battery (CR2 or
the equivalent)
* Setting the date and time. Refer to the section
“4) IMPRINTING DATE/TIME”.
2 Open the back cover.
3 Load the film. Pull out the film leader
end to reach the [FILMY] mark Q. If
there is dirt on the film detector @, the
film cannot be wound properly.
4 Close the back cover.
The film automatically advances to the
first frame.
If “E” blinks on the LCD panel, repeat step 2-
4 to load the film properly.
5 Turn the Main/Drive switch to the ON
position.
Adjust the focus frame in the middie of
the viewfinder to optimum clarity by
diopter adjustment lever.
Compose your subject by using the
zoom button and focus on the subject
within the autofocus frame.
7 Press the shutter release button
halfway down to confirm the focus
with green icon lamp lights on, and
press the shutter button completely to
take a picture. The flash automatically
discharges in low light condition.
8 The film will be rewound automatically
after you have exposed the last frame
of the roll.
9 Unload the film after confirm “0” blinks
on the LCD panel.
* When the power on, the lens slightly extends and the
lens cover opens.
— * When the camera is left unused for 3 minutes and the
Fa lens is extended longer than 35 mm focal length
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remote contro! mode, the zoom lens will be retracted
J to storage position and turn the power off to conserve
battery.
| The last date a photograph was taken
° When you turn the power on with the film
loaded in the camera, the last date a picture
“eo was taken blinks on the LCD panel and then
displays present date.
The last date will be indicated according to
your selected date imprinting mode as follows.
“vy/mm/dd”, “dd/hh/mm” or “------" — “yy/mm/dd",
“mm/dd/yy” — “mm/dd/yy”,
“dd/mm/yy” — “dd/mm/yy”
When the film is not loaded or a new film is
loaded, “------ ” will be displayed.
The time is not displayed.
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“25 | 0.3-1.7m(1.0-5.6 ft)
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0.5-0.75m(1.6-2.4 ft)
50 | 0.3-2.4m(1.0-7.9 ft)
0.5-1.0m(1.6-3.4 ft)
100 | 0.3-3.4m(1.0-11 ft)
0.5-1.5m(1.6-4.9 ft)
200 | 0.3-4.8m(1.0-16 ft)
0.5-2.1m(1.6-6.9 ft)
400 | 0.3-6.8m(1.0-22 ft)
0.5-3.0m(1.6-9.7 ft)
800 | 0.3-9.6m(1.0-32 ft)
0.5-4.2m(1.6-14 ft)
1 1600 | 0.3-13.5m(1.0-45 fi)
0.5-5.9m(1.6-19 ft)
0.3-19.5m(1.0-63 ft)
0.5-8.4m(1.6-28 ft)
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4 IMPRINTING DATE/TIME
Selecting the Mode
Press the DATE button @ to change the mode
as shown in Fig. 4
Year Month Day
Day Hour Minute
-- : -- (No imprinting)
Month Day Year
Day Month Year
Correcting the date and time
1 Press the Date button @ for 3 seconds, the
'Year/Month/Day' digits and (E*TD)) will blink.
2 Each time the Date button Q) is pressed, the
blinking digits changes in the following
manner: Year — Month — Day — Hour —
Minute, stop pressing the button when the
desired digits appear to be corrected.
3 Press the Zoom button @ to change the
blinking digits.
4 Repeat 2. and 3. to change the date and
time.
5 After adjusted all, press the DATE button @
until blinking stops.
Note:
+ ‘M'above the digit indicates ‘Month’.
* When the battery cover is opened or a new battery is
installed, the time is set to 0:00.
SI VIEWFINDER DISPLAYS
5-1. Viewfinder displays
@ Autofocus frame
Focus on the subject within this frame.
a) Multi AF (WIDE) and SPOT
b) Multi AF (TELE)
O Picture area
When taking a normal picture, compose
your subject within this frame.
© Close distance compensation frame
When the camera-to-subject distance is
between 0.5 m (WIDE / 0.3) and 1.0 m,
compose the scene within this frame.
© Green icon lamp (Focus status)
When the shutter release button is
pressed halfway down, the green icon
lamp will light on or blink accordingly
with the focus distance.
Focus distance 0.5 m (wide 0.3 m) — 1 m............ e
Approx. 1m-3m -
Approx. 3m - 5m AD
Approx. 5 m — infinity A
Close-distance warning..................—.———. & blinking
(no warning at an extremly close distance)
The subject is difficult to autofocus ......... AR blinking
5-2. When the panorama switch is
set to (zm), compose the scene
within this frame.
AF illuminator: When the shutter button is
pressed halfway down in low light condition, the
flash discharges to provide illumination, making
it easy for the autofocus to work.
BFLASH SHOOTING
6-1. Flash effective ranges
6-2. Red lamp indication
Lit : Flash is charged
Blinking : Flash is charging
[Z REWINDNG THE FILM IN
MID-ROLL
Depress the mid-roll rewind button (8) with
the protrusion part @ of the strap clamp.
8] TAKING PICTURES WITH
VARIOUS MODES
8-1. EXPOSURE MODE
Press the Flash / Bulb button ($ ®) to select
the exposure mode.
1.
AUTO Mode (Normal mode)
This mode is set by simply turn the Main /
Drive switch to ON.
The flash wil! automatically discharge in low
light conditions.
. AUTO MODE / RED-EYE REDUCTION
FLASH (®)
Normal mode with red-eye reduction flash
discharges.
. AUTO MODE / DAYLIGHT-FLASH ON (+ )
The flash will always discharge in both dark
and bright conditions.
This can be used when a portrait is taken
with a back light situation or as a fill-in flash
in daylight.
. SLOW SHUTTER SPEED MODE
(Use of tripod is recommended)
1. Slow shutter speed with Flash-OFF ($) E3)
The flash will not discharge.
Use this mode in place where flash picture
is prohibited or for a natural existing light
effect in low ambient photography.
2. Slow shutter speed with Red-eye
reduction flash (5 El ©)
It is possible to take subjects and background
in a balance way by using the flash to properly
expose the foreground subject and slow speed
to expose the low light background.
. BULB MODE
(Use of tripod is recommended
1. Bulb mode with Flash OFF (® B)
This mode is useful for longer exposures
required for shooting firework and night
scenes.
2. Bulb sync. mode with Flash ON (5 B
®)
This let you use the flash in addition to the
Bulb mode, you can take a portrait picture
with a night scene in the background.
Red-eye reduction Flash
To reduce the red-eye phenomenon in the picture,
the flash discharges once to make subject's
pupil smaller.
And then, take a picture in the flash mode after
brief interval.
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8-2. SHOOTING MODES
. SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPY
Turn the Main / Drive switch to the (6).
Focus on the subject and press the shutter
release button fully to start the self-timer. The
picture will be taken10 seconds after the
shutter release button is pressed. The self-
timer is engaged and the self-timer lamp lights.
The picture is taken approx. 3 seconds after
the self-timer lamp starts to blinks.
2. REMOTE CONTROL MODE (Using optional
remote control F)
Turn the Main / Drive switch to ( ÿ ), the self-
timer lamp start blinks slowly.
Press the shutter release button on the
remote control unit. The self-timer lamp will
blink rapidly and the picture will be taken
after approx. 3 seconds.
8-3. AUTOFOCUS MODES
Press the AF button (AF) to select the desired
mode.
1. Multi AF mode (No indication on the LCD
panel)
Use this mode for ordinary taking pictures.
2. Infinity-Landscape mode (ah)
Use this mode to take a distant landscape or
distant subject through a window.
3. Spot AF mode (SPOT)
Focus on the subject with center of AF frame.
Use this mode to focus on a specific subject.
4. Portrait mode ((2) SPOT)
The camera will adjust zoom position to
portrait proportions automatically at different
distance when the shutter release button is
pressed halfway down.
8-4. EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
Compensation ranges: -3.0 to +3.0 EV (0.5
steps)
1. Press the exposure compensation button,
the exposure compensation mark (+4)
and the zoom button mark (©) and 0.0
on the LCD will blink.
2. Adjust the compensation Value to desired
setting by pressing the zoom button
while pressing the exposure
compensation button.
* Turn the Main switch to off, the setting will be reset
to 0.0.
* Press Wide to increase the brightness and Telephoto
to decrease the brightness.
8-5. BULB TIMER MODE
Set the exposure time to 1 sec., 5 sec., 10 sec.,
30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., 3 min., 4 min., and 5 min..
1. Set to the Bulb (5) B) or Bulb sync. (4 B
®) by pressing the Flash/Bulb button.
2. Set the sec. or Min. by pressing the zoom
button while pressing the exposure
compensation button.
* Turn the Main switch to off, the setting will be reset
to the normal Bulb mode.
8-6. Other ways for shooting.
1. Focus-lock shooting
When the main subject is not in the focus frames.
1. Aim the focus frames to main subject and
press the shutter release button halfway
down,
2. While holding the shutter release button
halfway down and then re-aim the camera
to your desired compose, then press the
shutter release button fully to take a picture.
2. Panorama format picture
Ideal for capturing breathtaking landscapes
or eye-catching group pictures, can be
selected for any frame with a simple slide of
the panorama switch to (WES).
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