Changing the mode – Pentax Optiio550 User Manual

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Common Oper

ations

Capture mode is for taking pictures and voice recording.
Playback mode is for playing back or erasing images and
sound.

Switching Between Capture Mode and Playback Mode

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To change from Capture mode to Playback mode, press the
Playback button.

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To change from Playback mode to Capture mode, press the
Playback button or the shutter release button halfway.

Selecting the Capture Mode

Turn the mode dial so that the mark is on

or .

Common Operations

Changing the Mode

Manual exposure

You can set the shutter speed and
aperture manually.

Aperture priority

You can select a shooting mode from 9
modes according to the scene you are taking.

Program

You can set the aperture manually, and
the shutter speed is set automatically.

The shutter speed and aperture are set
automatically when taking still pictures.

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Picture

You can set the shutter speed manually,
and the aperture is set automatically.

Shutter priority

Movie picture

Digital filter

User mode

User

Voice recording

This mode is for taking moving
images. (Sound can also be recorded.)

The functions are set in advance and the settings
are enabled whenever the camera is turned on.

This mode is for taking 3D pic-
tures.

This mode is for taking pictures using a vari-
ety of filters such as red, blue and green.

This mode is for taking panorama
pictures.

This mode is for recording sound.

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Panorama

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