Pentax p80 User Guide

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Use the four-way controller (45) 
to select g or Z and press the 4 
button.

The camera is ready to take the picture 
using the self-timer.
When the camera recognizes a person’s 
face, the Face Recognition function is 
activated and the face recognition frame appears (p.72).

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The focus frame on the display turns green when the camera focuses 
on the subject at the correct distance.

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The picture is taken ten seconds or two seconds later.

In these modes, pictures are taken continuously as long as the shutter 
release button is pressed.

Focusing may be compromised if you move the camera while the self-
timer lamp is blinking when taking still pictures.

• In C (Movie) mode, recording will start after ten seconds (or two seconds).
• Press the shutter release button halfway while the self-timer is engaged 

to stop the countdown and press fully to restart the countdown.

• Z cannot be selected while 9 (Green) mode setting remains the 

default. Select Z in another shooting mode and then switch the 
shooting mode to 9.

• You cannot use the self-timer when taking pictures in O (Vertical 

Snap) mode.

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Continuous 
Shooting

Each time a picture is taken, the image is saved in the memory 
before the next image is taken. The higher the image quality, the 
longer the interval between shots.
You can continue shooting until the memory of the SD Memory 
Card or the built-in memory is full.

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Burst 
Shooting

The number of recorded pixels is fixed at f (2592×1944) and 
up to 6 pictures are taken consecutively at 3.2 frames per second 
(5.8 frames per second when the sensitivity is 3200 or 6400).