Pentax K-500 Operating Guide

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Control panel
Press the M button in standby mode to display the control panel and change 
settings. (p.40)
Still picture capture mode
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1 Function name
2 Setting
3 Custom Image (p.161)/
4 Digital Filter (p.165)
5 HDR Capture (p.156)
6 AF Active Area (p.108)
7 AF.A (p.107)
8 Distortion Correction (p.158)
9 Lateral Chromatic Aberration 
10 Highlight Correction (p.155)
11 Shadow Correction (p.155)
12 AE Metering (p.101)
13 File Format (p.147)
14 JPEG Recorded Pixels (p.148)/ 
Movie Recorded Pixels (p.134)
15 JPEG Quality (p.148)/
Movie Quality Level (p.134)
16 Shake Reduction (p.120)/
17 Contrast AF (p.110)
18 Destination setting (p.215)
19 Current date and time (p.62)
20 SD Memory Card status
21 Number of recordable still 
pictures/movie recordable time
22 Exposure Setting (p.133)
23 Framerate (p.134)
24 Recording Sound Level (p.134)
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Program AE
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Custom Image
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• If no operations are made within 1 minute in the control panel, the camera 
returns to standby mode.
• You can change the display color of the status screen and control panel. 
Set in [LCD Display] of the [R Set-up 1] menu. (p.218)
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