Pentax K-500 Operating Guide

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When set to H (Scene) mode, you can choose from the following

shooting scenes.

Scene Modes

Mode

Characteristics

Portrait

For capturing portraits. Reproduces a healthy and bright skin tone.

Landscape For capturing landscape views. Increases color saturation and

produces a vivid color image.

Macro

For capturing tiny objects at close focus range like flowers,

coins, jewelry, and more.

Moving

Object

For capturing images of fast moving subjects, such

as at sporting events.

The drive mode is fixed to [Continuous Shooting (Hi)].

Night

Scene

Portrait

For capturing images of people in low light conditions, such

as dusk or at night.

Even though the flash is used, the camera will use slow shutter

speeds so the background areas beyond the flash reach will

also appear correctly exposed in the picture (Slow-speed

Sync (p.250)). To prevent camera shake, either turn on the

Shake Reduction function, or mount the camera on a tripod.

Sunset

For capturing sunrises or sunsets in beautiful, vivid color.

Blue Sky

For capturing images of blue sky. Produces a more impressive

deep blue.

Forest

Enhances colors of trees and sunbeams through foliage

and produces a vivid color image.

A Night

Scene

Used for shooting at night. Use a tripod or flat surface

to prevent camera shake blur.

Night

Scene

HDR

Generates a single HDR image with less noise from 3 images

(-3 EV, Standard, and +3 EV) captured in dim lighting.

The file format is fixed to [JPEG].

Night Snap For taking snapshots in poorly lit place.

Food

For capturing images of food. Saturation will be rather high

to make it look appetizing.

Pet

For capturing moving pets.

The drive mode is fixed to [Continuous Shooting (Hi)].

Kids

For capturing moving kids. Reproduces healthy and bright

skin tone.

The drive mode is fixed to [Continuous Shooting (Hi)].

Surf &

Snow

For capturing images of dazzling backgrounds, such as snowy

mountains.

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