Operating Manual
Table Of Contents
- Using Your Camera Safely
- Care to be Taken During Handling
- Contents
- Composition of the Operating Manual
- Camera Features
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Common Operations
- 3 Taking Pictures
- Taking Still Pictures
- Taking Pictures
- Setting the Shooting Mode
- Using the Face Detection Function
- Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode)
- Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode)
- Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode)
- Using the Zoom
- Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Night Scene Portrait/Night Scene/Digital SR/Fireworks/ Candlelight Mode)
- Taking Pictures of People (Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Children (Kids Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Sports and Leisure Activities (Sport/Surf & Snow Mode)
- Taking Pictures Indoors (Party Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode)
- Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode)
- Using the Self-timer
- Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/Burst Shooting Mode)
- Taking Pictures Using the Remote Control Unit (Optional)
- Using the Digital Wide Function (Digital Wide Mode)
- Taking Panoramic Pictures (Digital Panorama Mode)
- Setting the Shooting Functions
- Selecting the Flash Mode
- Selecting the Focus Mode
- Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels
- Setting the Exposure (EV Compensation)
- Correcting the Brightness (D-Range Setting)
- Adjusting the White Balance
- Setting the AE Metering
- Setting the Sensitivity
- Setting the AUTO ISO Range
- Setting the Blink Detection Function
- Setting the Shake Reduction Function
- Setting the Instant Review
- Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)
- Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)
- Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)
- Setting the Date Imprint Function
- Setting the IQ Enhancer Processing
- Setting the Green Button
- Recording Movies
- Saving the Settings (Memory)
- Taking Still Pictures
- 4 Playing Back and Deleting Images
- 5 Editing and Printing Images
- 6 Recording and Playing Back Sound
- 7 Settings
- Camera Settings
- Formatting the Memory
- Changing the Sound Settings
- Changing the Date and Time
- Setting the World Time
- Setting the Text Size on the Menu
- Changing the Display Language
- Changing the Naming System of the Folder
- Changing the Video Output Format
- Setting Eye-Fi Communication
- Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
- Using the Power Saving Function
- Setting the Auto Power Off Function
- Changing the Start-up Screen
- Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor (Pixel Mapping)
- Resetting to Default Settings (Reset)
- Camera Settings
- 8 Connecting to a Computer
- 9 Appendix

Thank you for purchasing this PENTAX Digital Camera.
Please read this manual before using the camera in order to get the most
out of all the features and functions. Keep this manual safe, as it can be
a valuable tool in helping you to understand all the camera’s capabilities.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken with the PENTAX Digital Camera that are for anything other than
personal enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as
specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are cases where
limitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment during
demonstrations, performances or of items on display. Images taken with the
purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside the scope of use of
the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care should be taken here also.
Regarding trademarks
• SDXC Logo is a trademark of SD-3C, LLC.
• ArcSoft, and its logo are either the registered trademark or trademark of ArcSoft
Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
• Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
the United States and other countries. Windows Vista is either a registered
trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
other countries.
• Macintosh and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and
other countries.
• This product supports PRINT Image Matching III. PRINT Image Matching
enabled digital still cameras, printers and software help photographers to
produce images more faithful to their intentions. Some functions are not
available on printers that are not PRINT Image Matching III compliant.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. The PRINT
Image Matching logo is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
• Eye-Fi, the Eye-Fi logo and Eye-Fi connected are trademarks of Eye-Fi, Inc.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies. In this manual, the ™ and ® marks are not
specified.
This operating manual applies to Optio RZ18 and Optio RX18.
The illustrations used in this manual are those of Optio RZ18.
Regarding Product Registration
In order to better serve you, we request that you complete the product
registration, which can be found on the CD-ROM supplied with the camera or the
PENTAX website. Thank you for your cooperation.
Refer to “Connecting to a Computer” (p.209) for more information.