The Pentax K-x also has a top-mounted hot shoe for attaching an external flash unit. When used with the K-x, and when the K-x's internal flash is also contributing to the exposure, the external flash in CCS mode will cut its output to two-thirds, while the K-x's built-in flash will cut its exposure contribution to one-third. Units set to CCS mode can thus be used to provide "fill" illumination. Alternately, the Pentax flash units offer a Contrast-Control-Sync mode (CCS for short), which drops a flash's power. All of this is relative to the overall flash exposure that can be adjusted on the camera by from -2.0 stops to +1.0 stop. Additionally, each flash can be adjusted to under- or overexpose in 0.5 stop increments from -3.0 stops to +1.0 stop. Normally, all flashes used (whether on-camera or remote) contribute equally to the exposure, however each external flash can be set to one of the following ratios: 1/1, 2/3, 1/2 or 1/3. After this, the flash may be removed and used as a remote unit, controlled by the camera. This sets the camera to the channel the flash was set up for. The K-x can connect on any of the four control channels: You program it by setting a flash unit to the desired channel, attaching that flash to the camera and then half-pressing the shutter button. The Pentax wireless flash system offers four control channels, so up to four camera/flash setups can be used in the same area without interfering with each other. The built-in flash can be set to contribute to the exposure, or to act only as a controller. In Wireless mode, the built-in flash can be used as a controller to multiple wireless slave flashes (including the Pentax AF540FGZ and/or AF360FGZ flash units). Maximum sync speed is 1/180 second, though if an external flash that supports high-speed sync is used, such as the Pentax AF540FGZ or AF360FGZ, maximum shutter speed with flash is 1/6,000 second. A Flash Exposure Compensation feature controls the flash exposure -2.0 to +1.0 stops in 1/2 or 1/3-stop increments. That's a little weaker than most SLR built-in flashes (the average GN is about 12 meters), translating to a range of about 15 feet at ISO 200 with an f/3.5 lens.
The Pentax K-x's built-in flash has a guide number rating of 16 meters (52 feet) at ISO 200, or about 11.3 meters (37 feet) at ISO 100. The same button is used to disable the flash when it has popped up automatically, but you prefer not to use it. Close it again by pushing the flash head back down. In other modes, the flash is released from its compartment by pressing the Flash Up button to the left of the viewfinder. In Night Scene, Sunset, Stage Lighting, Candlelight, and Museum modes, the flash is disabled altogether. Several of the Scene modes (Surf & Snow, Food, Kids, and Pet). The flash can automatically pop-up as needed in Auto Picture, Portrait, Macro, Night Portrait, or Sorted.The Pentax K-x features a built-in, pop-up flash, which operates in either Auto, Flash On (forced flash), Auto + Red-eye reduction, Flash On + Red-eye reduction, Slow-sync, Slow-sync + Red-eye reduction, Trailing Curtain Sync, or Wireless mode. And yes it's rather flimsy but again that's not an issue for me since I'm not going to be putting it to heavy use.
#Pentax remote assistant kx manual#
For me it took 2 minutes of working through the device codes on manual search and the remote was operating the camera shutter when I pressed the power button! So there we have it, for £2 (less really since I still have 16 batteries left) I have a working remote for my camera that also lets me change channels on my tv :-) Admittedly the remote is much bigger than the Pentax one but I'm unlikely to be carrying it round with me so that doesn't really matter. The details for doing this vary for each remote so read the charming engrish instructions for your remote. Instead you'll have to use the manual search mode to step through each code to find one that works.
Obviously the instructions that come with your remote won't contain a code for your camera since they are designed for TVs and the like. Now you need to find a code for your remote that will activate the camera.
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