Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Shooting Your First Pentax K200D Picture -- Unboxing Your K200D -- Initial Setup -- Batteries Included -- Setting the Time and Date -- Final Steps -- Mounting the Lens -- Adjusting Diopter Correction -- Inserting a Secure Digital Memory Card -- Selecting a Scene Mode -- Selecting an Exposure Mode -- Metering Methods -- Choosing a Focus Mode -- Selecting a Focus Point -- Other Settings -- White Balance and ISO -- Setting the Self-Timer -- Reviewing Your Images -- Deleting an Image -- Using Your Flash -- Transferring Photos to Your Computer -- Chapter 2 Pentax K200D Roadmap -- Front View -- Investigating the Back Panel -- Using the Function Menus -- Going Topside -- Monochrome LCD Panel Readouts -- Color LCD Readouts -- Through the Viewfinder -- Underneath Your K200D -- Lens Components -- Playing Back Images -- Changing the Info Display -- Basic Image Review -- Zooming the Pentax K200D Playback Display -- Comparing Images -- Playback Images as a Slide Show -- Viewing Thumbnails and Folders -- Removing Images -- Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Pentax K200D -- Introducing the Pentax K200D's Menus -- Anatomy of the Pentax K200D's Main Menus -- Recording Mode Menu -- AF Mode (autofocus) -- AE Metering -- Select AF Point -- File Format -- JPEG Recorded Pixels -- JPEG Quality -- RAW File Format -- Color Space -- RAW Button Setting -- Memory -- Focal Length Input -- Playback Menu -- Playback Display -- Instant Review -- Digital Preview -- Slide Show -- Set-up Menu -- Format -- Beep -- Date Adjust -- World Time -- Language -- Text Size -- Guide Display -- Brightness Level -- Video Out -- USB Connection -- Auto Power Off -- Folder Name -- Select Battery -- Pixel Mapping -- Dust Alert -- Dust Removal -- Sensor Cleaning -- Reset -- Custom Setting -- Custom Setting #0. Setting -- Custom Setting #1. EV Steps.

Custom Setting #2. Sensitivity Steps -- Custom Setting #3. Meter Operating Time -- Custom Setting #4. AE-L with AF Locked -- Custom Setting #5. Link AF Point and AE -- Custom Setting #6. Auto Bracketing Order -- Custom Setting #7. Adjust White Balance -- Custom Setting #8. Superimpose AF Area -- Custom Setting #9. AF in Remote Control -- Custom Setting #10. Slow Shutter Speed Noise Reduction -- Custom Setting #11. High-ISO Noise Reduction -- Custom Setting #12. OK Button when Shooting -- Custom Setting #13. e-dial in Program -- Custom Setting #14. Green Button in Manual Mode -- Custom Setting #15. Release when Charging -- Custom Setting #16. Flash in Wireless Mode -- Custom Setting #17. WB when Using Flash -- Custom Setting #18. Preview Method -- Custom Setting #19. Display Sensitivity -- Custom Setting #20. Saving Rotation Info -- Custom Setting #21. Auto Image Rotation -- Custom Setting #22. Catch-in Focus -- Custom Setting #23. Using Aperture Ring -- Custom Setting. Reset Custom Function -- Chapter 4 Fine-Tuning Exposure -- Getting a Handle on Exposure -- How the K200D Calculates Exposure -- Scene Modes Revisited -- Choosing a Metering Method -- Multi-Segment Metering -- Center-Weighted Metering -- Spot Metering -- Choosing an Exposure Method -- Sensitivity Priority (Sv) -- Shutter Priority (Tv) -- Aperture Priority (Av) -- Program Mode -- Manual Exposure -- Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings -- Selecting an ISO Setting -- Selecting ISO Range in Auto -- Expanding the Dynamic Range -- Fixing Exposures with Histograms -- Bracketing -- More on Bracketing -- Bracketing and Merge to HDR -- Chapter 5 Advanced Techniques for Your Pentax K200D -- Beyond Good Exposure -- Short Exposures -- Working with Short Exposures -- Long Exposures -- Three Ways to Take Long Exposures -- Working with Long Exposures -- Delayed Exposures -- Self-Timer.

Getting into Focus -- Focus Modes -- Focus Pocus -- Adding Circles of Confusion -- Making Sense of Sensors -- Your Autofocus Mode Options -- Selecting an Autofocus Point -- Linking AF and AE Points -- Continuous Shooting -- Customizing White Balance -- Using a White Balance Preset -- Fine-Tuning White Balance -- Setting Manual White Balance -- Processing Options in Custom Image -- Post-Processing with Digital Filters -- Chapter 6 Working with Lenses -- But First, a Word from Our Sensor -- Your First Lens -- Buy Now, Expand Later -- What Lenses Can You Use? -- Using Really Old Lenses -- Enter the K Mount -- Pentax Lens Nomenclature -- What Lenses Can Do for You -- Zoom or Prime? -- Categories of Lenses -- Using Wide-Angle and Wide-Zoom Lenses -- Avoiding Potential Wide-Angle Problems -- Using Telephoto and Tele-Zoom Lenses -- Avoiding Telephoto Lens Problems -- Telephotos and Bokeh -- Add-ons and Special Features -- Lens Hoods -- Telephoto Converters -- Macro Focusing -- Anti-Shake and Your Lenses -- Chapter 7 Making Light Work for You -- Continuous Illumination versus Electronic Flash -- Continuous Lighting Basics -- Daylight -- Incandescent/Tungsten Light -- Fluorescent Light/Other Light Sources -- Adjusting White Balance -- Electronic Flash Basics -- How Electronic Flash Works -- Using the Built-In Flash -- Setting a Flash Mode -- Flash Exposure Modes -- Flash Compensation -- Using External Electronic Flash -- Pentax AF-540 FGZ -- Pentax AF-360 FGX -- Pentax AF-200 FG -- More Advanced Lighting Techniques -- Diffusing and Softening the Light -- Using Multiple Light Sources -- Other Lighting Accessories -- Chapter 8 Downloading and Editing Your Images -- What's in the Box? -- Pentax Photo Browser 3 -- Pentax Photo Laboratory 3 -- Transferring Your Photos -- Dragging and Dropping -- Editing Your Photos -- Image Editors -- RAW Utilities.

Adobe Photoshop -- Chapter 9 Pentax K200D: Troubleshooting and Prevention -- Update Your Firmware -- Upgrading Your Firmware -- Protect Your LCD -- Troubleshooting Memory Cards -- All Your Eggs in One Basket? -- What Can Go Wrong? -- What Can You Do? -- Clean Your Sensor -- Identifying and Dealing with Dust -- Avoiding Dust -- Sensor Cleaning -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.