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Record Screens & Menus
By Josh Fate
Please excuse the quality of our screens, the WG-2 does not include an A/V cable with the camera.
Green mode is simplest shooting mode that Pentax features on their cameras, and possibly the easiest to use mode on the market. The only thing you can do is point, zoom and shoot. The camera will take care of everything else. Even the camera menu is limited to the setup menu, all of the shooting menus have been hidden.
Auto mode is what most people are used to, allowing the camera to choose the correct scene mode and camera settings, all you have to do is point-n-shoot. Image quality and some other settings are also available to you.
Program mode offers the most control that you will get from the WG-2. Here things like White Balance and ISO settings are also up to. Remember that this is still an automatic shooting mode and the shutter speed and aperture will still be set for you.
Here is a list of the camera's scene modes: Auto, Program, Night Scene, Handheld Night Snap, Movie, Underwater, Underwater Movie, Digital Microscope, Landscape, Flower, Portrait, Interval Shot, Interval Movie, High Speed Movie, Digital SR, Surf & Snow, Kids, Pet, Sports, Candlelight, Fireworks, Night Scene Portrait, Text, Food, Digital Wide, Digital Panorama, Frame Composite, Report
Record Mode Options:
- Image Tone - Bright, Natural, MonoChrome
- Recorded Pixels - 16M, 12M - 1:1 or 16:9, 7M, 5M 16:9, 4M, 3M, 2M, 1024x768 or 640x480
- Quality Level - Three (Best), Two (Better) or One (Good) "stars"
- White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent, or Shutter Adjust
- AF Setting - Focusing Area (9 point AF, Spot AF, Tracking AF)
- AE Metering - Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- Sensitivity - Auto, 125, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
- AUTO ISO Range - 125-200,125-400, 125-800, 125-1600. 125-3200, 125-6400
- EV Compensation - Override metering ±2.0EV in 1/3 steps
- D-Range Setting - Highlight Correction and Shadow Correction
- Pixel Track SR - On or Off
- Blink Detection - On or Off
- Digital Zoom - On or Off
- Instant Review - On or Off
- Memory - Memorize settings between power on and off
- Green Button - Choose the function of the Green Button
- Sharpness - Settings for minus, normal, plus
- Saturation - Settings for minus, normal, plus
- Contrast - Settings for minus, normal, plus
- Date Imprint - Off, Date, Date & Time, Time
- IQ Enhancer - On or Off
- Macro Light - On or Off
One of the few cameras still on the market that does not have a dedicated video recording button, the WG-2 still relies on using a movie mode to record your videos.This means there is no confusion or pressing the wrong button, when you want a movie go to movie mode with nothing to get worried about.
Movie Menu Options:
- Recorded Pixels - 1920 @ 30fps, 1280 @ 30 and 60fps, 640 @ 30fps
- Movie SR - On or Off
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