User manual MINOLTA CLE BROCHURE

[. . . ] Please familiarize yourself with the names of the controls and their locations on the camera, then read this manual thoroughly. * Advanced Photo SystemTM is a trademark of the five system developing companies. Easier to load. . . Advanced Photo System cameras use the new IX240 type film. This new film features Drop-in Loading to make loading your camera simple, the first time, every time. Indicators on the cassette tell you and your camera if the film is unexposed, partially exposed, exposed, or processed. Advantages of the Advanced Photo System New print formats. . . Classic C print, wider H print, and panorama P print formats are available with Advanced Photo System cameras. New processing. . . In addition to returning your prints in the format you selected, certified photofinishers will return your Advanced Photo System film in its original cassette with an index print. To order reprints, simply choose the images you want from the index print. [. . . ] - ) CLOSE-FRAMING GUIDE (C and H Formats ) For a subject within the focus distance but close enough to cause parallax, the close-framing guide will appear in the viewfinder when you press the shutter-release button partway down. Without lifting your finger from the shutter-release button, move the camera slightly upward to recompose the picture, then press the shutterrelease button all-the-way down to take the picture. The area shown by will be on the final print. Focus Distance · If the camera can not determine the focus distance, the green focus lamp will glow or blink slowly and the picture may not be in focus. 26 27 SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS Some scenes or subjects, like the examples below, are difficult for the autofocus system to lock on to. In these shooting situations, focus hold (p. 29) on another object with the same brightness and the same distance from you as your main subject, recompose, then press the shutterrelease button all-the-way down to take the picture. · Bright light sources such as the sun or neon lights · Highly reflective surfaces such as water, mirrors, etc. · Dark objects and surfaces with low reflectance · Objects behind glass, bars, or other such as partitions FOCUS HOLD Subjects outside the focus frame may not be in focus. Use focus hold to ensure accurate focusing. 1. Center your subject in the focus frame. Continued on following page. 28 29 FOCUS HOLD - CONT'D 2. Press and hold the shutter-release button partway down so the green ready lamp glows. REWINDING THE FILM Your camera automatically rewinds the film into the cassette after the last exposure. 1. Wait for the film to completely rewind into the cassette. · The lens will retract before rewind. · 0 will appear in the frame counter and will blink when rewind is complete. 3. Without lifting your finger, recompose the picture and press the shutter-release button all-theway down to take the picture. · Lift your finger from the shutter-release button to cancel focus hold. Use fill flash to illuminate a backlit subject or to reduce harsh shadows on your subject's face. Press the flash-mode button until appears in the data panel. · Warn your subject that the flash will fire a few short bursts just before the picture is taken. · The flash mode will remain selected after you turn the camera off. Press the flash-mode button until appears in the data panel. · When you turn the camera off, the flash mode will be reset to Autoflash or Autoflash with red-eye reduction, whichever mode was used last. 38 39 FLASH CANCEL The flash will not fire in this mode. Use flash cancel when you want to photograph subjects that are beyond the flash range or to capture the ambiance of existing light. NIGHT PORTRAIT In this mode, the camera balances the flash and existing light exposure so you can take beautiful pictures of people at sunset or at night. 54 Date/time display · Pressing any other button replaces the title code with date/time display. 2. Take the picture. The magnetic data is written and the selection is cancelled for the next frame. 55 TITLE IMPRINTING - Filmstrip Title An additional title for the entire roll of film can be selected. Both the filmstrip title and the frame title will be printed on the back of the print. 2. Press the shutter-release button all-the-way down to set the title. · The camera advances to write the data on the film's leader, then rewinds the film. After the film has been rewound and blinks in the data panel: 1. Press the title button to display the desired filmstrip title. · Each press of the title button changes the title code to the next selection. 3. When blinks in the data panel again, press the filmchamber release and remove the film. · Set the filmstrip title before removing the film. Once a filmstrip title is set, it can not be changed or cancelled using the camera. No imprinting 56 57 SELF-TIMER The self-timer delays release of the shutter for approximately 10 seconds after you press the shutter-release button. 3. Press the shutter-release button all-the-way down. · will blink in the data panel during countdown. Just before the shutter is released, the self-timer lamp will blink rapidly, then glow. · To cancel the self-timer, press the self-timer button or close the lens cover to turn the camera off. · The self-timer is automatically cancelled after the shutter releases. · Do not press the shutter-release button while standing in front of the camera. 1. Place the camera on a tripod, then press the self-timer button until appears in the data panel. 2. Center your subject in the focus frame. · Use Focus Hold for off-center subjects (p. 29). 58 59 REMOTE CONTROL (Sold Separately) The IR Remote Control RC-3 (not included) allows remote camera operation from up to 5. 5m (18 ft. ) away. · The distance may be shorter or the remote control may not operate with backlit subjects, under fluorescent light, or in extremely bright lighting conditions. · To save power, the data panel will shut off and the lens will retract if the remote control is not operated for more than eight minutes. · Remote control mode will remain selected after the picture is taken. 2. Compose your picture. 1. Place the camera on a tripod, then press the remote-control button until appears in the data panel. 3. Point the remote toward the front of the camera and press · or 2s. · Release (·): the remote-control lamp will blink once before the picture is taken. Delay (2s): the remote-control lamp will blink several times before the picture is taken. Continued on following page. 60 61 REMOTE CONTROL - CONT'D FOCUS HOLD IN REMOTE CONTROL MODE 1. Set the camera to remote control mode. 2. Center your subject in the focus frame, then press the shutter-release button partway down so the green ready lamp glows. [. . . ] · Before shipping your camera for repair, please contact an authorized Minolta Service Facility for details. FILM CASSETTE WARNING The film used in Advanced Photo System cameras stores some data magnetically. Do not place the cassette on or near anything that creates a magnetic field, such as a television or stereo speakers. CAMERA ERROR If all the indicators in the data panel blink or the data panel is blank and the camera will not function with a fresh battery, remove and reinsert the battery. If normal operation does not resume or the camera malfunctions repeatedly, contact an authorized Minolta Service Facility. BEFORE IMPORTANT EVENTS · Check camera operation carefully or take test photographs. · Minolta is not responsible for any loss which may occur due to an equipment malfunction. Continued on following page. 70 71 CARING FOR YOUR CAMERA - CONT'D OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND CONDITIONS · This camera is designed for use from ­10 to 40 °C (14 to 104 °F). [. . . ]