User manual MINOLTA MAXXUM 3000I PART 1

[. . . ] 8 A D B C E View-frame for 50 mm View-frame for 75 mm View-frame for 35 mm View-frame for 135 mm Fig. 9 View-frame for 28 mm View-frame for 90 mm 90 mm 28 mm 75 mm 50 mm 135 mm 35 mm Fig. 30 (±0 EV) (±0 EV) +Exposure Compensation -Exposure Compensation Fig. 35 Preparations before taking pictures and basic photography operations How to use the strap (Fig. [. . . ] If the film that is loaded does not have a DX code and the ISO/exposure control dial is set to DX, all sensitivities for film loaded will be set to ISO100. If the film is set to the sensitivity that you want, the values will be manually set even if DX coded film is used. 8. 16) The exposure mode can be selected in line with the photography purpose. Turn shutter dial to switch exposure mode or to select manual shutter speed. When turning the dial, stop at the position where a click sound is heard. Shutter dial is locked when set to "AE" or "AEL" and the dial will not turn to a position other than AE and AEL. To unlock the dial, press and hold the "shutter dial unlock button " and turn the shutter dial. For more detailed information, check the description of the particular mode. 17) Sharp focusing is performed in the section at the center of the finder (Fig. To put picture in focus, place eye at center of view finder eyepiece and look into finder. When taking pictures of people and focusing on the subjects' eyes, look into the finder and move the lens focus ring until the dual images in (Fig. In manual exposure, you can shift consciously the indicator blinking on and off or steady on to make the exposure either under or over to take the kind of picture desired. Advanced Instructions 13. Depth of Field When focusing on a certain subject, there is an area both in front and behind the subject that can be held in focus. When the range is wide it is a deep depth of field and when the range is narrow it is a shallow depth of field. (1) The higher the F value the deeper the depth of field, the lower the F value the shallower the depth of field. (2) At the same F value, the shorter the focal length of the lens, the deeper the depth of field, and likewise, the longer the focal length of the lens, the shallower the depth of field. (3) The farther the distance from the subject, the deeper the depth of field and the shorter the distance from the subject, the shallower the depth of field. (4) From the position at which the subject is in focus, the depth of field is shallower to the rear and deeper to the front. Depth of Field Checking The range for depth of field can be read by the graduations for depth of field that are on every lens. The figures rowed on both sides of the lens range/F index are the depth of field graduations. The depth of field graduations are written in relation to the range graduations so that the depth range can generally be read from the distance graduations. How to read depth of field graduations (Fig. 28) Say, for example, we are taking pictures with a 50 mm/F2 lens and range set to 5 meters and F stop set to F8. [. . . ] Flash photography We recommend using the flash when taking pictures indoors or outside at night. Flash photography is very effective when taking pictures of people in the shade or when they are back lighted. Do not discharge the flash close up people's eyes (especially young children). Don't point a flash toward the driver of any vehicle and then take a picture. [. . . ]