User manual MINOLTA SPOTMETER F IR REMOTE CONTRO LRC-3

[. . . ] This manual is designed to help you understand the operation of your camera and its functions. 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. [. . . ] Open the film-chamber and remove the film. · The film's VEI indicator will be 30 . 1. Follow steps 1- 3 from automatic rewind. 31 PROCESSING For best results, take your film to a Certified Advanced Photo System photofinisher displaying this symbol (see p. 64). USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH When you turn the camera on, the built-in flash is set to autoflash or autoflash with red-eye reduction, whichever mode was used last. · The flash mode remains selected after you take the picture. 38 39 NIGHT PORTRAIT In night portrait mode, the camera balances the flash and existing light exposure so you can take beautiful pictures of people at sunset or at night. The flash is set to manual fill-flash with red-eye reduction. Press the flash mode button until appears in the data panel. · The shutter speed may be slow. · The flash mode remains selected after you take the picture. ADDITIONAL FEATURES 40 41 DATE IMPRINTING Your camera records date and time information on the film's magnetic strip that certified photofinishers can imprint in the front and back of your photographs. · Some labs can not imprint date and/or time information on the front of your photographs. See your photofinisher for a full description of available services. The sequence is as follows: DATE TIME -- -- -- (no display) Before taking the picture: Using the button key, press the date button until the data panel displays the format you want to see on the print. · When -- -- -- is displayed in the data panel, no data will be printed on the front of the print, but the date and time of exposure will be imprinted on the back of the print. · If the date-time indicator is blinking, date/time information will not be imprinted. The date/time information needs to be reset. 42 43 DATE IMPRINTING - Setting the Date and Time · This camera has a quartz clock and automatic calendar through the year 2029. 1. Turn the camera off, then press the date button with the button key to display the date. 3. Press the adjust button to change the blinking item. · Press and hold the adjust button to change the value rapidly. 2. With the camera on, press the title button to display the desired filmstrip title. · Each press of the title button changes the title code to the next selection. 54 · Set the filmstrip title before removing the film. Once a filmstrip title is set, it can not be changed or cancelled using the camera. 55 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 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. 56 57 REMOTE CONTROL (Sold Separately) The IR Remote Control RC-3 (not included) allows remote camera operation from up to 5m (16. 4 ft. ) away. · The remote control may not operate with backlit subjects or under fluorescent light. · To save power, the camera automatically shuts down if the remote control is not operated for more than eight minutes. · Remote control mode will remain selected after the picture is taken. 2. [. . . ] · When photographing in cold weather, it is recommend that you keep the camera and spare batteries inside your coat to keep them warm when you are not shooting. Cold batteries will regain some of their charge when they warm up. 70 71 TECHNICAL DETAILS IX240 Lens Shutter Camera 24-70mm f/5. 7 - 9. 8 lens (approx. equivalent to 30-87. 5mm in 35mm format); 4 element/4 group construction Focusing Range: C/H: Wide 0. 4m - (1. 3 ft. - ) Film Speed Setting: Automatic setting for DX coded films ISO 25-3200 Metering Range (ISO 200): Ev 4. 0 - 17 Flash Range (ISO 200): Wide:0. 4 - 4. 4m (1. 3- 14. 4 ft. ) Tele: 0. 4 - 2. 6m (1. 3 - 8. 5 ft. ) Shutter Speed Range: 8 - 1/500 sec. [. . . ]