User manual MINOLTA SPOTMETER M IR REMOTE CONTRO LRC-3

[. . . ] 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 Partially Unexposed Exposed camera if the film is unexposed, partially exposed, exposed, or Exposed Processed processed. 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. [. . . ] · When you turn the camera off, the flash mode will be reset to Autoflash or Autoflash with redeye reduction, whichever mode was used last. Press the flash-mode button until appears in the data panel. · The shutter speed may be slow. · When you turn the camera off, the flash mode will be reset to Autoflash or Autoflash with redeye reduction, whichever mode was used last. 42 43 LANDSCAPE / NIGHT VIEW The flash will not fire in this mode and the focus is set to infinity. It can be used to photograph night scenes, ensure sharp focus for landscapes and other distant subjects, and should be used when photographing through glass. Press the flash-mode button until appears in the data panel. · The shutter speed may be slow. · When you turn the camera off, the flash mode will be reset to Autoflash or Autoflash with redeye reduction, whichever mode was used last. ADDITIONAL FEATURES 44 45 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 (Date/Time Imprinting). · Some labs can not imprint date and/or time information on the front of your photographs. The sequence is as follows: Date Time No display Before taking the picture: 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 display is blinking, date/time information will not be imprinted. 48). 46 47 DATE IMPRINTING - Setting the date and time This camera has a quartz clock and automatic calendar through the year 2029. 4. Press the adjust button to change the blinking item. · Press and hold the adjust button to change the value rapidly. 1. Press the date button. · The date display will appear in the data panel. 5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all items in the date and time display are correct. Press the shutter-release button all-theway 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. · Use Focus Hold for off-center subjects (p. 28). 60 61 REMOTE CONTROL (Sold Separately) The IR Remote Control RC-3 (not included) allows remote camera operation from up to 5m (16 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. Emitter window Delay button Release button 3. Point the remote control with its emitter window toward the front of the camera and press · or 2s button. · Release (·): the remote-control lamp will blink once, and the picture is taken immediately. Delay (2s): the remote-control lamp will blink for two seconds before the picture is taken. · Remote control mode will remain selected after the picture is taken. [. . . ] · 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 IMOPRTANT EVENTS · Check camera operation carefully or take test photographs. · Minolta is not responsible for any loss which may occur due to an equipment malfunction. [. . . ]