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. Gently press the manual rewind button using the button key. 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 its value. · Press and hold the adjust button to change the value rapidly. 7. Press the select button to make the language code blink. 50 Continued on following page. 51 TITLE IMPRINTING - Preselecting Titles 8. Press the adjust button to change the language code. TITLE IMPRINTING - Frame Title With the camera on and before taking the picture: 1. Press the title button to display the code for the title you want. · Each press of the title button changes the title code to the next selection. 9. When the title information is correct, press the title button. 2. The magnetic data is written and the selection is cancelled for the next frame. 52 53 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: 3. When blinks in the data panel again, turn the filmchamber release and remove the film. 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. [. . . ] Aperture Range f/5. 7 - f/22 72 Camera Type: Lens: Battery: One CR-2 3V Lithium battery Battery-condition indication: 3-stage indication Battery performance: approx. 10 rolls based on Minolta's standard test method using 25 exposure rolls with the flash for 50% of the exposures. Magnification: 0. 35X - 0. 91X Field of View (H format): 85% (for subject at 3m) Eyepoint: 21. 4mm from the viewfinder 97 x 62 x 32 mm (3. 8 x 2. 4 x 1. 3 in. ) 215g (7. 58 oz. ) without battery Viewfinder: Dimensions: Weight: · Specifications are based on the latest information available at the time of printing and are subject to change without notice. 73 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ]