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. 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. See your photofinisher for a full description of available services. 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. The date/time information needs to be reset (p. 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 main switch to turn the camera off. Press the select button, the last digit of the title code number will blink. 6. Press the select button to make the next digit blink, change its value using the adjust button. 5. Press the adjust button to change its value. · Press and hold the adjust button to change the value rapidly. Continued on following page. 54 55 TITLE IMPRINTING - Preselecting titles 7. Press the select button to make the language code blink. 9. Press the select button until all items stop blinking to set the updated information. · The data panel shows the updated title for eight minutes, then all the indicators will disappear. · If you press the title button instead of select button, next title can be changed. 8. Press the adjust button to change the language code. 56 57 TITLE IMPRINTING - Imprinting titles Select the title for each frame before taking the picture. 1. Turn the camera on and 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. Date/time 2. Take the picture. The magnetic data is written and the selection is cancelled for the next frame. · Pressing any other button replaces the title code with date/time display. 58 59 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-theway down. · will blink in the data panel during countdown. · The self-timer lamp will blink slowly. [. . . ] 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. 74 75 TECHNICAL DETAILS Camera Type: Lens: Metering: Shutter Speed: Film Speed: IX240 Lens Shutter Camera 24 - 70mm f/5. 7 - 11. 2 lens (approx. equivalent to 30 - 88mm in 35mm format) Center-weighted metering Range (ISO 200): 24mm: EV 4 - 16, 70mm: EV 4 - 18 7. 8 - 1/380 sec. [. . . ]