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E INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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CONTENTS For Proper and Safe Use .................. 4 ADVANCED OPERATION APPENDIX Thank you for your purchasing this Selecting the Flash Mode................ 32 Care and Storage ............................ 54 camera. Before using your new GETTING STARTED Flash Range.................................. 34 Technical Specifications .................. 60 camera, please take the time to read Names of Parts................................ 10 Autoflash ...................................... 35 through t
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FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE •Tape over lithium battery contacts to avoid short-circuiting during disposal; Read and understand all warnings and cautions before using this product. always follow local regulations for battery disposal. WARNING Using batteries improperly can cause them to leak harmful solutions, overheat, • Do not disassemble this product. Electric shock may cause injury if a high or explode which may damage property or cause personal injury. Do not ignore voltage circuit inside the pr
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FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE • Do not fire the flash directly into the eyes. It may damage eyesight. •Take the product to a Konica Minolta Service Facility when repairs are • Do not fire the flash at vehicle operators. It may cause a distraction or required. temporary blindness which may lead to an accident. • Do not look directly at the sun or strong light sources through the viewfinder. It CAUTION may damage your eyesight or cause blindness. • Do not use or store the product in a hot or humid envir
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FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the that may ca
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NAMES OF PARTS GETTING STARTED Date button (p. 44) BODY The quartz-date model is illustrated. Drive-mode/Adjust button (Quartz Date model only) (p. 40, 42, 44, 51) AF window* Viewfinder window* Meter window* Flash-mode/Select button Shutter-release button (p. 22) (p. 32, 44) Flash* (p. 32) Remote-control Data panel (p. 12) receiver* (p. 50) Main switch (p. 20) Lens* (Quartz-date model only) Strap eyelet (p. 14) Back-cover release (p. 17) Battery-chamber door (p. 15) Viewfinder* (p. 13) Tripod so
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NAMES OF PARTS GETTING STARTED All indicators are displayed for clarity. DATA PANEL VIEWFINDER Date/Time display (p. 44) Focus lamp (green) Battery-condition indicator (p. 16) (Quartz-Date model only) Close-framing guides (p. 28) With the shutter-release button pressed partway down - Remote-control indicator (p. ) Glows: focus confirmed 51 (Quartz-date model only) Blinks rapidly: subject is too close Blinks slowly: focus not confirmed (p. 26) Frame counter (p. 19) Film-transport signals (p. 19)
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ATTACHING THE CAMERA STRAP INSERTING THE BATTERY GETTING STARTED 1. Pass the small loop of the The camera uses one 3-volt CR123A or 1 2 DL123A lithium battery. strap through the strap eyelet on the camera. 1. Open the battery-chamber door using the larger button key on the 2. Pass the the other end of camera strap. the strap through the small loop and tighten. 2. Insert the battery. The positive and negative battery terminals should • Button keys are attached to the strap. Use the be orientate
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BATTERY-CONDITION INDICATOR LOADING THE FILM GETTING STARTED Each time the camera is turned on, an indicator will appear on the data panel to 1. Slide the back-cover release indicate the power status of the battery. down to open the back cover. • Before opening the back cover, look through the film window to confirm that The indicator briefly appears. Power is film is not currently loaded. sufficient for all camera operations. The indicator blinks. Power is sufficient • If the back cover does no
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LOADING THE FILM GETTING STARTED 2. Place the film cartridge into the film 4. Close the back cover. • The film automatically advances to the first frame chamber. and 1 appears in the data-panel frame counter. “ ” • If the film has been loaded improperly, “0” will blink on the frame counter and the shutter will not release. Open the back cover and repeat the loading procedure. 3. Extend the film leader to the film-tip • Once the film is loaded, the battery-chamber lock mark. The film must lay fl
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FULLY AUTOMATIC OPERATION BASIC OPERATION 1. Press the main switch to turn the 3. Look through the viewfinder camera on. and press the zoom lever to •To conserve battery power, the auto-power- zoom the lens. off function will turn the camera off eight • The viewfinder will adjust to match the minutes after the last operation. lens’ field of view. • Do not obstruct or hold the lens barrel. 2. Hold the camera steadily. Do not cover the T(elephoto): zoom in W(ide angle): zoom out flash, lens, AF wi
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FULLY AUTOMATIC OPERATION BASIC OPERATION 4. Place the subject within the focus frame Flash lamp (orange) Glows : flash is charged and ready and press the shutter-release button Blinks rapidly : flash charging partway down. Blinks slowly : camera-shake warning • The status of the AF system and flash are indicated by the lamps next to the viewfinder. 5. When the green focus lamp glows, press the shutter-release button all Focus frames the way down to take the picture. • Press the shutter-release
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FOCUS LOCK FOCUSING RANGE BASIC OPERATION The focus-lock function allows the camera to be focused on a certain subject The subject must be within the focusing range of the camera. The minimum and then the picture can be recomposed to arrange the subject at a different focusing distance varies with the focal length of the lens. position within the image area. Wide-angle Telephoto 1. With subject in the focus frame, press and (37.5 mm) (160 mm) hold the shutter-release button partway down. 60 cm
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SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS BASIC OPERATION The camera may not be able to focus in certain situations. At this time, the focus-lock function (p. 24) can be used to focus on an object at the same When a low-contrast The green focus lamp will blink distance as your subject, and then the image can be recomposed to take the slowly to warn that focus cannot area fills the focus picture. be confirmed. The shutter can frame. be released and the focus will When your subject is be set to infinity; when u
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FOR CLOSER SUBJECTS BASIC OPERATION Close-framing guides Because of parallax, the image seen in the 1. With subject in the focus frame, press viewfinder and the image recorded with the and hold the shutter release button camera are not exactly the same. Parallax partway down. becomes significant with close subjects. Use • The green focus lamp should glow to confirm close-framing guides to eliminate the effect of the focus is locked. parallax. If the subject is too close, the green focus lamp 2.
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REWINDING THE FILM BASIC OPERATION The camera automatically rewinds the film after the last exposure is taken. • If the rewind motor stops before the film has been completely rewound, all the indicators on the data panel will blink. Remove and insert the battery . When the cartridge mark blinks on the data • Although more pictures than specified on the film package may be taken, the panel, the film has been rewound. Open the back film processor may only print the number specified on the film car
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SELECTING FLASH MODE ADVANCED OPERATION Press the flash-mode button until the desired flash-mode indicator Flash cancel (p. 38) appears on the data panel. Night portrait (p. 39) The following flash modes can be selected: • When the camera is turned off, the fill-flash, flash cancel, or night portrait Autoflash (p. 35) mode will be reset to autoflash or autoflash with red-eye reduction, whichever of the two modes was set last. Autoflash with red-eye reduction (p. 36) Fill-flash (p. 37) 32 33
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FLASH RANGE AUTOFLASH ADVANCED OPERATION The flash range depends on the film speed and focal length in use. Because of The flash will fire automatically in low-light or back-lit situations. the optical system, the flash range is not the same at the lens’ wide-angle Press the flash-mode button until the position as it is at the telephoto position. To ensure proper exposure, the subject autoflash indicator appears on the must be within the flash range. data panel to set the flash mode. Focal lengt
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AUTOFLASH WITH RED-EYE REDUCTION FILL-FLASH ADVANCED OPERATION The flash will fire a few short bursts before the main The flash fires with each exposure regardless of the flash burst to reduce red-eye; an effect caused by amount of ambient light. Fill-flash can be used to light reflected from the retina. Used in low-light reduce harsh shadows caused by strong direct light or condition when taking photographs of people or sunshine. animals, the pre-flashes contract the pupils of the subject’s eye
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FLASH CANCEL NIGHT PORTRAIT ADVANCED OPERATION The flash will not fire in this mode. Use flash cancel In night-portrait mode, the camera balances the flash when flash photography is prohibited, natural light is and existing light exposure so you can take beautiful desired to illuminate the subject, or the subject is portraits at sunset or at night. The flash will fire with beyond the flash range. The camera-shake warning each exposure regardless of the amount of ambient may appear in this mode.
