INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
USING THE BUILT-IN FLASH
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FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE.....................................................................4
NAMES OF PARTS.........................................................................................6
QUICK OPERATION.....................................................................................10
Flash Lamp...............................................................................................34
Flash Range.............................................................................................35
Selecting the Flash Mode.........................................................................36
Red-eye Reduction...................................................................................37
Manual Fill-flash .......................................................................................38
Flash Cancel ............................................................................................39
Night Portrait ............................................................................................40
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Date Imprinting.........................................................................................42
Title Imprinting..........................................................................................48
Self-timer ..................................................................................................56
Remote Control (Sold Separately) ...........................................................58
APPENDIX
BASIC OPERATION
Attaching The Strap..................................................................................13
Installing The Battery................................................................................14
Checking The Battery Power ...................................................................15
Loading Film.............................................................................................16
Full-Auto Operation ..................................................................................21
For Closer Subjects..................................................................................24
Special Focusing Situations .....................................................................26
Focus Hold ...............................................................................................28
Rewinding the Film...................................................................................30
Processing................................................................................................32
Lab Services.............................................................................................64
Caring For Your Camera ..........................................................................66
Technical Details ......................................................................................72
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FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE
Read and understand all warnings and cautions before using this product.
Keep batteries or things that could be swallowed away from young
children. Contact a doctor immediately if an object is swallowed.
WARNING
Immediately remove the batteries and discontinue use if...
• the camera is dropped or subjected to an impact in which the interior
is exposed.
Batteries may become hot or explode due to improper use.
• Use only the batteries specified in this instruction manual.
• Do not install the batteries with the polarity (+/–) reversed.
• Do not subject batteries to fire or high temperatures.
• Do not attempt to recharge, short, or disassemble.
• Tape over lithium battery contacts before disposal. Follow local codes
for battery disposal.
• the product emits a strange smell, heat, or smoke.
The lens retracts when the camera is turned off or Auto Power Off is
activated. Touching the lens barrel while it is retracting may cause injury.
Do not disassemble. Electric shock may occur if a high voltage circuit
inside the camera is touched. Take your camera to a Minolta Service
Facility when repairs are required.
Use caution, accidents may occur when using this product near young
children.
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NAMES OF PARTS
Camera Body
* - Do not touch
Self-timer/Remote-
control/Adjust button
Viewfinder window*
Flash* (33)
Flash-mode/Select button
Data panel
Shutter-release
button
AF window*
Self-timer/Remote-
control lamp
Format-selector
switch (21)
Meter window*
Main switch
Lens*
Remote-control
receiver*
Date button (42)
Viewfinder*
Zoom buttons (22)
Title button (48)
Tripod socket
Film chamber
Manual-rewind
button (31)
Battery chamber
Film-chamber release (18)
For information on specific parts, refer to the page numbers shown in parenthesis.
Strap eyelet
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NAMES OF PARTS - CONT’D
Data Panel
Viewfinder
Battery-condition
indicator (15)
Focus frame
Title mark
Title/Date-time/Film speed indicator
Close-framing guide (25)
Self-timer
indicator (56)
Frame counter
Focus lamp (green)
lamp on
focus OK
focus cannot be confirmed
Flash mode
indicators (36)
Remote-control
Film transport
signals
slow blinking or special focus situation
(p. 26)
fast blinking too close
indicator (58)
Film cassette mark
Flash lamp (orange)
on
flash charged
slow blinking use flash or tripod
fast blinking flash charging
• Only the necessary indicators will appear in the data panel.
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QUICK OPERATION
1. Insert the
battery (p. 14).
2. Turn the camera 3. Select the print
4. Frame the
subject as
desired (p. 22).
5. Center your
subject in the
focus frame
(pp. 22-23).
6. Press the
shutter-release
button all the
way down to
take the picture
(p. 23).
on, then insert
the film (p. 16).
format (p. 21).
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ATTACHING THE STRAP
Attach the strap as shown.
BASIC OPERATION
• A button key is included on the strap for
pressing the Date button and Manual-
rewind button.
Button key
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INSTALLING THE BATTERY
CHECKING THE BATTERY POWER
Your camera uses one 3-volt CR-2 lithium
battery to supply power for all camera
operations.
Each time the main switch is turned on, a symbol will appear in the data
panel to indicate the power status of the battery.
1. Open the battery chamber as
shown.
Power is sufficient
for all camera
operations.
Power is sufficient,
but the battery will
have to be replaced
soon.
Replace the battery.
The shutter will lock
until the battery is
replaced.
2. Insert the battery into the chamber
as indicated by the + and – marks.
• If no display appears, replace the battery or check that it is inserted correctly.
• To save power, your camera will shut down and retract the lens if it is not operated
for more than eight minutes. Press the main switch to restore power.
• Do not obstruct the lens while it is retracting.
3. Close the battery chamber.
• After installing a new battery, reset the date
and time (p. 44).
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LOADING FILM
Your camera uses IX240 type film designed for use in Advanced Photo
System cameras.
Visual Exposure Indicators
• The current VEI has a white indicator behind it.
VEI MEANING
• Your camera’s automatic transport system loads the film, sets the film
speed, and advances the film after each exposure.
• After loading, the film chamber cannot be opened until rewind has been
initiated.
• DEP, Double Exposure Prevention, prevents the camera from accepting
exposed film.
UNEXPOSED
PARTIALLY EXPOSED
EXPOSED
PROCESSED
1. Press the main switch to turn the
camera on.
• This camera will only load film with the
mark current.
• Film can be loaded when the camera is on or off.
• If film is loaded with the camera off, all
indicators in the data panel will disappear after
the number of frames remaining is displayed.
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LOADING FILM - CONT’D
2. Turn the camera upside down, then
4. Press the film-chamber door closed
until it clicks.
• The camera will display the cassette mark and
the film’s ISO in the data panel, then advance
the film to the first frame. The frame counter
will display the number of frames remaining
on the roll.
turn the film-chamber release in the
direction indicated. The film-chamber
door will open partway.
• Do not load film without an operational battery
in the camera.
• Do not hold or turn the release when
closing the door. If the release is turned, the
film will not load properly; the cassette’s VEI
3. Open the film-chamber door and insert
the cassette into the film chamber.
indicator will change to
be used.
and the film cannot
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LOADING FILM - CONT’D
FULL-AUTO OPERATION
If 0 and the film transport signals blink in the data
panel, turn the film chamber release, open the
chamber, then remove the film.
1. Press the main switch to turn the
camera on.
• The camera is set for fully-automatic operation
and the flash will fire automatically when
necessary.
- If the film’s current VEI is , insert a new roll of film.
- If a partially exposed roll of film was loaded into this
camera, the VEI has been changed from to
- If a processed roll of film was loaded into this camera,
the VEI has been changed from to
.
2. Select the print format. The viewfinder
will change to match your selection.
.
- If the film’s current VEI is , remove the film, remove
and reinsert the battery, then reload the film. If the film
will not load, contact the nearest authorized Minolta
Service Facility.
Hold the camera steady, making sure your
fingers do not cover the flash. If you are taking
a vertically framed picture, turn the camera so
the flash is on top.
Continued on following page.
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FULL-AUTO OPERATION - CONT’D
3. Looking through the viewfinder, frame
the subject as desired.
• In low-light conditions, the AF illuminator (flash) will fire to determine focus
distance (unless is selected).
• If the orange flash lamp blinks quickly, the flash is not charged.
• Press the shutter-release button with a slow steady squeeze - never a
quick jab.
Press the W zoom button to zoom out.
Press the T zoom button to zoom in.
5. When the green focus lamp glows,
press the shutter-release button all-
the-way down to take the picture.
4. Center your subject in the focus
frame, then press the shutter-release
button partway down.
• Turn the camera off after use.
• Do not hold or obstruct the lens barrel.
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FOR CLOSER SUBJECTS
The green focus-lamp will blink rapidly and the shutter will lock when you
are closer than the focus distance indicated below.
When your subject is closer than 1m (3.3 ft.)
(1.7m (5.6 ft.) in Panorama format), compose
your picture within the close-framing guide
using focus hold if necessary (see p. 28).
Focal Length
Print Format
Focus Distance
24mm
70mm
All
C or H
P
0.4m - ∞
0.4m - ∞
0.8m - ∞
Correct
(1.3 ft. - ∞)
(1.3 ft. - ∞)
(2.6 ft. - ∞)
Not Correct
• If the camera can not determine the focus distance, the green focus-lamp will
blink slowly and the picture may not be in focus.
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SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS
Some scenes or subjects, like the examples below, are difficult for the
autofocus system to lock on to. When the focus will not lock, focus hold
(p. 28) on another object the same distance from you as your main
subject, recompose, then press the shutter-release button all-the-way
down to take the picture.
The green focus lamp
may glow, but the
focus may not be
accurate.
When your subject is
near a very bright
object or area.
The green focus lamp
may glow, but the
focus may not be
accurate.
When two subjects
overlap in the focus
frame.
The green focus lamp
When a very bright or
will blink slowly to
low contrast area fills
warn you that focus
the focus frame.
may not be accurate.
When a subject
The green focus lamp
composed of alternating will blink slowly to
light and dark lines fills
the focus frame.
warn you that focus
may not be accurate.
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FOCUS HOLD
Subjects outside the focus frame may not
be in focus. Use focus hold to ensure
accurate focusing.
2. Press and hold the shutter-release
button partway down until the
green focus lamp glows.
1. Center your subject in the focus
frame.
3. Without lifting your finger,
recompose the picture and press
the shutter-release button all-the-
way down to take the picture.
• Lift your finger from the shutter-release
button to cancel focus hold.
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REWINDING THE FILM
Your camera automatically rewinds the film into the cassette after the last
• Do not open the film chamber until the motor stops, 0 appears and
blinks in the data panel.
exposure.
1. Wait for the film to completely rewind
into the cassette.
• The frame counter will count down during rewind.
MANUAL REWIND
Use manual rewind to rewind the film before the roll is finished.
• 0 will appear in the frame counter and
when the film is rewound.
will blink
1. Gently press the manual rewind
button using the button key.
2. Turn the camera upside-down and
turn the film-chamber release to open
the film-chamber.
2. Follow steps 1- 3 from automatic
rewind.
3. Open the film-chamber and remove
the film.
• The film’s VEI indicator will be
.
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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 will fire automatically when necessary.
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FLASH LAMP
FLASH RANGE
With the shutter-release button pressed partway
down:
The range of the built-in flash depends on the film speed and the focal
length you are using. To ensure proper exposure, make sure your subject
is positioned within the flash range.
• If the orange flash lamp blinks rapidly, the
flash is charging. Wait until it glows steadily,
then take the picture.
• If the orange flash lamp blinks slowly, your
scene is too dark for a hand-held picture. Use
the flash or place your camera on a tripod.
Film speed
ISO 100
Film speed
ISO 200
Film speed
ISO 400
Focal length
24mm
0.4 – 3.1m
(1.3 – 10.2 ft.)
0.4 – 4.4m
(1.3 – 14.4 ft.)
0.4 – 6.2m
(1.3 – 20.3 ft.)
Focal length
70mm
0.4 – 1.8m
(1.3 – 5.9 ft.)
0.4 – 2.6m
(1.3 – 8.5 ft.)
0.4 – 3.7m
(1.3 – 12.1 ft.)
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SELECTING THE FLASH MODE
RED-EYE REDUCTION
Use the built-in flash’s red-eye reduction mode to reduce the red-eye
effect when photographing people or animals at night or in low light
situations. The flash will fire a few short bursts before the main flash burst
to reduce the red-eye effect.
Besides autoflash mode
, autoflash with red-eye reduction
, manual
fill-flash , night portrait , or flash cancel
can be selected.
Press the flash mode button until the
desired indicator appears in the data
panel.
• Flash modes remain selected after the picture
is taken.
Press the flash mode button until
appears in the data panel.
• Warn your subject that the flash will fire a few
short bursts just before the picture is taken.
• The flash mode remains selected after you
take the picture.
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