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Minolta 16EE II User manual
User manual for Minolta 16EE II. 13 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Minolta
- Model / document
- Minolta 16EE II
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- User manual
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- English
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- 13
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- Film cameras
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LOADING THE FILM
Turn the bock cover opening diol to "OPEN" ond the
spring-operoted cover will snop up. At the some time,
the {ilm counter will ouiomoiicolly return to the stort
position.
Films f or the Minolto l6EE tr ore housed in o block -aE$i
contoiner colled o cosselie. Looding is very simple. Just r------------*
ploce the cossette into the f ilm chomber of the comero, "CLOSE" posiiion. trereN}J close the cover ond turn the diol to
Note: lf the bock cover refuses to close tightly, turn
the film odvonce diol while lighily pressing on the
cossette until it is properly seoted.
After looding the film ond closing the cover, the film
"S"counter will be ot the position. Before shooting.
odvonce the film diol ond press the shutter releose.
Repeot this oction three times ond number 20 will
oppeor on ihe f ilm counter. This indicotes thoi 20 more
fromes ore ovoiloble. As you shoot, the film counter
will decreose from 20 to 0.
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SETTTNGTi'rEA5A (Drh"{)FrrAASPEED
Set fhe ASA f ilm speed diol to correspond with the roting
of the film you ore using. The diol is coupled with the
light meter so thot lhe light meter will outomoticolly
deterrnine correct exposure for ony filrns from ASA 25
,|00
f hrough 320. Note : ASA rotings of 50 cnd ore
morked with o block dot on the filr,r specd Ci,l.
HOW rO FOCUS
Due fo the wide depth-of-field of the F2.8f25nm Rokkor lens, precise
focusing for eoch picture is unnecessory. Insteod, the cqmero hos o
zone-focusing device.
Wh'en photogrophing portroit shots or
close-ups (obout 2.5 meters or 6 to 7
" "feet), set lhe zone-focus to. O [8
When photogrophing distont shots like
londscopes (from 5 meters to infinity or
l6 feet to inf inity). set the zone-focus to
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For oll outdoor photogrophy or ony light
obiects, set the exposure diol so thoi the
"H" oppeors in the window,
Now you con shoot outomoticolly in procticolly
ony photogrophic situotion.
In the viewfinder o round yellow signol oppeors whenever
the light is odequote for correct exposure' lf this signol
does not oppeor or is noi perfectly round' ihen the
o v o i l o b l e l i g h t i s e i t h e r t o o b r i g h t o r t o o d i m f o r c o r r e c t
exposure. lf it is ioo bright, o filter moy be odded'
lf ihe light is too dim you con odiust the exposure diol
"L'r position. This outomoticollyodiusts the comero to the
for low sensitivitylight. The shutter speed is 1/200 second
"H" position ond l/50 second ot the "L" position' S i g n o l ot the
I
lf the yellow signol siill does not oppeor even ot the
"1" position, then flosh photogrophy should be used'
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J*t*GrNG rHEMERcuRyl
c=u BATTERY I I
For the light meter of this comero, o mercury cell bottery
is used. The life of the bottery is obout two yeors.
When the yellow signol in the viewfinder does not oppeor
.even in bright outdoor light, this indicotes lhe bottery is
deod ond must be reploced.
HOW TO REPLACETHEBATTERY
1 . lf ihe cover of the mercury cell on the side of comerq
is turned counter-clockwise, it will come off.
2. Toke. the mercury cell out.
'3. Set (+) side of the new mercury cell in conformity
to (+) side of ihe cover, os indicoted in the
photogroph.
4. When the comero is left unused for o long period of
time. the mercury cell should !e token out.
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UNTOADING THE FITIUI
Whe.n 20 exposures ore complel€d, "O" will oppeor in
the film counter window. Toke lhree more ,,blind',
exposures until t'E" oppeors in the window. This indicotes
lhe exposed film is sofely wound into the film cossette.
Then. open the bock cover ond remove the film. lt is best
to remove the film in the shode ond wrop it in block
poper.
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HOW TO HOLD THE CAMERA
Boslcolly, ihere ore two woys of holding the comero--
verficolly ond horizontolly. Which position you use
depends on how you wont to compose ihe picture.
Fix the comero os close to the foce os possible ond
hold it firmly os indicoted in the illustrotions. Releose
l;:t * l'-,the shutter button slowly ond corefully in order to ovoid
comero movement. When releosing the shutter, be coreful lrni
not to cover the lens or the light meter cell wiih the
fingers or the comero's leother strop.
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CLOSE-UPPHOTOGRAPHs
Use close-up lenses when shooting ot extremely close e- -d i s t o n c e s . T h e r e o r e t w o l e n s e s o v o i l o b l e - - N o . l o n d
No. 2.
'l
No. I is designed for close-ups ot opproximotely .2 meiers
(obout 4 f eet); No. 2 for shots ot opproximotely 0.7
melers (obout 2l feet).
When using close-up lenses,be sure the zone f ocus device
is set for portroiis ot O 88. Composition should be
determined by using the two short verticol morks in the
viewf inder.
Press the block f rome of the lens upwords ond it will pop
out. lnsert the close-up lens or f ilier ogoinst the siondord
lens ond relurn the f rome to its originol posiiion.
USING FILTERS
Filters bring out truer iones in your photogrophs.
UV Filter. This f ilter obsorbs uliro-violet roys ond ot the
some time protects the lens from scrotches ond dust.
Y48 Filter. This f ilter is intended for beiter tone effects
of cloudy scenes, beoch, snow ond woter scenes. When
WITH YELLOW FILTER using ihis filter reduce your ASA roting by one grode.
WIT}IOUTFILTER
For exomple, if you ore using on ASA 100 film, reduce
it to ASA 50. (An UV Filter is ottoched to this cornero.)
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FTASH PHOTOGRAPHY
The flosh contoct terminol of the Minolto i6EE tr is
synchronized for both stondord flosh bulb ond electronic
flosh units.
When shooting with flosh, switch the exposure diol to
"F"ihe position. This fixes the operture ot Fl I ond
the shutter speed ot 1/30 second. The yellow signol
will olwoys oppeor when the exposure diol is oi the
"F" posiiion.
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ENJOY COTOR SLIDES!
Toke color pictureswith Minoltq 16EEJ[.
The Minolto Mini Proiector,o slide proiecto!' exclusivelyused for
this comero,proiectsyour color slideson o scN'een.
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