MINOLTA 7S User manual

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       Since its introduction, the Minollo Hi-molic 7s hos been hoiled os fhe mosl versotile oulomoflc
       comero.
     With its wide ronge of outomotic feolures, your new Minolto Hi-molic 7s con moke picfuro
       loking eosier, more foolproof lhon ever before possible. For exomple, lhe occurote eleclric
     eye in the Mi:rolto Hi-motic 7s is bosed on lhe polented "CLC" (Controsi Light Compensotor)
      system lo provide unsurpossed exposure occurocy, even in high confrost siluolions.
       tn oddifion, your new Minolfo Hi-molic 7s hos mony other outstonding feofures not found on
     ony other 35mm comero...reody lo moke photogrophy fruly "os eosy os pressing o butfon".
     These include Minolto's "SLS" (Sofety Looding Syslem) for ropid, fumble-free looding.
     For speciol photogrophic fechniques, such os deliberote under or over exposure, your new
     ,Minolto Hi-motic 7s moy olso be used semi-outomolicolly or monuolly. No other comero offers
       this versolilily.
      pleose reod this monuol corefully beforE loking piclures so lhot you moy fully utilize the
      potentiol of your Minolto Hi'motic 7s.

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Specificotions df ltinoltq Hi-mqtic 7str
I                         Automqtic 35mm rongefinder comero with CdS electric eye
              Lens  :
                Rokkor PF 45mm F/I.8
                 Conslruclion  :       6 elemenls in 5 groups
              Angl6 o1 View:        52"
               Diophrogm:             Click stops ol eoch engroved operture
                                  scole:   I/1.8,   f /2.8,   f /4,                                                                                                                                                                                                          f /5.6,   f /8, t/11, l/16  l/22                                  (on monuol operotion)
                    Filter Mounl:         55mm. screw-in                                                      o.
               Lens Shode Mounl  :   57mm, slip-on
               Shutter  :                SEIKO-LA fully oulomolic progrommed shutler wifh monuol
                                              control.
                Aulomotic Operof ion  ,  EV 5.7 (f /1.8 of l/15 sec.) to EV 17 (f /22 ol l/250 sec.)
              Monuol Operolion   :    B, t/4,  t/8,  t/ts,  t/30,1/60, t/12s,1/250 ond l/500  sec.
                                          in engroved click slops.
               Synchro Confoct:    X conlocl (M closs bulb synchronizes ot l/30 sec., eleclronic
                                          flosh ot oll speeds)
                 Self-Timer:          Aboul l0 seconds deloy on monuol conlrol.
              Film Winding:
              Lever fype, quick wind outomolicolly cocks, odvonces film ond film counler ond pre.
               venls double exposure.
              Winding Method:   Single full sfroke or multiple shorl slrokes.
              Winding Distonce z    220"
                 Film Counter:      Aufomolic resetting counlcr shows number of fromes exposed.
                  Film Rcwinding :       Ropid rewind cronk
              Frome Size :         .36x24mm
                    tilm :   ,              Siondord 35mm  f ilm,20 or 36 exposure mogozine

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Finder  :
  Tinted brighf frome viewfinder with oulomotic porollox correction.
  Meler Needle r        Needle in fhe viewfinder shows the proper EV number, over/
                      under exposure worning.
Focusing  :
   Direcl helicoid focusing coupled lo super-imposed  rongefinder.
  Minimum Focusing Distonce  , 3 ft. (0.9m)
Expqure Meter  :
   Built in CLC (Controst Light Compensotor) exposure mefer in the lens borrel coupled
  lo progrommed shutter, oufomoticolly compensotes lor filters or lens ottochmenls.
  Film Speed Ronse :    ASA 25-800, DIN 15-30
  Workins Ronge:    EV S.t (f/l.B ot 1/15 sec.) fo
                  EV 17 (t/22 ot l/250 sec.)with ony film.
                            1.35V, butlon-shope mercury boliery for photogrophic opplicotions,
  Boltery  :
Other Feotureg  :
  SLS (Sofety Looding Signol) shows proper film lood ond tronsporl.
  Eosy looding with speciolly designed muliiple-slot ioke-up spool.
  Cordless ond cord flosh contoct.
Size:
   Heish.t: 3-l /4tt (B2nm), Width: 5-l /2x (l40mm), Front to bock includin g lens,2-718,, (a7mm)
  Weisht t25.4 oz. (7209)

f   ltow to Insert the Mercury Bottery

    Tho oulomotic eleclric eye system in the Minolto Hi-molic 7s is powered by o long-life mercury boltery
    which must be properly seoted in the bollery chomber before the comero will operote:

                                             r) Remove lhe bollery chomber
                                        cover wilh o coin by lurning
                                                                 it counler-clockwise.
                                        z) When lhe cover is removed.
                                         ploce lhe botlery in the chom-
                                    ber wilh  iis plus ( f  ) side
                                          up, os indicoled by orrow on
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                                          reploce lhe cover.

        l) Be sure thot the plus (*)  ond minus (-)              4) When the comero is not in use, ba surg
          sidel of tha bottery ore not reversed.                  lo lurn lhe power sourcs of the boltory
     2)  lf the comero is not to be used for over                "off".    This is done by moving tha lilr
         holf o month, remove the boltery ond             speed lever to tho "OFF" position.
          slore it in o dry ploca.                                5) The Minolto Hi-motic 7s uses o   | .35V,
     3) Be sure not lo touch the boilery terminols               bullon-shope mefcufy bott6ry for photog-
         wilh moist or uncleon honds.  lf stoined               rophic opplicolions. (For exomple, Mollory
         lho bollcry contocls con  deterioroto,               PX-13, PX-625, RM-625R or equivolent.)
        moking the bonery inoperotive,

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A Quick Guide to Using Your Minoho Hi-mctic 7s Automoiicolly                                                                                               f
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             I  Inserl lhe film mogozine inlo lhe film           Set the film speed on the ASA/DlN scole.
              ! chomber, clcse the comero bock ond work         Then sel lhe "A" morks of both lhe shuller
           lhe film odvonce lever until lhe number          speed ond diophrogm rings lo lhe "orrow"
                 " 1" oppeors in lhe  f ilm counler window.           mork on lhe ouler lens borrel.

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Look fhrough the viewfinder ond focus on              R"t"otu lhe shulter.your subiacl.                                     {
Checl the EV scole ond indicotor needle
whilo looking through lhe viewfinder.   lf
lha needle is cleor of lhe upper or lower
red worning zones, lhe oulomotic syslem
con be regorded os functioning properly
to give you fhe oplimum exposure.

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      Using the "5L5" Film Lood System
-      SLS System of Eosy Looding
        the Minollo Hi-molic 7s loods in seconds wiin ils unique SLS syslem.
         Since lhe loke-up spool hos 4 {ilm slots, lhere is no need lo lurn il lo threod the film. ln oddilion,
         lhe red signol in the exclusrve Film Lood Window provides o consionl check on film olignmenl ond
          odYoncemenl.
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     -   a          -.,frry Lood winao. -y'





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                                                               lPull   lho bock cover loLk up obout l/8                                                                                       I  inch ond the cover will  oulomolicolly
                                                        "pop" open.


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Ploce lhe  f ilm mogozine info the  f ilm chom-             lnserf the film leoder oboul 7,/2 inch inlo
ber,    lf fhe mogozine oxis does nol sef          one of lhe slols in lhe foke-up spool. Be
properly on lhe rewind shof l,   f urn lhe  f ilm          sure lhot o film perforotion is engoged
rewind cronk clockwise or  counler-clock.            with lhe loolh in the slot.
wise, unlil fhe mogozine folls inlo lhe
proper posilion.
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                           A Fcw Wordr of Coution
                                                                l) When insorling tha film leoder into ono of
                                                 the slots of tho tolo-up spool, bo surs to
                                         on9o9o tho third or fourth film perforotion
Al lhe some lime lhe number "1" oooeors        wilh lha tooth in thc slot.
in lhe film counler window, o reo morx     2) When plocing the film mogozine into thc film
will oppeor in the Film Lood Window ol        chombar, bo surs to ongog. the lilm perfo.
lhe bock of the com6ro.  This sionols         rotions with th. tccth of thr sprockct geor
lhol lhe film hos been locded ond odvo-nced       on bolh sidss.
properly.  (The red mork oppeors in the     3) Be sure to lood or unlood the film in the
right holf of the window )                      shodo lo prevsnl  il from being domoged from
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F  How to Toke Pictures Automoiicolty

        The Minotto Hi-mot c 7s ls equipped wilh o progrommed shutfer ond on odvonced eleclr.c
         eye syslem lo combine moximum occurocy wifh fhe greolesl possible operofing eose'
         Once lhe Minolto Hi-motic 7s is sel for outomotic operolion, you need only focus ond
            press lhe shuller releose bufton. Nof only will the comero outomoticolly set proper
            operlure ond shulfer speed, bul it will oufomolicolly provide fhe opfimum combinofion of
             lhese lwo sellings for ony given lighl siluofion. With the Minolto Hi-molic 7s, even
            beginners ond children con loke perfecfly exposed picfures os no photogrophic skill or
            experience is necessory.





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 I   Sgl lhe film speed rofing by moving lhe lever  I  of fhe AsA/DlN,l scoles ot fhe bottom of the
     lens borrel fo fhe corresponding number of the
      film's speed. (This simultoneously  turns fhe mefer
     '191".)             Both ASA ond DIN scoles ore engroved.                        -  ASA 800..400..200..100..50..2s
   DtN  30 27 24  2t  l8  l5
NOTE: The dots (.) denofe ASA 650. SOO. 320,
       250, 160,  | 25, 80, 64, 40 ond 32.  The
         intervol befween lwo numbers is split into
          . lhree segments; eoch wilh o  click sfop.       * ASA ond DIN indicote unifs of film sensirive
       to light.

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Uring thc Vicwfindcr Worning Signolr
When looking through fhe vi3wfinder, on EV scole ond indicolor
needle con ba cleorly soen on the right sido.
lf the noedle is cleor of lhe upper or lower red worning
zones, lhe oulomolic exposure system will function lo give you
proper exposure.
lf the needle remoins in lhe lop worning zono, you do not
hove enough light for proper outomotic exposure. Al sucn
l;mes. use o flosh unit to provide odditionol  light or dis-.ngoga
lhe oulomotic syst3m lo keep shutter open longer thon l/l5th
secon d.
lf the neeCls remoins in ihe lower wcrning zone, you hove loo    Unproper cxFosurc
much light for proper outcmotic expfsure. Al such limes. uso
o fillsr to reduce light or disengoge lhe outomotic systsm to
operole shutter ot speeds higher rhon l/250th sec.

 CAUTION...Wlrcn  viowing worning morkr:
    l,    lf the needla poinls lo 5.7. lhs shulter spood is sel ol
        l/l5th  sec. ond thera is o possibility of picture blur.
  2)  Ts\s oulomotic syslem operotes over o ronge from EV
      5.7 (l/1.8 ot l/lslh  sec.) to EV 17 (/2e  ot l/250rh
        ssc.)

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Disengoging the Automotic System
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     Turn the fiulter spccd ring, firri.                   Turn the diophrogm ring.
    How to Use the Minolto Hi-mofic 7s Monuolly
    For unusuol conditions or for speciol effects ond lechniques, you moy wonf lo operote lhe comero
     monuolly selecfing the shuller speed ond operlure yourself.
       l)  Move the "A" morks owoy from lhe "orrow"      2)  You ore now in complele commond of the
        by pressing the AUTO releose buflon (on the          comero (iust os wifh ony fine 35mm comero)
            right side of lhe lens) ond lurning lhe shutfer         ond con set ony shuller speed or operfuro
        speed ring. Then, lurn lhe diophrogm ring.            openirlg combinolion you wish.
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flE Xo- ro Hold the Miz-ralro Hi-mcltic 7s
   A good picfure depends on mony foclors...one of which is the proper holding of lhe comero.  lf yout
     grip is unsleody, lhe movement of the comero con  ruin your photogroph.
         ll is o good ideo lo proclice holding lhe comero  (eifher horizonfolly or verlicolly).




     Holding lhe Comero Horizoniolly
     This position ossures you of o bef ler grip
     wifh less chonce of moving lhe comero os
    you con hold it    f irmly wilh bolh honds.
     Press your elbows lighf fo your body ond
      releose lhe shutler genlly in order lo ovoid
     movemenl of the comero.
       It is besf lo focus wifh lhe right eye for
     sequence shooling in order lo prevenl lhe
     film odvonec lever frorn coming inlg
     conlocf with your foce.                                           :,!4J

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Holding ihe Comero VerticollY
In lhis posifion lhe shuifer releose buttcn
moy be pressed wifh eiiher lhe lhumb or
index finger   Use whichever is more
convenienl for You.





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     When viewing your subiecl lhrough the
      comero's viewfinder, You con see o
       "brighl frome" surrounding the visuol
       field.  The oreo within lhis frome is
      whol will oPPeor on lhe film'





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                                     Whrn focusing  ot long di*sncc


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As you focus, you will ocluolly see fhe brighf
frome lines moving.
This provides oulomolic compensolion for porol-lox ond gives you o correcled field of  vision.  When Ifocusing ot short distonccThe bright frome lines prevenl you from inod-              I
verfently         "cufling off" the heod or legs of your                                        t--- - - - - - -1subiecf .

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   ''      When the lens is occurofely focused, there is o cerfoin depth considered lo be in focus both in
            lhe foreground ond the bockground. This is colled "depth-of-field".
             Depth-of-field becomes deeper os lhe operture opening is mode smoller (closing the diophrogm)
 +       ond shollower os lhe operlure opening is mode lorger (opening the diophrogm).
           Consequently, it is sometimes necessory to select o proper operlure opening depending on your
           sublecl. ln this cose, disengoge ihe outomotic syslem, operole the comero monuolly utilizing the
            depth.of-field chort lhol follows.
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                At full qperlure oPening                       At smollest oporlure openrng

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1 How to Recd rhe Deprh-of-Field Chorr
      Look of the photo below. According tc lhe chort (nexl poge), when lhe disfonce from the
       comero to the subiecf is opproximofely l0 feel (3 m) ond lhe lens oPerfure is sel ol f/8,
        everything from opproximotely 7leet (2.2n) lo 16 feel (4.8m), both in front ond behind
       lhe subiecl, will be in shorP focus.





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a  How to Use the Self-fimer

   The setf-timer deloys shufler releose for
    obout l0 seconds ofter you press lhe bul-
     lon, lhus'ollowing lime for you to gel into
     lhe picture yourself.
         l) Disengoge lhe oulomotic system ond
          determine proper seflings.
      2) Advonce.the winding lever.
      3) Move lhe self-limer lever fo lhe "V"
            mork.
      4) Press lhe shutler releose buflon. The
             self-timer operoles for oboul l0 sec.
       At  fhis fime lhe shuller  will
            outomolicolly be releosed.
        NOTE: To disengoge lhe oufomotic
          exposure syslem see poge 18.
        The self-limer will nol operofe  if lhc
         comero is sel for oufomofic cxposuro.

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