Minolta Control Grip CG-1000 User manual

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ATTACHMENT OF PARTS





Attaching bracket to camera                  Attaching Control Grip to bracket
  To attach: Align guide pin and attaching  A. To attach: Insert camera bracket into slot
screw on camera bracket with guide hole and   in base of Control Grip until  it clicks into
tripod  socket on  base of  camera. Turn   place.
attaching screw to secure camera.             B. To  remove: While  pressing down  on
                                            release lock, press bracket release and pull
                                           bracket straight out.

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Attaching flash toControl  Grip               To  remove: Completely loosen clamp,
  To attach: With flash's power off, slide  grasp base of flash, and slide flash straight
flash's mounting foot into grip's mounting  out of shoe.
shoe, and turn clamp to the left to secure
fl ash.

Grip extension cable                 NOTE
  The grip extensioncable attachesquickly     After  bracket, grip, and camera are all
between camera bracket and  grip  and  attached correctly and batteriesare installed
enables positioning Control Grip up to 5   in grip, the indicator LED on grip will glow
meters (16.5 feet) from camera'When using whenevercamera'smeter is on.
one or more dedicatedflash units, all flash
operationsremain the same.

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B A T T E R I E S  A N D  P O W E R
  The  Control  Grip CG-1000 uses six
AA-size batteries.Either alkaline-manganese,
rechargeablen ickel-cadmiu m, or sealed car-
bon-zinc batteries can be installed in grip's
battery cartridge.

Optional accessories
  M inolta's N i-Cd Battery Pack N P-2 fea-
tures rechargeablenickel-cadmium batteries
                                              Ni-Cd Battery Pack NP-za nd  replaces the Contro I G ri p's standard
battery cartridge. r
   Also available, Minolta's Ni-Cd Charger
OC-1 can be pu rchasedseparatelyand qu ick-
ly  recharges the  NP-2's nickel-cadmium
batteries.



                                                     Ni-Cd Charger OC-l

To install batteries:                              3. Reinsert cover in grooves and slide cover
1. Slide  battery  cover out  and remove  into place.
battery cartridge.
2. Insert batteries in battery cartridge with
ends as shown. Insert cartridge into battery
chamber.
Using Battery Pack NP-2: After  charging
battery pack, insert into battery chamber.
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NOTES                                  Checking batteries
      o  Never mix  batteries of  different types,    To  check  battery  capacity: Turn  onI
      Urands,or ages.                                flash's power and wait until the flash-readyJ
1     1  Keep batteriesaway from young children.  signal glows indicating flash is fully charged.
       :  o   lf  batteries are not  inserted correctly,    lf chargingtime is longer than the time listed
       flash will not charge and leaking or bursting  below,  batteries should  be  changed or
       of batteriesmay result.                     .re0harged.
                                                                                                                                          .i    Alkaline-manganese30 sec. ... change
I                       4                        Nickel-cadmium   15 sec.... recharge
I                                    **.                   Sealedcarbon-zinc 30 sec, ... changeI,a"II

Powersupplyfor flash unit                Cold-weatheroperation
  The  Control Grip CG-1000 supplies    Battery capacity tends to decreaseas
additionalpower to the flash unit for faster temperaturesgo down. In cold weather,
recycling and increased number of flashes always use fresh batteries and keep a spare                                                                                                                                   *lper charge or  set of  batteries. lt  is not   set warm in an inside pocket. For prolonged -
necessary to  have batteries in  flash unit   use near or below OoC (32"F), Ni-Cd bat-
when  using the  Control  Grip CG-1000;  teries are recommended. Battery capacity
however, doing  so  will  further  reduce   will be restoredas temperature rises.
recyclingtime and extend battery life.





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BASIC INFORMATION
        With dedicatedf lashunits such as Minolta's  SI NG LE.F LASH OPE RATION
     2800AF and 4000AF:                     A singleflash unit can be mounted on the
      o TTL  flash metering controls exposure in  Control  Grip  for  faster  recycling with
        all f lash modes,thus no exposurecalculations increased battery performance. Except for
      are required.                               autofocusing,all flash operationsremain the
      o  Flash exposure can be checked by refer- same as when flash is mounted on camera.
      ring to the sufficient-exposuresignal on the  The  built-in AF  illuminator on  Minolta's
      flash unit(s) or the flash signal in camera's 2800AF and 4000AF  flash units will  not
      viewf inder                                operate when unit  is mounted on Control
      a  Bounce lighting can be used for taking  Grip. A  separate AF  illuminator unit  is
      portraits or anytime softer, more diffuse  supplied with the Control Grip CG-i 000 Set.
      lightingis desired.                                           It mounts on the camera's accessoryshoe
                                           and  enables autofocusing with    f lash on
                                               Control Grip.





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AF illuminator uhit                              3. Slide battery cover back into place.
1. Slide open battery cover on AF illumina-
tor.
2. Insert four AAA-size alkaline-manganese
batteries with plus (+) and minus (-) ends
as marked insidechamber.


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4. Slide the mounting foot  into camera's unit's back panel glows when unit  is acti-
accessoryshoe and turn clamp to the left to  vated.
secureunit.                               To check batteries: Attach lens cap and
   Unit  is activated automatically whenever  press operating button  halfway to activate
camera requires a focus assist to autofocus A F     i l l u m i n a t o r u n i t .   I n d i c a t o r L E D w i l l
low-contrastsubjects in low light. With fresh  glow if battery power is sufficient.
batteries installed, an  indicator LED on



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NOTES
          -. The AF  illuminator unit functions only
      when using a Minolta 2800AF or 4000AF
       flash unit and a Minolta's autofocusingSLR
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       Minolta MAXXUM, camerashould be set to
       single-frame(S) drive mode. lf AF illumina-
        tor  unit  is activated with camera set to
       continuous (C) drive mode, camera opera-
        tion is the sameds in S drive mode.





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MU LTIPLE.F LASH OPERATION
  When using two  dedicated flash units,
Control Grip CG-1000 can be set for either
lighting-ratio control  or  balanced flash
output.




                                                Lighting-ratio control
                                           With lighting-ratioswitch on, Control Grip
                                   CG-1000 automatically controls flash output
                                         from two units. During exposure,TTL flash
                                         metering measures the  amount  of   light
                                               reflected off the subject so that two-thirds
                                                  of the exposure is made by the main flash on
                                            the grip and one-third by the fill-in flash on
                                            the camera.

NOTES                                     Optional off-camera accessories
       o  In program (P) and aperture-priority (A)     Additional flash units can be attached to
      mode with  lighting-ratio switch on, X-sync  the camera by using an off-cameracable, off-
      speed is automatically setto 1/60sec.       camera shoes (for 2800AF), and the Triple      i
       o  In manual (M) mode,  if shutter speed is  Connector TC-l000.  Lighting-ratio control1,,
l'       set to  1/100 sec. or faster, camera auto-  between flash unit on grip and units con-
        matically resetsspeed to 1/60 sec.           nected to camera is the same as described
                                             earlier.

                                                                                   ,  NOTE
                                    WhenusingTriple ConnectorTC-1000,if
                                             a flash is not to be fired, disconnectits
                                         Cable EX from TC-1000.Otherwise,view-
                                                  finder indicationsand exposurewill not be        .
                                                   correct.


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Diagram shows one application for multi-
ple flash with lighting-ratiocontrol:

  Mainflash(A) on ControlGrip is position-
ed to left of camerawhile fill-in flash (B) is
mounted on camera'saccessoryshoe.When
shutter is released,camera'sTTL metering
controls flash ou,tput so that main flash
providestwo:thirdsof overallexposurewhile
fill-in flash provitesone-third.For portraits,
this system assurescorrect exposurewith
adequateshadowdetail.

Sync terminal
                                               For special effects, such as to illuminate
                                               the background in portraits, a third flash
                                                    unit can be connected to the grip's sync
                                                 terminal. TTL  flash metering does not con-
                                                           trol  output  from  this third  unit. Thus  it
                                            should  not  be  pointed  directly  at  the
                                                subject, as doing so may causeoverexposure.


   Balancedflash output
    When lighting-ratio switch  is off, TTL
   metering balances flash output from both
   units. When Control Grip is used this way, X-
   sync, daylight fill-flashand slow-shuttersync
   are the same as with a single flash mounted
   on camera.

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     NOTES
       o  The    f lash unit  attached to  the sync
       terminal will only be triggeredwhen a fully
      charged flash unit  is mounted on Control
       Grip and camera. lt is not possibleto use the
      sync terminal to trigger a singlef lash unit.
       o  Check flash-ready signal on  unit  to see1
T     when unit is fully charged.





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