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Minolta NEWER AUTOCORD User manual
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- Minolta NEWER AUTOCORD
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- English
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rHE ftfinoltcr AUTOCOR.D
CONCEIVED FROM ADVANCED IDEAS IN CAMERA DESIGN
Its exclusive HELICOID FocusingLever provides fost eosy focusing with the
index finger of the hond holding the comero, permitting one hond operotion.
The other hond is left free for holding on off-the-comero flosh gun for better
flosh modelling. The Focusing Lever is locoted underneoth the lens mount ond
sweeps the focus from 3.3-ft. to infinity in one orc-like movement ocross the
bottom of the comero. The brilliont imoge on the viewing screen with "Fresnel
Lens" provided by the fost, fully cooted F 3.2 Rokkor 75mm Viewing Lens provides
quick, occurote focusing ond composing for better pictures.
lts Rokkor F 3.5 - 7 Smm 4-elements cooted Toking Lens is well recognized
for criticol shorpness ond high resolving power, ond renders color os perfectly
os it does block ond white.
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3. Steps to Attach Neck Strop to the cqmercr Body
This new, imporoved locking neck To ottoch theneck strop
str op is guo r o n t e e d t o h o l d yo u r
Autocord CdS in perfeci sofety. lt
con n o t s lip o r r e l e o s e o c c i d e n to lly.
To ottoch the neck strop
l. D e p res s th e u p p e r b u t t o n o f th e
s t rop-c o t c h . K e e p i n g i t d e p r e ss-
e d , pus h t h e l o w e r b u t t o n io -
w o rds t he u p p e r b u t t o n .
2. H o ld t h e s t r o p c o t c h v e r t i c o lly
o n d in s e r t t h e s t u d i n t o t h e h o le
o f t h e lock i n g g r i p o n t h e c o m e ro .
3. P u ll t h e s t r o p - c o t c h u n t i l yo u To remove lhe neck
h e o r it c li c k i n t o l o c r e d o o s i iio n .
To remove the neck slrop
4. D e p res s th e u p p e r b u t t o n .
5. K e e p ing it d e p r e s s e d , p u s h th e
s t rop-c o t c h d o w n w o r d . W h e n it
s t o p s , s imp l yl i f t o f f t h e s t r o p c otch
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I . Finder
Toke off the lens cop, first lifting l. Ge n tly ro ise th e viewfinder T o use the m ognifier , push the
it s o u p by th e l o w e r s e c t i o n , th e n h o o d , o s sh o wn in th e pictur e spor ts f inder f lop by its upper
t wis t in g t o t h e r i g h t . o n d it o u to mo tico lly sn ops into edge. T hen the m ognifier will
p o sitio n . sPiln9 up.
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l . P u s h t h e s p o r t s f i n d e r f l o p o l l 2 . T h e o b j e c t s e e n w i t h i n f h e f r o n t 3. Pr ess the flop r eleose button to
t h e w o y d o w n . l t w i l l f o l l o f t h e f r o m e w h e n v i e w e d t h r o u g h r etur n the f lop in o nor m ol po-
d o w n w o r d o n d s t o p w i t h o click, th e d ire ct vie we r is th e som e os s i t i o n .
p rov id ing o s p o r t s f i n d e r . th e le n s " se e s."
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3 . Wh e n th e d io p h ro g m le ve r is moved
u p o n d d o wn , F sto p n u mb er s 3.5.
4 , 5 .6 , 8 , ll, 1 6 , 2 2 o p p e o r in the
f-win d o w o n th e to p o f th e vi ewing
le n s.
A s th e d io p h ro g m le ve r is m oved,
th e e xp o su re vo lu e (E V ) is o u tom ot-
ico lly in d ico te d o n d co n b e u tilized
wh e n u sin g th e E xp o su re Volue
System.
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7. Shutter Release Guord on Shutfer Button
snd Time Exposure
l f t h e d o t o n t h e o u t e r r i n g o f t h e s h u t t e r r e l e o s e t h e t w o d o l s t o g e i h e r . N c w t h e s h u t t e r s t o y s o p e n .
b u t t o n i s m o t c h e d w i t h t h e d c t m o r k { . ) o n t h e i n n e r A fte r th e tim e exposur e is com pleted tur n the outer
r i n g , f h e s h u t t e r c o n n o t b e r e l e o s e d e v e n w h e n r h e rin g so lh ot the dots or e sepor oted. T hen the shutter
but t o n is pus h e d u n i n t e : . r t i o n o l l y. will clo se down.
To mok e o ti m e e x p o s u r e , s e t th e sh u tte r sp e e d o l o Never turn the film winding lever while the shulter
B {b u lb); pre s s t h e s h u t t e r r e l e o se b u tto n o n d wh ile releose button is locked, qs it will breok the winding
keep p res s in g i t d o w n , t u r n t h e o u te r rin g to mo tch mechonism.
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9, Flcsh Photography
When o v o i l o b l e l i g h t i s i n s u fficie n t, yo u mo y u se
f l o s h . M o u n t t h e f l o s h - g u n t o o c c e s s o r i e s s h o e o n d
conn e c i t h e f lo s h - g u n c o r d f o t h e syn cro le rmin o l.
X C o n l o c t p o i n t : W h e n t h e M - X c h o n g i n g l e v e r i s
set t o t he mo r k Q , i t b e c o m e s X co n to ct p o in t, o n d
will s y nc hro n i z e w i t h o l l s h u t t e r sp e e d s wh e n e le ctro n ic
f l o s h u n i l u s e d .
M Co n t o c t p o i n t : W h e n l h e M-X ch o n g in g le ve r
is se t t o t h e p m o r k , i t b e c o me s M co n to ct p o in t,
ond w ill s y n c h r o n i z ew i t h o l l s p e e d s wh e n M clo ss b u lb is
useo.
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4. Insert o f re s h r o l l o f f i l m i n t h e 5 . Pu ll o u t lh e film le o d e r ond 6 . W i n d t h e f i l m w i n d i n g l e v e r ,
upp e r f ilm c h o m b e r , p u s h i n g it in se rt it in th e lo n g e r g ro o ver until the ( A) m or k oppeor s on the t
gen t ly t owo rd t h e k n o b s i d e . F it o f th e e mp ty sp o o ,. both sides of the poper leoder .
t he p iv ot of t h e k n o b i n t h e f l l m M otch those m or ks with the film
spo o l. L ik e lo w e r k n o b , t h i s k n o b stor t m or k ( r ed dot) seen ot the
stoys o u t t oo , w h e n p u l l e d o n d c e n t e r o f t h e b o t h s i d e f i l m r o i l s
t u r n e d . o f t h e c o m e r o . T h e n c l o s e t h e
The n t u rn bo c k b o t h k n o b s , b o c k o f t h e c o m e r o .
The y ret urn t c p r o p e r p o s i t i o n .
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Depth-of-Field Scole T
When t h e d i s t o n c e t o t h e o b ie ct
pho t o g rophed i s s e t o n t h e m o rk
t he dept h-o f - f i e l d s c o l e s h o w s w h o t
dept h-o f -f ie ld w i l l b e i n f o c u s in
t he p h t o g rop h .
Fo r in s t o n c e , i f t h e o b i e c t i s o t
o d is t o n c e of 3 m . ( 1 0 f t . ) t u r n th e
inne r d iol o n d m o t c h t h e f i g u re
3 ( 10) w it h t h e o r r o w m o r k . T h e
dept h -of -f ield s c o l e i n d i c o t e s th o t
if t h e dio p h r o g m i s s e t o t f 8 th e
zone wit hin t h e d i s t o n c e i n d i c o to rs
( poi nt ed b y f 8 s y m m e t r i c o l l y o n
bot h s id e s o f t h e o r r o w m o r k ) w hich
is oppro x imo t e l y 2 . 5 m . ( 8 . 3 f t . ) to
4 m . ( 1 3 f t . ) w i l l b e i n f o c u s .
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14. Prevention of Double Exposure
When the shutter is releosed In cose the comero is not used for
once, it connot be releosed ogoin long time ofter winding the film, put
unlessthe shutter is cocked by turn- on the lens cop, ond releose the
ing the winding lever either forword shutter. When you next toke pic-
or bockword (multi-exposure) ond tures, moke o full turn of the cronk
set bock in to the rock. Also if the in the reverse direction (ot if you
shutter is locked by the two dots were moking o double exposure)
sofety locking device. ond f he shutter is set without wost-
i n g o n y f i l m .
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Minolta Glose-up Lenses
For toking extreme close-up pictures supplementory
l e n s e sf o r c l o s e - u p p h o t o g r o p h i n g m u s t b e u s e d . W h e n
o twin-lens reflex comero is used ot short distonces,
porollox couses the imoge seen through lhe viewing lens
to be slightly different from thot seen by the toking lens.
T h e p o r o l l o x h o s t o b e o d i u s t e d .
M i n o l t o C l o s e - u p L e n s e s o r e s o l d i n s e t s ; c l o s e - u p
p h o t o g r o p h i n g o n d p o r o l l o x o d i u s t i n g p r i s m , o n d t w o
k i n d s o f N o . I o n d N o . 2 o r e o v o i l o b l e .
W h e n c l o s e - u p l e n s e so r e u s e d , f o c u s i s s e t b y l o o k i n g
t h r o u g h t h e v i e w f i n d e r o s i n o r d i n o r y p h o t o g r o p h i n g .
N o . I s e t e n o b l e s t h e p h o t o g r o p h e r t o t o k e c l o s e - u p
pictures ot distonces from 47 cm. to 72 cm. (18.5 in. to
28.3 in.), N o. 2 set f rom 38 cm. to 50 cm. ( I 5 in. to
19.7 I n.)
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Mlnolto Flclsh Gun Deluxe- II
Although smoll in size, it is highly efficient. Equipped
with o checking system of flosh bulb, circuit, bottery
ond exposure scole for synchro picture toking, it enobles
e v e n b e g i n n e r s t o t o k e f l o s h p i c t u r e s w i t h o u t f o i l u r e .
D u e t o i t s o d i u s t o b i l i t y t o o l l o n g l e s , t h e i l l u m i n o t o r c o n
p r o v i d e v o r i o u s s h o d e s o f l i g h t . A l s o , b e c o u s e o f i t s
f o n - s h o p e df o l d i n g b l o d e s , t h e r e f l e c t o r s h o d e i s v e r y
h o n d y o n d c o n e v e n b e c o r r i e d i n o p o c k e t .
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Minolta Aulopole (Polarizing filrer)
There o re s o m e c o s e s w h e n i t is e xtre me ly d ifiicu lt to
get good, c le o r p i c t u r e s . F c r in sto n ce , o b ie cts in th e
sho w-window s o n d o i l p o i n t i n gs p re se n t d ifricu ltie s o f
r efle c t ion. In t h e s e c o s e s , t h e Au to p o le e n o b le s th e
phot ogro p h e r t o t o k e s h o r p p i ctu re s o f o b ie cts like th is
by s u b d u ing r e f l e c t i o n f r o m g l o ss o n d o th e r n o n -me to lic
sur f o c e s . A ls o , i f i t i s d e s i r e d to d o rke n o b lu e sky
t one, t h e o u t o p o l e i s u s e d . A s th e o u to p o le h o s n o 4
ef f ec t s o n c ol o r s o t o l l , i t i s u so b le fo r to kin g co lo r
pictu res . T h e p o l o r i z i n g f i l t e r s o re o p p lie d to b o th th e
tokin g ond vi e w i n g l e n s e s o n d o re g e o re d with e o ch
othe r. I n t e re s t i n g p i c t u r e s c o n b e to ke n b y o d iu stin g
their ef f ec t s o f t e r t h e y o r e p u t o n th e co me ro .
Applicoble rqnge:
l. Fo r e limi n o t i n g o r m i n i m i z in g re f le ctio n s f ro m th e
s urf e c e s o f g l o s s , w o t e r o n d n o n -me to l.
2 . F o r m o d e r o t e l y d o r k e n i n g t h e b l u e s k y r o n e . r"flView original page 35Page 37 · Read text
Minolro Pqnorqnrc- Hecd W hen Mi; r o l t o P o n o r o m o - H e o d is u se d , e xte n sive lond s c ope on d w i d e r o n g e o b i ects co n b e to ke n . Th e M i n o l t o P o n o r o m o - H e o d i s s o d e s i g n e d o s t o m o k e o c o m p l e t e t u r n w h e n l 2 p i c t u r e s o r e t o k e n , c h o n g i n g i t s ongle w it h e v e r y o n e p i c t u r e . Th u s, o ll o b ie cts o ro u n d t he c ome ro co n b e p h o t o g r o p h e d . To ke o n u mb e r o f pict u res o n d c o n n e c t l h e m l o t er to o ch ie ve wo n d e rf u I p o n o r o m r c v r e w s . The P onoro m o - H e o di s p o r t i c u lo rly e ffe ctive wh e n to kin g dist o n t v iew p i c t u r e s w i t h o w i d e h o rizcn in th e b o ck- g r o u nd .View original page 37
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