Minolta SR Extension Tube II User manual

The Extension Tube Set is comorised
of five rings.
It is to be used when close-ups ore
desired beyond the limitotions of the      INDEX
normol SR lens.                               Porls nome                            3
When using the stondord 55 mm lens,      How lo oltoch ond
                                                     deloch eoch tube             4continuous shots ore oossible with
                               How lo ottoch ond remove lens '..   6differenl mognificotion roles f rom 1/8
                               How to toke close-ups .'.,..           7
times lo  I times mognificotion with                                            Close-up loble .........                 l0
o combinotion of vorious tubes.                                        Aboul the close-up loble ............  l6
Extension tube sel is useful for copy-                                           o Mognificotion of the imoge         l6
ing pictures, stomps, coins, floweres        o Exposure multiple...                 17
or mognified photos of specimens         Precoulion on close-ups ...............  17
for study.                                    Accessories for close-up              l8

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EB Ring
To ottoch EB ring, olign the red dot on the ring
to thot of lhe comero ond turn the ring clockwise
until it stops with o click"
When detoching the ring, push down the lens lock
button, turn the ring counter-clockwise  until it stops,
ond lift it out corefully.





                                                          EB: Ring

No. l, 2, 3 Ring                             EL Ring
These ore screw-in lype tube lo be screwed,     The EL ring, one side is bofonet mount ond the
clockwise into eoch ring.                              olher side is screw mount.
To detoch il, lurn it in the opposite direction.
You moy select the vorious combinoiion occord-
ing to your close-ups shooling.





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Whotever combinotion of extension lubes you              !  Removing the Lens
moy use, lhe lens musl be ottoched to EL ring.        To remove the lens, turn it counter-clockwise
I   Attoch the Lens                                  while depressing lhe lens lock button of  EL
To ottoch ihe lens, olign the red dol on the          ring. Then the lens con be seporoted.
lens borrel lo thot of EL ring, ond lurn ihe lens
clockwise until it stops with o click.

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HOW TO TAKE CLOSE-UPS
      Derermine fhe Photogrophic Ronge                   Select the Combinotion of Tubes
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     I  Determine the photogrophic ronge of  the         f   Select o proper combinotion of fubes occord-
     I  irog"  which meet your phoiogrophic re-        fr   ing lo the close-up toble on P. (lO)
     quirements.                                        Exomple : Combinoiion of     f he fubes is  3
                                                                     occording lo the close-up ioble.

                            EB     No.l      No.3        EL
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                 I    F_15
  For Exomple   :
 When photogrophing o sfomp
  4.5 x 3.0 cm with lhe stondord                             www.butkus.us  55 mm lens, photogrophic ronge
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Then the mogniflcofion rote is :                          *  The lens operture must be set monuolly since
                    24 mm                                       the oufomotic diophrogm does noi work when
                       the    The short side of                          photogrophic ronge   of:                  the lens is ottoched to the tubes.                   mm                    36
     The long side of the photogrophic ronge.                   *  In order to prevent the comero movement,
For exomple, when the long side of the photo-         mount lhe comero on o tripod or copying stond.
 grophic ronge is lBmm lhe mognificotion rote is               It is olso recommended to use o coble releose.
H# nomely 2                                         *  Use o smoll lens opening (FB-  I l)  since the                                                          depth of field is extremely shollow in close-up
 !   Exposure Multiple                                            photogrcrphy.
 When using extension tubes for close-ups,be sure lo      * We recomrnend the use of o microfilm for
 select the correct exposure, os the mognificotion in-         copying books, etc., when o controst between creoses the omount of light reoching the film de-                                                                          light ond shoded oreos is required. creoses. Therefore, o lens opening of FB of one
 mognificotion rotio moy be equivolent to F5.6 ot o      *  As on oid to focusing, we recommended the use
 lorger mognificotion. When using the extension         of o mognifier or ongle finder.
 tubes, it is necessory to increose exposure os com-        The mognifier oids focusing ond the ongle finder
 pored lo toking o picture of the some subiect with-           permits shooting ot o more comfortoble  posi-
 out using tubes. The exposure multiple indicotes             tion.
 how mony times the normol exposure should be
 multiplied. For exomple, when the exposure multiple
 is 2, open the lens by one F stop, or slow down the
 shutter speed bY one groduotion.
                                meosuring                       exposure With o fhrough-the-lens
                     you do not                               hove to www.butkus.ussystemworrylcomero           like the SR-T l0l,
 obout exposure multiple, since the meter meosures
 exoct omount of the light coming through the lens.

ACCESSORIffiS FOR CLffiSffi-UF)
Close-up Lens                                       Auto-Bellows  I
Since the close-up lens screws info the front of the      Auto-bellows  I  is o deluxe extension bellows,
sfondord lens you simply focus ond shoot since the       outomotic diophrogm con be operoted. 55 mm lens
outomotic diophrogm  is operoted ot oll times. You       with bellows con moke continuous close-up shots ot
con enioy close-up shots of insects fluttering over      1.0-3 time mognificotions.
flowers, ond mony other subiects.                            ln oddition, the outo-bellows  I  is equipped with o
No. 0, No. I ond 2 close-up lenses ore ovoiloble"       slide copying ottochment for recopying block &
Lens No. I permits o close-up ronge of 23//            white ond color slides, ond mocro stond.                                        -13'(60-33 cm) with Rokkor 55 mm lens, lens No. 2
permils o ronge of 14t/-10x (36-26 cm).


                                                       Copier

                                                                                Auto-Bellows




      Clos-up


                                                                                        Focusing

Extension-Bellows    ll[                                Copying Stond
An extension bellows is useful for close-up shofs    A rigid comero supporl used when copying flot
ond mocrophofogrophy of smoll subiects. 55 mm      or three dimensionol obiects. The comero locks
lens with the bellows con moke continuous close-up       securely .in ploce on on odiustoble orm which rides         .|.0-2.5                 time mognificotions.              on upright. Morkings for copy centering oreshols ot
ln oddition. the bellows  il  is equipped with o slide       provided.
copying ottochment to permit duplicotion of slides.





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              Connector        Bellows I

MC Mocro F 3.5 50 mm Lens                        Aufo Bellows Rokkor F 4 100 mm Lens Short Mount
This lens specificolly designed for extreme close-up    A speciolly constrocted 100 mm t 4 lens, designed
photogrophy.  lt focuses from infinity down lo I       for use with the Minolto Extension bellow. This lens
                                                      with the outo bellows I  permits l/oo-l.l    fimeinches (23 cm).                                                             mognificotions.
Use of life-size odopter permits 0.5- I X close-        ln oddition, outomotic diophrogm con be operoted
ups. The life-size odopter ond reverse ring ore      with outo bellows I  ond pre-view button is olso
furnished with the lens.                                  equipped.





Life-Size Adopter       Lens        Reverse Ring

OTHER EQU IPA4HNTS
  Angle Finder V
  An eyepiece ottochment thot permits viewing with
  the comero held below the eye.  lt con olso be
   turned in o complete circle, ollowing you to focus
  from ony position. Adiustoble for individuol eye-
   sight.
   Mognifier V
  An oid to precise focusing when moking mocro-
   photogrophs, copying ond toking distont lelephoto
   pictures.  lt feotures on odiustoble eyepiece with
   locking screws into pentoprism eyepiece. Hos o
  2.5X mognificotion power.
   Polorizing Filters
   Help to eliminote or control reflections. Con olso
  be used   f o dorken skies ond produce dromotic
   effects. ln oddition,  it con be used os o neutrol
   density filter to reduce light in extreme brightness
  Filters 52'mm O54, Y-48
          55 mm O54, Y-48
  Coble Releose
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