Minolta SR-T 101 User manual

WORLD FAMOUS MINOTTA ROKKOR INTERCHANGEABIE TENSES

    Minolto Rokkor interchongeoble lenses ronge from lSmm ultro-wide ongle to l,000mm super-
telephoto, including more thon 20 difrerent focol lengths plus speciol optics for close-up, mocro
ond zoom photogrophy. Combined with Minolto SR comeros ond o wide ronge of  speciol
occessories, Minolto Rokkor lenles form o " system " of virtuolly unlimited versotility.
    Minoltq is one of fhe lwo componies in Jopon ond one of the few in the world thot
monufoctures its own opticol gloss ond lenses for its own comeros. This is the only woy to
ossure the motching of opticol ond mechonicol desing so vitol to odvonced photogrophy.
    There ore ony number of inexpensive lenses ovoiloble which, with odoptotion, will fit
Minolto SR comeros.  However, becouse they ore not mode speciftcolly for Minolto comeros,
ond becouse they ore mode to stondqrds of economy rother thon quolity, such " borgoin "
lenses will not perform sotisfoctorily. Your Minolto SR comero is o precision instrurnent, lhe full
copobilities of which con be reolized only with Rokkor lenses speciolly designed for  it.

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                                                      Superlor  Performonce  ond Hondllng  of
                                                Rokkor  Lences
                                                                  Achromolic Cooting--Developed in Minolto,s loborotories,
                                                             Achromotic cooting is potented ond ovoiloble exclusively
Rokkor Lenses ore Computer Deslgned            on Minolto Rokkor lenses.  lt consists of o double cooting
                                                             of fluorides plus other speciol ingredients to provide for   Minolto Rokkor interchongeoble lenses ore the world's                                                    wormer ond more vibront colors ond increosed  light
finest optics, computer designed ond precisely controlled              tro nsm iss  i o n.
in every stoge of monufocture to  eliminote the vorious
                                                               Resolving Powcr-Minolto Rokkor lenses hove excellentoberrotions which interfere with perfect lens performonce.
                                                                     resolving power due to the use of odvonced resoonse
                                                                 function ond electronic computer design systems. As o
                                                                               result, imoges ore consistently shorp ond there is no loss
                                                             of light or shorpness ot the corners.
                                                 Eosy Hondling-Minolto Rokkor interchongeoble lenses
                                                               incorporote o boyonet mounting device for quick ond
                                                                   occurote. interchongeobility on oll Minolto SR comeros.
                                                                     This boyonet mount ossures you of firm, wobble-free seoting
                                                             of the lens for distortion-free pictures.

SETTING APER,TURE
Monuol Pre-Scf Lenres-Minolto Rokkor monuol pre-sel         Automotic Lcnres-Despife the extremely ropid operotion
lenses hove lwo operlure rings fo speed-up focus ond         of monuol pre-set lenses, mony photogrophers prefer even
diophrogm settings. One serves os o pre-selector; you sel       more oulomolic operotion when shooling spontoneously ond
the metered stop on lhis ring.  The other ring is octuolly          in condid situotions. To  fill  this need outomotic pre-sel
                                                                                                         kept ot moximum operture,linked lo the diophrogm. You sight through the wide open          lenses hove o diophrogm which is                                                          evcn when the diophrogm ring is sel ot on operture lesslens ond then turn this ring till  it stops ot the pre-selected         lhon wide-open.
operture. This con be done withouf looking ot the lens            Thus, the photogropher is oble lo compose ond focusborrel.                                                      through o  " bright "  viewfinder. Then, os soon os the  's
                                                                      shutter releose button is depressed, ond immediotely before
                                                       the shutter is releosed, the lens operlure oulomoticolly
                                                                     closes down to the desired operlure. After the shutter is
                                                               releosed, the lens operture returns outomoticolly to   its
                                                         moximum opening.
                                                       By pressing the depth-of-field preview button on the
                                                                   lens lor on the comero body in the cose of the Minolto
                                                        SR-T 1011, you tempororilly close the outomotic diophrogm
                                                             to its pre-set operture ond con thus check depth-of-field
                                                             ot " shooting " operlure.  _
                                 MC (Meter Coupler! Lenses-Minolto MC Rokkor  inter-
                                                           chongeoble lenses hove been especiolly designed for  use
                                                                with ihe Minoltq SR-T l0l,  through-the-lens merering single
                                                                   lens reflex comero. These outomotic diophrogm lenses ore
                                                        equipped with o meler coupler ond moy be used ot
                                                     moximum operture when def ermining exposure with the
                                                                  Minolto SR-T l0l. When used with other Minolto SR comeros,
                                                                                 " MC " lenses operote os stondord outomolic diophrogm
                                                                                    lenses.

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WHEN USING ROI(KOR INTERCHANGEABIE LENSES WITH THE MINOTTA SR-T I OI
 l. MC Rokkor Lenses-Minolto MC Rokkor interchonge-         2. Aulomqtic Rokkor Lenses-When using on outomoiic
oblc lenses ore designed Ior  use with the Minolto         Rokkor lens, not designoied " MC ", with the Minolto SR-T
SR-T l0l ond ore equipped with o meier coupler which            l0l, you must use the stop-down meosurement system to
permits exposure meosurement ond setting wilh the lens ol        close-down the lens diophrogm.
moximum operture. Once exposure is set correclly (os
shown in lhe viewfinder) " MC " lenses close down outo-         To meosure exposure press "stop-down" button on lhe
moticolly io the proper operture.                               comero body ond then rotote the lens diophrogm  ring.
  With these eosy-lo-operote lenses, you cqn toke  full         3. Monuol Pre-Set Rokkor Lenses-The " stop-down "
odvontoge of lhe Minolto SR-T through-lens exposure         meqsurement system musl olso be used when meosuring
meosurement syslem. Exposure meosurement ond setiings         exposure with o Rokkor monuol pre-set lens in coniunction
ore mode by simply rototing either (or both) the diophrogm          with the Minoho SR-T l0l  comero.
or shutter speed setting rings.

ROKKOR WIDE ANGTE LENSES                        l. Ultra-Wlde Angle l8mm F/9.5
                                                                                    (Ponoromic)Chorocterlstlcs crnd Ures of Wide            UW Rokkor
Angle Lenser                                             Angle of View, 180"
   These lenses hove mony inleresting opplicotions for the        Diophrogm: Monuol Pre-set                                                         Minimum Focus: Fixed from l8// {45cm)professionol or omofeur photogropher. The most imporlonf
is of course their obility fo toke in o much greoter porl      UV filter built-in (Y-48)
of the originol scene of normol distonce. for this reoson
orchilecturol picfures ore olmost olwoys mode with o wide
ongle lens to moke up for fhe the limiled choice of view-
ooinls.  In exterior shots, stleet widths moy often moke if
necessorv fo work closer lo o building fhon is otherwise
desiroble, colling for the wide ongle. Groups of peopte
in smoll rooms ore often difficult to photogroph  ' onolher
excellent wide ongle opplicotion'                 {Fuuil-
Effects of Wlde  Angle  Lenses
   The greot depth-of-field inherenl in wide ongle lenses,          The lwo opposing corner ongles of this lens, connecfed
                                                                                                                               oproduces mognificenlly shorp Piclures ot  very  close       by o diogonol line form o field of 180'.    lt provides
dislonces. In oddifion, fheir greof deplh-of-field enobles        shorp imoge of the subjecf even ot lhe corners wilhout
                                                                                                                                                 osvou to loke on extremely shorp picfure ot o decisive mo-       ony loss of light.     lts focus is fixed ond ony subiect
ment without wosling precious momenf for  crificol focus'       neor os 18" con be phologrophed withoul loss of shorp-
                                                                                                       n ess.Also, wide ongle lenses provide exoggerofed perspective
 effects ouila differenl from lhe nofurol delineofion of           Unlike most extreme wide ongle lenses, the lSmm ultro-
"stondord" lenses. You con obtoin unexpecled effecls when       wide ongle Rokkor does not intrude into fhe comero body.
phologrophing people or lorge obiects {buildings, bridges)        This permits lhe user to view through fhe comero's reflex
os the foreground will oppeor exoggerofed.                      viewing syslem.

2. Super-Wlde Angle 2lmm F/4             3. Super-Wlde Angle 28mm F/3.5
 W Rokkor                                                Auto W Rokkor
 Angle of View   92"                         MC W Rokkor                                ' Diophrogm: Monuol pre-set                                   Angle of View: 76"
 Minimum Focus :  to 3 feet (0.9m)                           Diophrogm: Automolic
                                                                                                                 (0.6m)  tilfer Mount Diomeler :  55mm                                Minimum Focus ,  to 2 feet
                                                                                    Filter Mounf Diomefer  :  67mm

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     This lens feolures o 92" ongle of visw j over fwice          With o 76" ongle o{ view, the 28mm focol lengih lens
 thot of o stondord lens. When using this lens ostigmotism           is well oble lo hondle lhe moiorily of wide ongle subiects.
 ond disiortionol oberrolions of fhe imoge plone ore minimized.         This lens hos o unique 7-element construclion, designed to
                                                                                                                 minimum.  lls field of view hos exfremely shorp resolving power from        reduce distorlion ond oberrofion to o
 corner lo corner.
   The 2lmm super-wide ongle Rokkor consists of 8  ele-
 menfs in 4 groups, which ore orronged symmefricolly with
 the diophrogm of lhe cenler.
   As fhe mirror musf be locked out of the light poth
 when using lhis lens, o  speciol ouxilliory viewfinder  is
 suoolied which ottoches lo lhe comeros eyepiece.

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4. Wide Angle 35mm F/2.8                 5. Wlde Angle 35mm F/4
Auto W Rokkor                     W Rokkor
MC W Rokkor                                                Angl6 of View: 64"
Angle of View: 61"                                       Diophrogm: Monuol pre-sef
Diophrogm: Aufomof ic                                         Minimum Focus: to'1.25 feef {0.4m)
Minimum Focus: to 1.25 feef {0.4m1                                        Filter Mount Diometer, 52mm {compocf series) or 55mm
Filter Mount Diomeler, 52mm {compocf series} or 55mm
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                                                                               ou=butkus.org, email=mike@butkus.org, c=US       Mike Butkus Date: 2024.01.26 19:25:21 -05'00'
                                                        The 35mm F/2.8 ond the 35mm F/4 lenses ore relrofocus
                                                                          in design ond ore opticolly correcled for minimum error.
                                                                   Correction for sphericol oberrofion yields imoges thol ore
                                                                  shorp from corner lo corner, permilting full frome enlorge-
                                                          ments. Mony photogrophers hove mode the 35mm focol
                                                                     lenglh their slondord lens for condid, news photogrophy
                                                    ond photo iournolism becouse of its greot depth-of-field.

LENSES      6. Seml-Wlde Angle 45mm F/2.8         ROKKOR STANDARD
        Aulo Rokkor                                           Chorocterlsllcs ond Uses of Stcrndord Lcnses
        Angle of View, 52"                                                 Minolto Rokkor stondord lenses ore well suiled for  oll
         Diophrogm :  Automolic                                           generol photogrophy os their ongle of view is very close
        Minimum Focus :  to 3 feef (0.9m)                               fo the visuol ongle of fhe humon eye. Eose ond quickness
           Filter Mount Diometer: 46mm                                   of operolion olso moke them ideol for mosf photogrophic
                                                                        situoiions. They ore ovoiloble with moximum opertures of
                                                                                                              f 11.4,  f /1.7 (MC lens), F/1.8 ond F/2' which in mosl coses
                                                                           permit " ovoiloble  light " indoor photogrophy.
                                                             Effecis of Stondord Lensel
                                                                   Stondord lenses form on exiremely shorp imoge from
                                                                          corner lo corner.
                                                                               Minolto sfondord lenses ore Achromolic cooted lo prevenl
                                                                               flore ond for precise reproduclion of colors.   Their 6- fi+                                       elemenl conslruclion mokes fhem highly efficient in close-up
                                                           ond copying work.


          This compoct, oulomotic diophrogm lens hos been
          designed to coier fhe view of fhe humon eyo. Constructed
         with 4 elements in 3 groups it provides exlremely shorp
        imoges. Designed fo be housed wilhin the comero body,
         the 45mm Rokkor mokes the comero for eosier lo  hondle
       ono corry.


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2. Medlum Telepporo lOOmm F/3.5          3. Medlum Telephoro  I OOmm F/4
Aulo Tele Roktor                                                Tele Rokkor
MC Tele Rokkor                                               Angle of View,  24"
Angle of View ,  24"                                       Diophrogm, Monuol pre-set
Diophrogm :  Automotic                                         Minrmum Focus, to 4 feer {l.2ml
Minimum Focus ,  to 4   f eet ll.2ml                                             Filler Mount Diometer, 46mm
Filter Mount Diometer  ,  52nn tcompoci series) or 55mm
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7. Medlum Telephoto 2OOmm F/3.s          8. Medlum Telephoto 2OOmm F/4.5
MC Telo Rokkor                            MC Tele Rokkor
 Diophrogm r  Aulomolic                                        Anglo of View: l2o
 Angle of View: 12"                                      Diophrogm; Aufomofic
                                  (2.5m1                               Minimum Focus :  lo 8 feet (2.5m) Minimum Focus :  fo I feel
                                                                               Diomeler r 52mm Filler Mounf Diomeler r 62mm                                            Filler Mounf
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9. iledlum Telephoto 2OOmm l/5
                                  Diophrogm r Monuol pre-sel
Tele Rokkor                    Minimum Focus: to l8 feef (2.Sm)
Angle of View: l2o                  Filter Mounl Diometer r 52mm

ROKKOR, ZOOiI LENSES                                              f . Auto Zoom Rokkor SO-lOOmm F/3.5
           Rokkor zoom lenses offer unporolleled opticol versotility       Angle of View, 48o {ot 50mmt - 24o {ot l00mm)
        to users of Minolto SR single lens reflex comeros. From        Diophrogm  :  Aulomofic
          just 4 Rokkor zoom lenses, the photogropher con choose       Minimum Focus :  ,o 6.6 leel l2ml
       ony of on infinite number of  focol lengths from 50mm to         Filter Mount Diometer  .  77mm
      500mm. By simply furning the borrel of these lenses, the
         user con precisely {rome even fost moving objects.  Eoch
        Roklor zoom lens is shorp throughout  ils ronge of  focol
         lengths, ond does not lose brighfness ot moximum mognifi-
        cotion. They ore oll fitted wilh o iripod mounl for  sure.
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2. Auto Zoom Rokkor 8O-l6Omm i/3.5
Angle of View:  30o lot 80mmt - 15" (or l60mmr
Diophrogm  '  AutomoticMinimum Focus ,  to 8.3   f eet 12.5m)
Filfer Mount Diomeler, 77mn


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      2. l6,scro Rokkor 5omm F/3.5
           Anglo oI View:  45"
            Diophrogm r  Aufomolic
           Minimum Focus :  lo 9 inches (23cm)
            This lens is specificolly designed for exlreme close'up
       photogrophy. The fourth ond fiflh elemenls in  its  six-
         element conslruciion ore mode of o new fype of  opticol
          gloss resulting in on obsolute minimum of  sphericol ond
                                                                         lenses         chromotic                oberrotion.                                                  lt is one                                     o{ the shorpesf,         ever mode               ond is very useful                                      for photogrophy                                                    of  insecls
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MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF LENsEs
  When storing o lens, be sure to keep it where temper-
oture, humidity ond solt content of the oir ore relotively
low.  lf dust or other foreign elemenls collect on the lens,
blow them off ond then wipe the lens with o soff cleon
cloth or one treoted with silicon.  lf this foils fo  cleon
lhe lens, o solution of elher ond olcohol in o 2, 3  rotio
con be used. When removing the lens from the comero
body foke extreme core not to touch either of  irs gloss
surfoces with your fingers. Once removed from the co-
merq, plss6 both front ond reor cops on the lens.  For
exlro protection store it in its leother cose.
EXCLUSIVE ACHROMATIC COATING OF
ROKKOR tENSES
  To improve color correct ion, Minolto hos developed
ond potented o process colled " Achromotic "  cooting of
fluorides plus other speciol ingredients to provide vostly
superior color rendition. As o result, colors ore noticeo-
bly wormer ond more vibronf. Block-ond-white piclures,
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LONG FOCUS AND TETEPHOTO LENSES
          Telephoto lenses ore chorocterized by longer focol
        lengths ond norrower ongles of view thon "stondord"  lens-
       es.  However, even lelephotos of the some focol length                                                                                                                                         i
      moy be divided into two bosic groups : the " long focus "
       ond " true telephoto. " A " long focus "  lens is simply o                                                          I
        normol lens for o lorger film formot ond. when used with
      35mm film, will give o telephoto eftect ot the expense
       of weight ond hondling eose.  " True telephotos," such os
       those in the Minolto Rokkor series, ore specif icolly design-
     ed  f or the 35mm  f ormot ond provide telephoto  efiects
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ACCESSORIES FOR UNIIiiITED PI{OTOGR,APHIC VER,SATITITY



                                    More thon 120 different occessories ore ovoiloble for
                                          Minolto SR comeros. Their purposes ronge from extreme
                                            close-up photogrophy to slide copying ond underwoter pho-
                                                togrophy.



                                      When using extension bellows, tubes or
                                             microscope odopter with SR - T, utilize the
                                                    stop - down meosurement  system.
                                               (See poge 3 on this booklet or poge 34 on
                                             SR - T's monuol.l

EXTENSION BEIIOWS
      Extenslon Bellows  I                         Exlenslon Bellows  ll
        A versotile device used wifh vorious Minolto lenses              Similor in function to the Type I Bellows, but ol  more
        when moking close-ups, copying ond with the l35mm Rokkor          rigid conslrucfion. This unit feotures o double roil support
         lens. This unit is the compocf folding type, with o moximum         for perfect olignmenl of the bellows ossembly ond lens wifh
          extension ol 5lf2't,   With rhe 55mm Rokkor lens, close-         the comero body.  With the 55mm Rokkor lens, close-ups
         ups of .8 - 2.4X mognificotions con be obfoined.                  of  1.0-3.2X mognificotion con be ochieved. ln oddition,
                                                                      fhe Exlension Bellows ll is equipped with o slide copying
                                                                           ottochment for the duplicolion of color or block-ond-while
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Microscope Adopler  ll
  A iwo piece device for  connecfing your Minolto SR
comero to o microscope. One section boyonefs into the
comero body in ploce of the lens while the other end fits
inio the oculor odopter tube section of fhe microscope.
Toking microphotogrophs is simple ond occurote os vo!
con follow moving specimens up to the precise moment of
exposure
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Photomlcrogrcphy Unlt                    Gopylng Stand
  A complete system designed spe cificolly for micropho-        A rigid comero support used when copying flot or fhree
togrophy.  ltfeoturescomplefelyvibrotion-free operotion;           dimensionol obiects. The comero locks securely in ploce
highly sensitive exposure mefer ; built in lighting syslem ond        on on odiustoble orm which rides on upright. Morkings for
much more.  lt odopts for use with virtuolly ony micro-         copy centering ore provided.
scope.

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Mognifler V                                Eyeplece Correcllon Lenses V
  An oid lo peciser focusing when moking mocro-pholo-            These lenses otloch 1o lhe viewfinder window. Designed
grophs, copying ond toking distont telephoto pictures.   lt          lo moke focus odiuslmenls eosier {or {or-sighted ond neor-
feolures on odjustoble eyepiece with locking screws inlo          sighied persons. Nine differenl diopter sfrenglhs ore ovolio-
pentoprism eyepiece. Hos o 2.5X mognificotion power.                                                                 ble from  4 lo +3  diopfers.

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