Minolta 800si instruction manual Self-Timer, Setting Film Speed Manually

SETTING FILM SPEED MANUALLY

DX Memory

If you change the ISO of a DX-coded roll of film, the new speed is recorded and used for all following rolls with the same initial film speed. This is called DX Memory.

Example: You manually change the film speed of a DX-coded roll of ISO 100 film to ISO 400. The next time you insert a DX-coded roll of ISO 100 film, the camera automatically resets the ISO to 400.

The default DX Memory setting is ON.

Customized Function #4 - DX Memory Setting 1 - DX Memory is on.

Setting 2 - DX Memory is off. The camera will not automatically change the ISO of any DX-coded film. See page 102.

SELF-TIMER

The self-timer delays the release of the shutter for approximately 10 seconds after the shutter-release button is pressed.

Place the camera on a tripod, then press the self-timer/drive- mode button in the control panel.

Turn either control dial until

appears in the data panel. Press the shutter release button partway down to enter the setting.

Center your subject in the focus frame, then press the shutter-release button all the way down to start the timer.

•The self-timer lamp will blink after the shutter-release button is pressed. Three seconds before the picture is taken, the self-timer lamp will blink rapidly.

•To cancel the self-timer before taking the picture, slide the main switch to LOCK.

•The self-timer is cancelled automatically after the shutter is released.

•If you are not looking through the viewfinder when the shutter-release button is pressed, light entering the eyepiece may affect the camera's automatic exposure settings. To prevent this, attach the eyepiece cap before starting the self-timer (p 11).

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