Minolta 2084401 Mode Shutter Priority, Depth-of-field Preview, Control dial until S appears

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A MODE - APERTURE PRIORITY

Depth-of-field Preview

To check how much of your scene will appear in focus, press the depth- of-field preview button. The lens will stop down to the aperture that appearing on the display.

•The viewfinder may appear dark at larger f-number (smaller lens opening). The aperture is always at its brightest setting when looking through the viewfinder; the aperture is stopped down during exposure.

1Focus on the subject and set the aperture.

2Press the depth-of-field

preview button.

• The lens will stop down to the selected aperture.

• Preview is cancelled when the depth- of-field button is released.

Depth-of-field can be increased by :,

•Using smaller apertures.

•Using short focal length lenses.

•Moving farther away from your subject.

•Do not turn the focusing ring while pressing the depth-of-field button.

•Changing the aperture while pressing the depth-of-field preview button, does not affect the preview image. Depth of field can only be previewed after the aperture is set.

•If you press the depth-of-field preview button after pressing the shutter-

release button partway down and glows in viewfinder, the shutter can be released.

Custom Function Notes

Cust-6: Focus-hold button on Minolta lenses can be used for focus lock (1), continuous-advance exposure bracketing (2) or depth-of field preview

(3) (p.110).

S MODE – SHUTTER PRIORITY

In S mode, you select the shutter speed and the camera automatically sets the aperture required for proper exposure. Use S mode when you want to control the blur caused by subject movement or the stop the motion of the subject.

1 Turn the function dial to .

2	While pressing the
	function button , turn the	CREATIVE EXPOSURE
	control dial until S appears
	on the data panel.

3	Release the function button. Turn the control dial to
	select the shutter speed.

• The shutter speed range is from 1/4000 to 30 seconds.

Fractions of a second are		If the aperture display blinks,
	“ indicates full	the shutter speed is outside
displayed without a
	seconds. 2” is two	the aperture range of the
numerator. The number
	seconds.	lens. Turn the control dial
125 displayed stands for
		until the blinking stops.
1/125th of a second.

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