Minolta 2098-301 Taking Pictures in FULL-AUTO, Focus Signals, Center your subject in the focus

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TAKING PICTURES IN FULL–AUTO

1. Turn the main switch to ON.

2. Set Full-Auto mode as shown.

Set the exposure mode dial to P.

Set the drive mode dial to single frame advance (S).

Set the metering-mode switch to .

Set focus-mode switch to autofocus (AF).

Set the AF-mode dial to automatic autofocus (A).

Set the flash-compensation dial to 0.

Set the exposure-compensation dial to 0.

3. Center your subject in the focus

• The local-focus area LED appears briefly indicating the focus area selected by the camera.

frame, then press the shutter-release OPERATION button partway down.

BASIC

4.When or appears in the viewfinder, press the shutter- release button all the way down to take the picture.

•The AF illuminator fires in low-light situations to assist the autofocus system (p.34).

•Use focus hold (p.21) if your subject is outside the focus frame.

•The number of frames remaining is displayed in the viewfinder for the last 9 frames on the roll. The countdown does not appear for non-DX coded film.

Focus Signals

The following signals appear in the viewfinder data panel to indicate the focus status when the shutter-release button is pressed partway down.

Focus is confirmed.

Continuous autofocus – Focus is confirmed.

Continuous autofocus – Lens focusing. Shutter is locked.

Focus cannot be confirmed – Shutter is locked.

Subject is too close or is one of the special focus situations described on page 20.

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