Minolta Maxxum 8000i - Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Data Panel and Viewfinder Displays. 2
Summary of Operation. 4
GETTING STARTED
1. Preparing the Camera
Attaching and Removing the Lens..6
Power.8
Battery Installation.8
Battery-condition Indicators.9
Film.10
Film Loading. 10
Automatic Film-speed setting.12
Setting the Film Speed Manually.12
2. Basic Operation
Holding the Camera .14
Shutter-release Button .. 1 5
Taking a Picture.16
Program Reset.17
Film rewind.18
Automatic Film rewind.18
Manual Start of Film Rewind.19
OPERATION IN DETAIL
3. Focus
Basic Information and Mode Selection.21
Autofocus.21
Operation and Viewfinder Focus
Signals.21
Focus-Area Selection .24
Focus Hold..26
Special Focusing Situations.28
Manual focus.29
4. Exposure
Basic Information and Mode Selection.30
P: Program Mode.32
Program Shift.....33
A: Aperture-priority Mode.35
S: Shutter-priority Mode..38
M: Manual Mode .40
5. Metering
Basic Information..42
Mode Selection..44
Multi-pattern and Centerweighted-
Average Metering.44
Spot Metering.45
6. Film Advance.47
7. Exposure Options
Exposure Adjustment.48
Multiple Exposure.50
Self-timer.52
Long Exposures.54
Flash Photography...56
8. Additional Information
Main Switch.59
Cold-weather Operation.59
Battery Performance.59
Attaching the Neckstrap and Eyepiece
Cap.60
Troubleshooting .:. .62
Accessories.64
Appendix
Operation Chart.78
Viewfinder and Data Panel Exposure
Warnings. 7 9
Technical Details.80
Care and Storage... 84
DATA PANEL
Exposure Adjustment mark
Shutter speed/film speed/card name
Film-speed mark—’-.
Manual-focus-mode indicator
Exposure-mode indicator..
Self-timer indicator-
Function pointers
- Aperture/Exposure
adjustment/Card setting
ISO # i~i hi r/fil# j~ Selectable ‘ settin 9 pointers
1 FOCUS — Battery-condition indicator
Frame counter/
Multiple exposure signal/
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Metering-mode indicator
Film-advance-mode indicator
{| S I } Single-frame
Card setting
1 —Film-transport signals
“Card-in-use indicator
-Film-cartridge mark
- F ocus- a r ea indicator
{ [ 3 { Wide focus
] [ —] } Center focus
Multi-pattern
Center-weighted average j! \V] Continuous
Spot
2