Minolta Maxxum 8000i - Page 43

TTL Flash Metering: Operates in all exposure
modes with dedicated units; shutter X-sync
speed set automatically when flash-on signal
appears in viewfinder; in P or A modes,
pressing spot-metering button sets slower
shutter speed (down to 30 sec.) for increased
background exposure
Program AE: Automatic setting of aperture and
shutter speed between 1 /200 and 1 /20 sec.
. according to lens focal length; flash fires au¬
tomatically when required.
Shutter-priority AE: Same as Program AE
mode.
Aperture-priority AE: Shutter speed automati¬
cally set to 1/200 sec.; any available
aperture usable.
Manual: Any shutter speed 1/200 or slower,
and any available aperture usable; speed au¬
tomatically reset to 1/200 sec. when flash-
on signal appears if manually set speed is
higher.
Exposure Controls: Exposure adjustment;
range; ± 4 stops, set in half-stop increments;
program shift in half stops for temporary
selection of other programmed aperture-
shutter speed settings; multiple exposure
function
Shutter: Electronically controlled vertical trav¬
erse focal-plane type; automatic speeds: in
program and aperture-priority AE modes,
stepless 1 /8000 to 30 sec. with nearest half¬
stop setting displayed; in shutter-priority AE
and manual modes, 1/8000to 30 sec. in full-
stop settings; bulb, in manual mode, for long
exposures
Shutter-release button: Pressing button part¬
way down activates autofocus and metering
systems; pressing button all-the-way down
releases shutter; in AF mode, shutter can be
released only when subject is in focus (focus-
priority operation)
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Controls: Buttons for manual start of film
rewind, self-timer, focus hold, spot metering;
focus-mode switch; setting control for pro¬
gram shift, aperture (A mode), shutter speed
(sh utter-priority AE mode and manual mode);
setting control in combination with a second
control for: manual film speed settings, me¬
tering pattern, drive mode, focus area, expo¬
sure mode, exposure adjustment, aperture
(manual exposure mode), and multiple expo¬
sure; pressing program reset button sets
camera to program mode, single-frame ad-
vance,autofocusing with wide focus area,
and cancels any exposure adjustment and
self-timer or multiple-exposure settings
Film-speed setting: Automatic setting for DX-
coded ISO 25 to 6400 film; for films without
DX coding, previous film-speed setting is
retained; manual setting in 1/3"stop in¬
crements
Film Transport: Automatic with built in motor
drive: auto threading, autb advance to first
frame, single frame advance or continuous
advance at up to 3 frames per second, auto¬
matic rewind and manual start of automatic
rewind; advancing frame counter in data
panel; shutter lock and data panel display
when film is loaded incorrectly
Viewfinder: Eye level fixed pentaprism shows
92% of vertical by 94% of horizontal field of
view; magnification 0.75X with 50mm lens
at infinity; standard acute-matte screen (Type
G) shows wide/center focus areas and spot
metering area on matte field
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