Minolta XE-1 - Automatic Exposure Control

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STOP.DOWN BUTTON
The
stop-down
bu tton on the
X
E-1
has
two
positions:
Inner
for full-aperture metering
and
ou
ter
f
or
stop-down meter
ing
(
see
right)
or
depth-of
-f
ield
preview
(see
p.
35) .
Pushing the
button once
will set
it
at
one
of
these
positions; pushing
it again will set
it at the
other.
At
full
aperture
METE
R
ING METHODS
With
MC Rokkor lenses, metering is
done
at
full
aperture,
with the
stop-down button at
its
inner
position
(see
left)
,
tor
greatest
sensi-
tivity
and
accuracy. The
viewfinder thus
re-
mains
at
maximum brightness
for
utmost ease
of
composing
and
focusing,
with
the automatic
d
iaph ragm
closing
down o
nly
at
the mome
nt
of
exposure to the
aperture
preset
on
the
aperture
rlng.
Stop-down
metering
is
used
for
other
Rokkor
lenses
(see
p.
51).
Stopped down