Minolta XG-A - Care and Storage

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SPECIFICATIONS
Type :
Lens
mount:
Auto-exposure control :
Shutter :
Metering :
Film-speed range:
Auto-exposure
adjustment:
Mirror :
Viewfinder :
35mm single-lens reflex with automatic aperture-priority exposure control
Minolta SLR bayonet, 54 ° rotating angle; coupling for full-aperture
metering and automatic diaphragm control with Minolta MD and MC lenses
Special
low-voltage, low-current computer circuit, actuated by contact or
pressure on "touch switch" operating button, varies the shutter speed
continuously and steplessly to yield proper exposure according to metering
system
indication at the aperture, film speed, and exposure adjustment set.
Auto-exposure range: EV 2 to EV 17 (e .g., 1/2 sec. at f/l.4 to 1/1000 at
fIll) at ASA 100 with f/l.4 lens
Horizontal-traverse focal-plane type; electronically controlled speeds:
1/1000 to 1 sec., steplessly on automatic mode
Full-aperture TTL center-weighted averaging type, by two CdS cells
mounted on either side of the eyepiece at the rear of the pentaprism
ASA 25 to 1600 set on the shutter-function selector
Up to ±2 EV continuous adjustment of automatic exposure with 1/2 EV
click-stops and lock at "AUTO" (zero setting)
Oversize quick-return type
Eye-level fixed pentaprism type showing 93% of 24 x, 36mm film-frame
area
Magnification : 0. 87X with 50mm standard lens focused at infinity;
Acute Matte focusing screen with central horizontally oriented split-image
focusing
spot surrounded by microprism band; stepless speeds indicated by
7 light-emitting diodes; LED over-lunder-range indicators; LED at "60"
position also blinks as flash-ready signal with the X-series Auto Electro-
flashes