Minolta XG-M - Metered and Manual Exposure Control; Metered;Manual Operation

STANDARD-LEIMS SPECIFfCATIONS
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Lens:
50mm f/2 MD
50mm f/1.7 MD
50mm f/1.4 MD
50mm f/1.2 MD
Type:
Standard lens
Construction:
6 elements in 5 groups
7 elements in 6 groups
Angle of view;
47«
Min. focusing dist,:
0.45m (1.48 ft.)
Diaphragm:
Fully automatic, meter-coupled
Aperture scale:
2. 2.8,4,5.6,
8,11,16, 22
1.7, 2.8, 4, 5.6,
8,11,16,22*
1.4, 2. 2.8,4
5.6,8, 11, 16
1.2. 2, 2.8, 4,
5.6,8,11,16
Each with full and half-click-stops
Filter thread diam.:
49mm
55mm
Dimensions:
064mm x 36mm
(02-1/2” X 1-7/16")
064mm x 40mm
(02-1/2" X 1-9/16")
065.5mm x 46mm
(02-9/16" X 1-13/16")
Weight:
155g (5-7/16 oz.) 1659 (5-13/16 oz.)
235g (8-5/16 oz.)
310g (10-15/16 oz.)
* Earlier MD's minimum aperture is 16.
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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 and metered/full-
manual exposure control
Minolta SLR bayonet, 54° rotating angle; coupling for full-aperture¬
metering and automatic diaphragm control with Minolta MD and MC lenses
(Standard lenses MD 50mm f/1,2, f/1.4, f/1.7 or f/2; see p. 49 for
specifications)
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/1.4 to 1/1000 at
f/11) at ASA 100 with f/1.4 lens
Horizontal-traverse focal-plane type; electronically controlled speeds;
1 /1000 to 1 sec,, steplessly on automatic mode or in steps on manual mode
Full-aperture TTL center-weighted type by two CdS cells mounted on
either side of the eyepiece at the rear of the pentaprism
ASA 25 to 1600 set by the exposure-adjustment control ring
Up to ±2 EV adjustment of automatic exposure with lock at each 1/2 EV
setting and “0“
Oversize quick-return type (PO value; 123mm)
Eye-level fixed pentaprism type showing 93% of 24 x 36mm film-frame
area
Magnlfical{ion: 0.9X with 50mm standard lens focused at infinity;
Power: — tD, variable with accessory snap-on eyepiece correction lenses.
Fresnel-field focusing screen having an articifically regular-patterned matte
field plus central split-image horizontally oriented focusing spot surround¬
ed by microprism band