, MINOLTASR-M '~ OWNER'S MANUAL o
CONTENTS NAMES OF PARTS .. . ..... . .. . ..... ................. .... .. .... .. ..... SPECIFICATIONS ....... ......... .. ... ......... ..... . ... .. . .. . .. ..... .. BATTERY GRIP In stalling batteries ... ... ...... ... ... ......... ... .. . .... .. .... .. .. . Attaching battery grip to camera body .. .. .. .......... ... .. FILM LOADING ............. .... ... . .......... .. ................... .... . SHUTTER SPEED SETTING ...... ... .. ................ .. .......... FILM UNLOADING ................
NAMES OF PARTS 2 n nector socket ~~~~ ---------------=::~----~iiii~==================~~~;otor ~ ____ ~______---------------- Acce,ss(H~ driveshoe button - - - - - S hutte r release button .....------.
3 s.c. selector / Battery switch _ _ _ _- Film pressure plate _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _... Film advance lever -==========-______________-:; -____~~~~~ Finder eyepiece ________ SProcket _______________ ~::~ Fi lm take·up SPOOI _________~!!:,...:::::::..
SPECIFICATIONS 4 Type: 35mm Single Lens Reflex with motorized film advance Standard Lens: MC Rokkor 55mm F1.7, 6 elements in 5 groups Angle of view: 43° Diaphragm: Fully Automatic Diaphragm scale: 1.7,2,2.8,4,5.6,8, 11 and 16 with intermediate click stops Filter mount : 52mm screw·in Lens shade mount: 52mm screw·in Lens mount: SR Bayonet Shutter: Focal plane shutter. Speeds: T·B, 1 through 1/ 1000 sec. Synch . contact: FP and X (up to 1/ 60 ) Film Advance: Motorized, or manually controlled .
BATTERY GRIP Installing batteries 5 1. Take out battery container by turning bat· tery container lock at the bot tom of battery grip to either direction. Battery container will slide out of battery grip. 2.Twist the battery container and it opens at the middle.
6 3.lnstall batteries in accordance ( + ) ( - ) indication on insides of the battery containers. 4. Then replace both uni ts together to form single container. Reinstall in battery grip with printed Minolta Japan facing you, and lock it.
Attaching battery grip to camera body Slide battery contact shoe over battery contact bracket on camera. Secure contact by tightening battery grip lock, (knurled knob ). Press motor drive button (setting S.C. selector dial at either 5 or C) to insure pro· per contact has been made.
FILM LOADING 8 1. Pull back cover open knob up to open camera back . 2 . Place film magazine into film chamber.
3. In sert film leader into anyone of the slits on the take-up spool shown. 4. Close camera back . 5.
10 6 . The long red line indicator will then correspond the same number of exposures of your film. NOTE : ·The frame counter shows the number of exposures remaining. Caution of se lf-loading of film magazine 1. When you use film loaded by yourself be sure the film has sufficient leader equal to more than three frame s plus the actual number of exposures to be set on counter.
SHUTTER SPEED SETTING 11 1. At 5 (single) setting on S.C. selector di al of battery grip , shutter speed can be set at any speed including T . At T setting, shutter is kept open, once switch is ac· t ivated, until shutter dial is turned manually away from T position toward second mark on shutter speed di al. 2. At C (continuous) setting, shutter speed should be set at I j 30th of a second or faster and the motor advances the film at three frames per second .
12 3. Manual- The camera can be used as a regular camera without the battery grip. Speeds less than 1j 30th of a second should not be used on continuous set· ting. At either operation the motor will stop at the 0 position on the frame counter when all expsures are completed. NOTE : ·At T·B setting, shutter is kept open while shutter release button is depressed. ·Camera can be set to operate in short film of 4, 8, 12 etc. frames.
FILM UNLOADING A unique feature of the SR · M is the mo· torized film rewind. When rewinding , the film leader is not rewound into the magazine. Film can be rewound automatically or manually regardless of the position of the frame counter . For automatic motor rewind, simply push power film rewind switch to right as indio cated by white arrow, and the counter stops at the number originally set when loading the film. For manual rewind, set S .C.
HOW TO CHANGE LENS 14 To take lens off camera body, push lens release button down and turn lens counter· clockwise . To mount lens, line up red dot on lens with red dot on camera and turn lens clock· wise until it clicks.
MIRROR LOCK For special occasion such as photomicrography that requires the least vibration of camera, you may lock up the mirror. • Simply turn mirror lock-up control downward (clockwise) until it stpos. • Mirror will return to its usual operation when lock is returned to original position. NOTE : • Mirror lock operates independently of shutter release and film advance and can be activated anytime without the loss of film.
FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION 16 Camera is equipped with both FP and X synchronization terminals. ·FP bulb is synchronized to any shutter speed using FP terminal. ·X terminal allows to fire electronic flash (strobe) at 1/6oth of a second or slower . • M class bulb is synchronized at 1/15th of a second or slower. NOTE : ·5 setting on S.C. selector dial or manual operation is recomended for flash photo· graphy.
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Battey Checker Ho w to check batteries 1. Loosen the battery gr ip lock by turni ng it co un terclockwise . 17 2. After turning it counterclockwise as far as it will go, remove the battery grip f rom t h e camera bod y by sliding it off the moun tin g bracke t tow ard the rear .
18 3. Make sure the S.C. selector of battery grip is not in the OFF position. 4 . Slide the battery checker bracket all the way into the shoe of the battery grip as shown and hold it there.
5 . At this point, test lamp teries are still capable film at 2.5 frames per lamp does not light, should be inserted . will light if bat· of transporting second. If test fresh batteries CAUTION: ·Be sure to slide battery checker into the shoe of battery grip all the way . • Do not lea ve battery checker in position for more than 5 continuous seconds, as this will weaken batteries. ·Be careful not to touch terminals.
20 Remote control cord·S and·L These remote control cords are designed to operate the SR·M from a distance. The remote control cord·S is 100cm (40 in. l in length the remote control cord·l, 500 cm ( 16 ft. 6 in. l With these, you can take reo mote pictures of wildlife, squeeze off ex· posures easily and smoothly while panning on a tripod, and so on. How to use 1.
250 expo film back Features: .Double·magazine type 35mm film back . ·Maximum loadable length of film : 10 me· ters (33 ft. ) . • Manual /electric ..notor film transporta· tion possible . • Backward·counting: Automatically stops when exposures are completed (manual counter resetting required ). ·Built·in film cutter for quick obtaining of results. ·Built·in tripod sockets U Ys and U7:j . • Removab le back cover with safety lock . • Battery grip attachable for hand·held operation .
22 Film loader Connection cord-S and -L • Designed to load up to 250 expo length of film into cartridge for 250 expo film back. ·Manual loading with automatic stop at present number of frame you want to load, (i.e. 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, and any intermediate numbers in dot). ·Can be used for Nikon 250 expo mag· azines . Designed to connect Intervalometer-PM or In1;ervalometer·S with the SR-M's battery grip. Connecting cord·S is 50cm (20 in.) in length; connecting cord-L, 250cm (100 in.) .
AC power supply cord Intervalometer-S AC power supply cord is designed to fit into SR·M's battery grip in place of battey container . This cord is used with DC rectifier . This is a versatile high · quality timer capable of actuating exposure for adjustable periods at broad range of intervals from 0 .2 second to 10 minutes.
24 Intervalometer-PM The I ntervalometer·PM is a kind of repeating timer. This one enables you to take pic· tures at intervals of from 0.5 to 60 seconds between (single·frame) exposures. Time setting 0.5 sec. 1 sec 2 or up Usable shutter speed 1/ ' 000 ......... • •.•..•. • • • . ••• 1/15 1/' 000 •••. . • .• • . • ••.• ••••• •.. • '/s 1/1000 • .. . •. • .• • . • .....••..
CARE AND STORAGE OF YOUR MINOLTA SR-M Don't touch the lens. If you inadvertently stain it, use a rubber ball blower to blow off dust from its surface, gently wipe its sur· face outwardly from the center with a lens cleaning cloth or tissue . Try to keep the lens clean. Brush it with a soft brush from time to time. Don't touch the mirror, but brush it with a soft bru sh. When storing the camera, set the distance scale to = , release the shutter, and put the camera in the .leather case.
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