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The Minolta 7000's AE Lock becomes an invaluable aid in difficult lighting situations where areas of extreme light or dark are prevalent. Quickly, easily and automatically, this essential SLR feature allows you to maintain proper exposure on your subject no matter how contrasty the lighting may be.
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Simply activate metering by touching the camera's operating button, approach the subject to measure subject brightness, depress the AE Lock button, move back, recompose your photograph and fully release the shutter. The Minolta 7000's AE Lock automatically adjusts exposure metering to compensate. |
Combine any shutter speed and aperture you wish for unforgettable effects. Deliberate
high key effects produce a memorable photograph in select situations.
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When you wish to create special effects by intentionally over- or underexposing, simply set the Minolta 7000 to its Manual mode, Now select both aperture and shutter speed on your own. LCD viewfinder indicators will inform you if you are over- or underexposing, comparing your exposure selection to that derived from the camera's ongoing metering. |
It verifies essential exposure data as you shoot
The viewfinder of the Minolta
7000 contains all essential exposure data readouts to assure you of optimum exposure
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There is no need to glance away from the viewfinder as you shoot, depriving you of valuable creative seconds that may well make the difference between a great photograph and an ordinary one, Exposure data, focus signals, flash signals and exposure warnings are indicated in the LCD digital display just below the viewfinder's bright Acute Matte focusing screen. |
In low lighting conditions, the viewfinder LCD digital display will light up automatically as long as the main switch has been turn on to keep you as fully informed in the dark.
Allow you to recompose anyway you want
The first generation of AF technologies were still confined to ensuring the operation
of autofocus was reliable and precise rather than putting emphasize fulfilling needs
of on action bound photographers. So you may find virtually all early AF cameras
has a focus hold feature. The Minolta 7000's Focus Hold lets you recompose with your
main subject anywhere within the film frame, while you still retain sharp autofocus
on the main subject.
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Using Focus Hold is simple. First, center the subject in the viewfinder's autofocus frame. Partially depress the camera's operating button and hold it there. Now reposition your subject anywhere you wish within the viewfinder frame. And then fully depress the operating button to release the shutter. The only problem in this operation was, the exposure lock didn't double act as an Exposure Lock. |
Autofocus and automatic-exposure photography Up to 2 fps.
The Minolta 7000's body-integral motor drive permits photographing fast action sequences
up to two frames per second. Although the continuous mode is not the best performing
AF SLR available but still, by keeping the operating button fully depressed in continuous
drive mode, you can still able to capture some dynamic, fast-moving action.
The Minolta 7000's Key Control operation lets you easily, quickly and accurately direct full camera operation, enabling you to respond instantly to the shooting conditions at hand. This has facilitated the complexity of modern AE camera operation by using fussy logic in push keys control rather where traditional dials and rings have its limitation covering full scale AE capabilities.
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Full data readouts are available both in the camera's data display panel and in the viewfinder. This innovative system is an entirely new* for any SLR camera control. it gives you more simplified, accurate data input and, therefore, more accurate camera response. Its ''double entry'' keying helps eliminate the chance of inadvertently making an error, too'. |
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Mode Key Is used to set the exposure
mode you require: Multi Program AE modes, Aperture Priority AE, Manual
Exposure or Shutter-priority AE. Simply depress the mode key and press
either shutter speed key until the mode you have selected is seen in the data display
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'Automatically cancels
any previously-input commands except frame number and ISO setting and resets the
camera to Program mode, single-frame (S) advance and cancels exposure adjustment.  |
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Choose between single-frame
(S) advance, continuous (C) film advance or self-timer mode (S.T.) by depressing
the drive key and pressing either shutter speed key.  |
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Any film speed between
ISO 25 and ISO 6400 can be input into the camera's IC memory. Simply hold down the
ISO key and manipulate the shutter speed keys until you've reached your desired film
speed setting.  |
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Allows adjusting
normal automatic exposure from four stops under to four stops over in half-stop increments
by holding down the exposure adjustment key and pressing either shutter speed key.
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If you want to go
beyond the physical 30 seconds shutter speed barrier in the Auto mode, the Bulb ("B")
setting is the lowest "speed" setting in Manual mode you can 'make with
the shutter speed keys. The data display panel serves as a timer, counting up in
99-second cycles. This mode is extremely useful in many creative photographic application. 
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