Af Illuminator; Exposure; 14-Segment Honeycomb Pattern Metering; Spot Metering - Minolta DYNAX 5 Instruction Manual

AF ILLUMINATOR

The built-in flash is used as an AF
Illuminator. When the scene is too dark for
the camera to focus, the built-in flash fires
a few short bursts when the shutter-
release button is pressed partway down to
provide the light necessary for the camera
to focus.
• Pressing the spot AF button can also activate the AF illuminator.
• The range of the AF Illuminator is approximately 1 to 5 m ( 3.3 to 16.5 ft.).
• The AF illuminator will not fire in continuous AF mode
cancel is selected.
• The AF illuminator may not operate with focal lengths of 300mm or longer.
• The AF illuminator will not operate with 3x-1x Macro Zoom.
• When an accessory flash is attached, the flash will be used as the AF
illuminator in place of the camera's built-in flash unit.
Custom Function Notes
Cust-11: AF illuminator active (1), AF illuminator disabled (2) (p.112)
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EXPOSURE – Metering System
14-Segment Honeycomb-Pattern Metering
This is the camera's standard metering mode and is appropriate for most
photographic situations.
• 14-segment honeycomb-pattern metering uses information from the
autofocus system to set the metering pattern according to the position of
the main subject. The light metered by each segment is then evaluated to
determine the degree of spot-lighting or backliting in the scene.
Subject in the center
or if flash
• In manual focus mode with any lens except the 'D' series lenes, the camera
switches to center-weighted metering. The metered exposure may be differ-
ent between autofocus and manual focus.

Spot Metering

When pressing the spot AE-lock button, only the spot metering area will
be used to calculate the exposure.
Subject on the right
Spot metering area
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