Minolta DYNAX 7 User Manual page 91

CUSTOM 25, 26
2. STF mode
Beautifully defocused images can be produced using the STF
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(Smooth Trans Focus) mode. The images are reproduced faithfully
as to shape, with softened edges.
Effect using STF
Because your camera's STF mode triggers a continuous multiple
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exposure, it should only be used with a tripod and a still subject.
1. Set Custom 25-2.
2. Turn the exposure-mode dial to 3.
• STF appears in the display.
3. Press the shutter release button all the
way down to take the picture.
• 7 exposures occur.
• To cancel STF mode, turn the exposure-mode
dial to a position other than 3, or set Custom
25-1.
• Shutter speed and aperture will be set auto-
matically.
• Flash doesn't fire.
• Exposure compensation is possible.
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STF not used
To set custom functions;
1.Open control-panel door and press the CUSTOM button.
2.Turn the front control dial to select the desired custom function.
3.Turn the rear control dial to seclect the setting.
4.Press the shutter-release button partway down to enter the setings.
Refer to pages 154-157 for additional information.
• When in STF mode, aperture will be displayed
in T-numbers, not f-numbers. T-numbers are
practical aperture values which take into
account the f-number as well as the light lost by
absorption in the optical system. In this case, it
indicates the aperture of a single exposure. Use
in place of f-numbers for determining exposure.
• When the subject is bright, STF is not possible.
The aperture's background will appear white.
• If you use the 135mm f/2.8 [T4.5], you can get
a STF effect with a single exposure. In this
case, don't use Custom 25-2.
• STF mode is not possible if you are using the
AF Reflex 500mm f/8.
Custom 26 - Flash Burst with Exposure Compensation
You can control the flash burst when exposure
compensation is selected.
• This applies only for exposure compensation,
and not for flash compensation. Please refer to
page 80 for explanation of the difference.
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