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  • Page 1 This manual is for reference and historical purposes, all rights reserved. This page is copyright@ by.M.-B_u1__hls,-NJ. This page may not be sold or distributed without the expressed permission of the producer I fave no connection with any camera cornpany On-line camera manual library This is the full text and images from the manual"...
  • Page 2 MINOLTN MINOLTN AUTO O 1991 Minolta Camera Co., Ltd. under the Berne MANUAL E tNsTRUcTtoN Convention and Universal Copyright Convention 9222-8054-18 [r.l voor D'EMPLoI IDFAP I ftinteC in Japan...
  • Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..2 T h e M i n o l t a A u t o M e t e r l V F ' s v e r s a t i l e o p e r a t i o n w i l l h e l p N A M E S O F P A R T S A N D D I S P L A Y S B O D Y s i m p l i f y y o u r m o s t c r i t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n s .
  • Page 4 1 . P o w e r b u t t o n t u r n s p o w e r o n a n d o f f ; c l e a r s m e m o r y 2.
  • Page 5 ''.,'*.'.'*'i+*'.*+fi"=:.t*+,'+*fiffi fi**ffi , lxilrH:l n:::..i*,:ili,i+.'n+..'..r;ilffi 1 3 . M e a s u r i n g - l e v e l a d j u s t m e n t s c r e w a d j u s t s m e t e r c a l i b r a t i o n 1 4 .

  • Page 6: Data Panel Displays

    DATA PANEL DISPLAYS 1 . A n a l o g s c a l e d i s p l a y s m e a s u r e d d a t a a n d m e m o r y d a t a s i m u l t a n e o u s l y i n 0 .
  • Page 7 *o*****ffi BATTERY T h e A u t o M e t e r l V F i s p o w e r e d b y a s i n g l e A A - s i z e , 1 . 5 v 1 .

  • Page 8: Low Battery Warning

    S E T T I N G T H E F I L M S P E E D A f t e r y o u i n s t a l l t h e b a t t e r y , a l l 1 1 .
  • Page 9 S E L E C T I N G A M E A S U R I N G M E T H O D T o t a k e a n i n c i d e n t - l i g h t r e a d i n g , a t t a c h a n y o f t h e d i f f u s e r s ( S p h e r i c a l D i f f u s e r , F l a t D i f f u s e r , M i n i D i f f u s e r , 4 X S p h e r i c a l I n c i d e n t - L i g h t R e a d i n g s N D D i f f u s e r , o r 8 X S p h e r i c a l N D D i f f u s e r ) t o t h e A u t o M e t e r l V...
  • Page 10 T o m a k e a r e f l e c t e d - l i g h t r e a d i n g , a t t a c h t h e r e f l e c t e d - l i g h t Reflected-Lig ht Read i ngs "...
  • Page 11 A M B I E N T L I G H T M E A S U R I N G Use With A Still Camera Procedure For 1 . P r e s s t h e p o w e r button to t u r n t h e m e t e r o n .
  • Page 12 Procedure For Use With A Cine Camera 5 . l f t h e m e t e r i s s e t t o d i s p l a y f l n u m b e r s , u s e t h e u p / d o w n c o n t r o l t o s e l e c t t h e d e s i r e d 1 .
  • Page 13 -*HffiffiH T h e m e t e r w i l l c o n t i n u e t o 5 . l f t h e a n g l e o f y o u r c a m e r a ' s s h u t t e r i s n o t 1 8 0 1 1 .

  • Page 14: With A Sync Cord

    M E A S U R I N G F L A S H L I G H T 4. Use the up/down control to With a Sync Cord select the X-sync speed of y o u r c a m e r a . 1 .
  • Page 15 iii+irffi{#ffitru''iitffiffiffiilitiffitiitiiffii!$iifii+irfi.*liirH*ril$rii iuiiffi*tuffirffilf Without a Sync Cord l f t h e r e a d i n g i s o v e r o r u n d e r t h e m e t e r ' s d i s p l a y r a n g e , F N o .
  • Page 16 '- iii-r ***********fig**g 6 . P o s i t i o n t h e m e t e r a n d f i r e t h q f l a s h t o m a k e a r e a d i n g . 4 .
  • Page 17 'ffi M E M O R Y T o u s e t h e A u t o M e t e r l V F ' s m e m o r y , m a k e a r e a d i n g ( f l a s h o r a m b i e n t ) a n d p r e s s t h e m e m o r y b u t t o n .
  • Page 18 i n , m e m o r y w h i c h i s b e y o n d t h e Y o u m a y s t o r e a r e a d i n g Y o u m a y m a k e a...
  • Page 19 . l f y o u p r e s s a n d h o l d t h e 1 1 . 4 2 2.8 4 5 . 6 8 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 2 4 5 6 4 9 0 : m e a s u r i n g b u t t o n w h i l e A T I M E I n a l l m e a s u r i n g m o d e s , t o...
  • Page 20 B R I G H T N E S S D I F F E R E N C E . T o d i s p l a y t h e s e c o n d 1 1 . 4 2 2 . 8 4 r e a d i n g d i g i t a l l y ( i n t h e u n i t s T I M E r _ n...
  • Page 21 R E . C A L I B R A T I O N D u r i n g m a n u f a c t u r e , y o u r A u t o M e t e r l V F w a s p r e c i s e l y c a l i b r a t e d t o M i n o l t a s t a n d a r d s .
  • Page 22 L I G H T I N G - R A T I O M E A S U R E M E N T S 4. Press the average (A) but- t o n . T h e l i g h t i n g r a t i o o f a s c e n e i s t h e r a t i o b e t w e e n t h e m a i n ( k e y ) a n d f i l l l i g h t s .
  • Page 23 S C E N E - C O N T R A S T M E A S U R E M E N T S . W h e n y o u r e l e a s e t h e m e a s u r i n g b u t t o n a f t e r y o u m a k e t h e s e c o n d r e a d i n g , i f y o u h a v e s e l e c t e d f / n u m b e r d i s p l a y , t h e S c e n e c o n t r a s t , o r b r i g h t n e s s r a n g e , i s t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n f i r s t r e a d i n g w i l l r e a p p e a r i n t h e d i g i t a l d i s p l a y a n d b o t h w i l l...
  • Page 24 6 . N e x t m e a s u r e t h e b r i g h t e s t a r e a ( n e g a t i v e f i l m ) o r d a r k e s t 1 .
  • Page 25 U S I N G T H E A N A L O G S C A L E . l f y o u a r e i n a m b i e n t m o d e a n d c a n n o t h o l d t h e m e t e r s t e a d y s o t h a t t h e s p o t c i r c l e r e m a i n s o v e r t h e a r e a y o u a r e m e a s u r i n g , t h e b r i g h t n e s s - d i f f e r e n c e r e a d i n g m a y c h a n g e .
  • Page 26 FI LTER.FACTOR CORRECTION l f t h i s b r i g h t n e s s r a n g e i s w i t h i n t h e e x p o s u r e r a n g e o f y o u r f i l m , p r e s s t h e a v e r a g e b u t t o n t o o b t a i n a n e x p o s u r e r e a d i n g w h i c h w i l l r e p r o d u c e d e t a i l i n b o t h o f t h e a r e a s y o u m e a s u r e d .
  • Page 27 ****=*********** I L L U M I N A N C E M E A S U R E M E N T S F o r e x a m p l e , i f y o u a r e u s i n g t w o f i l t e r s , o n e w i t h a f i l t e r f a c t o r of 213 and the other with a factor of 1 213, the filter factor of T h e A u t o M e t e r l V F p r o v i d e s y o u w i t h t h e m e a n s t o t h e t w o t o g e t h e r i s 2 1 1 3 ( 2 1 3 + 1 2 1 3 : 1 4 1 3 o r 2 1 1 3 ) .
  • Page 28 ACCESSORIES Viewfinder 5 " lV iewfinder 10 " ll T a b l e 4 ( E V - l x c o n v e r s i o n t a b l e , I S O 1 0 0 ) T h e s e f i n d e r s a t t a c h t o t h e A u t o M e t e r l V F a n d a l l o w i t t o m a k e r e f l e c t e d - l i g h t m e a s u r e m e n t s .
  • Page 29 ***************ffi ffifffi*"--.*gg--gm* iiit {i:i 4X and 8X Spherical ND Diffusers Booster ll W h e n p l u g g e d i n t o t h e a c c e s s o r y - r e c e p t o r j a c k o n t h e h e a d o f Both of these spherical diffusers incorporate a neutral density t h e A u t o M e t e r l V E , t h i s s e p a r a t e s e n s o r e n a b l e s m a k i n g e l e m e n t , a n d a r e u s e d w h e n l i g h t i s t o o b r i g h t t o b e m e a s u r e d...
  • Page 30 o D o n o t p r e s s o n o r d a m a g e N e v e r a t t e m p t t o d i s a s s e m b l e t h e m e t e r . t h e i n d i c a t i o n - d i s p l a y w i n d o w s .
  • Page 31 .S P EC,,l'.F,l,C,ffiE.l.O T y p e : D i s p l a y R a n g e : I S O : 3 - 8 0 0 0 i n 1 / 3 - s t o p i n c r e m e n t s H a n d - h e l d e x p o s u r e m e t e r f o r m e a s u r i n g a m b i e n t a n d S h u t t e r s p e e d ( a m b i e n t ) : 1 / 8 0 0 0 s e c .