Af Illuminator - Minolta Maxxum Dynax 7 User Manual

FOCUS AREA
How to Lock the Local/Spot Focus Area
1. Turn the wide/local focus area
switch to local, and select the
focus area you want to lock.
2. Turn the wide/local focus-area
switch to lock.
How to Lock the Wide Focus Area
1. Turn the wide/local focus area
switch to wide.
2. Turn the wide/local focus-area
switch to lock.
• After taking the picture, the focus area remains locked.
• When the wide/local focus-area switch is locked, pressing the focus-
area selector or the spot-AF button doesn't activate the focus.
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AF ILLUMINATOR

In low-light/low subject contrast situa-
tions, the AF illuminator automatically
projects a pattern of lines onto the
subject for the camera's AF sensors
to focus on.
• Do not to obstruct the AF illuminator.
• AF illuminator works for the center focus area only.
• The range of the AF illuminator is 0.7 – 7.0 meters (2.3 – 23.0 ft.).
• The AF illuminator will not fire in continuous autofocus mode.
• The AF illuminator may not operate with 300mm or longer single
focal length lenses.
• The AF illuminator will not operate with 3x-1x Macro Zoom.
• When an accessory flash is attached, its AF illuminator may be active
in place of the camera's AF illuminator.
• AF illuminator can be canceled by Custom 21-2 (p. 176).
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