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Caution: Make sure your shoulder strap is held out of the way of the
Framing the picture.
the picture that you want. To frame a picture:
1. Hold the camera up to your face with the front facing away from you.
Position the viewfinder to the eye that you will be looking through.
Close the other eye.
2. Aim the camera at the subject that you will be photographing and look
through the viewfinder. You will see a representation of the picture.
3. Center the main item of your picture into the middle of the viewfinder.
The white box around the outside edge of the viewfinder is a
representation of the outer edge of your picture. If something you
want in the picture falls outside this edge, back up to squeeze this in.
4. Make sure the small, inner box in the very center of the viewfinder is
on the subject you want photographed. This is the spot where the
camera will focus.
Caution: Failure to center the focusing box on your subject can result
Taking the picture.
picture. All you need to do is:
1. Make sure that there is nothing, fingers or shoulder strap, directly in
front of the camera.
2. Find the shutter release. This square, silver button, located under your
right index finger on the top right-hand side of the camera, is what
triggers the camera to actually take the picture.
3. Depress the shutter release. Your picture is taken and the film is
automatically advanced to the next frame. (The Minolta Freedom 3
automatically adjusts for different lighting situations and turns the
flash on automatically when needed.)
Caution: When taking a picture, if a red light appears in the viewfinder,
this means the flash needs a moment to charge itself. Wait a few
seconds until a greenlight comes on, then take your picture.
Failure to wait will result in dark pictures due to lack of light.
lens. This can cause pictures to be partially blacked out.
Framing the picture means getting everything into
in blurred pictures.
The final step in picture taking is actually taking the
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