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- Page 3 www.orphancameras.com l l l N O t T A H l - r n A l C 7 s S i n c e i t s i n t r o d u c t i o n , t h e M i n o l t a H i - m a t i c 7 s h a s b e e n h a i l e d a s t h e m o s t v e r s a t i l e a u t o m a t i c camera.
- Page 4 www.orphancameras.com G o N T E N T S P a r t s N a m e o f M i n o l t a H i - m a t i c 7 s .., ..S p e c i f i c a t i o n s o .
- Page 5 www.orphancameras.com Accessory Shoe F il m Ad vo nce L ever ( C o r d l e s s F i o s h C e n t o c t ) S h u t t e r R e l e o s e B u t t o n F i l m R e w i n d C r o n k F i l m C o u n t e r V i e w f i n d e r...
- Page 6 www.orphancameras.com F i l m T o k e . U p S p o o l F i l m L o o d W i n d o w S p r o c k e t P r e s s u r e P l o t e F'ind er E yep i ece F i l m P r e s s u r e R o l l e r F i l m R e w i n d S h o f t...
- Page 7 www.orphancameras.com Spe ci fic otions of i l i n ol t o Hi - mq l i c 7 s Automatic 35mm rangefinder camera with CdS electric eye L e n s : R o k k o r P F 4 5 m m F / 1 . 8 6 e l e m e n t s i n 5 g r o u p s C o n s t r u c t i o n .
- Page 8 www.orphancameras.com F i n d e r : T i n t e d b r i g h t f r a m e v i e w f i n d e r w i t h a u t o m a t i c p a r a l l a x c o r r e c t i o n r M e t e r N e e d l e : N e e d l e i n t h e v i e w f i n d e r s h o w s t h e p r o p e r E V n u m b e r , o v e r / u n d e r e x p o s u r e w a r n i n g .
- Page 9 www.orphancameras.com Botfery "' How to Insert lhe ilercury T h e a u t o m a t i c e l e c t r i c e y e s y s t e m i n t h e M i n o l t a H i - m a t i c 7 s i s p o w e r e d b y a l o n g - l i f e m e r c u r y b a t t e r v w i t h m u s t b e p r o p e r l y s e a t e d i n t h e b a t t e r y c h a m b e r b e f o r e t h e c a m e r a ' r ' r i l l o p e r a t e : 1 i R e m o v e r - n e b a r r e r v c h a m b e r @ c o v e r w i t h a c o i n b y t u r n i n g...
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- Page 11 www.orphancameras.com A Gluick Guide to Using Your Minolro H i - m o t i c 7 s A u t o m o t i c o l l v f f i l ,ffi I n s e r t t h e f i l m m a g a z i n e i n t o t h e f i l m S e t t h e f i l m s p e e d o n t h e A S A / D l N s c a l e .
- Page 12 www.orphancameras.com L o o k t h r o u g h t h e v i e w f i n d e r a n d f o c u s o n R e l e a s e t h e s h u t t e r . y o u r s u b j e c t .
- Page 13 www.orphancameras.com U si n g the r r s l s " Fi l m L oq d Sy s te m SLS System of Easy Loading T h e M i n o l t a H i - m a t i c 7 s l o a d s i n s e c o n d s w i t h i t s u n i q u e S L S s y s t e m . S i n c e t h e t a k e - u p s p o o l h a s 4 f i l m s l o t s , t h e r e i s n o n e e d t o t u r n i t t o t h r e a d t h e f i l m .
- Page 14 www.orphancameras.com F I L M P l a c e t h e f i l m m a g a z i n e i n t o t h e f i l m c h a m - I n s e r t t h e f i l m l e a d e r a b o u t 1 1 2 i n c h i n t o b e r .
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- Page 16 www.orphancameras.com A F e w W o r d s o f C a u t i o n \ , ' V i r i r l r l s e r t r i t t l t i r i : l i i r r i i r t ; i r i e r r n t o ( ) i 1 , . ; , r l i i r r : S i , r l S c 1 l l t t , , t ;...
- Page 17 www.orphancameras.com H ow to T qke Pi c t ur es Aul om ot i c ol ly T h e M i n o l t a H i - m a t i c 7 s i s e q u i p p e d w i t h a p r o g r a m m e d s h u t t e r a n d a n a d v a n c e d e l e c t r i c e y e s y s t e m t o c o m b i n e m a x i m u m a c c u r a c y w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t p o s s i b l e o p e r a t i n g e a s e .
- Page 18 www.orphancameras.com S e t t h e f i l m s p e e d r a t i n g b y m o v i n g t h e l e v e r o f t h e A S A / D l N * s c a l e s a t t h e b o t t o m o f t h e l e n s b a r r e l t o t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g n u m b e r o f t h e f i l m ' s s p e e d .
- Page 19 www.orphancameras.com '!{l S e t t h e c a m e r a o n a u t o m a t i c b y a l i g n i n g t h e " A " m a r k s o f b o t h t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d a n d d i a p h r a g m r i n g s w i t h t h e "...
- Page 20 www.orphancameras.com Using the Viewfinder Warning Signals W h e n l o o k i n g t h r o u g h t h e v i e w f i n d e r , a n E V s c a l e a n d i n d i c a t o r n e e d l e c a n b e c l e a r l y s e e n o n t h e r i g h t s i d e .
- Page 21 www.orphancameras.com D i s e n g o g i n g r h e A u t o m o t i c S y s t e m . H l $ 5 * Turn the shutter speed ring, first. T u r n t h e d i a p h r a g m r i n g .
- Page 22 www.orphancameras.com f n o w t o U s e t h e M i n o l r o H i - m o t i c 7 s S e m i - A u t o m o t i c o l t y ( u , ; n g r h e E x p o s u r e M e t e r ) E v e n a f t e r d i s e n g a g i n g t h e a u t o m a t i c s y s t e m...
- Page 23 www.orphancameras.com How to Hold fhe ilinolro H:-motic A good picture depends on many factors . . . one of which is the proper holding of the camera. lf your g r i p i s u n s t e a d y , t h e m o v e m e n t o f t h e c a m e r a c a n r u i n y o u r p h o t o g r a p h . I t i s a g o o d i d e a t o p r a c t i c e h o l d i n g t h e c a m e r a ( e i t h e r h o r i z o n t a l l y o r v e r t i c a l l y ) .
- Page 24 www.orphancameras.com Holding the Camera Vertically I n t h i s p o s i t i o n t h e s h u t t e r r e l e a s e b u t t o n m a y b e p r e s s e d w i t h e i t h e r t h e t h u m b o r i n d e x f i n g e r .
- Page 25 www.orphancameras.com How lo Look through rhe Viewfinder W h e n v i e w i n g y o u r s u b j e c t t h r o u g h t h e c a m e r a ' s v i e w f i n d e r , y o u c a n s e e a "...
- Page 26 www.orphancameras.com When focusing at long distance A s y o u f o c u s , y o u w i l l a c t u a l l y s e e t h e f r a m e l i n e s m o v i n g . T h i s p r o v i d e s a u t o m a t i c c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r l a x a n d g i v e s y o u a c o r r e c t e d f i e l d o f v t s t o n .
- Page 27 www.orphancameras.com H o w t o F o c u s y o u r e y e a t t h e c e n t e r o f t h e e y e p i e c e . T h e n , t u r n t h e f o c u s i n g L o o k t h r o u g h t h e v i e w f i n d e r w i t h i n t h e "...
- Page 28 www.orphancameras.com D e p t h - o f - F i e l d When the lens is accurately focused, there is a certain depth considered to be in focus both in t h e f o r e g r o u n d a n d t h e b a c k g r o u n d . T h i s i s c a l l e d " d e p t h - o f - f i e l d " . D e p t h - o f - f i e l d b e c o m e s d e e p e r a s t h e a p e r t u r e o p e n i n g i s m a d e s m a l l e r ( c l o s i n g t h e d i a p h r a g m ) a n d s h a l l o w e r a s t h e a p e r t u r e o p e n i n g i s m a d e l a r g e r ( o p e n i n g t h e d i a p h r a g m ) .
- Page 29 www.orphancameras.com H o w t o R e o d r h e D e p l h - o f - F i e l d c h o r t t h e d i s t a n c e f r o m t h e L o o k a t t h e p h o t o b e l o w .
- Page 30 www.orphancameras.com - D e p t h - o f - F i e | d C h a r t ( a 5 m m F / t . 8 R o k k o r , | 2 . 8 1 .
- Page 31 www.orphancameras.com H o w t o U s e r h e S e l f - T i m e r T h e s e l f - t i m e r d e l a y s s h u t t e r r e l e a s e f o r a b o u t 1 0 s e c o n d s a f t e r y o u p r e s s t h e b u t - t o n , t h u s a l l o w i n g t i m e f o r y o u t o g e t i n t o t h e p i c t u .
- Page 32 www.orphancameras.com H o w t o T o k e F l q s h P h o t o g r o p h y F l a s h b u l b s a n d e l e c t r o n i c f l a s h u n i t s a r e u s e d f o r i n d o o r a n d n i g h t p h o t o g r a p h y o r f o r s h o o t i n g i n shaded areas.
- Page 33 www.orphancameras.com 3. You are now ready to shoot your picture. How to determine the correct exposure. W i t h t h e g u i d e n u m b e r k n o w n , t h e c o r r e c t a p e r t u r e c a n b e d e t e r m i n e d b y u s i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g f o r m u l a : G u i d e N u m b e r...
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- Page 36 www.orphancameras.com }jf; 1 O n c e t h e f i l m h a s b e e n r e w o u n d , o p e n t h e b a c k c o v e r a n d r e m o v e t h e...
- Page 37 www.orphancameras.com Prog rcm m ed S hu t t e r T h e p r o g r a m m e d s h u t t e r i n t h e M i n o l t a H i - m a t i c 7 s i s d e s i g n e d t o s e l e c t t h e o p t i m u m s h u t t e r s p e e d / a p e r t u r e c o m b i n a t i o n a u t o - 1 .
- Page 38 www.orphancameras.com Accescoriec Filters G - O ( G r e e n ) : F o r b l a c k & w h i t e f i l m s . U V : T h i s f i l t e r a b s o r b s e x c e s s i v e u l t r a v i o l e t ldeal outdoor filter where more pleasing fresh l i g h t w h e n s h o o t i n g m o u n t a i n , s n o w , s e e a n d tones are desired in portraits against the sky.
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