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Minolta data memory back dm9 Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL...

  • Page 3: For Proper And Safe Use

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 2 FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE Designed exclusively for the Maxxum/Dynax 9, the Data Read and understand all warnings and cautions before using Memory Back DM-9 makes it possible to record 18 separate this product. data items for each exposure to a SmartMedia™...
  • Page 4 - Write-protect may not work if the seal is dirty. Clean the seal with a disk, hard drive, etc.) soft, clean, dry cloth. Minolta is not responsible for lost, erased, or corrupted data. - The DM-9 cannot read, write, or delete data when the write protection seal is placed over the write protect area.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Names of Parts ......6 Data Retrieval Battery .

  • Page 6: Names Of Parts

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 6 NAMES OF PARTS Outside Doors Opened Card window Data panel Film window AF button Mode button + button Control panel door Select button – button Card-slot door Inside Release pin Battery-chamber cover Contacts* * Do not touch.

  • Page 7: Battery

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 8 BATTERY The Data Memory Back DM-9 uses one CR2025 lithium When replacing the battery… battery. 1. Slide the battery cover in Replace the battery the direction indicated. when blinks in the DM-9’s data panel. •...

  • Page 8: Attaching The Data Memory Back

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 10 ATTACHING THE DATA MEMORY BACK INSERTING THE SmartMedia CARD • The camera supplies power to the DM-9 when it is mounted on the The 2MB 3.3V SmartMedia card provided with the Data camera. The DM-9’s lithium battery supplies power to the data Memory Back has already been properly formatted for use with memory back when the back is open or when the DM-9 is not the DM-9.

  • Page 9: Setting The Date And Time

    Minolta before trying to record data using this device (p. 28). These cards have been specially 2. Use the select button to formatted for use in the Minolta Dimâge V digital camera. choose the item you want to change.

  • Page 10: Data Memory

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 14 SETTING THE DATE AND TIME 3. Press the + or – button to change the value of the selected item. • Press and hold the + or – button to change the value rapidly. DATA MEMORY 4.

  • Page 11: Recording Data

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 16 RECORDING DATA The Data Memory Back DM-9 records 18 separate data items 1. Open the camera’s for each exposure to a SmartMedia card. The data from up to control panel door, then 400 36-exposure rolls of film can be saved to a single 2MB press the data-memory card.

  • Page 12: Film Area

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 18 FILM AREA 2 and 4MB SmartMedia cards formatted by the DM-9 store Press the data button to data in 400 separate film areas. Area 1 stores the data display the currently from the first roll, area 2 the second, etc. selected film area.

  • Page 13: Overwriting The Film Area

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 20 OVERWRITING THE FILM AREA DATA RECALL LIST 2 and 4MB SmartMedia cards can store exposure data for The following table details where the data recorded by the 400 rolls of film. Exposure data for additional rolls can be DM-9 can be displayed.

  • Page 14: Recalling Data

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 22 RECALLING DATA 4. Turn the front control 1. Open the control panel dial to select the door, then press the desired frame number. data-memory button. – The shutter speed and aperture for the selected frame are displayed in the data panel.
  • Page 15 DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 24 RECALLING DATA 6. Press the AE-lock button 7. Press the mode button at step 4 or 5 to display to cycle through the the metering mode, flash items that can be compensation/ flash displayed on the DM-9’s bracketing increment data panel.

  • Page 16: Removing The Smartmedia Card

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 26 RECALLING DATA REMOVING THE SmartMedia CARD 8. Open the camera’s Do not remove the card if control panel door and is blinking in press the adjust button. the DM-9’s data panel. 1. Turn the camera’s main switch to LOCK.

  • Page 17: Formatting The Smartmedia Card

    DM-9 is mounted and does not reset to 1. blinks in the DM-9’s data panel while the card is being formatted. Minolta RM-2S and RM-4S SmartMedia cards have been specially formatted for use in the Dimâge V digital camera and need to be reformatted before •...

  • Page 18: Imprinting Data

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 30 IMPRINTING BETWEEN THE FRAMES User selected data items are imprinted to the left of the exposed frame. IMPRINTING DATA The DM-9’s data imprinting function imprints the data number at the beginning of each roll to ease the task of roll identification.

  • Page 19: Selection

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 32 IMPRINTING BETWEEN THE FRAMES Selection L appears under PRINT when the data item will be Press the MODE button to select the desired data imprinted. item. L blinks under PRINT for 4 seconds after the data has been imprinted •...

  • Page 20: Updating The Data Items

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 34 IMPRINTING BETWEEN THE FRAMES Updating the Data Items 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all the data is The values of the data items need to be reset after replacing the battery in the DM-9 Data Memory Back. correct.

  • Page 21: Data Number

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 36 DATA NUMBER Imprinting Cancelling Data Number Imprinting Cancel data number imprinting when the film will be loaded Data Number multiple times (Mid Reload). • The data number is recorded even if it is not imprinted. Cancel data number imprinting before load- ing the film.

  • Page 22: Imprinting Intensity

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 38 IMPRINTING INTENSITY Imprinting intensity is set automatically when DX coded film is 3. Press the MODE button loaded. The imprinting intensity can also be set manually when or press the shutter- necessary. There are eight manual imprinting intensity levels. release button partway •...

  • Page 23: Data Retrieval

    One of the following adapters is required to access the data on the SmartMedia card. • PC Card Reader and a PC Card Adapter - The Minolta PC Card Adapter CA-1S is only compatible with 5V SmartMedia. • Floppy Disk Adapter.

  • Page 24: Opening The Data File

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 42 OPENING THE DATA FILE The formatting used by the DM-9 stores the data collected Data Display - Spreadsheet from each roll in a file identified by the same data number the The following instructions use Microsoft Excel as the example DM-9 imprints on the film leader.

  • Page 25: Data Display - Plain Text

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 44 OPENING THE DATA FILE 5. Select the delimited data type Radio button and a 7. Select the Text column format radio button, then DOS file origin, then click Next. click Finish. • The text data format treats all the data as text. Other data The Text Import Wizard page 2 appears.

  • Page 26: Reading The Data

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 46 READING THE DATA dno-0529 Frame Shutter FNo. Lens +/- PASM Meter AF Area AFP/RP Drive Flash FL+/- FLMeter ISO Up No. Fix No. yy/mm/dd Time 50/1.4 Multi A DR-S 400 01001 12345 98/12/24 15:26 50/1.4 +0.5 Multi S...

  • Page 27: Appendix

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 48 READING THE DATA NOTES • The Focus Mode, Focus Frame, and Focus Priority data fields display the focus mode selected on the camera even when a lens which must be focused manually is mounted. Manual focus is only recorded APPENDIX if the AF-mode switch is set to M .

  • Page 28: Troubleshooting

    DM9E 12/15/98 11:37 AM Page 50 TROUBLESHOOTING indicates that the enclosed items are blinking . SmartMedia card is full. Data • When inserting a new SmartMedia card after a CArdErr, will be overwritten. ress the DATA button in the camera’s data panel to make sure the data memory function is on (p.

  • Page 29: Care And Storage

    Questions and Service leader. User selected data • If you have questions about this device, contact your local exposed in between the frames. camera dealer or write to the Minolta distributor in your area. Operating Temperature Data Memory: 0~50 ° C •...
  • Page 30 7 Tanners Drive, Blakelands, Milton Keynes, MK14 5BU, England Minolta Austria Ges. m.b.H. Amalienstrasse 59-61, A-1131 Wien, Austria Minolta Camera Benelux B.V. Zonnebaan 39, P.O. Box 6000, NL-3600 HA Maarssen, The Netherlands Belgium Branch Kontichsesteenweg 38, B-2630 Aartselaar, Belgium Minolta (Schweiz) AG...

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