Exposure Bracketing; Drive - Minolta Maxxum 9 Instruction Manual

DRIVE – Exposure Bracketing
Exposure bracketing automatically exposes a series of frames with exposures
above and below the metered exposure value. Bracket your exposures when
shooting slides and other films with a low tolerance for exposure error.
• This camera can expose a 3, 5, or 7 frame brackets in increments of 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, or 1.0
EV.
• A larger bracketing increment is recommended when shooting negative film.
Manual (M) and aperture priority (A) mode exposures are bracketed by changing
the shutter speed.
Shutter priority (S) mode exposures are bracketed by changing the aperture.
1. Turn the drive-mode lever to the desired
bracketing mode.
2. Open the control panel, then press the
adjust button.
3. Turn the front control dial to set the
4. Turn the rear control dial to set the
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S – Single Frame Advance
C – Continuous Advance
bracketing increment (0.3, 0.5, 0.7,
or 1.0 EV).
size of the bracket (3, 5 or 7
frames).
5. Press the shutter-release button partway down to enter the
settings.
• appears in the data panel when single frame advance is selected.
6. Compose and meter your subject, then press the shutter-release
button all the way down to start the bracket.
• Exposure is locked on the first frame of the series.
• The exposure setting changes automatically.
• Press the AE-lock button when the shutter is released to bracket using the aperture in M-
Mode.
Bracketing Notes
Continuous – Hold the shutter-release button down until the series is finished.
• Removing your finger from the shutter-release button before the
series is complete resets the camera to the first frame of the
bracket.
• Continuous advance bracketing is cancelled at the end of the roll.
Single – Press the shutter-release button for each exposure.
• , , ... will be displayed in the frame counter.
• Film can be changed in the middle of the bracketed series.
• Turn the main switch to LOCK or select another drive mode to
cancel single frame advance bracketing.
Custom Function Notes
Switch to setting 2 to change the bracketing sequence to under
exposures, metered exposure, over exposures (p.97).
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