Owner`s manual

2.2. MINOLTA DYNAX/MAXXUM 600SI (507SI, 650SI) 5
2. Using 14 Segment Honeycomb Metering Mode and an attached automatic lens in AF Auto Focus
mode, you can lock the exposure reading in P Program Exposure Mode, A Aperture priority Expo-
sure Mode, or in S Shutter Speed Priority Exposure Mode by pressing the Shutter Release Button
part way down.
3. Center-Weighted Metering Mode and Spot Metering Mode readings can be locked using only a third
method – pressing the AEL Auto Exposure Lock Button, marked AEL to the right of the eyepiece.
You can use the AEL Auto Exposure Lock Button to lock the exposure setting in any of the Minolta
507si, 600si, and 650si camera’s three metering systems. AEL Auto Exposure Lock is especially useful in
the automatic exposure modes, Program, A Aperture priority, or S Shutter priority, when you want to take
a meter reading from one part of your chosen photographic subject scene and then focus on another part.
You can do this by focusing, and possibly zooming in, on the detail you want to meter and then pressing
and holding the AEL button. [AEL] appears in the Viewfinder Data Panel. You must maintain pressure on
the AEL button until you release the shutter to the picture. Then aim the focusing target at your subject
and press the shutter release part way down to lock focus. You can then reframe and adjust the lens zoom
if necessary to get the image you want. Then press the shutter release all the way down and make your
exposure.
By Minolta factory default, the AEL Auto Exposure Lock feature is effective only while you hold it
down. To reset the AEL Auto Exposure Lock feature to toggle – AEL on at first press, off at second press
– hold ISO Button switch and tap AEL Auto Exposure Lock Button.
Front and Rear Control Dial Rules: Generally, both front and rear control dials increase the numeric
value being controlled when rotated to the right, and decrease the numeric value being controlled when
rotated to the left.
The Front and Rear dials Control Dials on the Minolta 507si, 600si, and 650si camera can be used
interchangeably to set camera body Shutter speed and an attached automatic lens Aperture in all Exposure
Modes and operations except M Manual Exposure Mode.
In M Manual Exposure Mode, the Front Control Dial sets the camera body Shutter Speed and the Rear
Control Dial sets an attached automatic lens Aperture. For guidance from the Metering system, rotate the
Control Dials in the direction of the arrows in the Viewfinder Data Panel to obtain a Shutter Speed and
attached automatic lens Aperture to correspond with the camera Metering system’s assessment of your
chosen photographic subject.
Viewfinder ”Long Eye Relief”: The viewfinder image and all displays can be seen in their entirety from
a distance of 0.9 inch (22.7 mm), appropriate for photographers wearing glasses.
Setting Viewfinder Diopter: You can easily set the diopter correction without a lens on the camera.
Point it toward a bright light source and turn the small diopter adjustment dial (next to the eyepiece) until
the brackets etched on the viewing screen appear sharpest. The dial sets correction factors between 2 5
and 0 5 diopters.
High Shutter Speed Flash: The Minolta 5400HS accessory flash unit emits a short pre-flash in HSS
High Speed Synchronization Mode, which fires when the camera’s Shutter Release Button is depressed
half way. This allows the camera metering system to measure the subject’s illumination at this instant
and select a flash intensity and Shutter Speed for balanced illumination of the subject and the background.
If, while in P Program or Aperture priority Exposure Mode, a Flash to Shutter synchronization speed
faster than 1 200 second is called for, the system automatically shifts into High Speed Synchronization
Mode. High Speed Synchronization Mode Flash differs from conventional flash by firing a series of high-
frequency pulses at 50 k Hz that resemble a constant light source. Even illumination across the film frame
is assured during the entire time the camera’s shutter curtains are open to record the image.