Minolta SR-M User manual

, MINOLTASR-M
' ~
OWNER'S MANUAL
o

CONTENTS
NAMES OF PARTS .................. ................ ................. 2 1
SPECIFICATIONS ....... . ........ .. .... ........ ................. ....... 4
BATTERY GRIP
Ins talling batteries ....... ..... ....... ........ .................. ... 5
Attaching battery grip to camera body .... .. .......... ..... 7
FILM LOADING ............. ........ .......... .. ................... ..... 8
SHUTTER SPEED SETTING
...... ..... ................ .. .......... 11
FILM UNLOADING . ...................... ... ................ .. ....... 13
HOW TO CHANGE LENS ...... ........ ........... ...... ........... 14
MIRROR LO CK ........ .... ................... .... ................. .. ... 15
FLASH SyNCHRONiZATION ........... . .............. .... ......... 16
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ................. ............... .......... 17
CARE AND STORAGE OF YOUR MINOL TA SR·M ......... 25

2
NAMES OF PARTS
n nector socket
~~~~ ____ ---------------= ::~ ---- ~iiii~ ==================~~~ ;otor drive button
~ ~ ______ ---------------- Acce,ss(H~ shoe
----- S hutt er release button
..... ------. R,tt '" " grip
---- Lens release button
Diaphragm ring
r- ______ Mirror lock-up cont rol
Focusing ring
11------- Accessory j ack

3
s.c. selector / Battery switch ____ --
Film pressure plate __________________________ ...
Film advance lever -==========- ______________ -: ;- ____ ~~~ ~~
Finder eyepiece _______ _
SProcket _______________ ~:: ~
Fi lm take·up SPOOI _________ ~!!: ,...: ::: :::..
Battery gr ip IOCk ----_ -"ol
Rewind sh
Power rewind switcn ______ -t
Rewind lever _____ --
Frame counter ____ -
Battery container "I,c>< _____ -
Battery container ____ -
Tripod and connector socket ____ -

4
SPECIFICATIONS
Type: 35mm Single Lens Reflex with motorized film advance
Standard Lens: MC Rokkor 55mm F1.7, 6 elements in 5 groups
Angle of view : 43 °
Diaphragm: Fully Automatic
Diaphragm scale: 1.7,2,2.8,4,5.6,8, 11 and 16 with intermediate click stops
Filter mount : 52mm screw·in
Lens shade mount: 52mm screw·in
Lens mount: SR Bayonet
Shutter: Focal plane shutter. Speeds: T·B, 1 through 1/
1000 sec.
Synch. contact: FP and X (up to 1/ 60)
Film Advance: Motorized, or manually controlled . Three frames per second maximum
Frame counter : Pre· setting exposures number
Automatic stopping when exposures are completed
Automatic resetting when camera back is opened
Film Rewind: Motorized rewind . Automatic stopping at pre·set exposure number
Viewfinder : Fixed eye level pentaprism
Groundglass with microprism focusing
Visibility : 94% of actual image on film
Power Source: Eight 1.5v penlight, AA-size batteries ( L::!v) to be installed into battery grip
Battery Grip: Cordless contact. Continuous, single operation and OFF selection dial
Others: Built·in accessory shoe. Built·ili mirror lock. Removable camera back
Size & Weight: 145x120x47.5 (5% x4%x1 Ys in.)
1560g ( 55 oz.)( with Flo7 lens without battries )

BATTERY GRIP
Installing batteries
1. Take out battery container by turning bat·
tery container lock at the bot tom of batter y
grip to either direction. Battery container
will slide out of battery grip.
2.Twist the battery container and it opens
at the middle.
5

6
3.lnstall batteries in accordance (+ ) (- ) in-
dication on insides of the battery con-
tainers.
4. Then replace both uni ts together to form
single container. Reinstall in battery grip
with printed Minolta Japan facing you, and
lock it.

Attaching battery grip to camera body
Slide battery contact shoe over battery
contact bracket on camera. Secure contact
by tightening battery grip lock, ( knurled
knob ). Press motor drive button ( setting S. C.
selector dial at either 5 or C) to insure pro ·
per contact has been made.
7

8
FILM LOADING
1. Pull back cover open knob up to open
camera back . 2. Place
film magazine into film chamber.

3. In sert film leader into anyone of the slits
on the take-up spool shown.
4. Close camera back .
5. To
set frame counter, pull outer ring,
turn to bring short red line indicator to
the same number exposures of your film_
Then advance three frames either manu-
ally or using the motor film advance_
9

10
6. The long red line indicator will then cor-
respond the same number of exposures
of your film.
NOTE:
·The frame counter shows the number of
exposures remaining.
Caution of sel f-loading of film magazine
1. When you use film loaded by yourself be
sure the film has sufficient leader equal
to more than three frame s plus the actual
number of exposures to be set on counter.
If the actual number of exposures of y our
film is less than what yo u set on counter,
the counter wil l stop before reaching 0,
and the motor will make a "whir·r" sound.
2. Be sure to sec urely fasten the end of the
film to the drum of the film magazine. If
this is not proper ly done t he motor may
rip the entire length of film from the
drum, thu s caus ing problem in rewinding.

SHUTTER SPEED SETTING
1. At 5 ( single ) setting on S.C. selector dial
of battery grip , shutter speed can be set
at any speed including T. At T setting ,
shutter is kept open, once switch is ac·
ti vated, until shutter dial is turned
manually away from T position toward
second mark on shutter speed dial.
2.
At C ( continuous ) setting, shutter speed
should be set at I j 30th of a second or
faster and the motor advances the film
at three frames per second .
11

12
Speeds less than 1j 30th of a second
should not be used on continuous set·
ting. At either operation the motor will
stop at the 0 position on the frame
counter when all expsures are completed.
3. Manual- The camera can be used as a
regular camera without the battery grip.
NOTE:
·At T·B setting, shutter is kept open while
shutter release button is depressed.
·Camera can be set to operate in short
film of 4, 8, 12 etc. frames. However,
read instruction for correct film rewind
ing, described in film unloading section.

FILM UNLOADING
A unique feature of the SR ·M is the mo·
torized film rewind. When rewinding , the film
leader is not rewound into the magazine.
Film can be rewound automatically or
manually regardless of the position of the
frame counter .
For
automatic motor rewind, simply push
power film rewind switch to right as indio
cated by white arrow, and the counter stops
at the number originally set when loading
the film.
For manual rewind, set S.C. selector dial
at OFF and rewind by mean of film rewind
crank , holding film rewind lever in direction
of white arrow.
NO TE :
•To
rewind film completely by motor, do
not at any time change setting of frame
counter from its original position. If
counter is changed rewinding fil m will
have to be completed manually .
13

14
HOW TO CHANGE LENS
To take lens off camera body, push lens
release button down and turn lens counter·
clockwise .
To mount lens, line up red dot on lens
with red dot on camera and turn lens clock·
wise until it clicks.

MIRROR LOCK
For special occasion such as photomicro-
graphy that requires the least vibration of
camera, you may lock up the mirror.
• Simply turn mirror lock-up control down-
ward ( clockwise ) until it stpos.
• Mirror will return to its usual operation
when lock is returned to original position.
NOTE:
• Mirror lock operates independently of
shutter release and film advance and can
be
activated anytime without the loss of
film.
15

16
FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION
Camera is equipped with both FP and X
synchronization terminals.
·FP bulb is synchronized to any shutter
speed using FP terminal.
·X terminal allows to fire electronic flash
( strobe ) at 1 /6o th of a second or slower .
•M class bulb is synchronized at 1 /15 th of
a second or slower.
NOTE:
·5 setting on S.C. selector dial or manual
operation is recomended for flash photo·
graphy.

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
Battey Checker
Ho w to check batteries
1. Loosen the battery gr ip lock by turni ng it
co un terclockwise .
2. After turning it counterclockwise as far
as it will go, remove the battery grip fr om
the camera body by sliding it off the
moun tin g bracke t tow ard the rear .
17

18
3. Make sure the S. C. selector of battery grip
is not in the OFF position.
4. Slide the battery checker bracket all the
way into the shoe of the battery grip as
shown and hold it there.