KONICA MINOLTA MAXXUM XTsi User Manual

3. Press the exposure­compensation button and turn
the control dial to select the
aperture.

4. Compose the scene and
focus on your subject.

• If the scene is too dark for autofocus to
operate, press the focus-mode button and
focus the lens manually (p54).

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TAKING TIME EXPOSURES (buLb)

Set the shutter speed to bulb
when you want to take time
exposures. When bulb is selected,
the shutter remains open as long
as the shutter-release button is
pressed.

1. Mount the camera on a tripod.

2. Set the camera to M-mode,
then turn the control dial until

appears in the data

panel.

3. Press the exposure­compensation button and turn
the control dial to select the
aperture.

• Refer to the flash range table on page 26
to determine the aperture setting and the
flash range.

M-MODE – MANUAL

1. Press the flash-mode button
to pop-up the built-in flash.

• will appear in the data panel.

M-Mode Flash

When the built-in flash is up or an attached accessory flash is on, it
will fire each time a picture is taken. Flash exposure is controlled by
the camera’s TTL automatic flash metering system.

Push the built-in flash down or turn the accessory flash off.

• will be displayed in the data panel.

Cancelling the Flash

2. Turn the control dial to select
any shutter speed up to
1/125th of a second.

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ADDITIONAL

FEATURES

TAKING TIME EXPOSURES (buLb)

5. Firmly press the eyepiece cap
into the eyepiece.

• The eyepiece cap prevents light from
entering thru the viewfinder and affecting
the metered exposure.

6. Press and hold the shutter­release button to take the
picture.

• The shutter remains open as long as the
button is pressed.

Do not use the Wireless Controller IR-1N with this camera.
Permanent damage will occur.

Attaching the Remote Cord

1. Flip the remote-control­terminal cover up.

2. Insert the plug into the
terminal.

To reduce image blur, attach either the Remote Cord RC-1000S or
RC-1000L (sold separately).

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FOCUS – Spot AF

1. Place your subject inside the
spot-focus area.

2. Press and hold the spot AF
button.

• Focus is confirmed when appears in
the viewfinder.

3. Press the shutter-release
button all the way down to
take the picture.

• Focus and exposure readings are held until
the spot AF button is released.

Spot AF uses the center focus sensor and the current metering mode
(p56) to lock focus and exposure. The focus and exposure settings
remain locked until the spot AF button is released.

will appear in the viewfinder,
indicating the center focus sensor is
being used.

Wide focus area uses the camera’s
three focus sensors to automatically
focus on your subject. The wide
focus area provides greater framing
flexibility and makes it easier for the
camera to focus on moving
subjects. Wide focus area is the
camera’s standard focus mode.

FOCUS – Wide Focus Area

The camera determines which sensor is
focusing on your subject and sets the
focus accordingly.

• The focus areas are not visible in the
viewfinder frame.

The focus area indicator in the
viewfinder tells you which
sensor the camera is using.

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FOCUS – AF Illuminator

The AF Illuminator is a secondary
function of the built-in flash. When the
scene is too dark for the camera to
focus accurately, the built-in flash fires
a few short bursts when the shutter­release button is pressed partway
down to provide the illumination
necessary for the camera to focus on
your subject.

• Pressing the spot AF button also activates
the AF illuminator.

• The range of the AF Illuminator flash is approximately one to five
meters.

• The AF illuminator will not fire in continuous focus mode or if
flash cancel ( ) is selected.

• The AF illuminator will not operate with 300mm or longer single
focal length lenses.

• The AF illuminator will not operate with 3x-1x Macro Zoom.

• When an accessory flash is attached, its AF illuminator will be
active in place of the camera’s AF illuminator.

Custom Function 9 (p82) lets you cancel the built-in flash’s
AF illuminator if it will interfere with your subject or is
inappropriate.

FOCUS – Manual Focus

1. Press the focus-mode button.
will appear in the

data panel.

2. Turn the focusing ring until

your subject appears sharp
and focused.

• appears in the viewfinder when the
subject in the focus frame is in focus.

• Press the focus-mode button again to
return to the autofocus mode.

Pull and turn the control ring
until your subject appears
sharp.

Focus the lens manually when autofocus is not suitable and focus
hold is not possible. The autofocus system will monitor focus and
indicate when a subject in the focus frame is in focus.

AF Power Zoom and xi-Series Lenses

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Use only the center metering
segment to lock the exposure
settings without locking the focus.
The exposure remains locked until
the spot/AE lock button is
released.

• Pressing the spot/AE lock button sets
the flash to slow sync mode (p67).

EXPOSURE – Spot Metering

2. Press and hold the spot/AE
lock button.

• and the locked exposure will be
displayed in the viewfinder.

3. Recompose the scene as
desired, then press the
shutter-release button all the
way down to take the picture.

• The exposure is held until the spot/AE lock
button is released.

1. Place the spot-metering area
on the subject whose
exposure you want to lock.

EXPOSURE – 14 Segment Metering

Fourteen-Segment Honeycomb-Pattern Metering uses information
from the autofocus system to set the metering pattern according to
the position of the main subject. The light metered by each
applicable segment is then evaluated to determine the degree of
spot-lighting or backlighting present in your scene. The focus-area
indicator displays the sensor being used when the shutter release
button is pressed partway down.

Fourteen-Segment Honeycomb-Pattern Metering is the camera’s
standard metering mode and is appropriate for most photographic
situations.

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EXPOSURE – Setting the ISO Manually

1. Turn the function dial to ISO.

2. Press the function button and
turn the control dial until the
desired ISO value appears in
the data panel.

Set the film speed manually when you want to override the DX-coded
film speed or when using non-DX-coded film. Film speeds can be set
from ISO 6 to 6400 in 1/3EV increments.

Film must be loaded before the ISO can be changed.

Bright scenes such as snow or beach
scenes are often underexposed. Dark
scenes are often overexposed. Exposure
compensation lets you adjust the metered
exposure +/– 3 stops in 1/2 stop
increments.

The metering system in this
camera averages the readings from
each active metering segment to
determine an exposure that will
achieve an average middle grey
tone on the film.

EXPOSURE – Exposure Compensation

Press the exposure­compensation button and turn
the control dial until the desired
compensation value appears in
the data panel.

• Exposure compensation remains until it is
reset or cancelled.

• To cancel exposure-compensation, repeat
the above procedure and select 0.0 or
press the program-reset button.

• Exposure compensation is not available in
M-mode.

Metered Exposure

Compensated Exposure

This effect is most visible when slide film is being used.

• The built-in flash is set to flash cancel ( ) when bracketing is
selected.

• An attached Minolta accessory flash will be set to off when
bracketing is selected.

• If an AF series flash is mounted and on when bracketing is
selected, will blink in the data panel and the shutter
will lock until the flash is turned off.

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EXPOSURE – Bracketing

4. Focus on and frame your
subject, then press the
shutter-release button all the
way down to take the picture.

Hold the shutter-release button
down until the series is finished.
Press the shutter-release button
for each exposure.

• Exposure is locked on the first frame of the
series.

• The exposure settings will change
automatically.

Flash Notes

3. Select the desired drive
mode.

• The drive mode is initially set to single
( ) or continuous ( ) whichever was
set with exposure bracketing last.

EXPOSURE – Bracketing

1. Turn the function dial to

.

2. Press the function button and
turn the control dial until
appears in the data panel.

• appears in the frame counter after
the function button is released.

This function automatically exposes a 3 frame 1/2 stop increment
bracketed series. The order of the exposures will be the metered
exposure, 1/2-stop under the metered exposure, 1/2 stop over the
metered exposure.

• The automatic bracketing feature cannot bracket flash exposures.

This effect is most visible when slide film is being used.

Metered Exposure 1/2 Stop Under 1/2 Stop Over

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The multiple-exposure function
makes it possible to expose two or
more images on the same frame.

EXPOSURE – Multiple Exposure

1. Turn the function dial to .

2. Press the function button and
turn the control dial until
appears in the data panel.

• appears in the frame counter.

3. Compose the scene, then
press the shutter-release
button all the way down to
take the first exposure.

EXPOSURE – Bracketing

1. Turn the function dial to .

Cancelling Bracketing

2. Press the function button and
turn the control dial until OFF
appears in the data panel.

Sliding the main switch to LOCK in the middle of a
bracketing series resets the bracketing series to the first
frame ( ).

Bracketing with the
Exposure Compensation Button

While pressing the exposure­compensation button, press the
shutter release button all the
way down and hold.

• The camera automatically exposes a three
frame bracketed series.

• Releasing either button before the series is
complete cancels the exposure series.

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