Minolta Maxxum 5 manual

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    DiMAGE 7 / DiMAGE 5 Technical Specifications CCD: DiMAGE 7: 2/3-type interline primary-color CCD with a total of 5.24 million pixels DiMAGE 5: 1/1.8-type interline primary-color CCD with a total of 3.34 million pixels Number of effective pixels: DiMAGE 7: 4.95 million DiMAGE 5: 3.17 million A/D conversion: 12 bits Camera sensitivity : Auto, ISO 100[...]

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    Electronic magnification View finder LCD: Ferroelectric 4.8mm (0.19 inch) refl ective liquid crystal microdisplay Equivalent visual resolution: 220,000 pixels LCD monitor: 46mm (1.8 inch) TFT color Total number of pixels: 122,000 Field of view: EVF: 100% (approx.) External LCD monitor: 100 % (approx.) Display-mode switch: Auto-display, Electronic-v[...]

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    Digital subject program selection (Portrait, Sports action, Sunset, Night portrait, Text) Exposure compensation: ± 2 Ev in 1/3 increments AE lock: With AF/AE-lock button or by pressing the shutter-release button partway down Flash metering: ADI, Pre-flash TTL Built-in flash range: Wide: 0.5 - 3.8m (approx.) Telephoto: 0.5 - 3m (approx.) (Camera se[...]

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    Operating time: DiMAGE 7 Start-up time: 2.6 s (approx.) Shutter-release time lag: 0.13 s (approx.) Capturing interval: 0.9 s (approx.) Playback loading interval: 0.2 s (approx.) DiMAGE 5 Start-up time: 2.6 s (approx.) Shutter-release time lag: 0.1 s (approx.) Capturing interval: 0.75 s (approx.) Playback loading interval: 0.2 s (approx.) Color mode[...]

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    Storage capacity: Approximate storage capacity of a 16 MB CompactFlash card**: DiMAGE 7 DiMAGE 5 RAW: 1 frame 2 frames Super fine: 1 frame 1 frame Fine: 7 frames 9 frames Standard: 15 frames 16 frames Economy: 22 frames 27 frames Movie † 90 seconds 71 seconds *Recorded pixels: DiMAGE 7: 2560 x 1920 DiMAGE 5: 2048 x 1536 **Actual number of images [...]

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    Battery performance (Playback): DiMAGE 7 & DiMAGE 5 Continuous playback time: 110 min. (approx.) Based on Minolta’s standard test method: Ni-MH batteries, external LCD monitor on, EVF off. Battery performance (Recording): DiMAGE 7 Number of recorded images: 200 frames (approx.) Based on Minolta’s standard test method: Ni-MH batteries, EVF o[...]

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    Remote Code RC-1000S Remote Code RC-1000L AC Adapter AC-1L or AC-2L • AC Adapter AC-1L INPUT : 100 - 120V AC, 50/60Hz; OUTPUT : 6V DC, 2A • AC Adapter AC-2L INPUT : 100 - 240V AC, 50/60Hz; OUTPUT : 6V DC, 2A Specifications and accessories are based on the information available at the time of printing and are subject to change without notice. Pr[...]

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    System Requirement s IBM PC/A T compatible computer with preinstalled Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98*, or Windows 98 Second Edition* and with a built-in USB port as a standard interface. Power Mac G4 (includes dual processor G4 and G4 Cube) series, G3 (Blue and White) series, iMac series, iBook, or PowerBook G3 with preinstalled Ma c OS 8.6**[...]