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Few questions about Minolta A2

Started Feb 6, 2019 | Questions thread
EXX
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Re: Few questions about Minolta A2

Michael Fritzen wrote:

Hike Pics wrote:

... Also, I noticed that when I set the lens on macro the resulting shot was way overexposed.

Sounds weird because the macro switch shouldn't interfere with exposure parameters but only allow for a shorter shooting distance. Not sure if I remember correctly but I think it engages in two zoom positions only, shortest and longest FL. Or one only?

Correct: you can only use the Macro switch and the tele end and the wide end. It locks the lens so that zooming is no longer possible, but it should not influence exposure.

The macro switch is also recommended in case you use the ACT-100 1.5x tele converter or the ACW-100 0.8x wide angle converter. The purpose is to prevent zooming, since the convertors (that screw onto the lens) are rather heavy.  You also have to set the tele/wide angle converter option in the menu to override the macro function of the macro switch.

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