neilt3
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Re: Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 7 honeycomb display
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Thank you so much for your help.
The behaviour in M-mode seems really backwards, but I think I can work around that. A and S mode seems to work as I expected. I have two other questions if you don't mind.
1. The Maxxum/Dynax 7 works with all SSM lenses, even the new ones like the Zeiss 50mm F1.4 right?
2. There seem to be two ways to enable "back button focus" on the camera
-The way most often described on the internet is putting the camera into manual focus mode and then the AF/MF button on the back becomes kinda an AF-ON button.
But the manual states that used this way the AF/MF button also triggers the metering, which would overwrite the exposure locked with the AEL button. Is that true?
-There seems to e another way in the custom menu, with "custom 23" you can deactivate AF on the shutter button. How do the AF/MF button and the Spot-AF button behave in this mode? Do they also trigger a new meter reading?
Minolta , Sony and CZ SSM & SAM lenses work fine on these cameras .
The only one I heard someone had a problem with was a CZ 24-70mm f/2.8 .
But the only way to know 100% is to try it on the camera . These lenses were made a long time after the cameras , they follow the same protocols but won't have been tested on a film camera at Sony .
Not sure what the issue was , or if it was with just one Len sample .
Sigma HSM lenses would need to be tested as they backward engineer their lenses , so all bets are off .
Either method for back button focussing will work .
The first methods better as you don't need to go into the custom functions to revert back to normal .
If you have the AEL button set to toggle rather than press and hold , exposure is locked at whatever it was on when you pressed the button .
Irispective of the shooting mode (S,A or M) or how your focussing .
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What is it your planning on doing with the camera ?
It seems like your making things far more complicated than they need to be .