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Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 7 honeycomb display

Started Apr 11, 2020 | Questions thread
OP panther fan Contributing Member • Posts: 802
Re: Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 7 honeycomb display

neilt3 wrote:

  • panther fan wrote:

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 .

Thank you so much for your help.

I am not doing anything special. I am just a gear freak, that is obsessed with little usability quirks. I am one of the few that actually likes the Sony interface and ergonomics but then is upset by little things like the fact that you can assign AutoISOminSS to a costume toggle button, but not to a MyDial custom hold button. So don't worry about me I'm just a maniac and wanted to make sure the camera works the way I want it.

Seems like the Minolta Dynax 7 is the perfect camera. I hope I can get one soon

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