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Minolta A9 with MC glass question

Started Feb 2, 2021 | Discussions thread
neilt3
neilt3 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,008
Re: Minolta A9 with MC glass question

Welcome to the forum .

I assume it works fine with an A mount lens ?

Have you got the manual ?

https://www.butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minolta_maxxum_9/minolta_maxxum_9.htm

Check out the custom functions .

"CF 16" needs to be set to "2" .

"Release without lens " needs to be set to "on" .

By default it's set to "off" .

The reason is if you've not got a lens on your camera and it was switched on , if you caught the shutter release button it would fire  and take a blank shot .

If you put the camera back in your bag with it still switched on , you could end up with a fully exposed roll of film with nothing on , so a bit if care is needed .

When you finish shooting , apart from switching your camera off , it wouldn't harm to reset the camera to auto-focus .

That way the camera won't fire by mistake .

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