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Automatic flash control: fit the flash unit onto the camera, then set the mode ring to the flash mark, then set the GN lever according to the guide number of the flash unit, then check the viewfinder, the needle must be on the flash mark for correct exposure.Automatic flash guide numbers setting lever and scale (meter/feet) on the lens, 10-80 in meters.
Flash PC socket: left side of the camera, X synch.Exposure setting: fully Automatic on auto (AA) mode, or Speed prority auto.Film speed range: 25-500 ASA, setting: by the lever and scale, on mode ring.Exposure meter: CdS meter, CLC (Contrast Light Compensator) electric-eye exposure metering, cell and small round light window on the upper front side of the lens' filter ring.Also battery check rectangular index and flash-matic marks (coupled).Displays aperture scale with meter needle, with over-under exposure red lines on the right side, and speed as a mirror image on the right lover corner,.Viewfinder : bright frame, auto parallax correction when focusing (keep the subject in the bright lines), coupled with diamond-shaped split image rangefinder.Frame counter: auto-reset, advance type, window just beside the winding lever.Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke.Auto (AA) and Flash marks and manual speed scale are on the same mode ring.The camera can be operated in semi-automatic speed priority or fully automatic modes.setting : auto in auto mode, the manual setting ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel.Shutter: Seiko ALA leaf shutter, speeds: 1/8-1/500 +Ba.Focusing: matching rangefinder images in the viewfinder.Aperture: f/1.7-f/16, setting: fully automatic Focus range: 0.8-8m +inf.Lens: Minolta Rokkor-PF, 45mm f/1.7 6 elements in 5 groups, filter thread 55mm.Minolta Hi-Matic 11 c.1970 Images by Süleyman Demir ( Image rights) Minolta Hi-Matic 11 c.1970 image by Süleyman Demir ( Image rights) Later Hi-Matics had CdS meters, always placed within the filter ring.
The original Hi-Matic had it controlled by a selenium meter, plus a flash mode with shutter speed 1/30 sec. The Hi-Matics always had an automatic exposure mode. It is a typical 1960's camera considering its size, close to the Konica Auto S2 and the Yashica Electro 35. The Minolta Hi-Matic 11 was a version of the Minolta Hi-Matic 9 with no manual controls.Įngravings on the front of the camera SUPER 3 CIRCUIT means the three auto-modes:įully auto programmed exposure, shutter priority auto control and auto flash control The Minolta Hi-Matic was the same as the Minolta Hi-Matic 7S with the addition of a slightly faster f/1.7 lens. The Minolta Hi-Matic 7S and Minolta Hi-Matic 9, both released in 1966, were slightly improved versions of the popular Minolta Hi-Matic 7.
The Minolta Hi-Matic 11 is a 35mm film rangefinder camera manufactured by Minolta Camera Co.,Ltd., Osaka, Japan with shutter priority automatic exposure and introduced in 1969. Minolta Hi-Matic 11 image by Allen Armstrong ( Image rights)