Lens minolta lens

[lucien]

HI I have a few maxxum lens that I bought for my film camera. I want to know what the button on the side is for? What does it do, should I ignore it. It's second hand Ebay and I'm new to the system.


thanks

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I dare you to push to find out.....

 

[lucien]

It might explode. No way

 

[Bollie]

I found this on the internet:
Some Konica Minolta lenses are equipped with a focus-
hold button. The operation of this button can be specified in
section 1 of the custom menu (p. 92). This custom function
has two options:

Focus hold - pressing the focus-hold button on the lens
locks the focus.
D.O.F. preview - pressing the focus-hold button previews the depth of field (p. 49). With
non-D series lenses, this is active when the aperture and shutter speed are displayed.

 

[lucien]

Thanks a lot, I guess it won't explode after all. jk I just finished googling it. I didn't know if the info would be out there because it's an old lens.

This thread might come in handy for some new person like me. Getting started in film for the first time, and dealing with old hardware

 

[Brian]

It might explode. No way

Was the person you bought from names "Doofenschmirtz" and did he call it a "Pictureinator"...

I love that show.

 

[lucien]

If the person is Japanese I guess so. Stranger things have happened.

 

[Brownie]

Everything you ever wanted to know about all brands of A-Mount lenses, but were afraid to ask...

Alpha A-mount and E-mount lenses guide

Dyxum lens guide provides information about most lenses ever released for Minolta and Sony Alpha system (A-mount and E-mount DSLR, SLT, and ILC cameras)

www.dyxum.com

 

[lucien]

That's really informative. Thanks for including the link.

 

[RichardC]

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