ABOUT THIS FAQ

0.1 Preface

This document is a list of frequently asked questions and answers pertaining to Minolta equipment. While the vast majority of these questions and answers pertain to 35mm photographic gear, it is hoped that future growth will include 16mm, medium format, binoculars, range-finders, and so forth. In its original incarnation, most of the information in this document has been taken from the Minolta Mailing List. To subscribe to the mailing list, see section 1.1.1.

0.2 Contributions

Contributions to this FAQ are welcome and appreciated. Contributions should be either clarifications or enhancements of existing answers, or they should be new questions with answers provided. New questions without answers make for a poorly written FAQ. All submissions should be sent to the current maintainer of the document, listed at the top.

0.3 Distribution

This FAQ may be copied and distributed freely and without charge provided that it is not used for direct commercial advantage. The FAQ must be distributed in its entirety, or specific questions and answers may be quoted in their entirety, provided that credit is given noting that the information came from the Minolta FAQ. The information provided in this document is neither complete or guaranteed. It is hoped that all information is accurate, but there are bound to be inevitable mistakes, typos, miscommunications, or simply wrong information. Neither the maintainer(s) nor any contributor(s) to the list assume any responsibility for losses or damages resulting from the use or the information in this FAQ. In this age of instant information, knowledge is power and misknowledge is dangerous. Use this document at your own risk.

0.4 Acknowledgements

This FAQ was started to provide a mechanism for answering commonly asked questions about mainly Minolta 35mm camera gear. As such, almost all of the preliminary material has come from the Minolta Mailing List. There are so many names to mention on this list, that I will simply mention the list itself. Any additional contributors to this FAQ are listed below, and apologies to anyone who was accidentally left out. Mailing addresses are last-known, and may no longer be valid.

Bo-Ming Tong, bmtong@cs.arizona.edu (this FAQ based on his Nikon FAQ)
Rob Managan, managan@llnl.gov (the 7000 internal battery question)
Martin Pilc, marpi@psu.edu (x50si, 600si multiple exposures)
Andrew Hately, hat@cfmu.eurocontrol.be (SPxi)
Choo Mun Fai, munfai@ncb.gov.sg (lots of nits, APO, and G series)
Olivier Jadot, oj@info.ucl.ac.be (lots of nits, 3000i, xi lenses)
Craig Huxley, craig@dyson.brisnet.org.au (The Tips n Tricks Section)
Alexey A. Solovyov, alekso@math.ucr.edu (700si multi-exposure trick)

0.5 History

    01-Dec-1993:        Minolta Mailing List created (ecldco@rit.edu)
    01-May-1994:        MML moved to listserver@listserv.rit.edu
    11-Apr-1995:        Initial work on this FAQ
    18-Apr-1995:        Released version 0.1
    01-Nov-1995:        Private Release version 0.15 (by Craig Huxley)
    02-Mar-1996:        Release version 1.0
    20-Mar-1996:        Added all suggestions from Minolta-L to date
    22-Aug-1996:        HTML version created
    22-Aug-1998:        Upkeep taken over by Chris Valentine
                           and linked to MUG pages

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