Minolta

Introducing the Maxxum 5 Quartz Date - the world's smallest and lightest 35mm Autofocus Single Lens Reflex . It's easy to pack, carry, and handle, so you can instantly react on your creative impulses anytime and anywhere.

This complete camera outfit includes Sigma's 28-80 F 3.5-5.6 Autofocus Zoom and the 70-300 F 4-5.6 Autofocus Zoom lenses and a rugged and stylish mini-gadget bag for your camera, lenses and other equipment that you'll need to take those award winning photographs destined to be in your future.

The Maxxum 5 Quartz Date houses a powerful array of high-performance features that will quickly satisfy beginner photographers and yet be valuable tools for photo hobbyists.

If you want a true take-anywhere SLR, the little Maxxum 5 Quartz Date with Sigma's two-lens zoom outfit is a big winner.The Maxxum 5 Quartz Date's high-response autofocus system makes sure your once-in-a-lifetime moments will be razor sharp.

This new-generation Maxxum features an improved high-power AF drive motor and high-speed microcomputer for quicker and more precise AF control.

It tracks even fast action and random movements effortlessly, right up to the moment the shutter releases.

To do this, Minolta uses a 7-Point Autofocus System with Wide Focus Area.

The focus sensors are laid out in a wide area to the rule of thirds, so you have the creative flexibility of positioning your subject anywhere within the focus frame.

The center cross hair sensor keeps the focus sharp regardless of vertical or horizontal subject contrast.

When using the wide focus frame, you'll always know exactly what your Maxxum 5 Quartz Date is focusing on.

Minolta's LED-illuminated superimposition technology highlights the focus sensor being used.

For creative image compositions, you may switch between the wide focus area and the local focus areas individually to single out an off-center subject without recomposing the shot Sometimes a perfect photo opportunity happens in the blink of an eye.

The Maxxum 5 Quartz Date is ready when you are -- with Eye-Start Automation.

Eye Start saves precious seconds and activates autofocus and autoexposure the instant you bring the camera to your eye.

With one quick action, the camera starts working so you won't miss a split-second moment.

For capturing action as it unfolds, set the Maxxum 5 Quartz Date for continuous film advance.

The film advances at 3 frames per second as long as you hold the shutter-release button down.

The Maxxum 5 Quartz Date has features usually found on more expensive cameras like Film Chamber Lock, the security feature that prevents the camera back from being opened while there is usable film in the chamber, thereby protecting your film from accidental exposure - and Depth-of-Field Preview.

This professional feature lets you check the zone of sharp focus at a given aperture before taking the picture.

DOF preview is especially useful to check subject and background sharpness when using small apertures, or to see the extent of sharp detail in macro photography.

Spot Metering lets bias the exposure according to a very small section of your subject or scene, use the Maxxum 5 Quartz Date's spot metering mode.

This concentrates the meter's sensitivity into the center segment.

The Maxxum 5 Quartz Date's state-of-the-art 14-Segment Honeycomb-Pattern metering system delivers accurate exposures under a diverse range of lighting and subject conditions.

It measures light levels from 13 segments in a honeycomb pattern across the viewfinder frame, plus the background area.

And much like a professional photographer, this intelligent metering system emphasizes the meter segments surrounding the focus sensor in use.

Adding to the advanced metering system, Maxxum 5 Quartz Date's advanced exposure technology can be combined with a variety of creative exposure controls.

Exposure can be compensated up to +/-3 Ev.

in 0.5 increments.

And to ensure the optimum exposure for high-contrast scenes, three brackets can be made in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, or 1.0 Ev.

increments.

Also, a multiple exposure mode overrides film advance to allow an unlimited number of exposures on a single frame.Minolta's ADI creates a new level of flash metering precision by using the distance encoders in Minolta's D-Series lenses to calculate flash exposure.

With the camera's built-in flash, ADI combines the distance information with TTL (through-the-lens) multi-segment flash metering.

When using Minolta's powerful D-Series flash units, ADI uses a pre-flash to minimize the influence of background and subject reflectance.

All this technology adds up to one thing -- better looking flash pictures, time after time.The Maxxum 5 Quartz Date's built-in flash covers lenses as wide as 28mm, and puts creative flash control at your fingertips with auto, off, fill-flash, red-eye reduction, and wireless remote flash control modes.

For greater flash output and versatility, high-powered Maxxum flash units are available as optional accessories.

When using Maxxum HSS flash units, the Maxxum 5 Quartz Date is able to use flash sync shutter speeds up to 1/4000 second.

High-Speed Sync allows much more control between the ambient light exposure and the flash exposure, particularly under bright light conditions.

HSS is a valuable asset when taking portraits outdoors because it lets you select large apertures to create a shallow depth-of-field, which makes the subject stand out from the background.For Exciting and stunning results, the Maxxum 5 Quartz Date offers Wireless/Remote Off-Camera Flash.

This exclusive Maxxum feature lets you use multiple Maxxum program flash units off-camera without cords or connectors.

The flash control signals are sent from the Maxxum 5 Quartz Date's built-in flash.

Using the built-in flash as fill light, the ratio flash function controls the flash units to give a lighting ratio of 2:1. With off-camera Maxxum Program Flashes 5600HS(D) and 3600HS(D), the flash can synchronize to the maximum shutter speed of 1/4000 second.