Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 09:44:00 -0500
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-> Please can somebody tell me how can I reset the exposures counter on
-> my minox III and how can I change the asa setting on my minox B.
-> As you can understand I don't have any manual. I hope somebody
-> will
-> tell me where to find the two manuals .
-> Happy Xmas and New year to everybody
-> Giulio

1) Reset the counter by repeately push/pull (no need to press
the shutter button ) until you get to 0.

2) Minox B change ASA.

a) Turn speed dial to bring ASA number to correct number
b) pull open the camera ( to disengage the speed dial from
meter dial)
c) Turn speed dial to 100 ( with a dot)
d) close camera.
e) If at first trial you cannot set ASA dial to right number
because the speed dial is at end, repeat b) to d)

martin tai

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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 11:43:01 -0800
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Giulio Cieri wrote:
>
> Please can somebody tell me how can I reset the exposures counter on my
> minox III and how can I change the asa setting on my minox B.
> As you can understand I don't have any manual. I hope somebody will
> tell me where to find the two manuals .
> Happy Xmas and New year to everybody
> Giulio
On the 3S and B the only way to reset the expose counter is to advance
the film (no need to fire the shutter)

Resetting the ASA on a B is one of the great mysteries of science.
Here's how you do it:

1- It can only be done when you are reloading film!!!!

2 - Set the ASA pointer on the meter pointer to the correct ASA by
rotating the shutter speed dial. If you cannot move the shutter speed
dial far enough to get to the correct ASA do not despair see note 1
below.

3 - With the ASA pointer correctly set open the camera to load film.
With the camera open you will find that you can rotate the shutter speed
dial without moving the meter dial. Set the shutter speed to 1/100 sec
(note the red dot at 1/100) which shows I am not making this up.

4 - Load the camera with film. Close it. This recouples meter and
shutter speed dials. You are done.

5 - To use. A) Point meter at scene B) hold down button 2-3 seconds
C) rotate shutter speed dial until the arrow on the meter dial
points to where the needle on the meter is. That is your correct shutter
speed and you are ready to take a picture. (It's actually pretty simple
except for steps 1-4.)

6 - When you use the green filter alighn the dot to the left of the
arrow on the meter dial with the meter needle.

7 - When you use the neutral density filter (the second built in filter)
the meter will compensate automatically when you take the reading so
slide in the filter, take a new meter reading, and then align the meter
needle with the arrow on the meter dial.

Note 1: If you find there isn't enough travel in the shutter dial to set
the ASA correctly first set the ASA dial as dest as you can then open
the camera, move the shutter dial to 1/100, close the camera and move
the meter dial to the correct position.

Note 2: I recently shot a roll of film with a B using the built in meter
i the manner described above and my exposures were spot on. I shot B+W
and contact printed it so I could clearly see how consistent the
exposures were across the entire roll.

Joel
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