Features
CUSTOMIZED SETTINGS
ACCESSORIES
You can "fine - tune" the Maxxum 9's performance and operation to make it truly your own.
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Customized Settings
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What are the ideal settings for your camera? That depends on your preferences, subjects, conditions, objectives, and other factors. You may change them each month, or even each day. Fortunately, the Maxxum 9 makes this very easy, and gives you a wide selection as well. 21 settings can be customized so the camera performs exactly the way you want it to. For example, with Custom Function (18), you can select three different variations for the functions of the front and rear control dials in P, A, and S modes, and with (19), you can reverse front and rear dial operation.
| (1) | AF priority / Shutter - release priority |
| (2) | Film rewind: auto / manual |
| (3) | Film leader: rewound into cartridge / left out / left out with mid - reload |
| (4) | DX memory: off / on |
| (5) | Shutter-release lock (with no film in chamber): off / on |
| (6) | Lens focus-hold button: focus-hold / center-area / continuous AF |
| (7) | Eyepiece sensor activation: with grip hold / without grip hold |
| (8) | Frame counter: normal / count down |
| (9) | AF area selection: wide or local / center only |
| (10) | AE-Lock activation: while button is pressed / after button is pressed |
| (11) | Bracketing sequence: metered exposure, -, + / -, metered exposure, + |
| (12) | Film rewind speed: fast / slow |
| (13) | Exposure setting display duration: 5 / 10 / 30 sec. |
| (14) | Local focus area display (approx. 0.1 sec.): always on at focus lock (0.4 sec.) / on only when AF button is pressed. |
| (15) | Eye-start switch function: eye-start on, off / dial-lock on-off with eye - start on / dial-lock on-off with eye-start off |
| (16) | Shutter-release lock when lens is not attached: locked / released |
| (17) | AF drive speed: fast / low |
| (18) | Front & rear dial function in P/A/S modes (3 variations) |
| (19) | Front & rear dial operation: as set by (18)/reversed |
| (20) | Flash metering: 4-segment / average / spot |
| (21) | Exposure compensation display on LCD data panel: no / yes |
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Vertical Control Grip VC - 9
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 This grip features the same rigid construction as the Maxxum 9, employing zinc diecast covered with a special steel compound (SUS430). Its design and rubber pad ensure that you can hold it securely. The shutter - release button is positioned to allow a natural shooting posture with your elbow close to your side, while other buttons such as the vertical on/off switch, front/rear dial, AE - Lock button and AF button are located to offer the same comfort as when you operate the camera horizontally. For extra reliability, the sensitive signal contact is exposed only when the grip is actually mounted, protecting it from dust and damage.
- Multiple 4 - type 2 - way power source
- The Vertical Control Grip accepts four types of batteries, giving you flexible, reliable power. When the battery in the camera gets low, and there's no time to change to another, you can continue shooting by simply switching to the battery in the grip with the grip's battery select button.
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Data Memory Back DM - 9
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 This optional accessory stores up to 18 items* of photographic data for 400 rolls of 36 - exposure film. The data is saved on a 2MB SmartMedia™ card** (supplied) and can be viewed on the camera's LCD data panel or accessed via a personal computer. In addition, one of seven items, such as shutter speed/aperture, count - up number, or month/ day/year, can be imprinted outside the frame. For easy identification, the Data number is imprinted at the beginning of the film upon loading. The exterior of the Data Memory Back uses a special steel compound, giving it the same rigidity and appearance as the camera.
* Shutter speed, aperture, lens focal length/smallest f - No., exposure compensation, exposure mode, metering mode, AF mode, focus area, AF priority/release priority, film drive mode, flash mode, flash compensation, flash metering mode, ISO, count - up number, fixed number, year/month/date, hour/minute.
** Available in 5V / 3.3V.
4 / 8 / 16MB cards also available.
SmartMedia™ is a trademark or registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation.
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| Interchangeable Focusing Screen 9 |
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For those who frequently use faster lenses (f/1.4 - f/2.8) in manual focus mode, Konica Minolta offers the Type M and ML Super - Spherical Acute Matte focusing screens. They feature greater light dispersion for a more distinct difference between out - of - focus and in - focus areas, that is, the image in the viewfinder is more natural. Type L and Type S screens employ a Spherical Acute Matte, which produces less shade in the center of the screen when a slow telephoto lens is used. To ensure that the image is not covered when mounting slides, the end points of the grid scale are at approximately 95% of the field of view. All screen types are interchangeable. Exposure is automatically compensated by the Maxxum 9 according to the screen type. |
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