AE, strobo level, EE tester: What exactly do these abbreviations and technical terms in service manuals mean?

Andreas Thaler

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The service manuals for the Minolta 7000 AF and 9000 AF use these abbreviations/technical terms, among others.

Does anyone know what they mean exactly?
  • AE
  • Strobo level
  • SS adapter
  • EE tester
  • MZ checking
  • Pitch adjusting
  • Yaw adjusting
  • EZ adjusting
 
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What I found out about it.

See above in brackets.
 

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The answer for all the above questions can be found in the operation manual for the Minolta 7000 and 9000 which you can download from https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ at no cost, but if you find the downloaded manuals then please donate $3US each to support his free service.
 
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You mean I can find explanations for these technical terms in the user manuals? Unfortunately, there's nothing there. I know them, but I'll take another look.
 
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EE: exposure error

Operating Manual v2.9

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SS: shutter speed

MZ checking: Checking of CCD image sensor positioning

Pitch adjusting: Adjustment of CCD image sensor tilting

Yaw adjusting: Adjustment of CCD image sensor tilting

Strobo level adjusting: Time measurement from flash firing to firing-stop signaling.

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Minolta Service Manuals for 9000 AF and 7000 AF
 
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  • Pitch adjusting
  • Yaw adjusting
Pitch, roll, yaw is the coordinate system used for boats, ship, aircraft, and spacecraft: Pitch, roll, and yaw are the three axes of movement for an aircraft. Pitch refers to the up and down movement of the nose, roll is the side-to-side tilting of the wings, and yaw is the rotation of the nose left or right around a vertical axis.

Interactive examples are located @ https://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/roll-pitch-and-yaw
 

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Pitch adjustment is tilting the autofous sensor from top to bottom.

Yaw adjustment is spinning the autofocus sensor on the optical axis.

This diagram mayhelp:

 
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The AF is therefore adjusted on three axes, which is achieved on the Minolta 7000 AF and 9000 AF using spring-loaded screws.





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In the C & C Associates Troubleshooting Guide, Larry Lyells describes an alternative adjusting of the AF system that eliminates the need for Minolta's exclusive, unavailable I/O tester.

That will also be a project here.
 
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