02-08-2017, 12:21 PM
Wish I had the STF mode from Minolta 7 were implemented on newer cameras, preferably in single exposure mode.
For those who don't know, Minolta's one of the last film cameras (from year 2000) had a STF mode where it would do consecutive exposures on a single frame with different apertures to simulate the STF effect. It would calculate the necessary exposure time for each of the shots by itself and do everything automatically. The results were pretty comparable to a real STF lens and worked with every Minolta (and later Sony) AF lens. Downside is that even under bright light it takes a few seconds to complete the multiple exposure run so it was pretty useless on moving subjects.
This could've been implemented in today's digital cameras by moving the aperture during a single exposure or by doing a multiple exposure into a single RAW file. Shame it never happened.
For those who don't know, Minolta's one of the last film cameras (from year 2000) had a STF mode where it would do consecutive exposures on a single frame with different apertures to simulate the STF effect. It would calculate the necessary exposure time for each of the shots by itself and do everything automatically. The results were pretty comparable to a real STF lens and worked with every Minolta (and later Sony) AF lens. Downside is that even under bright light it takes a few seconds to complete the multiple exposure run so it was pretty useless on moving subjects.
This could've been implemented in today's digital cameras by moving the aperture during a single exposure or by doing a multiple exposure into a single RAW file. Shame it never happened.