AAAAAAAA!!!!!!! I have the same Minolta! So are you my sis now? I have the manual, but its written in Finnish. So no help for it. Ask if you want to know something, I try to translate. Its damn good camera, believe me. Autofocusing is using old, bit slow (compared to new ones) technigue, but else, it is really great cam. What kind of objectives did you got with it? Basically, mode P is program, everything is automatic. Just point and shoot. mode A, and you can adjust the apertures. mode S, and you can adjust shutter speed. mode M, and you have totally manual camera. And with drive, S is single shot, C for sustained fire and S.T. is for 10s timer. ...and if you are looking for manual, try local photo shops or camera repair services. Loan manual there and take photocopies. Another good source is your local Minolta importer, just call and play that "i'm just poor new minolta owner so could you intelligent guy help me"-thing. Hope this helps a bit. .n