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Nikon
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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NOMENCLATURE-------------------------- ITT •• r-,m",.,n dial button CD 2 ® Reflex mirror Viewfinder illuminator @ @ Memo holder
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Distance scale @ -direct-readout scale @ Viewfinder illuminator button @ Self-timer lever @ Self-timer ON index @ Power switch ON index @ 3 Power switch ® Film advance lever @ Shutter- scale @ Shutter speed dial @) Film indicator ®
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TABLE OF CONTENTS------------ NOMENCLATURE . .. . . .. ......... .. ......... . .. 2-3 ABOUT THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) . . .. .. 32 FOREWORD . .. .. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . ...... . .. . ..... 5 EV RANGE OF THE CAMERA .. ... . .. . . .. . .... 33- 35 BASIC OPERATION ........ .. .. . . .... . .... . .. . . 6-16 ACCESSORIES .......................... . .... 36-41 CONTROLS IN DETAIL . . ... . .. .. ... . ... ... .. .. 17-31 Interchangeable viewfinders .. ... . ... .. ........ 36
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FOREWORD--------- Congratulations! You now own one of the most ad vanced and easy-to-use cameras on the market today_ With a wealth of exciting new features, the Nikon F3 is designed to be as up-to-date as you are in your ap proach to photography_ However, before actually taking pictures with the F3, you should familiarize yourself with its basic operation as presented in the first section. For more detailed explanations and special picture-taking situations, refer to the second section
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BASIC OPERATION------------ 1 Remove the battery 2 Install the batteries. 3 Replace the battery 6 • chamber lid @ • • Insert the two 1.5V silver-oxide • chamber lid. batteries supplied with the camera , Use a coin to twist the lid counter Slip the battery clip back into the clockwise to unscrew it. making sure that the "+" signs camera body and screw it tightly are up. into place.
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4. Move the power switch ® 5 Touch the shutter release 6. Check battery power. to uncover the red dot ®. • button @ lightly. Look through the viewfinder @ 7 This turns the camera on and makes This activates the exposure meter. at the liquid crystal display (LCD). it ready for exposure reading and The meter stays on for 16 seconds The shutter speed should be dis shooting. after you take your finger off the played to show that the batteries button and turns itself off auto have been properl
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-BASIC OPERATION-continued------------ 1. Mount the lens onto 8. Open the camera back. 9. Install the film cartridge. Drop the film cartridge into the 8 the camera. Push the camera back lock lever Grasp the lens by its mounting ring film cartridge chamber so that the @ to the right with your thumb while @ . Then line up the focusing index film leader points towards the takeup lifting the film rewind knob@. The @ on the lens with the white dot @ camera back will pop open. spool. and push
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11 Wind the film advance lever @ to 10. Insert the film leader in the take up spool. • advance film onto the takeup sprocket. 9 Pull the leader across the camera and insert it into one Wind the film advance lever and depress the shutter of the slots in the film takeup spool. release button until the film sprockets engage the per forations on the edges of the film. Note: The Iwo dolo back conlacls localed inside Ihe camera below Ihe film guide rails are for use wilh a dolo back available i
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-BASIC OPERATION-continued------------ 12. Close the camera back. 13. Take up the film slack. 14 Make blank exposures 10 Close the camera back until it Fold out the film rewind crank • until the frame counter snaps shut. ® and rotate it in the direction of the @ shows "1." arrow until it stops. Then fold the Continue to wind .the film advance crank back in. lever and depress the shutter re lease button until the frame counter shows "1." While making blank ex posures, watch the rewind
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15. Set the ASA film speed. 16. Set th~ camera for automatic Lift up the ASA film speed dial operahon. 11 @ and rotate it in either direction Rotate the shutter speed dial ® until the "A" is oppo- until the white dot is opposite the site the white dot @. The built-in locking mecha ASA film speed in use. Also make nism ensures that the dial cannot be accidentally sure the exposure compensation dial shifted from the auto position during shooting . is set to the red "0." This programs the cam
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-BASIC OPERATION-continued------------ 18. Focus on the subject. Out of focus---- 17. Hold the camera 12 Turn the lens focusing ring until the image in the viewfinder becomes steady. Wrap the fingers of your right hand sharp. The K focusing screen comes with the camera as standard equipment. With around the camera body so that the index finger rests comfortably on the split-image rangefinder, turn the ring until the split image becomes whole . the shutter release button and the With the
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2 3 4 5 6 ---------- Infocus ---------- ---- Inside the viewfinder - 19. Set the lens aperture. Turn the lens aperture ring @ 13 I. LCD exposure information until the desired flnumber is oppo- 2. ADR flnumber site the index mark on the lens . The 3. Fine matte/Fresnel outer field selected flnumber appears in the 4. Microprism collar viewfinder for convenient reference. 5. Split-image rangefinder spot 6. 12mm reference circle Note : The meter reads the light aver the entire focu
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-BASIC OPERATION-continued------------ 20. Take the picture. 21. Advance the film. 14 Look through the viewfinder and press the shutter release button Stroke the film advance lever lightly to turn on the exposure meter. The shutter speed display indicates to transport the film to the next frame the shutter speed selected by the camera. As long as neither + 2000 nor and get the camera ready for the - 8 - appears in the shutter speed display, the camera gives the correct next shot. exposure
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22. Push in the rewind 23. Rewind the film. 24. Rem~ve the film button @. Lift the film rewind crank and cartndge. 15 After the last exposure has been turn it in the direction of the arrow to Open the camera back and take out made, the film advance lever will rewind the film . When you feel the the film cartridge. Avoid unloading stop working. You must then rewind tension lessen, continue winding the film in direct sunlight. If there is the exposed film back into its car one or two more
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-BASIC OPERATION-continued----------- 25. Turn the camera off. 16 To conserve battery power between takes, return the power switch to the "off" position.
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CONTROLS IN DETAIL------------ Shutter speed dial ® In addition to automatic stepless shutter speed control, the Nikon F3 offers manual control of all shutter speeds from 112000 sec. to 8 sec . including X, B, and T. To move the shutter speed dial off "A," depress the locking button CD as you rotate the dial counterclockwise to the 1/2000 sec. setting. You can then rotate the dial freely between any setting except "X" which, like "A," is a locked setting. Shutter speeds from 1/2000 sec.
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-CONTROLS IN DETAIL-continued---------- The best combination will depend on the results you want. Use fast shutter speeds to freeze motion; use slow speeds to produce a deliberate blur. (See the example pictures on the opposite page.). Also, small apertures The F3 has two separate settings for time exposures . On give greater depth of field, while large apertures restrict "B," the shutter remains open for as long as the shutter release button is depressed. On "T," the shutter stays sharp
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19 (Subject motion blur) (Stop action)
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-CONTROLS IN DETAIL-continued---------- Exposure memory lock button 0) When there is a substantial difference between the main subject and the background, unimportant bright spots or (Fig. 1) 20 dark spots are likely to fool the camera's metering , result So [ill ing in under-or overexposure (see Fig. I). One way to ~ - - -- -------------- ---- ---------- .--- ---- ~ make exposure compensation is to use the memory lock. I This control allows you to lock in an exposure reading with the
