Nikon Zoom-Nikkor 100-300mm f/5.6 Nomenclature, Before Using the Lens, Mounting the Lens

NOMENCLATURE

1.	Lens hood HN-24	10.	Aperture-direct-readout scale
2.	Focusing/zooming ring	11.	Depth-of-field scale
3.	Distance scale	12.	Focal length scale
4.	Macro range line (orange)	13.	Mounting ring
5.	Infrared index	14.	Aperture ring
6.	Distance scale index	15.	EE servo coupling post
7.	Aperture index	16.	Meter coupling shoe
8.	Aperture scale	17.	Aperture index post
9.	Meter coupling ridge

BEFORE USING THE LENS

(Read the following carefully and get the most out of your new lens now and in the many years to come.)

Your new Zoom-Nikkor 100-300mm F/5.6 is a versatile, easy-to-operate, high per- formance zoom lens, offering a variety of focal lengths from moderate telephoto 100mm to telephoto 300mm over its 3X zoom range. Use it to shoot regular snapshots and souvenir photos, for portraits and close-up photography—with this new Zoom- Nikkor, focusing and zooming are quick and easy: you just turn the ring to focus and push or pull it to zoom. Normal focusing goes from infinity (°°) down to 2m (7ft), and for close-ups, just set the lens at 100mm and you can get continuous focusing all the way down to 0.71m (2.3ft). For even greater magnification, just add on the optional Nikon Close-Up Lens No. 5T or No. 6T. And for special effects, there's a variety of op- tional filters, all at the 62mm size.

Constructed of the highest quality Nikon glass, this zoom lens produces sharp images with high contrast at every focal length, with all aberrations well corrected. In addi- tion, Nikon Integrated Coating (NIC) is applied to all air-to-glass surfaces of the lens elements to minimize ghost images and flare and heighten natural colors.

With suitably equipped Nikon cameras, this lens offers "Automatic Maximum Aperture Indexing" (AI). The meter-coupling ridge and automatic diaphragm function together to permit full aperture exposure measurement. For non-AI type Nikon cameras, this lens is also fitted with a meter coupling shoe to permit the same operation.

MOUNTING THE LENS A

Position the lens in the camera's bayonet mount, aligning the black aperture index ® on the lens with the lens mounting index on the camera.

Then, twist the lens counterclockwise until it clicks into place. To remove, depress the lens release button on the camera and twist the lens clockwise.

Note: When mounting the lens on an Al-type camera with a meter coupling lever, make sure the lever is in the "down" position; when mounting on a camera without this lever (non-AI type), "manual" maximum aperture indexing is required. For more informa- tion, refer to the camera's instruction manual.

FOCUSING/ZOOMING B C

With its single control ring, this lens lets you both focus and zoom in and out rapidly in one smooth operation.

To focus, while looking through the camera's viewfinder, turn the focusing/zooming ring ® until the image on the focusing screen appears sharp and crisp.

To zoom in and out, look through the viewfinder and slide the focusing/zooming ring back and forth until your desired composition is framed on the focusing screen. As the ring is pushed backward for longer focal lengths, four positions-lOOmm, 135mm, 200mm and 300mm-appear on the lens barrel to show the focal length at which the lens is set. Intermediate settings are also possible.