31 SPECIFICATION

Eyepiece Shutter:

Built-in. Keeps out extraneous light during

 

self-timer and remote control operation.

Dioptric Adjustment:

Built-in eyepiece adjusted to standard

 

-1 diopter.

Focusing Screen:

Standard split-image/microprism rangefinder.

 

Twelve other types of interchangeable

 

screens are optionally available.

Light Metering System:

Through-the-lens (TTL) metering by

 

silicon photocell (SPC). Metering area

 

is determined by special optical element

 

incorporated in each focusing screen.

 

Center-weighted average, selectivearea and

 

spot metering are optionally available by

 

changing the focusing screen.

Meter Coupling Range:

EV -1 (4 sec. at f/1.4) to EV 20

 

(1/2000 sec. at f/22) with ISO 100 film and

 

FD 50mm f/1.4 lens.

Exposure Preview:

By pressing shutter button halfway.

Meter Mode:

At ”NORMAL,” meter activated as long as shutter

 

button is pressed halfway. At ”HOLD,” meter,

 

once activated, stays on for 16 sec. At ”LIGHT,”

 

meter, once activated, stays on for 16 sees.

 

and viewfinder information is illuminated.

 

Cancellation possible.

Exposure Compensation Dial:

+- 2 f/stop range in 1/3 f/stop

 

increments: 1/4.. 1/2 .. 1 .. 2 .. 4

Shutter:

Horizontal-travel, titanium focal-plane

 

shutter with four spindles. Eiectromechanical

 

hybrid control. Mechanically controlled at

 

speeds from 1/2000 to 1/125 sec., ”d ”

 

(1 /90 sec.) and B. Electronically

 

controlled at speeds from 1/60 to 8 sees.

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