CONTENTS

NOMENCLATUR E... .

. .. . 2

FEATUR ES

. 6

SPECI FICATIONS ....

. .... . .......

. ... 8

BASIC OPERATIONS

. 11

Battery care

. .. . .... . ........

12

Installing t he batte ry

12

Battery test

.... 13

Repl aci ng th e batte ry

. ... 14

Notes on battery care

. . .. 15

Mounting th e lens

. .. 16

Removi ng th e lens

. ... 17

Attaching & removing the Nikon Au to

 

Wind er AW -l

18

GEN ERAL STEPS OF PICTURE -TAKING

19

Lo ading a f ilm

20

Setting th e ASA fi lm speed

. ... 22

Setting shutter-speed di al at A (Auto)

22

Winding t he f ilm

.. 23

Blank ex posure

. 24

Frame counter

. 24

Setting the aperture rin g

25

Holding the ca mera

.. 26

Focusing

... 26

Viewfinder f rame coverage.. . .

. ... 27

Releasing the shutte r

. 28

Rewinding and unloading f ilm

. . . . 29

Pho togra ph y of auto matic ex posure co ntrol

30

Reminder checklist

32

APPLIED OPERATIONS

33

TTL EX POSURE METER

34

EV range chart

36

EXPOSURE CONTROL

40

The shutter speed di al and the use

40

Automatic ex posure control

40

Manual ex posure control

41

Lens aperture diaphrag m

42

Depth -of-fie ld previ ew button

42

Stop·down exposure measurement

43

COMPENSATION OF EXPOSU RE

44

How to use memory lock

45

Repro-copy in g, slid e-copying and

 

photomi crography

46

DEPTH OF FIELD

47

SELF -TIMER

48

MIRROR LOCK

49

INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY

49

FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION

50

ACCESSORIES

53

NIKON AUTO WINDER AW-l

54

FILTERS

55

LENS FOOD

56

OTHER ACCESSORIES

57

CAMERA CARE CAUTIONS

58

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