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2.1

2.2

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Mount Lens

Turn the power switch off and mount the lens to the camera body.

Check the lens type.

CPU contacts of CPU

Å CPU Nikkor lens

Í G-type Nikkor lens

lens

other than G-type

 

ÅCPU Nikkor lens other than G-type (Illustration is D-type Nikkor lens), with aperture ring

ÍG-type Nikkor lens, without aperture ring

Turn the power switch off and mount the lens to the camera body.

Position lens in the camera’s bayonet mount so that the mounting indexes on lens and camera body are aligned, then twist lens counterclockwise until it locks into place. (Be sure not to touch the lens release button.)

When the lens is not attached or when a non-CPU lens (page 32) is attached and the power switch is turned on, ƒ--appears in the LCD panel and viewfinder. (Exposure mode indication ¡ or also blinks in Programmed Auto or Shutter-Priority Auto exposure mode. Page 46/48.)

 

 

 

Check points

OPERATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure to turn the power switch off when attaching/detaching the

 

 

 

Use D- or G-type AF Nikkor lens to utilize all the functions of this

 

 

 

 

camera. (See page 32 for Lens Compatibility.)

 

 

 

 

lens.

BASIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When attaching the lens, take care not to press the lens release button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avoid direct sunlight when attaching/detaching the lens.

 

 

 

 

2.3

With CPU Nikkor lens with aperture ring (other than G-

 

 

type), set the lens aperture to its minimum and lock.

 

• When CPU Nikkor lens other than G-type is not set to its minimum aperture setting and the power switch is turned on, ƒEE blinks in the LCD panel and viewfinder and the shutter cannot be released.

• With CPU Nikkor lens other than G-type, lock the lens aperture (except in case setting the aperture with the lens aperture ring) (page 75).

• The G-type Nikkor lens has no aperture ring; aperture should be selected from camera body. Unlike other CPU Nikkor lens, aperture does not need to be set to minimum.

2.4

Detaching the lens.

 

 

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Push and hold the lens release button Å, then turn the lens clockwise Í.

When camera is left unattended without lens

When you leave the camera unattended

without a lens attached, be sure to attach

the supplied body cap (page 3), or optional body cap BF-1A. (BF-1 body cap cannot be used.)

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Nikon F 100 instruction manual Mount Lens, Check the lens type, When camera is left unattended without lens