Nikon F 100 Changing Focusing Screens, Using the tweezers, push the front edge of the holder

Depth-of-Field Preview/Film Plane Indicator

•Depress the depth-of-field preview button to confirm the depth of field through the viewfinder (see page 68).

•Pressing the depth-of-field button stops the lens down to the aperture controlled in Programmed Auto or Shutter-Priority Auto exposure mode, and down to the aperture selected in Aperture-Priority Auto or Manual exposure mode. By looking through the viewfinder, the approximate depth of field with the given aperture can be confirmed.

•The film plane indicator shows the position of the film plane inside the camera body.

•The film plane indicator shows the standard line of the shooting distance and indicates the position of the film plane inside the camera body. Use this indicator when actually measuring camera-to-subject distance, e.g. in close- up photography.

•The exact distance from the lens mounting flange to the film plane is 46.5mm.

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Changing Focusing Screens

•In addition to the B-type BriteView screen supplied with the F100 camera, an E-type clear Matte/Fresnel screen with grid is available as an option. This screen is suitable for copying and architectural photography.

1Remove the lens from the camera body and pull the focusing screen release latch outward using the supplied tweezers.

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•The holder will spring open when the focusing screen release latch is pulled outward using the tweezers.

2 Remove the screen by grasping the small tab with the tweezers, and set the replacement screen in place.

• Make sure the screen is in its proper place.

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	upward until it clicks into place.

•Be sure not to touch the reflex mirror or the surfaces of the focusing screens.

•Always use F100 focusing screens (focusing screens for other cameras

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