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BASIC OPERATION

P. 15-29

1

Install Batteries and Check Battery

Power

P. 16-17

2

Mount Lens

P. 18-19

DX-coded film

3

Load Film

P. 20-21

ISO

 

 

 

(film speed)

 

 

 

DX mark

4

Set Focus Mode, Focus Area and

 

AF Area Mode

P. 22-23

 

5

Set Metering System and Exposure

 

Mode

P. 24-25

 

6

Hold Camera and Focus

P. 26-27

7

Confirm Indications in Viewfinder

and Release Shutter

P. 28-29

Detailed Operation and Notes on Batteries

P. 31-67, 88, 94, 98

 

 

External power source (P. 88); Notes on Batteries (P. 98)

 

 

Batteries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lens Compatibility (P. 32-33)—CPU Nikkor lens (P. 32)/Non-CPU lens (P. 33)

 

Lens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Film (P. 34-35)—Set/Confirm film speed (P. 34)/Mid-roll rewind (P. 34)/In case film

 

Film

does not start rewind or film rewind stops at mid-roll (P. 35)/Film advance mode

 

 

 

(P. 35)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autofocus (P. 36)—Single Servo AF, Continuous Servo AF, AF start button (P. 36);

 

 

Focus Area (P. 37); AF Area Mode (P. 38-39); Focus Lock (P. 40-41)—Single Servo AF

 

Focus

(P. 40)/Continuous Servo AF (P. 41); Situations Where Autofocus May Not Work As

 

 

 

Expected (P. 42); Manual Focus (P. 43)—Manual focus/Manual focus with electronic

 

 

rangefinder (P. 43)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exposure Metering System (P. 44-45)—Matrix (P. 44)/Center-Weighted (P. 44)/Spot (P. 45); Shooting in

 

 

Each Exposure Mode (P. 46-53)—P: Programmed Auto Exposure Mode (P. 46-47)/S: Shutter-Priority

 

Exposure

Auto Exposure Mode (P. 48-49)/A: Aperture-Priority Auto Exposure Mode (P. 50-51)/M: Manual

 

Exposure Mode (P. 52-53); Auto Exposure Lock (P. 54-55); Exposure Compensation (P. 56); Auto

 

Exposure/Flash Exposure Bracketing (P. 57-59); Multiple Exposure (P. 60-61); Long Time Exposure

 

(P. 62)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diopter Adjustment/LCD Illuminator (P. 63); Depth-of-Field Preview/Film Plane

 

Composition

 

 

Indicator (P. 64); Changing Focusing Screens (P. 65); Changing Camera Back (Data

 

 

Back MF-29) (P. 66)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-Timer Operation (P. 67); Remote control operation (P. 94)

 

Shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

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