Nikon Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4 IF User manual

MicnoNikkor
200mm
f/4IF
Nikon INSTRUCTIONMANUAL

NOMENCLATURE
Aperturescaleindexdot
Metercouplingshoe
Metercouplingridge
Apertureindexingi
postforNikonk
SB-ESpeedlight i
1 3
i\ 1
EEservo
couplingpost
Aperture-direct-
readoutscale
Aperturering
Tripodmountingcollar
2
Tripodcollaralignmentindexdots
Depth-of-fieldindicators
Tripodcollarlockingscrew

CONTENTS
NOMENCLATURE2
FOREWORD4
MOUNTINGTHELENS5
FOCUSING6-9
RecommendedFocusingScreens7
Focusingata PredeterminedRatio8
ReproductionRatio8
DepthofField9
NOTESONFOCUSING9
DETERMININGEXPOSURE10-11
WithBuilt-inTTLMetering10
WithoutTTLMetering11
CLOSE-UPTABLES12
DEPTH-OF-FIELDTABLES13-14
FEATURES/SPECIFICATIONS15
3

FOREWORD
Representinga truebreakthroughinlens
design, theMicro-Nikkor200mmf/4IFisthe
world'sfirst200mm"micro"lens.Byutiliz-
inginternalfocusing(IF),a systeminwhich
thelenselementsmoveinsidethelens,there
isabsolutelynoincreaseintheoveralllength
ofthelensbarrelasthelensisfocusedcloser.
Therefore,itisextremelyeasytohandle.
Atitsclosestfocusingdistanceof0.71m
(2.34ft.),thelensproducesa 1:2reproduc-
tionratio.WhentheNikon TC-301 Teleconvert-
erisused,fulllife-sizeimages(1:1)arepossi-
ble(with a decreaseintheeffective apertureto
f/8). Thislensisverylight-weightandhasits
ownbuilt-intelescopinglenshoodanddetach-
abletripodmountingcollar.
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Becauseofits200mmfocallength,thislens
offerstremendousfree-workingdistance,so
thatyoucantakeclose-upshotsofshyor
dangeroussubjects,likebutterfliesorpoison-
oussnakes,andstillkeepyourdistance.Even
at1:2magnification,thefree-workingdis-
tanceisapproximately50cm(19.5in.)be-
tweenthefrontofthelensandthesubject.
Italsofocusestoinfinity,makingitperfect
foruseasa regular200mmtelephotolens.
Inaddition,NIC(NikonIntegratedCoating)
isappliedtotheair-to-glasssurfacesoflens
elementstoreduceghostimagesandflareand
improvecontrast.

MOUNTINGTHELENS Positionthelensinthecamera'sbayonet
mount,aligningtheaperturescaleindexdot
onthelenswiththelensmountingindexon
thecamerabody.Twistthelenscounter-
clockwiseuntilitclicksintoplace.Toremove,
depressthelensreleasebuttononthecamera
andtwistthelensclockwise.
Note: Whenmountingthelensona camerawitha
metercouplinglever(Altype),makesurethatthe
camera'smetercouplingleveriscorrectlypositioned;
whenmountingona camerawithoutthislever(non-
Altype),"manual"maximumapertureindexingis
required. Inbothcases,refertothecamera'sinstruc-
tionmanual.
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ThefullyautomaticdiaphragmoftheMicro-
Nikkorenablesfocusingwithmaximumimage
brightnessthroughouttheentirefocusingrange
ofthelens.Astheimageisconstantlyviewed
atthemaximumaperturesetting (i.e., f/4),
thedepthoffieldisminimizedsothatthe
imagesnapsinandoutoffocusrapidlyand
distinctly.
Tofocus,turnthefocusingringuntiltheimage
onthefocusingscreenappearssharpandcrisp.
Viathespecialfocusinghelicoid,theMicro-
Nikkoroperatescontinuouslyfrominfinity
(oo)to0.71m(2.34ft)fora reproduction
ratioof1:2.
Thedistancescaleonthefocusingringis
markedinbothmeters(white)andfeet (yel-
low). Thesefiguresindicatethedistancefrom
thesubjecttothecamera'sfilmplane.

RecommendedFocusingScreens
Variousinterchangeablefocusingscreensare
availableforNikonF3-andF2-seriescameras
tosuitanytypeoflensorpicture-takingsitua-
tion. Thosewhicharerecommendedforuse
withthislensarelistedbelow.Forscreensused
withNikoncamerasother than F3-andF2-series
cameras (e.g., NikonFA,FE2,FM2and FE), refer
tothecolumnsforF3-seriescameras.Forthe
K2, B2andE2focusingscreens,refertothe
columnsontheK,B and E screens,respective-
ly.Fordetails,alsorefertothespecificfocus-
ingscreen'sinstructionsheet.
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F2
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tothislens,usethefollowingtable:
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•WhentheTeleconverterTC-14Aisattachedtothis
lens, usethefollowingtable*:
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F2
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*Slightvignettingmayoccur.
•WhentheTeleconverterTC-14BorTC-14isattached
tothislens,usetofollowingtable:
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F2
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B
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©=Excellentfocusing
®=Acceptablefocusing
Thesplit-imagerangefinder,microprismorcross-
hairareaisdim.Focusonthesurroundingmatte
area.
0=Acceptablefocusing
Slightvignetting(ormoirephenomenon,inthe
caseofthemicroprism)affectsthescreenimage.
Theimageonthe film, however,showsnotrace
ofthis.
()=Indicatesdegreeofexposurecompensation.
Blankmeansinapplicable.
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FOCUSING- continued
Focusingata PredeterminedRatio
Abovethedistancescalesonthefocusingring
isthereproductionratioscaleinscribedin
orange.Thescale,withfiguresfrom1:10to
1:2,representsthereproductionratiosob-
tainedwhenthelensisusedalone.
Usingthisscale,youcanphotographata pre-
determinedratiowithoutcalculatingthedis-
tancesrequired.Tophotographata reproduc-
tionratioof1:5,forexample,justturnthe
focusingringuntiltheorange-colorednumber
"5" isalignedwiththedistancescaleindex;
thenaimatthesubjectandadjustyour posi-
tion(closeto,orfartherawayfrom,thesub-
ject)untiltheimageappearssharpandcrisp
onthefocusingscreen.
WhentheNikonTeleconverterTC-301isat-
tached, thereproductionratioincreasesto1:1
andtheautomaticdiaphragmstillfunctionsas
before.
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ReproductionRatio
Thereproductionratioisthenumericalex-
pressionoftherelationshipbetweentheimage
sizeandtheactualsizeofthesubject.For
example,iftheimageonthefocusingscreenis
one-fifththeactualsizeofthesubject,the
reproductionratioissaidtobe1:5,andis
indicatedonthereproductionratioscaleof
theMicro-Nikkor200mmf/4bythenumber
"5."

DepthofField
Depthoffieldreferstothezoneofacceptable
focusextendinginfrontofandbehindthe
planeofsharpestfocus.Asthiszoneisexcep-
tionallyshallowathighreproductionratios,
previewingisdesirablebefore shooting. Topre-
view,pressthedepth-of-fieldbuttononthe
cameraandthelenswillclosetothepreselect-
edaperturetoallowyoutoseehowmuch
backgroundandforegroundisinfocus.Depth
offieldcanalsobeobservedbyreadingthe
color-codedindicatorsinscribedonthelens
barrel. A pairoforangelinesoneitherside
ofthewhitedistancescaleindexlinecorre-
spondstof/32whichisthesamecoloronthe
aperturescale.Atclosedistance,solittleisin
focusthatthedepth-of-fieldtablesonpages
13~ 14aremoreuseful.
NOTESONFOCUSING
Toavoidcamerashake,close-upphotog-
raphyposesseveralproblemsnotencoun-
teredingeneralphotography.Oneofthese
issensitivitytovibration:themagnifica-
tionoftheimageonthefilmmakeseven
slightimagedisplacementprominentand
resultsina blurredimage.Therefore,for
bestresults,mountthecameraona tripod
oronrigidsupports,anduseacablerelease
totriptheshutter.
Atextremelycloseworking distances, depth
offielddecreasestotheactualfocused
distance.Thiscanbepartiallycompensated
forbystoppingdownthelens.Butatvery
closedistancesanextremelynarrowdepth
offieldisinevitable.Carefulplacementof
thesubject,ifithasdepth,willbeneces-
sarytoensurethattheimportantsurfaces
willbeinthesamezoneofsharpness.

DETERMININGEXPOSURE
Camera
Al
Al
non-AI
non-AI
Accessories
TC-301
Bellows
TC-301
Bellows
Exposuremeasurement
Full-aperture
Stop-down
Stop-down
Stop-down
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WithBuilt-inTTLMetering
TheMicro-Nikkorhasanautomaticdiaphragm
withsettingsfromf/4tof/32andcouplestothe
thru-the-lensmeteroftheNikonF3,anyNikon
F2PhotomicorotherNikon/Nikkormatcameras
forfull-apertureexposuremeasurementoverthe
entirerangeofaperturesettings.Notethatwhen
thislensisusedwithnon-AIcameras,"manu-
al" maximumapertureindexingisrequired.
When a teleconverterorbellowsattachmentis
used, theexposuremeasurementmethodisas
showninthetableontheleft.
Seetheinstructionmanualsuppliedwithyour
camerafordetails.
Caution:
1)Whenthefull-aperturemethod isusedat smaller aper-
turesthanthelensmaximumapertureoff/4withthe
lenssetattheclosestfocusdistance,makeapprox.
- 112 EV exposurecompensationtopreventoverex-
posure.
2)Whenthestop-downmethodisusedatsmall aper-
tures, usea findereyecuptoensurecompleteex-
clusionofstraylight.