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.
4
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.
5

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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F3
F2
AL
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0
B
0
0
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0
KP
0
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.
•WhentheTeleconverter TC-301 orTC-300 is attached
tothislens,usethefollowingtable:
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F3
F2
AL
•
•
B
G
0
c
c
o
D
o
o
E
0
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Gl G2 G3 G4 HI H2 H3 H4
O
0
J
•
*
KP
•
•
M R
•
•
T
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j
•WhentheTeleconverterTC-14Aisattachedtothis
lens, usethefollowingtable*:
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F3
F2
A/L
•
•
B
©
©
C D E
-
©
Gl G2 G3 G4 HI H2 H3 H4 J
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M R
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TU
*|•
*Slightvignettingmayoccur.
•WhentheTeleconverterTC-14BorTC-14isattached
tothislens,usetofollowingtable:
cw;—^s™^
FS
F2
A L
•
*
B
-,
O
c
c
0
D
c
0
E
0
G
Gl G2 G3
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G4 HI H2 H3
0
0
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KP
•
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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.
7

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.
8
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
10
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.

WithoutTTLMetering
Atcloseranges(reproductionratiosgreaterthan
1:10), theamountoflightreachingthefilmdecreases
astheextensionbetweenthelensandfilmplane
increases.Whennon-TTLmeasurementisusedfor
thisrange,theresultisunderexposedphotographs
unlesscompensationhasbeenmadeforthisdecrease.
Thetableattherightgivestheexposurefactors(com-
pensationvalues)withexposureincreaseinf/stopfor
non-TTLmeasurementatreproductionratiosgreater
than1:10.Thetableattherightisforusewhen
variousextensionequipmentisattached*.
Tocalculatethenecessarycorrectioninshutterspeed
ratherthaninaperturevalue,multiplya givenex-
posurefactorbytheexposuretime.Forinstance,
ifthenormalexposureata 1:4reproductionratiois
1/8second,thecorrectshutterspeedis1/8x 2 =
1/4second.
*Whenyouusethelensbyitselforattachateleconverter,such
asthe TC-301, exposurecompensationisnotnecessary.
Reproduction
ratio
1/10
1/8
1/7
1/6
1/5
1/4
1/3
1/2
1/1.8
1/1.6
1/1.4
1/1.2
1/1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
Exposure
factor
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.4
3.8
4.3
4.9
5.8
7.3
9.2
1 1.4
13.8
165
I19.4
Exposure
increase
inf/stops
1/2
1/2
2/3
2/3
1
1
1-1/3
1-2/3
2
2
2-1/3
2-1/2
3
3-1/3
3-1/2
3-2/3
4
4-1/3

CLOSE-UPTABLES
attachment
Close-UpLens
No. 0
CIDK-Up Lens
No. 1
Close-UpLens
No. I
E2Ring
KRingSet
PK-SeriesRing(s)
PN-SeriesRing
Bellows
PB-4, PBS
BellowsPB-6
ExtensionBellows
PB6E
ReprocopyOutfit
PF2,PF 3.PF-4
Lensinnormalposition
._
1/7.1-1/1.5
1/3.4-1/1.2
1/1.7-1.2
1/14-1/1-7
1/35-1/1.2
1/2S-1/1.2
1/3.8-1/1.2
1/4.7-1/1.1
1/4.2-1.0
1/4.2-2.2
1/1.9-1/2
Subjectfield
swr
i-AV-
S.-&-
swr
BWr
swr
a:ff-
aw-
awr
!?,«a"-
s:«-
distance
164-58.7
90.4-51.1
56.7-42.8
325-67.8
728-64.3
538-64.2
119-64.0
135-77.7
126-77.6
126-90.5
85.3-71.0
Lensinreverseposition
Reproduction
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
!/—1/2.5
-
1/--1/1.3
'
w««*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6.1x9.1
-
3.1x4.6
Focused
distance
-
-
-
-
-
-
--96.1
-
—78.8
-
attachment
Close-UpLens
No. 0
Close-UpLens
No. 1
Close-UpLens
No. 2
E2Ring
KRingSet
PK-SeriesRing(s)
PN-SeriesRing
Bellows
PB-4, PB-5
BellowsPB-6
ExtensionBellows
PB-6E
ReprocopyOutfit
PF 2,PF-3, PF-4
Lensinnormalposition
Reproduction
1/7.1-1/1.5
1/3.4-1/1.2
1/1.7-1.2
1/14-1/1,7
1/35-1/1.2
1/25-1/1.2
1/3.8-1/1.2
1/4.7-1/1.1
1/4.2-1.0
1/4.2-2.2
1/1.9-1/2
MHH
s:a*
\ii\r
»«:
ssaar-
swr
»?.?*•
nns-
Si«-
SWfc
«.'.%
I'JIu"
Focused
64.5-23.1
3S.6-20.1
22.3-16.8
128-26.7
287-25.3
212-25.3
46.8-25.2
53.1-30.6
49.5-30.5
49.5-35.6
33.6-28.0
Lensinreverseposition
Reproduction
-
-
-
-
-
-
1/—1/2.5
-
1/—1/1.3
-
Subjectfield
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2.4x 3.6
-
1.2 * 1.8
-
distance
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
— 37.8
--31.0
-
* The firstvalues arefortheK1 ringusedalone andthe secondones forall fiveringsusedtogether.
** The firstvaluesare forthe PK-1 or PK-11/PK-11Aringusedalone andthe secondones for threerings(PK-1 - PK-3
orPK-11/PK-11A-PK-13)usedtogether.
*** The reproductionratiorange ofthePB-4andPB-5 with the lensmounted inthe reverseposition isob-
tainedwhen theBR-2 Ring is used in combinationwith the bellowsunit.
**** The figuresshownhererepresent the rangesobtainedwith the subject onthe baseplate,using the lens
without any close-upattachment.
12

DEPTH-OF-FIELDTABLES
(m)
Focused
distance
0.71
0.80
0.90
1.0
1.2
1.5
2.0
3.0
4.0
6.0
12.0
-
Depth of field
f/4
0.709-0.711
0.799-0.801
0.899-0.901
0.998-1.00
1.20-1.20
1.49-1.51
1.99-2.01
2.98-3.03
3.95-4.05
5.89-6.11
11.6-12.5
300—
f/5.6
0.709-0.71 1
0.799-0.801
0.898-0.902
0.997-1.00
1.20-1.20
1.49-1.51
1.99-2.01
2.97-3.04
3.94-4.07
5.85-6.16
11.4-12.7
215——
f/8
0.709-0.711
0.798-0.802
0.897-0.903
0.996-1.00
1.19-1.21
1.49-1.51
1.98-2.02
2.95-3.05
3.91-4.10
5.79-6.23
11.1-13.0
ISO——
f/11
0.708-0.712
0.797-0.803
0.896-0.904
0.995-1.01
1.19-1.21
1.49-1.51
1.97-2.03
2.93-3.07
3.88-4.13
5.71-6.32
10.9-13.4
109—
f/16
0.707-0.713
0.796-0.804
0.895-0.905
0.993-1.01
1.19-1.21
1.48-1.52
1.96-2.04
2.90-3.10
3.82-4.20
5.59-6.48
10.4-14.2
75--
f/22
0.706-0.714
0.795-0.805
0.893-0.908
0.990-1.01
1.18-1.22
1.47-1.53
1.95-2.06
2.87-3.14
3.76-4.28
5.45-6.68
9.915.2
55 -
f/32
0.705-0.715
0.792-0.808
0.889-0.911
0.986-1.01
1.18-1.22
1.46-1.54
1.92-2.08
2.81-3.22
3.66-4.42
5.24-7.04
9.2- iT.4
38 *•
Reproduction
ratio
1/1.99
1/2.44
1/2.94
1/3.4
1/4.4
1/5.9
1/8.4
1/13.4
1/18.4
1/28.4
1/58.4
1/-
13

DEPTH-OF-FIELDTABLES - continued
Focused
distance
2.3
2.5
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
8.0
12.0
20.0
50.0
„
Depth of field
f/4
2*4"-
2*4-1/16"
2'5-15/16"-
2*6"
2'11-15/16"—
3'
3*11-7/8"-
4'1/16"
411-3/4"-
5*3/16"
5*11-5/8"-
6'5/16"
7*11-3/8"—
8'5/8"
11*10"-
12'1"
19*7"-
20'4"
47'7"-
52'6"
985'-
f/5.6
2'4"-
2*4-1/16"
2*5-15/16"-
2,6"
2'11-7/8"-
3-1/16"
3*11-13/16"-
4'l/8"
4-11-1 1/16"
5*1/4"
s'u-i/y-
S'7/16"
7*11-1/8"-
8*7/8"
11*9"-
12*2"
19*5"-
20'6"
46'9"-
53'8"
704'-
f/8
2'4"-
2'4-l/8"
2'5-7/8"-
2'6-l/16"
2'1 1-7/8"-
3'1/16"
3'11-3/4"—
4'3/16"
4'l 1-9/16"-
5'3/8"
5'11-5/16"—
6'5/8"
7'10-3/4"-
8-1-1/4"
11-9"-
12'3"
19'3"-
20'9"
45'6"-
55'5"
493'-
f/H
2'4"-
2'4-l/8"
2'5-7/8"
2'6-l/16"
2' 1 1-13/1 6" —
3'l/8"
3-11-5/8"-
4-5/16"
4-11-3/8"-
5-9/16"
5-11-1/8"-
6'7/8"
7*10-5/16"—
8*1-11/16"
11-7'
12'4"
19'
21*
44*-
57*9"
359'-
f/16
2*3-15/16"-
2*4-1/8"
2*5-1 3/16"—
2-6-1/8"
2*11-3/4'*—
3'3/16*'
3'll-1/2"-
4*7/16"
4*11-1/8"-
5*13/16"
5*10-11/16"—
6*1-5/16"
7*9-9/16"-
8*2-9/16"
11*6"-
12*6"
18*7**-
21*7"
41'9"-
62*3"
247'-
f/22
2*3-7/8**-
2'4-3/16"
2*5-1 3/16**-
2'6-1/8"
2' 1 1-1 1/16"-
3*1/4"
3'll-5/16"-
4*5/8"
4*10-7/8"-
5*1-1/8"
5*10-1/4"-
6*1-13/16"
7*8-11/16"-
8*3-9/16"
11*4'*-
12*8*
1ST
22*3"
39*5"-
68*7"
180'-
f/32
2*3-13/16"—
2*4-1/4"
2*5-11/16"-
2*6-1/4"
2*11-9/16"-
3*7/16"
3*11-1/16"-
4*15/16"
4*10-3/8"-
5*1-11/16"
5*9-1/2'*-
6*2-11/16**
7*7-5/16"-
8*5-1/4"
11'-
13'1"
1 7*5"—
23'6"
36'
82'10"
124'-
Reproduction
ratio
1/2
1/2.3
1/3
1/4.5
1/6.1
1/7.6
1/10.6
1/16.7
1/28.9
1/74.6
1/-
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FEATURES/SPECIFICATIONS
Focallength:200mm
Maximumaperture:f/4
Lensconstruction:9 elementsin6 groups
Pictureangle:12°20'
Distancescale:Graduatedinmetersandfeet
from0.71m(2.34ft)toinfinity(*>)
Aperturescale:f/4~ f/32
Diaphragm:Fullyautomatic
Reproductionratios:Scalesprovided1:10~
1:2(forlensonly),downto1:1(whenusing
theNikonTeleconverterTC-301)
Exposuremeasurement:Viafull-aperture
methodcouplingridgeprovidedforAlcameras
andmetercouplingshoefornon-AIcameras
Focusingsystem:NikonInternalFocusing
(IF)system
Lenshood:Slip-outtypebuiltintofrontof
lens
Tripodmounting:Detachabletripodmount
Attachmentsize:52mm(P= 0.75mm)
Dimensions:Approx.66mmdia.x 172mmex-
tensionfromthecamera'slensmountingflange;
overalllengthisapprox.180mm
Weight:Approx.800g
Accessories:Frontlenscap,rearlenscap LF-1,
Teleconverter TC-301, TeleconverterTC-14A,
TeleconverterTC-14B,52mmscrew-infilters,
hardlenscaseCL-36
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