Nikon F Photomic-T User manual

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Automoticexposurecounter
Filmlood reminder
A-R
ring for selting film
od-
vonce
(A)
ondfilmrewind
(R)
Shutter
releosebution
(with
screw
threod for ottoching
coble releose)
Meterswilch-on
button
Mox. operture scole
Film
speed
{ASA)
diol
Meter switch-offbutton
F-numberindicotor
window
Meter pointer needle
Coupling
slider of Meler,
ond slolledcoupling
prong
(behind
here)
Accessoryshoe
| 3. Filmrewind
cronk
I4. Floshsynch.sockei
I 5. F-number
scole
I 6. Aperture indicoior dot on
the operture
preselectring
17. Distonce indicotor with
depth-of-field
scole
| 8. Releose
bullon
for removing
lens
f 9. Focusingring with distonce
scsle
20. Boiterychomber
lid
21. Depth-of-field
preview
buf-
ton
22. Colibroted, duol purpose
self-timer
23. Mirror lock knob
R,EAR
VIEW
24. Releosebutton
for detoch-
ing the Phofomic-T
finder
25. Findereyepiece
window
26. Shutter
speedselector
27. Single
stroke fllm odvonce
lever
28. Filmspeed
(ASA)
reminder
diol
29. Tripod socket
30. Lockfor removingond re-
plocing
comerqbock
FRONT
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+ FEATURESOF NTKONF PHOTOMTC-I
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Cqmera and Film
Type:
Picture
frome size:
Lens
Lens
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Lens
mount:
Finder
screen
r
Finder
viewfield:
Shutter
Shutter:
Self-timer:
Filmodvonce
ond
Exposure
counter:
Focuslng ond Viewing
Depth-of-field preview butfon: Stops down lens diophrogm to preselected operture
Mirror: Quick-refurn. Con be fixed in "up" position
Finder: "Photomic-T" pento-prism type with silvered surfoce. lnterchongeoble with
eye-level or woist-level finder.
Split-imoge type os stondord.
Interchongeoble with microprism lype ond others.
Covers 100yo of picture oreo.
Tifonium curtoin, focot plone type
B, T (not usoble with Photomic-T)
ond I sec.
- l/1000 sec,
Deloy lime vorioble. With morkings for 3, 6 ond l0 sec. deloy.
shutter winding lever : Operoied with one stroke.
Automoticolly returns to pre-zero position.
35
mm, single-lens
reflex
24mm
X 36mm
NikkorAuto 50mmF/l
.4 or Fl2 os stondord
Lorge-diometer,
boyonet
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Exposure Control
Type: "Through.The-Lenr"rystem,
usingCdScetts
, Meosurins
ronse
tt o"n::!"jt'tooo cdfmzwirh
F/r.4
rens
EY2
- 17
(corresponding
to Fll,4, l12sec,-fl1l, l/l000sec. w,th film speed
ASA lOO.l
Aperture
scole: Fll.4-f 122
(Fll.2 coupling
possible)
Shutter
speed
scole: 2 sec.
(with
B-2)- l/1000 sec.
Film
speed'scole: ASA 20-6400
Adiusting
rongeof mox.operture
of lens
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Mercury botteries
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Others
Flosh
synchronizotion: Vorioble deloy time permits
use of bulbs other thqn FP
typc.
Synchronizcd
with speed
light ot l/60sec.
Cordlesscontoct
ond PC
clip contoctprovided.
Comera
bock:
Dimensions
:
Weighf
:
Removoble
to occeptMotor Drive.
147
mm
X 106 mm
X 104 mmwirh F/1.4
lens
Comero
body only 590
g
Photomic-T
Finder 230
g
50mm F/1.4
lens 325
g
50mm Fl2 lensl85g
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Front view ond reor view
Feotures of Nikon F Photomic-T
Evereody cose .
Looding the comero
Automotic exposure counter
Film lood reminder
Film-type reminder diol .
Holding lhe comero
.....
Focusing
Shutter speed setting
Pre-selecting
outomotic lens o perture .
...
,
.
Film odvonce lever
Unlooding
the comero.....
Depth-of-field
Depth-of-field preview control
Self-timer
Exposure determinotion
Full-operturemeosuringmethod......
Movement of meter needle.
Light eniering from behind
Stop-down meosuring method
Micro-Nikkor Auto
Mercury botlery .....;.
Lockingthe mirror up....
Exchongingthe finder ond finder screen...
Finder screens
Interchongeoble viewfinder screens
for Nikon F Photomic-T 29
lnfluenceof finder screen ....... 30
Exchongingthe lens ......... 3l
lnterchongeoble Nikkor lenses
for Nikon F Photomic-T
...... 32
Speciol purpose Nikkor lenses
for Nikon F Photomic-T
...... 33
Ffosh synchronizotion ...... 34
Doubleexposure ....;36
Infro-red piclures ..... 36
Position
of film ........ 36
Nikon Electric Motor Drives .... 37
Nikon Filters .... 38
Lens
hoods...... ........
39
Filmcossette... ........ 40
List of occessories
for Nikon F Photomic-T... 42
Core of the comero ond the 1enses.........43
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EVEREADY
CASE
Evereody cose,
soft or semi-softtype, holds the Nikon
F comero with Photomic-T
finder ond with eyery fype
of the no
rmo
I or wideo
ngle f
ens. The ho
rd Jeother
type cose con occept the comero with the 85 mm F/
1.8 f
ens, too.
After putting comero into the cose (Fig.
3), fosten the
locking screw nut found on the bottom.
This nut is threoded so thot the comerq con be ot-
toched lo q tripod without removing the cose.
The comero con be used in the evereody cose merely
by detoching sno
p-off front po
rt.
CAUTIONI
O When the cq
mero is co
rried in the
evereody core, be sure to fqsten the
locking nut, fitted on the bottom of
the cose, so thqt the comero wilt not
drop out.
O Don't exert ony force ogqinst the shut-
ter curtoin of the cqmero, which is
mo
de of extremely thin tito
nium f
oits,
os it moy domoge the curtoin.
O When the comero is not in use, the
shutter ond self-timer shoutd not be
kept in o wound position for qny fong
period of time.

TOADING THECATY1ERA
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Turn the lock on the cqmerq bottom to the,,Open', position
(Fig. a). The comero bock is then unlocked ond moy be
completely removed by sliding off with the thumb (Fig. 5).
Ploce o film cortridge or looded cossette
(Seep.40) in the
comero so thot the proiection of the cossette fits into the
guide notch.
Insert the end of the leoder of the film into the stot on the
toke-up spool (Fig. 6), so thot the proiection in the foke-up
slot cqtches the perforqtion of the film.
Rotqte the spool in the direction of the film cortridge (Fig.
7l so thot the film posses
under
the
spool with the emulsion
sidefoced out. Reploce
ihe comerq bock qnd lock it. Turn
the A-R ring (Fig. 8) on the shutter releose button to " A " (Advonce) position*, ond shoot one or lwo
"blonk" exposures
which will dispose of the portion of the film exposed during looding. White doing
this, note thot the rewinding knob rototes in the direction opposite to the orrow on the knob, indicoting
thot the film is correctly loqded ond is being odvonced. lf it does not move os indicoted ofter the first
"blonk" exposure, gently wind the knob in the direction of the orrow to toke up the film stqck in the
co
rtridge.
* lf is importont thot the A-R ring on the shutterreteqse
button be turned to',A" before the',blonk,,
shotsore mode.
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AUTOfrTATIC
EXPOSURE
COUNTER
TheExposureCounter
(Fig.
9) on the comerooutomoticolly
returns
to one or two spocesbefore zero
when
the comerobock is removed.
After looding
the comero,shoot
lwo or three" blonk" shots,
untilthe counter
registers
l. The comero
is now reody for the firstshot.Thereofter,
the counterwill outomqticolly
odvonceconsecutively
upio 36.
FIIM IOAD REMINDER
This feoture indicotes whether you hove
film. Move the indicotor pin locoted to
to chonge the indicotor to "20".
looded o 20 or 36 exposure
the left of " 36" (Fig.9)
FILM.TYPE
REMINDER
DIAI
The Film-Type Reminder Diol (Fig. l0) on the bottom of the comero serves
os o reminder of type of film (expressed in ASA speed), with which the
comero is looded. lt con be set for either
color or block-ond-white
film,
using
the red or block iriongulor index respectively.
represents
"Empty" ond moy be used lo indicote
thot the comerq
is
looded.
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HOTDING
THECAMERA
Ploce
your left hond under the comero with your thumb ond foreftnger on the focusingring of the lens.
Grosp lhe comerowith your right hond, crodlinglhe lower right-hond corner of lhe comero in the polm
of your hond. Useyour thumblo odvoncethe film ond your forefingerto operate lhe shutier reteole
button.
For speedsslower thon l/30 second
o tripod or some
other support ond o coblereleqse
shoutd
be used
lo ovoid ony possibility
of iorring the comerc.
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FOCUSING
lf you Iook through the eyepiece of the viewfinder, you wil! see o Fresnel-linedffnder field, enclosing o
circulor split-imoge rongefinder section in the center ond on intermediote mqtted circle without fhe Fresnel
tines (Fig. l3). When out of focus, the subiect is seen os o split-imoge (Fig. 14) in the center ond ot the
some time is blurred in the remoining oreo of the finder screen. lf o subiect is in shorp focus, the split-
imoge in the center becomes complete ond continuous(Fig. l5) ond the imoge oppeqrs shorp in the re-
moining oreq. To bring your subiect into shorp focus, turn the focusing ring (Fig. l6) on the lens to the
right or to the [eft. To determine lhe exoct distonce from the comero fo the subiect on which you hove
focused, look ot the figure on the distonce scole, opposite fhe block indicotor line.
The split-imoge coincidence serves odvontogeously so for os the lenses foster thon F/4.5 ore used up to
their closest focus distonces. In the lens F/4.5 or slower, or with the odditionol use of ony close-up ot-
lochment, either of the split-imoge portion moy be dorkened ond foqJrsi.$g
b.ecomes
impossible. Therefore,
not the splif-imoge but the surrounding motted portion of the screen is'to be used for focusing, or the
replocement of the finder screen with onother type without split-imoge lp. 29l' is recommended.
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SHUTTER
SPEED
SETTING
All shutter speed settings ore on o single selector which con be set before or ofter the shutter
is wound.
speeds ore: 1, lf2, 114,
118,
1115,1f30, 1160,11125,
11250,
u500, l/1000 sec. ond "B". The desired
shutter speed setting is mode by turning the selector until the speed click-stops
opposite the white dpt. The
selector turns o full 360" in either direction qnd con be set from the fosiest speed to the slowest without
obstruction.
Numbers on the seleclor represent the octuol shutler speeds. For exomple, 125 on lhe selector,represents
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ll25 second
.
B (bulb exposure)
: When the selector is set ot
releose button is held depressed.
T (Time exposure)
: For this purpose the meter
" B-2" the shufter will remoin open os long os the shutter
is to be removed, ond the shutter
speed diol on the com-
ero lop is to be set ot T. Depress the shutter releose
button, then the shulterwill remoin open even ofter your
finger is removed from the butlon. To close the shutter,
turn the diol to the right or to the left. As on olternote
o locking type coble releose con be used for iime ex-
posures. This procedure is recommended to eliminote
unnecessoryremovol of the meter.
For greot convenience
when using
flosh,
the diol is color-
coded fo coincide with the color coding of the Synch.
Control. (See p. 34)
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PRE.SETECTING
AUTOMATIC
IENS APER,TURE
Interchongeqble
Auto-Nikkor f
rom 28 mm through 600 mm (except
105
mm F/4) ond Auto-Zoom Nikkor lenses (see p. 32) ore de-
signed so thot the diophrogm outomoticolly closes down to the
preselectedoperture when ihe shutter button is depressed. The
diophrogm ouiomoticolly reopens to full operture immediotely
ofter the shutter hos been releosed. Consequently, the finder
imoge is seen bright ond cleor ot oll times except ot the instont
the shutter is releosed.
To presei the operture, turn ihe operture ring on ihe lens borrel
until the desired F-number
is opposite the block
indicotor
dot on
the milled ring. The diophrogm c<:n
be preset for intermediole
openings-between morkings-ond it will functionwithout disturb-
ing the setting.
A button (Depth-of-field Preview Control) is provided on the front of fhe comero to permit monuol stop-
down of the diophrogm to the preselected operture. When this button is releosed,the diophrogm reopens
to full operlure (see p. l7).
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FIIM ADVANCETEVER
With q single stroke
the shutter is wound,
hos not been wound
once more, this time,
of the odvonce lever (Fig. l9), the film is odvonced,
qnd the film counter operotes. lf the winding lever
completely, the shutter connot be depressed. Wind it
fully; then the shutter will operote correctly.
UNTOADING
When the odvonce lever is releosed it will not swing bock completely into
position but will leove o srnollcleoronce for greoter convenience
in odvonc-
ing the film for the next exposure. This is o normol position for this
lever.
When you hove finished toking pictures, the lever should be pushed gently
toword the comero body for convenience
in corrying or closing
the evereody
cose.
THE
CAMERA
When the end of the film is reoched, o sudden difficulty will be felt in the
winding of the film odvonce lever. At this position,no further odvonce should
be ottempied. Bring bock the lever to its originol position ond proceed to
rewinding of the film.
To rewind the film, turn the A-R ring on the shutter releose
button to the "R"
(rewind) position, lift up the ropid rewind cronk (Fig.20) from its position on
the rewind knob ond turn it in the direciion of the orrow.
As the film is being rewound, o slight resistoncewill be felt, ond the red dot
on the shutterreleose button will revolve. Keep on winding until fhe resistonce
stops ond the dot slops its'motion. The film is now completely in the cor-
tridge or cossette ond the cqmerq bock moy be opened to remove the film
from the comero.

DEPTH-OF.FIEtD
Depth-of-field is the ronge of distonce between ihe neorest
ond the forthest limits of o subiect, within which occeptoble
imoge shorpnessis ottoined. The shorpest
imoge is ot the
point on whichthe lens is focused. Depth-of-field vories with
the lens opening (F-number)
ond with the focused distonce.
The smoller the lens opening used,
the greoter the depth-of-
field; conversely,the lorger the lens
openingused,
the smoller
the depth-of-field . Depth-of-field olso increosesos the dis-
tonce from the comero to suSiect increoses.
Almost qll Nikkor lensesfor the Nikon F hove o color-coded
depth-of-fieldscole engroved
on the lensborrel opposite
the
distoncescole, permitting
eosy reoding of depth-of-field
for
the selectedoperture. Eoch set of differently colored lines,
one to the right ond one to the left of the middle block
indicotor line, representso different F-number. The color of
figures on the operture scole.
For exomple, when you ore toking o picture using the 50 mm F/1.4 lens,with the distonce scole setting
ot 30 ft ond with on F/8 openinS (F/8 is shown in pink), the depth-of-field indicoted by the pink colored
lineson either side of the block indicotor line will be between l5 ft ond co (Fig.
2l). This meons thot
o picture token ol Ff
8, with o lens focused ot 30 ft will show o ronge of occeptoble shorpness
between
l5 ft ond oo. The shorpest point will be ot lhe 30 ft.
2l
these lenses
motches
the colored F-number
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DEPTH.OF.FIELDPREVIEWCONTROT
The button locoted on the cornero front (Fig. 221 is the instont-oction preview control. Press the bulton
ond the diophrogm closes down to the operture you selected. This permits you to see the depth-of-field
ot "toking" operture, or it permits you lo select lhe "foking" operture you wont on the bosis of depth-
of-field.
Releose
the button ond the diophrogm instontly reopens. The preview controt is independent of the shutter
releose ond connot couse occidentol exposure.
Cqution!
Do not releose the shutter, while the
depth-of-field preview button is being
depressed. This will couse the inside
reflex mirror to remoin
in the "up" posi-
tion. lf this should hoppen, moke o
" blonk
" exposure ond the mirror will
return to normol viewing position.
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5EIF.TIMER
The colibroted, duol-purpose Self-Timer ollows you to trip
the shutter in opproximoiely 3, 6, or lO seconds, or ony 23
intermediote tfme deloy. lt con be set before or ofter
winding the shutter.
To set the Self-Timer, push the lever down {Fig.
23)8. To
stort ihe timer, depress the releose button covered by the
lever. When the pre-determined time deloy hos elopsed,
the shutter is outomoticolly releosed. Setfing the indicotor
line to the neorest white dot will give opproximotely 3
seconddeloy; the nextdot, opproximotely6 seconddeloy;
ond setting the lever to the third dot gives opproximotely
l0 seconddeloy. Note thot the timer does not operote
unless
the lever is set to the first dot (or ony position
beyond this dot).
The Self-Timer is olso qn ingenious oid for hond-held exposures qt slow shutter speeds. Wind the shulter.
Set the Self-Timer for 3 seconds. Pressthe releqse button, ond then use the deloy to steody the comero
with both honds.
The Seff-Timer should not be used for B-2 setting.
lf you decide not to use the Self-Timer ofter it hos been wound, toke the picture ot the speed you wont,
usingthe shutter button. Then depress the releqse button of the Self-Timer ond let it "turn off".
+Once the lever hos been set, it cqn be moved bockword with no restroint.
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iEXPOSUR,E
DETERMI
NATION
For determining the exposure in the Nikon F Photomic-T
comero, either of the following methods
is
I Full-operture meosurlng method
With the lens
equipped
with meter
coupling prong,os is the cosewith olmost
oll Nikkor Auto
lenses,
usethismethod.
No considerotion
os to thepreselected
operture
is required,
to toke
futl
odvontoge
of viewing
the brightest
finder
imoge
for both focusing
ond composing.
! Stop-down meqsurtng method
lf the lensis not equipped
with o meter
couplingprong or the prong connot be coupled for
ony reoson,
determine
the exposure
by stopping
down the diophrogm
to the tokingoperture.
In elther cose, proceed os follows:
l. Setthe mqx.operture
of the lensbeing
usedto the film speed
(ASA).
2. Depress
the switch-onbutton of the exposure
meter. lFig.
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3. Viewingthe finder eyepiece,focus ond composethe picture.
4. Turnthe shutter
speed ond/or the operture ring, until the meter
needleis set to the center.
Now the correct exposure
will be obtoined.