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Nikon Nikkormat tikkormat INSTRUCTIONMANUAL NOMENCLATURE Meter Coupling Pin Neck Strap Eyelet Couples the exposure meter to the lens' auto diaphragm. a,fd ikkprrtt&t 'r- Mirror Lock Shr.rtter-Speed Index Slidedownward to lock the Align with the desired mirror up out of the optical shutter speed. parh. Self-Timer Lens ReleaseButton Trips the shutter in 8 Unlocks the lens for secondsdelay. removing or changing lenses. ASA Lock CameraBack Latch Pressto openthe camera Shutteb'-Speed Lever back. ASA Film-Speed Index Adjusts the meter for the Film-Speed ASA Scale speed of the film used. Range: t2-1.600 ASA. Battery Chamber Houses the silver-oxide battery that powers the meter. Tripod Socket Carnera Back Rewind Button Hinged to swing open from Press to rewind the film. the side. www.orphancameras.com Aperture/Distance Scale I ndex Distance Scale lnfrared Mark Depthof-Field Scale Lines up with the prefocused Color-coded markings give distanceto compensate depth-of-field at different for shift in focus. apertures. Aperture Ring FocusingRing Sets the lens diaphragm to Easy-to-grip,knurled surface the desired f/number. for quick, accuratefocusing. Aperture Scale il/leter Coupling Prong for the meter is set Connectsto the meter maximum aperture of the coupling pin. lens being used. Shutter-SpeedScale Depth-of-Field Preview Button Speedsfrom 1/1000 to 1 Pressto previewhow much secondplus B. or foreground background Shutter ReleaseButton of focus. is in or out (With screw thread for cablerelease). FlashTerminal Acceots:cepts a flash Frame Gounter nch cord. Indicates the number of frames exposed. Rewind Crank Fold out to rewind the film. Film-Advancs Lever Advances the film, cocks Meter Window the shutter and operates Accessory Shoe the frame counter. Also switches the built-in Finder Eyepiece exposure meter on or off. Permits comfortable viewing, composingand focusing. Film-PlaneIndicator Shows the exact position of Hot-Shoe&ntact the film plane. CONTENTS Nomenclature 2 Depth-of-Field Scale 20 Foreword 5 Changing the Lens 22 Loading the Camera 6 Lens Mounting 22 Film-Plane Indicator 8 Maximum-Aperture Scale 23 Film-Advance Lever 8 Self-Timer 24 Frame Counter 9 Mirror Lock 24 Film-Speed (ASA) Setting 9 Infrared Photography 25 Exposure Controls L0 Silver-Oxide Batter.v 25 Setting the Shutter Speed 1.1 Exposure Measurement: Special Cases-2 6 Setting the Aperture 11 Stop-Down Exposure Measurement - 266 Exposure Measurement T2 Repro-Copying 7 Turning On the Meter 1.2 SlideCopying 27 Centering the Needle L3 Accessories 28 Getting the Right Exposure T4 Lens Hoods 28 How to Hold the Camera 15 Filters 29 Focusing L6 Eyepiece Correction Lenses 29 Shutter Release L7 Finder Eyecup 29 Flash Synchronization 18- Camera Care 30 Depth of rield L9 Features/Specifications 31 Depth-of-Field Preview Button tg Nikon Warranty 3L www.orphancameras.com FOREWORD The Nikkormat FT2 offers the high quality performanceand durability common to Nikon cameras,but with the basic simplicity of de- sign that has made the Nikkormat camera popular with amateur and professionalalike. Systematically-positionedcontrols for picture- taking ease,a convenientflash unit mount for ! t'; simplified flash photography and the extensive possibilities of the Nikon System of Photo- graphy further enhance the capabilitiesof the Nikkorm at FT2. To ensureyou get the best results from your Nikkormat FTz. read this instruction book carefully and practice using the controls be- fore you load film into the camera. Follow the suggestionson cameracare on page30 and you will receivemany yearsof reliableservice. 'v- The Nikon Warranty which comeswith your 114 'i;tr '; Nikkormat FT2 is your assuranceof prompt, t courteousservice and completesatisfaction. 5 L0AmfiruffiT&4ffi ffieMffiK& Pressdown the camera back latch on the side of the that the perforations along the edges of the film mesh camera and the hinged back will spring open. Pull up with the sprockets. on the rewind knob and drop a film cartridge into the Close the camera by pressing on the back until it film chamber with the film leader pointing towards snaps into place. Fold out the rewind crank and turn the take-up spool. Now, push down the rewind knob it gently in the direction of the arrow until you can to hold the cartridge in place and insert the end of feel a slight tension. This will take up any slack in the the film leader into any one of the three slots in the film cartridge. Be careful not to exert too much pres- take-up spool. Rotate the talce-up spool as shown in sure on the rewind crank. the illustration so that the'film passesunder the spool Loading exposes the first few inches of the film. To with its emulsion side (dull side) facing out. Make sure dispose of this exposed film, wind the film advance www.orphancameras.com lever and make two blank exposures. Watch the rewind To unload, press the rewind button on the camera knob to see if it rotates in the direction opposite the baseplate, unfold the rewind crank and turn it with a arrow while the film is being advanced. This will constant, gentle pressurein the direction of the arrow. indicate that the film has been loaded correctly and Avoid uneven or excessively fast rewinding. When no is being advanced. more tension can be felt and the crank turns loosely, The frame counter on top of the camera should now the film has left the sprockets and the camera may be rest at "0". Advance the film one more frame and opened. Pull the rewind knob up slightly and the film you are ready to take the first picture. cartridge will drop out. Caution: Do not load the c&nera in bright sunlight. If no The rewind button will pop out again as soon as the other shadeis available,shade the camerafrom the sun with film advance lever is stroked. vour body while loading. ). LOADINGTHE CAMERA Film-PlaneIndicator Film-AdvanceLever The film-advance lever simultaneously advances the film, cocks the shutter and oPeratesthe frame counter' It also serves as an on-off switch for the exPosure meter. Stroke the film-advance lever with the right thumb in a single stroke. A built-in locking device Preventsthe shuttler from beins released unless it is fully cocked and the film has bJen a full frame. "drranced The film-advance lever springs back to its original posi- tion, with ample clearance for the thumb, after each stroke. However, the meter will remain in the "on" flush against the \ position until the lever is pressed \\ body. \\\: camera - ---l Caution: Be careful not to push the rewind button (on the camera's baseplate) during film advance operation' Should this occur, temporary stoppage of fi1m transport and double exposure of the negative may result. The (+) mark on top of the camera body shows the exact position of the film plane. This is important to know when measuring the film-to-subject distancq, especiallyin close-upsand macrophotography' www.orphancameras.com FrameCounter 1600 with dots between each pair of numbers for The frame counter located on top of the cameraworks intermediate settings such as ASA 64,80, etc. automatically to show how many frames have been Pull up the ASA lock on top of the shutter-speed exposed. The numbers 20 and 36 are colored red to lever and, while holding the lock up, slide the slotted correspond to the number of frames in a standard ASA index pointer until it lines up wirh the ASA 35mm cartridge. frame The counrer stops just past number of the film in use. After releasingthe ASA the 36-frame mark and resets itself automaticallv to lock, check that the ASA index pointer is securely "S", two frames before "0"*when the camer" b"ik i, locked into position. opened for reloading. ? Film-Speed(ASA) Setting Some films are more sensitiveto light than others. A film's sensitivity is commonly known as its "speed," expressedin ASA numbers. In order to work with films of different speeds,the Nikkormat FT2's light-meter circuit musr be adjusted for the ASA number of the film used.This is done by means of. a slotted index pointer located on the bottom of the shutter-speedring. The ASA film-speed scalehas numbered settings for speedsfrom ASA 12- HxpffiSuffiffiC0NTffiSL$ The amount of exposure the film receivesis determin- ed by a combination of shutter speed and aperture. The larger the lens aperture, the more exposure.Like- wise, the slower the shutter speed the greater the exposure. Aperture is expressed in f/numbers with larger numbers representing smaller apertures and vice versa. For example, f/8 gives twice as much exPosure as fl1J. Shutter speed is expressed in seconds or fractions of a second. Th€ numbers on the Nikkormat shutter-speedscale are reciprocals of the actual speeds (250 representsL1250 second, etc.). Camera aperture and shqtter-speed controls ate caI- culated so that an increase of one f/number com- pensatesfor a one-step decreasein shutter speed.For example, Ll25O at fl8 is equivalent to I11,25 at flt!. The table below shows how aperture and shutter- speed are interrelated. All the combinations give the sameexPosure. Aperture f 11.4 fl2 il2.8 fl4 il5.6 Shutter speed 1/500 1t250 11125 1/60 1130 (seconds) www.orphancameras.com Setting the Shutter,Speed Setting the Aperture Shutter speedsare controlled by a ring around the base of the bayonet mount rather than ihe usual dial on top of the camera body. To set the shutter speed, Fasp the lever and turn the ring until the desired speed appears next to the indicator dot on the front of the camera body. For added convenience when measuringexposure, the shutter speed in use as well as exposure.
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