User manual NIKON F70 D INSTRUCTION MANUAL

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL E CONTENTS FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NOMENCLATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 BASIC OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-25 MOUNTING LENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 INSTALLING BATTERIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 CHECKING BATTERY POWER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 LOADING FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-18 BASIC SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-24 REWINDING FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25 GENERAL FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-71 FILM SPEED SETTING MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 FILM ADVANCE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SINGLE-FRAME SHOOTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 CONTINUOUS SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 EXPOSURE MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-60 SELECTING EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-49 SETTING EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 FLEXIBLE PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 OPERATION IN SHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-54 OPERATION IN APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-57 OPERATION IN MANUAL EXPOSURE MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-60 LONG TIME EXPOSURE­­Using fi setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 SELF-TIMER OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-85 PANORAMA-SIZE SHOOTING (for use with F70D only). . . . . . . . 86-88 IMPORTANT NOTES ON PANORAMA PICTURES. . . . . . . . 86-87 TAKING PANORAMA PICTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 IMPRINTING DATE/TIME (for use with F70D only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-92 TAKING PICTURE WITH IMPRINTED DATE/TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 ADJUSTING DATE/TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 REPLACING BATTERY FOR IMPRINTING FUNCTION . . . . . . . 92 FLASH-ILLUMINATED SUBJECT BRIGHTER OR DARKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-101 FLASH EXPOSURE BRACKETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-103 USABLE LENSES WITH BUILT-IN FLASH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 USING ACCESSORY NIKON SPEEDLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105-110 SPEEDLIGHT COMPATIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 TYPE OF TTL AUTO FLASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106-107 WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH NIKON SPEEDLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . 108 NOTES ON FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 USING VARI-PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-67 WHAT IS VARI-PROGRAM?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 SETTING VARI-PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 VARI-PROGRAM SELECTION GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-67 FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93-110 USING BUILT-IN FLASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94-104 AUTOMATIC BALANCED FILL-FLASH WITH TTL MULTI SENSOR--3D MULTI-SENSOR BALANCED FILL-FLASH AND MULTI-SENSOR BALANCED FILL-FLASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 CENTRE-WEIGHTED/SPOT FILL-FLASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 STANDARD TTL FLASH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 BUILT-IN FLASH OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-97 FLASH SHOOTING DISTANCE RANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 SHUTTER SPEED/APERTURE FOR EACH EXPOSURE MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 FLASH OUTPUT LEVEL COMPENSATION--TO MAKE FOCUS AREA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-30 FOCUS MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-42 AUTOFOCUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-36 AUTOFOCUS WITH MAIN SUBJECT OFF CENTRE. . . . . . 36-37 SPECIAL FOCUSING SITUATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 MANUAL FOCUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-42 EXPOSURE METERING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-45 SELECTING METERING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-44 SETTING METERING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 FLASH SYNC MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-69 QR (QUICK RECALL) FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-71 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-84 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73-81 AUTO EXPOSURE LOCK FUNCTION WITH AE-L BUTTON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-75 TO OBTAIN METER READING FOR A PARTICULAR SUBJECT IN MANUAL EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-77 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-79 ALL MODE EXPOSURE BRACKETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-82 EV CHARTS FOR FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 MISCELLANEOUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111-135 LENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-114 ACCESSORY COMPATIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 CAMERA CARE TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116-118 NOTES ON BATTERIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120-123 LCD PANEL/VIEWFINDER INDICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124-129 GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130-135 2 3 FOREWORD Thank you for purchasing the new Nikon F70/F70D camera. Although the F70/F70D camera offers many exciting features, it is easy to operate. The F70/F70D camera's Command Control Input System enables you to set camera function and shooting mode by just pressing buttons that are colour-coordinated with their corresponding images in the large LCD. With the built-in flash, which offers many advanced functions including 3D MultiSensor Balanced Fill-Flash, you will enjoy advanced flash photography and make better flash pictures than ever before. [. . . ] button and rotate command dial until desired compensation value appears in place of frame counter on LCD panel. (In the example above, +12/3 compensation is set. ) 2 To complete setting, remove your finger from SET/!Although h stays on to indicate that exposure compensation is on, the compensation value disappears from the readout when you remove your finger from SET/!To confirm compensation value on the LCD panel, Hold FUNCTION button and rotate command dial so that the Function Area indicator indicates blinking h, then press SET/!button. 3 After shooting, be sure to reset amount of compensation to "0" to resume normal operation. · You can cancel exposure compensation function by setting QR number to "0". In this case camera resets to the factoryset initial settings ( page 70). With compensation 78 79 ALL MODE EXPOSURE BRACKETING In situations where you might find it difficult to obtain a proper exposure, All Mode Exposure Bracketing lets you shoot the same subject at three different exposures, with a varying exposure compensation degree of 0. 3 EV, 0. 5 EV, 0. 7 EV or 1 EV. If you set a compensation degree of 0. 5 EV, for example, you will take three pictures, the first shot having a -0. 5 EV compensation, the second shot having no compensation and the third shot with a compensation of 0. 5 EV. Third shot is taken. 1 While pressing FUNCTION button, rotate command dial until the Function Area indicator indicates blinking ad in the Bracketing Area. button and rotate command dial until your desired compensation degree appears in place of frame counter. · If Flash Exposure Bracketing has already been set, setting All Mode Exposure Bracketing cancels Flash Exposure Bracketing. · When "fi" is set, setting All Mode Exposure Bracketing locks shutter and makes fi indication blink in LCD panel and viewfinder. · When All Mode Exposure Bracketing is set, "fi" cannot be set. 2 3 Remove your finger from SET/!Compose picture, confirm focus and exposure then fully depress shutter release button. Inside the viewfinder, h and the electronic analog display showing direction of compensation blink. With film advance mode at V or C: Fully depress shutter release button three times to take the three shots. With film advance mode at Z or X: Fully depress shutter release button and hold it in until three shots are taken. 4 After three shots are taken, All Mode Exposure Bracketing is automatically canceled. If you want to take one more set of exposure bracketing shooting with the same degree of compensation, press FUNCTION button then SET/!· If film reaches end of roll during shooting, rewind film, load a new roll of film, fully depress shutter release button to advance film to frame 1, then fully depress shutter release button again to resume operation. 80 81 LONG TIME EXPOSURE USING fi SETTING · In Programmed Auto exposure mode, shutter speed and aperture will vary. In Aperture-Priority Auto and Manual exposure mode, shutter speed will vary. · When using All Mode Exposure Bracketing with Exposure Compensation function, the compensated value will be added. For example, If exposure has been compensated at +1 EV and you set All Mode Exposure Bracketing with 0. 5 EV degree, the first shot will be taken with +0. 5 EV compensation, the second shot with +1 EV compensation and the third shot with +1. 5 EV compensation. [. . . ] When the lens is focused for hyperfocal distance, the deepest depth of field, covering from 1/2 the hyperfocal distance to infinity, can be obtained at each f/stop. The longer the focal length, the longer the hyperfocal distance; the smaller the aperture (the larger the f/number), the shorter the hyperfocal distance. ISO film speed The international standard for representing film sensitivity. A film speed of ISO 200 is twice as sensitive as ISO 100, and half that of ISO 400 film. [. . . ]