Nikon F3AF Digital Camera User Manual


 
SPECIFICATIONS-------------
Type of camera
Picture format
Len
s mount
Lenses
Focus detecting system
Brightness range
for autofocusl
focus-aid operation
Focus information
display
Focus lock buttons
Exposure control
system
74
35mm
single-lens reflex
24mm
x
36mm
(standard 3
5mm
film format)
Nikon bayonet mount
Autofocus operation: AF-Nikkor
80mm
f/2.8 and 200mm f/3.5
IF-ED; focus-aid operation: more
than 30 Nikkor and Nikon Series E
lenses with maximum aperture of
f/3.5 or faster; manual operation:
more than 60 Nikkor and Nikon
Series E lenses available
TTL image displacement detecting
system by SPDs built into AF
Finder
DX
-1
Appro
x.
EV
4"'EV
20
(at ASAIISO 100)
Visible
in
the viewfinder via red
LEDs; two red arrows light up to
indicate correct focus
in
autofocus/
focus-aid operation, right- or left-
hand arrow indicates out-
of
-focus
image (too near or too far), red X
glows when autofocus/focus aid is
impossible or subject
is
out of
focus to great extent
Two
buttons provided on AF-Nikkor
lens barrel; either locks lens
distance setting during autofocus
operation
Aperture-priority automatic
exposure with manual override and
Meteri
ng
range
Shutter
Shutter speeds
Exposure information
display
backup mechanical control;
through-the-Iens, full aperture
metering via silicon photodiode
(SPD) with centerweighted metering
pattern and meteri
ng
circuits
incorporated into camera body;
meter works with all viewfinders
EV
1 to
EV
18
at
AS
AIISO
100
with
f/1.4 lens
or
EV 3 to
EV
20 at
ASAIISO
100
with f/2.8 lens
Horizontal-travel, titanium focal-
plane shutter
Auto: electromagnetically controlled
step less speeds from 8 to 1/2000
sec
.;
manual: quartz/electro-
magnetically controlled discrete
speeds from 8 to 1/2000 sec., plus
B and X (1/80 sec.); mechanical:
T setting on shutter speed dial and
1/60 sec. when using backup
mechanical release lever
Visible
in
the viewfinder via
LCD
;
on
auto, discrete shutter speed
closest to automatically selected
speed
is
displayed, overexposure
indicated by
+ 2000 and -8-
indicates underexposure;
on
manual, M appears with +
or-
indicating over- or underexposure
and -
+ correct exposure; aper-
ture
in
use also shown through
aperture-direct-readout (ADR)
window