Nikon F4 Body Only Film Camera User Manual


 
1 With maximum aperture faster than fl3.5, use
TC
-16A
Autofocus Converter. Incompatible with maximum aperture
of fl3.5 or slower.
2 With maximum aperture faster than f/5.
6.
3 With maximum effective aperture faster than fl5.6.
4 With shutter speed set to
1/125
sec.
or
slower. Flash
necessary.
5 Aperture cannot be selected.
6 Exposure determined by presetting lens aperture. Exposure
must also be determined before shifting;
in
A mode, use
AE-L button before shifting.
7 Shutter should be released, after exposure measurement,
by stopping down
PS
-6.
8 Use stop-down measurement with Type
S,
E,
K,
J,
or P
focusing screen.
9 Use full-aperture measurement with maximum aperture
of
fll8
to fl2.8.
10
Focus lock button on TC-16 cannot be used.
11
Stop-down measurement possible. With aperture of f/5.6 or
slower, set exposure compensation dial (or focusing screen
exposure compensation dial for flash photography)
to-l
With 400mm fl5.6 lens, compensate exposure
to
-1
when
the lens aperture
is
se
t
at
fl8 or slower.
12
For
full-aperture measurement, set exposure compensation
dial (or focusing screen exposure compensation dial for
flash photography)
to
-l
13
For
full-aperture measurement, set exposure compensation
dial
to
+l
14
1n
stop-down measurement, set exposure compensation
dial
(or
focusing screen exposure compensation dial
for
flash photography)
to
-l
15
In
stop-down measurement, set exposure compensation
dial
to
+l
16 Exposure compensation necessary.
(See
focusing screen's
instruction sheet.)
17
Exposure compensation necessary for
fu
ll
-aperture
measurement.
(See
footnote
12
or
13.)
18 Exposure compensation necessary for stop-down measure-
ment. (See footnote
14
or
15.)
The following Nikkor lenses cannot be used with the
F4
s1
F4
camera:
All
8mm fl8, 16mm fl3.5 (No. 272281 -
290000), 28mm fl3.5
(No.
625611
- 999999), 35mm
fl1.4
(No.
385001 - 400000), all 55mm
fl1.2,
all old-type
Ref
l
ex
1000mm fl6.
3,
all 21mm fl4, all old-type
PC
35mm fl3.5.
The
AF
Teleconverter
TC-16
(fo
r
F3AF)
cannot be attached
to the F4s camera.
To
attach an old-type Reflex-Nikkor 500mm fl8
to
an
F4
s
camera, turn the lens' tripod mounting collar so it faces
the direction opposite the camera's grip (from the front of
the camera,
it
should face the right-hand side).
To
change
the camera/lens assembly from horizontal to vertical
position
or
vise
versa,
do not turn the assembly; turn the
tripod head.
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