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BASIC OPERATION
Mount Lens
Mount Lens
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2.2
2.3
2.4
Use a D- or G-type AF Nikkor lens to utilise all of this camera’s
functions. (See page 34 for Lens Compatibility.)
Make sure to turn the power switch off when attaching/detaching the
lens.
When attaching the lens, take care not to press the lens release button.
Avoid direct sunlight when attaching/detaching the lens.
Check points
Turn the power switch off and
mount the lens to the camera
body.
Turn the power switch off and mount the lens to the
camera body.
•Position lens in the camera’s bayonet mount so that the mounting
indexes on lens and camera body are aligned, then twist lens
counterclockwise until it locks into place. (Be sure not to touch the lens
release button.)
•When the lens is not attached or when a non-CPU Nikkor lens is attached
and the power switch is turned on, ƒ-- blinks in the LCD panel and
viewfinder, and the shutter cannot be released. See page 34 for a non-
CPU lens.
Detaching the lens.
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2
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2
8
70
50
35
2
8
8
5
1
0
5
2
2
•Push and hold the lens release button, then turn the lens clockwise.
When camera is left unattended without lens
When you leave the camera unattended
without a lens attached, be sure to attach
the supplied body cap (page 3), or
optional body cap BF-1A. (BF-1 body cap
cannot be used.)
•When CPU Nikkor lens other than G-type is not set to its minimum
aperture setting (largest f-number) and the power switch is turned on, ƒEE
blinks in the LCD panel and viewfinder and the shutter cannot be released.
•The G-type Nikkor lens has no aperture ring; aperture should be selected
from camera body. Unlike other CPU Nikkor lens, aperture does not need
to be set to minimum.
With CPU Nikkor lens with aperture ring (other than G-
type), set the lens aperture to its minimum and lock.
2.1
Check the lens type.
CPU contacts of CPU
lens
Å CPU Nikkor lens
other than G-type
ÅCPU Nikkor lens other than G-type (Illustration is D-type Nikkor lens),
with aperture ring
ÍG-type Nikkor lens, without aperture ring
Í G-type Nikkor lens
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