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Nikon MF-21 User manual
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- Nikon
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- Nikon MF-21
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- User manual
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- English
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- 125
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UUNTENTS
FOREWORD . 3 coMBfNtNGMF-21'SFUNCTTONS.. . . . . .64_78
NOMENCLATURE 4- B IntervalTimer/LongTime Exposure
INSTALLINGBATTERIES . 9 C o m b i n a t i o n . . . . . . . . 6 4 - 6 6
ATTACHINGMF.21 10 IntervalTimer/AutoExoosure
CONTROLPANEL . ,10-17 BracketingCombination.... 67_69
FNC (FUNCTION)Button jl Intervalf imerlFreeze Focus
M O D ( M O D EB) u t t o n . . . . 1 2 - 1 4 (FocusPriority)Combination. . . . . . . .70-72
SEL (SELECT)Button . . .14-15 Long Time Exposure/FreezeFocus
ADJ (ADJUST)Button 15 (FocusPriority)Combination. . . . . . . .73-75
PRN (PRINT)Button 16 IntervalTimer/LongTime Exposure/
S/R (SET/RESET)Button .16-17 FreezeFocus(Focuspriority)
S/S (START/STOP)Button 17 Combinatron. . .76-7g
SETTINGIMPRINTEDDATA . .... 18-27 LTQUTDCRYSTALDTSPLAY(LCD) 7s
To Set Date and Time . . .18-23 CHANGINGBATTERY BO
FrameCount 24 TIPS ON MF.21 CARE 81
To Set SequenceNumber 25 ACCESSORTES 81
To Set FixedNumber . . . 26 CameraCase Base PortionCF-39D. . 81
ShutterSpeed/ApertureMode 2T SPECTF|CAT|ONS . .82_83
IMPRINTLEVEL AU'USTMENT . . . . . 28-29
DATAIMPRINTING . 30-33
INTERVALTIMER FUNCTION . .. . 34-44
LONG TIME EXPOSUREFUNCTION . . . 45-50
AUTO EXPOSUREBRACKETING. 51-59
FREEZEFOCUS (FOCUS PR|OR|TY)
FUNCTTON .60_63
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FOREWORD
Thankyou for purchasingthe NikonMulti-Control (3) IntervalTimerFunction
Back MF-21. Letsyou take a specifiednumber of shotsat
Althoughthe MF-21is easy to use,for best results specifiedintervalsfor a specifiednumber of' be sure to read this instructionmanualthoroughly shootings.
beforeyou begin. (4) FreezeFocus(FocusPriority)Function
The camera'sshutteris released-automatically
The Nikon Multi-ControlBack MF-21is exclusively - whenthe subjectentersa presetfocusposition.
designedto work with the Nikon F-801/NB00B*and (5) Long Time ExposureFunction
F-801s/NB008s*cameras.lt offersthe following By settingthe exposuredurationin hours/
functions: minutes/seconds,you can set Long Time
(1) Data lmprintFunction Exposuresof up to 99 hours,59 minutesand
The MF-21lets you selectand imprintany of 59 seconds**.
the following:
a. Year/Month/Day *The Nikon N8008 and N8008sare sold exclusivelyin
b. Month/Day/Year the U.S.A. *. Exposuredurationdependson life of main camera c. Day/Month/Year
d. Day/Hour/Minute batterv. ' e. Framecount
f. Sequencenumber
g Desiredfixed number
h. Camerashutterspeed and aperture
(2) Auto ExposureBracketing
Letsyou shoot up to 19 continuousframes,
each with a differentexposure.View original page 4Page 8 · Read text
1. StartTime indicator(for IntervalTimeroperation) 24. Decimalpoint
2. Time indicatorfor IntervalTimer 25- Framecount indicator
3. Apertureindicator ' 26. lmprintlevelauto adjustindicator
4. Exposurecompensationindicator 27. lmprintleveladjustindicator
(for Auto ExposureBracketing) - Not all displaysappear at same time' 5. bata lmprintindicator
6. Shutterspeed indicator
7. Month indicator
8. Data lmprintfunctionindicator
9. Data lmprintset indicator
10. lmprintlevelindicators
11. IntervalTimerfunctionindicator
12. IntervalTimerset indicator
13. Long Time Exposurefunctionindicator
14. Long Time Exposureset indicator
15. Sequencenumberindicator
16. Auto ExposureBracketingset indicator
17. Auto ExposureBracketingfunctionindicator
18. Focus Priorityset indicator(for FreezeFocus)
19. FocusPriorityfunctionindicator(Ior FreezeFocus)
20. Fixednumberindicator
21. Yearindicator
22. Displaynumerals
23. Time indicatorcolonsView original page 8Page 10 · Read text
INSTALLINGBA
l.Open batterychamber. J_lnsert-'lithium two 3V CR-2025-tyPe $.Close batterychamber. batteries with +
signs facing up.
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LCD.{.Check
lf batteriesare properlyinstalled,LCD showsthe numbersand lettersillustratedabove.
lf this displaydoes not appear,replacebatteries.
o lf anotherdisplayis shown,push FNC, SEL and ADJ buttonsat the same time so
the LCD showsthe numbersand leftersas illustrated.View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
ATTACHINGMF.21 CONTROLPANEL l.Remove standard camera back. Open the control panel. l.Attach the MF-21. 1 0 www.orphancameras.comView original page 11
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PRN (PRINT) Button S/R (SET/RESET)Button
when Data lmprintfunctionis selected,push pRN buttonto imprint Push to set/resetIntervalTimer.
data on your picture.Data lmprintset indicator(pRlNT)means dis- Long Time Exposure,Auto
playeddata will be imprinted.To cancel Data lmprint,push button ExposureBracketingor Freeze
againso PRINTturnsoff. Focusfunction.
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SETTINGIMPRINTEDDATA
Beforesettingdata to be imprint- To Set Date and Time
ed, make sure LCD showsthe For practice,adjustdate,as in
desrredlmorintData- Year/ this example-14:45, October5.
Month/Day,Month/Day/Year,Day/ I9BB.
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push FNC buttonto access lm-
printDatafunctiondisplay
l.Display should show Year/
Month/Day, Month/Day lYear
or Day/Month/Year, as
desired.
lf it does not, push MOD button
to change display.For practice,
selectYear/Month/Daydisplay.
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tOIGtIP blinkingand edit mode for year examole.IUIOBiI i i'i:ifi is activated. To set the year to 89 or highetr cs PRr0n u, push ADJ buttonuntilthe
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$.Set the month. Push ADJ buttonuntil 10 (for {.Set the day. Push SEL buftonagain so the October)appears. Push SEL buttonso numerical
numericalindicationfor month indicatorfor day startsblinking.
begrnsto blink.
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Frame Count o Framecount numberwill not be correctlyimprint-
Push MOD buttonseveraltimes until FrameCount ed with the camera'sfilm advancemode at CH.
rs displayed.Youcan imprintactualfilm framenum- At temperaturesof soc (41oF)or colder and with
ber rndicatedon the camera'sframe counter(same the film advancemode at CL, the FrameCount
as FrameCount display).As you releaseshutter, numbermay be improperlyimprinted.
numberin the FrameCountdisplayincreasesby
one.
When no film is loadedin camera,the LCD shows,tr'
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To Set Sequence Number Push SEL buttononce to accessthe two left-handnumerals,twice to
Pushand continuepushingMOD accessthe middlenumerals,and threetimesto accessthe right-hand
buttonseveraltimes until LCD numeralsTo changethe numerals,push ADJ buttonuntildesired
showsSequenceNumber('UP') numoerappears
Withthis display,you can rmprint . Sequencenumberwill not increaseif film is not loadedtn the
any desirednumberand have it cameraand film has not advancedto frame1
increaseby one each time you . Sequencenumbercannotbe resetwhen the MF-21back ts open.
releasethe shutter. . Sequencenumberwill not be correctlyimprintedwith camera'sfilm
advancemode at CH. At temperaturesof soC (41"F)or colder and
with the frlmadvancemode at CL, the Sequencenumbermay be
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DATA
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To Set Fixed Number Push SEL buttononce to accessthe two left-handnumerals,twice to
Push MOD buttonseveraltimes accessthe two middle numeralsand three times for the two right-hand
until LCD shows Fixed Number numerals.To change numerals,push ADJ buttonuntilthe desireo
display.With this displayshow- number appears
ing, you can imprintany desired
fixed numberfrom 000000 to
999999
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Shutter Speed/APerture When the camera'sexposuremeter rs on, the shutterspeed and aper-
Mode ture set on the F-801/N8008or F-801s/N8008sbody is shown in the
Push MOD buttonseveraltimes MF-21'sLCD.One secondafter the camera'Sexposuremeter turns off,
untilthe LCD showsshutter the displayshows-- To activatethe display,turn on the camera's
speed/aperturedisplay.With this exposuremeter again.
diplayshowing,you can imPrint
the shutterspeed and aPerture Incorrectimprintingmay occur in the followingcases:
set on the camerabodY. 1) Shutteris fully releasedwhen camera'sexposuremeter is off. 2) Eitherexposurevalueand/or brightnessof the subjectis changing.
3) When performingcontinuousshootingwith shutterspeed set at
one secondor slower.
4) When performingAuto ExposureBracketingin continuous
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IMPRINTLEVELADJUSTMENT
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l.Push FNC buttonso display l.Push sEL buttonseveraltimesuntil imprintlevelauto adjustindicator
shows lmprintLeveladjust (A) appears.Dependingon film in use, one of imprintexposurelev-
indicator. el rndicators-L,M, H1 or H2-also appears.
For reference,imprintexposurelevelcorrespondingto film speed is
lrstedinsideMF-21controlpanel cover.
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When using specialfilm or techniquesto increase o With imprintleveladjustindicatorshowing,you
or decreaseimage density,you can manuallyadjust cannotimprintdata.Selectdesireddisplayusing
imprintexposure.Push SEL buttonseveraltimes FNC and MOD buttons.
until desiredsettingappears.For a darker imprint, . lmprintlevelauto adjustindicatorand/or imprint
selecta higher levelletterthan the ISO speed on levelindicatoralwaysappear when anotherfunc-
the list.For a lighterimprint,selecta lowerlevel. tion is selected.
When imprintexposureis manuallyadjusted,make
test shots.
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DATAIMPRINTING
Data that can be imprintedare: Year/Month/Day,
Month/Day/Year,Day/Month/Year, Day/Hour/Mi nutq T I|ATAI
FrameCount,SequenceNumber,Fixed Number orshutterspeed/aperture. E,-TiI, 5
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l.Confirm Data lmprintfunctionindicatorin the LCD.
lf it is not shown, push FNC button until it
appears.
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$. DepressF-801/NB00B'sor F-801s/NBOOBs'sshutter
releasebuttonto take pictureand imorintdata
Data is imprinted in lower right hand corner of the
orcture
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INTERVALTIMERFUNCTIO
The IntervalTimer functionlets you take a specified f .C_onfirmdisplay shows year/MonthlDay,
number of shotsat specifiedintervalsfor a selected Month/Day lYear, Day/Month lyear,
numberof shootings. Day lHourlMinute, Frame Count, Sequence
The maximum intervalthat can be set between Number, Fixed Number or shutter
shootingsis g9 hours 59 minutesand Sg seconds. speed/aperture.
and up to 99 exposurescan be takenat one shoot- To imprintdata during IntervalTimer operaiton,con-
ing. (But becausethe limit of most film rollsis 36 firm desireddisplay,then push pRN buttonso the
frames,the film will haveto be changed beforeyou Data lmprintset indicatorappears.
can completethe shooting.)The maximumnumber Youcannot set or change imprintdata while Interval
of shootingintervalsat one settingis 99. Data im- Timerfunctionis selected.
printingis possibleduring the IntervalTimer
operation.
For practice,set the IntervalTimer function to take
two shotsevery t hour 15 minutesand 47 seconds,
for 18 shootings.
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