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Nikon MF-28 Pt. 2 User manual
User manual for Nikon MF-28 Pt. 2. 35 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Nikon
- Model / document
- Nikon MF-28 Pt. 2
- Document type
- User manual
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- English
- Pages
- 35
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- 5.8 MB
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- Film cameras
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To input caption of up to 8 characters with
date/time
For practice, input "NIKON-FS". & +
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1. Select Between-Frames Data lmprint funetion.
While pressing FUNCTION button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial until function indicator (l) appears next to the
Between-Frarnes Data lmprint symbol.
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2. Select Year/Month/DaylHour, Month/DaylHour/Minute or Day/Hour/Minute/Second display.
While pressing MODE button, rotate camera's Main-Command Dial to the desired display.
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5. Input next chancter. 6. Gomplete input of characters.
While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main- While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial so the blinking cursor shifts to where you want Command Dial until no indications blink.
to input the ne).t character. Then, select a letter using the
ADJUST button and camera's Main-Command Dial.
Input the remaining characters, alternately following steps 3 and
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To input caption of up to 22 characters
For practice, input'LOCATION lN CAUFORNIA". 6
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1. Select Between-Frames Data lmprint function.
While pressing FUNCTION button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial until function indicator !) appears next to the
Between-Frames Data lmprint svmbol.
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2. Select display for caption. 3. Activate blinking cunsor.
While pressing MODE button, rotate camera's While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-Command Dial so
Main-Command Dial until the caption display blinking cursor appears where you want to input the first character.
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4. Select desired character.
While pressing ADJUST button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial until the desired character appears.
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5. Input next character. 6. Complete input of caption.While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-Command Dial so the To complete, while pressing SELECT button,blinking cursor shifts to where you want to input the next character. Then, rotate the camera's Main-Command Dial until noselect a letter using the ADJUST button and camera's Main-Command Dial.
indication blinks.Input the remaining characters, altemately following steps 3 and 4 for each.
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To input caption of up to 18 characters with
four-digit year
For practice, input "(C) NIKON CORP. 1997". 6+
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1. Select Between-Frames Data lmprint funcrtion.
While pressing FUNCTION button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial until function indicator 0 appears next to the
Between-Frames Data lmprint svmbol.
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2. Select display for caption with four-digit 3. Activate blinking cursor.
year. While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-
While pressing MODE button, rotate camera's Command Dial so blinking cursor appears where you want to
Mdn-Command Dial until the four-digit year input first character.
indication appears at right of display. .lf you have already input a letter, the letter and cursor will blink
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4. Seleqt desirsd char€ster.
While pressing ADJUST button, rotate camera's
Main-Command Dial until your desired character
appears.
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5. lnput next character. 6. Complete input of characters.
While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-Command Dial so the While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's
blinking cursor shifts to where you want to input the ne)d character. Then, Main-Command Dial until no indications blink.
select a letter using the ADJUST button and camera's Main-Command Dial.
Input the remaining characters, alternately following steps 3 and 4 for each.
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The Interval Timer function lets you take a specified number of shots at specified intervals for a selected
number of shootings.
The maximum interval that can be set between shootings is 99 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds, and up
to 99 exposures can be taken at one shooting. (Because the limit of most film rolls is 36 frames, however,
the film may have to be changed before you can complete the shooting.) The maximum number of
intervals for one setting is 999. Data imprinting inside the frame and/or between frames is possible during
Interval Timer ooeration.
o Always be sure to advance film to frame 1 before you set (or reset) the Interval Timer.
For practice, set lnterval Timer function so that the Interval Timer starts at 16:00 on the 1 7th day of this or
next month and takes three shots every t hour 1 5 minutes and 30 seconds for 5 shootings.
To imprint data during Interval Timer operation
As described on pages 21 to 48, select desired data to 6+ be imorinted and set In-Frame and/or Between-Frames
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1. Select Interval Timer function.
While pressing FUNCTION button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial until function indicator O appears ne)d to the
Interval Timer symbol (INTERVAL).
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6. Complete setting start tme. 7. Access interval time so shots ar€ taken every t hour 15
While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main- minutes and 30 seconds.
Command Dial so the start time appears without blinking. While pressing MODE button, rotate camera's Main-Command
Dial until INT and Hour/Minute/Second appears.
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8. Access hour indication for'interual time. 9. Set hour for Interval time.
While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main- While pressing ADJUST button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial until the hour unit blinks. Command Dial to set 1 for hour.
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10. Set minute and second. 11. Complete setting interval time.
Set minute to'15 and second to 30, following the same While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-
orocedure used for the hour. Command Dial so the interval time appears without blinking.
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12. Access number of shots per shooting/number ot 13. Access indication for number of shots.
shootings so three shots are tak€n for five shootings. While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-
While pressing MODE button, rotate camera's Main-Command Command Dial until the digits for number of shots blink.
Dial until the indications for number of shots and number of
shootings appear.
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14. Set number of shots. 15.Access indication for number of shootings.
While pressing ADJUST button, rotate camera's Main- While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial to set 3 for the number of shots per shooting Command Dial until the indication for number of shootings
blinks.
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16. Set number of shootings. 17. Complete setting number of shots per shooting and
While pressing ADJUST button, rotate the camera's Main- numb€r of shootangs.
Command Dial to set 5 for the number of shootings. While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-
Command Dial so the number of shots per shootings and
number of shootings appear without blinking.
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you want to change data or set the Data lmprint function, 18. Confirm data to be imprinted. change function mode from Interval Timer function to In-Frame lf you want to imprint data in Interval Timer operation and have or Between-Frames Data lmprint function; while pressing
already set the Data lmprint function, access and confirm data FUNCTION button, rotate camera's Main-Command Dial untilto be imprinted. While pressing MODE button, rotate camera's the function indicator appears next to the In-Frame orMain-Command Dial until the data to be imprinted appears. Between-Frames Data lmprint symbol. For instructions on
selecting imprint data and setting Data lmprint function, see
pages 21 to 48.
19. Set Interval Timer function. . Data to be imprinted can be changed or set after setting
Press SET/RESET button and confirm function set indicator (1 Interval Timer function. While pressing FUNCTION button,
appears ne)d to the Interval Timer symbol. rotate camera's Main-Command Dial to select In-Frame or
Between-Frames Data lmprint function, then change/set data
as desired. The function set indicator $ remains next to the
Interval Timer symbol.
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To cancel the Interval Timer function before
operation
Press SET/RESET button again. The function set
indicator O next to the Interval Timer symbol will
disappear. Ihls does not reset stan time, intqval time,
number of shot/number of shootings you have set.
20. Start Interval Timer operation.
Press START/STOP button. The tunction set indicator (n next to
the Interval Timer symbol starts blinking to indicate the Interval
Tlmer function is active.
With each shooting, the number indicated decreases by one.
After all exposures are taken, it reverts to the most recent
setting.
o The first shooting will be taken at the set date and time, or
immediately if you set the date to - -.
o During the intervals, you can take additional pictures in the
ordinary way simply by depressing the shutter release button.
The Frame Count and Sequence Number increase
accordingly.
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To stop the Interval Timer during operatlon
Press START/STOP button. The Intelal Timer function
set indicator (! stops blinking (and start time indication
resets to - - once the first shooting is complete). To
resume operation, press the START/STOP button again.
21. After all exposures have been taken, the lnterval Timer
function is automatically canceled and the function set
indicator (( ) next to the Interval Timer symbol
disappears.
r After all exposures have been taken, the start time indication
will be reset to - -.
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. You can set the IntervalTimer function anytime the function indicator (l) appears next to the
IntervalTimer symbol except in the following cases.
r When number of shootings is set at O, the indication blinks twice.
o When interval time is set at 00:00:00, the indication blinks twice.
o When "hul h" is set on the camera body but the MF-28's Long Timer Exposure function is
not set, "hxlh" blinks twice.
o lf a Long Time Exposure has been set and the interval time is shorter than the Long Time
Exposure duration + 2 seconds, pressing SET/RESET button will not set the Interval Timer;
it makes the function set indicator (() next to Long Time Exposure symbol blink twice.
. When using a Nikon Speedlight with a standby switch, charging of the Speedlight begins 30
seconds before the shooting time set. lf the interval time is shorter than 30 seconds, the
Speedlight's standby function will not function.
o lf the total exposure time for any shooting extends beyond the interval time, the camera will
skip that shooting and move on to the next shooting time.
. To ensure correct measurement with the camera's exposure meter, use the eyepiece
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Long Time Exposure Function
The Long Time Exposure function lets you set exposure
duration from one second to 999 seconds, one minute to gg9 To imprint data during Long Time Exposure
minutes. or one hour to 999 hours. operation
Data can be imorinted inside the frame and/or between frames As described on pages 2'l to 48, select desired data to
during Long Time Exposure shooting. be imorinted and set In-Frame and/or Between-Frames
Data lmorint function.
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1. Set camera's shutter speed to "but b" setting. 2. Select Long Time Exposure function.
Set camera to Manual exoosure mode and camera shutter While pressing FUNCTION button, rotate camera's Main-
soeed to "bui. b". Command Dial until the function indicator 1Q appears next to the
Long Time Exposure symbol (LONG E(P).
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r lf camera's shutter speed is not set at "but b", pressing
SEVRESEI button does not set Long Time Exposure
3. Set Long Time Exposurc function. function, but causes shutter speed indicators to blink.
Press SET/RESET button and confirm function set indicator (( ) o Data to be imprinted can be changed or set after setting the
appears next to the Long Time Exposure symbol. Long Time Exposure tunction. While pressing FUNCTION
button. rotate camera's Main-Command Dial to select In-
Frame or Between-Frames Data lmprint function, then change
and/or set data as desired. Function set indicator (i will
remain next to the Long Time Exposure symbol.
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4. Select unit for exposure duration.
While pressing SELECT button, rotate camera's Main-Command Dial until hour (h), minute (') or second (") appears.
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5. Set exposure duration, r When you select Shutter Speed/Aperture for Between-Frame
While pressing ADJUST button, rotate camera's Main- Data lmprint function, the shutter speed indication in the LCD
Command Dial to set the desired exoosure duration. panel shows the exposure duration vou have set.
ffhe example illustration above shows 30-minute exposure
duration.)
5. Start Long Time Exposure operation.
After confirming composition and focus, fully depress the During operation, the exposure duration counts down until itcamera'sMffishutter release button. reaches 0. When the shutter closes to complete a Long Time
The function set indicator (j next to the Long Time Exposure Exposure, exposure duration display reverts to your latest time
symbol blinks throughout the duration of the Long Time setting and function set indicator $ next to Long Time
Exposure. Exposure symbol stops blinking.
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To stop exposurc before preset time
Press START/STOP button and confirm that Long Time
Exposure function set indicator (j stops blinking.
7. Gancel Long Time Exposure function.
Press SET/RESET button and confirm function set indicator (1
next to the Long Time Exposure symbol disappears.
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3. Set Freeze Focus (Focus Priority) function.
Press SET/RESET button and confirm that function set indicator . Data to be imprinted can be changed or set after setting
(1 appears next to Freeze Focus (Focus Priority) symbol Freeze Focus function. While pressing FUNCTION button,
rotate camera's Main-Command Dial to select In-Frame or
Between-Frames Data lmprint function, then change and/or
set data as desired. The function set indicator (( ) will remain
next to Freeze Focus (Focus Priority) symbol.
4. Rotate lens focus ring manually to set focus position at 5. Fully depress the shutter release button and hold down.
desired distance. @ Shutter will be released when subject enters a preset focus
position.
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With camera's film advance mode set for single-frame With camera's film advance mode set for continuous
shooting: Shutter will be released each time you depress the shooting: Shots are taken continuously as long as the shutter ffiffiffi
shutter release button and subiect is in focus. release button remains depressed and subject is in focus.
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C for Continuous Servo AF, you cannot perform Freeze ffiPf,d'iF;a
Focus function. Setting Freeze Focus (Focus Priority)
function only gives focus priority so that you can release
shutter only when the subject is in focus regardless of AF6. Cancel Focus Priority function. mode.Press SET/RESET button and confirm function set indicator (o
next to the Freeze Focus (Focus Priority) symbol disappears.
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