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Nikon S rangefinder User manual
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Preparqtion for
Taking Piclures
Thot the most brilliont resultr ccn be hod by rimple hcndling
is qn oulslonding feoture of the Nikon Comero.
The following three bosic fqclers qre to be considered before
toking o picture with lhe Nikon.
l. Shutter speed-Setling of speed
Wind shuiter up firsl qnd fhen sef the shutter speed.
See Fig. 5-9.
Lens openi4g,-Seliing of diophrogm opening
Lens operlure is set by turning lens diophrogm ring.
See Fig. 10.
3. Focusing-Selling of distonce
. A focus is obtoined when double irnoge in the ronge.
finder is broughf to coincidence.
See Fis. ll-13.View original page 4Page 5 · Read text
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Shuffer Speed
lTinding Knob
Turn the winding knob clockwise until 'it stops (FiS.S).,
This meons thot fhe knob hos mode one complete turn, od-
voncing one frome of film for exposure, ond thot lhe shutter
hos been wound ond is reody for releose
Shutter Dials
There ore two shutter speed diols, fost ond slow, orronged
one on top of the other. The engroved numbers on the
diols indicote froctions of o second, e.g. 60 meons l,/60
sec. exposure lime.
To set lhe shulfer bring the desired speed ffgure to the orrow.
Shutter setting should always be made after winding the
film. !f shutter speed is set before film winding, correct
shutter operation will not resutt.
When fost shuller is releosed, the diol mokes o. clockwise,lur,n,
ond brings the shutter speed figure from ihe orrow to the red t.t,mork. Incidentolly, this foct serves to show whot shutter speed
wos used on the previous piCiure, in cose this knowledge is
desired before winding shutter for the next exposure.View original page 5Page 6 · Read text
FAST S}IUTTIR t)IAL When setting fost shutter spced see ?hof the slow' shutter diol rests qf " 20-1" (FiS. e). lifr the diol slightly ond turn it to desired rpeed. Then drop tho diql ond moke sure thot it seltles down into ploce properly. SI()W SHUTTER DIA.T. When setting o dow shuller speed, the fost shutler diol must be set ot " 2O-l " ogoinst lhe orrow. Move the slow shuiler dicl by .meons of the,srncll lever (Fig. 7). BUTB EXPl|SURE First set slow shutler diol ot 20-1, then sei ti\e fost shulter diol ot " q " The shutter will remoin open os long os lhe shutler butlon is depressed. TIMT TXPtlSURE Set fost shutter diol qt "20-1", then sel slow shulter diol of "T". When the shulier button is once pressed (Fig. 8), the shutter witt remoin open even if pressure is removed. To shut lhe shutler (Fig. 9), move the tever clockwise untll lhe one second morking pqsses lhe orrow.View original page 6
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www.butkus.us loev lens Opening To set the iens opening , By turning the diophrogm ring (Fig. lO\, set the proper morking fo the dol on tho milled ring of fhe lejiis-borrel. lens 0pening r The following knowledge of the relotion between lens operlure ond shutter speed will be useful : f-ens Opening 1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 ll t6 22 32 (Scole morking) Exposure Time t/B t/4 1/2 I 2 4 8 16 32 64 (Rotio) In the lens opening scole morking, lhe lorger is volue of the figure, the smaller becomes the diophrogm opening il refers lo. With regord lo lhe relotion belween lens opening ond ex- posure lime o smoll opening reguires o longer time of exposure 'under the some light condition; it will be noted lhst when ihe opening steps dovrn to the nexf higher scote figure, the fime exposure hos to be doubted in order to give lhe some degree of exposure. lt is for the benefif of showing the 1c obove relotion thot lhe obove comporolive list hos been given. It follows by no meons thot when o certoin tens opening is used, the figure given directly betow is the corresponding exposure lime.View original page 7
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so Lens Focusing Press the infinity lock (Fig. ll) ond rototer the lens focusing wheel slighlly lo releose lhe oulomotic device locking the focusing mechqnism ot inflnity selting. Focusing is obtoined, when lhe double imoge of lhe subiecl in lhe cenler squqre of the fleld oppeorlng in lhe view flnder eyepiece coincides, which'is occomplished by rototing the lens focusing wheel (Fig. 12, l3). In oscerloining coincidence, verlicol lines of the imoge ore helpful, which, when focused, become solid ond the blur of the double imoge disoppeors. Whcn thc comero is held verticolly, however, it is the horizonfol lines of the imoge lhol couse coincidence. The focusing dislonce or octuql dislqnce belween comero ond the obiect when coincidence occurred moy be found out by reoding the flgure on the distonce scole (Fig.l-0) found ogoinst the block bqll index.View original page 8
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www.butkus.usShelffer Refecrs ing
framing of Picture
When moking exposure froming of picture is to be token,
Froming of picture should be msde with the eye os close os
possible lo lhe ronge ond view finder eye-piece. The extent
of picture {ield rhus token is identicql with thot of the oclusl
picture thot will be mode.
Compose fhe picture in the view finder ond press lhe shutter
reteose butlon slowly. Do nol press hord ond do nol press
fosl to qvoid o possible shoking of the comerq while shutter
is closing. Use o tripod or rest for ony shuller speed slower
t/to second. lfn ls
How fo Hold Camera
It is obsolufely importon, to hold comero steody ovoiding o
pOssible shcke or shifting of comero when shutfer is reteosed,
in order to moke o shorp picture (Fig. 14 ond l5).
Therefore, il is suggested thol the cqmero be steodily pressed
ogoinsl cheek wheri holding comero in horizontol position or
..ogoinsl foreheod when in verticol posifion, ond to hold il in
both honds, using the righthond index finger to operote lhe
'teleoso bulton ond the middle finger in turning lhe focusing
wheel.
The elbows .ore to be helcl os low os possibte ogoinst the
sides of the body.
ll is olso suggested thot deep breoth be token ond held
while releqsing button os in shoofing o rifle.
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Red mark 0n tho top of shutter release button.
This serves to indicate the movement of the fllm, while lhe
fitm is being wound bcck by meqns of rewinding knob.
Red mark on tlto top Plate of camera
A red spot betow the ccmero number inscribed on lhe top
of the comero (fig. tO) indicoles the position the ftlm posses'
which will be helpful in photoglophing close-up subiefts.
t6
In other words, wind the knob directty before toking ihe
picture ! .
To leove shutler in q wound position for ony leirgth of time
would tire shutler $pring, moreover you might occidentolly
press releose butfon ond expose fllm, if you csrry your
comero with wound shuller.
lf it hoppens thot you do not wanl tc moke o picture offer
you hove wound lhe shutler, the sofesi woy is lo expose ond
releose the shutter spring, bul if you wonl to sove the film
you rnoy releose lhe shutler, covering lens opening with hond
or lens cop, ond when o picluro is to be token go through
the sqme procedure described for double exposure. (See Fig. l8)View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
www.butkus.us Depth of Field
Depth of field is, by definition, o ronge of disfonce between
the neoresl ond the forthest limits within which o comero
subiecl gives permissible shorpness of irnoge.
Depthof field depends upon lhe lens opening (f '1.4, f '5.6,
f : 8, elc) ond upon the disfonce from fhe €omero to the
obiett upon which the lens is focused. The smoller lhe
operlure used, lhe greoter lhe depth of field ond in the
opposite woy lhe lorger lhe operture, lhe smoller fhe depth
of field.
ln the Nikon Comero the depth
of field is so designed os lo
be reod, nol by reference to
o seporote toble, but directiy
from fhe revolving dislonce
scole, which is -used in com'
binotion with the depth of field
scole, orronged symmetricolly
qround the index dof, engroved
on fhe lens mount bose.
Example
Focus the lens on on obiect 20 feet owoy from the cctmero,
Evhich couses fhe 20 feet morking of fhe distonce scole to
resl ogoinst lhe index dot on the depth of field scole. Set
fhe lens opening to f : 8 (Fig. lZ).
The depth of focus sought is o ronge of disloncc on the
distonce scqle lhof folls between lhe two f : B morkings on
fhe depth of field scole, one ot either side of index dot,
nomefy 12-50 tt.
In other words, piqtures token qt , f : 8 opening of obiecta
lyihg belween 12 feet qnd 50 feet from the comero will be
lhorp enough; Everything else will be out of focus in some
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Doubfe Exposure
By lurning winding knob the film is odvonced for the next
exposure. Unless you do lhis, lhe shutter releose will not
operote, thus prevenfing o possibrlity of double exposure.
Should, however, o double exposure be desired for some
porticulor reoson or other, do os follows ,-
Afler the firsl exposure push the shulter releose bullon ogoi:r
(Fig. l8), ond without releosing your finger off the button, iurn
left the highspeed diol os for os it goes ond stops, lhen
toke off your finger from the button. Shutter is now reody
fo operote. (ln lhe course of the obove procedure you musf
nol turn lhe windirrg knob.)
lf you require o different shutter speed for the double
(seconC) exposure from the firsl, you moy re-set fhe shutter
diol.
Infrq-Red Picture
Wi'ren infro-red piclure i; to bo token, obloin d focus by
rneons of doublo imoge concidence ond then furn lhe distonce
-scole in such o rnonner lhol the distqnce morking ogoinst
lhe index (block spot) moves round ond resls ogoinst " R ",
ond shoot.View original page 12Page 13 · Read text
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The Nikon comerq will toke up o doylight looding cqJtridge
of ony moke, conloining o reody<ut length of 35 mm fllm,
usuolly found in the morkef.
The Nikon cosselte or mogozine ovoilqble ol extrc cost ccn
be lqqdecl with reody'cuf lengths or fed from o stock roll
of 35 mnr film.
The cosselie consisls of outer ond inner shells ond o spool'
The figures on the bottom of the outer shell ore ASA exposuro
index numbers, ond moy be used lo indicote the speed of
the filrn looded, the white spot on the brim being thc inde:l'
t9
SIIELL ,ffi9ffiSHELT The block figures ore for blqck
qnd white film ond the red for
color ftlm. When the film hos
been exposed the red spot in-
dex should tqke ihe ploce of
21ihe white .:.:/
To 0pen the Cassette
Hold the cossette in your left
hond, with fhe proiecting end
of the spool toword you.
q smoll button wilh
^^Depressingl4he right hond index finger, turn
lhe inner shell of fhe cosselte
cfockwise (fis. 20), until the
operlures of bolh lhe shells
ore over eoch other ond ot the
some time the inner shell
slightly pulls out.
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FILM FEEDII{G
(lll Tltt 0ARr( n00il)
Trim the end of lhe film so. os lo form o longue, ond holding
the spool in your left hqnd with the proiecting end toword
you'(Fig 2l), thrbod the fllm with your right hond, emutsion
side downword, rhrough the slot in the spool, feeding if ot
lhe lorger opening, until the teefh inside bite the film ond
prevent its getfing loose, ond then wind lhe film up wilh its
emulsion on the inside.
The spool with the film wound on it is ploced in the inner
shell with the proiecting end foremost, ond then the ouler
shell is slid over if, wiih the leoder of the film pulling outside
(Fas. 22, 23).
fushing the edge of the inner shell, turn it qnfi-clockwise
until o click is heord.
Now thot fhe cosselte is ctosed the film is perfectly prolecled
from light, ond reody to be ploced in the cosselte chomber
of rhe comero.
T(l TAKE.tlUT FII"M
(tr{ rHE DARI( R00il)
The looded cossetlc being opened os described obove, loke
oul the spool ond unroll the film, ond cut it ofi the spool
Gig.2a).
To remove the film end
remoining in lhe slof. do
nol pull lf bock in the
direction il wqs inserted,
but should be pulled off
ot the other side, lhof
is, ot the smo ller slot.
The tonguc of the film
should be foshioned, when
feeding, nol loo wide for
the slot so lhol it should
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Set f ever on " A " (Fig. 25) so rhoi film moy
be odvonced.
The bock ond boltom of the comerct ore mode
in one piece. To remove, lurn fhe lwo semi'
circulor locks on the bottom (Fig. 26) until fhe
engroved orrows poinl lo " o ". The comers
bock is now unlocked ond moy be rernoved by
sfiding it with lhumb os shown in fig. 27.
Ploce o film cortridge or o looded film mogo-
zine in the left end chomber so lhot proieclion
on the ouler shell of the mogozine fits in lhe
guide notch.
Insert the end of the leoder of the mogozine
film into the slit on the loke-up spool (Fig. 28)
ond let o little proiection ot the enlronce of
the slit cotch lhe perforolion on the film-
Then lurn the spool forther ond lel the sprockei
cotch lhe perforotion of the film (Fig. 29).
When film hos been looded reploce lhe comero's
bock ond secure it by turning the semi-circulor
locks until the orrows point to " S "
h is importoni thot the comero bock is properly
reploced ond locked. lf there is ony difficulty
in locking, open ogoin ond see if the film is
properly in ploce.
In order lo oscertoin thol the loke-up spool
hos cought ihe film properly, turn the winding
knob slightly ond see if rhe rewinding knob
rototes in rhe d irection opposite lo thot
indicoted by lhe orrow
Before sforting to ioke piclures with o newly
looded film, turn the winding knob ond press
lhe releose bufton, gnd repeol lhe some opero'
tion ogoin in order to poss thot porl of the
fitm which hos probobly been offected by light
during looding.
Automatic Exposure 0ounter
Set the counter (fig. 30) ot zero,
using the two smoll lugs on the
foce of it. The counter indicofes
ihe number of pictures loken. ,
not the number of unexposed
fromes.
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To remove the exposed film rewind the film bock into the
cortridge or film mogozine,
A roll of film which hos only portly been exposed con olso
be rewound ond removed for some purpose or olher The
.some roll cqn be looded ogoin ot o loler dole, ond the
unexposed port used ogoin. In this cose nofe the number
of exposed fromes indicoted on the exposure counler, ond
use il for guidonce when using lhe film ogoin.
To rewind o wholy or porlly exposed roll, lurn the reversing
lever (Fig. 3l) to " R " ond revolve the rewinding knob in
thbi birection lo which the engroved orrow points. When t
the film is completely rewound, resistqnce is feh, bul keep
on lurning the rewinding knob until fhis resislonce is no longer I
felt ond lhe turning of shutter releose buffon slops, which {,
lt con be oscertoined by wotching lhe red mork on lhe top
of the bullon. The film hos ndw been complelely rewound,
ond moy be unloqded.View original page 16Page 17 · Read text
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Filter When o color fflter is used, il needs lo lengthen exposure
lime or lo enlorge lens opening i.e, lo choose o Jower
diophrogm scole figure occording to the requiremenl of lhe
fiher focfor, which should olso be odiusted by the sensitivity
of the film used.
Fihers occurotely mode ond well finished ore supplied (Fig.
32) tor stondord 5 cm F : 1.4 ond ,F : 2 Nikkor lenses in the
following colors ond foctors :
Yl Light Yellow 1.5-2 times
Y3 Medium Yellow 2.5-3 times
R0 Oronge 3.5-4 times
Sizes of fhe filter ore 50 mm
in diometer, Series Vll for
F:1.4 ond 40mm, Series Vl for
F :2. Both surfoces of fiher
gloss ore onti-refleclion cooted.
Eoch one is furnished with
ploslic cose.
Hood
Use of Jens-hood is recommended or somelimes necessory,
when the lens hos to be protecled ogoinst frontol ond
sidewoy stroy light. Lens-hoods (fig. 33) for Nikkor sfondord
fens (f-50 mm) f : 1.4 ond J ,2 ore ovoilobte ot exlrochorge.
The hood is first screwed onto odopler ring, which in lurn
screws on lhe lens. Filter gloss when used is held belween
the hood ond the odopter. Core
must be token lest fhe filter should
fall olf vrhile hondling.
When the hood is nol used, the
filter is otlqched to tho lens by
meons of filter holder, furnished
with the hood
Hood odopter for 50 mm F t 1.4
sfondord lens is olso used for 35
mm F: 2.5 wide ongle. For 35mmS F : 3.5 slip-on firpe lens.hoocj is
ovoiloble.
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Tan ffiemnova ["gms
lf it is desired to dismount the lens
l. Set the dtstogroe scste ot lnflnity.
2. Depress the spring cotch (Fig. 34) with the left thumb.
3. Turn the borrel clockwise with the right hond until
the red index mork on the borrel meets the recl
mork on the comero body.
The lens borrel con now be removed genily from lhe comero
body.
Mor.rnting of the lens con be performed by reversing the
obove procedure.
'The opening in the comero body, if lhe comers is loqded,
should not be exposed to o brighr light while lens is re-
moved. lt is odvisoble to hold the cqmero toword your body.
Leather case and rear lens cap for l{ikkor standard lens.
These ore avoiloble ot exlro chorge. They protects the lens
from domoge or dusl when lhe lens hos been dismounted
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!n order to fix telephoto or vride ongle lens lc the comero
body,
I Set lhe ronge scsles borh of cdmers ond lens
ot Infinity.
2 Push lho len: into the opening of the comero body
(Fig. 35) cs for os it goes, moking sure thot o red
mork on the lens borrel is on lhe some line os thot
of the comero body
3. Then lurn the lcns to the left (onti-clockwise) until it
stops with o click.
4. See thot in this position the fluted piece returns lo
the originol position.
Dismounting of the lens con be performed by reversing lhe
obove procedure with the fluted piece depressed,
Focusing
Telephoto lens should nol be focused by meons of the
focusing wheel on the comero, but by turning the knurled
ring on lhe lens borrel.
When infro-red film is used, the distonce selting obtoined
by meons of double imoge coincidence lhrough ronge finder
hos lo be rectified before shooling by wheeling round the
distonce morking ogoinst the index mork represented by o
red rod to R. ?{
:;;.'"-".'r1" i
!i
Telephoio [ens should be ploced into its leofher eose, hood
firsl. lf hood is neor.the enlronce, chonces ore lhof you pulf,
fhe l.ens out by the hood ond the lens drops off.View original page 19Page 20 · Read text
Vfeur Ffilder
The wide cngle lens covers o lorger fleld of view' ond the
lelepolo lens tokes o smsller field of view compored with
0hcl covered bY o stondord lens'
Hence, fhe use of speciol view finders to suil interchongeoble
lenses.
&ffiI}ilVADIJAL UfrEW FINI}HR
There are the folicwing three kinds. One is good for one
focsl length only.
For Wide Angle Jle)@For Telephofo rJ, ri"Prrot"
lens 'l 35 mm lens 85 mm lens 35 mm
IINIIfIRSAL VIEW FINI}ER
Whileonindividuo|viewfinderisgcodforgomeonetypo
of focol length only, o universol view finder is designed for
universol duty for oll types' There qre two kinds : vorifocol
ond vorifrome.
VARIF(IGAL UIEW FIT{DEN
Siip the finder with its proiected eye piece towords the
bock of tlre comero onto the occessory shoe (Fig. 3Z)' Set
ihe indicotor to the scole on the body of the flnder occording
to the focol lenglh of the lens being used. When 2'8 cm
lens is used, put cn oitcchment lens on the finCer front,
indicotor being set ot 3.5 cm.
Focus the lens ond then set
lhe porollox odiustment scole
ot the view fincler bqse in
conformif y with the focused
distonce shown on the borrel
of the lens (Fig. 38).
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the block indicolor for distonces
over 5 feet. Use of the red
indicotor is in order to odiust o
slight difference in view ongle of
comero lens for neorer sr.lbiects+
os ogoinsl thot for forther
subiects.
There ore two groduotions with-
F'r out figures in the scoling, whlch 3E
indicote the points where the visuol imoge mognificotion ir'
I x ond 0.5 x respeclively.
VARIFRAME VIEW FII{DER
The hondling of this type of view finder is procticolly the
some os the vorifocol type, rhe only difference of designs
being thot, in the vorifrome type, the piclure frome oreo
becomes lorger or smoller, offecting lhe field of view
coveroge, occording to the chonge of the focol length
setling, whilst in the vorifocol type, the mognificotion of
imoge voiies within o ffxed picture frome, for inslonce the
'imoge zooms up os the focol length increoses.
What is Porallax ?
The term porollox in this cose meons o slight difference in
view field coveroge belween thof obtoined through'the view
finder ond ihot through the comero lens.
This is brought obout by the foct thot the view finder is
l, situoted hlgher thon the comero lens ond slightly sidewoys,
ond this discreponcy becomes more pronounced when the I
subiect gels closer to ihe comero.
The horizonlol discreponcy is neg ligible, but -the veriico I
* discreponcy is corrected by meons of o compensotor which
€ouses fhe view finder to tip down ond correlole the comerq
Iens ond lhe comero distonce, so thct the octuol pictures
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To Use Flqsh
Synchronlzer
The Nikon comero hos o
built.-,in fosh sYnchronizer,
whiih' tights "outomoticollY
the flosh bulb on ony
morkeled flosh gun, when
shutter is releosed.
When fost shutler 0 /20-
t/sOo sec) is used, push
l' the smoller plugs on the
connecting cord into sockef
39 morked " F" (Fig. 39) on the comero.
When slow shulter (t-t/a sec) is used, push the smoller plugs
on lhe connecting cord inlo socket morked " S " (Fis' 40) 91
GE the comero. Foi fost shutter speed, o flosh bulb (soy :
No. 5, ll Syl'Press 25, 40 etc.) must be used'
Shulter speed Fost 1/20-1/5OO Slow l'll8
Socket on the .rFr' .rsrl
comero lo be used
Flosh bulb to be GE-No. 6, No. 3l GE-SM, No' 5, ll
" suted Syl-F9,26, No.2A etc. Syl-SF, Press 25,40 etc'
When slrobe flosh hoving
no ffring deloy is used,
set the shutter sPoed at
1/30 t when the strobe
hos ony firing deloY set
the shufler ot 1/2O ot
slower occording to the
deloy time.
i. IMP(lRTANT !
! The flosh butb should not be otlqched, until the cord
plugs hove been inserted into thi socket on lhe comero'
For o shutter speed of l/500 of o second or when 7
more thon two flosh bulbs ore consumed on the circuit,
increose the dry bottery voltoge to nol less thon 4'5
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Clomping screw
Rongefinder ottochment
Lens ottochmenl
For por?roit work or in photogrophing onimols, plonts, etc' ot
close ronge or for reproducfion of pointings. ond prints,, use
of the Nikon comero with Nikkor Scm F/1.4 or F/2 fitted
wirh NIKON CLOSE-UP DEVICE will prove quite odvontogeous;
os occurote focus con eosily be obtoined wilh bu'ilt-in rqnge-
finder ot o dislonce of less thon 3 feet-
cm Two types of Close'up Devices moy .be hod one for 5
F/2 fens qnd the olher for Scn F/1,4 lens, eoch.consisting
oi Rongefinder Aottochment ond Lens Aftochmenf (Fig. 4l\'
MODEL t Close-up device for Nikkor 5 cn F/2 with leother
cqse
MODEL lf Close-up device for Nikkor 5cnF/1.4 with leother
cose
Focusing rqnge with NIKON CIOSE-UP DEVICE ' l.5ft-2.6ft
Rotio- of piclure size lo octuol obiect . rlz - r/ts.t
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