Nikon MD-3 User manual

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INSI'RUCTION

MANUAL

NOMENCLATURE

Frame

counter

preset

wheel

Framecounter

O/Cknob

O/C knoblock-release

Trigger

button

Rewind

slide

Rewind

buttonextension

Mode

control

(SC)

ring

Shutter

release

Keygroove Drive

shaft

coupling

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ringlocking

button

Remoteterminal

Power

socket

CONTENTS

Nomenclature. 2

Foreword 5

Attachingthemotordrive .....6

the

camera

. . 7

Powersources .....8

MB-2. 8

Installingthebatteries .....8

Life-span

of thebatteries 8

Checking

battery

power 9

MB-l .....10

Installingthebatteries.. ...10

Life-spanof the

batteries . . .10

Checkingbattery

power ....11

Ac/Dcconverter. ....12

Other

power

sources . .12

Framecounter ....13

Modecontrol

(SC)

ring . .14

Operation . . .14

Single-frame

shooting . .14

Continuousshooting ..15

Rewinding . . .15

Double/Multipleexposures ....16

Using"S"setting.... .....16

Using"C"setting... ,....17

Operationwithaspeedlight ....18

Simultaneousfiring .....18

Motordriveoperationtiming . . .19

Remotecontrol. ...20

RemoteCord

MC-4 . . .20

fntervalometer

MT-1 . .20

RadioControl

SetMW-l . . . .21

Modulite

Remote

Control

Set

ML-l . . . .21

Accessories.... ...22

Specifications.

Optimumbatteryperformance... ...23

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FOREWORD

The Motor Drive MD-3 is designed

for use with any F2

Nikon camero. lt winds the film and cocks the shutter

outomotically eachtimeyou press

thetrigger

button. you

can alsoset it for completely outomatic sequence

shoot-

ing ot speeds

of up to four frames

per second.Smooth

remote control operotionis easy

with accessories

suchas

the Modulite Remote Controt SetML-l or the lnter-

valometerMT-|. To obtoin the best results,read the in_

structions in this manualcarefully before attempting to

usethe unit. Keep the manual handy for reference

until

you have thoroughly fomiliarized yourself with your

MD-3. A few minutes of preporotion will helpyou ovoid

costly mistakes.

ATTACHING

THEMOTOR

DRIVE

With

the

camera'sbackclosedand

locked,folddown

the

camera's

O/Ckey.Check

thattheO/C

knob

the

MD-3

isin thenormal

position

with thethumb

lever

pointing

to therearof the

motordrive;it should

belocked

inthis

position.

Placethecameraon themotor

drive,inserting

the key on the camerainto the groove

on the motor

drive's

O/C

knob.

Turn themountingscrewin thedirectionof thearrow

shown

inthe

photo

until

thecameraand

themotordrive

fit together

withtheshutterrelease

couplingof thecam-

era

and

the

shutter

release

themotordrive

properly

aligned.

Tightentheattachment

screw

firmly.

Next,attach

thecordless

battery

pack.

Placethemotor

driveon

topof the

pack

andcarefully

tighten

themount-

ingscrew

on thebottom of the

pack

until

thetwo units

areseated

snugly

together.

Notethat

the

cordless

battery

pack

can

beattached

to the motor

drive

beforemount-

ingit to thecamera

body.

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TOADING

THE

CAMERA

Depress

theO/C knob lock-release

on themotor

drive

and

turn

the

O/Cknob

to the

left

asfaras

it willgo.

The

camera

back

will then

spring

open.

Before

the

, film,settheframe

counter

to 40 andtrigger

themotor

drive

afew times

to check

thatit is

operating

correctly.

lf it isn't,

it is

probably

mounted

incorrectly.

Remount

andtry again.

Youshould

loadthefilm into

the

camera

, in the normal

way.

Consult

your camera's

instruction

book

fordetails.

Then

closethe camera

back

andturn theOIC knob to

the

right

(toward

the

back

of the

camera)until

itclicks

shut.

Turn the rewind

knobgently

in thedirection

thearrow

until youfeel

a slight

tension.

Thiswill take

any

slack

inthe

film

cartridge.

Set

theindicatorof

the

frame

counter

at 40by turning

the

framecounter

preset

wheel,

and thenpress

thetrigger

buttonandmake

two

blank

exposures.

Lastly,

set

thenumber

oftheframes

the loaded

film. For convenience

in setting,the

frame

counter

preset

wheel

will

rotate

ineitherdirection.

POWERSOURCES

The Motor Drive

MD-3

canbe usedwith theCordless

Battery

PackMB-l or MB-2,or with theAC/DC

con-

verters.

MB.2

lnstalling

thebatteries

Releasethe batteryholders

bypressing

the

grip

clipson

eachsideof thebattery

pack,

and

pull

themout.Place

fourpenlight

batteriesin each

holder

MS-2,makingsure

that the positive

and negative

(+ and

-) terminals

are

linedup correctly.Thenfit the battery-loaded

holders

back

intothe

MB-2untiltheyclickinto

position.

Life-span

of thebatteries

Thenumberof rollsoffilmthatcanbeshot

withoneset

of batteriesisdifficult

to predict

accurately,since

this

depends

on toomany

variablefactors.Inthe

same

man-

ner,thenumberof rolls

of film thatcanbe

shotat the

motor drive'sratedspeed

varieswith the typesof bat-

teries

used.Therated

firingspeedcanbemaintained

for

approximately

ten 36-exposurerollsof film when

zinc-

carbonbatteriesare

used,and

for about20

rolls

of film

when alkaline-manganesebatteriesare used.These

amountscanbeextended

to approximately50 and

rolls,respectively,but

withacorrespondingslowdown

thefiringspeed.

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This

table

shows

the

number

of 36-exposure

rollsoffilm

which

can

fired

onone

setof batteries. t

Wrolls

eoFb

ittEri-ei-------l t0 20 s0 80 100

Inc-carbon

Air<aline-manganese I

I ttre rangeof guaranteed

firingspeed

I---l The rangewithin operative

battery powerbut without guar-

antee

of the rated

firing speed

Checking

battery

power

Press

thepower

check

buttononthe

sideof theBattery

Pack

MB-2.

lf theLED's

light

up,the

batteries

have

suf-

ficient power. lf not, the batteries

areexhausted

and

mustbechanged.

All eight

batteries

should

bechanged,

since

full performance

will not be obtained

if oldand

new

batteries

are

mixed.

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