Nikon Nikkormar FT3 User manual

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INSTRUCTION

MANUAL

NOMENCLATURE

Coupling Lever Release

Meter

Coupling Lever

Cou

pies

the

exposure

meter

to

the

lens'

auto

diaphragm.

Neck Strap Eyelet

Shutter-Speed Index

Align

with

the

desired

shutter

speed.

Self-

Timer

Trips

the shu

tter

in 8

seconds

delay.

ASA

Film

-Speed Index

Adjusts

the

meter

for the

speed

of

the

film used.

ASA

Film-Speed Scale

Range:

12-1600

ASA.

Tripod Socket

Rewind Button

Press

to

rewind

the

film.

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2

Lens

Mounting Index

Mirror

Lock

Slide

downward

to

lock

the

mirror

up

out

of

the

optical

path

.

Lens

Release Button

Unlocks

the

lens for remov-

ing

or

changing lenses.

Shutter-Speed Lever

ASA

Lock

Camera Back Latch

Press

to

open

the

camera

back.

Battery Chamber

Houses

the

silver-oxide

battery

that

powers

the

meter.

Camera Back

Hinged

to

swing

open

from

the

side.

Aperture

/Distance Scale Index

Infrared Mark

Lines

up

with

the

prefocused

distance

to

compensate

for

shift

in focus.

Meter

Coupli

ng

Shoe

Aperture

Ring

Sets

the

lens

diaphragm

to

the

desired

flnumber.

Depth-

of

·Field Preview

Button

Press

to

preview

how

much

background

or

foreground

is in

or

out

of

focus.

'----

Fl

ash

Terminal

Accepts

a flash sync

cord.

Rewind Crank

Fold

out

to

rewind

the

film.

Meter

Wi

Finder Eyepiece

Permits

comfortable

viewing,

composing

and

focu

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Hot-Shoe C

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o

:..;

n

.:..:

t

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a

c:.

c

c:.

t

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--'

Film

-Plane Indicator

Shows

the

exact

position

of

the

film

plane

.

Distance Scale

Depth

-

of

-Field Scale

Color-coded

mar

kings give

depth-of-field

at

different

apertures.

Focusing Ring

Easy-to-grip,

knurled

sur-

face for

quick,

accurate

focusing.

Meter Coupling Ridge

Connects

to

the

meter

coupling

lever.

Shutter-Speed Scale

Speeds

from

1/1000

to

1

1r

t-

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c

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o

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n

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d

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p

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lu

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s

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.

__________

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Shutter Release

Button

(With screw

thread

for

cable

release).

Frame Counter

Indicates

the

number

of

frames ex

p

~

o

=

se

:.:

d

:.:

.

________

__

Film

-Advance Lever

Advances

the

film,

cocks

the

shu

tter

and

operates

the

frame

cou

nter. Also

switches

the

built-in

exposure

meter

on

or

off.

Meter

ON

Index

3

CONTENTS

Nomenclature

...

.......

.

..

. . 2

Shutter

Release

Operation

.......

......

20

Foreword

..

. . . . . . . . . . 5

Depth

of

Field

.......

. . .

...........

21

Loading the

Camera

...

6 Depth-of-Field Preview Bu

tton

..

.

...

21

Film-Plane

Indicator

8 De-pth-of-Field Scale .

......

..

. .

....

22

Film-Advance Lever . 8 Self-Timer

........................

24

Frame

Counter.

. . . . . . . . 9 Mirror

Lock

..

.

...

.

................

24

Film-Speed (ASA)

Setting

...........

9

Infrared

Photography

................

25

Exposure

Con

trois .

.................

10

Setting

the

Shutter

Speed.

. . . . . . . 11

Setting

the

Aperture

. .

............

. 11

Exposure

Measurement

...............

12

Fu

ll

-Aerture

Exposure

Measurement

....

12

Turning

On

the Meter

..

. . . . .

.12

Centering

the Needle

...

.....

.

......

13

Getting

the

Right

Exposure

..

...

.

.. ..

14

Stop-Down

Exposure

Me

asurement

..

.

..

15

Special Cases

....

.

........

....

.

..

16

Silver-Oxide

Battery

...

.

.....

.......

. 25

Flash

Synchronization

.

...

. .

.........

. 26

Changing

the

Lens

...

.

..............

27

Accessories

...

......

..

.

...........

28

Lens

Hoods

.....................

28

Filters

..

.

...

..

................

28

Finder

Eyecup

...

.

..

.

.....

.

......

29

Eyepiece

Correction

Lenses .

...

. .

....

29

Camera Care

......................

30

Features/Specifications

...............

31

How

to Hold the

Camera

..............

17

Focusing

.........................

18

4

FOREWORD

The

Nikkormat

FT3

offers

the

high

quality

performance

and

durability

common

to

Nikon

_

cameras,

but

with

the

basic

simplicity

of

de-

sign

that

has

made

the

Nikkormat

camera

popular

with

amateur

and

professional

alike.

Systematically-positioned

controls

for

picture-

taking

ease, a

convenient

flash

unit

mount

for

simplified

flash

photography

and

the

extensive

possibilities

of

the

Nikon

System

of

Photo-

graphy

further

enhance

the

capabilities

of

the

Nikkormat

FT3.

To

ensure

you

get

the

best

results

from

your

Nikkormat

FT3,

read

this

instruction

book

carefully

and

practice

using

the

controls

be-

fore

you

load

film

into

the

camera.

Follow

the

suggestions

on

camera

care

on

page

30

and

you

will receive

many

years

of

reliable service.

5

LOADING THE

CAMERA

Press down

the

camera back

latch

on

the

side

of

the

camera and

the

hinged

back

will spring

open

. Pull

up

on

the rewind

knob

and

drop a film cartridge

into

the

film chamber with

the

film leader

pointing

towards

the

take-up spool. Now, push

down

the

rewind

knob

to

hold the cartridge in place

and

insert the end

of

the

film leader

into

anyone

of

the three slots in

the

take-up spool.

Rotate

the take-up spool as shown in

the illustration

so

that

the. film passes

under

the spool

with its emulsion side (dull side) facing

out.

Make sure

6

that

the

perforations along

the

edges

of

the

film mesh

with

the

sprockets.

Close the camera

by

pressing

on

the

back

until it

snaps

into

place.

Fold

out

the

rewind

crank

and

turn

it gently in

the

direction

of

the

arrow

until

you

can

feel a slight tension. This will

take

up

any

slack in

the

film cartridge.

Be

careful

not

to

exert

too

much pres-

sure

on

the

rewind crank.

Loading exposes the first few inches

of

the

film.

To

dispose

of

this exposed film, wind

the

film advance

lever

and

make

two

blank

exposures. Watch

the

rewind

knob

to

see

if

it

rotates

in

the

direction

opposite

the

arrow

while

the

fUm

is being advanced. This will

indicate

that

the

fUm

has

been

loaded

correctly

and

is being advanced.

The

frame

counter

on

top

of

the

camera

should

now

rest

at

"0".

Advance

the

fUm

one

more

frame

and

you

are

ready

to

take

the

Hrst

picture.

Caution:

Do

not

load

the

camera

in

bright

sunlight.

If

no

other

shade

is available,

shade

the

camera

from

the

sun

with

your

body

while loading.

To

unload, press

the

rewind

button

on

the

camera

baseplate,

unfold

the

rewind

crank

and

turn

it

with

a

con~tant,

gentle pressure in

the

direction

of

the

arrow.

Avoid

uneven

or

excessively fast rewinding. When

no

more

tension

can be felt

and

the

crank

turns

loosely,

the

fUm

has left

the

sprockets

and

the

camera

may

be

opened.

pull

the

rewind

knob

up

slightly

and

the

fUm

cartridge will

drop

out.

The

rewind

button

will

pop

out

again as

soon

as

the

fUm

advance lever is

stroked.

7

LOADING THE CAMERA-

continued

Film-Plane Indicator

The

(~)

mark

on

top

of

the

camera

body

shows

the

exact

position

of

the

film plane. This

is

important

to

know

when

measuring

the

fUm-to-subject distance,

especially

in

close-ups and

macrophotography.

8

Film-Advance Lever

The

fUm-advance lever simultaneously advances

the

film, cocks

the

shutter

and

operates

the

frame

counter.

It

also serves as an

on-off

switch for

the

exposure

meter.

Stroke

the

film-advance lever

with

the

right

thumb

in

a single

stroke.

A built-in locking device prevents

the

shutter

from

being released unless

it

is fully

cocked

and

the

film has been advanced a full frame.

The film-advance lever springs

back

to

its original posi-

tion,

with

ample

clearance for

the

thumb,

after

each

stroke. However,

the

meter

will

remain

in

the

"on"

position

until

the

lever is pressed flush against

the

camera

body.

Caution:

Be

careful

not

to

push

the

rewind

button

(on

the

camera's

baseplate)

during

ftlm advance

operation.

Should

this

occur

,

temporary

stoppage

of

ftlm

transport

and

double

exposure

of

the

negative may result.

Frame Counter

The

frame

counter

located

on

top

of

the camera works

automatically

to

show

how

many

frames have

been

exposed.

The

numbers

20

and

36

are

colored

red

to

correspond

to

the

number

of

frames in a

standard

3Smm

cartridge.

The

frame

counter

stops

just

past

the

36-frame

mark

and resets

itself

automatically

to

"S",

two

frames

before

"0",

when

the

camera back

is

opened

for reloading.

Film

Speed

(ASA) Setting

Some

films are

more

sensitive

to

light

than

others.

A

fUm's sensitivity

is

commonly

known

as its

"spee

d,"

expressed in ASA numbers.

In

order

to

work

with

films

of

different speeds,

the

Nikkormat

FT3's

light-meter circuit must be adjusted

for

the

ASA

number

of

the film used, This

is

done

by

means

of

a

slotted

index

pointer

located

on

the

bottom

of

the

shutter-speed

ring. The ASA film-speed

scale has

numbered

settings for speeds

from

ASA 12-

1600

with

dots

between

each pair

of

numbers

for

intermediate

settings such as ASA

64,

80,

etc.

.Pull

up

the

ASA lock on

top

of

the

shutter-speed

lever

and

, while holding the lock up, slide

the

slotted

ASA index

pointer

until it lines up

with

the ASA

number

of

the film

in

use.

After

releasing the ASA

lock,

check

that

the ASA

index

pointer

is

securely

locked

into

position.

Film-Speed

(ASA)Scale

1620

3240

64

80

125160 250

320

500640

10001250

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12

25

50 100 200 400 800

1600

9

EXPOSURE CONTROLS

The

amount

of

exposure

the

fUm

receives is

determin-

ed

by

a

combination

of

shutter

speed

and

aperture.

The

larger

the

lens

aperture,

the

more

exposure.

Like-

wise,

the

slower

the

shutter

speed

the

greater

the

exposure.

Aperture

is

expressed in

f/numbers

with

larger

numbers

representing smaller

apertures

and

vice

versa.

For

example,

f/8

gives twice as

much

exposure

as

f/11.

Shutter

speed

is

expressed in seconds

or

fractions

of

a second. The

numbers

on

the

Nikkormat

shutter-speed

scale are reciprocals

of

the

actual

speeds

(250

represents

1/250

second

, etc.).

Camera

aperture

and

shutter-speed

controls

are cal-

culated

so

that

an increase

of

one

f/number

com-

pensates for a one-step decrease in

shutter

speed.

For

example,

1/250

at

f/8

is equivalent

to

1/125

at

fIll.

The

table

below

shows

how

aperture

and

shutter

-

speed are

interrelated.

All

the

combinations

give

the

same

exposure.

Aperture

f/1.4

f/2

.8

f/4

f/5

.6

Shutter

speed

1/500

1/250

1/125

1/60

1/30

(seconds)

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