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SPECIFICATIONS
Type of
camera
35mm single-lens reflex
(SLR),
Picture
format
Lens
mount
Lenses
usable
Shutter
aperture-priority automatic
35mm (24mm x 36mm film
sjze)
Nikon bayonet type
Nikon Series E 50mm
f/1
.8 as
Standard; other Series E lenses;
AI
-type Nikkor lenses
and
others
(p.30)
Electronically controlled, vertical-
travel, metal focal-plane shutter;
stepless speeds from 1 sec. to
11
1000
sec.
when shutter operation
mode selector is set
to
AUTO;
1/90
sec.
mechanical shutter
speed when set to M90;B setting
also provided for long exposures
Film
advance
Film winding lever provided;
completed stroke of
144
0
simul-
taneously advances film, cocks
shutter
and
operates frame
counter; choice of one contin-
uous stroke or series of shorter
Viewfinder
32
strokes
Fixed eyelevel pentaprism full-
aperture viewing type with built-
in
TIL
exposure meter; shutter
speed
scale and exposure
nee-
dle visible inside; ready-light
lights up when SB-E or
SB-10
Speedlight is
in
use
; center of
scale's bracket indicates
1/90
sec
.;
finder coverage approx.
92
% of picture field ;
0.86X
mag
-
nification with 50mm lens set at
infinity
(00)
Focusing screen Fixed-type Nikon " K"
screen;
comprises matte fresnel field
with central split-image
range-
finder spot surrounded
by
micro-
prism ring
and
12mm-dia.
refer-
ence circle which denotes
area
of center-weighted metering
Reflex mirror Instant-return, non-lockable type
Self-timer L
eve
r provided can
be
set for
up
to approx.
10-sec
. exposure
de-
lay
; setting cancellable before
shutter release button is
pressed
Exposure TTL center-weighted exposure
measurement metering at full aperture; meter
incorporates one silicon photo-
diode
(SPD)
,
Metering
range
EV
2 to
EV
18
(Le.,
f/2 at 1
sec
. to
f/16 at 1/1000 sec. at ASAIISO
100
and with 50mm
f/1
.8Iens)
Exposure
signal
"Beep-beep" warning sound
ac
-
tivated when shutter
release
but-
ton is pressed to fingerguard
position if matching shutter