SPECIFICATIONS-------------
Type of
came
ra
Picture format
L
ens
mount
t
enses
Shutter
Shutter
speeds
Shutter
release
Backup
mechan
i
cal
release
lever
Self-timer
Exposure contr
ol
44
35mm single-lens reflex
24mm
x
36mm
(standard
35mm film format)
Nikon
bayonet
mount
M
ore
than 80
co
rrect
N ikkor lenses
IX- Nikkor
cannot
be
used
Horizontal-travel, titanium focal-plane
shutter
Auto: Electromagnetically controlled
step less
speeds
from 8 to
112000
sec.;
Manual: Quartz/electromagnetically
controlled
discrete
speeds
from 8 to
112000
sec.,
plus B
and
X
(1
/80 sec.);
Mechanical: T setting
on
shutter
speed
dial
and
1160
sec. when using
backup
mechanical
release lever
Electromagnetic shutter release; initial
pressure
on
shutter release button
switches
on
meter (after power switch
is
turned
on), meter
then
remains on
for
16
sec. after finger is taken off
button
Trips shutter at
1160
sec.
regardless
of
shutter
speed
dial setting
except
at
T;
used
when batteries
are
dead
Quartz-timed
10
sec.
delayed
ex-
posure;
LEO
blinks at 2 Hz for first
8 sec.
then
at 8 Hz for last 2 sec.
Aperture-priority automatic
exposure
with manual
override
and
backup
mechanical
control; through-the-Iens,
full
aperture
metering via silicon
photo
diode
(SPO) with center-
weighted
metering
pattern
and
-
FUm
speed
range
Metering
range
Exposure
compensation dial
Exposure memory
lock
Accessory
shoe
Flash synchronization
Auto flaah control
metering
circuits
incorporated
into
camera
body
; meter works with all
viewfinders
ASAIISO
12
to ASAIISO 6400
EV
I to
EV
18
at ASAIISO
100
with
filA
lens
Provided
;
±2
EV
in one-third
increments
Provided;
operates
on
Auto to
electronically lock in shutter
speed
Provided;
spec
ial Nikon type
located
at
base
of rewind knob ;
accepts
Nikon
SB-12, SB-16A or SB-17 shoe-
mounting electronic flash unit or TTL
connecting
cord
from
SB
-II,
SB
-
14
or
SB-1
40
for TTL
direct
flash
output
contr
ol
using camera's SPO metering cell
Speeds
up
to
1180
sec. with electronic
flash; with a Nikon
dedicated
flash
unit, flash sync
is
automatically set to
1180
sec
. when shutter
speed
dial is
set at
"A,"
or
1
1125
sec
.
or
above;
flash synchronizes with shutter
speed
set at slower shutter
speed
settings;
threaded
sync terminal
provided
for
off-camera
or
multiple flash photog-
raphy
TTL
direct
flash control
governs
a
Nikon
dedicated
flash unit's flash
output
using
camera's
SPO sensor;
effective
ASA/ISO
range
from
ASA/
ISO 25 to ASA/ISO 400