Nikon F80D Bedienungsanleitung

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3 2 Nomenclatur Nomenclatur e e Lens release button (P . 19) Focus mode selector (P . 38, 47) Flash lock-release button (P . 30) Camera strap eyelet Accessory shoe (P . 79) Depth-of-field preview button (P . 67) Sub-Command Dial (P . 6) Flash Exposure compensation button (P . 85) Exposure compensation button (P . 60) LCD panel (P . 4) Film plane in[...]

5 4 LCD Panel/V LCD Panel/V iewfinder Display iewfinder Display • LCD panel DX indication (P . 36) Flexible Program (P . 51) Shutter speed/ Exposure compensation value Custom Setting (P . 70) Flash sync mode (P . 80) Aperture Exposure compensation (P . 60) Frame counter (P . 21) Battery power (P . 16) Focus area (P . 42) Bracketing bar graphs (P [...]

7 6 Command Dials Command Dials • The F80/F80D/F80S’ s Main- and Sub-Command Dials are used alone or in combination with other buttons to select/set various functions or modes. See “Basic Operation” on pages 15 to 31 if you want to start shooting immediately with F80/F80D/F80S’ s basic mode. • Film • Setting film speed P. 3 6 • Expo[...]

9 8 Intr Intr oduction oduction • Thank you for purchasing the Nikon F80/F80D/F80S—a camera that is sure to make photography a bigger part of your life. Get to know your F80/F80D/F80S camera, and be sure to r ead this manual thoroughly befor e using it. W e recommend that you keep this manual handy . Main features of the F80/F80D/F80S: • SLR [...]

11 10 Contents Contents The “ Basic Operation ” section introduces battery , lens, film, focusing, metering, exposure and shooting in basic steps easy enough even for SLR camera beginners to take pictures. “ Detailed Operation ” explains each function, from lens to exposur e functions, in detail, in approximately the same or der as the step[...]

13 12 Install Batteries and Check Battery Power P . 16-17 Mount Lens P . 18-19 Load Film P . 20-21 Set Focus Mode, AF Area Mode and Focus Area P . 22-23 Set Metering System and Exposure Mode P . 24-25 Hold Camera and Focus P . 26-27 Confirm Indications in Viewfinder and Release Shutter P . 28-29 About This Manual About This Manual BASIC OPERA TION [...]

14 BASIC OPERA TION This section features the settings for most common picture-taking situations when using Auto-Multi Progam exposur e mode. The shooting modes explained in this section cover most of your shooting situations. Shooting modes/functions explained in this section are as follows: Lens attached D-type AF Nikkor Film speed setting s Film[...]

Lightly press the shutter r elease button to activate the exposure meter . 17 16 Install Ba Install Ba tteries and Check Ba tteries and Check Ba tter tter y P y P o o wer wer BASIC OPERA TION Use two CR123A or DL123A- type 3V lithium batteries. (For other power sources, see page 96.) 1 1. 1 T urn the power switch off and open the battery chamber co[...]

19 18 BASIC OPERA TION Mount Lens Mount Lens 2 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 Use a D- or G-type AF Nikkor lens to utilise all of this camera’ s functions. (See page 34 for Lens Compatibility .) Make sure to turn the power switch off when attaching/detaching the lens. When attaching the lens, take care not to pr ess the lens release button. Avoid dir ect sunligh[...]

21 20 Load Film Load Film BASIC OPERA TION 3 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 T o change film speed with DX-coded film or select film advance mode, see pages 36-37. Shutter curtains are very thin. Do not touch the shutter curtains with your finger or the film leader . Avoid dir ect sunlight when changing film outdoors. Check points T ur n the power switch on and loa[...]

23 22 Set F Set F ocus Mode, ocus Mode, AF AF Area Mode and F Area Mode and F ocus ocus Area Area Do not attempt to rotate the lens focus ring manually while the focus mode is set to S or C . With the focus mode set at S (Single Servo AF), the shutter cannot be released when the subject is out of focus. See pages 38-42 for details regar ding focus [...]

25 24 Set Metering System and Exposure Mode Set Metering System and Exposure Mode 5 5. 1 Three metering systems—the F80/F80D/F80S featur es Matrix, Centre- W eighted and Spot Metering (page 48). Four exposure modes—the F80/F80D/F80S featur es Auto-Multi Progam, Shutter -Priority Auto, Aperture-Priority Auto and Manual exposure modes. Each expos[...]

27 26 Hold Camera and Focus Hold Camera and Focus Dioptre adjustment (page 66) enables you to see mor e clearly through the viewfinder . T o take a picture of a subject outside the focus ar ea, shift the focus area by using the focus ar ea selector (page 42) or use focus lock (page 44). F80D/F80S only: Y ou can imprint date and/or time (page 90) or[...]

• Film is completely rewound when the frame counter shows blinking “ E ” in the LCD panel and viewfinder . ( E appears without blinking when the exposure meter is of f.) Make sure the film is completely r ewound ( E is blinking in the LCD panel and viewfinder), open the camera back away from sunlight and r emove the film cartridge by tilting [...]

31 30 Using Built-In Speedlight Using Built-In Speedlight 8 8. 1 8. 2 The built-in Speedlight offers an angle of coverage of 28mm lens with a guide number of 12 (ISO 100, m). Using a D- or G-type Nikkor lens enables use of 3D Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash. (For details, see page 78.) Be sure to r emove (or store) the lens hood befor e flash shoo[...]

32 DET AILED OPERA TION This section features detailed descriptions of all camera functions—including lens, film, focus, exposure and other functions. 33 C O L U M N C O L U M N About Metering System and Exposur About Metering System and Exposur e e Metering systems and exposure ar e important factors for taking pictures. Knowing the characterist[...]

34 Lens Compatibility Lens Compatibility • Use a CPU lens (except IX-Nikkor) with this camera. D- or G-type AF lenses give you access to all available functions. See page 18. Mode Focus mode Exposure mode Metering system Manual with Any mode Matrix Centre- Autofocus electronic Manual other than M Weighted, rangefinder M 3D 10- 10- Spot* 1 Lens/ac[...]

Film Film • Setting and confirming film speed Set the exposure mode/ISO film speed select dial to a and rotate the Main-Command Dial to set film speed in use. • Film speed can be set to s and between ISO 6-6400 in 1/3 steps by rotating the Main-Command Dial. When a film is reinstalled, film speed is automatically set to s . • When film speed [...]

39 38 Autofocus Autofocus AF Ar AF Ar ea Mode ea Mode • Focus mode selector • Set focus mode selector to S (Single Servo AF with Focus-Priority) or C (Continuous Servo AF with Release-Priority). Camera focuses automatically on the subject when the shutter release button is lightly pr essed. S: Single Servo AF with Focus-Priority The shutter can[...]

41 40 AF Ar AF Ar ea Mode ea Mode —continued —continued Focus • Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject Priority J • The Closest Subject Priority AF operation is possible in the Dynamic AF , wher e the camera automatically selects the focus area with the closest subject. Focus is always achieved at any of the five focus areas so you can avoid [...]

43 42 Focus Ar Focus Ar ea ea AF-Assist Illuminator AF-Assist Illuminator Focus • This camera’ s five focus areas cover a wide frame area, and you can select among them, depending on the subject’ s position in the frame or your desired composition. They r eliably provide sharp focus without use of focus lock (page 44). • Lightly press the s[...]

45 44 Focus Lock Focus Lock 1 Position the focus area on the subject and lightly press the shutter r elease button. • Focus lock is useful in autofocus shooting when you want to capture a subject that’ s framed outside of the F80/F80D/F80S’ s five focus areas, and in situations where autofocus may not work as expected (page 46). Focus lock is[...]

47 46 Low-contrast scenes For example, where the subject is wearing clothing the same colour as a wall or other background. Patterned subject or scene For example, building windows. Scenes with pronounced dif ferences in brightness within the focus brackets For example, when the sun is in the background and the main subject is in shadow . Scenes wi[...]

49 48 Exposur Exposur e Metering System e Metering System Exposure • Three choices of metering system ar e available to suit the lighting for your subject. Rotate the metering system selector to select the desired metering system. • When a metering system is selected, it is indicated in the viewfinder . • Metering systems cannot be used when [...]

51 50 Shooting in Each Exposur Shooting in Each Exposur e Mode e Mode Exposure • ¡ : Auto-Multi Progam The camera automatically controls exposure accor ding to the exposure combination in the program chart for exposure that is corr ect for any shooting situation. Suited for situations such as when taking a snapshot, where you want to concentrate[...]

53 52 Shooting in Each Exposure Mode Shooting in Each Exposure Mode —continued —continued Exposure • ™ : Shutter -Priority Auto Enables you to manually set your desired shutter speed (30-1/4000 sec.); the camera automatically selects the proper aperture to pr ovide correct exposur e. With high shutter speeds, you can freeze the motion of a [...]

55 54 Shooting in Each Exposure Mode Shooting in Each Exposure Mode —continued —continued Exposure • £ : Aperture-Priority Auto Enables you to set the desired apertur e manually . The camera automatically selects a shutter speed suitable for correct exposure. By varying the apertur e, and thus controlling the depth of field (page 88), you ca[...]

57 56 Shooting in Each Exposure Mode Shooting in Each Exposure Mode —continued —continued Exposure • ¢ : Manual Enables you to set both shutter speed and aperture manually . With electronic analog exposure display in the viewfinder , you can produce various cr eative effects by adjusting the exposure. Long Time Exposure (Bulb) can be set in [...]

59 58 Auto Exposur Auto Exposur e Lock e Lock Exposure • When you want to control the exposur e of a specific area within a scene, measure the exposur e on the area with Spot or Centr e- W eighted Metering, press the ‚ button to lock the exposure, then recompose the pictur e. Set exposure to a mode other than Manual. 1 2 Position focus area on [...]

61 60 Exposur Exposur e Compensation e Compensation Auto Exposur Auto Exposur e Bracketing e Bracketing Exposure 1 Set exposure compensation by r otating the Main- Command Dial while pressing the ∆ button until the desired compensation value appears (–3 EV to +3 EV in 1/2 steps). • When the exposur e compensation is set, = appears in the LCD [...]

62 Auto Exposur Auto Exposur e Bracketing e Bracketing —continued —continued Multiple Exposur Multiple Exposur e e Exposure • Rotating the Sub-Command Dial while pressing the Auto Exposure Bracketing button ¸ changes the setting as follows: Number of shots and compensated EV value Bracketing bar graphs Bracketing or der 3F 0.5 0, –0.5, +0.[...]

65 64 Multiple Exposur Multiple Exposur e e —continued —continued Long T Long T ime Exposur ime Exposur e e Exposure 3 Compose picture, confirm focus indicator / and shoot. • The first shot is taken when the shutter release button is fully depressed. The film does not advance and multiple exposures can be taken fr om the second shutter releas[...]

67 66 Dioptr Dioptr e Adjustment/LCD Illuminator e Adjustment/LCD Illuminator Depth-of-F Depth-of-F ield Preview/F ield Preview/F ilm Plane Indica ilm Plane Indica tor tor • The finder dioptre enables near - or far -sighted photographers to adjust the eyepiece dioptre to suit their vision. • Remove the rubber eyecup and slide the dioptre adjust[...]

CUST OM SETTING Using the Custom Setting feature, you can create a combination of functions that is differ ent fr om the initial factory settings. The functions listed in this section can be selected with the F80/F80D/F80S. 69 68 Self-T Self-T imer Operation imer Operation • Y ou can use the self-timer when you want to be in the photograph. Use a[...]

71 70 Menu/Featur Menu/Featur es of Custom Setting es of Custom Setting • Creating Custom Setting 1 Set the exposure mode/Custom Setting select dial to · and select a menu number by rotating the Main- Command Dial. • 19 menus ( 1 to 19 ) are available with the F80S and 18 menus ( 1 to 18 ) are available with the F80/F80D. 2 Select the desired [...]

73 Menu/F Menu/F ea ea tures of Custom Setting tures of Custom Setting —continued —continued 5 . Illumination for superimposition (page 4) Options: 0 : Automatically illuminated for low light (initial setting) 1 : Cancelled 2 : Always illuminated At initial setting, selected focus area (focus brackets) in the viewfinder are temporarily illumina[...]

75 74 Menu/F Menu/F ea ea tures of Custom Setting tures of Custom Setting —continued —continued 16 . Self-timer duration (page 68) Options 2 : 2 sec. 10 : 10 sec. (initial setting) 5 : 5 sec. 20 : 20 sec. At initial setting, the shutter is released 10 sec. after the shutter release button is fully depressed in self-timer operation. However , th[...]

76 T T wo-Button Reset wo-Button Reset • T wo-Button Reset lets you instantly reset specified settings to their original initial settings. Press the ¸ and ∆ buttons (indicated with green ˇ symbols) simultaneously , and hold them for more than 2 sec. • The LCD turns off momentarily and the following functions are reset to their original sett[...]

78 Flash Photogra Flash Photogra phy Using Built-In Speedlight phy Using Built-In Speedlight Ready-Light/Accessor Ready-Light/Accessor y Shoe y Shoe • Accessory shoe • An optional Speedlight, i.e. SB-80DX, SB-50DX, SB-30, SB-29s/29, SB-28/28DX, SB-27, SB-23 or SB-22s can be attached directly to the accessory shoe of the F80/F80D/F80S without a [...]

‹ : Rear -Curtain Sync The Speedlight fires at the end of the exposure, turning available light into a stream of light that follows the flash-illuminated moving subject. When Rear -Curtain Sync is set in Auto-Multi Progam or Apertur e-Priority Auto exposure mode, Slow Sync is automatically set. (With an optional Speedlight SB-26, 25 and 24, set t[...]

Set exposure mode and confirm shutter speed and aperture. • Note that Automatic Balanced Fill-Flash with TTL Multi Sensor is executed with the exposure mode set to Auto-Multi Pr ogam, Shutter -Priority Auto or Aperture-Priority Auto, and Standar d TTL with the Manual. • Available shutter speed and aperture in each exposur e mode Exposure mode A[...]

85 84 Usable Lenses with Built-In Speedlight Usable Lenses with Built-In Speedlight Flash Exposur Flash Exposur e Compensation e Compensation • Usable lenses with built-in Speedlight • 28mm to 300mm CPU lenses can be used with the built-in Speedlight. • Make sure to remove the lens hood. • The built-in Speedlight cannot be used at shooting [...]

86 87 Usable Optional Speedlights Usable Optional Speedlights • In the table, Å indicates D- or G-type Nikkor lenses (except IX-Nikkor), Í indicates CPU Nikkor lens other than D- or G-type (except AF Nikkor for F3AF) and Î indicates non-CPU Nikkor lenses. • Notes on using the optional Speedlight • See your Speedlight manual for details. If[...]

89 88 DA T A B AC K Imprint the date and/or time on photographs with the data back of the Nikon F80D or F80S, and also shooting data between frames (F80S only). C O L U M N C O L U M N About Depth of F About Depth of F ield and F ield and F ocus ocus T T racking racking This camera is equipped with autofocus where focusing is automatically executed[...]

90 Adjusting Da Adjusting Da te and te and T T ime and Imprinting Da ime and Imprinting Da ta ta • The F80D and F80S allow you to imprint Y ear/Month/Day , Day/Hour/Minute (24-hour clock), Month/Day/Y ear or Day/Month/Y ear on your picture (in any exposur e mode). ADJUST button Data imprint LCD panel MODE button SELECT button ADJUST button Data i[...]

93 92 Adjusting Da Adjusting Da te and te and T T ime and Imprinting Da ime and Imprinting Da ta ta —continued —continued 5 Push MODE button to select Day/Hour/Minute display . 6 Push SELECT button so hour section starts blinking. • Each time you push the SELECT button, the blinking section moves in the order of hour , minute and : (colon). 7[...]

94 MISCELLANEOUS The Nikon F80/F80D/F80S is a high- performance, precision instrument, designed to deliver superior pictures. Y ou’ll want to take good care of your camera to ensur e the best possible performance. T ake time to review this section thor oughly , as doing so will add to your picture-taking pleasur e. W e’ve also included informat[...]

97 Optional Accessories Optional Accessories • A variety of optional accessories, including power source and Speedlight are available for the F80/F80D/F80S. Battery Pack MB-16 • With the Battery Pack MB-16, four 1.5V AA-type alkaline-manganese, lithium, NiCd or Ni-MH batteries can be used to power the F80/F80D/F80S. When AA- type lithium batter[...]

99 98 Camera Car Camera Car e e • Cleaning camera body Use a blower brush to remove dirt and dust fr om the camera body and clean it with a soft, clean cloth. After using the camera near seawater , wipe the camera body with a soft, clean cloth slightly moistened with pure water to r emove salt, and then dry it with a dry cloth. NEVER use organic [...]

101 100 T T r r oubleshooting oubleshooting Notes on Batteries Notes on Batteries • Use two CR123A or DL123A lithium batteries Use two CR123A or DL123A lithium batteries. • Change the batteries well before the end of their life and prepar e spare batteries before important photographic occasions. • T urn the camera power off when changing bat[...]

103 102 LCD panel Viewfinder End blinks End blinks — / blinks HI appears HI appears Lo appears Lo appears — Electronic analog exposure display blinks buLb blinks buLb blinks Cause • The end of the film roll has been reached (When ·1 is selected). • Autofocus is not possible. • Overexposure warning (subject is too bright). • Underexposu[...]

105 104 Specifications Specifications T ype of camera Integral-motor autofocus 35mm single-lens reflex with electronically controlled focal-plane shutter and built-in Speedlight Exposure modes ¡ : Auto-Multi Progam (Flexible Program possible) ™ : Shutter -Priority Auto £ : Aperture-Priority Auto ¢ : Manual Picture format 24 x 36mm (standard 35[...]

107 106 Specifications Specifications —continued —continued Shutter Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter Release terminal Available on the shutter r elease button Shutter speeds • In ¡ , £ : 30 to 1/4000 sec. • In ™ : 30 to 1/4000 sec. (in 1/2 steps) • In ¢ : 30 to 1/4000 sec. (in 1/2 steps), buLb Sync contac[...]

Custom Setting 19 (F80S) or 18 (F80/F80D) Custom Setting menus are available (1) Automatic film rewind at the end of film roll (2) Reset to DX film speed setting for new film (3) Bracketing order (4) On-Demand Grid Lines superimposition display (5) Illumination for superimposition (6) Focus area selection (7) Auto Exposure Lock when shutter release[...]

111 110 Index Index A AF Area mode ..........................22, 39-41 AF-Assist Illuminator ...27, 31, 43, 83, 87 Aperture-Priority Auto exposur e mode ....................................25, 54-55 Auto Exposure Bracketing .............61-62 Auto Exposure Lock ......................58-59 Autofocus ................................22, 38, 46 Automat[...]

113 112 Custom Setting Menu Custom Setting Menu F unction Automatic film rewind at the end of film roll Reset to DX film speed setting for new film Bracketing order On-Demand Grid Lines superimposition display Illumination for superimposition Focus area selection Auto Exposure Lock when shutter release button is lightly pressed Auto film loading wh[...]

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