Nikon EL2 Manuel utilisateur

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INSTRUCTIONMANUAL

NOMENCLATURE

Shutter-speeddiallock Filmrewindknob

Distancescale

Focusingring

Aperturering

Metercouplingridge

ASAfilm-speeddial

ASAfilm-speedscale

Filmrewindcrank

Film-speedscaleindex

Powercheckbutton

Powerchecklamp

Accessoryshoe

Aperture/Distancescaleindex

Metercouplingshoe

Depth-of-fieldindicators

Shutter-speedscale

Framecounter

MeterONindex

Film-advancelever

Film-planeindicator

Viewfindereyepiece

Hot-shoecontact

BRIEFGUIDETOCAMERAHANDLING

TheNikonEL2'sconveniently-placedcontrols

andfullyautomaticshutterfacilitateoperation

underevenrapidlychangingconditions.After

performingthepreliminarystepsaspresented

in"PreparationforUse"(pages8 ~ 12),shoot-

ingwiththeNikonEL2isassimpleas:

1)Settheshutterspeeddialto"A"toprepare

thecameraforautomaticoperation,asde-

tailedonpage13.

2)Setthelensaperturetothesettingappropri-

atefortheshootingsituationathandby

turningtheaperture

ring,

asdetailedonpage

14.

3)Turnonthemeterandshuttercontrolby

simplymovingthefilm-advancelevertothe

30°standoffposition,asdetailedonpage14.

4)View/focus/composethesubjectthroughthe

viewfinder,turningthelens'focusingringas

necessarytoachievea sharpimage(seepages

20-

25).

5)Assumea shootingstanceanddepressthe

shutterbuttontoexposethefilm(seepages

18and19).

CONTENTS

Foreword7

Preparationforuse' 8

Installingthebattery8

Removingthebattery9

Checkingthebattery9

Loadingthefilm10

Priortoshooting11

Operationofcameracontrols12

Settingthefilmspeed12

Settingtheshutterspeed13

Settingtheaperture14

Film-advancelever14

Framecounter15

Shutterreleasebuttonlock15

Self-timer16

Memorylock16

Unloadingfilm17

Holdingthecamera18

Shutterreleaseoperation19

Operationviacablerelease19

Focusing20

Infraredphotography22

Film-planeindicator22

Depthoffield23

Depth-of-fieldpreviewbutton23

Depth-of-fieldindicators24

Exposuremeasurement26

Automaticshutterspeedselection26

Manualshutterspeedselection28

Exposurecontrol29

Meteringrange30

High-contrastlightingsituations30

Stop-downexposuremeasurement32

Exposurecompensationadjustments34

EVrangeofthecamera35

Flashsynchronization38

Mirrorlockup39

Tipsoncameracare40

Changingthelens42

Couplingleverlock/releaseoperation43

Accessories44

Features/specifications46

FOREWORD

TheNikonEL2cameraofferstheseriousphoto-

grapherthehigheststandardofquality,performance,

convenienceandversatilityavailableinanauto35mm

SLRcamera.TheEL2isengineeredtotaketheguess-

workoutofphotographywithautomaticfeatures

anyonecanlearntouseinminutes.Togetthemost

outofyourNikonEL2camera,studytheinstruc-

tionscarefullyandpracticeusingthecontrolsbefore

youloadanyfilminthecamera.Keepthisbooklet

handyforreadyreferenceuntilyouhavemasteredits

basics,andfollowthesuggestionsforcameracare

givenonpage40.Thefewmomentsyouspendfamil-

iarizingyourselfwiththecamerawillguarantee

youthebestresultsandincreaseyourpicture-taking

enjoymentmanytimesover.

PREPARATIONFORUSE

InstallingtheBattery

Theexposuremeasurementandshuttercontrolcircuits

oftheEL2arepoweredbya single6-volt(type544)

batterymountedinthebatterychamberatthebottom

ofthemirrorbox.Toinstallthebattery,firstremove

thelens(ifmounted)fromthecamerabody(seepage

42)andlockupthemirror(turnthelockuplever

upwardasfarasitwillgo,asdescribedonpage39)to

gainaccesstothebatterychamber.Then,openthe

batterychamber(slidethelidtotheleft,thenup)

andinstallthebattery,makingsuretoproperlyalign

thepositive(+)andnegative(-)terminalsofthe

batteryasdepictedontheinteriorofthelid.After

insertingandproperlyseatingthebattery,snapthe

chamberlidshut,unlockthemirrorandremountthe

lenspreparatorytoshooting.

Caution:

Shouldthebatterybeinstalledincorrectly(i.e.,inthe

reversedirection)inthechamber,itsenergywillbedepletedin

amatterofminutes;thus,takeextracaretoinsertthebattery

properly.Also,becarefulnottotouchtheshuttercurtainand

mirrorsurfacewhileinstallingthebattery.

Note:

Removethebatterywhenthecameraisnottobeused

fora longperiod;thiswillpreventleakagewithinthecamera.

Also,

keepthecameraaswarmaspossiblewhenoperating

undercold-weatherconditions;otherwise,thebatterymayfail

tofunction.(See"TipsonCameraCare"onpage40for

additionalinformation.)

RemovingtheBattery

Thebatterychamber'sbuilt-inejector-typemechanism

makesforeasierremovaloperationwhenremoving/

replacingthebattery.Toremovethebatteryfromthe

camera,takeoffthelensandlockupthemirroras

mentionedpreviously.Then,whileholdingthecamera

upside-down,releasethebatterychamberlidandpush

itslightlytowardthebackofthemirrorboxuntilthe

batterydropsfreeofthechamber.Afterremovingthe

battery,installa freshoneasexplainedpreviously.

CheckingtheBattery

TheEL2isprovidedwitha specialcircuitthatenables

thephotographertocheckthebatterypowercondition

withoutcausingexcessivebatterydrainwhichmight

occurbyhavingtoturnthecameraon.Tocheckbat-

terypower,simplydepressthepowercheckbutton

andwatchthepowerchecklampforindicationofthe

powerlevel.Ifthechecklampglows,batterypoweris

sufficient.Ifthelampfailstoglow,batterypositioning

shouldbechecked;

then,

ifthelampstillfailstoglow,

replacethebattery.

Note:

Whencheckingbatterypower,holdthebuttondepressed

onlylongenoughforthechecklamptoglow;prolongedde-

pressingonlyservestodrainbatterypower.

PREPARATIONFORUSE-continued

LoadingtheFilm

Slidethecamerabacklatchreleaseatthesideofthe

rewindknobtotherearand,whileholdingtherelease

back,lifttherewindknobupuntilthecameraback

popsopen.Then,withtherewindknobintheup

posi-

tion,

dropa standardfilmcartridge(aNikonreloadable-

typecassettecannotbeused)intotheleft-handfilm

chamberwiththefilmleaderalignedalongthefilm

guiderails.

Afterpositioningthecartridgeandfilmleaderproperly,

pushtherewindknobdowntoholdthecartridgein

placeand,

then,

inserttheendofthefilmleaderinto

anyoftheslotsinthefilmtake-upspool.Ifnecessary,

releasetheshutterand,

then,

strokethefilm-advance

leverslowlytomakesurethattheleaderwindssmooth-

lyonthespoolandthatthefilmedgeperforations

engagewiththefilmsprocketroller.Whensatisfied

thatthefilmisproperlyfeedingand

travelingcorrect-

lyalongthefilmguiderails,snapthecamerabackshut

tosealthefilmchamber.(Also,see"TipsonCamera

Care"

onpage40.)

Caution:

Whenloading

film,

besuretoshadethecamerafrom

directexposuretosunlighttopreventinadvertent"fogging"

ofthe

film.

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