Nikon fm2 manual camera

Nikon FM2 Instruction Manual 50 pages. Nikon FE Instruction Manual 48 pages. Page 4: Table Of Contents Ready-light.

Interchangeable focusing screens You can lock the shutter release button by simply pulling out the film advance lever slightly from the flush to the standoff position Press the shutter Page 9 Install the film cartridge.

Note: can use any the 3Smm film car- tridges available on the market. Close the camera back until it snaps making sure that the perforations are perfectly meshed with the sprockets and that the film is set between the film guide rails Take up film slack. Unless the film speed correctly, you cannot obtain correct exposure. Look through viewfinder while turning the focusing ring until the two halves of split image rangefinder coincide perfectly Look through the viewfinder, and depress the shutter release button.

In depressing the shutter release button, apply light but steady pressure with the ball of your index finger to avoid camera shake that might result in image blur.

Advance the film. Page 15 Rewind the film. At the end of film rewind you will feel a slight resistance. Continue winding one or two more turns until the crank feels lighter this will indicate that the film leader is now fully rewound into the cartridge. Page Shutter Release Button Shutter re. When the film advance lever is in the flush position, the shutter release button is locked and will not operate.

To release the button from its locked position, pull out The illustration above gives the speeds for all mediate settings. Page 19 Fast shutter speed SlOw snutter speed Page Setting The Aperture With the exception of a few special lenses, Nikkor and DETAIL-continued- - - - - - - - - Nikon Series E lenses enable full-aperture light measurement even when the aperture ring is moved said to have an automatic Page Exposure Determination Exposure determination amount of light reaching the film plane combination the shutter speed and the lens aperture.

Page Metering Range Of Exposure Meter DETAIL-contlnued, Metering range of exposure meter When there is a proper combination of lens aperture and shutter speed, lights up, indicating correct light up when the aperture and shutter speed combination is not suitable for correct exposure.

Also, ture and shutter speed is improper for the subject, the exposure meter will not give an indication for rect exposure even if you vary the neighboring settings within Page Stop-Down Exposure Measurement Stop-down exposure measurement This exposure measurement method phragm on the lens does not link with camera body, such as when sion ring mounted on the camera.

Page Duplication Work And Photomicrography to stop for white letters on black background. Be sure to gauge indicator-e- The FM2 viewfinder covers approx. Objects increasingly out of this range become creasingly out of focus.

Most objects near to far in focus. Early shutters were made from titanium; however, from , for the FM2n, manufacturing technology had advanced sufficiently to allow for aluminum to be used. This was unheard of at the time it was made. The camera also had an extremely high level of manufacturing quality; this could be felt in the extremely smooth mechanical functionality of the camera, such as the film advance lever.

The Nikon FM2 is well known for its durability. In a time where many manufacturers were switching to electronic mechanisms, most devices on the FM2 were built entirely mechanically. Many FM2s remain in service to this day, while many other cameras from that time no longer work. Many parts were designed to be self-lubricating, and so very little, if any, maintenance is required of the owner other than maintenance one would expect with an SLR of course.

The camera is much smaller and lighter than electronically controlled cameras with integrated motor drives. The Nikon FM2 is extremely resistant to damage and designed to be a workhorse. The FM2 was built to be compatible with the range of Nikon F-mount lenses, introduced in Unfortunately, although lenses introduced since the G series will fit on the camera, since these lenses do not have aperture rings, they are virtually unusable.

The DX lenses, designed specifically for digital cameras, will mount, but the image circle is smaller and thus inadequate for usage with the FM2 or any other 35mm Nikon. The IX Nikkor lenses should not be mounted in the FM2 as they have elements that go further back into the camera body than space is available in the FM2, and thus will cause damage. For its time, the FM2 had many interesting features. For example, the light meter was made using silicon photodiodes, automatic flash control for certain models , and, the feature for which the FM2 was best known, a completely mechanical shutter control.

The FM2 uses two photodiodes for the light meter. The appropriate LED s will light indicating the measured exposure level. To activate the light meter, simply release the film advance and depress the shutter release slightly.

The shutter in the FM2, as noted before, is completely mechanical. The shutter was a bit of a design problem on its own. Initially the shutters were made of honeycombed titanium where the honeycomb pattern was intended to improve durability of the shutter curtain. Later metallurgy improved to a level such that aluminum could be used.