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INSTRUCTION

ANUAL


3/72

t:$4.

Thank

you for

purchasing

he

Nikon

F50/F50n

camera.

We are

sure

that you will enjoy using this cameraandthat it will makephotography

a bigger

part of

your

life.

In

addition

to

this

comprehensive

nstruction

Inu^*I,

ihe

Nikon

F50/F500

comes

with SHOOTING

IN

SIMPLE

MODE-SHORTCUT

TO

GREAT

PICTURES,

a concise,

ock-

etable

guide that

explains

he easiest

way

to

use he

F50lF50o.

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CONTENTS

FoREWoRD............

GETTING

O

KNOWOUR

AMERA

..........4.5

BEFORE

SHOOT|NG.. . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . .6-12

M0UNT|NGENS... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-8

INSTALLING

ATTERY

.................9

L0ADINGt1M... . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11

sFrflNG

CAMERA

0

AUTOFoCUS

oDE.................

2

SHOOTING IN

ADVANCED

MODE... . .

3-30

AVAII.ABLEXPOSUREODES

14.15

PRoGRAM

ELECT|0N

UIDE.......

........16-18

OPERATION

N

PROGRAMMED

UTO

EXPoSURE00E.......

.......19-25

OPERATIONN

OTHER XPOSURE

ODES.....

.......26-29

RESETUNCTION

.....30

OPTIONAL FUNCTIONS... . . . . . . . .. . . . : .

31-37

MEMORY

ETTINGUNCT|ON...........;.....

32-33

AFMoDE

EIECT|ON... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

rso

oNFrRMATt0N/sETTtNc

...................35

EXPOSUREOMPENSATION 36.37

OTHER

CONTROLS

.38.49

SELF-T|MER

PERAT|ON..........

................39

LONGIME XPOSURE

T

TIME"

SETTING..............40

TO

SHOOTN

OFF.CENTRE

UBJECT..

......41

USING

E.L UTToN............

CASES HERE

UTOFOCUS

S

NOT

ACCEPTABLE... . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . .44

MANUALoCUS... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

IMPRINTING

ATE/TIME

for

F50

only)

...............46-49

FLASH

pHOTOG

RApHy

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50-

USINGUILT-IN

I.ASH......

..51.55

SPEEDLTGHT

OMpATtBtLtTy

.....................56

MISCELLANEOUS

... . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . .s7-71

LENSES

... . . . . . . . . . . .58-59

GAMERAAREtpS......... ....60-61

NOTES

NBATTERIES.........

.....62

SPEC|F|CAT|0NS.........

.........63-66

ABOUT

5O/FSOO

ETERING

YSTEM...

.....67

LCD

AN

ELAfl

WFTNDER

N0tCAT|oNS..................68-

3


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GETT]}IG

OKilOTV

OUR

AIbIERA

Learn

the

parts

of

Your

camera.

Eyepiece

over

K-5:

ttach

o

vieMinder

yepiece

to

ward ff

stray

ight

hen sing

he elf-timer.

Accessory

hoe:

or

Nikon edicated

peedlights.

LCD

anel

Self-timer

utton

SeVadjust

uttons

Shutter

elease

utton:

ress

lightly

oactivate

xposure

meter

nd

tart

AFoperation;

fully

epress

o

elease

shutter

nd

ake

icture.

Menu

utton

Minimum

perture

ock:Slide

ever

o

ock

osition

Power

witch:

et

o

OFF

hen

not sing

our

amera,

SIMPLUADVANCED

ial

Flashock

elease

Self-timer

ED

Lens

mounting

ndex

Lens

elease

utton

Focus

witch

Focusing

ing:

Do

not urn

whenhe

focuswitch

sset

t

AF.

For

manual

ocusing,

ee

age

5) .

(0ptional

ens

llustrated:

AF

Zoom-Nikkor

5-80mm

l4-t15.6

)

4


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AE-L

Arrto

xposureock)

utton: ee

ages

2

o

43 or

Auto

xposureock.

Cameraack

VieMinder

yepiece

Film

artridge

confirmation

indow

Cameratrap

eyelet

Cameraack

lockelease

Rewind

utton

Iripod

ocket

Batteryhamber

over

Learn

how

to hold

your

camera

. Grasp the camera handgrip with your

right

hand.

.

Use

your

left

hand

to cradle

the

camera

with

the elbow

propped

against

your

body for

support,

as

you

look

through

the viewfinder.

.

IJse

your

right

hand index

finger

to

depress

he shutter release

button.

. To hold the camerasteady, eanon or

against

something

strong

and stable.

This

will help

ensure

sharp mages.

5

Battery

hamberoverock elease


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BEFORE

HOOTING

Th is

sec t ion

shows

you

how to

p repare

he camera

or

shooting,

.9.,

how o mount

a

lens, nstall he battery nd

load

f i lm.

'

'-

iJ>.

This

section

s for

both SIMPLEand

ADVANCEDmodes.


8/72

MOUNTING

ENS

)

Pos i t i on

he ens

n the

zJ

cilmera

s

bavonet

mount

s()

the mountin-e ndices on the lens

and

the

camera

body

are ali-uned.

Twist

the

lens

counterc lockwise

unt i l i t locks

into p lace.

T"'

ii I.,,

t

i1

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[,, "ii"

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r.-l I '

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With

a

non-GPU

ens

When

he camera

s

powered

n

with

a non-

CPU ens .' , ' and

"

b l i nk n

the LCD

panel

and :r,-

bl inks

nside

iewfinder.

For

usin-u

non-CPU

ens,

see

pa-ee

8.

1

Remove

he

camera ody

cap

I and

hc ront

and ear

ens

caps.

Usable

Lenses

Use CPU enses AF Nikkor ensesand AF-t/Al-p

lenses).

Other Nikon

and

Nikkor enses

non-CPU

lenses)

can

be mounted,

but

you

have

to

use an

external exposure rneter,

and

the

only

usable

exposure

mode

is Manual.

{See

page

58}.

.

AF-llAl-P

enses

are for

manual oeus

only.

When

mounting

lens-

. Avoid direct sunlight.

.

Make

sure

the

camera's

power

is

off.

o

Do

not touch

the lens

release

button.


9/72

l-

n

Turn

the

lens

aperture

ing

to

its minimum

aperture

the

largest

-

J number,

marke^d

n orange,

n

AF Nikkor

lenses).

hen

ock

the

ens

aperture

t

its

minimum

setting

see

ens

nstruction

manual).

To

remove

While

pressing he

ens

elease

button, urn the ensclockwise.

r l l z

F

-

J . . t q

a rl

-h

l"l"

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r

rr

iz f r',('

r

.nL

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minimum

ettins

When

the

camera

s

powered on

with

a lens

not

set at

its

minimum

aperture

setting,Err nd H blink in theLCD panelandEr blinks nsideviewfinder.

With the

F50/F50o,

all

aperture

setting

operations

are

performed

with the

camera's

et/adjust

uttons.

Do not

move

the

lens aperture

ing

once

t

is set o

its

smallest

aperture

largest

-number).


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INSTALLINGATTERY

1

Make

sure he

camera's

ower

I is off.

thenslide he ock

releaseon the battery chamber

cover o open he chamber.

,)

Insert

a 6V lithium pack

with

Zr

"+"

and

"-"

ends

positioned

s

shownon the nsideof the cover.

Close he

cover

by

pushing

until it

cl icks.

a=:

I@HL___l

?

Switch he

power

ON.

Check

J

theLCD

panel

o see f

the

framecountershows E" or the

frame number

appears

and no

battery mark

(o

or

o)

appears.

If

-

blinks:

Battery

s nearing

exhaustion. ave

a fresh

one

ready.

If Err

nd blink: Battery

s

almost

exhausted.

witch

power

OFF

and

replacebattery with freshone.

If

no indication

appears

n the

LCD

panel:

Battery

s

completely

exhausted r improperly

nstalled.

Change

he battery.

r

Use6V

ithium

battery

pack

(2CRS

r

DL245

Upe).

.

See

page

62lor

"NOTES

ON BAfiERIES".


11/72

LOADING

ILM

2

Insert

ilm

cartridge.

1

Slide

he

camera

ack

ock

I

release

o

open

he

camera

back.

a

Pull

the

ilm

leader ut

to the

J

red

ndex

mark.

.

Opening/closing

he camera

back

resets

the

frame counter

to

"E".

To

avoid

fogging

film

(especiallyhigh-lSO

film)'

do

not

load/unload

film

in direct

sunlight.

.

Usable

film speed

range

for DX-coded

film

is ISO

25

to 5000.

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12/72

Make sure

he

ilm is properlypositioned

with

no

slackand

he

film

perforations

ngage he sprockets.

See

llustration.)

oYou

can confirm the film

speed

of

installed

DX-

coded

film,

See

page

35.

J

unt i l

he

ock

release

naps

closed.

Film

automatically

dvances

o

frame#1.

.

If

the

frame

counter

still

showsE

(i.e.,

f the ilm

doesnot advance

to frame

#1). with

or without

blinking

[rr and

0, the film

is

incorrectlypositioned.

Reload

fi lm.

.With

a non-DX-coded

ilm, film

speed

must

be set

manually.

See

page

35.

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O O 0 O 0 g 0 O 0 O O o o o O 0 g 0 O

1 1


13/72

SETTING

AMERA

O

AUTOFOGUS

ODE

Autofocus

should

be

used

or

most

picture-taking

situations,

ncluding

moving

subjects.

n

general, t

is

best o leave he ocusswitchset o AF.

.

For

situations

where

autofocus

is not

possible'

see

page

44.

r

For

manual

focusing,

see

page

45.

1 2

Regarding

the

F50/F50D's

utofocus

feature

Your F50/F50o

s

factory-set

o Single

Servo

AF

operation.

his

means

hat

once

your subject

s

in

focus,

focus

remains

ocked

as

ong as

he

shutter

elease

utton

s lightly

pressed. ou can

recompose

he

picture, and

the

subject

will

remain

n focus,

provided

you maintain

the same

subject-to-camera

istance.

See

page41 for

details.)

f the

subject

moves,

ake

your finger

off the shutter elease utton, hen ightly press t

again

o

restart

autofocus

operation.

.

In the

ADVANCED

mode,

n addition

to

Single

Servo

AF,

you

can

choose

Continuous

Servo

AF

which

keeps

autofocus

operation

going continuously

s

ong

as

you

keep

ightly

pressing he

shutter

elease

utton.

For

details,

see

page

34.)

Use

Continuous

Servo

AF

for

sportsandotheractionphotography.


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SHOOTINGN

. - - r - - r r - ! - I I !

ADVANCED

MODE

This

sectionshows

you

how to

set

your

desired

Program

or exposure

mode.

'

"D-

(

This

section

s for

ADVANCED

mode

only.

)

1 3


15/72

AVAILABLE

XPOSURE

ODES

In

the Advanced

Operation

Mode,

you

cari select

any of

four exposue

modes-Programmed

Auto

(P

),

Shuner-Priority

Auto

15

1,

Apernre-

I

rtio.ity

,tuto

1A)and

Manual

M).

I

I

L

proq.a.1'n"d

Auto Exposure

Mode

Shutter-Priority

Auto

Exposure

Mode

I In ad-dition

o the

four hograms

in SIMPLE

mode-r

You

manuallyset

he shutter

speedand

he camera

I General-pumose

f,

l-andJcape

l, Portrait

Z and

sets

he matching

ens aperture.

To freezeaction,

use a

I Close-Uo

?-four

more

Programs

re available

n

high shutter

speed;

o create

motion effects,

choosea

I eOVef.iCgp mode:Spoft

q-,

SilhouetteE!, Night low shufter

speed.

For more

nformation

on

Shutter-

I

Scene

fl and

Motion

Eifect

E. PriorityAuto.

see

pages 6 to

29'

I

ttre F50lfS0o

camera's

microcompukr

utomatically

I

chooses

he combination

of shutter

speed

and aperture

I

for

a correct

xposure.

I

For features

and

sample

pictures

of

eachProgram,

see

|

.

naees

6to

a.

I

I

I


16/72

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Aperture-Priority

Auto Exposure

Mode

You manually

set he aperture

and the

camera

sets he

appropriateshutterspeed.

Smaller

apertures

make

the

backgroundand foreground

sharper

recommended

or

landscape ictures)

while largeraperturesend o blur

the background

recommended

or portraits).

For more nformation

on Aperture-Priority

Auto,

see

pages

6

to 29.

Mgtgri

ng

sv#i;"'' '"r'

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::r

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The

Programmed,

Aperture-Priority

and

Shutter-

PriorityAuto Exposure

modes

employ

either

3D

Matrix Metering

or

Advanced

Matrix

Metering,

dependingon

lens

ype in

use.

Manual

Exposure

Mode

You select

both the shutterspeed

and

aperture.

This

mode

ets

you

experiment

with and

produce

different

creative

effects

e.g.,

ntentional

blur,

ntentional

under-or overexposure).or more nformationon

Manual

Exposure

Mode,

see

pages

26

to 29.

.'iil'M;il;i'aiil5ld?g

ii$ fffiffi

metering

s

used. For

details

about this metering

system,

see

page

67.

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17/72

PROGRAM

ELEGTION

UIDE

;::;

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General-PUrpOSe

!:iiil::itii!rosram

Suitable

or

most

situations.

Use

this

program

f

you are

not sure

which

program

s

right

for

Your

subject,

or

for

shooting

a

variety

of

subjects

without

switching

programs.

,iliitrui:,

LandscaPe

rogram

Use

this

Program

whenever

You're

making

a

picture of a

distant

scene.

Don't

use

lash-the

scene

may

be

too

far.

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ortrait

Program

::;;;i::::::

Use

this

Program

whenever

You

are

aking

picturesof

PeoPle.

t

creates

an

artisticallY

blurred

background

o

accentuate

our

main

subject.


18/72

d:::!:::il'

Glose-UP

rosram

Use this

Program

when

you

are

taking

pictures

up close-a flower,

an ornamental

detail, a butterfly,

or

if

you

are

copying a

picture.

,'iiil;;,.

port Program

Use to

freeze

actron.

Recommend-

ed for

use

with

Continuous

Servo

AF

(pa

ge

34). Do not

use lash

because

t restricts

he available

shutter

speed.

ii:i:i:::;:,;:i

ilhouette

Prosram

illl,',i!lll'l

Effective

only

when

the

back-

ground

s

bright

and

he

subject s

in

shadow

or

comparatively

dark.

The result

s

dramatic

with

a

wideangle

ens-2Smm

or

wider-

although

a telephoto

an

alsobe

used.Excellent

or

sunsets

r

picturesof peopleagainst he sky.

Do

not

use lash.

1 7


19/72

i',iili::li

Night

cene

rosram

Use

this

Program

n

the

evening

or

at

night.

To

capture

he

beautY

of

a

night

scene

n

available

ight,

such

as

lluminated

monument,

raffic

lights

or

neon

signs,

shoot

without

flash.

As the

automaticallY

et

shutter

speed

s

rather

slow,

use

a

tripod to avoid camerashake.With

flash,

this

Program

captures

all

the

lighting

in

the

scene,

ncluding

he

foreground

subject

which

is

illuminated

by

the

flash,

and

the

background.

1 B

,:ili,li,l

otion

Effect

Program

Use

his

Program

o express

movement.

Stationary

ubjects

will come

out

in sharp

mages

and

moving

subjects

n blurred

mages.

Also

suitable

or

when

your subject

s moving

and

you

are

ollowing

along

with

your

camera

n a

panning

motion.

The

subject

will

come

out

relatively

sharp,

with

the

background

becoming

a

blurred

streak

of

colors

and

shades.


20/72

OPERATIOH

H

PROGRAMMED

UTO

XPOSURE

ODE

1

h I

t t l

2

T

I

Y

r t u r l z

r t z r t z

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1

Switch

power

ON and set he camera

dial to

I ADVANCED. The LCD

shows he ast

selected

exposuremode/Program.Theoriginal actory setting

is for

General-Purposerogram.)

.

Steps2 and

3

explainhow

to seta Program.

f the

Programshown s what

you

want, skip

steps2 and

3.

,)

Press

he menu

button

O

to

accesshe

exposure

.L mode

menu. hen

press

he

buttonabove

Ffz

.

With the

Exposure

Menu,

pressing

the menu

button

activates the

Optional-Function

Menu

(see

page

31).To return

he LCD

to the

Exposure

Menu,

press

the

menu

button

again.

1 9


21/72

' @ @ d

b d @

b @ @

l,#a-##

(Example:

etting

lose-Up

rogram)

n

The

Program

menu

contains

eight

Programs

n

J

three

t.t!tnt.

Pressing

he

button

above

* or

moves the menu to the following or previous screen.

Select

and

set

the desired

Program

by

pressing

the

button

above

t.

For example,

set

to Close-Up

Program:

a.

Press

he

button

above

*.

b. Press he button above #. Close-Up Program is

now set.

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t


22/72

Look

through the viewfinder

and

subject.

J

release

utton

o activate

autofocusoperationandthe

exposure

meter.

F

l i l

. . 1

_ .8 -J .

_

t! Jl

' r '

lf FI

blinks in

the

LCD

panel

The shutterspeedset on

the camera

s slow

and

may

cause

picture

blur.

See

page

23.

ln

Single

Servo AF

mode,

if

a stationary

subject

moves, remove your finger from the

shutter

release

button, then lightly

press

it

again to

restart

autofocus.

position

he focus

brackets

n

your

I

2 1


23/72

f

Confirm

that

O

(in-focus

U

speed

from

112000

o

30

(numberwith F) apPear elow

indicator),

he

shutter

sec.)

and

an

aperture

the viewfinder screen.

-7

Fully

depress

he

shutter

elease

button

to take

I

the

picture.

The

film

will

automatically

advance

by one rame.

Shutter

$peed

ndication

without

'r

I

"r6ould

be

read

as

a

reciprocal

fraction,

,e.,

'15t'

standsfor

1

115

econd,

"15!

"

for

15 seconds-

22


24/72

Viewfinder

nformation

x I

blinks-Overexposure

possible

Use a filter such as the Nikon ND filter.

to

blinhs-Underexposure possible

Use built-in flash

or

accessory

Nikon

Speedlight.

I

blinks-Flash

recommended

Not

enough ight.

Use built-in

flash

or

accessory

Nikon

Speedlight.

Shutter

speed ndication

blinks inside

viewfinder

(and

S

blinks in

the LCD

panel)-Picture

blur

possible

The

aqlpTatically

selected

shutter

speed

s slow

and

picture

blur may

occur

due

to

camera

shake.To

reduce

the

possibility

of blur,

hold

camera very

steady,

use

a tripod

or use the built-in

flash

or an

accessory

Nikon

Speedlight.

o

blinks-Unacceptable

autofocus

condition

Subject

characteristics

do

not

allow autofocus

operation.

Set focus

switch to M and

rotate

the lens

focusing

ring

until

the image

in the

viewfinder

appears

clear

and

sharp.

(See

page

45

for manual

focusing.)

For

En

indication, see

pages

68

to 70.

1 v ]


25/72

Auto

Rewind

When

the

film

reaches

he

end

of

the

roll,

auto

ewind

begins.

During

rewinding,

Q and

!l Utint

in

the

LCD

pa1el. After

rewind

autom-atically

tops,

rame countershowsE andQ blinks for a

few

seconds.

You can

then

remove

ilm

cartridge.

.

When

battery

power

is very

weak,

or

when

the temperature

s

very

low,

film

may

not

rewind

at the

end

of

roll and

Errappears

in the

LCD

panel. n this

case,

eplace

attery

with

a

fresh

one,

or

wait

for

the

temperature

o

rise

and

then

press he

rewind

button.

Using

Built- ln

Flash

Use he built-in flashnot onlY

when

he

ready-light

blinks,

but

also

when

your subject

s

in

shadow

or backlit.

See

pages l

to 55.

To

rewind

film

at

mid-roll:

Press

he

rewind

button

on

the

camera

bottom.

24


26/72

, .OC,'t

t r

v a

r'

r : tUT' : ' !a .

,

I

'1

HH

\ ----.-----

--4./

E

o

; in

FiJ

(-

To

change a combination

of shutter

speed/aperture

In the

General-Purpose

rogram,you

can change

he combination

of

shutterspeed/aperture y

pressing

he button

above

V

or A. Press

the button above

V

for faster

shutter

speed/wider

aperture

smaller

f-number);

press

he button above

A

for

slower

shutter

speed/

smaller

aperture

larger

-number). Pressing

and holding

the button

down changes he shutter

speed/aperture

ombination apidly.

F+

appears

n

the LCD

panel

and..

rD

appears

nside

he viewfinder,

indicating

the change n

shutterspeed/aperture.

.

The original

shutterspeed/aperture

ombination

or

General-

PurposeProgram s recalledwhen the LCD indication

automatically

switches

off,

when you

turn the camerapower

off,

when

you

switch to

SIMPLE mode

or when

you

use lash.

25

XPOSURE

ODES


27/72

OPERATIO}I

NOTHER

1

Switch

camera

on and

set

he

dial

to

ADVANCED.

The LCD

shows

he

previously

I

selected

xposure

mode/Program.

The

original

factory

setting

s

for

General-

Purpose

Program.)

.

Step

2 explains

how to

set

an exposure

mode.

f the

presentexposure

mode

s

what

you

want, skip step2.

a

Pressihe

menu

button

to activate

he

Exposure

Mode

Menu.

To set he

exposure

L

mode.

press

he

button

above

he

desired

ndication.

.

With

the

Exposure

Mode

Menu,

pressing he

menu

button

activates

he Optional-

Function

Menu

(see

page

31).

To

return the

LCD

to the

Exposure

Mode

Menu,

press

the

menu

button

again.

n

To adjust

he

shutter

speed

and/or

aperture,

press he

button

above

A

(up)

or

V

J tdown)

ndicat ion.

A

Look through he viewfinder andposition the focus brackets [ ] ) on the main

+ subject.

-lgtrtfy

press he

shutter

ilease

button

to activate

autofocus

operation

and

the

expoiute

-et"t.

Confirm

that

the

in-focus

ndicator

O

appears

n the

viewfinder.

26


28/72

Shuttor-Priority

Auto

Your elected

perture

nd heautomatically

et

shutterpeed re hown

elowhe iewfinder

screen.

Your

electedhutter

peed nd

perturere

shown,long ith heexposurendicator,

elow

the iewfinderndication.

r':'-

Correct

xoosure

:i:'-

Overexoosure

.'3i;

UndereXpoSUre

For

TIl'lE"-setting,

see

age

0.

Aperture-Pfority

Auto

' ' " t . .

f

.:

,

!-.

,i

.!

:

r.__.t

t r V A

To

changepertureapidly,old

thebutton own.

27


29/72

J

picture.

The

film

automatically

advances

y

one

frame.

Using

Built- ln

Flash

Use

the

built-in

flash

not

only

when

the

ready-

light

blinks,

but

also

when

your subject

s

in

shadowor backlit.

See

pages

1

to 55.

Auto

Rewind

When

the

film

reaches

he

end

of

the

ro11,

uto

rewind begins.During rewinding, and !l Utint

in the

LCD

panel.

After

rewind

automatically

stops,

rame

counter

shows

E and

i Utinks

or a

few seconds.

You

can

then

remove

ilm

cartridge.

.

When

battery

power is very

weak,

or

when

the

temperature

s

very

low,

film

may

not

rewind

at

the

end

of

roll;

Err

appears

n the

LCD

panel. n

this

case,

eplace

battery

with

a

fresh one,or

wait

for

the

temperature

o

rise and

then

press

the

rewind

button.

To

rewind

film

at

mid-roll:

Press he

rewind

button

at the

bottom

of

the

camera.

r

Shutter

Speed

ndication

without

"r

!

"should

be

;;;;" ;-;iil";;Lfraction, i.e.,

nt$rr

stands for

1115

econd,

15r

"

for

15 seconds.

.ln

Single

Servo

AF

mode,

if a

stationary

subject

moveq

remove

your

finger

from

the shutter

release

button,

ihen

lightly

press

it

again

to

restart

autofocus.

28


30/72

[-

rtfi,{r.

d-i,-=lir-

Viewfinder information

n

I

blinks-Overexposure

possible*:

Selectsmaller aperture

larger

-number)

and/or

faster

shutterspeed.

Or, use a filter

such as he Nikon ND filter.

Shutter speed ndication

blinks

(and

&

blinks in

the

LCD

panel)-Picture

blur

possible**:

Automatically

selected

hutter peed s low

and

picture

blur may

occurdue

to camerashakeor subject

movement.To

reduce

he

possibility

of blur, hold

camera

very steady,use

a tripod or

use he built-in flash

or an accessory

Nikon Speedlight.

Selectinga wider

aperture

smaller

-number) results

n a faster shutter

speed.

o

blinks-Unacceptable

autofocus

condition

Your

subject

s

inappropriate

or autofocus

operation.

Set he

focus

switch to M and

focusmanually.

See

page

45.)

--- \r'1/-

io

blinks-Underexposure

possible*:

Selecta wider aperture

smaller

-number)

i ,1 t

- -L

n- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - r \ -

r , , .

and/or a slower shutter

speed.

Or, use he built-in flash or

an accessoryNikon

!;1--1';&

Speedlight.

;tE

--=1

I

blinks-Flash recommendation:

Not enough ight.

Use the built-in flash

or an

accessory ikon

Speedlight.

eitu

lit,,:r,

r"

For Err indication,

see

pages

68

to

70.

*For

Shutter-Priority

Auto

and Aperture-Priority

Auto

exposuremodes.

**For

Aperture-Priority Auto

exposure

mode

29

E

l .

F

RE$ET

U}ICTION


31/72

I r I

f:

I

V A

:':i

.i'i'll

ll *Cfuir

it

ffi_.#

4

, - . , ]

\,

\1\-

--

A

v/

l lo

f:l

t

V

A

r r -JEr-

tl fit !!t

To

return

o the

General-Purpose

Program

when

Memory

Function

s not

set)*

Press

and

hold

the

menu

button

for at

least wo

seconds.

*With

the

Memory

Function

set,

pressing and holding

the

menu button

or

at least

wo

seconds

ecalls the

memorised

exposure

mode/Program.

Seepages

32

to

33.)

To reset

he

camera's

mode

o the

original

actory setting

Simultaneouslypress he menu and self-timerbuttons

for two

seconds.

his

will activate

he General-

Purpose

Program

and

cancel

Optional

Functions.

30


32/72

OPTIONAL

UNCTIONS

TheAdvancedOperationModealso offers our OptionalFunctions:

lb Memory

Setting

(pages

32 to

33)

When

Memory

s

set,

you

can

easi ly

set

the

desired

exposure

mode

or desired

Program

by

pressing

he menu

button or

at least

wo

seconds.

dFAF Mode

Selection

(page

34)

You

can

switch the

AF mode

from

Single

Servo Autofocus

o

Cont inuous

Servo

Autofocus.

H0 SO Confirmation/Setting (page35)

With DX-coded

ilm,

you

can

confirm

ISO

film

speed.

With

non-DX-coded

ilm,

you

can manually

et he

ISO ilm

speednumber.

E

Exposure

Compensation

(pages

36 to

37)

You

can

compensate

xposure

rom

-sEV

to +58/

in 1/2

steps.

ln

SIMPLE mode,

the

Optional Functions

you

have

set will

be

ignored.

This

section

s for

ADVANCED

mode

only.

31

MEMORY

ETTIHG

UIICTIOH


33/72

, . E o

-o

=-=br-l

\tr--t,

f ,,m-nrIt[-H

1

With the

Exposure

Mode

I

menu.

press

he

menu

button

to

activate

he

Optional-Function

Menu.

Press

he

button

above

LE.

t

a

Blinking

b appears

bove

he

frame

counter,

ndicating

that

Memory

L

setting

mode

s activated.

To

select

exposure

mode,

press he

button

above

he

corresponding

ymbol.

(In

the

example

shown

above,

Shutter-

Priority

Auto

exposure

mode

s selected.)

1-l rl'

A Memory is set. h stopsblinking andthe LCD shows he exposure

+ mode/Program

hat

was set

before

you activated

he Optional-

Function

Menu.

(Example

llustration

shows

General-Purpose

rogram.)

To recall

the

memorised

exposure

mode

or

Program'

press

he

menu

button

for

at

least wo

seconds.

a The svmbol or the selected

J

.*po*..

mode

or

Program

s

displayed.

Press he

button

above

the

symbol

to

have

t

memorised.

32


34/72

h

,

(_)

,-(@'l'-'l'-

-'l'-*-

i;ffis{'Ff$*H, >

\t--

-'-l,'

\ '/

\,-/ '

t- '

( l

r

-rlz-rlz- -'l'-tl:

t-

,.rA

/sri

f+hlQr

I , l ! ! i , ; ! i E - : + l l F I

I . l

t J r r ' ' ' ! f ! l

l + f u F g

i \ !

' /

' :

- -

-

&

O , Q 3 ;

To

clear

memory,

i

While

memory is set,LE appears n

place

of LE in

the

pptional-Function

Menu.

Press

he button above

E. LE is replaced

with LE and h

above he

frame counter disappears.

r

Pressing he

menu

button

while

& is

blinking

above he

frame

counter ctums he LCD o the

ExposuneMode Menu.

o

Releasing

the

shutter

while h is

blinking

above

the frame

counter activates the

previously

set

exposure

mode or Program.

33

AF

fr00E

SELEGTl0ltl


35/72

Single

Servo

AF and

E

t

t

I

G on t i nuousSer uoAF

a( ) )

'

I

r ' r l

, )

( ' 1

t

The

default

AF

setting

s Single

_

C

_;/':-,

jr

.r;..1.,

t _-

'

1^l, -l1-.;

l"#:,t*it!:'i,"';'nry;ifir6:-fi^fi{ggr$$/[_r$r..$:

ou can

ock

focusby

keeping

he

'-

-

shutter

elease

button

ightly

1

With

the

Exposure

Mode

n

For Continuous

Servo

AF,

pressed,

ut

be sure o

maintain

the

I

Menu,

press

he

menu

button

L

press

he

button above

C for

same

subject-to-camera

istance.

to

activate

^heOptional-Function

Single

Servo

AF,

press

he

button

In

the

Continuous

Servo

AF

mode,

Menu.

Press he button

above

F.

above

S

.

autofocus

s maintained

as

ong

as

The

LCD shows

he

last selected

ffi;?Ti":::tiiff'J"3lT,iT

exposure

ode/Prosram

focus

distance

changes

ecause

either

you

or

your

subject

moves.

In

either

AF mode,

he

shutter

cannot

be

released

when

the

subject

s out

of

focus.

AF Mode Selec'tion

can

be

performed

regardless

of

the locus

switch

position

(A

or

M).

34

lS0C0lfFIRMAT|lllSETTl'lG


36/72

b

1-n

To confirm ISO ilm

speed

Press

o

adjust

Press

ocomplete

etting

To

manually

set ISO ilm

speed for

non-

DX-coded

ilm:

When

using non-DX-coded

ilm,

manually

set

he

ISO

film

speednumber.

Usable ilm

speed

ange s ISO

6

to 6400.

If you have nstallednon-DX-coded ilm and closed

the

camera

back, he ISO setting

screen

s

automatically

activated

on the LCD panel.

Adjust

the

film

speed

by

pressing

he button

above he

A

(up)

or

V

(down)

indication.

To change

ilm

speed apidly,

hold

the button

down. To

complete

he setting,press

the

button

above 5[.The LCD

shows

he last

selected

exposure

mode/Program.

. Until setting s completed, he shutter emains

locked,

and the menu

button is

deactivated.

.

If you

want

to recall

the ISO

setting

screenafter

completing

he setting,

activate

he Optional-

Function

Menu

and

press

he

button

above $[.

--=1,-:1:-.H-

r i-r ihfiFf$Bk

_-

for DX-coded

film:

Usable

ilm

speed

ange

of DX-coded

film is ISO

25

to 5000.

With

the

Exposure

Mode Menu, press

he menu

button

to activate he

Optional-FunctionMenu.

Press

he

button

above

50. he

LCD

shows he ISO film

speed

of the loadedDX-coded

film.

To return

to the last

selectedexposure

mode/Program,

press

he

button above 50.

With

a

DX-coded

film, film

Epeed

is

automatically

set on the camera

body;

you

cannot

adjust.

Q A

t

EXPOSURE

OMPENSATION


37/72

l

By

compensating

he

exposure,

ou

can

vhry

the

exposure

esults

o

create

different

versions

of

the

same

picture

or

put

creative

emphasis

on a

specific

part of

the

picture.

You cancompensate xposure rom -5 EV to + 5 EV

rn

Il2

steps.

Without

0mpensation

overexposed)

\

I

I

tu

With ompensati0n

correctly

xposed)

36


38/72

Presso

adjust

Press

ocomplete

setting

o

i , l t

F t . i i

,)

Adjust the

compensation alue

by

pressing

he button

above he

A

L

(up)

or

V

(down)

indication.

+ value s for

overexposure

-

value s

for underexposure.

o

change he value rapidly, hold

the

button down.

To

complete he

setting,

press

he button above

El

. ttre

LCD

shows he

last selected xposuremode/Program.When you set exposuremodeor

Program,

E

appearsn

the LCD

panel

and

nside

the viewfinder,

indicating

that the

exposurehas

been compensated.

.

If

you

want

to cancel

he exposure

compensation efore

completing

he

setting,

press

he menu

button. The LCD

panel

will

return

to the

ExposureMode

Menu.

After

shootingwith

compensated

xposure,make

sure o reset

he

compensation

alue o 10.0.

/- - \',

F@*rr'=

Y

a

r Y *

T

I J E . E

:

/l

. : ! : - - - - - , 4 . :

1

With

the

ExposureMode

I

Menu.

press

he menubutton

to activate he Optional-Function

Menu. Press

he button above he

El indication.

I

37


39/72

OTHER

CONTROLS

This

section

shows

you

various

photographic

echniques-how

to shoot

an

off-centre

ubject,

what

you

should

do

when

autofocus

s

impossible,

ow

to op" i" te the cameralsself - t imer,and how to perform a long t ime

exposure.

This

section

s

for both

SIMPLE

and

ADVANGED

modes.

SELF.TIMERPERATION


40/72

^o

ooa-O

!f,

l t l

g -

- - f

1

Setdesired

xposuremode

or

I Program.

hen

press

he self-

timer button.

r$

appears n the

LCD panel.

.

To cancel

self-timer

and make

r$

disappear, ress

he

menu

button.

In ftogramrnad

Aufo,

thutter-Priori*Auts

or

Aperture-Priodty

Auto

el(posure

node,

attach

the

eyepieco

cover

DK-5

{provided}

o

the vieurfinder

,)

Look

through

he viewfinder,

lightly press

he shutter

elease

button,

,L

and confirm

focus

and

exposure.

2

Fully

depress

he shutter

elease

button

to start self-timer

operation.

J

The

self-timer

LED

starts

blinking

and

r$

in the

LCD

panel

also

blinks.

The

shutter

will release

after 10

seconds.The

LED

blinks for

eight

seconds,

hen stops

blinking

to tell

you

to

get

ready.

After

the shot,

self-timer

operation

s automatically

deactivated.

To

cancel

self-timer

operation

before shooting:

Turn

the

camera's

power

off.

eyepiece

before

setting self-timer.

The

DK-s

prevents

stray

ight from

entering

he

vievrrfinder

and affecting

exposure.

39

L0ilG

Tl[fiE

EXP0$URE

T

"TIME.'

$ETTlillG

npvnnsEDode$lv)


41/72

V A

F

**ffi

A

vl

V

, ' I

T ?

r

t l

i

In the

Manual

ExPosure

mode,

You

can

set

shutter

speed

o

"TlME"

to

leave

he

shutter

open

as

ong

as

desired.

When performing long time

exposure,

ou

must

use

a

triPod

to

avoid

camera

shake

which

maY

cause

picture

blur.

o

F

.i i

self-timer

LED

blinks.

a

After

the

desired

duration,

ightly

press

he

shutter

elease

button

to

J

complete

exposure.

40

TOSHOOTNOFF.CENTREUBJECT


42/72

$

In the following

procedure,

you

can take an in-focus

picture

with

an

off-centre, stationarysubject.However, when

shooting

a

moving

subject,

always

position

the viewfinder focus

bracketson the

subject.

&

s

1

Position ocus brackets n the

I

subject nd

ightly

press

he

shutter

elease

button to activate

autofocusoperation.

,)

Confirm har

O (in-focus

.L indicator)

appears

n

the

viewfinder. Focus

remains ocked

as

ong

as

you

keep

he shutter

release

button ightly

pressed.

2

While

keeping

he shutter

J

release

utton ightly

pressed,

recompose

he

picture,

then fully

depress he shutter elease

button.

eThe

above

procedure

s for

SingleServo AF mode

button

will not lock

the focus.

(original

actory

setting

).

lf

you

have

set

oTo

maintain

subject

exposure,use the AE-L

Continuous

Servo

AF

mode in Optional

Functions

(Automatic

Exposure

Lock) button.

(See

pages

42

(seepage

34), ightly

pressing

he shutter

release

to

43.)

41

U$ING

E-L

BUTTON


43/72

When

your subject

s

off-centre

or

very

small

against

an

extremely

bright

background,

your subject

may

come

out

too

dark

(underexposed)

n the

picture.

Or,

with

a

background

hat

s too

dark,

the

subject

may

be

washedout (overexposed).n suchsituations,o

correctly

expose

your

subject

n the

auto

exposure

mode,

use

he

AE-L

(Auto

Exposure

Lock)

button.

Compose

our subject

so

that

the

circle

n the

viewfinder

is

fully

covered

by

the

subject.

f,

Lightly

press he

shutter

elease

button

to

activate

/-

autofocus

operation

and

the

exposure

meter.

Confirm

O

(in-focus

ndicator)

and

exposure.

1

42


44/72

a

Press

he AE-L

button

and

hold it.

J

A

While

keeping

he

AE-L

button

pressed,

-T

recompose

he

picture,

then fully

depress

he

shutter elease

button.

shutter

release

button

and lightly

pressing

it

again

{while

holding

the

AE-L

button}.

-

n

Single Servo AF mode,

if recomposing

he

picture

could

Chang,e ubisct-to-camera

distance,

refocus by

briefly

removing

your

finger

from

the

43

t!

f

I

1 .

t

CASE$

IITHEREUTOFOCU$$FIOTGCEPTABLE


45/72

Autofocus

operation

depends

on

general

ighting,

subject

contrast

and

detail,

and

other

technical

points.

In those

are

situations

where

autofocus

is

not

possible,

O

blinks

inside

he

viewfinder.

.

Very

dark

subject

Focus

manually

(pa

ge

45).

Or

for

autofocus,

ocus

on

another,

brighter

subject

ocated

at

the

same

distance,

ecompose

with

the

shutter

elease

button

ightlY

pressed,henshoot.

You

can

also

use

he

built-in

flash,

or

an

accessory

Nikon

SPeedlight.

.

Low-contrast

subject

Focus

manually

(pa

ge 45). Or

for

autofocus,

ocus

on

another

subject

at the

same

distance

but

with

more

contrast,

ecompose

with

the

shutter

elease

button

lightlY

pressed,henshoot.

When

the

focus brackets

are

positioned

on

the

following

subjects/scenes,

gnore

n-

focus o indication andfocus

manually:

.

Scenes

with

subjects

located

at

different

distances

.

Bright

subjects

with

a

shiny

surface,

such

as

silver

or

aluminum

. Strongly backlit subjects

.

When'using

a

linear

polarizing filter,

or

a

special

filterr

.9.r

a soft-

focus

filter.

(Circular

polanzing

filters can

be

used

or autofocus.)

44

NfiAHUALOCU$


46/72

1

Set

ocus

switch

o M.

I [f

vour

AF

Nikkor lenshas

an

A-M switch,set t to M.

For maximum ocusing

accuracy

when using

a

zoom ens, t is best to focus

at the

lens' ongest

focal

length

setting.

Focusing

at

the

shortest

ocal

length

setting and then zooming

up to the

longest

Look

through

the viewfinder

and rotate

he

lens

ocus ring

until

the

subject

appears harp.

focal length

settingwill magnifu

any slight

imprccision

n

focusing

and could result n

unsharp

pictures.

45


47/72

You

can

imprint

date/time-Year/lVlonthlDay,

Day/Flour/IVtinute,

Month/Day

N

eat,

ot

DayAvlonth/Year---on

your

picture.

['':i'-i

i

i5

YearlMonth/Day

tTIi-,:rrTl

DaylHourlMinute

1 - - - - . - l

No

imprint

display

t M - - l

[

:i

lI

Ii,-il

Month/Dayf/ear

[15

:l' ': l ' l l

DaylMonthNear

Year

ndicator

-PRINT

Data mprintndicator

Time ndicator

olon

Date/time

When

the

LCD

becomes

faint,

replace

lithium

battery

installed

in

the

camera

back.

(See

page

49.)

+o

Month

ndicator

MODE

button:

Push o

select

one

of

the

five

available

isplays,

ADJUST

utton:

Push

to

adiust

date/time.

SELECT

utton:

Push

o select

date/time

o be adiusted.

I


48/72

SELECT

ADJUST

0s0

Setting date and

time

For example, o set

March

15,1994,choose

Year/Month/Day display. (To set date,choosedisplay

other

than D

aylHour/IVlinute.

With D

aylHourAvlinute

display,only time can be set.)

Push

SELECT button so

year

sectionstarts

blinking

indicating that it can be adjusted.PushADJUST

button

to set he

year.

To

change

numerical

ndication

To

ect

tir'e to

peciso

second:

A&ance the time one minute

and ahead

of

actual

time

f.e.,

if

actualtime

is

1259, se{ tfle

time to

1S:00). Tttffi

pudl

Sf;LECT button so tirne

indicator

Settingas

een

completed.

rapidly, hold

the

ADJUST

button down.

Set he month

and day in the samemanner

as

for

year.

To

complete

setting,pushSELECT buttonwhile the day display s

blinking. The

newly adjusteddate

and the imprint

indicator

-

appearswithout

blinking.

To

set ime, selectDay/Flour/Minute

display

and set

the hour

and the

minute.

Set

ear.

.ru

V

Setday.

ry

V

@

Set

month.

@

V

@

colon

starts

blinking.

with the time

you

set,

the

second

o

00.

When

actual

time

coincides

push

ADJUST

button to reset

47

SELECT DJUST


49/72

- PRINT

q sELEcrADJUsr

rl

ld nl nl

\Jt rr/

v

J

\,/

lmprinted

Date/Time

lmprinting

date/time

Select

your

desired

display

by

pushing

MODE

button

and

confirm dateandtime arecorrectly set.Then fully depress

the

shutter

elease

button

to

take

picture

with

imprinted

date/time.

To confirm

whether

date/time

s

imprinted,

check

to

make

sure

he

imprint

indicator

-

blinks

for approx'

2

sec.,

mmediately

after

taking

the

picture.

lmprinting

dateltimo

may be

difficult

o

read against

bright

colourc

such

as white

or

reddish

colours.

48

YeariMonth/Day

Day/Hour/Minute


50/72

Replacing

ithium

battery

or imprinting

function

l. Make

sure hat film is not

loaded,open

he cameraback.

4.

Insert new

battery with

"+"

terminal facing

upward.

2. Loosen

he silver screw

on the

inside of the camera

back.

Remove he

battery chamber

cover.

5. Replace he

battery chamber

cover and tighten

the screw.

)00n

SEITSTADJUST

)00n

3.

Remove

usedbatterv.

49


51/72

FLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY

The thunderboltsymbol (t) inside viewfinderwill blink if you need

f lash

to take

a

pic ture,

or example,

n

dim

l ight .

You can

then

activate

he F50/F50o's

uilt-in

lash

and use

it. But

remember

hat

you

can

also

use

lash n bright

ight

o fil l

n shadows

with extra

ight.

This

feature,

which

works

with the

F50/F50o's

built-in

lash

or any

dedicated

Nikon

Speedlight,

s called

Matrix

Balanced

Fill-Flash.

t

operates

n all

the Programmed

xposure

modes, as

well

as

in the

Sh u t t e r - P r i o r i t y r Ap e r t u r e - P r i o r i t y u t o e x p o s u r em o d e s ,

automatically

ssuring

a correct

and

well-balanced

exposure

of

both

the

main subject

and

the background.

n

the Manual

exposure

mode,

Centre-Weighted

ill-Flash,

hich uses

Centre-Weighted

etering

o

expose

he background,

pplies.

This section

s for both

SIMPLE

and

ADVANCED

modes.

50

USINGUILT.INLASH


52/72

Notes

on using

built-in

flash

.

Do not

touch the flash when it

is firing;

normal

operation

can cause t

to

heat

up.

.

Never fire the flash more than 20

consecutive

imes at ntervals

of

5 sec.

or shorter.This

may impair

flash

performance.

After

each

continuous

firing, let

the

flash

rest at least 10

minutes

before iring

again.

When you

continuously ire

the flash,

the

camera's andgrip

may become

hot;

this is normal.Continuous iring will

result

n

a

longer

nterval

before he

ready-light

omeson

becauset

takes

longer

for

the flash

to

recharge

automatically.

,l When subjectbrightness s insufficient, the ready-light

I

t

blinks inside

the viewfinder

when you

lightly press

the shutter

elease

button

to activate he

exposure

meter.

Press

he flash lock-release

o release

and

activate

he built-

in flash.

You

can

use he

built-in flash

anytime, regard-less

f

ambient ighting.

For

example,

f

your

subject s

backlit,

you

can use

he built-in flash

to illuminate your

subject

and fill

in

shadows.

rWhen

the

built-in

flash is

activated,

an aecessory

Speedlight

will

not

fire.

When

using

a Speedlight,

keep

the

built'in flash

in

the locked-down

position.

r

For

usable

lenses,

see

page

5$.


53/72

Flash shooting

distance

.

i l t

F t . i i

G

a

Make sure

he

subject

s within

the

flash shooting

.L

distance

range

and confirm

that the

ready-light

(

t

)

is on.

Fully

depress

he

shutter

elease utton

to

take

a shot

with

flash.

After shooting,

check

he

ready-light

again.

f it blinks

for a

few seconds

after shooting,

the

light

might have

been

nsufficient.

Confirm

shooting

distance

and,

f

necessary,

move

closer

o the

subject

or select

a

wider

aperture.

ISO ilm

speed

Flashshooting

distance

ange

5 50

100

200

400 800

o

L

=

E

o

o-

2 2.8

4 2.8- 9.2m

2

2.8

4 5.6

2

-

6.5m

2

2.8

4 5.6

8

1.4

4 .6m

2

2.8

4 5.6

8

1 1

1 .0 3 .3m

2.8

4 5.6

8

1 1

1 6 O.7

23m

4 5.6

8

1 1

1 6

22 0 .6

1 .6m

5.6 I

1 1

1 6

22 32

0 .6

1 .2m

8

1 1 1 6

22 32

0.6

-

0.8m


54/72

Guide or flash

shooting

distance range

in

SIMPLEmode

(at

ISO

100)

For

outdoor subjects

on sunnyday

For

outdoor subjects

on

cloudyday or in

shadows

0.7 2.3m

Lens full

aperture

Using

guide

number

to

estimate

the

maximum

shooting

distance

You

can

also estimate

he maximum

shootins

distance

by

guide

number

of

built-in flash.

Guide number

=

Maximum

shooting

distance

0.6 1 .6m

For ndoor

subjects

O.7 4 .6

m

Use

the listed

ange

only as

a

guide

for

a

lens

,

having

maximum

aperture

of

f/2.8

or

faster.

With

"

slower /enses,

he maximum

shooting

distance

will

be reduced.

Guide number

for

each

ISO

setting

(m)

ISO

ilm

speed

25

50

100 200

400

800

6.5

9.2 1 3

18.4

26

36.8

t

r

'*.:{*-^

I

Iry

The

wider the

aperture

the

smaller he

f-number)

you

select, the farther

the

maximum

shooting

distance,whereas

he

smaller

he

aperture

the

larger he f-number),

he

shorter

he maximum

shooting

distance.

oWith

i'*lor",

shutter

p"tff,

W

automatically

selected, resulting

in

a shorter

shooting distance range.

53


55/72

.In

Shutter-Priority

Auto or

Manual

exposure

mode,

f

you set

he shutter

peed

t

lll80 sec.

or

faster,

he

camera

automatically

shifts

to

Ill25 sec.as soonas hebuilt-in flash s

activated.

.In

Aperture-Priority

Auto

exposure

mode, he

shutter

peed

s fixed

at

lll25 sec.

or flash

shoot ing.

SB-27,58-26,

SB-25

or SB-24

users

The

automatic

adjustment

unctions

or

film

speed,

perture

nd

zoom-head

osition

cannot

be

used

with

the

F50/F50n

camera.

54


56/72

UsableAF

Nikkor Lenses

with

Built-ln

Flash

.

Usablenon-zoom enses

AF 35-80mm

/4-5.6D

35

to

300mm

AF

Nikkor lens

(except

AF

Nikkor

AF

35-l05mm f13.5-4.5

300mm /2.8 andAF-l Nikkor

300mm l2.8D)

AF

35-105mm

13.5-4.5D

. Usablezoom enses AF 35-l35mm 13.5-4.5*2

AF 70-210mm

/4

F 24-50mm

/3.3-4.5*r

AF 28-70mm

/3.5-4.5*l

AF 70-210mmfl4-5.6

ti

13.313ilil

,ii,.i?

F

28-80mm

/3.5-5.6

*1

AF 28-85mmf/3.5-4.5*z

AF

80-200mm/2.8*4

AF

35-70mm/2.g*3

"

AF

80-200mm/2.8D*4

AF

35-70mm/2.g

D*3

AF

80-200mm/4.5-5.6D:

AF 35-70mmf13.3-4.5

-1>..-

*l

Cannot be

used at a

focal

length

shorter than

3Smm

*2

cannot be userJ

at afocal length

shorter

than 35mm.

At

35mmfocal

length

setting, shoot

within 2m.

*3

Canrutt be used

at a

focal

length shorter

than

50mm.

*4 Cannot be used at afocal length shorter than l00mm.

.

Do not

use a lens

hood; it

could cause

slight

?

vignetting.

I

oWith

zoom

lenses,

do not shoot

within

the macro

range

(indicated

by the

orange

ine

on the lens).

SPEEDLIGHTOMPATIILITY


57/72

Nikon

Speedlight

Camera

exposure

mode

Connection

F

s

A

1'l

sB-27,S8-26,

B-25,

B-24,

B-23,

sB-22, B-21B.1,B-20, B-168

TTL auto

lash

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Direct

Other lashmode No No Yes Yes Direct

sB-140,

B-14,

SB-11

with

U-2)

TTL

auto

lash

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ygs

ViaSC-23

Other

lash

mode

No

No

Yes

Yes

ViaSC-13

or

sync

cord

with

AS-15

sB-21A.2

sB-16A.2

TTL auto

lash

No

No

No

No

Via

45-6

Other lashmode No No Yes Yes

-1

Although

ossible

ithSB-218,

atrix

alanced

ill-Flash

ndCentre-

Weighted

ill-Flash

re

not

ecommended

or

close-up

hotography.

ith

the

F50/F500

amera,

se

heSB-218

t

manual

lash xposure

ode

*2

The ifference

etween

B-21A

nd

SB-218,

rbetween

B-16A

nd

SB-168,

s the

ype f

controller

ttached.

For

etails,

eeSpeedlight

instruction

anual,)

: Matrix

Balanced

il l-Flash

: Centre-Weighted

il l-Flash

Controlledaperture in SIMPLE

mode

with an

accessory

Nikon Speedlight

(at

ISO

100)

Foroutdoor

subjects

n

sunnY

aY

Foroutdoor

subjects

n

cloudY

aY

or

in shadows

For ndoor

ubiects

f/B

f/5.6

t/4


58/72

MISCELLANEOUS

57

LENSES


59/72

The

Nikon

F50/F50o

is designed

or autofocus

photographywith

AF

Nikkor

lenses

except

AF-Nikkor

lenses

made

specifically

or the

Nikon

F3AF

camera).

To take

full

advantage

f the

F50/F50o

camera's

eatures,

ou should

use

AF

Nikkor

lenses.

However, the lenses isted on right can be usedunder he following

conditions:

When an

AF-I

or

AI-P

Nikkor

lens

is used:

.

Set

he

focus

switch

to

M and

focus

by

rotating

the

lens

ocusing

ring*.

When

mountable

non-CPU

Nikkor

lenses

are

used:

.

Use

an external

exposure

meter.

.

Set

exposure

mode

to

Manual.

(In

other

exposure

modes,

shutter

s

locked.)

.

Shutter

speed

ndication

appears

n the

LCD

panel

and

nside

the

viewfinder.

Set

shutter

speed

by

pressing

he

set/adjust

utton.

The

f-number

of the

aperture

set

will

not

be visible

in the

LCD

panel

and

nside

the

viewfinder.

Set

he

aperture

by

rotating

the

lens

aperture

ing.

.

Adjust

focus

by

rotating

the

lens

focusing

ring until

the

subject

appears

harp

nside

the

viewfinder.*

* Uilessyoursubjects notacceptableor autofocusperationpage 4),you

can

confirm

he

n-focus

ndicator.

Centre

he

ocus

brackets

n the

subiect,

and

rotate

he

ocusing

ing while

ightly

pressing

he

shutter

elease

utton.

When

he

subject

s

infocus,

he n-focus

ndicator

o

appears.

Mountable

Nikkor

enses

.

AF Nikkor

enses

.Al-P

Nikkor

enses

.AF-l

Nikkor

enses

oAl-type Al-S,Al andAl-modified)

Nikkor

enses xcept

FisheYe

mm

f/5.6

and

Fisheye

P

1Omm

/5.6,

180-60Omm

/B

No.

174166

r

smaller),

00-600mm

/9.5

No.

300490

or

smaller),

60-120Omm

f/11

(No.

17408T

r

smaller)

.

Nikon

Series

E enses

.

Reflex

Nikkor

enses

500mm /B

1000mm

/1

1

(No.

142360

or

smaller/No.

143001

or

larger)

20O0mm

/11

No.

00311

r

larger)

.

Medical-Nikkor

2Omm

/4

.

Teleconverters

except

on-

mountable

C-16/fC-1

64)

Use

of other

/enses

maY

damage

the camera.


60/72

Nikkor

lens

compatibility

Lenses

Focusing

Exposure

mode

Autofocus

Manual

P S

A

FI

AF Nikkor

except

AF-l

Nikkor enses/AF-Nikkor

lenses or

F3AF)

o

o

o

\-,

t.J

AF-l

Nikkor/Al-P

Nikkor

X

c*2

o

o

L-/

n

Al- or Al-S

type Nikkor

including

l-modified

Nikkor)/Reflex

ikkor/Series

*1

X

o'2

X

X

X

o-4

Medical-Nikkor120mm 4

X

o

X

X

X

c*4

Teleconverters

(except

TC-16/TC-1

64)

-'*-^

X

o"3 X X

X

o'4

Bellows

Focusing

Attachment

PB-6

K ring

set

(K1

K3,K4

and K5)

Auto Extension

Rings

( PK- 11A ,

2 ,13

and

PN-11)

X

c"3

X

X

X

o*4

X

Compatible

Incompatible

*1

Some /enses

within

these

ypes/series

annot

be

attached.

See

page

58.

*2

Manual

ocus

with n-focus

ndicator

confirmation

s

available

with lenses

hat

have

a maximum

apefture

of f/5.6

or faster.

*3

Manual

focus

with n-focus

ndicator

confirmation

s

avaitabte

with lenses

hat

have

a maximum

effective

aperture

of f/5.6

or

faster.

*4Camera's

exposure

meter

does not

work.

See

page

58.

59

CAMERAAREIPS


61/72

l.Do

not

touch

he

camera's

eflex

mirror

or

focusing

screen.

Remove

dust

with

a

blower

brush.

2.Do

not touch

he

shutter

curtains.

3.Do

not touch

he

DX

contacts.

KeeP

hem

clean

with

a blower

brush.

4.Clean

the

viewfinder

eyepiece

with

a soft,

clean

cloth.

Do

not use

alcohol.

5.Cleanglasssurfaces,

uch

as

he

lens or

the

eyepieie,

with

a blower

brush;

do

not use

ens issue,

riti6on

type

eyeglass

issue,

etc.

To

remove

dirt

and

smudgei,

use-soft

cotton

moistened

with

denatured

alcoh6l

and

wipe

surfaces

n a

spiral

motion

from

centre

o

periphery.

Do

not

leave

races.

Caution

A spray

gun-type

blower

may

damage

he

opticaiglass

i used

o

clean

he

ens,

especially

if

nO

ghss is used

or

the

front

lens element.

To

avoid

damage,

hold

the

blower

upright

with

its

nozzle

more

than

30cm

from

the

lens

surface,

and keep the nozzlemoving so the streamof air

is

not concentrated

n

one

spot.


62/72

6.Do not lubricate

he

camera.

10.If

he

cameramal-

functions, ake t im-

mediately

o an

authorised

Nikon

dealer

or service

centre.

I .Do not

leave

he

camera n

an

excessively

hot

place.

8.

Keep

the

camera

away

from

water

or mois-

ture. When

using the

cameranear

water,

guard

against

splashes,

especially

salt water

spray.

9.Make

surenot

to drop

or

bump

the camera

body/lens

against

a

hard

surface.

Strong

shockmay

cause

malfunction.

ffi

w.ry/

11.

tore

he camera

n

a cool,

dry

place

away from

naphthalene r camphor(moth repellent). n a

humid

environment,

store

he camera

nside

a vinyl

bag with

a desiccant

o

keep

out

dust, moisture

and

salt. Note,

however,

hat

storing eather

cases n

vinyl

bags may

cause

he leather

o deteriorate.

I2.To maintain

he

built-in

flash condensern peak

condition,

thereby

enablingyou

to use he

flash

for

many

years,

fire

the flash

a

few

.

times

every

month.

61

NOTESNBATTERIES


63/72

re

.

Keep

batteries

out

of

children's

each.

f

someone

accidentally

swallows

a

battery,

call

a

doctor

mmediately.

2.Do

not disassemble,

short

circuit

or

heat

batteries.

Do

not

charge

batteries.

3.If

you

do

not

intend

to

use he

camera

or a

long

time,

remove

he

battery.

4.Battery

power

diminishes

at

extremely

ow

temperatures-make

sure

he battery

you

buy

is

fresh, and

wrap

the

camera

body

in

somethingwarrn.

. , m

ffi-

lj

1LJJF4N

5.When

replacing

a

battery,

be sure

o

use

a

fresh

battery.

62

6.Do

not throw

used

batteries

nto

fire.

7.If

the battery

chamber

s contaminated

y battery

leakage,

ake

the

camera

o

an authorised

Nikon

dealer.

..SPECIFIGATI0NS

Type

of camera Integral-motor

utofocus

5mm ExpOsure

modes

Programmed

uto

n

SIMPLE


64/72

Picture format

Lens mount

Lens

Operation

mode

Focus modes

Autofocus

mode

Autofocus

detection

system

Autofocus

detection range

Autofocus

lock

Focus

tracking

single-lenseflex

24mm x

36mm

(standard

5mm

film ormat)

NikonF mount

AF Nikkor enses exceptAF-

Nikkor

BOmm/2.8,

ED2O0mm

I/3.5 F,

and autofocus

onverter

TC-1

/TC-1 4),

and non-AF

Nikkor enses

with

imitation)

available

SIMPLE ndADVANCED

Autofocus

nd manual

Single

Servo

AF

and

Continuous

ServoAF*

"

Continuous eryos

posslb/e

n

ADVANCED ode

only

TTL

phase

detection

ystemusing

Nikon

advanced M200

autofocus

module

Approx. EV

-'l

to

E\/

19

(at

ISO

1

00)

Possible,

n

SingleServoAF

mode,

once a stationaryubject s n

focus

as

long

as the

shutter

release

utton

s ightly

ressed

Automatically

ctivated

with

a

moving

ubject

Programmed

Auto exposure

control

Flexible

Program

Shutter-Priority

Auto

exposure

control

Aperture-Priority

Auto

exposure

control

Manual

exposure

control

mode;Programmed

uto,

Shutter-

Priority uto,

Aperture-Priority

uto

and Manual

n ADVANCED

ode

Both

shutter

peed

and aperture

areset; nSIMPLEmode,General-

PurposeProgram,

andscape

Program,

Portrait

Program

nd

Close-Up

rogram

reavailable;n

ADVANCED

ode,

General-

Purpose

Program,

andscape

Program,Poftrait

Program,

Close-

Up

Program,

port Program,

Silhouette rogram,

ight-Scene

Program, nd MotionEffect

Program

reavailable

Possible

ith

General-Purpose

Program n

ADVANCED

mode

when lash

s

of f

Aperture

utomatically

elected

o

matchmanually

et shutter

peed

Shutterspeedautomatically

selected

o match

manually

et

aDenure

Both

apefture

nd shutter

peed

are

set

manuallv

63

I

button

approx.

8

sec.

with

he

built-in


65/72

Shutter

sPeed/

aperture

adiustment

Auto

exposure

lock

Exposure

comPensation

Exposure

metering

Exposure

metering

range

Exposure

meter

switch

Pressing

he

adjust

changes

hutter

Peed

or

aoerture

n

1/2

steP;

holding

own

the

adjust

button

aPidlY

hanges

shutter

Peed

or

aPerture

n

one

step

Available

Y

Pressing

he

AE-L

button

while

he

exPosure

meter

s

on

Possible

n

ADVANCED

ode

within

5

EV

ange

n

1/2

stePs

Matrix

Metering

for

Programmed

Auto,

Shutter-PrioritY

uto,

and

Aperture- rioritY utoexPosue

modes);

Centre-Weighted

Metering

or

Manual

xPosure

mode

EV

1 to

EV

20

at

ISO

100

with

f/.1.4

ens

Activated

y

lightly

ressing

hut-

ter

release

utton;

when

he

LCD

oanel

shows

he

ExPosure

Mode

menu,Programmenu,OPtional-

Function

menu,

or

OPtional

Function

ettings,

taYs

n

for

approx.

60

sec.;

when

he

LCD

panelshows

he

Program/

exposure

mode,

staYs

n

for

Shutter

Shutter release

Shutter

sPeeds

Viewfinder

Eyepoint

Focusing

screen

Viewfinder

information

Viewfinder

i

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