Mount The Lens - Nikon NIKONOS-V Instruction Manual

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Mount the lens @.
• With the silver lens focusing
knob @ positioned vertically in
front of the viewfinder
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(when
mounting the LW-Nikkor lens , hold
the silver mounting ring with the
red dot facing up), push the iens
firmly into the camera's bayonet
mount. Turn the lens 90° clockwise
until the lens positioning pins @
click and lock into position in the
lens positioning slots @. Now the
camera/lens assembly is com-
pletely watertight.
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Mounting the lens upside down will
not affect its operation but may make
it easier to read the aperture and dis-
tance scales from above the camera.
Do not, however, mount the LW-Nikkor
lens in this manner.
olt will be easier to mount the lens if
you push the lens alternately up and
down into the camera 's bayonet
mount.
Check the Q·ring : Before mount-
ing the lens, check the O-ring
around it by following the direc-
tions in "PREPARATION" on page 7.
To remove: Pull the lens slightly
out from the body and turn it 90°
counterclockwise so the lens posi -
tioning pins are out of the lens
pOSitioning slots. Then , with the
silver lens focusing knob posi-
tioned vertically (in the case of
the LW-N ikkor, with the red dot on
the mounting ring facing up), re-
move the lens from the camera
body.
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Be sure the a·ring does not get
scratched while the lens is being
removed.
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