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  • Page 2 NOMENCLATURE Film plane indicator - - - - - - - -_ _ Depth·of fieIC: preview button - - - - - - - coun Exposure release button Film advance lever er s trap eye let hutter speed index Self·timer Aperture ring Aperture index Distance scale...
  • Page 3 Take-up spool-----, Film guide r a i l s - - - - - , Shutter curtain - - - - - - , Finder eyepiece------, Synch socket Came back - - - - ro cket----- , L -_ _ _ _ "~'------- •...

  • Page 4: Specification

    SPECIFICATION NIKKORMAT MODEL FS Film to be used: Standard 35 mm film in daylight cartridges available in 36 and 20 exposure loads Viewfinder: cessory angle Finder screen: Circular micro'prism spot in center (dia rounded by a mat ring to 12mm dia is Fresnel lens picture field Mirror:...
  • Page 5 While Depth of field preview button: the pre-selected M-contact and X-contact provided with automatic Flash t im synchronization: spe ed -li ght flash at the shutter speed of 11125 sec. or slow er Self-ti~er Built -in. Starts by depressing the shutter release button Exposure counter Automatically returns to S (Start) with the camera...
  • Page 6 PICTURE TAKING PROCEDURES Load th cam era with film Set the shutter speed FOCUS and compose the picture Press the shutter release button. One picture frame is exposed...
  • Page 7 Set tile lens rtur proper F·number. When the whole film is exposed, rewind the film back into the gina cartridge. to tile After complete film can Nikkormat Wind the film advance lever rewindinjl" .removed '" ::::> '" <l.

  • Page 8: Exchanging The Lens

    EXCHANGING THE LENS To Remove the Lens Holding the lens by the milled press the lock button and turn lens barrel. clockwise until it ring, stops cautio ••...
  • Page 9 To Mount the Lens After inserting the lens i'nto the camera the lens lined up to the black dot on the camera front, turn the lens counterclockwise click in position Wh en a lens removed posed to di ect sunlight especially with the camera loaded.

  • Page 10: Loading The Camera

    LOADING THE CAMERA Pull down the latch, to open camera back Place cartridge chamber below the rewind knob Push back the knob cartridge in place jnto to lock the Pull up tne rewind Gently push the flIm advance lever forward, catch securely knob...
  • Page 11 Rotate take ·up that the slit in the spoo upward Holding the film with tion engaged the teeth of the transport sprocket, close the camera which if properly closed, click shut l face perfora · should Nikkormat In sert the trimmed end of the film into the slit...

  • Page 12: Film Advance Lever

    FILM ADVANCE LEVER film advance leve simultaneously winds the shutter shoul pu shed forward stops Then let it swing e ready advance po sition shutter release button shutte will be released After the camera has been loaded and closed operate the blank shots during loading...
  • Page 13 UNLOADING When the of the film sudden difficulty will be felt in the wind ing of the film advance lever. position no further advance attempted. Bring back the lever to original position and proceed to rewind ing of the film First, push in the rewind button located on the camera bottom.

  • Page 14: Shutter Speed

    S HUTTER SPEED shutter speed controls mount of light admitted through the lens and freeze the image of moving subjects, Turn lever found on th until the desired shutter ber on left side comes opposite the black index numbers from 1 to sent the denominations of the speeds...

  • Page 15: Lens Aperture

    LENS APERTURE 10 11 L 0 , '. ~{r""\:j COMBINATION OF SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE amount of light admitted through the lens to fall on the film is the exposure which is aperture of the lens for the same exposure exposure as 1 /60 sec.

  • Page 16: Camera Holding

    CAMERA HOLDING For crisp photographs it is the camera be held firmly r~leasing shutter since tion will result in a blurred picture Every effort should be made to familiarize one self w ith holding camera and controls most important that In holding the camera, the eye at the moment of should...
  • Page 17 FOCUSING AND COMPOSING The subject to be photographed is brought into sharp focus on the viewing. screen by turning the focusing ring of the lens the image within the micro ·prism in the center of the viewing field appears crisp and clear.

  • Page 18: Depth Of Field

    DEPTH OF FIELD When a subject point is brought into focus by a lens at a specific distance from that point the actual point on which the focus is made is considered to be the most sharply defined in the picture and the sharpness of other points which...

  • Page 19: Depth·of ·Field Preview Button

    The Nikkor lens has a" color -coded of field scale engraved on the lens barrel just behind focusing ring. color code permits easy reading of the ct.epth field scale for any aperture Each set of colored lines located one on either side of the line represents different F-number.

  • Page 20: Self-Timer

    SELF·TIMER ·timer is a devi the action of the shutter ter release button is depressed. necessary if the photographer wishes to be in the picture. self ·timer move the lever down ° until it stops start the timer, depress the release button.

  • Page 21: Infra·red Photography

    INFRA·RED PHOTOGRAPHY Film Plane Indicator The marking found on the camera top indicates position plane. It is used close ·up photography measuring exact distance from camera to subject. When taking infra ·red pictures, an extra focusing adjustment must be made. The subject should be focused as for normal photography tween the...

  • Page 22: Flash Synchronization

    Be sure you socket shutter glas~ permit each clas flash and tighten positive Shutter Speeds Synchronized Nikon BC ·6) or lhe black X socket delay socket and is used for plug into correct speed range which will positive synchronization with...
  • Page 23 electronic flash are from 125 sec sec. (engraved in black on the speed scale of the camera) To determine the correct exposure when using flash, refer to the F-number subject distance) which will be furnished with the instructions accompanying the flash unit particular flash bulbs shutter...
  • Page 24 LENS HOOD The use of a lens hood recommended at all times, especially when the lens turned to ward the light, where Snap-on Lens Hood there stray light present Snap -on hoods combine Two types of lens hood By depressing the buttons (one located on either side of the hood). the are available for Nikkor hood...
  • Page 25 NIKON FILTERS Nikon filters are supp lied screw ·in Series type mounts. Screw. in filters are used with lenses from 28 mm through 135 mm 300 mm. Series filters <'Ire used long focus and zoom lenses are furnished with screw ·in lens hoods.
  • Page 26 INTERCHANGEABLE NIKKOR LENSES FOR NIKKORMAT FS...
  • Page 27 Group Type Wideangle Nikkor Auto 28mm F3.5 Wideangle Nikkor Auto 35mm F 2 .8 Special purpose PC Nikkor mm F Wideangle Nikkor Auto 35mm Normal Nikkor Auto 50mm Normal Nikkor Auto 50mm F 1.4 Normal Nikkor Auto 55mm F Micro-Nikkor Auto Special purpose 55mm F Telephoto...
  • Page 28 Group Type Telephoto Nikkor Telephoto Nikkor Auto 105 mm F Telephot Nikkor Auto - - _ . Telephoto Nikkor Auto 135mm F Telephoto Nikkor Auto 200mm Medi l·Nikkor Special purpose 200mm - - - Telephoto Auto 300mm Nikkor Ultra Telephoto Nikkor Auto 400mm...
  • Page 29 Group Type Ultra Telephoto Nikkor Auto 600mm Ultra Telephoto Nikkor Auto BOOmm FB Reflex Nikkor Ultra Telephoto 1000mm Reflex Nikkor Ultra Telephoto 1000 mm Ultra Telephoto Nikkor 00mm F11 Zoom -Nikkor Auto Zoom~ng B6mm F Zoom ·Nikkor Auto Zooming 300 mm F 4 .5 Auto·Nikkor Telephot ·...
  • Page 30 ACCESSORIES EXCLUSIVELY USED ON NIKKORMAT FS...
  • Page 31 Accessory Shoe This adapter is necessary for mounting the Flash Unit onto the camera The shoe is fastened under outside protecting glass which once screwed from finder eyepiece Can be used in conjunction with the eyecup Angle Finder The finder, permitting viewing finder...
  • Page 32 ACCESSORIES Close-up Attachment Lenses Allow focusing as close as up to with No. 0, No available Extension Ring Model Inserted betweeR lens the lens ·to·camera distance for photography. Extension Ring Set K Consisting of 5 different rings used or 'combined for close· ups up to Nikkor 135 mm Exclusively used on the Bellows from infinity to I...
  • Page 33 N·F Adapter Tube For attachin Nikkor 180 mm , 250 or 500 mm with Nikon S·series cam er the camera Nikon Flash Unit BC·6 Desi compact. Automatic chan usin less miniature sure calculator " flash cord cor.nection volt battery EI·Nikkor 50 mm F/2.8...

  • Page 34: Care And Maintenance

    CARE AND MAINTENANCE Clean the outside a brush and then soft cloth Dust and sand which enter while the camera opened or the lens is removed occasionally using of a brush or hand blower Dust finger prints water only affect the contrast of the image also left...
  • Page 35 Camera No Guarantee Card No Purchased Name of Owner Address:...
  • Page 36 NIPPON KOGAKU 1·7, Nihonbashi·dori, Chuo·ku, Tokyo, Japan (Nishikawa Bldg.) NIPPON KOGAKU (USA) INC. 623 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, N. Y. 11533 U.S.A. NIKON AG. Kirchenweg 5 8008 Zurich, Switzerland K.K. ~l!' 272·3311 Printed in Japan...

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