diana Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 If you use a Nikon D100 with an AI manual focus lens, does its operation most resemble: FE (automatic exposure with manual focus) FM (manual exposure with working lightmeter - you set the aperture and shutter speed, it tells you if you're close) F with a dead battery - no clues on exposure. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvarko Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 The D100 is built off of the N80 body, and as such, offers no metering with non-chipped lenses. so the F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd peach seattle, washi Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 F. They don't have batteries. No meter on a D100 with AI lenses. Some folks report that you can guess with 'sunny 16' and then check your exposure histogram in near real time for the correction. The D100 will give you electronic focus 'steering cues' with an AI lens. This is a good thing, because the focus screen is pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas_greenberg Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 You know, what you can do is make an exposure estimate, shoot a "practice photo," look at it on the LCD screen, and adjust accordingly. It's not that hard in most circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskovacs Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Like a D100 with a series E lens......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbq Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 No clues on exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted December 9, 2003 Author Share Posted December 9, 2003 Actually, if memory serves, the Nikon F did use a battery...or two.They were the button cells and used for the built in light meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd peach seattle, washi Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Yeah, I'm splitting hairs. My F with eyelevel prism doesn't have a battery, doesn't have a place for one. The metering finders take a battery, I guess. Contrasts with my F2 bodies, where the battery resides in the body, body powers the finders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 the only batteries in my Nikon F are the 8 AA's in the motor drive.... it has no meter. :)=<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas_greenberg Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 The argument here is that the Nikon F per se, the basic camera, had no meter, and hence used no batteries. The metering heads were separately considered and named, so a meter-equipped F would be called, e.g., "Nikon F Photomic T." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 Thanks for explaining that. My Nikon F has a lightmeter built in and I just wasn't aware of one that didn't have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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