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mrrobert1	Nikon F ASA dilemma		Lead	[-]
Posts: 2 12/31/07 08:51:05	Tags : None Hi! Happy new year to everybody from sunny south florida......a friend of mine gave me a nikon f black body with a photomic ftn finder that it hasn't been use in more than 20 years,meter doesn't work but I am planning to use a Sekonic 308 instead my only problem is "how to setup ASA" may be some one can help me out.........thanks in adv. Regards Robert
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rbsinto.nikonhistorical...		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 90 12/31/07 11:07:19	I'm not certain I understand your question. If you are referring to setting ISO on the cameras meter, then the answer is; it is not necessary to do so because you will be using the handheld Sekonic to take your readings. Just ignore the camera meter regardless of what it is set to currently, and merely adjust the camera's shutter speed and the lens's aperture to co-incide with the value you get on the Sekonic. The F only has metered manual "mode", if you will so regardless of what it's meter reads, the camera controls will only reflect what you manually set them to.
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Posts: 2 12/31/07 14:36:05	Thanks for you quick response,my concern is ASA film speed,dont I have to set up ASA according to film speed say 400 ASA film should be 400 in the ASA selector knob on the camera or I'm missing some thing?
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Posts: 90 12/31/07 17:58:36	I repeat. It is not necessary to set the ASA on the camera meter if you are not using it to measure your exposure. However, it is very important to set the ISO on the Sekonic meter to co-incide with the ISO of the film you are using in order to properly expose the film. Once you have a meter reading from the Sekonic, simply transfer it or some variation of it to the aperture and shutter speed controls of the camera and take the picture. Regardless of what the ASA on the camera meter is set to, the camera will only expose to whatever you manually set the shutter speed and aperture to, and the only time it is necessary to set the ASA on the camera's meter, is when you are using it to measure your exposures. Even then, the camera will only expose to the aperture and shutter speed you manually set. Please trust me on this, I've been doing this for thirty years, and have used F and F2 cameras for almost the last twenty. Last Edited By: rbsinto 01/01/08 13:17:03. Edited 3 times.
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NIKON KIU		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 256 01/02/08 18:25:29	mrrobert1 wrote: Thanks for you quick response,my concern is ASA film speed,dont I have to set up ASA according to film speed say 400 ASA film should be 400 in the ASA selector knob on the camera or I'm missing some thing? Hi mrrobert1 and welcome to our forum, glad to have you here. As said by our other Robert, the ASA dial on the FTN meter is set to have the meter adjust to the film speed, if you are not using the FTN meter to measure the light, you do not need to set it. But, your assumption is correct, the ASA setting on the FTN meter are the same as ISO settings of today, just a different name. There is another dial on the base of the camera, Referred to as "Film Speed Reminder Dial" in the Nikon F manual, since the Nikon F was originally designed as a Meter-less camera, this dial has no function other than to remind you what film speed you are using. I use many cameras and it's a real neat feature for me as I tend to forget which film I hsve loaded into the camera. Kiu
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Posts: 90 01/02/08 20:12:44	Kiu, The film speed reminder on the bottom of the F is of no use to me because I often remove a partially shot roll from a camera, and re-insert it later on to finish it. Thus I need a memo-holder to hold the end tab from the film box of the particular film that is currently loaded in the camera. When I take out the partially shot roll, I note how many frames were exposed and write on the back of the film tab," X exposed, start X+2", and keep that tab with the roll so when I re-insert it in the camera, I know how many frames to advance the film (with the lens cap on, of course) before beginning new exposures. So, I bought an old camera back, removed the memo-holder and glued it onto my standard F back. I didn't want to glue one onto the F36 back as there is no room, so I sewed one on the camera strap were it is handy and easily visable. Last Edited By: rbsinto 01/02/08 22:32:45. Edited 1 time.
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