Hello there,
Along with 3 eyepieces supplied with my 60mm Nikon ED SCOPE,the shop threw in the camera adapter.Now I've got my hands on a Nikon F65 camera body;and shot a roll yesterday(listen to me.....a right david bailey!).The image in the view finder was good enough to focus manually on the birds so I WENT FOR IT.
I can only take a picture in the manual mode.I understand that my aperture is fixed at "F13.3" so I assumed I would control shutter speed.I can't.As I take a picture,the viewfinder tells me I have a shutter speed of 1/180th,central focusing and no F number(F--).
Because the adaptor isn't 'electric',does the camera think there is no lens attached?
Am I doing something wrong?The booklet has lists of lens compatbility waffle..."full functions only with Nikkor D/G".
The adaptor fits so some control must be possible.
I used ASA 400 film DXn coded and will photo the dog till the roll is done!
I took some shots of young heron learning to fish at Besthorpe Notts.and hope for the best.
Sound advice needed
Keep Ahaad.....Eric
I would have thought you might have been able to use shutter speed priority, too, with a fixed aperture lens / scope. However, if, as you say, you are held to manual mode you will effectively be using the camera simply as an exposure meter and then manually changing the settings to suit.
The "f number" is a measure of the lens's aperture size - and with a scope (which has no iris / diaphragm) this will always be fixed - in your case to f13.3 for the Nikon scope. When you focus and depress the shutter release half way, the camera should then suggest a correct shutter speed which will enable a reasonably correct exposure with this particualr aperture setting (which it did - 1/180 sec...). Before you take the shot, you will then need to set your camera to this speed manually using the camera's shutter speed input dial.
With such a high magnification you will need a good tripod to keep the camera absolutely rigid to avoid camera shake - or a bean bag (i.e. some way to separate you from the camera! A cable shutter release - or timer delay - is also a good idea.
Best of luck! If you buy a digital camera in the future, you will be able to view your photo before you take it to be sure all settings are correct.
I've also used a camera adapter with Nikon cameras.
The adapter mount should be of the 'T2' type. On my camera (a rather old F-601), the metering is centre weighted and the camera sets the shutter speed. The focus assist also works. The main problem is that the camera makes the whole outfit unstable because all weight is on the back of the 'scope. There is a thread on the forum somewhere in which various ways of supporting the scope and minimising the vibrations caused by the camera are discussed - but can I find it at the moment? Have a search and see what turns up.
AndyC