Nikon 4799 F6 Instruction Manual - Page 85
Changing Focusing Screens
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Detailed Operation Changing Focusing Screens In addition to the supplied B-type BriteView screen, other optional interchangeable focusing screens (type U, E, M, J, A and L, x 168) are available for the F6. 1 Turn the power switch off, remove the lens from the camera body and pull the focusing screen release latch outward using the supplied tweezers. • The holder will spring open when the focusing screen release latch is pulled outward. 2 1 1 2 2 Remove the screen by grasping the small tab with the tweezers, and set the replacement screen in place. • Make sure the screen is set properly. 3 Using the tweezers, push the front edge of the holder upward until it clicks into place. • Be sure not to touch the reflex mirror or the surfaces of the focusing screens. • Always use F6 focusing screens (focusing screens for other cameras cannot be used). Focusing screen compensation No compensation is required with type B or E focusing screens or in Matrix metering. With screens other than type B or E, the EV level of the focusing screen may require compensation depending upon the focusing screen, lens, or teleconverter attached. To compensate EV level, set "Other screen" in Custom Setting "b6 Screen comp." (x 98). (For the appropriate compensation value, see the instruction manual of the focusing screen.) • For focusing screens other than B- or E-type, "Other screen" must be set even when the compensation value is "0". 85
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