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Taking Pictures with Non-AI Lenses
The lack of an AI mechanism means that camera controls can not
be used to set aperture when a non-AI lens is attached. For
optimal exposure, you must manually match the camera aperture
setting to the lens.
1
Attach the lens.
Attach a non-AI lens for which you have previously provided
lens data (
2
Select the lens number (
).
Confirm that
Non-AI lens
is selected for
Non-CPU lens data
>
Exposure meter
coupling
.
“F” will flash in the control panel and
f
will appear in the information display.
3
Select exposure mode
A
or
M
.
Rotate the exposure mode dial to
A
or
M
.
4
Adjust aperture.
Choose an aperture using the lens
aperture ring.
5
Match the camera aperture setting
to the lens.
While the exposure meters are on,
rotate the sub-command dial to set the
camera to the aperture selected in Step 4.