Nikon N6000 User Manual

Nikon

INSTRUCTION

MANUAL

CONTENTS-------------------------------------------

FOREWORD
NOMENCLATURE

BASIC

MOUNTING THE
INSTALLING BATTERY

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OPERATION

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LENS.

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. 4 - 8

9 -

CHECKING BATTERY POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LOADING FILM . . . . . .

BASIC SHOOTING

REWINDING FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CONTROLS

TECHNIQUES

IN

DETAIL/PHOTOGRAPHIC

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FILM SPEED SETTING . . .

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13 -15
16 -19
19 -20

21 -60
22 -24

USING AUTOMATIC FILM SPEED SETTING FOR

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DX-CODED FILMS .

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MANUAL FILM SPEED SETTING

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2~

23 -24

FILM ADVANCE MODE SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SINGLE-FRAME SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . .

CONTINUOUS SHOOTING . .....

FOCUSING ...
EXPOSURE .

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EXPOSURE METERING SYSTEMS

MATRIX

MET

CENTER-WEIGHTED METERING
METERING SYSTEM SETTING .
METERING SYSTEM SELECTION -

WHEN
CENTER-WEIGHTED METERING .

EXPOSURE MODE .

EXPOSURE MODE SETTING ...

ERING . . . .... . ......

TO

USE MATRIX OR

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PROGRAMMED

FLE

XIBLE PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO EXPOSURE

MODE .

OPERATION

AUTO EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO EXPOSURE

MODE

OPERATION

AUTO EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MANUAL EXPOSURE MODE . .

OPERATION

TO

GET EXPOSURE METER READING

FOR

BULB SETTING .

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION .

AE

(AUTO EXPOSURE) LOCK LEVER . . . . . . . . . .

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION BUTTON .
AUTO EXPOSURE BRACKETING .

SELF-TIMER OPERATION

ONE-SHOT SELF-TIMER

TWO-SHOT SELF-TIMER . . ....

ACCESSORIES

LENS COMPATIBILITY ....

ACCESSORIES ....

(PM

AND P) AUTO

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IN

SHUTTER-

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IN

APERTURE-PRIORITY

IN

MANUAL EXPOSURE MODE .

A MAIN SUBJECT

PRIORITY

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OPTIONAL SPEEDLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . .

CLOSE-UP ACCESSORIES .
VIEWING ACCESSORIES
OTHER ACCESSORIES

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60

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2

MISCELLANEOUS

CAMERA CARE TIPS
NOTES ON BATTERIES
SPECIFICATIONS
GLOSSARY

WARNING INDICATIONS ... . . .

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FOREWORD

Thank you for purchasing the Nikon N6000.
hope you enjoy using this camera .
make photography a bigger part of your life.

Before using the N6000, read this manual, as
well as the supplementary section on

PHOTOGRAPHY"

We

know it will

"FLASH

We

3

NOMENCLATURE

Film plane indicator: Exact distance

from lens mounting flange to film plane
is

46.5mm.

LCD panel: See page

Power switch

Self-timer indicator

See pages 59 to 60.

Release terminal: Accepts

optional Nikon Cable Release

AR-3 or Double Cable Release

AR-7.

Shutter release button

Minimum aperture lock:

programmed auto or shutter-priority auto
exposure mode.

Aperture scale

4

8.

LED:

Lock for

Accessory shoe:

Speed lights.

CPU contacts:

Accepts Nikon-dedicated

Camera strap eyelet

Lens mounting index

Lens release button

Aperture ring

Focusing ring

Do not touch.

Viewfinder eyepiece

Camera back

Eyepiece cover DK-5 (pro-

Prevents stray light

vided):

from entering viewfinder.

AE

(Auto Exposure) lock lever: See

pages 50 to

51.

Film rewind button: Press

while sliding

lever.

Film cartridge confirmation

window

Camera back lock release:

Push down
back

to

.

open camera

Film rewind lever: Slide

direction of the arrow.

in

Battery chamber cover lock
release

Tripod socket

the

5

Exposure mode (MODE) button/Automatic
Balanced Fill-Flash

(~)

button

Film speed (ISO) button/Film speed setting
mode (DX/M) button

Film advance mode (DRIVE) button

These buttons are used with the command dial or shift button.
For

function of each button, see next page.

Metering system (:.::) button/Slow sync
button

Auto exposure bracketing (BKT) button

~)

Self-timer (

button/Rear-Curtain sync

button

Shift button: Press to

in

shown

matte gold.

se

t the functions

on camera body.

Exposure compensation button

6

Command input control dial
(Command dial):

to set various functions.

Can be rotated

Command dial/shift button functions

Combined with buttons listed below, the command dial and shift button provide various functions.

Button

:.:

Metering system (
button pressing Ihis button. (See page

Exposure mode (MODE),/Automatic
Balanced Fill-Flash

Film speed
setting mode (DX/M) button

Film advance mode

Exposure compensation
button while pressing this button. (See pages 52 to 53)

Auto exposure bracketing
button

Self-timer
button (See pages 59 to 60)

(~)/Rear-curtain

)/Slow sync

(~)

(ISO)

button/Film speed

(DRIVE)

button pressing this button. (See page 35)

button'

(~)

(BKT)

sync Rotate

-

'Pushing MODE and

In

the following cases, command dial can be used by itself.

In

Programmed auto exposure mode

In

Shutter-Priority auto or Manual exposure mode

DRIVE

buttons simultaneously for more than one second sets N6000 for basic shooting.

To

select metering system, rotate dial while With shift button pressed, this button is used to

To

select exposure mode, rotate dial while

To

manually set film speed, rotate dial while

pressing this button. (See pages 23 to 24) film speed (auto for OX-coded film or manual, see

To

set film advance mode, rotate dial while

pressing this button.
To

make exposure compensation, rotate dial

With shift button pressed, rotate command dial for flash output level compensation.
For

With Command Dial With Shift Button

29)

(See

page

25)

See pages 54 to 58.

it

to

set

self-timer operation.

details, see pages 35 to 37 on "FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY", a separate instruction book.

Turn

command dial for flexible program

Turn

command dial to set shutter speed

set/cancel slow sync
With shift button pressed, this button is used

set/cancel automatic balanced Fill-Flash for
flash photography.

With shift button pressed, this bulton
page 22)

With shift button pressed, this button is used
set/cancel rear-curtain sync for flash photography.

for

flash photography.

-

-

is

used to

to

set

to

7

2

3

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8

f*l1r-!--

~---'=----t-

-i-l

=~~~~~+--

15 16 17

'-t--

LCD panel indications

1. Exposure mode

2. Film speed setting mode

3. Shu

tt

er speed/film speed (for

9

10

11

12

manual film speed setting)/num-

of

frames for auto exposure

ber
bracketing

4. Metering system

5.

Au

tomatic Balanced Fill-Flash

6. Flash output compensa

7.

Slow flash sync

8. Rear-curtain

9. Electronic analog display

Viewfinder indications

1. 1

2mm-d

2. Microprism collar

3. Split-image rangefinder

4. Clear matte field

5.

Exposure mode

6.

Sh

utt

er speed/film speed (for manual film speed settin

number of frames for auto exposure bracketing

7.

Aperture/exposure compensation value

8. Electronic analog display

9. Exposure compensa tion

10. Ready-light

sy

nc

ia. central area

LED

10. Exposure compensation

11. Aperture/exposure compensation

value

12. Auto exposure bracketing

13. Film advance mode

14. Film loading

15. Film advance and rewind
16

.

ti

on

Self-timer

17

. Frame cou

ing

nt

fr

er/number of remain-

ames for auto exposure

bracketing/self-timer duration

g)/

BASIC

OPERATION

9

MOUNTING THE LENS

1

Remove camera body cap and front and
rear lens caps.

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Aligning lens mounting index
camera body with lens' aperture index,
twist lens counterclockwise until
securely into place.

See page 62 for Nikon lens com­patibility chart.

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on the

it

locks

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To

remove

Push lens release button and turn lens
clockwise.

10

INSTALLING

BATTERY---------------

-

Open battery chamber cover by sliding
the lock release.

The battery chamber cover may be detached
pressure
broken.
simply reattach
push

Insert 6V lithium battery pack (Duracell
DL

223A, Panasonic CR-P2

"+"

and

"-"

lent) with
as

shown on the inside
push the battery pack down unitl
into place.

is

applied. This prevents

If

the cover

it

until it clicks into place.

is

accidentally detached,

it

as illustrated, making sure to

ends positioned

cover.

it

from being

or

Then

equiva-

it

locks

if

Close the cover by pushing until

See page 74 for "NOTES ON
BATIERI

ES."

it

clicks.

11

CHECKING BATTERY

to

Slide power switch
indications on

LCD

panel.

ON and confirm

POWER-----

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I~C

liD

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FS.o

~

With sufficient battery power, shutter speed and aperture indicators remain on for
approx.

If

indicators turn off immediately, replace battery.

e

Even
approx. 2

e Lightly pressing the shutter release button, after exposure meter automatically

turns off, turns exposure meter on again.
on for approx.

(

16

sec.,

with sufficient battery power, shutter speed and aperture indicators

sec.

===~

After approx.

EJ

16

sec.

unless you release shutter.

after you remove your finger from button, following shutter release.

16

sec.

after you remove your finger from the shutter release button.

-

-------

With

sufficient battery power, meter stays

go

-

off

e When not using the camera, be sure to turn power switch

off,

to conserve battery power.

e The battery operates camera motor. When film-advance

speed becomes noticeably slower, replace battery with
fresh one.

el

f all indicators on

shutter release button, battery should be replaced.

12

LCD

panel blink when you lightly press

e

lf

shutter does not operate and data does not appear on

LCD

the
ed

panel or viewfinder, the battery pack

or

improperly loaded.

is

exhaust-

LOADING

To

avoid fogging film (especially

high-ISO film), do not load/unload

in

film

FILM-------------------

direct sunlight.

'':II

1

Confirm whether

If

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nr-J

rn

:25

F5.b

(

EJ

([j

for auto setting

not,

press and hold shift button, then press I

• Usable film speed range for OX-coded films
For

details about film-speed setting including manual film speed setting, see

•
pages 23 to 24.

is

shown on the

SO

LCD

button

is

ISO

panel.

so

([j

25 to 5000 .

-

appears .

13

Slide camera back lock release to open
camera back.

to

Pull film leader out

red index mark.

14

Insert film cartridge.

Check to ensure film

Do
your finger

is

properly positioned with no slack .

not touch shutter curtains with

or

with film leader.

(See

illustration)

Close camera back until lock release
snaps closed.

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Confirm frame "1" and
appear on

LCD

panel.

symbol

Lightly press shutter release button

to

confirm film installation symbol
appears in
shows "

pl

~::.:,:

[[j

~

e

lf

remains,
ter locks. Open camera back and
reload

LCD

panel. Frame counter

E"

for "Empty."

~

I~~

Fe

',F.

~

-

<=l_

film is not correctly positioned,

film.

c

,

;A

I

- ( E

<:l_

symbol blinks and shut-

<:l

"E"

Fully

depress shutter release button

automatically advance film to frame 1.

ISO

'

UJJ

.00

To

confirm

ISO

coded film, press

number of

ISO

button.

to

DX-

15

BASIC SHOOTING

--

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-

--

-

--

1

Push MODE and DRIVE buttons simultaneously for more than
one second until

viewfinder LCD shows

automatically reset for basic shooting as shown below:

Film advance
Metering system
Exposure control
Flexible program setting
Exposure compensation

on camera

Auto exposure bracketing

(For flash photography)

Flash sync

Automatic Balanced Fill-Flash
Manual flash light output

compensation

16

~

,

::

·l and

~

appear on the LCD panel (while

P),

indicating that camera settings are

Single frame
Matrix (

::

·l )

Auto Multi-Program
Cancel

±o

Not set

Normal - Slow sync and

Rear curtain sync
cancelled

Set

±o

(~)

(P

The settings shown here are basic settings for the easiest,
most

common

with a CPU (such as AF Nikkor or AI-P lenses). With

other lenses, Center-Weighted metering and Aperture­Priority auto exposure
For detailed information, see following pages.

For

film advance
For metering system See
For exposure control See
For flexible program See page
For exposure compensation

with button
For auto exposure bracketing
For flash photography

picture-taking situations using lenses

mode

are automatically selected.

mode

See page 25

pp

28 - 33

pp

34 - 49

38

See

pp

52 - 53

See

pp

54 - 58
See separate
instruction section

Set

lens

to

its

(highest f-number marked

AF

Nikkor lenses).

With

AF

aperture

lens instruction manual)

minimum aperture

Nikkor

or

at

AI-P lenses, lock lens

its

minimum setting.

in

orange on

(See

Look through viewfinder while turning focusing ring until the two halves of the split
image rangefinder coincide perfectly
in the microprism gird appears sharp.

Out of focus

For

details about focusing, refer

to

form a single unbroken image and the image

In

focus

to

pp 26 -

27.

17

If shutter speed indicator blinks - Picture blur
alert:

If

a selected shutter speed
picture blur may occur due to camera shake or subject
movement.
a tripod, or use accessory Nikon Speedlight.

To

avoid blur, hold camera very steady, use

is

1/(focallength)

or

slower,

Compose picture and lightly press shut-

re

lease button to turn meter on.

ter

;=1

:

c'

5 F

s.

6

Confirm exposure.
When exposure
and aperture indicators appear
viewfinder and on the

is

correct, shutter speed

LCD

in

panel.

the

18

If "HI" appears
Overexposure alert:

Overexposure may occur. Use a filter such as the
Nikon ND

If "Lo" blinks
Underexposure alert:

Underexposure may occur. Use a Nikon Speedlight.

If "

FEE"

setting error alert:

Lens

is

not set to smallest aperture setting and shutter

locks.

Set

in

the shutter speed position -

filter.

in

the shutter speed position -

blinks

in

the aperture position - Lens

lens to smallest aperture.

REWINDING

FILM-------

~

Mr·::

I I

~

Ill!

"d

~ -~

.:-(36)

I'

-

Fully depress shutter release button to take picture. Camera
automatically advances film by one frame.
counter increases by one.

Shutter speed aperture indicators on the

inside viewfinder turn off approx. two
lease shutter and remove your finger from shutter
release button.

LCD

LCD

sec.

after you re-

panel's frame

panel and

Film advance stops automatically
press shutter release button, End and
panel blink reminding you to rewind film.

at

end of roll. Each time you

<:::1_

symbol on the

LCD

19

35)

To

rewind film, while sliding film rewind lever in the direction of

arrow, press film rewind button

film rewind,
frame counter will count backwards until rewind

e

You
manner.

e

lf

camera stops during film rewind, replace battery without
opening camera back.
After installing battery, turn power switch
rewind by the same

(!) _ symbol appears on the

can rewind film before it reaches end

method

to

start film rewinding. During

as before.

LCD

panel, and

is

complete.

of

roll

in

on,

and restart film

the same

20

After rewind automatically stops, confirm frame counter shows
"E,"

and film installation symbol (

Open camera back and remove film cartridge.

!)

) blinks for a few seconds.

CONTROLS

IN

DETAIL/

PHOTOGRAPHIC

TECHNIQUES

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21

FILM SPEED

SETTING-----------------

FS.o

(

El

The N6000 offers two ways to set film speed - automatic film
speed setting for OX-coded film and manual film speed setting.
Each time you press the
button, film speed setting changes from auto/OX to manual,
or vice

versa.

dication for manual.

The

LCO

panel shows

ISO

button, while depressing the shift

IiJJ

for auto; there

is

no in-

USING

AUTOMATIC

SETTING

FOR

OX-CODED

FILM

SPEED

FILMS

22

Usable film speed range for OX-coded film

1. Slide power switch to

2. While depressing shift button, press

so

IiJJ

is
Camera automatically detects film speed
OX-coded film.

shown

ISO

[[1

f

.00

ON.

in

LCO

panel.

fi

lm speed (I

• After loading film, you can
confirm speed
ISO

button.

appear

viewfinder.

is ISO

25 to 5000.

(ISO

25 to 5000)

by

pressing

ISO

number will

in

LCD panel and

SO)

button

of

If

"Err

,"

150

is

loaded. Set I

symbol and

Non-OX-coded film or film with an unacceptable
code

SO

manually.

OX

symbol are blinking:

OX

MANUAL FILM SPEED

SETIING

Usable range for manual film speed settings

1. Slide power switch to

ON.

is

ISO

2. While depressing shift button, press film speed

[[!

on the

LCD

so that

panel disappears.

6 to 6400.

(ISO)

button

23

3.

While pressing

desired number
Film speed setting display changes

10 -12 -16

6 - 8 ­125 -160
1250 - 1600 - 2000 - 2500 - 3200 - 4000 - 5000 - 6400

e

With

or
pressing
on the LCD panel

elf OX-coded film is loaded,

selected, camera gives priority to the manually set
n(1mber.

24

ISO

button, rotate command dial until

is

shown.

- 200 - 250 - 320 - 400 - 500 - 640 - 800 -

without film loaded, you can confirm film speed

ISO

- 20 - 25 - 32 - 40 - 50 - 64 - 80 - 100 -

button. Manually set

and

viewfinder.

but

as

follows:

ISO

number will appear

manual film speed setting

ISO

1000-

by

You

can modify exposure by intentionally setting film
speed to a value different from that of film in
example, with
step over exposure or set
exposure. After taking the picture, make sure to reset
film speed.
methods, see pp 50 -

is

ISO

100 film, set film speed

to

200

for

For

exposure compensation using other

58.

use.

to

one step under-

50 for one

For

FILM ADVANCE MODE

SETTING---

-----

SINGLE-FRAME

ol

~

.Qjr-::

:2S

With film advance mode
button takes one picture and automatically advances film by
one frame.

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FS.b

(

SHOOTING

Il

at

~

-

----

,

fully depressing' shutter release

Nikon N6000 has three automatic film-advance modes.
To

switch film-advance mode, press and hold
and rotate command dial.
continuous low-speed shooting and
speed shooting appear consecutively.

~

for single-frame shooting,

[BH

DRIVE

button

for continuous high-

IBl

for

CONTINUOUS

SHOOTING

FS.b

Il

Shots are taken continuously as long as shutter release button
is

depressed. High- or low-speed continuous shooting can be
selected.
Shooting speed
mode

or

pack at normal temperature and a shu

1/125

sec. The slower the shutter speed, the slower the motor

speed.

approx.

is

approx. 2 fps (frames per second)

1.2

fps

in

IBl

mode - with a fresh battery

tt

er

speed faster than

in

IB

H

25

FOCUSING----------------------------------------

1. 12mm-dia. central
area

2. Split-image range -

finder

3. Microprism color

4. Matte field

.

':' :25 F';.

oS

The type K focusing screen that comes with the N6000 has

three focusing aids:

A.

Split-image focusing

For

precise, pinpoint focusing of subjects with distinct
edges/contours, turn the focusing ring until the split-image
becomes whole.

B.

Microprism focusing

For

rapid focusing and for subjects with indistinct outlines,
turn focusing ring until the shimmering image becomes
sharp.

C.

Matte-field focusing

For

close-up photography
using a telephoto lens with a maximum aperture of approx .

1111

or

smaller, the split-image may darken.

ring until image

on

at

high magnification, or when

the matte field appears sharp.

Turn

focusing

The N6000 viewfinder covers approx. 92% of the image

area of the actual photograph so the actual picture
comes out larger than the image

that the picture comes out trimmed down

mounted slides or service-size prints from negatives .

When using a zoom lens:

For

maximum focusing accuracy, focus
longest focal length setting. The shallow depth of field
and large image scale
help ensure pinpoint focusing. Conversely, focusing
the shortest focal length setting and then zooming up
the longest focal length setting will magnify any slight
imprecision
pictures.

in

focusing and could result

in

the viewfinder. Note

in

the case

at

the lens'

at

the longest focal length setting

in

unsharp

of

at

to

26