Nikon 16-85mm-f-35-56G-ED-AF-S-VR-DX-Zoom: Notes on using vibration reduction Setting the aperture Variable maximum apertures
Notes on using vibration reduction Setting the aperture Variable maximum apertures: Nikon 16-85mm-f-35-56G-ED-AF-S-VR-DX-Zoom
Table of contents
- Notes on Safety Operations
- Nomenclature
- Major features
- Focusing, zooming, and depth of field Focusing (Fig. A)
- Vibration reduction mode (VR II)
- Notes on using vibration reduction Setting the aperture Variable maximum apertures
- Flash photography using cameras with Using bayonet hood HB-39 a built-in flash
- Lens care Standard accessories Optional accessories Incompatible accessories
- Specifications
- Notes on using wide or super-wide angle AF Nikkor lenses
Notes on using vibration reduction
• When the camera is mounted on a tripod, set the
• After pressing the shutter-release button halfway,
vibration reduction ON/OFF switch e to [OFF].
wait until the image in the viewfinder stabilizes
However, set the switch to [ON] when using a tripod
before pressing the shutter-release button the rest of
without securing the tripod head, or when using a
the way down.
monopod.
• When taking panning shots, be sure to set the
• With autofocus cameras such as D2-series and D300
vibration reduction mode switch to NORMAL.
models, featuring an AF start (AF-ON) button,
• If the camera is panned in a wide arc, compensation
vibration reduction does not function even when the
for camera shake in the panning direction is not
AF-ON button is pressed.
performed. For example, with horizontal panning
Setting the aperture
only vertical camera shake is reduced, making
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Use the camera to adjust the aperture setting.
smooth pans much easier.
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• Due to the characteristics of the vibration reduction
Variable maximum apertures
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Zooming the lens from 16mm to 85mm decreases the
mechanism, the image in the viewfinder may be
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maximum aperture by 1
/3 stop.
blurred after the shutter is released. This is not a
However, there is no need to adjust the aperture
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malfunction.
setting to achieve correct exposures because the
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• Do not turn the camera off or remove the lens from
camera automatically compensates for this variable.
the camera while vibration reduction is operating.
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Failure to observe this note could result in the lens
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sounding and feeling as if an internal component is
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loose or broken when it is shaken. This is not a
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malfunction. Turn the camera on again to correct this.
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• With cameras such as D300 and D40-series models,
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featuring a built-in flash, vibration reduction does not
function while the built-in flash is charging.
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