Nikon 18-105mm-f-35-56G-ED-AF-S-VR-DX: Getting good results with autofocus Vibration reduction mode (VR) Using vibration reduction Notes on using vibration reduction Setting the aperture
Getting good results with autofocus Vibration reduction mode (VR) Using vibration reduction Notes on using vibration reduction Setting the aperture: Nikon 18-105mm-f-35-56G-ED-AF-S-VR-DX
Table of contents
- Notes on Safety Operations
- Nomenclature
- Major features Mounting the lens Removing the lens Using the Lens Hood HB-32 1
- Focusing (Fig. A) Autofocus mode Detaching the hood Focusing, zooming, and depth of field Manual focus mode
- Getting good results with autofocus Vibration reduction mode (VR) Using vibration reduction Notes on using vibration reduction Setting the aperture
- Variable maximum apertures Lens care The built-in flash and vignetting
- Standard accessories Optional accessory Incompatible accessories Specifications
- Notes on using wide- or super wide-angle AF Nikkor lenses
For more information on camera focus modes, refer to
• If the camera is panned in a wide arc, compensation
your camera’s User’s Manual.
for camera shake in the panning direction is not
performed. For example, when panning the camera
Getting good results with autofocus
in a horizontal direction, vertical camera shake is
Refer to “Notes on using wide- or super wide-angle AF
reduced. This stabilizes the image whilst allowing the
Nikkor lenses” (P. 19).
desired panning effect to be realized.
Vibration reduction mode (VR)
• Due to the characteristics of the vibration reduction
By enabling vibration reduction (VR), slower shutter
mechanism, the image in the viewfinder may be blurred
speeds (approximately three stops*) can be used.
after the shutter is released. This is not a malfunction.
Panning is also supported.
• Do not turn the camera off or remove the lens from
(*Based on results achieved under Nikon measurement
the camera while vibration reduction is operating.
conditions. The effects of vibration reduction may vary
Failure to observe this note could result in the lens
according to shooting conditions and use.)
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sounding and feeling as if an internal component is
Using vibration reduction
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loose or broken when it is shaken. This is not a
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Set the vibration reduction ON/OFF switch b to
malfunction. Turn the camera on again to correct this.
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ON.
• With cameras such as D300 and D40-series models,
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Note: Be sure to set the switch b so that the
featuring a built-in flash, vibration reduction does not
indicator is precisely aligned with ON.
function while the built-in flash is charging.
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Camera shake is reduced when the shutter-release
• When the camera is mounted on a tripod, set the
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button is pressed halfway. Autofocus and manual
vibration reduction ON/OFF switch b to OFF.
focusing, as well as precise framing of the subject,
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However, it is recommended that the switch be set to
are simplified because camera shake visible
ON when using the camera on an unsecured tripod
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through the viewfinder is also reduced.
head or with monopod.
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To disable vibration reduction, set the vibration
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• With autofocus cameras such as D2-series and D300
reduction ON/OFF switch b to OFF.
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models, featuring an AF-ON button, vibration
Notes on using vibration reduction
reduction does not function when the AF-ON button
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• After pressing the shutter-release button halfway,
is pressed.
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wait until the image in the viewfinder stabilizes
before pressing the shutter-release button the rest of
Setting the aperture
the way down.
Use the camera to adjust the aperture setting.
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