Interpreting Nikon N2000 (F-301) repair manual

RMN · Dec 13, 2024

Hello,

I'm looking at the official repair manual for my Nikon N2000 (F301) and having some trouble understanding what Nikon is saying.

On Step 3 there's two standards and I don't know how to adjust. BOTH 60 and 125 lighting up and just 125 lighting up. Followed by just 125 lighting up with DX film with the same settings otherwise. Does anyone know how both 1) and 2) can apply at the same time on Step 3? Should I just adjust it until only 125 lights up?

ic-racer · Dec 13, 2024

I interpreted that as the tolerance, which is +/- 0.75EV. I think they are indicating that either 1) or 2) are OK.

I have three of these n2000 and I just checked them again. They show "125" but the "60" occasionally blinks with the light source at EV9.

RMN · Dec 13, 2024

ic-racer said:
I have three of these n2000

When they're selling for $25 bucks then why not get a few?

I did notice that unlike some other Nikons where the standard lens is a 50mm f1.4, this manual says to use a 50mm f1.8. Those have a different light transmittance at the same f stops. Maybe this manual is scaled to better align with other Nikon bodies in manual mode.
BTW what calibration factor do you use, k=12.5 or 14.03 for this another manual focus Nikons?

ic-racer · Dec 14, 2024

I was lucky I got the little 50/1.8 AI-S lens (that I think originaly came with the camera) on one of my n2000 bodies. So, I did my testing with that.

14.03 K value for Nikon.

Andreas Thaler · Dec 14, 2024

ic-racer said:
I interpreted that as the tolerance, which is +/- 0.75EV. I think they are indicating that either 1) or 2) are OK.

I also see this as an indication of a tolerance range of half an aperture stop.

In practice, this shouldn't make a difference, but if it does, it can be adjusted here.

Interpreting Nikon N2000 (F-301) repair manual

RMN

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