The Nikkormat ELW is Nikon's second
35 mm SLR with automatic exposure control - combining factors of accuracy, durability
and is easy to operate. This camera has made automatic film winding possible with
use of the Auto Winder AW-1, a dedicated exclusive accessory designed for automatic
film advance.
Chances are high that you may have bought a used ELW or from the elderly. It is most
important that you fully understand the functions of a camera, and learn to operate
the controls with ease and confidence. If you are a beginner, please read the section
on basic operations before any attempt to bring your camera for any important photographic
sessions. Familiarizing yourself with the camera first and you will realize it doesn't
need any top of the line, quickest autofocus and latest year 2000 SLR model to take
a simple, nice picture. But of course, there are compromises, such as - you may not
able to focus, film advancing or auto rewinding automatically for you or may be it
is so simple in operation that you are wondering why photography is so simple and
straight foreward. So, there is no buttons, LCDs, icons or picturegraphs to lead
and even when using flash unit, you may have to calculate exposure sometimes - but
that is essentially, other than vision in you - the joy of taking photographs. Every
single eventual image is your own creation, rather than computer calculated exposures.
Anyway, not to make so offend many other AF camera owners on the Net, let us just
begin from here.
There are two ways to browse this site. You may choose to sufe page by page or using
the site map titles below to click on only topics that you are interested at. There
are many levels of curiosity why you are seeking for additional information on the
25 years old SLR camera such as the ELW. Anyway, there is no way to satisfy everyone's
need, thus, this site is to serve those who I assume may need help the most - a probably
new user of - which I have to use the camera manual as a platform for this site.
It is always advisable to refer the Main Reference Map for cross checking the controls of the
camera (In fact, I would suggest you to download a copy (PDF
file - 282k) for your future reference).
Features
Basic Operations
Battery
care
Installing the battery
Battery test
Replacing the battery
Notes on battery care
Mounting
the lens
Removing the lens .
Attaching & removing the Nikon Auto Winder AW-1
General Steps to prepare the camera
Loading
a film.
Setting the ASA film speed
Setting shutter-speed dial at A (Auto)
Winding the film
Blank exposure
Frame counter
Setting
the aperture ring
Holding the camera
Focusing
Viewfinder frame coverage
Releasing the shutter
Rewinding and unloading film
Photography of automatic exposure control.
Reminder
checklist
Applied Operations
TTL Exposure
Meter
EV range chart
Exposure
Control
The shutter speed dial and the use Automatic exposure control
Manual exposure control
Lens aperture diaphragm
Depth-of-field preview button
Stop-down exposure measurement
Expsoure Compensations.
How to use memory lock
Repro-copying,
slide-copying and photomicrography
Depth of Field
Self Timer
Mirror Lock-up mechanism
Infra-photography
Flash Photography
Accessories
Auto Winder
AW-1
Filters
Hoods
Others
Care
and Maintainance
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MF Zoom-Nikkor Lenses: 25~50mm | 28~45mm | 28~50mm | 28~85mm | 35~70mm | 36~72mm E | 35~85mm | 35~105mm | 35~135mm | 35~200mm | 43~86mm | 50~135mm | 50~300mm | 70~210mm E | 75~150mm E | 80~200mm | 85~250mm | 100~300mm | 180~600mm | 200~400mm | 200~600mm | 360~1200mm | 1200~1700mm
Tele-Converters: TC-1 | TC-2 | TC-200 | TC-201 | TC-300 | TC-301 | TC-14 | TC-14A | TC-14B | TC-14C | TC-14E | TC-16 | TC-16A | TC-20E
Recommended links to understand more technical details
related to the Nikkor F-mount and production Serial Number:
http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/lhhansen/photo/fmount.htm by: Hansen,
Lars Holst
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/nikonfmount/lens2.htm
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/serialno.html
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HIURA Shinsaku ® ; Nikomat ML, Japan,
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* Credit: Miss Rissa (Marketing) & Edward (Techical) of Shriro Malaysia, distributor
of Nikon cameras in Malaysia, in providing so many useful inputs to make this site
possible. Mr Hong, Ipoh for lending
his FT2 for me to take some of the images used in this site. This site is created
for his eldest son, Yuen who has picked
up his father's hobby and the FT-2. My friend, John Walls from Florida, US for his images of the FTn body and the Zoom Nikkor
43-86mm.