Since you mentioned "I always wanted to look through that big viewfinder.
#NIKON F6 VIEWFINDER MANUAL#
With this teleconverter, you do an approximate manual focus and then let the camera's autofocus do the final focus.
One last possibility is to let the camera autofocus your manual focus lens by using a Nikon TC-16A AIS 1.6x autofocusing Teleconverter (mine cost $50 about 6 years ago). You can also get the camera to assist by using the autofocus electronics while manually focusing to light up to signal when the camera thinks the scene is in focus. (If you need even more magnification to see clearly, an optically superb 6x magnifying eyepiece can be used with earlier Nikon bodies that have interchangeable viewfinders, such as the DW-2 6x Magnifying Viewfinder for the Nikon F (with "Nikon" nameplate unscrewed) or F2, the DW-4 for the Nikon F3, or the DW-21 for the Nikon F4.) A 2x flip down magnifier is what I use and likely what you need. If you need more help, like me, instead attach a 2x flip down magnifier to use while focusing – Nikon DG-2 with Nikon DK-18 Eyepiece Adapter. If you need a little help, attach a mild magnifier to the viewfinder - the Nikon DK17M Magnifier Eyepiece. You can make it much easier to tell if the lens is in focus by using magnification. With age, eyesight often deteriorates, so make sure that you have glasses with the correct prescription, correcting astigmatism if present, and have a checkup with an ophthalmologist to make sure that you are not suffering without realizing it from a serious eye problem such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, or a cataract that is making it difficult for you to see clearly. You must look at the focusing screen where the image comes to a focus, not with your eyes mis-focused by looking through the screen.
If you have bifocals or trifocals, be consistent in which portion of the eyeglass lens you look through. The standard one, the F6's "A" screen, has a central split prism, surrounded by a circle with microprisms to help make it apparent when focus has been achieved.ĭecide if you are going to wear your glasses or not while doing manual focus, and make sure that the viewfinder has its variable focus adjusted for your eyes with our without glasses as you prefer, so that you are seeing the viewfinder image in sharp focus. Look up "Nikon focusing screens" online and select one that is designed for manual focus, according to your preference. Since you seem to having difficulty manually focusing, make sure that you are using one of the interchangeable focusing screens that is to your liking. (If you instead actually want to focus stopped down, for example, to preview depth of field, you must be pressing the stop down button while focusing.) If you look at the rear of your lens, you'll see the little lever that the camera flips to close down the aperture only while taking the picture. Although I haven't used an F6, based on experience with many earlier Nikon bodies, manual focus is indeed very possible! First, to clear up an apparent misconception, Nikon bodies always focus with the aperture fully open (in this case at f/2) and then when you make an exposure close down the aperture to a smaller size that you or the camera's metering has chosen.
The Nikon F6 and the Zeiss 35mm f/2 ZF.2 are both superb.
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