Thom Hogan's
Complete Guide to the Nikon N75


This eBook is the definitive N75 instruction guide.

This eBook helps you master the use of the Nikon N75 35mm SLR, with a full description of the camera features and lots of useful tips and background information. This is the work that should have been the manual!

This eBook is $24.95 plus shipping and can only be purchased from this site.

For more information about the book and purchaser comments, keep reading...to order it, see the top of the right-hand column.

   
  • The new Nikon N75 matrix meter and autofocus modes explained in plain English! The N75 is a departure from previous Nikon bodies in both the metering and focusing abilities. Learn exactly how they different and what all the new (and confusing to existing Nikon users) autofocus terms mean. Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon N75 explains these things in the same simple, no-nonsense language that made his Nikon Field Guide a best seller.
  • A complete instruction manual. Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon N75 manages to not only fully describe every feature of the N75 in clear, easy-to-understand language, but gives you advice on how to set each feature. But this eBook goes further than Nikon's manual: it shows you how to set fill flash levels despite the fact that the camera doesn't have a flash exposure compensation control. A complete Table of Contents is in the lower portion of the right column for those that are interested in what's covered.
  • Includes useful Excel workbooks! On the disc are several of Thom's Excel workbooks, one of which allows you to calculate depth of field and hyperfocal distance for any Nikon lens used with the N75. But that's not all! You'll also get Excel workbooks for macro and flash (know how to calculate the GN of multiple flashes or the effective GN when bouncing? You will if buy this book!).

Mom approved! The Nikon N75 is the camera my mother now owns and uses. And she helped improve this eBook by reading and proofing an early draft, offering many suggestions that helped make my explanations more clear for novice users.

Worried about the fact that this is an eBook? Don't be. You'll find it a lot easier to find things in this eBook than you would in a printed manual (active TOC, bookmarks, and cross-references insure that). Plus many of the purchasers of my eBooks print a copy and have it bound for their personal use (I allow you to make a copy for your personal use). Most copy shops can perform the binding for you.

Covers all models: US imports N75 or N75QD, and international models F75 or F75D. It's all covered. Plus I describe the remote control and MB-18 power accessories, too.

 

186 pages, eBook (Macintosh and Windows CD-ROM supplied; uses Acrobat Reader).
North American orders: $24.95 plus $4.95 shipping.
International orders: $24.95 plus $9.95 shipping.
Published by byThom Press.

This eBook is mailed to you in CD-ROM form (Priority Mail in the US, airmail outside the US), and is in Adobe Acrobat 4.0 format (I'd love to provide a downloadable version, but it's not practical at this time, as the main file is over 70MBs in size). The eBook is cross referenced with full bookmarks for the complete Table of Contents. You may print a copy of the eBook for your own personal use, or add your own comments and annotations.

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Errata Page for the Complete Guide to the N75.

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6
NOTE ON THIS EBOOK 7
INTRODUCTION 10
N75 BASICS 13
 N75 LINEAGE AND HISTORY 13
  N75 CONTROLS 19
    N75 Front View 19
    N75 Top View 20
    N75 Back View 21
    N75 Side View 22
  N75 DISPLAYS 22
    Top LCD [17] 23
    Viewfinder Display 23
CAMERA SETUP 26
  POWER 26
    Battery Life 27
    Camera On or Off? 30
  DATE IMPRINT (N75QD AND F75D) 30
  VIEWFINDER ADJUSTMENT 33
  RESETTING THE CAMERA 35
USING THE N75 36
  FILM LOADING, REWINDING, AND   UNLOADING 36
    Rewinding 39
    Unloading Film 40
    Warnings and Whatnot 41
  LENSES AND FOCUSING 42
    Attaching Lenses 42
    The Autofocus System 45
    Autofocus Modes 47
    Autofocus Tracking 50
    Dynamic Area Focus 51
    Autofocus Recommendations 56
    Setting Dynamic AF 58
  METERING AND EXPOSURE 58
    Metering Methods 58
    Exposure Modes 63
    ISO Sensitivity 75
    Exposure Bracketing 77
    Exposure Compensation 83
  SHOOTING CONTROLS 85
    Shutter Release [7] 86
    Motor Drive 88
    Multiple Exposures 89
    Self Timer 92
    Remote Control 94
    Depth of Field Preview 96
    Hyperfocal Distance 101
  Custom Settings 103
    #1 – Beep Sound 104
    #2 – Viewfinder Warnings 104
    #3 – Bracketing Order 105
    #4 – Focus Area Illumination 105
    #5 – Release Locks Exposure 106
    #6 – AE-L Button [23] Behavior 106
    #7 – Metering for the AE-L button. 107
    #8 – Meter OFF Delay 108
    #9 – Self Timer Delay 108
    #10 – Remote Control OFF Delay 109
    #11 – LCD Illumination 109
    #12 – Autofocus Assist Illumination 110
  Error Messages and Warnings 111
FLASH 116
  Allowable Shutter Speeds Using Flash 117
  Flash is the Shutter Speed 120
  Internal Flash 120
  Flash Modes 122
  Slow Sync 126
  Rear Sync 127
  Red Eye Reduction 129
  Fill Flash 131
  Wireless Flash 135
  External Flash 135
    SB-28/SB-28DX 138
    SB-50DX 149
USING AN N75 IN THE FIELD 157
  THE WAY THOM USES THE N75 157
  CLOSE-UP (MACRO) PHOTOGRAPHY 157
  WEATHER CONSIDERATIONS 159
  LENS CHOICES 160
    Prime Time 160
    Zoom Duo 161
    Sensible Lenses for the N75 162
    Fixed Focal Length Nikkors 163
    Nikkor Zooms 165
    Lens Compatibility 169
    Teleconverter and Extender Options 172
WARRANTIES AND REPAIRS 174
GRAY MARKET CAMERAS 174
N75 ACCESSORIES 176
N75 SPECIFICATIONS 179
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 182
INDEX 184


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