P3D Re: Nishiki Nimslo

["Gregory J. Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Cummins <ace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>I have a nimslo and love it except I can't control the f-stop except to
>f22 or f5.6. I was told the nishiki have manual f stops and is also
>"auto matic" but the f-stops are "sunny,cloudy..." does anyone know the
>actual value of these f-stops and can I manually sync to s studio strobe
>with a regular pc/hotshoe adapter. I assume I can fool the speed with
>the same nimslo light bulb trick.

The Nishika is a fully-manual camera with a fixed shutter speed of 1/60th
and f-stops of f8, f11 and f22.  The hot shoe is standard (it appears to
have a third contact, but it is there only for decoration).  As there is
no exposure automation, there is nothing to fool.  It does have a primitive
"light meter" which ostensibly lights an LED in the viewfinder when flash
is required, but that's all it does.  You can leave the batteries out of
the camera and save some weight and expense.  Unlike the Nimslo, they
aren't required to trip the shutter.

        -Greg W.


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