Nikon AI-S Zoom-NIKKOR 35-105mm f-3.5-4.5 - Manual (Page 10)

NOMENCLATURE
1. Reproduction Ratio Scale 11.
2. Reproduction Ratio Index 12.
3. Aperture Index
13.
4. Distance Scale Index 14.
5. Focusing/Zoming Ring 15,
6. Distance Scale 16.
7. Depth-of-Field Scale
8. Infrared Index 1 7.
9. f'oeal Length Scale 1 8.
10. Macro Button 19.
Mounting Ring
EE Servo Coupling Post
Aperture Ring
Meter Coupling Shoe
Aperture Indexing Post
Aperture-Direct-Readou t
Scale
Meter Coupling Ridge
.Aperture Scale
Macro Ring
FOREWORD
Constructed of 16 elements in 12 groups, the Zoom-Nikkor
35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 is a versatile, easy-to-operate. high per-
tormance zoom lens, offering a variety of focal lengths
from wide-angle, normal to telephoto over its 3X zoom
range. For convenience, it features quick, one-ring focusing
and zooming; simply turn the ring to focus and push or pull
it to zoom. Normal focusing extends from infinity down to
1.4m (5ft) with provision for close focusing at all focal
lengths by operating the special macro ring. At the 35mm
setting, close focusing ranges from 1.4m (5ft) down to
0.27
1,1 (0.9ft), Filter size is the standard 52mm Nikon size -
exceptionally small for a zoom lens with this wide a range
of focal lengths.
Constructed of the highest quality Nikon glass, this zoom
lens produces sharp images with high contrast from the
shortest to the longest focal length with all aberrations well
corrected. In addition, Nikon Integrated Coating (NIC) is
applied to all air-to-glass .surfaces of the lens elements to
minimize ghost images and flare and produce photographs
with natural color rendition.
The lens offers “automatic maximum aperture indexing” (Al) with
suitably equipped cameras, via the meter coupling ridge provided