LCD P
This lens is equipped with the LCD panel. The meaning of funct
displayed from the LCD panel explained below
① Battery Indicator
② Focal length Indicator
③ Shooting range Indicator
CHECKING THE BA
When the power of the camera body is on, the battery icon, which
shows the capacity of the battery
Explanations of the symbols are given as follows.
No Icon The battery strength is sufficient.
Display Icon
The battery level is low and the battery will
need to be changed soon.
Blinking Icon
The power of the battery is insufficient,
replace the battery immediately
SAFETY STRAP
The supplied safety strap is used to prevent the l
being attached to a tripod. Please attach the safety strap to the
safety strap cringle.
not use safety strap for carrying the lens.
please avoid causing any injury to your body
FIXING THE LENS BODY TO
for this lens that will be capable of supporting it.
or remove the lens to the tripod
with more than two people.
three screw holes. Both sides are
used for popular 1/4 inch screw and the center hole is used for 3/8
inch screw
barrel fixing knob. It is possible to change the att
vertical or horizontal, easily
which can be used as a sighting
device when you first target the subject.
your subject while looking through these holes.
A
When this lens is attached to the camera body it will automatically
function in the same way as the camera manufacturer
refer to the instruction booklet for your camera body
electrical contacteep them clean to ensure prope
connection.
SETTING THE EXPOSURE MODE
The Sigma lens functions automatically once attached to the camera.
Please refer to the camera instruction book.
FOCUSING
For autofocus operation, set the focus
mode switch on the lens to “AF” position.
(Select the autofocus mode on your camera
body for Nikon AF
manually
lens to the “MF” position. Manual focus
can be achieved by turning the focus ring.
cusing even in the autofocus mode.
With the camera set to the One-Shot AF (AF-S)
to manually override the autofocus while the shutter release
is pressed halfway
display the focus status. The “● ” symbol indicates that correct
focus has been set, “
► ” indicates that focus is set in front of the
subject, and “
◄” indicates that focus is set behind the subject.
When this AF lens is used with Nikon AF cameras in MF mode,
please adjust the lens’● ” symbol is visible.
possible to change the indication to m (meter) or ft (feet). T
it, press the m/ft switch button.
with m (meter) or 59 steps with ft (feet) (Please refer the
The nearest value in the following table will be displayed depending
on the actual shooting range.
Ta
mf
∞∞
120 m 390 ft
60 m 190 ft
40 m 130 ft
30 m 100 ft
24 m 80 ft
20 m 60 ft
17 m ~ 2 m
Displa
per 1m
59 ft ~ 8
Displa
per 1ft
FOCUS LIMITER SWITCH
This lens is equipped with the focus limiter
switch, which enables a limit of the AF
range.
It is possible to switch to the following three
modes.
FULL （ T ∞）
5m ∞
10m ∞
ZOOMING
Rotate the Rubber grip on the zoom ring to the desired position.
refer the table 2). Tlue from table 2 will be displayed
depending on the position of the zoom ring.
Ta
Without Attachment With Attachment
200 mm 400 mm
210 mm 420 mm
220 mm 440 mm
230 mm 460 mm
240 mm 480 mm
250 mm 500 mm
260 mm 530 mm
280 mm 560 mm
290 mm 590 mm
310 mm 620 mm
330 mm 660 mm
350 mm 710 mm
380 mm 760 mm
410 mm 820 mm
450 mm 900 mm
500 mm 1000 mm
400-1000MM F5.6
The addition of the supplied 400-1000mm
twice focal length (400-1000mm F5.6) zoom lens.
HOW TO
Firstly
camera body
T
the opposite direction, whilst sliding the lens’
tele converter except the supplied
Attachment with this lens.
be used with any other lenses.
LENS HOOD
This lens hood helps to prevent flare and ghosted images caused by
extraneous light. It is attached to the lens body before shipment from
the factory
After using the lens, please store the lens in the carrying case after
attaching the lens hood.
FIL
It is not possible to attach the lens filter at the front of lens body
attach a filter to the lens assembly
inserted into the lens barrel near the rear of T
unit has a removable filter holder that fits a 72mm filter
HOW TO USE FIL
The DG UV filter is set in the filte
holder in advance.
T
counter-clockwise and then pull
the filter holder out.
REMOVING THE FIL
T
holder
clockwise holding pA to avoid
rotating the filter holder
A
T
rotate the filter clockwise holdin
part
A
. T
the filter until it s
T
lens barrel, the notation (
ø72
) must
be on the right side of the holder
while the lens faces away from you.
Please insert the filter holder as far
as it can go into the slot. Rotate the
filter holder fixing knob clockwise to
fix the Filter Holder
Gray col
(C-PL) Filter is supplied wit
lens as one of its accessories.
Please turn your filter rotator
ring while looking through the
viewfinder to set the desired
picture taking position.
liver optimum performance with a
filter installed in the lens assembly
decreases if the filter is not installed inside the
use a filter inside the lens assembly
from the insertion slot of the filter holder can affect exposure and
cause poor pictures if the filter holder is not in the lens assembly
that use rotation movement as a filtering process, such as Circular
Polarizing (C-PL) Filters.
have the thickness of more than 5mm (screw thread excluded) or
diameter of more than 75mm, they cannot be attached.
Please do not att
this lens. If any ot
b
FLASHGUNS AND AF AUXILIA
Vignetting will occur if the lens
and AF auxiliary light. In addition, when an external flashgun is
attached to the camera’s hot shoe and fired, it will cause vignetting.
BASIC CARE
extreme high or low temper
or to humidity
good ventilation. T the lens coating, keep awa
from mothballs or naphthalene gas.
remove dirt or finger prints from the lens elements. Clean by using a
soft, moistened lens cloth or lens tissue.
body
When rain or drops of water fall on the lens body
them by clean towel.
cause condensation or fog to
appear on the surface of the
from the cold outdoors, it is advisable to keep the lens in the case
until the temperature of the lens approaches room temperature.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND AFTER
W
Please refer to these materials for details.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICA
Lens body
Lens constructi 13 - 17
Angle of V 12.3 - 5°
Minimum Aperture 22
Minimum Focusin 2m (Wide side
Magnific
Filter Size 72mm (Drop in -
Dimensions Di× Length 236.5×726mm (9.31×28.6i
Weight
Dimensions and weight include th
400-1000mm F5.6 A
Lens constructi 6 - 7
Focal length 2x that of a ma
Magnification 2x that of a ma
Dimensions Di×Length
71× 52.8mm (2.8 × 2.08in)
Weight
288g (10.2oz)
Dimensions and weight include th
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