Flash

Built-in flash

i, k, n, o: Auto flash with auto pop-up

 

P, S, A, M: Manual pop-up with button release

Guide Number (m/ft)

• At ISO 200: Approx. 17/56, 18/59 with manual flash

at 20 °C/(68 °F)

• At ISO 100: Approx. 12/39, 13/43 with manual flash

Flash control

• TTL: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR

 

using 420-segment RGB sensor are available with built-in flash and

 

SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, or SB-400

 

• Auto aperture: Available with SB-900, SB-800 and CPU lens

 

• Non-TTL auto: Supported flash units include SB-900, SB-800, SB-28,

 

SB-27, and SB-22s

 

• Range-priority manual: Available with SB-900 and SB-800

Flash mode

• i, k, n: Auto, auto with red-eye reduction; fill-flash and red-eye

 

reduction available with optional flash units

 

• o: Auto slow sync, auto slow sync with red-eye reduction; slow sync

 

and slow sync with red-eye reduction available with optional flash

 

units

 

• l, m: Fill-flash and red-eye reduction available with optional flash

 

units

 

• P, A: Fill-flash, rear-curtain with slow sync, auto slow sync, slow sync

 

with red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction

 

• S, M: Fill-flash, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction

Flash compensation

–3 – +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV

Flash-ready indicator

Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit such as SB-900, SB-800,

 

SB-600, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX, or SB-50DX is fully charged; blinks for

 

3 s after flash is fired at full output in i-TTL or auto aperture modes

Accessory shoe

Standard ISO 518 hot-shoe contact with safety lock

Nikon Creative Lighting

Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with built-in flash, SB-900,

System (CLS)

SB-800, or SU-800 as commander and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, or SB-R200

 

as remotes; Auto FP High-Speed Sync and modeling illumination

 

supported with all CLS-compatible flash units except SB-400; Flash Color

 

Information Communication and FV lock supported with all CLS-

 

compatible flash units

White balance

 

White balance

Auto (TTL white-balance with main image sensor and 420 segment RGB

 

sensor); 12 manual modes with fine-tuning; color temperature setting;

 

preset white balance; white balance bracketing

 

 

Live view

 

AF modes

Face-priority, wide area, normal area

Autofocus

Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point

 

automatically when face-priority AF is selected)

 

 

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