❚❚CLS-Compatible Flash Units

The camera can be used with the following CLS-compatible flash units:

•The SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, SB-400, and SB-R200:

 

Flash unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

 

 

SB-900 1

SB-800

SB-600

SB-400

SB-R200

2

Guide

 

ISO 100

34/111

38/125

30/98

21/69

10/33

 

No. 3

 

ISO 200

48/157

53/174

42/138

30/98

14/46

 

1If a color filter is attached to the SB-900 when AUTO or N(flash) is selected for white balance, the camera will automatically detect the filter and adjust white balance appropriately.

2 Controlled remotely using optional SB-900, SB-800 flash unit or SU-800 wireless Speedlight commander.

3m/ft., 20 °C (68 °F), SB-900, SB-800 and SB-600 at 35 mm zoom head position; SB-900 with standard illumination.

•The SU-800 wireless speedlight commander: When mounted on a CLS-compatible camera, the SU-800 can be used as a commander for remote SB-900,SB-800, SB- 600, or SB-R200 flash units. The SU-800 itself is not equipped with a flash.

The following features are available with the above flash units:

 

Flash unit

 

 

 

 

Advanced Wireless Lighting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commander

 

Remote

 

 

 

SB-900

 

 

SB-900

 

SB-900

 

 

Flash mode/feature

SB-800

SB-600

SB-400

SB-800

SU-800 1

SB-800

SB-600

SB-R200

i-TTL

i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR 2

✔ 3

✔ 3

✔ 4

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

AA

Auto aperture 2

✔ 5

—

—

✔ 6

✔ 6

✔ 6

—

—

A

Non-TTL auto

✔ 5

—

—

✔ 6

—

✔ 6

—

—

GN

Distance-priority manual

✔

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

M

Manual

✔

✔

✔ 7

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

RPT

Repeating flash

✔

—

—

✔

✔

✔

✔

—

AF-assist for multi-area AF 2

✔

✔

—

✔

✔

—

—

—

Flash Color Information Communication

✔

✔

✔

✔

—

—

—

—

REAR

Rear-curtain sync

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Y

Red-eye reduction

✔

✔

✔

✔

—

—

—

—

Power

zoom function

✔

✔

—

✔

—

—

—

—

Auto ISO sensitivity control (0149)

✔

✔

✔

—

—

—

—

—

1Only available when SU-800 is used to control other flash units.

2 CPU lens required.

3 Standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR is used with spot metering or when selected with flash unit. 4 Standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR is used with spot metering.

5 Selected with flash unit.

6 Auto aperture (AA) is used regardless of mode selected with flash unit. 7 Can be selected with camera.

AGuide Number

To calculate the range of the flash at full power, divide the Guide Number by the aperture. For example, at ISO 100 the SB-800 has a Guide Number of 38 m or 125 ft. (35 mm zoom head

position); its range at an aperture of f/5.6 is 38÷5.6 or about 6.8 meters (or in feet,n 125÷5.6=approximately 23 ft. 7 in.). For each twofold increase in ISO sensitivity, multiply

the Guide Number by the square root of two (approximately 1.4).

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