Flash Modes

The camera supports the following flash modes:

 

Flash mode

Description

 

 

This mode is recommended for most situations. In

 

 

programmed auto and aperture-priority auto modes,

 

 

shutter speed will automatically be set to values

 

Front-curtain

between 1/250 and 1/60 s (1/8,000 to 1/60 s when an

 

optional flash unit is used with Auto FP High-Speed

 

sync

 

Sync) (pg. 377).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-eye reduction lamp lights for approximately one

 

 

second before main flash. Pupils in subject’s eyes to

 

 

contract, reducing “red-eye” effect sometimes caused

 

 

by flash. Owing to one-second shutter-release delay,

 

Red-eye

this mode is not recommended with moving subjects

 

or in other situations in which quick shutter response

 

reduction

 

is required. Avoid moving camera while red-eye

 

 

 

 

reduction lamp is lit.

 

 

 

 

 

Combines red-eye reduction with slow sync. Use for

 

 

portraits taken against a backdrop of night scenery.

 

 

Available only in programmed auto and aperture-

l

Red-eye

priority auto exposure modes. Use of a tripod is

reduction with

recommended to prevent blurring caused by camera

 

slow sync

shake.

 

 

 

 

 

Flash is combined with shutter speeds as slow as 30 s

 

 

to capture both subject and background at night or

 

 

under dim light. This mode is only available in

 

 

programmed auto and aperture-priority auto

 

Slow sync

exposure modes. Use of tripod is recommended to

 

 

prevent blurring caused by camera shake.

 

 

 

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Nikon D700 manual Flash Modes, 188, Camera supports the following flash modes