AFlash Modes

The flash modes listed on the previous page may combine one or more of the following settings, as shown by the flash mode icon:

•AUTO (auto flash): When lighting is poor or subject is back lit, flash pops up automatically when shutter-release button is pressed halfway and fires as required.

•Y(red-eye reduction): Use for portraits. Red-eye reduction lamp lights before flash fires, reducing “red-eye.”

•j(off): Flash does not fire even when lighting is poor or subject is back-lit.

•SLOW (slow sync): Shutter speed slows automatically to capture background lighting at night or under low light. Use to include background lighting in portraits.

•REAR (rear-curtain sync): Flash fires just before shutter closes, creating a stream of light behind moving light sources (below at right). If this icon is not displayed, flash will fire as the shutter opens (front-curtain sync; the effect this produces with moving light sources is shown below at left).

Front-curtain sync

Rear-curtain sync

AShutter Speeds Available with the Built-in Flash

The following shutter speeds are available with the built-in flash.

Mode

Shutter speed

 

Mode

Shutter speed

i, P *, A *, k, p, s, w

1/250–1/60 s

 

S

1/250–30 s

n, 0

1/250–1/125 s

 

M

1/250–30 s, A

o

1/250–1 s

 

 

 

*Speeds as fast as 1/8,000 s are available with optional SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, and SB-600 flash units in modes P and A if 1/320 s (Auto FP) or 1/250 s (Auto FP) is selected for Custom Setting e1 (Flash sync speed, 0 222).

ASee Also

See page 149 for information on locking flash value (FV) for a metered subject before recomposing a photograph. For information on auto FP high-speed sync and choosing a

flash sync speed, see Custom Setting e1 (Flash sync speed, 0 222). For information on l choosing the slowest shutter speed available when using the flash, see Custom Setting e2 (Flash shutter speed, 0 223). For information on flash control and using the built-in flash

in commander mode, see Custom Setting e3 (Flash cntrl for built-in flash, 0 223). See page 275 for information on using optional flash units.

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