The following features are available with SB-800 and SB-600 Speedlights:

 

Speedlight

 

SB-800

 

SB-600

 

 

 

(Advanced

 

(Advanced

 

 

 

Wireless

 

Wireless

Flash mode/featureSB-800

Lighting)

SB-600

Lighting)

 

i-TTL1

✔2

✔

✔2

✔

AA

Auto aperture1

✔3

✔

—

—

A

Non-TTL auto

✔3

✔4

—

—

GN

Range-priority manual

✔5

—

—

—

M

Manual

✔

✔

✔

✔

 

Repeating flash

✔

—

—

—

REAR

Rear-curtain sync

✔

✔

✔

✔

 

Red-eye reduction

✔

—

✔

—

Flash Color Information

✔

—

✔

—

 

Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

FV lock1

✔

✔

✔

✔

AF-assist for multi-area AF6

✔

—

✔

—

 

Auto zoom1

✔

—

✔

—

ISO auto (Custom Setting 5)1

✔

—

✔

—

1 Available only with CPU lenses (IX Nikkor lenses excluded).

5 Adjusted automatically according to camera aperture setting

2 Standard i-TTL Flash for Digital SLR is used when spot meter-

when CPU lens is used. When non-CPU lens is used, must

ing is selected. Otherwise, i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash for Digital

be adjusted manually to match aperture selected with lens

SLR is used.

 

aperture ring.

 

 

3 Use Speedlight controls to select flash mode.

 

6 Available with CPU AF lenses only (IX Nikkor lenses excluded).

4 Available only with non-CPU lenses.

 

 

 

 

The Accessory Shoe

The D70S is equipped with an accessory shoe that allows SB-series Speedlights, including the SB-800, 600, 80DX, 28DX, 28, 50DX, 27, 23, 22S, and 29S to be mounted directly on the camera without a sync cable. The accessory shoe is equipped with a safety lock for Speedlights with a locking pin, such as the SB-800 and SB-80DX.

The AS-15 Accessory Shoe Adapter

An AS-15 accessory shoe adapter (available separately) can be mounted on the accessory shoe to allow flash accessories to be attached via a sync cable.

Accessories Optional—Notes Technical

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