Flash Modes

The D800 supports the following flash modes:

Flash mode

Description

 

 

This mode is recommended for most situations. In

 

 

programmed auto and aperture-priority auto modes,

 

Front-curtain

shutter speed will automatically be set to values

 

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

 

sync

flash unit is used with Auto FP High-Speed Sync; 0 299).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-eye reduction lamp lights for approximately one

 

 

second before main flash. Pupils in subject’s eyes

 

 

contract, reducing “red-eye” effect sometimes caused by

 

 

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

 

Red-eye

mode is not recommended with moving subjects or in

 

reduction

other situations in which quick shutter response 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.

 

Red-eye

Available only in programmed auto and aperture-

 

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

 

Slow sync

auto and aperture-priority auto exposure modes. Use of

 

tripod is recommended to prevent blurring caused by

 

 

 

 

camera shake.

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In shutter-priority auto or manual exposure

 

 

 

mode, flash fires just before the shutter

 

 

closes. Use to create effect of a stream of

 

 

light behind moving objects. In programmed

 

Rear-curtain

auto and aperture-priority auto, slow rear-curtain sync is

 

sync

used to capture both subject and background. Use of

 

 

tripod is recommended to prevent blurring caused by

 

 

camera shake.

 

 

 

 

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