Nikon D90 user manual Lowering the Built-in Flash

❚❚Lowering the Built-in Flash

To save power when the flash is not in use, press it gently downward until the latch clicks into place.

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AThe Built-in Flash

Use with CPU lenses with focal lengths of 18–300 mm or non-CPU lenses with focal lengths of 18–200 mm (pg. 232; note that auto flash level control is available with CPU lenses only). Remove lens hoods to prevent shadows. Lenses that block the subject’s view of the red-eye reduction lamp may interfere with red-eye reduction. The flash has a minimum range of 60 cm (2 ft.) and can not be used in the macro range of macro zoom lenses.

If the flash fires in !or 9mode (pg. 65), only one picture will be taken each time the shutter-release button is pressed.

The shutter release may be briefly disabled to protect the flash after it has been used for several consecutive shots. The flash can be used again after a short pause.

ASee Also

See page 198 for information on locking flash value (FV) for a metered subject before recomposing a photograph.

For information on choosing the slowest shutter speed available when using the flash, see Custom Setting e1 (Flash shutter speed, pg. 185). For information on using the built-in flash in commander mode, see Custom Setting e2 (Flash cntrl for built-in flash, pg. 185). For information on previewing the effects of the flash, see Custom Setting e3 (Modeling flash, pg. 191).

See the Appendix for more about the built-in flash, including flash control (pg. 265), shutter sync speeds (pg. 265), and range (pg. 266). For information on optional flash units, see pg. 233.

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