Nikon F65D instruction manual Usable Optional Speedlights

Usable Optional Speedlights—continued

•Notes on using optional Speedlights

•See your Speedlight manual for details. If the camera groups are defined in the manual of the Speedlight with TTL Auto Flash, see the section for camera group II.

•Flash sync speed is 1/90 sec. or slower when using an optional Speedlight.

•Available film speeds for TTL Auto Flash are ISO 25 to ISO 800.

•When Red-Eye Reduction or Red-Eye Reduction with Slow Sync is set on a camera attached with the Speedlight with AF-Assist Illuminator, the Red-Eye Reduction lamp of the Speedlight lights up. With other Speedlights without AF- Assist Illuminator, the Red-Eye Reduction lamp of the camera body lights up.

•When optional Speedlight with AF-Assist Illuminator, SB-80DX, 50DX, 28/28DX, 27, 26, 25 or 24, is attached, the AF-Assist Illuminator of the optional Speedlight emits light when the focus mode is set to AF, an AF Nikkor lens is attached, the subject is dark and centre focus area is selected or Dynamic AF Mode with Closest-Subject Priority is activated. With other optional Speedlights, the AF- Assist Illuminator on the camera emits light.

•Set the exposure mode to Aperture-Priority Auto or Manual to take flash pictures with non-TTL flash mode.

•With the SB-26, 25 or 24, even if Front-Curtain Sync is set on the camera body, the Speedlight performs Rear-Curtain Sync when Rear-Curtain Sync is set on the Speedlight in P, S, A or M exposure mode (camera setting is overridden). In a or Vari-Program (except h), Speedlight performs Front-Curtain Sync even if Rear- Curtain Sync is set on Speedlight (Speedlight setting is overridden).

•With the SB-26, 25 or 24, when Slow Sync is set on the camera body in h, Rear- Curtain Sync is performed if Rear-Curtain Sync is set on the Speedlight.

•With the SB-26, 25 or 24, when Red-Eye Reduction or Red-Eye Reduction with Slow Sync is set on the camera body, Speedlight performs Red-Eye Reduction or Red-Eye Reduction with Slow Sync even if Rear-Curtain Sync is set on the Speedlight.

•ƒEE in the LCD panel and ƒEE and fi in the viewfinder blink and the shutter cannot be released when the exposure mode is set to P, a or Vari-Program and the attached optional Speedlight is not set to TTL Auto Flash. Set the Speedlight flash mode to TTL, or set the camera’s exposure mode to ™, £ or ¢.

•With SK-6 and SB-24 attached, the AF-Assist Illuminators of the camera body and the Speedlight do not emit light.

•In P or a exposure mode, the camera automatically controls the maximum available aperture as follows in relation to the film speed:

ISO film speed		25	50	100	200	400	800
Maximum	Built-in Speedlight	2	2.4	2.8	3.3	4	4.8
available
	Optional Speedlight	2.8	3.3	4	4.8	5.6	6.7
aperture

*When film speed increases by one step, the maximum available aperture is stopped down by 1/2 f/stop. If you are using a lens with a maximum aperture smaller than that listed above, the automatically controlled aperture range is from the lens’ maximum to minimum aperture.

•Use the optional Accessory Shoe Adaptor AS-15 to use the sync terminal.

NOTE: When optional Speedlight is attached

Turn on the optional Speedlight power switch or set the built-in Speedlight to Flash Cancel mode so the built-in Speedlight won’t pop up automatically when an optional Speedlight is attached. When the built-in Speedlight automatically pops up in a AUTO mode or Vari-Program, vignetting or uneven illumination may result since the Speedlight may not pop up all the way.

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