Recommended lenses
AF Nikkor lenses. To blur the background, use a telephoto lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 or brighter. However, in close-range shooting, use wider angle lenses to reduce red- eye.
Speedlight
Nikon S8-25 Speedlight Unit.
Use ISO 100 to 400 film. Other films may cause overexposed background.
If you set the Portrait Program with Red-Eye Reduction with other Speedlight and tum on the Speedlight, ~~ mark blinks.
Recommended camera settings
Metering system | ~ for Matrix· |
Focus area | [£] for Spot·· |
Focus mode | S for Single Servo AF |
Film advance mode | [[) for single-frame shooting |
Flash sync | ~~ for Red-Eye Reduction··· |
'Automatically selected.
"Vari-Program automatically sets the camera to Wide-area focus. However, when the Nikon 58-25 AF Speedlight is connected to the camera and turned on, the focus area automatically swstches to Spot. In this case, [iJ) blinks in the LCD panel, with 0 appearing in the viewfinder display.
'''Automatically selected and cannot be cancelled.
Procedure
For flash shooting procedure, see S8-25'sinstruction manual. However, with Red-Eye Reduction function, note that it is only at the fourth flash that the shutter is released. So hold the camera steadily and make sure your subject keeps still during all four flashes.
To further reduce red-eye
•Have the subject look away from the lens, toward a bright light.
•When shooting indoors, make the room as bright as possible. Note that red-eye tends to be more pronounced with children and cannot be as effectively reduced.
