The guide number at various film speeds and zoom head settings is shown in the following table:

Guide numbers in the manual mode

 

Unit'm(tt)

Zoom head

 

 

ASAIISO film speed

 

 

setting

800

400

200

100

50

25

 

T119(390) 84 (276) 59 (194) 42 (138) 30(98) 21 (69)

S107 (351) 76 (250) 54 (177) 38 (125) 27 (89) 19 (62)

N90 (295) 64 (210) 45 (148) 32 (105) 22 (72) 16 (52)

W, '76 (250) 54 (177) 38 (125) 27 (89) 19 (62) 13 (43)

W,' 54 (177l 38 (125) 27(89) 19(62) 13 (43) 9.5 (31)

*W, is used when the wide-flash adapter is attached to the flash unit with the zoom head set at W,.

For motor drive (MD) operation

After setting the ASA/ISO film speed and zoom setting knob on the exposure calculator dial, focus on the sub- ject ; then look at the lens and read off the focu sed dis- tance to determine exactly how far away the subject actually is.

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Nikon SB-16 instruction manual For motor drive MD operation