Nikon SB-800 instruction manual Contents

Contents

Preparation
· Foreword	4-6
· Tips on using the Speedlight	7
· Camera groups and available flash modes	8-9
· Speedlight parts and their functions	10-11
· Control buttons	12
· Icons on the LCD panel	13-15
· Lenses	16
• Basic operation	17
1 Installing the batteries	18-19
2 Test firing (Confirming the exposure)	20-21
3 Attach the SB-800 to the camera and adjust
the flash head	22-23
4 Setting the ISO sensitivity	24-25
5 Adjust the zoom-head position	26-27
6 Setting the camera’s exposure mode and
metering system	28-29
7 Setting the SB-800’s flash mode	30-31
8 Compose the picture and shoot with flash	32-33
Using the SB-800 with the COOLPIX	34
• Detailed operation	35
· SB-800’s available flash modes	36
· TTL auto flash mode	37
· Non-TTL auto flash mode	38-41
· Manual mode	42-50
· Notes on continuous flash shooting	51
· Checking the correct exposure before shooting	52
• Other functions	53
· Exposure compensation and flash output level
compensation	54-56
· Flash-shooting distance range with zoom lenses
having a variable aperture	57
· Slow-sync flash mode, Red-eye reduction control,
and Rear-curtain sync	58-59
· Auto FP High-Speed Sync mode	60
· Flash Value Lock (FV Lock)	61

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