User manual NIKON SB-800

[. . . ] En Autofocus Speedlight SB-800 Instruction Manual For your safety Before using your product, please read the following safety precautions carefully and thoroughly to ensure correct and safe use and to help prevent damage to your Nikon product or injury to yourself or others. For quick reference by those who use the product, please keep these safety instructions near the product. In this manual, safety instructions are indicated with these symbols: WARNING result in personal injury, or death and property damage. CAUTION result in property damage. Disregarding instructions marked with this symbol could Disregarding instructions marked with this symbol could Symbol for separate collection applicable in European countries This symbol indicates that this product is to be collected separately. The following apply only to users in European countries. · This product is designated for separate collection at an appropriate collection point. [. . . ] At wideangle zoom settings, read the aperture value at the green index (or line). At telephoto settings, read the aperture value at the yellow index (or dot). At intermediate settings, read the aperture value between the two indexes. Setting the aperture on the camera's aperture dial (F-401x/N5005, F-401s/N4004s, F-401/N4004 cameras + CPU lens) After zooming in/out to select the desired composition, set the aperture on the camera's aperture dial. Then set the same aperture on the SB-800's LCD panel and confirm the flash shooting distance range. · Set the camera's exposure mode to Aperture-Priority Auto (A) or Manual (M). The aperture cannot be set in the Programmed Auto (P) or Shutter-Priority Auto (S) exposure mode. · If the aperture dial is set beyond lens' aperture range, set the lens' minimum (or maximum) aperture on the SB-800's LCD panel. 57 Slow-sync flash mode, Red-eye reduction control, Slow-sync flash The flash is controlled at a slow shutter speed to obtain the correct exposure for both the main subject and background in low-light situations or at night. · Available with cameras providing slow-sync. You cannot set the slow-sync function on the SB-800 directly, but must set it on the camera. · Since slow shutter speeds are normally used, use of a tripod is recommended to prevent camera shake. Red-eye reduction To prevent the center of your subject's eyes from appearing red in color pictures, the SB-800 fires three flashes at reduced output just before the picture is taken. · Available with cameras having red-eye reduction control. You cannot set red-eye reduction on the SB-800 directly, but must set it on the camera. · After setting your camera to red-eye reduction, make sure that "N" appears on the SB-800's LCD panel. Red-eye reduction with slow-sync flash mode In this mode, red-eye reduction is combined with slow sync. · Available with cameras having red-eye reduction with slow-sync. You cannot set this mode on the SB-800 directly, but must set it on the camera. · After setting your camera to red-eye reduction with slow sync, make sure that "N" appears on the SB-800's LCD panel. · Since slow shutter speeds are normally used, use of a tripod is recommended to prevent camera shake. 58 and Rear-curtain sync Rear-curtain sync In normal flash photography, when shooting fast-moving subjects at slow shutter speeds, unnatural-looking pictures can occur, because the subject frozen by the flash appears behind or within the blurred movement (see photo below right). Rear-curtain flash sync creates a picture in which the blur of a moving subject (for example, the taillights of a car) appears behind the subject and not in front. · In front-curtain sync, the flash fires immediately after the front curtain opens completely; in rear-curtain sync, the flash fires just before the rear curtain starts to close. You cannot set this mode on the SB-800 directly, but must set it on the camera. · Since slow shutter speeds are usually used, use a tripod to prevent camera shake. · In multiple flash, the master flash unit can be set to either front-curtain or rear-curtain sync flash. However, the remote units cannot be set to rear-curtain sync flash (p. 72). Rear-curtain sync Front-curtain sync Shooting data · · · · · Focal length: Shutter speed: Aperture: Flash mode: Flash output level: 70mm 2 sec. f/4. 5 Manual M1/1 59 Other functions Auto FP High-Speed Sync mode (for compatible cameras) High-Speed flash synchronization at your camera's highest shutter speed is now possible. In this mode, the Auto FP High-Speed Sync mode is automatically set when the shutter speed exceeds the camera's sync shutter speed. This is useful when you want to use a wider aperture to achieve shallow depth of field to blur the background. · Available with compatible cameras. [. . . ] auto flash. Note The SB-800 incorporates a microcomputer to control flash operations. In rare cases, the SB-800 may not work properly even after fresh batteries are properly installed. If this happens, replace the batteries while the SB-800's power is turned on. Warning · Batteries should not be exposed to excessive heat such as strong sunshine, a fire, or the like. · Dry batteries should never be recharged in a battery charger. [. . . ]