Nikon Speedlight SB-600 - Manual (Page 70)

With the SB-600 mounted on your camera’s hot shoe, you can tilt or rotate the
flash head to bounce the light off the ceiling or walls. This is a good technique
to use when shooting indoors, because you get more natural-looking pictures
of people with softer shadows.
Bounce flash Normal flash
Shooting data: Shooting data:
• Camera: D2H • Camera: D2H
• Focal length: 60 mm • Focal length: 60 mm
• Speedlight: SB-600 set to
D
• Speedlight: SB-600 set to
D
• Aperture: f/8 • Aperture: f/9
• Shooting distance: Approx. 4m (13.1 ft.) • Shooting distance: Approx. 4 m (13.1 ft.)
Tilting the flash head
For effective bounce flash off the ceiling, tilt the
flash head up at least 50°. Also, make sure that
the light from the flash head does not directly
illuminate the subject.
• Optimum results are obtained when the flash head
is positioned 1-2m (3.3-6.6 ft.) from the reflecting
surface.
Choosing the reflecting surface
In color photography, select white or highly
reflective surfaces to bounce the light off of.
Otherwise, your pictures will come out with an
unnatural color cast similar to that of the
reflecting surface.
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Bounce flash operation