Nikon Speedlite SB-800 - Manual (Page 7)

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Contents
Preparation
· For your safety.....................................................................i-v
· 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