Nikon SPEEDLIGHT SB-5000 Fast Track Manual page 6

ADVANCED WIRELESS LIGHTING
Optical Control
Setting the Master Flash Unit: Optical Control
(Line-of-sight)
with D5, D500, D4 series, D800 series, D750, D610, Df, D7200
Setting a Remote Flash Unit in an
Optical Control (Line-of-sight) Configuration
Remote Flash Unit Setting
Set the power switch to REMOTE
1
Press the wireless setting button to choose optical
2
(line-of-sight) control mode
3 Set the groups (A/B/C) by pressing the selector dial on the
bottom to highlight the Groups. Match the Groups with what
you have selected on the Master Speedlight
Set the channel (1-4) by pressing the selector dial
4
bottom to highlight the channels. Match the channel with what
you have selected on the Master Speedlight
3 4
Control type information
With optical control
1 Choose [CHANNEL] in menu
• 1 Press the button to display menu
2 Use the rotary multi selector to choose
[CHANNEL], and then press the OK button.
2 Use the rotary multi selector to
choose a channel, and then
press the OK button
• Flash mode and flash compensation value
can also be configured in menu.
on the
Optical control remote mode
Direct remote mode
Radio control remote mode
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ADVANCED WIRELESS LIGHTING
Optical & Radio Control Concurrently
Using Optical Control and Radio Control
Concurrently
The following combinations enable group flash using
optical control and radio control concurrently.
Master flash unit
(other than the SB-5000)
Optical control
with Speedlight
other than the
SB-5000
Radio control
with camera
WR-R10 / WR-A10
attached to camera
Master flash unit (Optical Control)
Speedlight models with the master flash function, such as SB-900 series, SB-800, SB-700 or the SU-800 Commander,
attached to a camera can be used as the master flash unit to control remote flash unit groups A, B and C.
Important NOTE:
The SB-5000 cannot be used as the master flash unit when using optical control and radio control concurrently
Remote flash unit groups A, B and C (Optical Control)
Up to 3 groups of remote flash units (A, B, C) can be set up for optical control.
Choose optical control remote mode when using the SB-5000 as remote flash unit in groups A, B and C.
SB-900 series, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600, SB-500 can be used as a optical remotes
Remote flash unit groups D, E and F (Radio Control)
Up to 3 groups of remote flash units (D, E, F) can be set up for radio control.
Camera with the WR-R10/WR-A10 attached controls the flash function.
Remote flash units
Group A Group B Group C
Group D Group E Group F
Remote flash units
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