Using The Speedlight; And Aperture - Nikon F100 Instruction Manual

Using the Speedlight

• Operation described in this section applies when the SB-800, SB-600,
SB-80DX, SB-50DX, SB-28/28DX, SB-27, SB-26 or SB-25 Speedlight and
D- or G-type Nikkor are attached, and Automatic Balanced Fill-Flash with
TTL Multi Sensor is used.
1 Attach the Speedlight and set the metering system.
• Set the metering system to Matrix or Center-Weighted Metering.
2 Set the exposure mode and confirm shutter speed

and aperture.

• When using Red-Eye Reduction with Slow Sync or Slow Sync, set the
exposure mode to Programmed Auto or Aperture-Priority Auto.
• Available shutter speed and aperture in each exposure mode
Exposure mode
Programmed Auto
Shutter-Priority Auto
Aperture-Priority Auto
Manual
* Shutter speed changes automatically to 1/250 sec. when the shutter speed is set to
1/250 sec. or faster as soon as the attached optional Speedlight is turned on.
3 Set the flash sync mode.
• Red-Eye Reduction and Red-Eye Reduction with Slow Sync can only be
set with the SB-800, SB-600, SB-80DX, SB-50DX, SB-28/28DX, SB-27 and
SB-26.
• With the SB-26 and SB-25, Front- and Rear-Curtain Sync settings on the
Speedlight override the setting on the camera body.
4 Set the power switch of the Speedlight to ON (or
STBY) and set the flash mode to TTL auto flash.
• Set TTL with the SB-800, SB-600, SB-80DX, SB-50DX, SB-28/28DX, SB-
26 or SB-25 and AUTO with SB-27.
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Available shutter speed Available aperture Page
Automatically set
(1/250-1/60 sec.)
1/250-30 sec.*
Automatically set
(1/250-1/60 sec.)
1/250-30 sec.*, Bulb
Automatically set
Desired setting
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50
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