Remote Flash Photography; What Is Remote Flash Photography; Using Remote Flash Units - Nikon Z 8 Reference Manual

Remote Flash Photography

What Is Remote Flash Photography?

Take pictures with one or more remote flash units using wireless flash control (Advanced Wireless
Lighting, or AWL). For information on using a flash unit mounted on the camera accessory shoe, see
"Using an On-Camera Flash" (
Throughout this chapter, operations involving an accessory connected to the camera are indicated
by C, operations involving remote flash units by f. For more information on using remote flash
units (f), see the documentation provided with the flash unit.

Using Remote Flash Units

Remote flash units can be controlled via:
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radio signals ( 0
optical signals from a flash unit mounted on the camera
accessory shoe (
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radio signals, with additional lighting provided by a shoe-
mounted flash unit
* Radio flash control is available only when a WR‑R11a or WR‑R10 is connected to the camera.
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What Is Remote Flash Photography?