Specifications - Nikon SB-800 Instruction Manual

Specifications

Electronic
construction
Guide number (at 35mm
zoom-head position,
20°C/68°F)
Flash shooting distance
range (TTL auto flash/
Auto Aperture flash/
Non-TTL auto flash)
Flash exposure control
Indicator
D
D
D
o (appears
with D)
B
A
p
G
q
Other available functions Test firing, Monitor Preflashes, AF-assist
Nikon
Creative
Lighting
System
Multiple flash
operation
Flash exposure
control set on
the camera
120
Automatic Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)
and series circuitry
38/125 (ISO 100, m/ft), 53/174 (ISO 200, m/ft)
0.6m to 20m (2 to 66 ft.) (varies depending on the
ISO sensitivity, zoom-head position, and lens aperture
in use)
Available flash mode
i-TTL mode
D-TTL mode
TTL (film based) mode
Balanced Fill-Flash
Auto Aperture flash
Non-TTL auto flash
Distance-priority
manual flash
Manual flash
Repeating flash
illuminator, and Modeling illuminator
A variety of flash operations are available with compatible
cameras: i-TTL mode, Advanced Wireless Lighting, FV Lock
flash, Flash color information communication, Auto FP
High-Speed sync, and Wide-area AF-Assist Illuminator
Available multiple flash
Advanced Wireless Lighting
SU-4 type wireless multiple flash
Multiple flash shooting using cords
Slow-sync, Red-eye reduction, Red-eye reduction in
slow-sync, Rear-curtain sync flash, Auto FP High-Speed
sync, FV Lock flash
Usable camera
Cameras compatible with CLS, COOLPIX cameras
compatible with i-TTL
Digital SLRs not compatible with CLS
Cameras in Groups I to VI (film based cameras)
Cameras compatible with CLS, digital SLRs not compatible
with CLS, cameras in Groups I to IV (No o appears with
cameras in Groups III to IV)
Cameras compatible with CLS, digital SLRs not compatible with
CLS, cameras in Groups I to II
No limitation
Except D1 and D1 digital cameras
X H
No limitation
No limitation
Usable camera
Cameras compatible with CLS
No limitation
No limitation