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SB-800’s available flash modes
The SB-800’s available flash modes vary, depending on the cameras and
lenses in use or the camera’s exposure mode. Using the TTL auto flash mode
is recommended for normal flash photography.
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Available flash modes (Indicators, usable cameras)
TTL auto flash mode
• i-TTL mode: Do/D: Cameras compatible with CLS,
COOLPIX cameras compatible
with i-TTL
• D-TTL mode: Do/D: Digital SLRs not compatible with CLS
• TTL (film based) mode: Do/D: Cameras in Groups I to VI (No o
appears with cameras in Groups III
and IV while performing Balanced
Fill-Flash)
Non-TTL auto flash mode
• Auto Aperture flash: B (p. 38): Cameras compatible with CLS, digital
SLRs not compatible with CLS,
cameras in Groups I to II and COOLPIX
cameras compatible with i-TTL
• Non-TTL auto flash: A (p. 40): No limitation
Manual mode
• Distance-priority
manual flash: p (p. 44): Except D1
X and D1H digital cameras.
• Manual flash: G (p. 46): No limitation
• Repeating flash: q (p. 48): No limitation
u Monitor Preflashes
The SB-800 fires a series of imperceptible Monitor Preflashes just before the
flash fires to obtain information on the subject in these cases:
(1) when the SB-800 is used with cameras compatible with CLS, digital SLRs
not compatible with CLS, cameras in Group I with a CPU lens, and
COOLPIX cameras compatible with i-TTL, and flash mode is set to TTL
auto flash, and
(2) when the SB-800 is used with cameras compatible with CLS with a CPU
lens, and the flash mode is set to Auto Aperture flash.
Monitor Preflashes are fired instantaneously and cannot be differentiated from
the main flash, but H appears on the LCD panel (using a single flash unit).
However, for cameras in Group I, Monitor Preflashes are not fired when the
SB-800’s flash head is adjusted to other than the horizontal/front or down to –7°
position, or the camera’s flash sync mode is set to Rear-curtain sync, even
when H appears on the LCD panel.