Digital Camera User Manual

TTL
MULTIPLE
FLASH
PHOTOGRAPHY
As
the master flash unit, use Nikon Speedlight
S8
-24,
S8
-23,
S8-22, S8-218,
S8
-20,
S8
-
18
, S8-168 or
S8
-
15
connected to
an
F4, F-801/N8008, F-501/N2020, F-401s/N4004s, F-301/N2000,
FA
, FE2
or
FG
camera, and for the slave flash unit(s), use the
S8-24, S8-22,
S8
-218, S8-20, S8-18,
S8
-
17
, S8-16A, S8-168
andlor
S8
-
15
. Up to 5 flash units can be used.
For TTL multiple flash photography, connect the flash units via
the speedlight's TTL multiple flash terminal using optional TTL
Multi-Flash Sync Cord
SC
-
18
(1
.
5m)
andlor
SC
-
19
(3m).
Because S8-23, S8-22,
S8
-218, S8-20,
S8
-
18
and
S8
-
15
do not
have a TTL multiple flash terminal, it
is
necessary to use TTL
Remote Cord
SC
-
17
or
SC-24* when using these flash units as a
master flash uni
t.
To
use
S8
-22,
S8
-218, S8-20, S8-18 andlor
S8
-
15
as slave flash units, use TTL Multi-Flash Adapter
AS-l0
.
When using S8-140,
S8
-
14
andlor S8-11 for TTL multiple flash
photography, you should also use TTL Remote Cord
SC
-23.
* Used for
F4
with DW-20 or DW-
21
attached.
TTL auto flash is not possible when using Nikon F-401s/N4004s
with
S8-11/14/140 (even with
SC
-23) or S8-218. These speed-
lights cannot be used for TTL multiple flash either, even as slave
flash units.
See system chart
on
the following pages.
Set
the
power switch
of
slave
flash
units
at
ON
position, not at
ST8Y.
When
using
S8-24
,
S8
-
22
or
S8
-
20
as a
slave
unit
with
the
power switch at
ST8Y
position,
lightly pressing
the
shutter
release
button
does
not activate
them
.
The
same
thing
also
happens
when
you
set
S8
-
23
to
TTL
(ST8Y);
do
not
use
S8
-
23
as a
slave
flash
unit.
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