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.
87