User manual

Manual mode

Manual G flash

In Manual flash photography, you select the aperture and flash output level.

In this way, you can control the exposure and flash shooting distance when

shooting subjects where the correct exposure is difficult to obtain in the TTL or

Non-TTL auto flash mode. The flash output level can be set from M1/1 (full

output) to M1/128 to match your creative preferences.

Set the camera’s exposure mode to Aperture-

Priority Auto (A) or Manual (M).

Press the a button until G appears on

the LCD panel.

Determine the flash output level and aperture to

match the flash shooting distance.

• For details on determining the flash output level and

the aperture, refer to “Determining the aperture and

flash output level in the Manual mode” (p. 42).

Press the g button to highlight the flash output

level display, then press the e or f button to

increase or decrease the values.

• Refer to “Setting the flash output level” (p. 47).

Set the aperture.

• For cameras compatible with CLS, digital SLRs not

compatible with CLS, cameras in Groups I and II with

CPU lenses, and COOLPIX cameras compatible with

i-TTL, set the SB-800’s aperture on the camera. You

cannot set the aperture on the SB-800 directly.

• For other camera/lens combinations, press the

g button to highlight the aperture display, then press

the e or f button to increase or decrease the

aperture value.

• If the ISO sensitivity is correctly set, the flash shooting

distance appears on the LCD panel, matching the

flash output level and aperture as set.