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2
Press the a button to display q.
3
Press the g button to highlight the flash output
level display, then press the e or f button to
increase or decrease the values.
• The available range of the flash output level is
between 1/8 and 1/128.
4
Press the g button.
• The flash output level is set, then the frequency
display is highlighted.
5
Repeat the procedures above to set the
frequency and the number of repeating flashes
per frame.
Frequency (Hz)
Number of repeating flashes per frame
6
Determine the guide number according to the
flash output level and zoom-head position set,
then calculate the correct aperture from the guide
number and the shooting distance. Finally set this
aperture on the SB-800.
• Refer to “Guide number table” (p. 42) and
“Determining the aperture and flash output level in
the Manual mode” (p. 42).
• 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.
• 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.
Detailed operation
