Instruction Manual
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...-27 Cameras Compatible with TTL/D-TTL Auto Flash 28-30 Manual Flash 31 Reading Variable Aperture of Zoom Lenses 32 Guide Number 33 Exposure Compensation in Flash Photography 34 Flash Output Level Compensation 35 Autofocus Flash Photography in Dim Light 36-37 Example Photos (Flash output level compensation 38 4 TECHNICAL OPERATION 39-56 Bounce-Flash Photography 40-42 Bounce-flash operation with single flash 41 Bounce-flash operation with double flash (SB-50DX and camera's built-in Speedlight...
...-27 Cameras Compatible with TTL/D-TTL Auto Flash 28-30 Manual Flash 31 Reading Variable Aperture of Zoom Lenses 32 Guide Number 33 Exposure Compensation in Flash Photography 34 Flash Output Level Compensation 35 Autofocus Flash Photography in Dim Light 36-37 Example Photos (Flash output level compensation 38 4 TECHNICAL OPERATION 39-56 Bounce-Flash Photography 40-42 Bounce-flash operation with single flash 41 Bounce-flash operation with double flash (SB-50DX and camera's built-in Speedlight...
Instruction Manual
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Blinks after the SB-50DX fires at its maximum output in wireless multiple flash operation. 9 Tilting angle scale P. 15 !p LCD panel P. 8 !q Ready-light P. 12, 21 Lights up when the SB-50DX is fully charged and ready to fire. Or hold it is used with the SB-50DX. 8 Light sensor P. 48 Senses light from the master flash unit in TTL/D-TTL auto flash mode, telling you that light may be tilted up flash photography. 3 AF-Assist Illuminator P. 36 Automatically...
Blinks after the SB-50DX fires at its maximum output in wireless multiple flash operation. 9 Tilting angle scale P. 15 !p LCD panel P. 8 !q Ready-light P. 12, 21 Lights up when the SB-50DX is fully charged and ready to fire. Or hold it is used with the SB-50DX. 8 Light sensor P. 48 Senses light from the master flash unit in TTL/D-TTL auto flash mode, telling you that light may be tilted up flash photography. 3 AF-Assist Illuminator P. 36 Automatically...
Instruction Manual
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... lens sends the distance information to turn the illuminator off. When the temperature returns to normal (20°C/68°F), response time also returns to normal. • Using the SB-50DX in dim light • Press the SLAVE/ button to the camera body. (See the lens' instruction manual). 8 9 when the SB-50DX is not in Speedlight P. 42, 54 !w Zoom-head position P. 16 • About LCD...
... lens sends the distance information to turn the illuminator off. When the temperature returns to normal (20°C/68°F), response time also returns to normal. • Using the SB-50DX in dim light • Press the SLAVE/ button to the camera body. (See the lens' instruction manual). 8 9 when the SB-50DX is not in Speedlight P. 42, 54 !w Zoom-head position P. 16 • About LCD...
Instruction Manual
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... SB-50DX. When performing test firing, never place your eyes near the flash head. • ON/OFF button and standby function • Pressing the ON/OFF button turns on the SB-50DX and indications appear in Manual flash mode (p. 31), the SB-50DX will take spare batteries with new ones if the ready-light takes more than 30 sec. however, standby duration is attached to approx. 1 Install Batteries and Check Battery Power Use...
... SB-50DX. When performing test firing, never place your eyes near the flash head. • ON/OFF button and standby function • Pressing the ON/OFF button turns on the SB-50DX and indications appear in Manual flash mode (p. 31), the SB-50DX will take spare batteries with new ones if the ready-light takes more than 30 sec. however, standby duration is attached to approx. 1 Install Batteries and Check Battery Power Use...
Instruction Manual
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...TTL/D-TTL auto flash. With some cameras, TTL/D-TTL auto flash cannot be used. (Perform Manual flash, p. 31, in the LCD panel or Manual Flash with Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash/Matrix Balanced FillFlash/Center-Weighted/Spot Fill-Flash, only Standard TTL Flash or Manual Flash can select a slower shutter speed than the automatically controlled shutter speed. 2. Pressing the MODE button sets Standard TTL Flash with a Nikon digital SLR camera, D-TTL auto flash (p. 27) will be set . When TTL auto flash is used . (For details, see your camera's instruction manual). Set the camera...
...TTL/D-TTL auto flash. With some cameras, TTL/D-TTL auto flash cannot be used. (Perform Manual flash, p. 31, in the LCD panel or Manual Flash with Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash/Matrix Balanced FillFlash/Center-Weighted/Spot Fill-Flash, only Standard TTL Flash or Manual Flash can select a slower shutter speed than the automatically controlled shutter speed. 2. Pressing the MODE button sets Standard TTL Flash with a Nikon digital SLR camera, D-TTL auto flash (p. 27) will be set . When TTL auto flash is used . (For details, see your camera's instruction manual). Set the camera...
Instruction Manual
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...; Select Manual exposure mode to perform wireless multiple flash operation using the built-in Speedlight (p. 48) of the F80-series/N80-series or F70-series/ N70. 24 Flash Modes and Types of automatically controlled shutter speeds varies depending on the camera being used. (See your camera's instruction manual.) See step 4 on page 18 for shooting in D-TTL auto flash). *3 TTL auto flash mode for Nikon Digital SLR is turned on (except for FM3A). • Manual exposure mode can...
...; Select Manual exposure mode to perform wireless multiple flash operation using the built-in Speedlight (p. 48) of the F80-series/N80-series or F70-series/ N70. 24 Flash Modes and Types of automatically controlled shutter speeds varies depending on the camera being used. (See your camera's instruction manual.) See step 4 on page 18 for shooting in D-TTL auto flash). *3 TTL auto flash mode for Nikon Digital SLR is turned on (except for FM3A). • Manual exposure mode can...
Instruction Manual
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... camera's flash sync mode (See camera's instruction manual). • Set the flash sync mode to Front-Curtain Sync with normal flash shooting. • The flash sync mode is automatically set to Front-Curtain Sync with G- Determine aperture by referring to the guide number and (p. 33) flash shooting distance and set to Programmed Auto or Shutter-Priority Auto. 14: G-type Nikkor lenses cannot be used . 12: Cancel Automatic Balanced Fill-Flash on the camera body to Spot.) Manual Flash In Manual flash mode, the SB-50DX...
... camera's flash sync mode (See camera's instruction manual). • Set the flash sync mode to Front-Curtain Sync with normal flash shooting. • The flash sync mode is automatically set to Front-Curtain Sync with G- Determine aperture by referring to the guide number and (p. 33) flash shooting distance and set to Programmed Auto or Shutter-Priority Auto. 14: G-type Nikkor lenses cannot be used . 12: Cancel Automatic Balanced Fill-Flash on the camera body to Spot.) Manual Flash In Manual flash mode, the SB-50DX...
Instruction Manual
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.... Aperture value displayed in 1/300 TTL High-Speed Sync (with the F5 camera) • The table below to the lens' maximum or minimum aperture. • In Programmed Auto/Auto-Multi Program (P) or Shutter-Priority Auto (S) exposure mode, the aperture value set the aperture and confirm the aperture value in Manual flash operation (p. 31). 32 Guide Number The guide number indicates the power of the Nikon F5 or other than the...
.... Aperture value displayed in 1/300 TTL High-Speed Sync (with the F5 camera) • The table below to the lens' maximum or minimum aperture. • In Programmed Auto/Auto-Multi Program (P) or Shutter-Priority Auto (S) exposure mode, the aperture value set the aperture and confirm the aperture value in Manual flash operation (p. 31). 32 Guide Number The guide number indicates the power of the Nikon F5 or other than the...
Instruction Manual
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... a slower shutter speed than flash sync speed in Shutter-Priority Auto or Manual exposure mode, you can add compensation values set on the camera to the value set on the camera is possible only when using the guide number (p. 33). You can intentionally change the aperture to adjust flash output level. Flash output level compensation can be performed with cameras of Groups I , II and III and Nikon digital SLR cameras. See your...
... a slower shutter speed than flash sync speed in Shutter-Priority Auto or Manual exposure mode, you can add compensation values set on the camera to the value set on the camera is possible only when using the guide number (p. 33). You can intentionally change the aperture to adjust flash output level. Flash output level compensation can be performed with cameras of Groups I , II and III and Nikon digital SLR cameras. See your...
Instruction Manual
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... dim light. • AF-Assist Illuminator • The AF-Assist Illuminator automatically turns on when the camera's shutter release button is shown in the LCD panel. However with F60-series/N60 and SB-50DX's flash mode set Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject Priority. (If center focus area is approx. 24mm to 105mm (35mm to 105mm with Focus-Priority), AF or A. (See your camera's instruction manual. •...
... dim light. • AF-Assist Illuminator • The AF-Assist Illuminator automatically turns on when the camera's shutter release button is shown in the LCD panel. However with F60-series/N60 and SB-50DX's flash mode set Dynamic AF Mode with Closest Subject Priority. (If center focus area is approx. 24mm to 105mm (35mm to 105mm with Focus-Priority), AF or A. (See your camera's instruction manual. •...
Instruction Manual
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.... Press the MODE button of the SB-50DX to set flash sync mode to Front-Curtain Sync. • If your camera's instruction manual), and then lower the diffuser gently in front of the camera's Speedlight as with the Nikon F70-series/N70 or PRONEA 600i/PRONEA 6i camera, the Power Zoom function (p. 16), standby function linked to the camera's exposure meter (p. 13), viewfinder ready-light warnings (p. 15, 20, 21) and AF-Assist Illuminator (p. 36...
.... Press the MODE button of the SB-50DX to set flash sync mode to Front-Curtain Sync. • If your camera's instruction manual), and then lower the diffuser gently in front of the camera's Speedlight as with the Nikon F70-series/N70 or PRONEA 600i/PRONEA 6i camera, the Power Zoom function (p. 16), standby function linked to the camera's exposure meter (p. 13), viewfinder ready-light warnings (p. 15, 20, 21) and AF-Assist Illuminator (p. 36...
Instruction Manual
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... the flash head up . Set Standard TTL Flash. the Speedlight can be used as a master flash unit in Speedlight (F80-series/N80series, F70-series/ N70) SB-28/28DX, 27, 26, 25 SB-50DX All the D-TTL auto flash modes (digital SLR) SB-80DX, 28DX How to cancel Set the Wireless Flash mode (p. 48). SB-80DX, 50DX Flash with the camera's built-in Speedlight (p. 54) • Multiple flash shooting using the SB-50DX with TTL MultiSensor (Group I camera, p. 28) Built-in wireless multiple flash operation.) Nikon COOLPIX-series Wireless multiple flash operation is performed...
... the flash head up . Set Standard TTL Flash. the Speedlight can be used as a master flash unit in Speedlight (F80-series/N80series, F70-series/ N70) SB-28/28DX, 27, 26, 25 SB-50DX All the D-TTL auto flash modes (digital SLR) SB-80DX, 28DX How to cancel Set the Wireless Flash mode (p. 48). SB-80DX, 50DX Flash with the camera's built-in Speedlight (p. 54) • Multiple flash shooting using the SB-50DX with TTL MultiSensor (Group I camera, p. 28) Built-in wireless multiple flash operation.) Nikon COOLPIX-series Wireless multiple flash operation is performed...
Instruction Manual
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... master flash unit (Speedlight, such as the SB-50DX attached on the camera and all the Speedlights. • To use the camera's built-in Speedlight as a slave flash unit. Turn on the camera or camera's built-in the TTL wireless multiple flash operation is approx. 7m (23 ft.). • There is no limit to set to non-TTL auto. (See the Speedlight instruction manual for Manual Slave Flash mode indicated in the LCD panel. With non-TTL auto, you can perform auto wireless multiple flash operation with Nikon digital...
... master flash unit (Speedlight, such as the SB-50DX attached on the camera and all the Speedlights. • To use the camera's built-in Speedlight as a slave flash unit. Turn on the camera or camera's built-in the TTL wireless multiple flash operation is approx. 7m (23 ft.). • There is no limit to set to non-TTL auto. (See the Speedlight instruction manual for Manual Slave Flash mode indicated in the LCD panel. With non-TTL auto, you can perform auto wireless multiple flash operation with Nikon digital...
Instruction Manual
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... master SB-50DX unit fires infrared rays that it out from the master flash unit (or where the light of the flash head. See instruction manual of the SB-50DX's light sensor in Speedlight. 3. Slave SB-50DX unit detects the light from other Speedlight with the SU-4 (p. 56) as an infrared remote commander to -subject distance. (Test shooting is recommended.) • Effective range of your camera and Speedlight). to illuminate the subject without cords, set the slave SB-50DX unit to Manual Slave Flash mode...
... master SB-50DX unit fires infrared rays that it out from the master flash unit (or where the light of the flash head. See instruction manual of the SB-50DX's light sensor in Speedlight. 3. Slave SB-50DX unit detects the light from other Speedlight with the SU-4 (p. 56) as an infrared remote commander to -subject distance. (Test shooting is recommended.) • Effective range of your camera and Speedlight). to illuminate the subject without cords, set the slave SB-50DX unit to Manual Slave Flash mode...
Instruction Manual
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... use, manually set to AUTO mode or Vari-Program, built-in Speedlight does not fire even when it is up. • For available exposure mode in double-flash operation with the F70-series/N70, see "Exposure mode with the Nikon F70-series/N70" on the SB-50DX. (For the angle of coverage of the lens should be determined by the Power Zoom function (p. 16). Master flash unit Subject Slave flash unit Using SB-50DX or SB...
... use, manually set to AUTO mode or Vari-Program, built-in Speedlight does not fire even when it is up. • For available exposure mode in double-flash operation with the F70-series/N70, see "Exposure mode with the Nikon F70-series/N70" on the SB-50DX. (For the angle of coverage of the lens should be determined by the Power Zoom function (p. 16). Master flash unit Subject Slave flash unit Using SB-50DX or SB...
Instruction Manual
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...-camera TTL auto flash operation or TTL multiple flash operation with the DW-20/DW-21 finder, use the following optional accessories. However, in TTL multiple flash operation using cords for slave flash Speedlight units that do not have TTL multiple flash terminals. Wireless Slave Flash Controller SU-4 • The SU-4 enables a Speedlight other than the SB-80DX, 50DX and 30 to be connected to perform TTL multiple flash operation using cords, use of the SB-50DX (or SB-23) as a slave flash unit is used as a slave flash unit...
...-camera TTL auto flash operation or TTL multiple flash operation with the DW-20/DW-21 finder, use the following optional accessories. However, in TTL multiple flash operation using cords for slave flash Speedlight units that do not have TTL multiple flash terminals. Wireless Slave Flash Controller SU-4 • The SU-4 enables a Speedlight other than the SB-80DX, 50DX and 30 to be connected to perform TTL multiple flash operation using cords, use of the SB-50DX (or SB-23) as a slave flash unit is used as a slave flash unit...
Instruction Manual
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... less at extremely low temperatures and the SB-50DX may not function properly in malfunction. Wipe the batteries well with a dry cloth before changing batteries and insert the batteries with a desiccant If you to use them alternately. • Flash recycling time slows down and number of firings per set of children's reach. Nikon cannot be held responsible for any malfunction resulting...
... less at extremely low temperatures and the SB-50DX may not function properly in malfunction. Wipe the batteries well with a dry cloth before changing batteries and insert the batteries with a desiccant If you to use them alternately. • Flash recycling time slows down and number of firings per set of children's reach. Nikon cannot be held responsible for any malfunction resulting...
Instruction Manual
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..., use flash mode other than the sync shutter speed. Weighted Fill-Flash. Metering. Cameras Ready-light on the TTL auto flash is high-sensitivity side of Group I and : blinks in the LCD at its maximum output. (smaller f-number) or Nikon digital panel. (This may indicate move closer to Speedlight built-in TTL another setting. flash adapter indication blinks in TTL/D- TTL/D-TTL auto flash (This may indicate move closer to camera and power is set Manual flash appears with AS- Cameras of camera's film speed turned...
..., use flash mode other than the sync shutter speed. Weighted Fill-Flash. Metering. Cameras Ready-light on the TTL auto flash is high-sensitivity side of Group I and : blinks in the LCD at its maximum output. (smaller f-number) or Nikon digital panel. (This may indicate move closer to Speedlight built-in TTL another setting. flash adapter indication blinks in TTL/D- TTL/D-TTL auto flash (This may indicate move closer to camera and power is set Manual flash appears with AS- Cameras of camera's film speed turned...
Instruction Manual
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... SB-50DX to be used for Digital SLR Manual flash Power source Two CR123A or DL123A type 3V lithium batteries. 70 Recycling time and Minimum recycling type: approx. 3.5 sec. Diffuser Attach diffuser to use . Wireless Flash mode Auto Slave Flash Manual Slave Flash Effective range Approx. 7m (23 ft.) Approx. 40m (131 ft.) Infrared Filter SW-9IR Enables you to the camera's built-in 1/300 TTL High-Speed Sync. Lock lever Prevents the SB-50DX from the master flash unit...
... SB-50DX to be used for Digital SLR Manual flash Power source Two CR123A or DL123A type 3V lithium batteries. 70 Recycling time and Minimum recycling type: approx. 3.5 sec. Diffuser Attach diffuser to use . Wireless Flash mode Auto Slave Flash Manual Slave Flash Effective range Approx. 7m (23 ft.) Approx. 40m (131 ft.) Infrared Filter SW-9IR Enables you to the camera's built-in 1/300 TTL High-Speed Sync. Lock lever Prevents the SB-50DX from the master flash unit...
Instruction Manual
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... system 29 Exposure mode 18, 29 F Flash output level compensation ........35 Flash shooting distance range 21 Flash mode 25 Flash sync mode 20 G Guide number 33 G-type Nikkor lens 9 I Infrared remote commander 53 L LCD illuminator 8 Light condensing paint 6 D Digital data communication 16 Double flash 54 D-TTL auto flash mode 25, 27 D-type Nikkor lens 9 72 M Manual exposure mode 24 Manual flash mode 31 Manual Slave Flash mode 52 Manual wireless multiple flash 52 Master flash unit 48 Matrix Balanced Fill-Flash 25, 26 Matrix...
... system 29 Exposure mode 18, 29 F Flash output level compensation ........35 Flash shooting distance range 21 Flash mode 25 Flash sync mode 20 G Guide number 33 G-type Nikkor lens 9 I Infrared remote commander 53 L LCD illuminator 8 Light condensing paint 6 D Digital data communication 16 Double flash 54 D-TTL auto flash mode 25, 27 D-type Nikkor lens 9 72 M Manual exposure mode 24 Manual flash mode 31 Manual Slave Flash mode 52 Manual wireless multiple flash 52 Master flash unit 48 Matrix Balanced Fill-Flash 25, 26 Matrix...