Nikon SB-16 Camera Flash User Manual


 
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Now,
you are ready to read the usable f/stop from the
dial. Each color-coded line indicating the auto shooting
range for each
f/stop has a notch
on
it.
Find the notch
directly above the flash-to-subject distance and read
the f-number at the end of the line.
Example
With ASAIISO
100,
zoom head set at N for 35mm lens,
a subject 2m
(6
.6 ft.} away, the aperture
is
approx. f
/4.
With a subject 4m
(13
ft.) away, the aperture
is
f
12.
Without referring to the exposure calculator dial, you can
The
guide number at various film speeds
and
zoom head
settings
is
shown
in
the following table:
Guide numbers in the MD mode
Unit
·
m(tt)
Zoom head
ASAIISO film speed
setting
8
00
400 2
00
100 50
25
T
30(98)
21
(69)
14
(46) 10 (33)
7
(23)
5
(16)
5
27
(89) 19 (62)
13
(43) 9.5 (31)
6.7 (22)
4.7
(15)
N
22(72)
16 (52)
11
(36)
8
(26)
5.6 (18) 4
(13)
W,
19
(62)
13
(43) 9.5 (31)
6.7 (22) 4.8 (16) 3.
3(11)
W
2'
12 (39) 8.4 (28) 5.
9(19)
4.2 (14)
3
(98)
2.1 (6.9)
also determine the f/stop
by
using the guide number W2
is
used when the wide· flash adapter
is
attached to the flash unit
equation found
on
page
30.
with the zoom head set
at
W
,.
32