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Setting Camera and SB-50DX Modes
Set the flash mode to TTL/D-
TTL to perform TTL/D-TTL auto
flash where flash output level is
automatically controlled
according to shooting
situations.
1.
Set the camera’s exposure mode to
Programmed Auto/Auto-Multi Program
and the metering system to Matrix
Metering.
•If Programmed Auto/Auto-Multi Program
cannot be set, select another exposure
mode (p. 24). If Matrix Metering cannot be
set, select Center-Weighted Metering.
•Shutter speed is automatically set to flash
sync speed. (For details, see your camera’s
instruction manual). In Shutter-Priority Auto
or Manual exposure mode, you can select
a slower shutter speed than the
automatically controlled shutter speed.
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Basic Operation
2.
Set the flash mode to the desired type
of TTL/D-TTL auto flash (p. 25).
•Every time you press the MODE button,
the flash mode or type of TTL auto flash
changes in the following order: HK
Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash or HJ
Matrix Balanced/Center-Weighted/Spot
Fill-Flash, H Standard TTL Flash and D
Manual Flash. And each indication is
displayed in the LCD panel. When TTL
auto flash is set, HK, HJ or H is
displayed in the LCD panel.
•When using Nikon digital SLR cameras,
D-TTL auto flash (p. 27) is activated and
"D" appears in the LCD panel.
•Usable types of TTL/D-TTL auto flash and
flash modes vary depending on the lens,
camera, exposure mode and/or metering
system combination being used. (For
details, see table on p. 28, and your
camera’s instruction manual).
Automatic flash synchronization with TTL/D-TTL auto flash
In TTL/D-TTL auto flash, after the camera’s shutter is released and the flash
fires, the camera measures the amount of light reflected from the subject
through the lens to automatically control flash output level and give correct
exposure. According to the camera, lens, exposure mode and/or metering
system combination in use, the SB-50DX offers various types of TTL/D-TTL
auto flash. Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash (p. 26) and Matrix Balanced Fill-
Flash (p. 26) control flash output level to give a correct exposure for both the
background and foreground subjects, resulting in well-balanced photos. When
the SB-50DX is used with a Nikon digital SLR camera, D-TTL auto flash (p. 27)
will be activated. With some cameras, TTL/D-TTL auto flash cannot be used.
(Perform Manual flash, p. 31, in this case).
If K or J does not appear in the LCD panel
When the SB-50DX is not attached to the
camera body, or when the camera, lens,
exposure mode and/or metering system
combination is incompatible with Multi-Sensor
Balanced Fill-Flash/Matrix Balanced Fill-
Flash/Center-Weighted/Spot Fill-Flash, only
Standard TTL Flash or Manual Flash can be set.
Pressing the MODE button sets Standard TTL Flash with TTL indication in the
LCD panel or Manual Flash with M indication, alternately.
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