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Bounce flash operation
With the SB-800 mounted on your camera’s hot shoe, you can tilt or rotate the
flash head to bounce the light off the ceiling or walls. This is a good technique
to use when shooting indoors, because you get more natural-looking pictures
of people with softer shadows. Also, you can soften the shadows even more by
using the Nikon Diffusion Dome.
Bounce flash Normal flash
Shooting data: Shooting data:
• Camera: D2H • Camera: D2H
• Focal length: 60mm • Focal length: 60mm
• Speedlight:
SB-800 set to D
• Speedlight:
SB-800 set to D
• Aperture: f/8 • Aperture: f/9
• Shooting distance:Approx. 4m (13.1 ft.) • Shooting distance: Approx. 4m (13.1 ft.)
For more details on the above example, see the separate booklet, “Enter the exciting
world of Nikon’s Creative Lighting System with the SB-800.”
Tilting the flash head
For effective bounce flash off the
ceiling, tilt the flash head up at least
50°. Also, make sure that the light
from the flash head does not directly
illuminate the subject.
• Optimum results are obtained when the
flash head is positioned 1–2m (3.3–6.6 ft.)
from the reflecting surface.
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