Nikon SB-50DX Instruction Manual - Page 10

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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.

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.

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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