Nikon D200 User Manual

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1/60 is default. I usually set about 1/30 or 1/15 to let in more ambient light to prevent my
backgrounds from blacking out.

e3 Built-in Flash selects

what the built-in flash does.

By default it works like a TTL flash. That's good. It works great.

You also may set it manually, or play with a repeating strobe mode.

Hidden in the C(bolt) menu is how to set the flash to become the commander to talk to a
wireless remote flash, which today is only the

Under this menu you can set two groups of external flashes separately, as well as how
much light comes from the built-in flash.

"Comp" is the exposure compensation (brightness) for each of these groups of lights.

You can set lighting ratios of remote flashes, right from the D200!

Here's how to get it to work:

Select C mode.

TRICK: You have to set Channel 3, not the default of 1, to get this to work! My

defaults to channel 3. You can use any channel, but the flash and camera have to match.

Leave the rest of it alone. Set your flash for remote operation, and away you go. I prefer to
save all this in a bank as explained at the

page. This saves a lot of

twiddling when I want to use remote flash, and when I want to go back to normal.

e4 Modeling Flash

Turn this off!

Otherwise it fires a zillion flash shots if you tap the Depth-of-field preview button.

e5 Auto BKT Set

controls what exposures change when you have the D200 bracket.

You can have everything change exposure, or just the flash, or the ambient light, or have
the WB bracket.

I never use these.

e6 Manual Mode Bracketing

controls what changes when letting the D200 bracket

itself in manual exposure mode.

I never use this.