Nikon D2Xs - Manual (Page 123)

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Taking Photographs—Flash Photography
Modeling Illumination
CLS-compatible Speedlights such as the SB-800 and SB-600 emit a modeling fl ash
when the camera depth-of-fi eld preview button is pressed. This feature can be used
with Advanced Wireless Lighting to preview the total lighting effect achieved with
multiple fl ash units. Modeling illumination can be turned off using Custom Setting e4
(Modeling fl ash;
202).
The following features are available with CLS-compatible fl ash units:
Speedlight
Flash
mode/feature
SB-800 SB-600
Advanced Wireless Lighting
Commander Remote
SB-800 SU-800 1 SB-800 SB-600 SB-R200
i-TTL 2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
AA Auto aperture ✔
3 — ✔
4
✔
5
✔
4 — —
A Non-TTL auto ✔
3 —
✔
4 —
✔
4 — —
GN Range-priority manual ✔
— — — — — —
M Manual ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
RPT Repeating fl ash ✔
—
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
—
REAR Rear-curtain sync ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Red-eye reduction ✔ ✔ ✔
— — — —
Flash Color Information
Communication
✔ ✔ ✔
— — — —
Auto FP High-Speed Sync 5 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
FV Lock ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
AF-assist for multi-area AF 6 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
— — —
Auto zoom ✔ ✔ ✔
— — — —
1 Options shown are only available when SU-800 is
used to control other fl ash units.
2 Standard i-TTL for Digital SLR is used with spot meter-
ing or when selected with Speedlight. When using
non-CPU lens with i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash for Digital
SLR, improved precision can be obtained if lens data
are specifi ed in Non-CPU lens data menu.
3 Use Speedlight controls to select fl ash mode.
4 Auto aperture selected automatically if CPU lens is
attached or non-CPU lens data have been specifi ed
using Non-CPU lens data. If non-CPU lens is used
without specifying lens data, non-TTL auto will be
selected automatically.
5 Select 1/250 s (Auto FP) for Custom Setting e1
(Flash sync speed; 201).
6 Requires CPU lens.