Nikon Camera N60 - Manual (Page 58)

Flash Photography
Built-in Speedlight and Matrix Balanced Fill-Flash
This camera is equipped with built-in Speedlight that provides an angle of
coverage for a 28mm lens with a guide number of 15 (ISO100, m) or 49
(ISO100, ft.).
Matrix Balanced Fill-Flash ensures proper exposure of the main subject and
background, and controls adequate flash output to create natural-looking flash
photography (with CPU lens).
In addition to shooting in dim light, the flash can be used in daylight to reduce
shadows on the main subject or to put catchlights in your subject’s eyes.
Four flash sync modes—Normal Sync, Red-Eye Reduction, Slow Sync and Red­
Eye Reduction with Slow Sync—are available with this camera.
• When using a non-CPU lens, standard TTL flash is the only flash mode
available. To ensure optimum performance, use only CPU lenses.
[Flash shooting distance range
Flash shooting distance changes according to the film speed in use and aperture
setting.
ISO Film speed 25 50 100 200 400 800 Flash shooting
distance range*
m/ft. Guide number m/ft.8/26 11/36 15/49 21/69 30/98 42/138
Aperture value
— — 1.4 2 2.8 4 2-10.6/6.6-35
— 1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 1.4-7.5/4.6-25
1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 1-5.3/3.3-17
2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 0.7-3.8/2.3-13
2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 0.6-2.7/2.0-8.9
4 5.6 8 11 16 22 0.6-1.9/2.0-6.2
5.6 8 11 16 22 32 0.6-1.3/2.0-4.3
8 11 16 22 32 — 0.6-0.9/2.0-3.0
The table shows the flash shooting distance range for print films. The flash shooting distance
range of color slide film is approx. 2/3 that of print film with the same ISO film speed rating.
' The flash shooting distance range can also be calculated by dividing the guide
number by the aperture value selected.
Example: when f/2.8 is selected with ISO 100 film using this camera’s built-in
Speedlight, the maximum flash shooting distance will be;
15
2.8
= approx. 5.3m or
49
2.8
= approx. 17 ft.
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