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✦ Multi-selector button. This main
button can be pressed up and
down, left and right, or in the center.
• Up and down. Labeled as + for
up and – for down, these but-
tons allow you to move up and
down in the menu, which dis-
plays on the LCD when the
Speedlight is turned on. Use
them to select from the various
menu items.
• Left and right. The left button
is labeled with three small
trees, symbolizing wide angle.
The right button has one large
tree, which indicates telephoto.
The buttons are used to change
the zoom of the flash head for
different lens coverage from
24mm wide angle to 105mm
telephoto.
• Select. The center button is the
Select button. This button is
used to select an item to be
highlighted for change after
using the up and down buttons
to navigate to the item. Press
the Select button for two sec-
onds to get to the Custom
Settings Mode (CSM). CSM is
used to set up specific func-
tions of the SB-800, such as the
wireless flash modes, ISO set-
tings, the power zoom function,
and many other things.
The Custom Settings Menu and
the specific functions you can
control are covered in detail in
Chapter 2.
✦ The On/Off button. This button
does just what it says it does.
Press it for about a half a second
to turn the Speedlight on or off.
✦ The Flash button. Press this but-
ton to test fire the SB-800 to
ensure it is functioning properly or
to take a test reading using a hand
held flash meter
✦ The Mode button. The mode but-
ton is used to cycle through the
LCD menu among the different
flash modes of the SB-800
Speedlight. The different modes
are:
• TTL BL – i-TTL balanced fill
flash. The exposure is deter-
mined by the camera and
matched with the ambient light.
• TTL – i-TTL flash. The expo-
sure is determined by the cam-
era to sufficiently illuminate the
subject that is focused on.
• AA – Auto Aperture. An
aperture-based automatic
mode. You enter the aperture
value and the Speedlight
determines the flash power.
• GN – distance based auto-
matic mode. You enter the dis-
tance to the subject and the
Speedlight determines the flash
power.
• M – full manual mode. You
determine the flash power by
using the guide number of the
flash and dividing this number
by the distance of the
Speedlight from the subject,
with the quotient being the
aperture to which you need to
set your camera. You can also
use a flash meter to determine
the flash and camera settings.
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