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Nikon
Autofocus Sp-ee(tligtlt
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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e===============CONTENTS================~ FOREWORO ... ... . ................. .... . "" 3 Ready-Light Warning Functions ...... ........ . ...... 35 NOMENCLATURE "" " .. ... "" .. " ..... ... .. .. . 4-6 USING WIDE-FLASH ADAPTER . . ... 36 BASIC OPERATION ... .............................. 7-12 SYNCHRO·SUNLIGHT FILL·IN FLASH Installing Batteries.. ............... . .... . 7 PHOTOGRAPHy .. .... . .. 37-39 Attaching Flash Unit to Camera Accessory Shoe ..... 8 In TTL Mode ...................
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~==FOREWORDI====-. For Nikon F-401/N4004 camera users Read the following instructions carefully when using the Thank you for purchasing the Nikon Auto S8-22 with F-401 /N4004 camera. focus Speedlight S8-22. We hope the S8-22 1. Nikon F-401/N4004 camera is designed for use with will make photography a much bigger part AF Nikkor lenses, except AF-Nikkor 80mm 112.8, of your life. Get to know your S8-22, but 200 mm f/3.5 I F-ED and Autofocus Converter TC-161 before using it, be sure to rea
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NOMENCLATURE Flash head Bounce angle indicators For bounce flash shooting, Autolocus assist illuminator LED see page 41 . See pages 13 to 15. Light sensor lor non·TTL auto Battery cover indices flash operation External power source terminal Accepts power cord from Nikon DC Battery chamber cover Unit SD·7. Mounting loot lock nut Mounting loot Hot·shoe contacts 4
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Wide-flash adapter Covers the picture · angle of lenses 28 mm or longer. Slides out and covers the flash head (see page 36). Aperture selection/shooting distance range panel See pages 17 to 31 . Sync/multiple flash terminal For (1) off-camera operation with a sync cord and (2) multiple flash photography in manual flash operation (page 46). Before using the SB-22, peel off the protective paper covering the panel. 5
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Aperture index windows Flash mode indicators Used in automatic operation. Flash mode selector Aperture scale window Aperture/distance index windows for MD mode Film speed scale window Flash shooting distance range indicators Film speed index The patterned bar (fourth bar from the top) shows programmed TTL auto flash information. Film speed setting knob Normal (35mm)/Wide (28mm) index windows Distance scale window Ready·light See page 34. Bounce set indicator Open·flash butto
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BASIC OPERATION--------------- Installing Batteries 1. Slide down the battery 2 Load four 1.5 V AA·type 3 To reattach battery chamber cover and lift • penlight alkaline· • chamber cover, align the it out. manganese or manganese black indices on the cover batteries or 1.2V NiCd bat· and flash unit, then slide the teries into the battery cover up as far as it goes. chamber. For battery information, see page 50. ~----------------, ( As an external power source, Nikon DC Unit \ I SD-7 is
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4 Turn the mounting foot 5 Slide mounting foot 6. Tighten lock nut firmly . • lock nut clockwise as far • forward into the camera's as it goes. accessory shoe as far as it goes. ~----------------, I With Nikon F3·series cameras with DE·2 or \ I DE·3 finder: Attach Flash Unit Coupler AS-4 or I I AS-7 to camera's accessory shoe before I I mounting the S8-22. The S8-22 cannot be I I mounted on F3-series camera with the other I \ finders. I ~----------------- 8
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Programmed TTL Auto Flash Shooting (with Nikon F-501/N2020, F-401/N4004 or F-301/N2000) Steps 7 through 9 provide instructions for programmed TTL auto flash shooting with the Nikon F-501 /N2020*, F-401lN4004** or F-301/N2000* camera. For other flash exposure operations (TTL auto, non-TTL auto and manual flash exposure operations) see "SET TING CAMERA SHUTTER SPEED" on page 16 and " DETERMINING APERTURE," pages 17 to 32. * The Nikon N2020 and N2000 are sold exclusively in the U.S.A. and
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With F·301/N2000 8 Set camera to a programmed exposure mode (P DUAL, P 9 Set lens to minimum • aperture (largest • or P HI for F-501/N2020; P or P HI for F-301/N2000)_ With the Nikon F·401/N4004, set the camera to either program auto f-number)_ (aperture dial to S, shutter speed dial to A) or shutter-priority auto (aper· With AF Nikkor lenses, lock lens ture dial to S, shutter speed dial to desired speed) exposure mode. aperture at minimum setting. (See the lens instruction manual). Wi
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Flash Shooting 0 10. Set power switch to 5TBY (standby 11. Make sure bounce angle is set at 0 • position) to turn on 5B·22. LED indicating selected flash mode immediately lights up. ~----------------~ '. If the flash head is tilted, '. the bounce set indicator I blinks. For bounce flash I • photograph, see page • I 41. I I I \ I ~----------------~ 11
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12. Lightly press shutter 14. Turn off the 58·22. 13. Fully depress shutter release button and view release button to take finder ready-light comes on picture. to indicate flash is ready to Unless viewfinder ready·light blinks fire. after the shot, your flash exposure will be perfect; if it does blink, pic' .----------- ..... ture may be underexposed ( For blinking ready· '. move closer to subject. light warnings, see • page 35. I """'--------- ..... • I I Do not fire flash towar
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AUTOFOCUS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY (with Nikon F-501/N2020 or F-401/N4004)- ~----------------, I \ In programmed TTL autofocus flash photog· raphy, use film wi th a film speed specified in the table below for greater depth of field : Lens maximum Film speed aperture 1/2.8 or laster ISO 50 or higher Lens only Slower than 1/2.8 ISO 100 or higher F-501 I 1/1.4 or 1/1 .2 ISO 50 or higher N2020 1/1 .8, 1/2, 1/2.5 or with 1 Set the Nikon F·501/N2020's focus mode ISO 100 or higher fl2 .8 TC·
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2. Set aperture. With Nikon F·401/N4004, use camera's aperture dial. Don't forget to lock lens at minimum position. For other flash operations, set as follows: Lens maximum For programmed TTL operation, set to smallest lens Aperture setting aperture aperture (largest f·number) and lock the lens aperture. f/2.8 or larger f·number (For details, see the lens instruction manual). f/2.8 or faster (f/2.8, f/4 , f/5.6, etc.) Lens only f/5.6 or larger f-number Slower than f/2.8 (t/5.6, f
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, " " 0 3. Lightly press camera shutter release 4 Confirm whether the green in· focus button. • indicator LED lights up, then fully depress When ready-light comes on but ambient light is insuffi the shutter release button. cient for autofocus operation, AF illuminator fires to If focus-nat-possible indicator LED ( x ) remains lit start autofocus operation. when using the Nikon F-501/N2020, or if focus indi If ambient light is sufficient, the AF illuminator does not cator LED ( . ) bli
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SETTING CAMERA SHUTTER SPEED--------- Set camera's shutter speed, referring to the table As shown in the table, automatic sync speed setting is below. available wi th most Nikon cameras. Running shutter Nikon camera Camera setting Viewfinder sh utter speed indication s~~~~~Or!~~t.ifn speed (sec.) P DUAL IF·501/N2020 only). P. PHI 1/125 125 iiOhlS up F·501/N2020· A. 1/2000-1/2505Oc . 1/125 125 Ii hiS up and LED for proper non- flash shutter speed blink.s 1/125 or slower F·301/N2000· LEO
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DETERMINING APERTURE------------ TTL Mode (for TTL Automatic Flash Exposure Control) TTL mode is for exclusive use with Nikon F-501/N2020, F-401 /N4004, F-301/N2000, FA, FE2 and FG cameras only. For TTL auto fl ash operation with the Nikon F-501/N2020, F-401 /N4004 or F-301/N2000, be sure to set the camera to aperture priority auto or manual exposure mode. For correct exposure in TTL mode, use film with a film speed speci fied in the table below: Camera Film speed 1. Set 58·22's mode
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2.Align film speed in use 3. Select and set aperture. with the film speed index. The aperture scale window shows usable apertures. (Depending on Note: Lines between the numbers on film speed in use, all usable apertures may not be shown in the aperture the film speed scale represent inter scale window; for usable apertures, see table on page 20.) mediate settings. (See illustration) For example, with the film speed index at ISO 100, you can select any aperture from f/2 to 1/22. Selecting
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.",------------ ... Next, turn on flash unit and I \ take shot in the same man ner shown in "BASIC OPER ATION ," steps 10 to 14. The shooting distance scale 4. Set your chosen aperture. changes when the wide-flash With Nikon F-401/N4004, use adapter is used. For example, camera's aperture dial. selecting fl4 lets you take pictures of subjects 0.6m to 4.4m (approx. 2.0ft. to 14 ft.) away. See page 36. I I I I I I \ ..... _-----------"'" 19
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Usable apertures/shooting distance range in TTL mode Unit: m (It) ISO film speed Shooting distance range 1000" 800" 400 200 100 50 25 Normal With wide·ilash adapter 2.8 2 - - - - 3.2 - 20 (10-66) 2.2-17 (72-56) 2.8+ '/3 - 4 2.8 2 - - 2.2-17 (7.2-56) 1.6- 12 (5.2 - 39) 4+ '/3 - 5.6 4 2.8 2 - 1.6-12 (52-39) 1.1- 8.8 (3.6 - 29) 5.6+'/3 - 8 5.6 4 2.8 2 1.1-8.8 (36-29) 0.8-6.2 (2.6-20) 8+ '/3 0.6- 4.4 (20- 14) c. 11 8 5.6 4 2.8 2 0.8 - 6.2 (2.6-20) 11+ '/3 0 ~ 16 11 8 5.6 4 2.8 0.6-4.
