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Nikon
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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NOMENCLATURE CD Wide-Flash Adapter SW-3 o Tilting flash head mode selector CD Sensor Unit SU-2 ® ~:Y,..,no",-., calculator dial flash sockets ® G) Sensor socket ® Bracket mounting adapter ® Sync Cord SC-ll @ Bracket mounting pin @ Attachment screw @ Bracket SK-4 @ Tripod socket 2
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f/stop scale (black) @ Power switch @ Distance scale @ ASA/ISO film index @ Open-flash button @ Ready-light ® dots @ @ External power terminal Attachment screw slots @ Releaselloc chamber Iid @ stand socket @ Handle @ 3
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CONTENTS---------- NOMENCLATURE . . . . . . . .... . ... . ... . .. . . .. . ... 2 - 3 FOREWORD ....... ............. . . ... . .. . ... . ... . . 5 BASIC OPERATION ....................... .. ... 6-12 CONTROLS IN DETAIL . ... . . . . . . . . ...... . ... . . 13-21 Bracket SK-4 . . . . . .... .. ... . . .. .. . .... ... . .. . . 13 Bracket Mounting Adapter ........ .. . . . ..... ... 13 Tilting Flash Head ... . .... . .. ................. 14 Wide-Flash Adapter SW -3 ..................... 1
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FOREWORD--------- Compafible wifh all Nikon SLR cameras, fhe brackef mounfing Nikon Speedlighf SB-ll feafures aufomafic confrol of fhe flash exposure fo mafch fhe flash-fo-subject disfance. By ufilizing a silicon-confrolled rectifier and series circuifry, fhe speedlighf is also able fo conserve ifs excess energy for fhe nexf shof when shoofing subjects af close range thus reducing recycling fime and increasing fhe number of flashes per battery sef. The opfional accessory TTL Remote Cord
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BASIC OPERATION------------ 1. Open the battery 2 Attach the bracket 3 Secure the bracket chamber. • mounting adapter ® to mounting adapter. • Unscrew the lid @ at the base of the the speedlight's handle @ . Tighten the screws to secure the handle and remove the battery clip . First, use the screwdriver provided adapter into place. to loosen the two screws on the bracket mounting adapter. Then, slip the adapter onto the speedlight's handle and slide it to. the desired position. Orien
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4. Load the batteries. 5. Install the battery clip. 6. Close the battery Insert eight AA-type penlight Insert the battery clip into the chamber. battery chamber. Make sure the ter batteries following the + and - Screw the battery lid back into place. symbols on the inside of the battery minal end goes in first. Then line up the V-shaped notch on the end of the clip. clip with the white dot on the rim of the battery chamber. Push the clip until it drops into the fully seated position.
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- ·BASIC OPERATION-continued------------ • - f I ~- - ~- - -- -- 7. Attach the bracket @ to 8. Attach the .bracket to 9. Tighten the locking the camera. the speedhght. wheel completely. Position the camera in the bracket Insert the bracket mounting pin into with the bracket mounting pin @) on the hole in the bracket mounting the same side of the camera as its adapter with the two dots @ aligned; rewind knob. Then, screw the brack rotate the camera forward . et's attachment screw @ int
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12 Rotate the flash head CD 10. Attach the sync cord@. 11. Plug in the sensor 0 . Screw one end of the SC-ll With the "Nikon" name up, • to the normal shooting Sync Cord into either of the speed push the Sensor Unit SU-2 into the position. light's sync/multiple flash sockets ® ; sensor socket CD until it click-locks screw the other end into the camera's into place. sync terminal. 9
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-BASIC OPERATION-continued------------ 13. Set the camera's shutter 14 Set the exposure 15. Set the lens aperture speed for proper synchro • calculator dial ® . ring to an appropriate nization. Turn the dial until the ASAJISO f/number. Set the shutler speed dial to the index @ is opposite the speed of the film in use. The color-coded lines highest synchronization speed for underneath the £/stop scale@indicate electronic flash (e.g. set the F3 to the the three usable £/stops for automat
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16. Set the shooting mode 17. Turn on the speedlight. 18. Watch the ready-light®. selector 0 . Slide the power switch @ to As soon as the LED ready-light uncover the red mark. comes on, the speedlight is ready to Turn the ring on the front of the sen fire. sor until the white index is opposite the color corresponding to that of the £/stop selected. This sets the speed light for automatic operation. 11
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-BASIC OPERATION-continued------------ 19. Take the picture. 20. Turn off the speedlight. After the speedlight fires, if To conserve battery power be the ~eady-light, does not blink, you tween shooting sessions, slide the have a perfect flash exposure. power switch to the OFF position. 12
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CONTROLS IN DETAIL----------- For MD-ll, For F3-series, F-30I1N2000 MD-I2, MD-I4, (withAH-3J. FG, FG-20, EM, F2, MD-I5 MD-2, MD-3, MD-E, MB-I, MB-2 • To fit the SK-4 securely onto the Nikon F-301lN2000 camera, use the Nikon Tripod Adaptor AH-3_ Bracket SK-4 @ Bracket Mounting Adapter ® The Speedlight SB-ll 's bracket can be attached to various The release/locking wheel on the bracket mounting adapter allows the speedlight to be removed from the camera and/or motor drive combinations_
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-CONTROLS IN DETAIL-continued---------- Tilting Flash Head CD Not ... : The SB-11 's tilting flash head has click-stops at 30°, 60°, 1) When the flash head is tilted back only 30°, some amount of light from 90°, and approx. 120°. For normal shooting, point the the flash head may reach the subject direclly, causing unevenness of flash head straight ahead. In this position, the light illumination. To avoid this, make sure the flash head is lilted back 60° travels directly out to the subjec
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Wide-Flash Adapter SW-3 CD Note: To detach the Wide·Flosh Adopter SW-3, first rotate the tilting The angle of illumination of the SB-ll by itself is 56° flash head to other than the horizontal position. Then lift up the catch 01 horizontally and 40° vertically-wide enough for use the top of the S W-3 to remove it. with a 35mm wideangle lens. When the Wide-Flash Adapter is clipped onto the front of the flash head, it in creases the illumination to 67° horizontally and 48° ver tically pro
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-CONTROLS IN DETAIL-continued-------::::::====::::::::------ Example 1 Exposure Calculator Dial ® For Automatic Operation Conversely, if you choose a small aperture, the depth of The SB-ll 's exposure calculator dial helps you select the field will be greater, but the recycling time will be longer usable range of £/stops for the speed of the film in use and and the maximum shooting distance is less. Therefore, in the flash-to,subject distance. On the dial, there are three choosing an approp
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Example 2 Example 3 Example 2 For Manual Operation With ASAIISO 100 and a subject three meters 00 feet) Simply read off the flnumber which appears directly away, you can shoot at either fl4, fl5.6, or fl8. If a short above the flash-to-subject distance W; then set this aper recycling time is preferable, use fl4. If greater depth of ture on your lens. field is desired, use fl8. Once you've selected an appropriate flstop for the film in Example 3 use and the flash-to-subject distance, set t
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-CONTROLS IN DETAIL-continued---------- Sensor Unit SU-2 CD The plug-in Sensor Unit SU-2 controls the operation of Modulite Remote Control Unit ML-l (which is set to the SB-ll Speedlight. It has five settings to choose from. Channel 2), while the SB-ll Speedlight acts as the transmitter. At the Auto Positions To shoot on Auto, lift up and turn the knurled ring on the At the M (Manual) Position outside of the sensor to one of the three positions (orange, Set the SU-2 to the M setting and th
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Ready-Light @ Open-Flash Button @ Built into the back of the SB-ll's flash head is a ready The red open-flash button is used to fire the speedlight light which comes on as soon as the speedlight is recycled manually without having to trip the camera's shutter. In and ready to fire. As an additional feature, the ready this manner, you can create multiple-exposure "strobo light blinks if the speedlight fires at its maximum output scopic" effects or paint the scene with light by firing the s
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-CONTROLS IN DETAIL-continued---------- External Power Terminal @ Sync/Multiple Flash Sockets ® This terminal is for connection of a separate battery pack. Two standard Nikon screw-in type terminals are provided on the SB-ll SpeedJight. Either terminal can be used to attach the Sync Cord SC-ll, while the other is provided for connecting the SB-ll with another speedJight in series for multiple flash operation. 20
