Nikon 1768 Instruction Manual - Page 75

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Recommended lenses AF Nikkor lenses. To blur the background, use a telephoto lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 or brighter. However, in close-range shooting, use wider angle lenses to reduce redeye. Speed light Nikon S8-25 Speedlight Unit. Use ISO 100 to 400 film. Other films may cause overexposed background. If you set the Portrait Program with Red-Eye Reduction with other Speedlight and tum on the Speedlight, ~~ mark blinks. Recommended camera settings Metering system ~ for Matrix· Focus area [£] for Spot·· Focus mode S for Single Servo AF Film advance mode [[) for single-frame shooting Flash sync ~~ for Red-Eye Reduction·· · 'Automatically selected. "Vari-Program automatically sets the camera to Wide-area focus. However, when the Nikon 58-25 AF Speedlight is connected to the camera and turned on, the focus area automatically swstches to Spot. In this case, [iJ) blinks in the LCD panel, with 0 appearing in the viewfinder display. '''Automatically selected and cannot be cancelled. Procedure For flash shooting procedure, see S8-25's instruction manual. However, with Red-Eye Reduction function, note that it is only at the fourth flash that the shutter is released. So hold the camera steadily and make sure your subject keeps still during all four flashes. To further reduce red-eye • Have the subject look away from the lens, toward a bright light. • When shooting indoors, make the room as bright as possible. Note that red-eye tends to be more pronounced with children and cannot be as effectively reduced. 75

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Recommended lenses
AF
Nikkor lenses. To blur the background, use a telephoto lens
with a maximum aperture
of
f/2.8
or brighter. However,
in
close-range shooting, use wider angle lenses to reduce red-
eye.
Speed
light
Nikon
S8-25
Speedlight Unit.
U
se
ISO 100 to 400 film. Other films may cause overexposed
background.
If you set the Portrait Program with Red-Eye Reduction with
other Speedlight and tum on the Speed light,
~~
mark blinks.
Recommended camera settings
Metering system
~
for Matrix·
Focus area
[£]
for
Spot··
Focus mode
S
for Single Servo AF
Film
advance mode
[[)
for single-frame shooting
Flash sync
~~
for Red-Eye Reduction···
'Automatically
selected.
"Vari
-
Program
automatically
sets
the
camera
to
Wide
-
area
focus
.
However,
when
the
Nikon
58
-
25
AF
Speedlight
is
connected
to
the
camera
and
turned
on
,
the
focus
area
automatically
swstches
to
Spot
.
In
this
case,
[iJ)
blinks
in
the
LCD
panel
,
with
0
appearing
in
the
viewfinder
display.
'''Automatically
selected
and
cannot
be
cancelled.
Procedure
For flash shooting procedure, see
S8-25's
instruction manual.
However, with Red-Eye Reduction function, note that
it
is
only
at the fourth f
la
sh
that the shutter
is
released. So hold the
camera steadily and make
su
re your subject keeps still during
all
four flashes.
To further reduce red-eye
• Have the sub
je
ct look away from the
len
s,
toward a bright
light.
• When shooting indoors, make the room as bright
as
possible.
Note that red-eye tends to be more pronounced with children
and cannot be
as
effectively reduced.
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