Nikon 50DX Instruction Manual - Page 34

Troubleshooting Camera Warning indication Cause Remedy Page All cameras Ready-light does not Batteries are not Install batteries 12 come on. correctly installed. correctly. The SB-50DX is Batteries are automatically turned exhausted. off. Wide-flash adapter is In close-up flash not attached or shooting, the wide- improperly attached. flash adapter indication blinks in the LCD panel. Replace batteries with 12 new ones. Attach the wide-flash 43 adapter correctly. Cameras other Only the camera's (not The SB-50DX (in TTL/D- Attach SB-50DX 15 than FE10 SB-50DX's) viewfinder TTL auto flash mode) is properly. ready-light is blinking not properly attached. when the shutter release button is lightly pressed. Cameras that The ready-light blinks The SB-50DX has fired Set wider aperture 21 are compatible for approx. 3 sec. after at its maximum output. (smaller f-number) or with TTL/D- TTL/D-TTL auto flash (This may indicate move closer to the TTL auto flash shooting. underexposure has subject and shoot occurred.) again. Cameras with In close-up flash Camera's built-in Press the built-in 44 built-in shooting, the camera Speedlight is released. Speedlight down to Speedlight built-in Speedlight retract it. indication blinks in the LCD panel. Cameras of Group I and Nikon digital SLR cameras HK (or DHK for Non-CPU lens is digital cameras) does attached. not appear in the LCD panel. Attach CPU lens. With 9, 25 a non-CPU lens, use flash mode other than Automatic Balanced Fill-Flash with TTL Multi-Sensor. Automatic Balanced Set Automatic 18 Fill-Flash with TTL Balanced Fill-Flash Multi-Sensor is not set. with TTL Multi-Sensor. Spot Metering is set on Set Matrix Metering or 18 camera (except when Center-Weighted using the F90X/N90s, Metering. F90-series/N90 and F70-series/N70). 66 Camera Warning indication Cause Remedy Page Cameras of Ready-light blinks and The SB-50DX has fired Set wider aperture 21 Group I and : blinks in the LCD at its maximum output. (smaller f-number) or Nikon digital panel. (This may indicate move closer to the SLR cameras underexposure has subject and shoot occurred.) again. Cameras of Group II HJ does not appear in the LCD panel. Non-CPU lens is attached (except when using the F4-series). Attach CPU lens. With 9, 25 a non-CPU lens, use flash mode other than Matrix Balanced FillFlash/Center-Weighted Fill-Flash. Matrix Balanced Fill- Set Matrix Balanced 18 Flash/Center-Weighted Fill-Flash/CenterFill-Flash is not set. Weighted Fill-Flash. Spot Metering is set Set Matrix Metering or 18 (except when using the Center-Weighted F-801s). Metering. Cameras of Camera's viewfinder ISO film speed of the Use a film with ISO 15, Group V and VI ready-light blinks when film in use or film film speed within the 31 except for F3- SB-50DX (in TTL auto speed set on the usable film speed series with AS- flash mode) is attached camera exceeds the range, set the 17 and FM3A to camera and power is high-sensitivity side of camera's film speed turned on. the usable film speed within the range, or range. (Same warning set Manual flash appears with the FA mode. camera when the lower side is exceeded.) Cameras of Group Ready-light on the VI except for F3- SB-50DX lights up but series with AS-17, camera's viewfinder FE2 and FG ready-light blinks. Shutter speed is set at Set shutter speed to M90, M250 or B in TTL another setting. auto flash mode. FM3A and FM2 Ready-light on the SB-50DX lights up but camera's viewfinder ready-light blinks. Shutter speed is set at faster speed than the sync shutter speed. Set shutter speed to flash sync speed or slower. Cameras Ready-light on the TTL auto flash is set on Set Manual flash 31 incompatible SB-50DX lights up but the SB-50DX. mode. with TTL/D-TTL camera's viewfinder auto flash ready-light blinks. 67 Miscellaneous