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FP High-Speed Flash sync, in Manual Flash, For F5, F100, F90X/N90s, F90-Series/N90

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FP High-Speed Flash sync % in Manual Flash ƒ mode For F5, F100, F90X/N90s, F90-Series/N90 The SB-28 allows you to use faster shutter speeds for flash synchronization. With FP High-Speed Flash sync %, the flash emits light at an extremely rapid rate, while the shutter curtains travel to expose the film. This enables you to use a faster shutter speed as well as a wider aperture to achieve shallower depth of field to blur the background. • Attach the SB-28 to the camera and turn on both the SB-28 and the camera, then set the SB-28 to FP High-Speed Flash sync %. Camera settings 1 Set the exposure mode to Manual (M). 2 Set the aperture. -With Nikkor lenses with a built-in CPU: Rotate the command dial on the camera or the lens aperture ring (for F90X/N90s, F90-Series/N90 cameras) as you watch the indicator bar ¡ on the LCD panel change to match the shooting distance. -With Nikkor lenses without a built-in CPU: Press the { or } button to change the aperture on the LCD panel. Then set the same aperture on the lens aperture ring. 3 Set the shutter speed. -Set the shutter speed between 1/250 and 1/4000 sec. • The guide number for FP High-Speed Flash sync % varies with the selected shutter speed and is less than that for regular flash synchronization. (See page 51 on % guide numbers.) • In the % mode, when taking flash photographs with a shutter speed slower than 1/250 sec., it is recommended to use normal flash operation because the guide number is less in the % mode. • If you set the SB-28's flash mode to a mode other than Manual ƒ % with your camera's shutter speed set higher than 1/250 sec., the shutter speed is automatically set to 1/250 sec. 49

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FP High-Speed Flash sync
%
in Manual Flash
ƒ
mode
For F5, F100, F90X/N90s, F90-Series/N90
The SB-28 allows you to use faster shutter speeds for flash
synchronization. With FP High-Speed Flash sync
%
, the flash emits light
at an extremely rapid rate, while the shutter curtains travel to expose the
film. This enables you to use a faster shutter speed as well as a wider
aperture to achieve shallower depth of field to blur the background.
• Attach the SB-28 to the camera and turn on both the SB-28 and the camera, then
set the SB-28 to FP High-Speed Flash sync
%
.
1
Set the exposure mode to Manual (M).
2
Set the aperture.
—With Nikkor lenses with a built-in CPU: Rotate the command dial on the
camera or the lens aperture ring (for F90X/N90s, F90-Series/N90
cameras) as you watch the indicator bar
¡
on the LCD panel change to
match the shooting distance.
—With Nikkor lenses without a built-in CPU: Press the
{
or
}
button to
change the aperture on the LCD panel. Then set the same aperture on
the lens aperture ring.
3
Set the shutter speed.
—Set the shutter speed between 1/250 and 1/4000 sec.
• The guide number for FP High-Speed Flash sync
%
varies with the
selected shutter speed and is less than that for regular flash
synchronization. (See page 51 on
%
guide numbers.)
• In the
%
mode, when taking flash photographs with a shutter speed
slower than 1/250 sec., it is recommended to use normal flash operation
because the guide number is less in the
%
mode.
• If you set the SB-28’s flash mode to a mode other than Manual
ƒ%
with your camera’s shutter speed set higher than 1/250 sec., the shutter
speed is automatically set to 1/250 sec.
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