Nikon FSA02911 Instruction Manual - Page 77

Rear-curtain flash sync Cameras in Groups I through III featuring a rear-curtain flash sync mode (F5, F100, F90X/N90s, F90-Series/N90, F80-Series/N80-Series, F70-Series/N70, F65-Series/N65-Series, F-601/N6006 and Pronea 600i/6i cameras only) In normal flash synchronization, the SB-28 fires at the beginning of the exposure just after the front shutter curtain opens. When shooting fastmoving subjects at slower shutter speeds, this usually results in unnatural-looking pictures where the subject frozen by the flash appears behind or within the blurred movement. In rear-curtain flash sync, the flash fires at the end of the exposure, just before the rear curtain closes, creating a picture in which the frozen subject is in front of the blurred action. • Because the SB-28 does not have its own rear-curtain control, only those cameras with a rear-curtain flash sync mode can perform this function by setting it on the camera. Rear-curtain flash sync (rear) Front-curtain flash sync (normal) • No rear-curtain flash sync indicator appears on the SB-28's LCD panel even when this mode is set on the camera. • In multiple flash setups, the main flash unit can be set to either front-curtain or rearcurtain flash sync. The secondary units, however, cannot be set to rear-curtain flash sync. 77