-CONTROLS
IN
DETAIL------------
AS
-8
Flash
Unit
Couplers
AS·8 @
and
AS·9 ®
Th
e detachable lower part of the SB-16, called the Flash
Unit Coupler AS-8 or AS-9, houses the mount
in
g foot, the
shooting mode selector with shooting mode indication
LED
s, the ready-lightlopen-flash button, the light sensor,
the sync/multiple flash terminal
@ , and the special ter-
minal
@l
for TTL multiple flash.
Th
e only difference
in
appearance between the AS-8 and
AS-9 is the type of mounting fool.
Th
e AS-8 's mounting
foot
is
specially designed for use with Nikon F3-series
camera, while the AS-9
ha
s a standard ISO-type mount-
ing fool.
The flash unit with the AS-8 attached
is
identified
as
the
Speedlight SB-16A, whereas the flash unit with the AS-9
as
the Speedlight SB-16B. The SB-16A and S
B-1
6B can
be
mounted on almost any type of Nikon camera * either
direc
tl
y or with the use of another Nikon Flash
Un
it
20
Co
upl
er.
The TTL automatic shooting mode, however, is
availab
le
only when the
SB
-16A
is
used with a Nikon F3-
series camera or when the SB-16B is used with either the
Nikon
FA
,
FE2
, F-501/N2020, F-301/N2000,
FG
or Nikonos-
V (via
V.:rype
Sync Cord).
For
more detailed informatin about
flash unit/camera combinations, refer to the table
on
page
5.
• Even with use
of
the Flash Unit Coupler AS-4
or
AS-7,
the S8·168 cannot
be used with
F3
-series cameras with the AF Finder
OX
·l,
Act
ion Finder
OA-2, Waist-Level Finder OW-3
or
6X
Magnification F
in
der OW-4.
Note:
8e careful not to soil
or
damage the contact pins ® on the coupler
or the contacts
® on the main flash unit
as
this may cause poor connec-
tion and possible malfunction
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