Shooting
Mode
Selector
@
T
he
shooti
ng
mode
se
lector
on
the back of the 8B-16 has
five click-stop settings. Directly above the selector (read-
ing
from left to right), there are the blue and orange dots
for non-TTL automatic operation, two white dots in the
middle indicating
MD
(Motor Drive) and M (Manual)
operation respectively, and a white square at the far right
which
is
for
TTL
operation.
As
soon
as
the 8B-16
is
turned
on,
one of the appropriate
LE
Ds
(green for
TTL
and red for all the rest) above the
selector lights up to indicate the set
ti
ng
selected.
Usable shooting modes depending
on
the combination of
the type of the flash unit and camera are
as
listed
on
page
5.
TTL (through-the-lens automatic operation)
This mode provides automatic through-the-Iens (
TT
L)
control of
th
e flash exposure
at
any aperture from f/2 to
f/22 to match the camera-to-subject
di
stance: the farther
away the subject, the more light emitted
by
the flash
unit ; the closer the subject, the less light given off.
Becau
se
the exposure is measured through the lens, no
exposure compensation is required
in
off-camera and/or
bounce-flash operation or even with a teleconverter or
fi
lter attach
ed
to
th
e lens.
T
hi
s setti
ng
is also used for programmed
TTL
auto opera-
t
ion
with F-501/N2020 and F
-30
1/N2000.
A (non-TTL automatic operation)
In
the non-TTL automatic (A) mode, the light output of the
flash var
ie
s automatically to match the flash-to
-su
bject
di
stance, but
in
stead of the light being measured through
the lens,
it
is
re
ad
by
the light
se
nsor
on
the front of the
8B-16.
At
any film speed
se
tting, you have a choice of
two working apertures
ind
icated by the blue A 1 and
orange
A2
aperture indicator
lin
es
on
the bottom of the
exposure calculator dial.
M (manual operation)
At
th
e manual (M) sett
in
g, the 8B-16 fi
res
at its maximum
li
gh
t output regardless of the
fl
ash-to-subject distance.
When it is difficult to obtain correct exposure
on
au
to,
ie
,
when the brightness of
th
e background affects exposure
strongl
y,
use
th
e SB-16
on
manual. In the manual mode,
exposure should
be
determined with the exposure cal-
culator dial or with t
he
gu
id
e number equati
on
found on
page
30.
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