Nikon SB-5000 - Speedlight Specifications Overview; Electronic Construction and Guide Number; Flash Output Distance Range and Patterns; Available Flash Modes and Functions

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Specifications
Electronic construction
Automatic Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) and
series circuitry
Guide number (at
35 mm zoom head
position, in FX format,
standard illumination
pattern)
34.5/113 (ISO 100, m/ft)
Effective flash output
distance range (in
i-TTL, auto aperture
flash or non-TTL auto
flash mode)
0.6 m to 20 m (2 ft to 65.6 ft) (varies depending on
camera’s image area setting, illumination pattern, ISO
sensitivity, zoom head position, and lens aperture in
use)
Illumination pattern
There are 3 illumination patterns: standard, even,
center-weighted
The light distribution angle is automatically adjusted
to the camera’s image area in both FX and DX formats
Available flash mode
• i-TTL
• Auto aperture ash
• Non-TTL auto ash
• Distance-priority manual ash
• Manual ash
• Repeating ash
Other available
functions
Test ring, monitor pre-ashes, AF-assist illumination
for multi-point AF and modeling illumination
Nikon Creative Lighting
System (CLS)
A number of ash operations are available with
compatible cameras: i-TTL mode, Advanced Wireless
Lighting, modeling illumination, FV lock, Flash Color
Information Communication, auto FP high-speed sync,
AF-assist illumination for multi-point AF and unied
ash control