Nikon Autofocus Speedlight SB-20 User manual

INSTRUCTION

MANUAL il

F0REW0R0 .............3

NoMENCLATURE..... .........4-6

BAS|C0PERAT!0N

... ........7-13

lnstalling

Batteries .....7

Attaching

FlashUnitto

Camera

AccessoryShoe

......8

Adjusting

FlashHead ...........9

Programmed

TTLAuto

FlashShooting

(with

Nikon

F-501/N2020

F-301/N2000)

...10-11

FlashShooting

... .......1213

AUTOFOCUS

FLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY

(with

NikonF-501/N2020

camera

only)..........

14-16

SETTING

CAMERASHUTTER

SPEED .,....,...

DETERMINING

APERTURE . 18-32

TTLModE

(for

TTLAutomatic

FlashExposure

Control)

.... 18-22

Mode

(tor

Non-TTLAutomatic

Flash

ExposureControl) ........

23-27

MMode

(for

Manual

Flash

ExposureControl)

... 28-31

Guide

Numbet

...... ...........32

SETTING

POWERSWITCH .....33

STBY

(STANDBY)

Position .... 33

Position ....33

OFF

Position ......

.....

READY.LIGHT

INDICATIONS .......

34-35

Ready-Light

Warning

Functions ......

SYNCHRO.SUNLIGHT

FILL.IN

FLASHPHOTOGRAPHY...... .....36-38

lnTTLMode .. ......37

lnAMode. .....37

InMMode .....38

DIFFUSING

THE

LIGHT ...,.39-41

Bounce

FlashPhotography

Procedure

............

40-41

Using

ADiffuser .......

SYNC

HRONIZATION

WITHMOTOR-DRIVEN

CAMERA ,.,,,..42

MULTIPLEFLASH

EXPOSURES .,,,,,..

MULTIPLEFLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY

...... ..43.46

TTL

Multiple

FlashPhotography

.. ........

43-45

ManualMultiple

FlashPhotography

... .......

AV0IDING

"RED

EYE" ..........

CLOSE.UPFLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY

INTTLMODE

.... 47

TIPS

ONSPEEDLIGHT

CARE

. ......

48-49

ABOUTBATTERIES .....50

ACCESS0R|ES....... ........

51-52

SyncCords

SC-1land

SC-15. ........51

TTL

RemoteCordSC-17 ......51

TTL

Multi-Flash

AdapterAS-10

. ......

TTL

Multi-FlashSyncCords

SC-18and

SC-19

......52

Flash

UnitCouplers

AS-4and

AS-7.. ,.......52

DCUnit

SD-7

. ........52

SPEC|F|CATT0NS

.... .......

53-55

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FOREWORD

Thank

you

for

your

kind

patronage

ofNikon.Wehope

theNikonAuto-

focus

Speedlight

SB-20willmake

photography

amuch

bigger

part

your

life.

Gettoknow

your

SB-20,

butbeforeusing

it,

besuretoread

both

your

camerainstruction

manualandthismanual.

Nikon

cannotbeheldresponsible

formalfunctionresulting

from

use

the

SB-20other

thanasspecifiedinthismanual,

orfromuseofthe

SB-20with

acameramadebvamanufacturer

otherthanNikon.

iIOMEIIGLATURE

Batterycoverindex

Autofocus

assist

illuminator

LED

See

pages

14to 16

Zoom indicator window

Zoom set ring

f W(wide)for

lenses

28mmor

longer

N (normal)lor

lenses

35mm

longer

T (telepholo)for

lenses

85mm

longer

Lightsensor

for non-TTLauto

flashoperation

Mountingfool locknut

Flashhead

Bounceangleset knob

Rotates

from

-7o to90o

For

bounce

flash

shootino.

see

page

Hot-shoe

contacts

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Reflectorslot

For

bounce

flash

(see

page

Synclmultiplellash terminal

For

)of

f-camera

operationwith

synccordand

(2)

mulliple

flash

photography

manualflash

operalion

(page

46)

External

powersourceterminal

Accepts

power

cordf

rom

NikonDC

Unit

SD-7.

Before

usingtheSB-20,

peel

off the protective

paper

covering

the panel.

Light

output

index

windows

Used

inMmode Flashmodeindicators

Apertureindexwindow

Used

inAmode

Aperture

scale

window

Film

speedscale

window

Filmspeed

index

Film

speed

knob

Flash

shooting

distance

range

indicators

The

patterned

bar

(fourth

bar

from

thetop)

shows

programmed

TTL

auto

flashinformation.

Distance

scale

window

Distance

scale

selector

Powerswitch

See

page

33.

Flashmodeselector

TTL

mode-for

programmed

TTL

auto

flash/TTLauto

flashoperation

A mode-for non-

TTLauto

flash

operation

Mmode-for

manualflash

operation.

Aperture

index

knob/light

output

selector

knob

Used

inAand

Mmodes

Bounceset

indicator

Lightsup

when

llash

headis

rotated.

Ready-light

See

page

34.

Open-llashbutton

For

(t)test

firinqinAmode.

(2)

multiole

flash

exposures'(page

42\

and

(3)

toiurnon

SB-20

after

itis

automatically

turnedoff

(page

33).

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Installing

Batteries

BASIG

OPERATIO]I

1.Remove

batterychamber

cover. )_Loadfour

1.5VAA-type

-' penlight

alkaline-

manganese

batteriesor1.2V

NiCd

batteriesintothe

batterychamber.

For batteryinformation,

see page

50.

? Toreattach

battery

-' chamberooYer,

alignlront

edgeofthecover

with

batterycovsr

index

onthe

flash

unit,then

push

coYer

downandslide

asfaras

goes.

AttachingFlash

UnittoCamera

Accessory

Shoe

Tum

the

mountingfoot

" locknutclockwiseas

far

itgoes.

f,, Slide

mountingloot

-' forvardinto

tli'ecamera's

accessoryshoeasfarasit

goes.

at--r-rrrr-rrrrlrrl,

I WithNikonF3-seriescameraswithDE-2

or I

I Og-glinder:

AttachFlash

UnitCoupler

AS-4

or I

I nS-z to camera's accessory shoe before I

I mounting

the SB-20.

The SB-20cannotbe I

1 mounted

on F3-seriescamerawiththe other I

t finders. ,

$. Tighten

locknut

firmly.

irr-rrrrrr-rr-r--O

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8. fi"dtili"tJf,f

setring

until

desiredzoom

settingappearsin

Make

sure

zoom

set

ringis

properly

setat

its

click-stop

position.

Adjusting

FlashHead

/- Make

surebounceangle

- - setknobis set at01

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