Nikon Speedlight SB-700 User manual

SB-700

User’s Manual

Autofocus Speedlight

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About the SB-700 and This User’s Manual

Thank you for purchasing the Nikon Speedlight SB-700. To get the

most out of your Speedlight, please read this user’s manual thoroughly

before use.

How to find what you are looking for

iTable of contents (0A-11)

You can search by item, such as operation method, ash mode or

function.

Q&A index

(0A-9)

You can search according to objective without knowing the specic

name or term of an item.

iIndex (0H-28)

You can search using the alphabetical index.

iTroubleshooting (0H-1)

This is handy when there is a problem with your Speedlight.

For your safety

Before using the Speedlight for the rst time, read the safety

instructions in “For Your Safety” (0A-14 – A-22).

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❑Speedlight Stand AS-22

❑Nikon Diffusion Dome SW-14H

❑Incandescent Filter SZ-3TN

❑Fluorescent Filter SZ-3FL

❑Soft Case SS-700

❑User’s manual (this manual)

❑A collection of example photos

❑Warranty card

SB-700

Incandescent Filter SZ-3TN

Fluorescent Filter SZ-3FL

Nikon Diffusion

Dome SW-14H

Soft Case SS-700

Speedlight Stand

AS-22

Included items

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About the SB-700 and This User’s Manual

About the SB-700

The SB-700 is a high-performance Speedlight compatible with Nikon

Creative Lighting System (CLS) with a guide number of 28/39 (ISO

100/200, m) (92/128, ft.) (at the 35 mm zoom head position in Nikon

FX format with standard illumination pattern, 20 °C/68 °F).

CLS-compatible cameras

Nikon digital SLR (Nikon FX/DX format) cameras (except D1

series and D100), F6, COOLPIX cameras (P7000, P6000)

About this user’s manual

This manual has been compiled with the assumption that the SB-700

will be used in combination with a camera compatible with CLS and a

CPU lens (0A-5). To get the most out of your Speedlight, please read

this user’s manual thoroughly before use.

For use with non-CLS-compatible SLR cameras, see “For Use with•

Non-CLS-compatible SLR Cameras.” (0F-1)

For use with i-TTL-compatible COOLPIX cameras (P5100, P5000,•

E8800, E8400), see “For Use with COOLPIX Cameras.” (0G-1)

The separate “A collection of example photos” provides an overview•

of the SB-700’s flash photography capabilities with example photos.

For camera functions and settings, see the camera user’s manual.•

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vDescribes a point to which you should pay particular

attention in order to avoid Speedlight malfunctions or

mistakes.

tIncludes information or tips to make Speedlight use easier.

0Reference to other pages in this manual

Icons used in this manual

tTips on identifying CPU NIKKOR lenses

CPU lenses have CPU contacts.

The SB-700 cannot be used with IX-Nikkor•

lenses.

CPU contacts

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About the SB-700 and This User’s Manual

Terminology

Default settings: function and mode settings at the time of purchase

Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS): a lighting system that enables various

ash photography functions with improved communication between Nikon

Speedlights and cameras

Illumination patterns: control types of light falloff at edges; the SB-700 provides

three illumination patterns, standard, center-weighted and even.

FX format/DX format: Nikon digital SLR camera image area types (FX format:

36 × 24, DX format: 24 × 16)

Guide number (GN): the amount of light generated by a ash unit; GN = ash-

to-subject distance (m or ft.) × f-number of aperture (ISO 100)

Zoom head position: position of a Speedlight zoom head; the angle of coverage

changes as the zoom head position changes.

Effective ash output distance: ash-to-subject distance with correctly

adjusted ash output

Effective ash output distance range: range of effective ash output distance

Flash compensation: intentional ash output change to obtain the desired

subject brightness

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i-TTL mode: ash mode in which the SB-700 res monitor pre-ashes and the

camera measures the reected light and controls the SB-700 ash output

Monitor pre-ashes: scarcely visible ashes emitted before actual ring that

enable the camera to measure the light reected on a subject

i-TTL balanced ll-ash: i-TTL mode type in which ash output level is

adjusted to well-balanced exposure of the main subject and background

Standard i-TTL: i-TTL mode type in which ash output level is adjusted to the

correct exposure of the main subject regardless of background brightness

Manual ash mode: ash mode in which the ash output level and aperture are

manually set to obtain the desired exposure

Distance-priority manual ash mode: manual ash mode with distance

priority; the ash-to-subject distance is set and the Speedlight ash output level

is adjusted in accordance with the camera settings.

Step: a unit of the shutter speed or aperture change; a change of one step halves/

doubles the amount of light entering the camera

EV (Exposure Value): each increment of 1 in exposure value corresponds to a

one-step change in exposure, which is made by halving/doubling shutter speed

or aperture

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About the SB-700 and This User’s Manual

Wireless multiple ash-unit photography: ash photography with multiple

wireless ash units simultaneously ring

Master ash unit: the ash unit that commands remote ash units in multiple

ash-unit photography

Remote ash unit: a ash unit that res following commands from the master

ash unit

Advanced Wireless Lighting: wireless multiple ash-unit photography with

CLS; multiple remote ash unit groups can be controlled with the master ash

unit.

Quick wireless control mode: mode for multiple ash-unit photography

with Advanced Wireless Lighting in which the ash output level ratios of two

remote ash unit groups (A and B) can be easily balanced

SU-4 type wireless multiple ash-unit photography: wireless multiple

ash-unit photography suited to taking picture of a fast-moving subject

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Q&A Index

You can search for specic explanations according to objective.

Flash photography 1 (with SB-700 mounted on camera)

Question Key phrase 0

Which ash mode can I take pictures with? Flash modes C-1

How can I take pictures in the simplest way? Basic operation B-7

How can I take portrait photos emphasizing

the main subject?

Illumination pattern:

Center-weighted E-3

How can I take formal group shots? Illumination pattern:

Even E-3

How can I take pictures with soft shadows

cast on a wall? Bounce ash operation E-5

How can I conrm lighting conditions? Modeling illumination E-29

How can I take brighter (or darker) pictures of

the subject? Flash compensation E-23

How can I take pictures under uorescent

light and incandescent light and balance the

lights’ color effects?

Color compensation

lters E-17

How can I take pictures adding specic color

to the light of Speedlight? Color lters E-19

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Q&A Index

Question Key phrase 0

How can I use autofocus in dim lighting? AF-assist illumination E-27

How can I take pictures of both the subject

and background at night? Slow sync E-33

How can I take pictures without the subject’s

eyes appearing red? Red-eye reduction E-34

How can I use the SB-700 with a non-CLS-

compatible SLR camera?

Non-CLS-compatible SLR

camera F-1

How can I use the SB-700 with a COOLPIX

camera? COOLPIX camera G-1

Flash photography 2 (with wireless SB-700)

Question Key phrase 0

How do I take pictures using multiple ash

units?

Advanced Wireless

Lighting

D-2

D-9

How do I take pictures in a quick and simple

way with wireless multiple ash units?

Quick wireless control

mode D-13

How do I take pictures of a fast-moving

subject using wireless multiple ash-unit

photography?

SU-4 type wireless

multiple ash-unit

photography

D-3

D-18

How do I take pictures with the SB-700 and

a COOLPIX camera compatible with wireless

multiple ash-unit photography?

CLS-compatible

COOLPIX camera G-1

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