Nikon D3 User Manual download pdf (Page 4)

Multiple Speedlights

SB-600 Speedlights

can serve as remote

units in wireless

lighting, while

SB-800 Speedlights

can serve as Master,

Commander or

separate remote

units.

Make lighting work for you with wireless multiple Speedlights

You can accomplish a lot with just one Speedlight, but

sometimes an image would benefit from more artistic illumina-

tion. Adding more Speedlights not only adds depth to the scene

but also character and charm to your subject. One of the great-

est benefits that is singular to Nikon’s Advanced Wireless

Lighting is that controlling dozens of Speedlights is just as easy

as controlling your on-camera Speedlight. And because it’s wire-

less, setting up your Speedlights can be done quickly and

smoothly no matter where you’re shooting. From the Master

Speedlight located on top of your camera, you can control the

flash output of three groups of wireless remote units, adding

any number of Speedlights to each of these groups.

Simply set everything to Nikon's

exclusive i-TTL for consistently accu-

rate exposures in even the most dif-

ficult lighting situations. It's just as

easy to explore alternate exposures

by adjusting the flash exposure com-

pensation of individual Speedlight

groups. Or if you like, turn off a

Speedlight group, or set everything

to manual — all via the LCD panel on the Master Speedlight, all

possible without ever leaving your camera. Multiple Speedlight

control has never been this intuitive and fluid. No other lighting

system comes close.

Joe McNally — Photojournalist (U.S.A.)

There have been many difficult lighting situations in my career

where the Nikon Creative Lighting System literally amazed me

by sorting out a proper exposure. The System offers incredibly

high accuracy in most shooting scenarios. Milliseconds before

each shot, the camera meter and Speedlight speak to each

other, relaying and calculating massive amounts of lighting

information — exposure variance, RGB, reflectance, distance

and contrast, to name a few — all of which are constantly

shifting and changing. I’ve always said that no camera system

will ever solve every problem, but Nikon cameras and the

Creative Lighting System do a phenomenal job of sorting

through the data to give you accurate exposures. This is a

major reason to use Nikon.

http://www.joemcnally.com

Turn good shots into great shots with

Advanced Wireless Lighting

Speedlight tips: colored gels

Selecting the right colored gel fil-

ter is important, especially when

you want the flash to appear nat-

ural alongside ambient light. For

the outrigger canoe photograph

(shown left), an amber gel filter

added extra warmth to the main

subject while blending seamlessly

with the sunlight

and overall

color of the

image.

Control it all from here. Set the flash mode,

turn Speedlight groups on or off and con-

trol the flash exposure compensation for up

to 4 Speedlight groups from the Master

Controller SB-800's LCD panel.

You can control up to 4 groups of Speedlights, includ-

ing the Master and 3 remote i-TTL Speedlight groups,

to achieve complete control of your lighting environ-

ment. All groups can be controlled from the Master,

and there is no limit to how many you can use.

Timing is crucial for location shooters. Here’s how one photographer captured an aspiring dancer in 24 hours,

and how the Nikon Creative Lighting System provided the speed and flexibility he needed.

Bounce flash

The illuminated space needed to be large enough for

the dancer to move freely. Four SB-800 units were

attached to the ballet bar to bounce light off the wall.

Two more SB-800 units bounced light off the floor. By

bouncing light off the cream-colored wall and the

wooden floor, the lighting achieved natural warmth.

Seamless flash with mixed ambient lighting

This shop had mixed light sources: fluorescent light

along with sunlight from the window. To give the scene

a natural look, a diffuser is attached to an SB-800 and

tilted toward the ceiling, with an additional wireless

remote SB-800 illuminating the dancer from outside the

window.

Add Group B to

emphasize the middle

ground and Group C

for the background

Directional light for a dramatic exposure

Shooting at sunset can offer beautiful ambient light,

but in a narrow window of time. For a dramatic effect,

two sets of SB-800 remote units illuminate the dancer

from the front and the rear. After a few angle adjust-

ments, there was a large enough volume of light to

emphasize the dancer's shape appropriately.

Group A illuminates the main subject from

the side

Camera setting data:

Camera and Speedlight:

D2X and three SB-800s

(one on-camera mas-

ter/commander and two

remote units)

Lens: AF-S DX 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED

Shutter speed: 1/160 sec.

Aperture: f/14

Exposure mode: Aperture-Priority Auto

Flash mode: i-TTL

Image quality: RAW

Group A: Illuminates

main subject

On-camera

Commander

Group B: Illuminates

middle ground

Group C:

Illuminates

background

Group A: Bounced off the wall

Group B: Bounced

off the floor

On-camera

Commander

Dancer

Group A: Illuminates

from the rear

Group B: Illuminates

from the front

On-camera Commander

Dancer

Group A: Illuminates from

outside window

On-camera

Master/Commander

Dancer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Comments to this Manuals

No comments

Nikon D3 User Manual Page 4

Comments to this Manuals

Related products and manuals for Bridge cameras Nikon D3