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.
i
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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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