Operation Manual

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Flash modes and functions
Bounce flash operation
Setting the flash head
90°
75°
60°
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You can tilt or rotate the SB-900’s flash head to bounce the light off the ceiling or
walls, providing more natural-looking pictures of people with softer shadows. Also,
you can soften the shadows even more by using the Nikon Diffusion Dome.
For more details and comparative example photos, see the separate booklet,
“A collection of example photos” Pp. 4-9.
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Tilt or rotate the SB-900’s flash head
by holding down the flash head
tilting/rotating lock release button.
The SB-900’s flash head tilts up 90° and
down -7°, and rotates horizontally 180°
to the left and right.
Set the flash head at a click stop at the
angles shown.
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t Setting fl ash head tilting/rotating angles, and choosing the refl ecting surface
Good results are generally obtained
most simply when the flash head is
tilted up and you use the ceiling as a
reflecting surface.
Rotate the flash head horizontally to
get the same effect when you hold the
camera in the vertical position.
Take care not to let light from the flash
unit illuminate the subject directly.
The effective distance between the flash
head and the reflecting surface is approx. 1 m (3.3 ft.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.) depending
on the shooting conditions.
In color photography, select white or highly reflective surfaces to bounce the light
off of. Otherwise, your pictures will come out with an unnatural color cast similar
to that of the reflecting surface.
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1-2m
90º
White ceiling