User's Manual

181Technical Notes
Nikon’s advanced Creative Lighting System (CLS) offers
improved communication between the camera and compatible
flash units for improved flash photography.
CLS-Compatible Flash Units
The following features are available with CLS-compatible flash
units:
The Nikon Creative Lighting System
SB-5000
SB-910 SB-900 SB-800 SB-700 SB-600 SB-500
SU-800
SB-R200
SB-400 SB-300
Single flash
i-TTL
i-TTL balanced fill
flash
1
✔ ✔ ✔✔✔——✔✔
Standard i-TTL fill
flash
✔
2
✔
2
✔✔
2
✔ ——✔✔
qA Auto aperture ✔✔
3
———————
A Non-TTL auto — ✔
3
———————
GN
Distance-priority
manual
✔✔✔——————
M Manual ✔✔✔✔✔
4
——✔
4
✔
4
RPT Repeating flash ✔✔———————
D Flash Photography
Flash photography cannot be combined with some camera features,
including:
• Silent photography
• Movie recording
• HDR (high dynamic range)
• High-speed continuous (extended)