Use the SB-600 flash with your Nikon camera for brighter, clearer pictures.
The SB-600 is an external flash unit for Nikon digital SLR cameras. It mounts on the connector plate on the top of a Nikon camera to allow a brighter, faster and more powerful flash than the popup flash included on the camera body. Because the SB-600 is a professional speed light, it includes its own controls that are separate from the controls on the camera body. It also requires its own power source from four either standard or rechargeable AA batteries.
Instructions
Installing the Flash Unit
1. Remove the flash from its retail package. Turn to the left face of the flash and open both battery chamber lids. Slide the first lid to the left, then slide the second lid down.
2. Insert four AA batteries in the indicated configuration. Insert the batteries on the top and center with the "+" end up; insert the right side and bottom batteries with the "-" facing up.
3. Close both battery lids. Slide the bottom of the flash unit into the contact plate on the top of your camera until you hear an audible click. Slide the lock tab to the "lock" position. Gently move the flash in all directions to make sure that it's firmly in place.
Operating the Flash
4. Press the "On/Off" button on the flash body and slide the "On/Off" dial on the camera to "On." Remove the cap from the lens.
5. Press the "Mode" button on the flash to set the flash mode. Pressing "mode" once sets the flash to automatic mode; twice sets it to standard mode -- the flash pre-fires and waits for a flash signal; and three times sets the flash to manual mode -- the flash only fires once you fully depress the shutter button on the camera. In automatic mode, "TTLBL" is shown on the screen; standard modes shows up as "TTL"; and manual mode is shown with a single "M."
6. Press the "Flash" button on the camera body -- the arrow/lightning bolt near the lens mounting plate -- before preparing to shoot a picture. This prepares the flash for firing.
7. Slide the lock tab on the flash body to the "Unlocked" position when you're finished shooting pictures. Slide the flash away from the mounting plate. Place both your camera and flash unit in your camera bag or other storage location.
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