Nikon SB 14 User Manual

Nikon

Speedlight

INSTRUcrION

MANUAL

NOMENCLATURE-------------------------

Wide-Flash

Adapter

SW-5

® Flash ® Shooting

8)

head

mode

Sensor Unit SU-2

selector

® Sensor socket ® Sync/multiple flash sockets

o Sync

® Bracket mounting ® Bracket mounting

@)

@ Attachment screw slots @ Bracket SK-5

@ Tripod socket

2

Cord SC-

Trip.od/light stand socket

ll

adapter

f/stop indicators with wide-flash

(thin

color-coded

f/stop

II'

adapter

lines) @

IUl.calors

f/stop scale

Distance scale @

ASA/ISO

film

speed

Ready-light ®

Bracket attachment dot @

Attachment screw

Releasellocking wheel

Handle

Exposure calculator

External

power

terminal @

@

index @

@

dial

@

3

CONTENTS

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NOMENCLATURE .................

FOREWORD ...

BASIC

OPERATION ....

CONTROLS

Bracket SK-S Bracket Mounting Shutter Exposure Sensor Unit SU-2 Ready-Light . Open-Flash Flash

Sync/Multiple Flash Sockets ... . .

Wide-Flash

TIPS

ON

AUTOMATIC

ACCESSORIES ........

DC Unit SD-7 TTL

Sensor Sensor Remote Sync

"RED

EYEH .........

OPTIMUM SPECIFICATIONS

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IN

DETAIL ...... . ....

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Adapter ..........

Speed

Dial . . . . . . . . .

Calculator

Head ......

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Button . . . .

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Adapter

FLASH

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Cord

SC-12 . ..................

Cord SC-lS . . .

BATTERY

Cord SC-

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FOREWORD

The Nikon

4

weight tures.

With this circuitry posure addition, for

the

thus

reducing

of

flashes Cord High-Eyepoint through-the-lens control Moreover,

bounce

tilted

the

to

120 ° ments. Even should

presented

as formation , minutes rewarding

Speedlight

electronic

coverage

unit

back

left; click-stops

intervals

though

familiarize

matching

uses

a si

to

provide

to

match

the SB-14

shot

when

recycling

per

battery

is

used

camera, the

the SB-14 allows

flash with its

120°

and

for

the SB-14

in

the

please

Wisely

invested

photographic

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SB-14

is a compact

flash

unit

having a host

that

licon-controlled

automatic

the

is

able

set. When

in

conjunct

movable

rotated

are

both

yourself

/irst section. For

refer

of a 28mm

camera-to-subject

to

conserve

shooting

time

and

ion with the Nikon

SB-14

of

flash

complete

flash

120° to

provided

the

tilting

is

extremely

with

the

to "Controls

now

will

experiences

rectifier

control

its

subjects

increasing

the

optional

provides

exposure.

creative

head

the

at

30°,

and

easy

unit's

more in

payoff

.

and

light

of

useful fea-

wideangle

of

the

distance

excess

at close

which

right

60°, 90°,

rotating

basic

Detail." A few

later

and

series

flash e

energy

range

the

number

TTL

Sensor

F3

automatic

control

can

and

move-

to use,

operation

detailed

in

years

len

. In

or

120°

and

you

-

s,

x-

,

F3

oj

be

in-

of

4

BASIC

OPERATION

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•

1.

Attach

the

Screw screw socket to tightly. (For details, refer to

10.)

the

camera.

the

bracket

@ into

secure

bracket @ to

's

attachment

the

camera's

the

two units together

)

tripod

page

2 Attach

•

flash

Insert into

the adapter aligned; until it click-locks into

the

bracket to

unit.

the

bracket

hole

in the

mounting

bracket

® with the two white dots @

rotate

the

camera

place

the

®

mounting

forward

.

3.

Plug

in the

With the "Nikon" the

flash ing with SB-14's sensor socket the click-locks into

head

portion

the

notched

sensor into

sensor

name

®,

align

of

the Sensor Unit SU -2

portion inside the

the

place.

CD

.

facing toward

the

protrud-

®;

then

push

socket until it

5

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BASIC

OPERATION

-continued

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4. Attach

Screw

11

into

multiple flash sockets ® the

other

terminal.

No

te:

Some

sync

terminal.

6

one

either

end

cameras

the

end

sync

of

the

Sync

of

the

flash unit's sync!

into

the

camera's

do

not

have

cord 0 .

Cord

and

screw

sync

the

threaded

SC-

5. Check

flash

Make the

normal shooting position.

sure

the

head.

that

the

position of

flash

head

the

is

in

6.

Connect supply.

Plug

the

cord

into

the

terminal@.

Note

power

flash unit's

: The SB·14 is

supply.

the

from

powered

power

the

power supply

external

by

only an external

power

7.

Set

the

camera's shutter

speed

for

proper

syn-

chronization.

Set the shutter er

synchronization

tronic

flash

"X"

setting). For details, refer to the

chart

on

page

speed

(e.g.,

11.

dial to the prop-

speed

set

the

for

F3 to

elec-

the

8

Set

the

exposure calcu-

-lator

Turn speed for three above three operation below you tance. ASAIISO are below blue. The distance 8m

dial

@ .

the

dial until

index

the

f/4, below

(2

@is

speed

of

thick

color-coded

the

£lstop

usable

the

For

the

to 26 ft.), 0.6m to 5.6m

f/stops for automatic

and

the

usable

range

of

example

100

film, the

the

yellow,

range

for

each

the

ASAIISO film

opposite the

the

film in use. The

scale

distance

£lstop scales

flash-to-subject dis-

,

orange and

of

flash-to-subject

£lstop is 0.6m to

number

lines @

@ indicate

scales @

if

you're

usable

£lstops

line,

£18,

below

give

using

£15.6,

the

(2

18

ft.), respectively. (For on

selecting

posure

the

to

and

0.6m to 4m

the

Calculator

(2

to

13

ft.),

more

information

flstop, refer to "Ex-

Dial"

on

page

12.)

7

BASIC

9.

Set

the

to

an

approprIate

number.

f/

In

the

example,

OPERATION-continued

lens'

aperture

£/4

is

selected.

ring

10.

Set

the

shooting

selectorQ).

Turn

the

ring

on

the sor unit until the white index posite

the

color

that

of

the

£/stop selected the flash unit for automatic operation.

in

corresponding

selected. (Orange

this example). This sets

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11.

op-

to

is

front

mode

of

the sen-

is

Turn

on

supply.

the

power

8

12.

Watch

@.

As soon-

comes on,

fire.

as

the

ready-light

the

LED

flash unit

ready

is

ready

-light to

13.

Take

When

the unit fires Soon,

the tell you ready

to fire

the

picture.

shutter is

and

ready-light will light

the

flash unit is

the

again.

tripped,

picture

recycled

the

flash

is taken.

up

to

and

14.

Turn off

the

power

supply.

To

conserve shooting sessions, slide switch OFF

position.

of

battery

the

power

power supply to the

between

the

power

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