Nikon SB-28DX User Manual

Photographic Accessories Autofocus Speedlight SB-28 • 28DX

The ultimate in

SB-28

flash photography

■ 3D Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash with

Monitor Pre-flashes (with F5, F100, F90X, F80 or F70 and D-/G-type AF Nikkor)

■ Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash with Monitor

Pre-flashes (with F5, F100, F90X, F80 or F70 and CPU lens* except D-/G-type AF Nikkor and IX-Nikkor)

■ Matrix Balanced Fill-Flash (with F4 series, F65,

F60 or PRONEA 600i and CPU lens**)

■ Slow Sync (with F5, F100, F90X, F80, F70, F65,

F60, F55, PRONEA 600i, D1 series or D100)

■ Red-Eye Reduction (with F100, F90X, F80, F70,

F65, PRONEA 600i, D1 series or D100)

■ FP High-Speed Sync (with F5, F100, F90X,

D1 series or D100)

■ AF-Assist Illuminator (with any Nikon AF SLR)

■ Repeating Flash

■ TTL/Manual flash output level compensation

■ Built-in bounce card

■ Automatic power zoom coverage from 24mm

to 85mm (with F5, F4 series, F100, F90X, F80, F70, F65, PRONEA 600i, D1 series or D100 and CPU lens)

■ Built-in wide flash adapter to cover 18mm

■ Tilting/rotating flash head

■ LCD panel with illumination

* CPU lenses refer to those AF Nikkor,

AI-P Nikkor or IX-Nikkor lenses which feature a built-in microcomputer and CPU contacts.

** With F4 series, AI-S or AI Nikkor lenses

are also usable.

SB-28DX

Nikon Speedlight designed specially for the Nikon D1 series

In addition to offering all the features of Nikon’s SB-28 Speedlight, this flash unit enables TTL flash control capability for the D1 series Nikon professional digital SLR. The SB-28DX provides most of the same advanced flash control features as the SB-28 Speedlight, and is compatible with current Nikon SLR cameras. The SB-28DX features 3D Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash, designed specifically for the D1 series and D100. It also equips the D1 series with AA (Auto Aperture) Flash capability.

SB-28DX can not be used with F55.

Nikon D1 with the SB-28DX

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Built-in bounce card

Photographic Accessories Autofocus Speedlight SB-28 • 28DX / Specifications

SB-28/28DX Specifications

Electronic construction: Automatic Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)

and series circuitry

Flash exposure control: TTL automatic control with Nikon F5, F4 series,

F100, F90X, F80, F70, F65, F60, PRONEA 600i,

A, D1 series or D100 (SB-28DX only); Non-TTL

FM3 automatic control; Manual control: full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 and 1/64 output

Guide number

(ISO 100, m/ft)

Flash coverage: 85mm, 70mm, 50mm, 35mm, 28mm, 24mm;

Film speed range ISO 25 to 1000

in TTL auto flash mode:

Recycling time: Approx. 6.5 sec. (Manual at full)

Number of flashes: Approx. 150 (Manual at full)

AF-Assist Illuminator: Automatically fires LED beam toward subject when

Power source: Four 1.5V LR6 (AA-type alkaline), 1.2V KR-AA (AA-

Dimensions (W × H × D): Approx. 69 × 128 × 90mm or 2.7 × 5.0 × 3.5 in.

Weight (without batteries): Approx. 320g or 11.4 oz.

Other features: Ready-light, open-flash button, sync/multiple flash

: 36/118 (with zoom head set at 35mm)

20mm, 18mm (with built-in wide flash adapter)

performing autofocus with Nikon AF SLRs in lowlight conditions: cancelable

type NiCd) or 1.5V FR6 (AA-type lithium) batteries; DC Unit SD-7

*1 SD-7 is not available in European countries. *2 SD-7/8 cannot be used with the SB-28/SB-28DX sold

in European countries.

*1*2

; Battery Pack SD-8A

(without mounting foot)

terminal, LCD panel illumination

Built-in wide flash adapter

NIKON CORPORATION

FUJI BLDG., 2-3, MARUNOUCHI 3-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-8331, JAPAN

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Specifications and designs are subject to change without

any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer.

April 2002