Nikon D500 User Manual

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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:

Single flash

1

✔

✔

✔ ✔ ✔ — — ✔ ✔

✔

2

✔

2

✔ ✔

2

✔ — — ✔ ✔

qA Auto aperture

✔ ✔

3

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4

✔

3

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

✔

✔

✔ — — — — — —

✔

✔

✔ ✔ ✔

5

—

—

✔

5

✔

5

✔

✔

—

—

—

—

—

—

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