Nikon SB4H04000301 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Select a fl ash mode according to lighting conditions.

Auto

If lighting is poor, built-in 
Speedlight pops up when shut-
ter-release button is pressed 
halfway and fi res when picture 
is taken.  If left raised, fl ash will 
not fi re if not required.

Recommended for most situations.

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Flash Cancel

(off)

Built-in Speedlight will not 
fi re even when lighting is 
poor.

Use to capture natural lighting un-
der dim light or where use of fl ash is 
prohibited.  Care should be taken to 
avoid  blurring when lighting is poor.

Auto with red-eye 

reduction

Built-in Speedlight fi res  sev-
eral times at low-intensity 
before main fl ash;  pictures 
are processed to reduce red-
eye if required (

 39).

Use for portraits (works best if sub-
ject looks directly at pre-fl ash).  Not 
recommended when quick shutter 
response is required.

Anytime Flash

(fi ll fl ash)

Built-in Speedlight fi res 
whenever picture is taken.

Use to “fi ll-in” (illuminate) shadows 
and back-lit subjects.

Slow sync

Auto fl ash combined with 
slow shutter speeds.

Use to capture both subject and 
background at night or under dim 
light.  Care should be taken to avoid 
 blurring when lighting is poor.

Rear curtain sync Shutter speed slows; built-in 

Speedlight fi res just before 
shutter closes. 

Creates stream of light trailing mov-
ing objects.  Care should be taken to 
avoid blurring when lighting is poor.

The built-in Speedlight turns off automatically when focus is set to infi nity (

 40), an 

option other than Time-lapse movie is selected in movie mode (

 58), an option other 

than Single or Intvl timer shooting is selected for Continuous (

 88), BSS (

 91) is 

active, a setting other than Normal is selected for Lens (

 97), AE lock (

 98) is on, or 

Internal off is selected for Speedlight opt. > Speedlight cntrl (

 105).