230
C
The Shooting Menu: Shooting Options
A
Manual
A
Y
icon flashes in the viewfinder and
0
flashes in the information display when
Manual
is selected and the flash is raised.
A
The SB-400 and SB-300
When an optional SB-400 or SB-300 flash unit is attached and turned
on,
Flash cntrl for built-in flash
changes to
Optional flash
, allowing
the flash control mode for the optional flash unit to be selected from
TTL
and
Manual
.
A
TTL Flash Control
The following types of flash control are supported when a CPU lens is
used in combination with the built-in flash (
0
89) or optional flash
units (
0
299).
•
i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash for Digital SLR
: Information from the 420-pixel RGB
sensor is used to adjust flash output for a natural balance between
the main subject and the background.
•
Standard i-TTL Fill-Flash for Digital SLR
: Flash output is adjusted for the
main subject; the brightness of the background is not taken into
account.
Standard i-TTL flash control is used with spot metering or when
selected with the optional flash unit. i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital
SLR is used in all other cases.