Bounce
capability
Flash head tilts down to –7° or up to 90° with click-stops at –7°,
0°, 45°, 60°, 75°, 90°; flash head rotates horizontally 180° to
the left or 90° to the right with click-stops at 0°, 30°, 60°,
90°, 120°, 150°, 180°
ON/OFF
button
n
Press the b button for approx. 0.3 sec. to turn the
SB-800 on or off.
Standby function can be set.
n
Power source/
min. recycling
time/no. of
flashes
(at M1/1 output)
Four (or five) AA-type penlight batteries (1.5V or lower) of any of these
types: Alkaline-manganese (1.5V), Lithium (1.5V), Nickel (1.5V),
NiCd (rechargeable, 1.2V), or Ni-MH (rechargeable, 1.2V)
*
With fresh batteries.
M1/1 output without use of AF-assist illuminator, zoom operation,
and LCD panel illuminator.
n
Batteries Min. recycling
time (approx.)*
Number of
batteries
Min. number of flashes/
recycling time*
Alkaline-
manganese
6.0 sec.x4
x5
x4
x5
x4
130/6–30 sec.
Lithium
5.0 sec. 130/5–30 sec.
Nickel
7.5 sec.
170/7.5–30 sec.
NiCd (1000 mAh)
(rechargeable)
7.5 sec.
190/7.5–30 sec.
Ni-MH
(2000 mA)
(rechargeable)
6.0 sec.
140/6–30 sec.
x5
5.0 sec.
140/5–30 sec.
x4
4.0 sec.
90/4–30 sec.
x5
3.5 sec.
90/3.5–30 sec.
x4
4.0 sec.
150/4–30 sec.
x5
2.9 sec.
150/2.9–30 sec.
Angle of
coverage
Variable in 7 steps, plus three steps with wide-flash adapter
and Nikon Diffusion Dome
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1
With the Nikon Diffusion Dome attached
With the built-in wide-flash adapter set
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2
Zoom-head
position
Angle of coverage
Vertical Horizontal
14mm 14mm 110°
120°
14mm 14mm 110° 120°
17mm 17mm 100° 110°
24mm 24mm 60° 78°
28mm 28mm 53°
70°
35mm 35mm 45°
60°
50mm 50mm 34° 46°
70mm 70mm 26°
36°
85mm 85mm 23°
31°
105mm 105mm 20° 27°
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1
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2
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2
