The
Nikon SB-24 Speedlight
by
Bo Stahlbrandt
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THE
LCD
The LC-Display is backlit (bright blue color as found on the LCD's
of the Nikon AF cameras). The vertical viewing angle is good:
aproximately 80° vertical with the normal some +10°
above frontal LCD view, i.e. +10 and -70°. The contrast is
sharp with or without having the backlit turned on.
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My
son Niklas fighting with the photographer. Germany, November
1999.
Nikon
F5, Nikkor AF 80-200/2.8D at some 100mm on Fuji Provia
100F
flash filled with the SB-24
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The LCD is split into 7 functional areas. These areas are (from
top left to bottom right): 1.
Flash mode area (A/M/Strobe/TTL/Automatic exp. correction).
2. Manual exposure compensation indicator and bar graph.
3. Film speed/Strobe frequency indicator (in Hz).
4. Flash covering distance bar graph (in m and ft).
5. Zoom head indicator (in mm).
6. Aperture display.
7. Manual flash intensity compensation indicator.
The
flash covering distance ranges from 0.6 to 20m. The corresponding
range in feet is 2 to 65ft.
SPECIFICATIONS
Guide
number ("Leitzahl") in meters/feet for ISO 100
Flash
Output/Zoom |
24mm |
28mm |
35mm |
50mm |
70mm |
85mm |
1
/ 1 |
30/98 |
32/105 |
36/118 |
42/138 |
47/154 |
50/164 |
1
/ 2 |
21/69 |
22/72 |
25/82 |
30/98 |
33/108 |
36/118 |
1
/ 4 |
15/49 |
16/53 |
18/60 |
21/69 |
23/75 |
25/82 |
1
/ 8 |
10.5/34 |
11/36 |
12.5/41 |
15/49 |
16.5/54 |
18/60 |
1
/ 16 |
7.5/25 |
8/26 |
9/30 |
10.5/34 |
11.5/38 |
12.5/41 |
When
you're using other films than ISO 100, multiply the values in
the above table with the following factors:
ISO
25 |
x |
0.5 |
ISO
50 |
x |
0.71 |
ISO
200 |
x |
1.41 |
ISO
400 |
x |
2 |
ISO
800 |
x |
2.8 |
ISO
1600 |
x |
4 |
Flash
angle of coverage
Zoom
setting |
Horizontal |
Vertical |
24mm |
78° |
60° |
28mm |
70° |
53° |
35mm |
60° |
45° |
50mm
|
46° |
34° |
70mm |
36° |
26° |
85mm
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31° |
23° |
Miscelaneous
data
| Weight |
390g
- 13.75oz. (without batteries) |
| Size
(W x H x D) |
80
x 131 x 100mm - 3.15 x 5.15 x 3.9in |
| Power
supply |
4
x Alkaline-Manganese AA, 4 x NiCd AA or SD-7 battery pack |
| TTL
film range |
ISO
25 to 1000. With F-401s and older: ISO 25 to 400. |
| Flash
range |
0.6
to 20m (2 to 65ft). |
| Modes |
TTL,
A, M and Strobe. |
Battery
life (number of full energy flashes) |
100
flashes with Alkaline-Manganese, 40 with NiCd and between
200-400 with the SD-7 battery pack. |
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