Nikon SC-14

Gast · 2006-04-19T16:20:18+00:00

Moin, hat die ASA-Einstellung am Blitzkabel sc-14 eine Funktion ? Grüße, Thomas

Gast

Hi, Does the ASA setting on the SC-14 flash cable actually do anything? Regards, Thomas

Gast

Hi Thomas, Could you give me a quick hand? Is sc14 F3 on something? Best regards, Martin

Gast

Hi, The SC-14 is a cable that allows you to use the F3 SB 17 or SB 16 flash off-camera. But what is the dial at the end of the cable for, and why does it only go from 25 to 400 ISO? Regards, Thomas

Gast

Hi, The SC-14 is a cable for using the F3 flash SB 17 or SB 16 off-camera. But what is the dial at the end of the cable for, and why does it only go from 25 to 400 ASA? Regards, Thomas

Hi Thomas, I’ve no idea whether it’s just a reference dial (the camera ISO setting is covered, after all), or what it actually does. What I do know, though, is that the F3 can only fire up to 400 ISO anyway (or measure TTL flash). Regards, Martin

skahde

Hi, Does the ASA setting on the SC-14 flash cable actually do anything? Regards, Thomas

Hi, as no experienced F3 user has replied yet, I’ll have a go at answering from my memory: Although the F3 has a TTL cell for flash, the camera’s metering electronics for continuous light have no influence on the TTL flash metering (this was back in 1980). This also applies to the ISO setting on the camera. So you have to somehow tell the TTL flash metering system the ISO sensitivity, and this is done via the flash adapter. Why only 25–400 ASA? That is simply the metering range, which, incidentally, also applies to the TTL flash function of the Nikon FE2 and the FA. In practice, this is entirely sufficient. Anyone who has used 1600 ASA film for TTL flash photography has, at the very least, caused some minor damage. Best regards, Stefan