Nikon 16-85mm-f-35-56G-ED-AF-S-VR-DX-Zoom: Flash photography using cameras with Using bayonet hood HB-39 a built-in flash
Flash photography using cameras with Using bayonet hood HB-39 a built-in flash: Nikon 16-85mm-f-35-56G-ED-AF-S-VR-DX-Zoom
Table of contents
- Notes on Safety Operations
- Nomenclature
- Major features
- Focusing, zooming, and depth of field Focusing (Fig. A)
- Vibration reduction mode (VR II)
- Notes on using vibration reduction Setting the aperture Variable maximum apertures
- Flash photography using cameras with Using bayonet hood HB-39 a built-in flash
- Lens care Standard accessories Optional accessories Incompatible accessories
- Specifications
- Notes on using wide or super-wide angle AF Nikkor lenses

Flash photography using cameras with
Using bayonet hood HB-39
a built-in flash
Attaching the hood
• To prevent vignetting, do not use the lens hood 1 .
Align the lens hood attachment index ( ) 2 on the
• It is not possible to shoot at distances shorter than
hood with the lens hood mounting index 4 on the
0.6 m (2.0 ft.) using the camera’s built-in flash.
lens, and turn the hood 1 counterclockwise (as
viewed from the camera side) until it click stops. (Fig. D)
Digital SLR
Usable focal length/
cameras
Shooting distance
• Make sure that the lens hood mounting index aligns
with the lens hood setting index ( ) 3.
D300/D200 • 16mm or longer/No restriction
• If the lens hood is not correctly attached, vignetting
• 16mm/1 m (3.3 ft.) or greater
D100
can occur.
• 24mm or longer/No restriction
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• To facilitate attachment or removal of the hood, hold
• 16mm/2 m (6.6 ft.) or greater
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D80/D50
it by its base (around the lens hood attachment
• 24mm or longer/No restriction
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index) rather than its outer edge.
D70-series/D60/
• 24mm or longer/No restriction
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D40-series
Detaching the hood
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While holding its base (around the lens hood
Built-in flashes on the D300, D200, D80, and D50 have
attachment index) rather than its outer edge, turn the
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an angle of coverage suited to focal lengths of 18mm
hood clockwise as viewed from the camera side to
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and greater, and the built-in flash on the D100 has an
detach.
angle of coverage suited to focal lengths of 20mm and
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greater. Vignetting occurs at a focal length of 16mm.
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