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

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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