SB-800 Custom Settings Menus

Getting into and out of the SB-800 Custom Settings Menus (CSM) is the secret to being proficient with the flash system. Most of the neat stuff you can do with the flash is accomplished by selecting from CSM. You need to know what the menus mean as well as how to set them up properly.

To access CSM, press the SEL button for two seconds. To exit from CSM, press the SEL button again for two seconds or press the ON/OFF button. Figure 5.70 shows this as a graphic.

Figure 5.70 - Getting into and out of the SB-800 Custom Settings Menus (CSM) is very easy.

Figure 5.71 - In CSM, each menu item has its own box. There are 12 boxes total.

Once you access CSM, the screen changes to include a 2 x 2 grid of square boxes (figure 5.71). Each box represents an individual menu item. To access a specific item, press the +, –, and zoom buttons (tree-shaped icons) until the box you want turns black.