The D50 came onto the scene as an early, entry-level digital single-lens reflex, or DSLR, camera from the Japanese manufacturer Nikon. Though the D50 features a built-in internal flash, pro and amateur photographers may choose to supplement the flash with another Nikon product, the SB-600 external flash unit. Pairing the two devices, which are compatible out of the box, requires no special settings for the camera or the flash unit.
Settings
To pair the Nikon SB-600 external flash unit with the Nikon D50 DSLR camera, photographers can use both devices on their default settings; as both devices come from the same manufacturer and were produced during the same time frame, no special settings are required. In fact, with no special settings, the SB-600 works with every Nikon camera made about 40 years prior to the production of the D50.
Features
The Nikon D50's built-in flash automatically appears in inadequately lit settings. This speedlight also adds fill-flash backlighting when the camera is set to Auto, Child, Close-up, Night Portrait or Portrait modes. Depending on the aperture, the built-in flash has a range between 2 and 24.7 feet. The external SB-600 flash unit - which operates manually or remotely, doesn't interfere with the D50's normal operation and features tilt functionality - adds a wide-area autofocus illuminator, greater white balance accuracy and more precise fill-flashes.
Other Compatible Flashes
Because of the i-TTL exposure system Nikon incorporated in the D50 camera, the SB-600, SB-400 and SB-800 are the only Nikon-made external flash units compatible with the D50 DSLR camera. The i-TTL system ads wireless control capability to the cameras, allowing for remote flash. To use wireless control with the D50, users must have the SB-800 flash or the SU-800 infrared flash controller, the latter of which works in conjunction with the SB-600 flash unit.
Other Compatible Cameras
Though the SB-600 works with decades worth of Nikon cameras via connecting to the camera hot shoe, or electrical socket, it typically lends itself to Nikon's SLR and DSLR cameras. Apart from the D50, the SB-600 also works with the Nikon D40, D80, D200, D2Xs, D70, D2H and D2X cameras out of the box with no special settings. All of these cameras also include the i-TTL exposure system. Additionally, the SB-600 flash unit works with Nikon's D-TTL and TTL exposure systems.
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