In article <50pl9t$csl@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu>, DWIGHT@ucsbvm.ucsb.edu says...

>On the advice of several Netters I bought a (used) SB-15 for use with my FE.
>It did not come with instructions. Will the TTL setting work with an FE? >What do the A, MD and M settings do? What is the cable connector on the >bottom for and what cable do I need in order to use this connection with
>the FE and/or an N70? What advantages might there be to using this SB-15 >with my N70 over the builtin flash?

The TTL setting will not work with the FE, which cannot meter flash TTL
(the FE-2 can...). A is "Auto", and when set, will allow selection of
A1 or A2 with a separate switch. When the ASA is set on the dial on
top of the flash using the correct arrow (this gets more complex - call
1-800-NIKONUS to order an instruction book....), you can read off the
correct aperture to set on the lens (set shutter speed to 1/125th or
slower). MD is 1/16th manual power for rapid flashing with a "Motor
Drive", and M is "Manual". BTW, a cp05Y filter is useful with slide
film to warm the color of the flash to normal (it can be placed under
the wide-angle panel that should have come with the flash, and that fits
over the flash clear cover). The advantages of this flash are several:
it will fold flat over the camera for compact carrying and packing; it
can be bent left or right to control where the shadow falls, or to get
the light source above the lens in a vertical photo; the flash tube
section bends down for close shooting, or up for bounce; the various
"tilt-o-whirl" movements possible with this flash (and the sister SB-17
for the F3) make it a great macro flash when mounted at the end of the
lens (using a flat bar, and the remote TTL cord), since it is easy to
aim it directly at the macro subject). The socket on the bottom is for
a PC flash cord, to be used for flash sync. when the flash is not on the
camera hot shoe (these are common and cheap, unlike the TTL cord, which
maintains TTL when the flash is off cameras having TTL flash function).
Hope This Helps