Using SB600 as master with another SB600 as slave?

bike21

Ok, so I am new to commander mode and off camera flash and have perhaps a dumb question...

Can I use a mounted SB600 on my D300 to fire another SB600 in commander mode? I can get commander mode to work just fine with the on camera flash, but when I try putting one my SB600s on the hot shoe the off camera SB600 doesn't fire. Is there a setting I am missing?

I did a brief search and couldn't come up with anything. Thanks! Nick

bike21

So after a little more searching, I think I found out...

SB600 cannot apparently be used as a 'master' after all. Looks like I need an SB800/900 to do so.

Can anyone confirm?

sweet caroline

Have you consulted your manual? If I recall correctly, you can't use the sb600 to trigger another. You could get them both off camera, and set your onboard flash to contribute no light to the shot.

Caroline

dlscott56

bike21 wrote:

So after a little more searching, I think I found out...

SB600 cannot apparently be used as a 'master' after all. Looks like I need an SB800/900 to do so.

Can anyone confirm?

I believe this is correct. The SB-600 will not act as a master. You must use either the on-camera flash, an SB-800/900, or the SU-800 which is a master only (no flash) that mounts on the camera hot shoe.

time2smile

dlscott56 wrote:

I believe this is correct. The SB-600 will not act as a master. You must use either the on-camera flash, an SB-800/900, or the SU-800 which is a master only (no flash) that mounts on the camera hot shoe.

If you want to fire the SB600 near the hotshoe, you can use a flash bracket, and fire it remotely.

sorry

bike21

Thanks for the replies! Time to save some cash for some SB900 action!