Off camera firing options for SB600

Shane422Shane422 Registered Users Posts: 460 Major grins
edited July 31, 2006 in Accessories
I have a Nikon D50 and my wife just ordered me a SB600 as a gift. Since I don't have commander mode, what good options are there for firing this flash.

I think it has an optical slave, which is one option. But I'd like the ability to use it in a single flash setup off camera without firing the on camera flash.
I've seen the $30 ebay radio slaves, and I know about Nikons commander modules. But I'm looking more toward something like pocket wizards which can also be used to fire my Alienbee in other setups. Do pocket wizards have a hot shoe type adaptor?

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited July 27, 2006
    Yes. The pocket wizard will work on a shoe.
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  • Shane422Shane422 Registered Users Posts: 460 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2006
    ian408 wrote:
    Yes. The pocket wizard will work on a shoe.

    Any suggestions how? The pocket Wizard site only shows the ability to connect with PC or Household plugs.
  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2006
    radio slaves
    I have emailed several manufactrurers of radio slaves and I have not recieved one reply....pocket wizard being the first I contacted. I did this due to the fact that I want to downsize my studio stobe set up to using 4 Sunpak 622's and these powerful stobes are easily packed into the outdoors for formal lighting where there is no electricity.

    I explained this to all of the companies I sent inquiries to.

    It might mean a trip to radio shack and building a plug converter........

    Good luck and keep us posted.
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  • Shane422Shane422 Registered Users Posts: 460 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2006
    Art Scott wrote:
    I have emailed several manufactrurers of radio slaves and I have not recieved one reply....pocket wizard being the first I contacted. I did this due to the fact that I want to downsize my studio stobe set up to using 4 Sunpak 622's and these powerful stobes are easily packed into the outdoors for formal lighting where there is no electricity.

    I explained this to all of the companies I sent inquiries to.

    It might mean a trip to radio shack and building a plug converter........

    Good luck and keep us posted.
    I was listening to the podcast from studiolighting.net, and they interviewed a guy who goes by "Strobist". his Flikr website has a nice discussion on using Speedlights as studio lights. THere is a nice thread there about some radio slaves with a hot shoe connection that you can get off of eBay for about $25. It seems cheap enough to try and several people have replied about having success.

    The site also had a link to Paramount cords which makes a Hot Shoe to Pocket wizard cord for $45. BandH also has this Hot Shoe to PC cord which might do the job as well for $10. and I'm guessing with an adaptor, this is a cheaper option. I'm not sure what inputs are accepted by PW.

    I'm ordering the eBay slaves tonight. If they don't work out, I'll just save my money for a set of PWs.
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