Nikon D70 and SB-800 Question

W00DY

Hi All,

Quick question... can you fire the SB-800 remotely WITHOUT firing the on board flash?

If so how? I have been able to work out how to use the 800 of camera but I have to fire the on board flash which I don't like.

Cheers
W00DY

ziggy53

W00DY wrote:

Hi All,

Quick question... can you fire the SB-800 remotely WITHOUT firing the on board flash?

If so how? I have been able to work out how to use the 800 of camera but I have to fire the on board flash which I don't like.

Cheers
W00DY

Woody,

Yes, I believe the Commander mode of the host camera uses a visible pre-flash to setup and trigger any slaved/external compatible flashes.

I think you could divert the on-board flash to trigger the remote, but in Commander mode I think that would mess with your exposure.

The best solution is probably an SU-800 Commander unit on your camera to remote control the external flash. If the pre-flash is a problem, then the best way to go is with a simple, manually set, slaved remote flash, probably an RF slave system for best results.

More info here:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/ittlslave.htm
http://www.nikondigital.org/articles/cls_vanhoose/index.htm
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00FScn
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Kbc5