 Mindy Shores |
SB800 Flash in combination with other studio light I recently bought a Nikon D80 and prior to this used a Nikon N80 which I loved. I have a little studio setup utilizing a Vivitar slave unit with small umbrella. Since I didn't have a cord for the N80 flash unit, I mounted it on my camera and tilted the flash backward such that it wouldn't flash on my subject, but would cause my slave to flash. THis worked. Once I got my D80, I used the N80 flash unit (even though I know its not the right flash for the camera), but it still worked with the slave and the pics were good. Now I just bought the SB800...and I still don't have a cord for the unit...so I thought it would work in the same manner but I am having difficulty. Its either underexposed if I set the flash straight up, or overexposed if I set it as a bounce with the slave. I have the flash set to TTL, the white balance on the camera set to flash... Any suggestions on how I can get it to work with the umbrellas??
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Jon Close |
Used with the D80 the SB800 default setting is for i-TTL, which fires a pre-flash for metering before the shutter opens. This pre-flash is triggering your slave to fire too soon. You will need to set the SB800 for either Non-TTL Auto or Manual to use it this way.
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Debby A. Tabb |
Jon has given you the right advise. But, another thing to consider is that sync cords are really not expensive. what type of lights do you have? and I see no Sync port on the D80 looking at it's specs, This is the same as the D70. If so you will need a cheap part called a AS-15, you can find this on ebay eaisily. Heres a Link for you: http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-AS-15-Hot-Shoe-Adapter_W0QQitemZ220110874179QQihZ012QQcategoryZ64354QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I hope this helps,
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