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06/10/2010 05:39:11 PM · #1 |
How good is the SB400 flash. I was planning on using it for an on board flash and using my SB600 off camera. I was looking at this one because it's cost effective.
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06/10/2010 05:56:11 PM · #2 |
| Not sure about the difference in cost but I picked up a Sigma 530 Super. Its cheaper than the SB600 but has the same out put as the SB800/900 and can act as commander. (Or so they say...haven't experienced it myself). It can act as a dumb slave or be triggered via wireless TTL. |
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06/10/2010 05:57:42 PM · #3 |
| the sb400 is quite a bit cheaper than both the SB600 and the Sigma I listed. I don't believe it can act as a commander though so I am not sure if it will trigger your SB600. |
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06/10/2010 06:12:29 PM · #4 |
You can't use it that way--it does not work to fire the slaves, at least using Nikon's commander mode.
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06/10/2010 09:12:49 PM · #5 |
| You can use The SB-400 onboard to fire your SB-600 if you mount the SB-600 to a SU-4 Wireless Remote TTL Flash Controller I have 2 SB-600's and 2 SU-4 and have used a SB-400 to trigger both. It works quite well. I usually bounce the SB-400 off the ceiling unless I want a more direct light. |
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06/10/2010 09:41:39 PM · #6 |
SEG....I'm pretty sure the SB600 or the 400 can NOT be used on the camera to trigger the other flash. If you get the SB400 to go with your 600 you will have to use the built in flash to fire the 400 and the 600 which will both have to be off the camera.
I have the 600 and 800 and the 600 can NOT fire the 800.
Originally posted by SEG:
How good is the SB400 flash. I was planning on using it for an on board flash and using my SB600 off camera. I was looking at this one because it's cost effective. |
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06/10/2010 10:43:37 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
the 600 can NOT fire the 800.
Originally posted by SEG:
How good is the SB400 flash. I was planning on using it for an on board flash and using my SB600 off camera. I was looking at this one because it's cost effective. |
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Well that sounds like absolute garbage. I would have thought that the 600 and 800 would at least be able to trigger one another.
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06/10/2010 10:50:41 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by SEG:
Originally posted by kenskid:
the 600 can NOT fire the 800.
Originally posted by SEG:
How good is the SB400 flash. I was planning on using it for an on board flash and using my SB600 off camera. I was looking at this one because it's cost effective. |
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Well that sounds like absolute garbage. I would have thought that the 600 and 800 would at least be able to trigger one another. |
Depends how you want to trigger. You could put an optical slave on the SB600 and fire it fine. It's just not built-in.
ETA: Also, an 800 is a whole different story... do you have one to use? The statement that the 600 can't fire the 800 is false. You just need to know what to do. It will not be CLS, it will be slave fired. The mode is called SU4 mode. The 800 can be optically triggered by anything that doesn't have preflashes.
Message edited by author 2010-06-10 22:52:17. |
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06/10/2010 10:54:50 PM · #9 |
Now here is a thought and it's strange it never occurred to me before. Your D70 can be used in commander mode itself. You should be able to trigger your SB600 remotely with the D70. And of course our friend Ken Rockwell explains how: //www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/ittlslave.htm
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06/10/2010 11:38:15 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Citadel:
Now here is a thought and it's strange it never occurred to me before. Your D70 can be used in commander mode itself. You should be able to trigger your SB600 remotely with the D70. And of course our friend Ken Rockwell explains how: //www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/ittlslave.htm |
Ha. No kidding strange it never occurred before. I didn't know the D70 had commander function. Well that's a done deal. |
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