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07/20/2008 01:43:22 PM · #1 |
I have a lightstand/hotshoe for some flash photography. I've been messing around, and it seems that the onboard flash system with Nikon works, but only sometimes. I was outside trying it today, never more than 3 meters away with my subject right there, and while the onboard flash would trigger (Supposedly to send set off my flash) it won't.
Batteries would be fully charged when doing this, so it's not a battery issue.
Anyways, I'm wondering if I should go the route of a remote trigger like this one
Remote Trigger
Or if anyone else has some helpful hints.
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07/20/2008 01:50:03 PM · #2 |
Check which side you should be shooting from. Only one side of the remote flash has the sensor.
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07/20/2008 02:00:04 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by jfredin:
Check which side you should be shooting from. Only one side of the remote flash has the sensor. |
Damn...didn't know that.
But wasn't the system itself designed to be simply within a certain distance. Ken Rockwell put his flash behind inside and under a part of the window, then triggered it from outside to get the effect of someone being home...so to speak.
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07/20/2008 04:06:45 PM · #4 |
What flash are you using? The newer Nikon ones don't use traditional slave flash technology.
From //www.olegnovikov.com/technical/nikoncls/cls.shtml
"CLS came into being with the introduction of the Speedlight SB-800 in July 2003 and the SB-600 which followed. The new system can only be utilized when the speedlights are mounted on CLS-compatible camera bodies, which at the time of writing include Nikon D50, Nikon D70/D70s, Nikon D2H/D2Hs, Nikon D2X, Nikon D200 and Nikon F6 (which is the only film camera compatible with the CLS). The new speedlights will also work with older cameras in the modes that those cameras support."
I see you use the D200 but you didn't mention which flash.
Also check out //imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/technology/speedlight/wireless/compatibility.htm
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07/20/2008 04:19:51 PM · #5 |
I bought two slave triggers for 22 dollars straight from Hong Kong and they work great indoors. Don't know about outdoors though and have no intention of using them there. If you have spare flashes laying around doing noting, like mine were, this is an affordable way to get going up until you can afford the real mckoy.
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07/20/2008 04:29:19 PM · #6 |
I have a set of the V2s trigger, and they have worked well for me. Lots of 'strobist' folks use them. You do have the occasional misfire with them, the importance of that of course depends on the importance of what type of shoot you are doing. A higher end industry standard is the Pocket Wizards. I've also heard the Eilenchrime (sp?) Skyport triggers work well also, less than PW's, but still more than the cactus triggers. For those cactus V2s triggers, you can get a better price I believe than your link, either from one of dozens of e-bay listings, or straight from Gadget Infinity, as well as from Midwest Photo Exchange. Probably Amazon, or other online photo stores also.
You could also go with sync chords, or various other 'remote' systems. The Strobist is a good spot to get info on off camera flash. |
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07/21/2008 10:34:47 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by jfredin:
What flash are you using? The newer Nikon ones don't use traditional slave flash technology. |
I'm using the SB-600.
I'll see what the local shop has for triggers and play around a little bit more. Thanks for the input!!
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