Catflash

[simpo two]

Was experimenting with wireless flash and who should come to investigate?

[pug406]

I guess you were using your SB-880. Did you trigger it with the built in Nikon Flash?

[simpo two]

pug406 said:

I guess you were using your SB-880. Did you trigger it with the built in Nikon Flash?

SB800. Yes, triggered with the built-in Speedlight set to Commander mode. Took a bit of figuring out too! Does the SB800 have a button marked 'Wireless'? No it friggin' doesn't!
Later I managed to get both firing together - but whilst the above was a mistake, I rather like the atmosphere.

[CVP]

simpo two said:

Later I managed to get both firing together - but whilst the above was a mistake, I rather like the atmosphere.

You've got a very cooperative model there Try that with ours and I get one of three reactions;
1. Bger off I'm sleeping,
2. Bger off I'm eating, or
3. OK Now I'll have my picture taken. Oh what's that over there, I'm off to investigate

Agree on the atmosphere - very nice

Chris

[Don]

You should do a Calendar of B&W Photos entitled "The Photographer's Cat Calendar".

Lovely.

[V6GTO]

Simpo,
That's a great photo but PLEEEAAASE, NO MORE CATS!

Martin.

[pug406]

simpo two said:

SB800. Yes, triggered with the built-in Speedlight set to Commander mode. Took a bit of figuring out too! Does the SB800 have a button marked 'Wireless'? No it friggin' doesn't! Later I managed to get both firing together.

How did you set the D70 to fire both together?

Dave

[anonymous-user]

V6GTO said:

Simpo, That's a great photo but PLEEEAAASE, NO MORE CATS! Martin.

Just for you Martin - Definitely not cat related

[simpo two]

pug406 said:

How did you set the D70 to fire both together?

You send £20 to Simpo Industries

1) Set SB800 to wireless mode (this is a custom mode reached by holding the centre of the selector for 2 secs) and choose Group A Channel 3. Not user-friendly at all but persevere.
2) Set D70 flash to Commander mode in Custom menu. If you want the flash to contribute to the exposure (as opposed to simply triggering the slave) you need to select Manual flash and guesstimate the power needed.

I get the impression that once you start linking flashes, you have to set the power manually. Maybe they can't meter automatically as one flash doesn't know what the other is going to do?

Apologies for number of cat threads but I think they are one of the most challenging subjects. You can always do a dog one...

[DustyC]

LexSport said:

Just for you Martin - Definitely not cat related

Brilliant!
They your pics?

[V6GTO]

LexSport, fantastic set of images. Kittens I can take (in moderation ) but I'm all catted out.

Martin.

[Captain Beaky]

A friend is taking a college course in photography. The tutor has two cast iron rules for all student projects:

1) No flowers
2) No cats

>> Edited by Captain Beaky on Thursday 16th December 10:14

[simpo two]

Captain Beaky said:

2) No cats

That's 'cos they're too hard

NB: They're missing out with the no-flowers rule too:

[V6GTO]

I agree with flowers...but NO MORE CATS!!!


Martin.

[V6GTO]

Sorry, forgot to reduce.

M.

[simpo two]

V6GTO said:

Sorry, forgot to reduce. .

I see, the old 'my pic's bigger than your pic' thing eh? Right, where that bitmap