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Nikon SB600 & 800 Remote Flash options?
So here is my set up: I have a SB 600, SB 800, and an old Vivitar 2800 Flash with a remote flash trigger (it will go off whenever another flash fires). I am trying to trigger the 600 and 800 remotely by using my on camera flash. I can get the 800 to fire fine (SU-4 mode) but the 600 is giving me a lot of hassle. I set the 600 to wireless flash mode, but it fires a second or so late and will only fire if the 800 is set as the master. Is there any way to fire the 600 without having the 800 set as the master. I want to set the Vivitar as a background light, the 800 as a 3/4 front light and the 600 as a side or hair light. Do I need to add more equipment or is it possible with what I have? Thank You.
You did not say what camera you have. Some Nikons can use the built in speedlight as a commander some cannot. If your camera speed light can act as a commander then you can set both the SB800 and SB 600 off the camera If the camera will not you have to use the SB 800 as the commander. Etiher way you can do wireless lighting with what you have and it works quite well . As commander the SB800 or the speedlight built in if it has a commander mode can be set for different levels of flash output even to no flash with the remotes doing all the lighting. Whatever commander you use there will be a series of preflashes that communicate between the camera and the flash so that may be making it look like it is firing a few seconds late. You want to also check the settings for the flash and make sure its not set to rear curtain. Rear curtain flash comes at the end of the exposure not the front. As to your vivitar I would have to do some research on it but some older ones can be set off by the preflashes and fire before they are supposed to. go to Nikon USA and use the tutorial on the CLS there is also an exce;;ent book "Nikon Creative Lighting System - Digital Field Cuide" by J. Dennis Thomas
http://static.nikonusa.com/speedlight_demo/index.html
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