 Jessica C. |
Using Alien Bee with Nikon SB-600/D300 Hi there, I recently upgraded from the Nikon D70 to the D300. With the D70, I would use my SB-600 on camera to trigger my Alien Bee AB400 studio strobe. This doesn't seem to work when the SB-600 is on the D300 body. The AB still fires (or looks like it does), but all I get is a black image. Help!
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Jon Close |
The SB-600 works in i-TTL on both the D70 and D300, and fires a pre-flash for metering. The pre-flash will trigger the strobes before the shutter opens. I'm not sure why this would not be the case when using the D70. Maybe when on the D70 the SB-600 was set for M output which doesn't use the preflash, but switched to i-TTL on the D300?
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Jessica C. |
Thanks for responding, Jon! I used the flash in ttl mode on both the D70 and the D300 because I wanted -1 stop from camera settings. I could try setting up the flash in manual output and see if that works.
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Pete H |
Jessica, Instead of wasting the bulb life of your SB, why not just use the built-in flash on the D-300 to trigger your strobes? This is what I do all the time. Unless you're using the SB for some bounce fill? I dial down my on-board flash to 1/64th and bang away in full manual. all the best, Pete
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David B. Coblitz |
I used to have this same pre-flash problem on my Canon Rebel 350Xti. Everyone told me it was impossible to overcome; however, I found a way that may work for your situation as well. Use exposure lock to set off the preflash & your strobe before you take the picture, then just make sure you've waited till the strobe has had time to recycle it's power before shooting & the preflash will be long gone & your external flash will trigger while the shutter is open. Dave
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Jessica C. |
Pete, I am using the SB for fill, and I did play around with the onboard flash and that seemed to work well. David, Thanks for the suggestion! I will definitely try that, and it would be great to keep using the SB as fill until I can get another AB.
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