9/27/2023 0 Comments Efx8 flash in commander modeThe first class everyone is in manual mode and learn how to use it. I have my film cameras and lenses to show them whats missing compared to the SWD lenses. In my slide presentation I showed them the the two shutter speeds it had and how more experience users kept the old flash cube to use the slower shutter speed. I am in the midst of teaching a Basic DSLR class most have never picked up a film camera and vaguely remember the Kodak Instamatic. The manufactures dumb it down thinking its easier with Auto or scene modes. Not sure if the will help the OP but there have been work arounds. I did buy a set of Yonguno transmitters and receivers that do use TTL and they seem to work fine with a mixture of Nikon and off brand compatible flashes. One of the reasons I was not worried about no on board flash. I generally use the radio triggers and the flash in manual mode and use a Sekonic Flash/Ambient light meter to get the proper exposure either inside or outside. I had one work across a stream, maybe 20 or 30 feet distance with the couple across the stream and the flash and umbrella. Outside in bright sunlight is iffy but okay in shade and diffused (cloudy) is fine. The white diffusion material is in front of the sensor which surprised me. The Flash head was turned toward the box and body with the sensor to the subject. They do work inside a room as the IR signals do bounce as I had a flash inside one of those humungous Apollo Soft boxes that it surprised me. I have used both Nikons and Olympus Flash systems that used similar features the IR signals for the remote flashes. I don't know how long it will be before we see inexpensive Chinese equivalents. The next new camera models may be the same thing, RF and no Commander? People do want RF though, just not sure many are willing to pay Nikon prices. this probably signals the end of that Commander era. Before investing more in commanders though, be aware that times are fixing to change. (might be true of the new models too, I don't know how they will fit in there).Īnyway, if you want a Commander, it is your call, simply add a commander on the hot shoe. And SB-500 maybe, although only if on a D750 or D810 camera to support it. The SB-700, SB-800, SB-900, SB-910 can be a commander on the hot shoe. You can still use a hot shoe flash as commander. its just that they require providing your own Commander to do it. The D500 and new D5 too, no flash and no Commander, although some of the reason is they will now support the new SB-5000 flash using radio frequency instead.īut all these models (including D500) still do all the old things, and can still use a Commander for optical flash with the previous SB units. I think the thinking is that professionals never use the internal flash, in favor of off camera lighting. But NONE of the top end of the Nikon line, like the D2, D3, D4 have an internal flash (so no Commander until added). The Nikon low price end means "with internal flash, but without Commander". Well, Nikon only went to RF flashes because Canon already did.
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