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SB-800 off-camera repeating flash workaround
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May not be news for a lot of you Nikon users, but I was wanting to shoot the SB-800 off-camera in repeat mode and it seems the flash doesn't give you this option.
With a bit of playing I came up with this workaround which should work on all cameras with an on-camera repeat flash mode (i think the d80, d200 and d300 all have this) by setting the all powerful sb-800 to be a mere slave...
More specifically, set the camera to repeating flash mode, chose the output level (this acts as a fill flash - I used 1/64 not wanting much fill), the number of times you want to trigger the flash and the frequency (which is the number of times each second the flash gets fired).
Set the SB-800 to SU4 mode (1/8 power used for the pic below) - more details on how to do this here: strobist.blogspot.com/2007/08/unlock-superslave-in-your-n...
Set the camera to manual mode with a long enough shutter speedto get the number of images you want repeated.
Shoot, chimp, reshoot etc...
Posted at 4:43PM, 21 January 2008 PDT
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Thank you for posting this!
I had been trying to get this effect for ages and didn't realise there was such a straightforward work around.
Easy when you know how :-)
Cheers
Posted 43 months ago.
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thanks for the info
Posted 30 months ago.
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i am confused. i can set my sb800 to repeating flash mode and pick the output and hz and use it off camera. am i missing something that requires a work around?
Posted 30 months ago.
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awsome dude - it took me 1 day to figure it out - I had to sit down again with my manuals and give it a proper read :)
Posted 29 months ago.
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One step better
If you use the nikon SU800 (which is wireless speedlight commander) you can set not only Sb800 & sb900 but it also work with the sb600 and all you need to do is set the flash unit to remote. Then tell the su800 what Hz and number of flashes per frame. Page 94 & 95 in the su800 manual. Very simple to set up.
Posted 29 months ago.
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I don't have a camera with repeating flash mode. But it has a mode where holding down the shutter will fire off repeated shots at several shots a sec. So if a flash is set at a low enough power to sustain the required number of rapid shots you can do this even without a repeated flash mode, just restricted to the camera's fast shot mode rate (or rates).
Or you could get variable rates by shooting a long exposure in the dark and rigging up a manual fast flash fire system, such as (simplest DIY method) pulling large saw teeth past a bare wire flash trigger contact.
Posted 29 months ago.
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