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Need my SU800 Commander to control my SB600s.


danielsandlin

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The only thread I found here did not apply to the Su800 bit the SB800 to SB 600. I need my SU800 to to fire my two SB600s. I bought the Nikon Commander Macro Flash kit a few months ago. A couple days ago I bought the two SB600s to use on my light stands to fire into umbrellas to replace the SunPak flashes on Yongnuo wireless set up I've been using for portraits.

 

I don't have the booklet for the SB 600s because I bought them used. I'm having a hard time browsing through the booklets for the Su800 because small print is hard on my eyes. It gets hard to read before I find my solution

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A couple days ago I bought the two SB600s to use on my light stands to fire into umbrellas to replace the SunPak flashes on Yongnuo wireless set up I've been using for portraits.

Hmmm. Sorry, but that seems like a backward step to me.

The SU-800 uses optical communication with the slave flashes, which is intrinsically less reliable than radio triggering. Especially when the slaves are 'hidden' from the camera and SU-800 in softboxes or umbrellas.

 

The SU-800 acts exactly like an AWLS commander flash fitted in the camera's hotshoe - except there's no visible flash from the SU-800. However, and unfortunately, the SB-600s cannot be used as CLS commanders to test your setup. They're slaves only. They're also one stop less powerful than Nikon's top tier flashes, and possibly less powerful than the Sunpaks you've been using.

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SB600s to use on my light stands to fire into umbrellas to replace the SunPak flashes on Yongnuo wireless set up I've been using for portraits.

Is there a reason why you cannot use the Yongnuo radio triggers for the SB600's ?

I do use a couple of SB600's on Yongnuo remotes without problems ..

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