Nikon F4S TTL flash, off-camera?

<p>I shoot film and use a Nikon F4S.<br>

I have two Pocketwizard-triggered flashes (Quantum and Profoto), but there are times that setting up these units and metering is too time-consuming for the situation, or the lighting scenario is changing too rapidly.<br>

Is there any way to use traditional TTL on an SB-28 with an Nikon F4S without a cable? I sometimes mount a the flash on a stand with a cable, or handhold the flash with a cable, but it would be great if I could set the flash on a stand and use TTL wirelessly. Is there any possibility of doing this? <br>

Or is there any other flash that I could use quickly with an F4S with TTL?<br>

Thanks,<br />Paul</p>

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<p>Paul Lewis<br /><br /><a href="http://www.paullewis.us">http://www.paullewis.us</a></p>

<p>Maybe try the RF-603 wireless flash trigger often sold on eBay.</p>

<p>You can mount a TTL flash (SB-28) on the camera point it off into space ... and have an SB-28 on an SU-4 trigger as the remote. The camera will quench the on camera flash when enough light gets to the film, the SU-4 trigger will shut down its flash when the on-camera flash shuts down. You can have lots of remote flash units on SU-4 triggers going off, they will all shut down when the on camera master flash shuts off.<br /> You can use SB-800, SB-700, SB-900 (910) flash units as the remote(s) as long as they are set to remote SU-4 mode.</p>

<p>No way can RF-603 do that.</p>

 

<p>I would have thought that an Auto setting on the remote flash would be OK. It will quench it'self when it's got enough back from the scene to satisfy whatever Aperture requirement you've set it on...say f8.</p>

<p>So, if conditions on set get brighter, it will produce less light and visa versa.</p>

<p>You could certainly trigger it with an RF-603....but only trigger, no adjustments.</p>

<p>Here's a link to the SU-4 manual for any details -</p>

<p>http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/Speedlights/SU4.pdf</p>

<p>You could buy an inexpensive Newer brand flash for less than $40.00 and set the flash to slave, it'll be triggered by whatever you have in the cameras hot shoe. My wife uses a SB-600 on her D3200 and a couple of Newer flashes on light stands shooting through umbrellas with good results.</p>

<p>Paul, just forget TTL. Set the flash to AA mode and fire away. IME, AA mode is just as consistent and reliable as TTL or i-TTL, although you may have to apply some -ve compensation if trying to use it for fill-flash.</p>