SB600 Compatibility

I rarely shoot with flash, but I broke down and bought the SB-600 just in case.

I have a Nikon D70, N80, and FM3-A. Will my SB-600 be TTL compatible with all

three cameras?

Debbi

 

Yes, your SB-600 flash will be compatible with all of your rigs. However, you won't have its full array of flash functions with it on the film cameras. I have used my SB-600 & 800 with much success on my FE-2's. I have even more options with it on my F100. And you'll obtain full functionality on your D70.

Right, Nikon's current flash technology is called iTTL, first introduced back in 2003 along with the D2H. The SB-600 is iTTL compatible and so is the D70 body (2004).

 

Your film SLRs are pre-2003 and the SB-600 is backward compatible with both, but you won't get iTTL because those cameras are not capable of it.

The only film body that is iTTL compatbile is the F6.

It works well with all 3 cameras. In addition, you should check out the ability of the D70 to

remotely fire your new SB600, I demonstrated than in a Photo workshop this week, and all of

the Canon shooters were jealous as heck! Attached is an impromptu shot I did of some

students using only the SB600 as an off camera light source.

I can get TTL flash with the SB600 and FE2. The little LED even lights in the old FE2's

viewfinder to tell me when it's charged and fired! Cool that Nikon made it compatible with the

old bodies. Have fun.<div></div>

Great question Debbi, I was about to ask it myself. I have that flash, a D70s, and a N90s that I want to use it on.

 

Thanks,

Michael

Thank you for all the great responses. It's more fun posting here than using that boring manual. Russ, love that Sopranos shot!! I would like to re-phrase my question. I would like to know what features I will NOT get using the SB-600 on the old film bodies vs. the D70. My objective is to sell my SB-24 if the SB-600 can fully replace it.

The only modes that the SB600 has are TTL and Manual. The SB-24 also has Auto (the flash detects the correct amount of light). Auto is very handy for film cameras that don't have TTL flash metering.

Bruce has a good point. However I think you could sell the SB24, since all of the cameras you have will do TTL with the SB600. And TTL works far better than Auto. The only one I'm not sure about is your FM3a. I thinks it's sort of a hybrid between the FM2 and FE2. My FM2 has nothing but manual flash control. But the electronic FE2 works fine with the SB600 in TTL. I believe your FM3 has TTL capability, but double check by shooting a test roll with the SB600.

Glad you liked the Sopranos shot. The guy on the left is even a real Italian!

All of Debbi's SLRs have TTL flash capability, including both the FM3a and N80.

thanks for the previous answers, i was wondering the same thing!

 

on a side note, i have the D70 (not D70S) D200 and FM3a

 

the main reason i am looking into purchasing the SB600 is for the wireless capability, would this be compatible on my D200 and D70?