luis_marco_de_sebastian Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 According to my F100 manual the SB-25 won´t allow the red eye reduction feature with this camera, but after reading the flash manual it is clear that this do is a possibility with the N90. Am i correct? if so i wonder why a later camera like the f100 can not support the red eye reduction present in the N90 with this flash. Do you guys can help me with this? am i missing something? another point is that the SB-26 & F100 combo can do the red eye reduction and as far as i know the SB-25 and Sb-26 are basically the same flash apart from the wireless slave unit feature of the SB-26, so again why not the SB-25? thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal_bissinger Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 I don't know the answer to your question but it's really a non issue. I can tell you that I wouldn't get all worked up about so called "red-eye reduction" features. Most of the time all it does is annoy your subject. It's really pretty useless. If you want real red-eye reduction that actually works get your flash up off the camera with a bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 I agree 100% with Hal, but have you bothered actually trying it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis_marco_de_sebastian Posted November 4, 2002 Author Share Posted November 4, 2002 No. I am still reading manuals and have not even run 1 roll of film through the camera. Just read it and decided to ask. I guess i tend to trust an official manufacturer manual, and maybe i should not... wait a second...no i set it in the camera body and the red-eye reducion icon does not appear in the flash screen. i cannot set it with the camera as the flash manual states should be done. It definetly does not work. I am still surprised it does work with the N90 and not with the F100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry_pluta3 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 I wondered about it after I bought my F5 also and asked at one of the Nikon sites. The response was that the F5 is considered a pro level camera and as such Nikon figures you are using either studio lights or a flash bracket. I assume the same is true about the F100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_ Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Suggest you find a way to get the SB-28 speedlight. This will solve any problems (I hope) in using your F100 body and the need for the red-eye reduction mode. (Nikon changed a few things in the flash units between the SB-25 and the SB-28.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photojim Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 The SB-25 gives red-eye reduction with the F90 (but not F90x). Interestingly, though, red-eye reduction mode on my SB-28DX works fine on my F90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_h._hartman Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 The true purpose of "Red Eye Reduction" is to annoy the hell out of your subject so your photos look awful. It�s guaranteed (honest, red the fine print) to produce photos that the subject thereof hate. Consider a Stroboframe Press T flash bracket or something similar along with a Nikon SC-17 TTL remote cord. I�ve found one good use for Red Eye Reduction: in a pinch I can use it to find my keys. Seriously the feature is quite useless. Hope this helps, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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