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    Nikon WedNEsDAy PiC #26

    in Nikon

    Posted

    <p>Funeral Saturday, put the casket in the hearse and when they went to start it the battery was dead.<br>

    Everyone found it quite funny as the deceased was the guy who hooked up all the lights for several local fire departments. His parents thought this was him playing a joke.</p>

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    Trigger studio flash with onboard flash D70

    in Nikon

    Posted

    You could also set the on-board flash to manual as previously noted and set it to something less than full power (I forget but I think it goes down to something like 1/16). This way the on-board flash will trigger the studio flashes but not become a part of the image. And, there will be no pre-flash.

    Can D70 trigger Sb800 and Sb22 in sync?

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I believe the problem is that you are using Commander Mode for your on-camera flash. In this mode it fires a series of flashes to communicate with the SB-800. These can confuse the SB-22 just like the pre-flash in TTL mode.

     

    I suggest setting the camera flash to Manual Mode (at the level where you can pick TTL, Manual or Commander), powering down the on camera flash if you desire, setting the SB-800 to SU-4 and firing away.

    With this set-up, the on-camera flash will only flash once and the SB-800 and SB-22 will flash as normal slaves.

     

    Another option would be to somehow protect the SB-22 so that the light from the on-camera flash does not hit it. It would then rely on the light from the triggered SB-800.

    Reddness in face

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Thanks for the comments.

     

    I will try the suggestions offered. I especially think that the one about the ratio between flash and ambient lighting is important.

     

    How is this handled in a studio where the flash is the primary light source?

    Reddness in face

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    One thing I have noticed a lot of in flash photography is that any

    reddness in the face of the individual in the picture seems to stand

    out dramatically. For example teenagers with acne, while noticable

    in person in flash pictures the whole face seems to explode with red.

     

    How can more accurate/pleaseing (they may not be the same thing) skin

    colors be achieved?

     

    I would imagine it is an issue of lighting intensity.

     

    I do not have a sample on this computer that I can send. I'll post

    one later.

    Advise on editing image

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Thanks for the replys.

    I figured on croping out the dead space at the top. It lends itself well to an 8X10 crop.

     

    As far as being stiff, it was tough findind a pose that would work. I tried the suggestion from <a href=http://jzportraits.home.att.net/chapter-10.html>Zeltsman</a>, but he is too young to keep his head up and just looks like a rag doll looking at the floor. This image is in a car seat with a black sheet over it. The black sheet isolates the baby (and who wants to see the car seat anyway). The parents love the picture - so thats what is important.

     

    I think the focus could have been better. It looks like it might have focused on his chest rather than on his face.

     

    I'm just trying to muddle through the Photoshop settings. Finiding it difficult to say what buttons to push how far, in combination with other buttons.

     

    Getting a book is an obvious answer that I am pursuing - there are so many, I think some of them are doctoral thesis' on the subject.

     

    Another thing I really need to do is calibrate my monitor.

    D70 and SB800 questions

    in Nikon

    Posted

    Actually I did. I think I have it figured out. It was really a matter of worrying more about the flash than the picture. That is, previously I had tried to set up some pics and get the flash to work. The result was more frustration than good shots (though some good shots did come out, I just wasn't necessarily sure how to reproduce them as my attention was divided).

     

    So I just sat at my desk and played with the camera and flash till I figured it out.

     

    I'm thinking of putting something together to demonstrate the use of the D70 and a single remote SB-800. I'm sure that more people will have this type of setup over multiple SB-800s.

    D70 and SB800 questions

    in Nikon

    Posted

    Why stop at 6 or 7??? Go for it! Buy 20 or 30!

     

    No, really. I agree. If I were to buy 6 or 7 (or maybe even 2 or 3) speedlights they probably wouldn't be SB-800s. The control is nice (i.e. control the output of all from the master) but is it worth it? If I buy several much cheaper flashes and manually adjust each I'll get the same results (the trade off being the walking around).

     

    I think that one thing that bothers me is that the master speedlight seems to be a very expensive controller for the other lights and not really a flash itself. That is, unless it is attached to the camera by a cable, it is not likely to be used as a light source in many pictures. It will primarily be used to control the output of the other lights.

    D70 and SB800 questions

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I figured that there is a difference between the capabilities of the on-camera flash and a SB-800 used on-camera as a master. I guess I'm not quite sure how Commander Mode works yet. The best thing will be to actually step through a number of scenarios with a pen and paper and write down what works and what doesn't.

     

    As Eric says, there seems to be a great deal you can do with these things. I'd just like to be able to get one to work before I buy another one.

     

    On-camera I have no trouble with the flash. It work like a dream.

    D70 and SB800 questions

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I have had my D70 and SB800 for a few months now and am still

    struggling somewhat with understanding how the two work together.

    The manual for the flash seems a bit light on explanations. It tells

    you what features the plash has and how to turn them on and off, but

    not how to "use" them.

     

    It would be nice if there was a simple guide that said - here is a

    shot and here is what we you need to do to reproduce it. Stepping

    through each of the available options and how and when they should be

    used with concrete/reproducable examples would be great.

     

    I seem to get the best results (i.e. it works) in SU-4 mode (though I

    don't know what it is and the manual won't tell me).

     

    I'm no dummy. I've tried various combinations but have had little

    luck in getting things to work consistantly.

     

    Any help out there???

     

    There is a document available on Nikon's website "Autofocus

    Speedlight SB-800 A collection of example photos". It is a start but

    not quite there. For example: on page 12 of the doc it has an

    example of Multiple flash shooting. Unfortunately all of the

    multiple flash examples assume more than one SB-800. None assume

    using the D70 in commander mode. I tried recreating the example o

    page 12 with the D70 and a single SB-800 but was unable. Some of the

    specs seem incorrect ("Remote flash unit A"SB-800 set to TTL"

    shouldn't it be set to some remote flash setting? IT seems here that

    it is just in normal on-camera TTL flash more (which doesn't work of

    course).

     

    I'd appreciate any assistance anyone can provide.

     

    Thanks,

    Brian

    D70 Wireless flash

    in Nikon

    Posted

    You should not get red-eye from the preflash as it is before the image is taken. As the off camera flash will be the only flash light source, as long as it is not in line with the lens (i.e. for some reason you put it like right below the lens on a stand in front of the camera) you should be ok.
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