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Hi all,
Popped out to try a bit of portrait with the D300 and the SB800 triggered wirelessly. I enjoyed it, but its tough work til you crack it, which I am yet to do. I ended up shooting in P mode as this gave me the best exposure for the background, allowing the late sun to peek through the trees. Using the 18-200 VR, I set the SB800 to manual in the 300 body and shot it at manual flash output -64 and -128 which I think means a reduction in light output. Ideally a second flash or reflector would have been good but overall, please with the images. Printed them out earlier, they look great...I do like they way it has brought everything to life.
I have some questions. 1. The SB800 seems hit and miss when triggered by the body. Is this the case and 2. Am I doing the right thing regards to flash output. Is it simply a case of trial and error?
Comments welcome, all advice recd, as you may be aware I am literally starting from scratch with Nikon.
Popped out to try a bit of portrait with the D300 and the SB800 triggered wirelessly. I enjoyed it, but its tough work til you crack it, which I am yet to do. I ended up shooting in P mode as this gave me the best exposure for the background, allowing the late sun to peek through the trees. Using the 18-200 VR, I set the SB800 to manual in the 300 body and shot it at manual flash output -64 and -128 which I think means a reduction in light output. Ideally a second flash or reflector would have been good but overall, please with the images. Printed them out earlier, they look great...I do like they way it has brought everything to life.
I have some questions. 1. The SB800 seems hit and miss when triggered by the body. Is this the case and 2. Am I doing the right thing regards to flash output. Is it simply a case of trial and error?
Comments welcome, all advice recd, as you may be aware I am literally starting from scratch with Nikon.