sb600 and D700

[r1andy]

Hi, i cannot get my sb600 to work of camera via the commander from the on board flash.
channel 1 , group b , no joy.
my sb900 works prefect on channel 1 , group a

any one have any advice r point me in the right direction.
cheers.

 

[Shutterman]

Have you set the group and channel on the the SB600 and put it into remote mode...

(SIlly question but thought I would ask)

And on the commander mode have you set the b group up

 

[itsdavedotnet]

does it work on group a? is the sensor on the 600 obscured? try using the sb900 as a commander and seeing if the 600 will work them

uh.... loads of things it could be :/

 

[Naith]

I can remember needing to change it to 'remote' on the actual flash...

 

[r1andy]

Have you set the group and channel on the the SB600 and put it into remote mode...

(SIlly question but thought I would ask)

And on the commander mode have you set the b group up

yes

i just tried it on my other d700 body on its not working either, so its down 2 the flash

cheers

 

[r1andy]

does it work on group a? is the sensor on the 600 obscured? try using the sb900 as a commander and seeing if the 600 will work them

uh.... loads of things it could be :/

it not obscured,

it dose not work in group a either.

will try the 900 now
cheers

 

[r1andy]

the 900 is not firing the 600 either.

it was working last week so i am wondering is there something wrong with the flash.

 

[itsdavedotnet]

sounds like it, yeah

you can probably get a decent amount for it from someone who won't use it off camera / for CLS

 

[straycat]

do a master reset and try channel 3 for both items

 

[r1andy]

still no luck, 900 working fine but nothing from the 600

the 2 red lights r flashing on front of the 600 so it should recieve the command . but it not

 

[dinorock]

sounds like you got it set up wrong check this out

linky

 

[r1andy]

sounds like you got it set up wrong check this out

linky

thanks for the link but this is how mine is set up.
cheers.

 

[Flash In The Pan]

How fresh are the batteries in the 600?

 

[r1andy]

How fresh are the batteries in the 600?

i will change them now, cheers

 

[r1andy]

new batteries and still no joy.

 

[dinorock]

no red lights flashing on the front of mine when its ready to fire i have it in front of me, to try and help you. :shrug:

 

[r1andy]

red lights flash when its in wireless mode, my 900 dose it 2

cheers

 

[dinorock]

just fired mine no red lights after firing :shrug: ok back to basics on back of camera in menu e3

select commander mode
move over to left and set built in flash to--
group a to ttl
and channel to 3

 

[r1andy]

when u switch the flash to wireless , of body, to recieve a command form a commander unit the red lights flash to let u know it in wireless mode.

 

[dinorock]

when u switch the flash to wireless , of body, to recieve a command form a commander unit the red lights flash to let u know it in wireless mode.

ah is there no built in flash on a D700 on the D300 its fired by the onbard flash edit just read original post oops
does the flash test button work on the sb600?

 

[r1andy]

i dont think its the set up, it was working ok untill today. my sb900 is working the sb600 is not , i do think there is a problem with the flash, cheers for the advice but it my have 2 go back to nikon for a check up.

 

[dinorock]

does the flash work on top of your camera?

 

[r1andy]

yes . no probs there.

its like the flash is not getting the command

 

[dinorock]

so as i said earlier set up wrong if its not too much trouble take a photo of the menu on your camera and the back of the flash so we can see your set-up