Comments on: Instructions for Using Nikon SB600 & SB800 Wireless http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/02/instructions-for-using-nikon-sb600-sb800-wireless/ Your Complete Photography Resource Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Dave Tewksbury http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/02/instructions-for-using-nikon-sb600-sb800-wireless/#comment-250 Dave Tewksbury Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:23:42 +0000 http://danellaphoto.com/wordpress/2007/03/02/instructions-for-using-nikon-sb600-sb800-wireless/#comment-250 Multiple Nikon SB-800 flash units can be used to wirelessly light anything from a small macro scene to large areas. Look at Joe McNally's Speed of Light DVD for examples of using these units. I have found that using an SB-800 as the Master to control other remote SB-800s can be limiting due to the location of the receiver cell on the units. Remote SB-800s that are behind the camera or hidden from view may not trigger using the visible flash from an SB-800 master. A small white reflector attached near the cell improves performance in some cases. The Wireless Speedlight Commander SU-800 is a high output infrared source with high output IR LEDs. Using this on your hot shoe instead of an SB-800 solves most triggering issues. It also frees up the SB-800 that was mounted on the hot shoe to be used as another off camera light. A "Justin clamp" Bogen 175F is ideal for supporting SB-800 units. For a quick lesson in multiple off camera lighting with SB-800 units look at Dave Black's Workshop at the Ranch site http://www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop/0407.htm followed by http://www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop/1105.htm and this for outside, high speed wireless fill flash http://www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop/07-2006.htm Cheers Dave Multiple Nikon SB-800 flash units can be used to wirelessly light anything from a small macro scene to large areas. Look at Joe McNally’s Speed of Light DVD for examples of using these units.

I have found that using an SB-800 as the Master to control other remote SB-800s can be limiting due to the location of the receiver cell on the units. Remote SB-800s that are behind the camera or hidden from view may not trigger using the visible flash from an SB-800 master. A small white reflector attached near the cell improves performance in some cases.

The Wireless Speedlight Commander SU-800 is a high output infrared source with high output IR LEDs. Using this on your hot shoe instead of an SB-800 solves most triggering issues. It also frees up the SB-800 that was mounted on the hot shoe to be used as another off camera light.

A “Justin clamp” Bogen 175F is ideal for supporting SB-800 units.

For a quick lesson in multiple off camera lighting with SB-800 units look at Dave Black’s Workshop at the Ranch site http://www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop/0407.htm

followed by http://www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop/1105.htm

and this for outside, high speed wireless fill flash http://www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop/07-2006.htm

Cheers

Dave

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