CLS - How to?

[adam*]

Can anybody point me in the direction of a quick guide on how to use CLS, or better still give me some quick pointers?

How do you set up the SB-800's and camera to trigger? I don't really want the on board flash to give out any light when doing so - is that possible?

Cheers,
Adam

 

[cowasaki]

I did a quick instructions post last week, I'll have a look.......

 

[cowasaki]

CLS which is Nikon's wireless flash technology ie easy enough to set up. That is the best way for a simple wireless solution.

Setup Camera

press menu
select the pencil in the left
goto e bracketing/flash
press right
goto e3 (flash control for inbuilt flash)
goto commander mode
setup built in flash to --
setup group A to TTL 0.00
setup Channel to 1
click OK

Setup Flash (SB600)

turn on
press mode plus on for 3 secs to reset (you can miss this later)
press zoom plus - for 2 secs
it should say OFF with a squiggle, press MODE
press ZOOM plus - for 2 secs again
press MODE till channel number flashes and change this to 1 (to match camera)
press MODE till group flashes and change this to A

Setup Flash (SB800)

Power on
Press SEL for 3 seconds
Press RIGHT to select the wireless icon (looks like 2 squiggles and 2 caravans)
Press SEL
Press DOWN to move cursor to REMOTE
Press SEL
Press SEL for 3 seconds
Press SEL to select CH
Press UP to select "1"
Press SEL to select GROUP
Press UP to select "A"

Use

Right thats it grab camera and pop up the flash.
Compose your shot and focus
take your shot and the flash will fire off the camera

 

[ryanyboy]

Can anybody point me in the direction of a quick guide on how to use CLS, or better still give me some quick pointers?

How do you set up the SB-800's and camera to trigger? I don't really want the on board flash to give out any light when doing so - is that possible?

Cheers,
Adam

Set your popup flash to commander mode. It will "appear" to flash but it's not really enough to influence the shot. What the blip of flash does is trigger your SB-800 (which needs to be put into slave mode).

Here's a good book on the subject:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-Creat...=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259101995&sr=8-4