Dumb Flash Question but...

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...it just occured to me, sorry. OK, next month I want to do some pics of our karate squad in 'the lodge' - a small cabin we use for some of the training. Now a couple of weeks ago I bought myself a Nikon SB600 flash, but I also have my old praktica flash gun. So, am I right in thinking that I can attach some sort of slave unit to that, mounted with a stand on a tripod and have the SB600 [mounted on the camera] trigger it so that I have two flashes at once? The space isn't huge in karate terms, about 8 metres X 7 Metres, [but would make a brilliant studio :naughty:] so would this provide enough light for posed shots?

Sorry, I know, I have been around here long enough that I should know this, but I have always avoided flash until now, but suddenly getting quite into it.

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YvonneXX

ps, for info, I will have a D300 and D70s to play with in terms of camera.
 
Yes, a fiver's six quid's worth of optical slave will do the trick :) I use these, the seller is quick to ship too
 
I was trying to use these with my a200, but found out the on board flash fires a pre flash for ttl metering and sets off the triggers to early.

Might be worth checking if Nikon's do this, I bought some Cactus triggers instead.
 
Yv said:
:hug: thanks, ...and I pressume if I really wanna get adventurous, I could use on board flash and/or commander mode and have both flash units off camera with these little gizmos?? :D
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One caveat, the SB-600 doesn't sit too well on either the optical triggers or the Cactus ones, so sometimes you need to add a wee bit of gaffer tape into the mix to get it all working as it should. The SB-600 can, as you say, be triggered by the onboard flash, but we'll get to that in the next installment :lol:
 
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