D200 with SB800 Remote Operation

The

Photo Experience

 

Technical

Flash

     

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  D200 as Commander to trigger the SB-800 flash remotely:

  • Settings for the D200

  • Pencil Menu

  • E Bracketing/Flash

  • E3 Built in Flash Mode

  • Commander Mode

  • Settings for the Remote SB-800

  • Turn it on and press the mode button until TTL appears.

  • Press and hold down the SEL button and the display changes

  • Highlight the box with 2 flashes.

  • Press the + or - button to scroll past master and highlight Remote.

  • This puts the SB-800 in wireless remote.

   

    (Additional Information)
 

 

1.  Press MENU.

2.  Move up or down to: PENCIL menu.

3.  Move right and down to: e Bracketing/Flash

4.  Move right and down to: e3: Built-in Flash

5.  Move right and down to: C Commander Mode

6.  Move right to get to a confusing panel of C Commander Mode settings.

7.  Move between the different fields by moving left and right, and set any field by toggling up and down.

8.  Select Channel, and set it to 3. Default is 1, which is the default for the SB-800.

 

(Default for the SB-600 flash is channel 3, so if you forget this it won't work!  Use a D200's setting bank to store this.)

   

HOW TO RETURN CAMERA TO NORMAL SHOOTING POSITION:

1.  Press MENU.

2.  Move up or down to: PENCIL menu.

3.  Move right and down to: e Bracketing/Flash

4.  Move right and down to: e3: Built-in Flash

5.  Move right and up to: TTL

6.  Move right to set it to TTL.

   

(Use one of the Custom Setting Banks for remote flash, and simply select your normal Custom Setting when you want to return to normal TTL flash.)