cameras flash keeps popping up even with another flash attached...

[lisa_13]

so i attached my moms old sunpak softlite 1600A flash to my new nikon d80...when i take a picture the flash thats built in to my camera still pops up, and that fires instead of the attached one.....how to fix this?

 

[Socrates]

so i attached my moms old sunpak softlite 1600A flash to my new nikon d80...when i take a picture the flash thats built in to my camera still pops up, and that fires instead of the attached one.....how to fix this?

Use a PSAM mode. As far as I'm aware, the pop-up will always pop up with the PhD (Push here, Dummy) modes that need flash.

 

[JimmyO]

Well since there is no TTL communication between the flash and the camera with that combination there is no way for the camera to even know that theres a flash on there. You will need an sb-400/600/800 for that

 

[lisa_13]

got it to work, thanks socrates!

 

[reg]

auto mode on a nikon d80... in "beyond the basics"

lol

By the way, I know know how much power the Sunpak has but you're likely to kill a digital camera by throwing random flashes for film cameras on it.

 

[Village Idiot]

The d80 is good up to 250v.