D5000, SB800 and cactusv4

SabrinaO · Nov 11, 2010

Just wondering if TTL/TTL-BL would work off camera with my cactus.

EDIT: Damnit! :x I have the sb600, not sb800.

IgsEMT · Nov 11, 2010

Y would it?
TTL/TTL-BL means that camera and flash are communicating in commands other the FIRE.

kundalini · Nov 12, 2010

Not likely.

Lots of threads from you about TTL. Don't worry so much about TTL. Don't get me wrong, it is useful, but 6-12 months down the track you'll proboably be using Manual for OCF.

I don't know what IgssEMT is on about.

To the best of my knowledge, TTL/TTL-BL will only function on hotshoe or with CLS. Pocket Wizards have come out with their Canon verion of remote firing with TTL, but not Nikon yet.

SabrinaO · Nov 12, 2010

IgsEMT said:
Y would it?
TTL/TTL-BL means that camera and flash are communicating in commands other the FIRE.

what??

SabrinaO · Nov 12, 2010

kundalini said:
Not likely.

Lots of threads from you about TTL. Don't worry so much about TTL. Don't get me wrong, it is useful, but 6-12 months down the track you'll proboably be using Manual for OCF.

I don't know what IgssEMT is on about. To the best of my knowledge, TTL/TTL-BL will only function on hotshoe or with CLS. Pocket Wizards have come out with their Canon verion of remote firing with TTL, but not Nikon yet.

Well I need it TTL because I don't have a meter. To shoot in manual i would need a meter right?

KmH · Nov 12, 2010

You could do it by trial, error, and chimping.

For those of us that have been doing it a while, a hand held meter is used to fine tune our lighting ratios or just as a double check. We can get it all pretty close just based on experience and understanding how it all works together.

Ok, here's the real deal. By using the meter all the time, I can more easily justify charging clients a higher fee.

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Light Artisan · Nov 12, 2010

SabrinaO said:
Just wondering if TTL/TTL-BL would work off camera with my cactus.

EDIT: Damnit! :x I have the sb600, not sb800.

No.

But IF you had an SB-700, SB-800, SB-900 or SU-800 it would without the Cactus.

HARRY GOUNOPOULOS · Mar 21, 2011

Are the cactus v5 TTL pass through (hot shoe) on the transmitter like Phottix Strato?
(I put a SB-800 IN HOTSHOE and have some fill in that way)
Thank's in advance
harry