I recently upgraded to a Nikon D90 and have been using it for studio photography (fashion). The camera is connected to one of the lights with a PC synch cable that is plugged into an adaptor on the hotshoe. Mode is set to manual, aperture varies, ISO 200, shutter varies from 1 sec to 1/200th sec.
Problem is that the lights don't always flash. Sometimes I can take 2 or 3 shots of darkness before the flash fires and then I get a perfectly exposed shot. There is no change in ambient lighting etc between shots.
I did a quick google and found someone else reporting exactly the same problem with his D90 and using a similar setup. His last post stated that he had discovered the problem was his 'trigger' - he'd replaced that and not had a problem since. I assume he means the adaptor on the hot shoe. I suppose it could be my adaptor too - just seems a bit of a coincidence.
Anyway, are there any settings that I need to have set that I may not already have? I've not touched the flash settings, I just plugged in the lights, and most of the time they appear to work - just not always!
Problem is that the lights don't always flash. Sometimes I can take 2 or 3 shots of darkness before the flash fires and then I get a perfectly exposed shot. There is no change in ambient lighting etc between shots.
I did a quick google and found someone else reporting exactly the same problem with his D90 and using a similar setup. His last post stated that he had discovered the problem was his 'trigger' - he'd replaced that and not had a problem since. I assume he means the adaptor on the hot shoe. I suppose it could be my adaptor too - just seems a bit of a coincidence.
Anyway, are there any settings that I need to have set that I may not already have? I've not touched the flash settings, I just plugged in the lights, and most of the time they appear to work - just not always!