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Since this is my first post, i would like to introduce myself.
My name is Guillaume.
I got into photography and DSLR camera's about a year ago.
i bought a d60 for my first dslr, since the price was pretty low and after
reading some review i gave it a shot. overall its a great camera.
After a few months of playing with the camera, testing, doing small shoot for friends and
family, the camera's lack of advanced features started keeping me from experiencing more technical stuff.
So 2 weeks ago, i sold my d60 and bought a d90. the body is amazing, i really like it.
I thought about buying the D300s but it was out of my budget for now and couldn't see myself hauling that heavy camera around.
Once i master the D90 and everything it has to offer me then i will think about getting a pro camera and keep the d90 for my wife.
I have a friend photographer and she was nice enough to give me all the equipement i needed to setup a home studio to practice and learn.
after setting everything up, i ran into a small problem that i am pretty sure some of you experienced before....
Here is the setup i had.
1 X 9" wide ultra white background mounted with a background stand.
room is 24 X 24.
1 X OPUS L150 studio strobe mounted on tripod/umbrella as a main light
1 X SB-600 as a background flash
1 X sb-600 that i move around to created different effect.
My camera was set to commander mode to fire both sb-600 and the strobe has a built in optical trigger.
Both sb-600s was firing correctly using ITTL but the light produced by the strobe was not showing on the pictures.
after doing a little bit of research, i found out that CLS is using a pre flash to calculate exposure then trigger the sb's using infrared pulse.
That pre flash is firing the damn strobe a little bit too soon.
problem would be solved if the d90 had a pc port but it doesn't have one.
the cheapest solution i found was to use optical triggers on both my sb-600s and set my on camera flash to manual 1/128 (no pre flash using manual mode)
so everything fires together.
Not a bad/inexpensive solution but it leaves me without CLS and this is what i wanted to experiment and test.
i would like to be able to fire those sb-600 with cls while using the strobe but if i use the commander mode to fire them, pre-flash is on.
i know that i can use an as-15 on my hot shoes to sync the strobe but this will leave me without cls on the sb's
any suggestions?
Thanks
i am also building a website with some pictures i did. mostly friends and family, my wife, my dogs, landscapes and cars all taken with my d60 the 18-55mm that came with it.
Photography By Guillaume - Home
its not completed yet so don't be afraid if there is latin words on some pages.
Enjoy!
My name is Guillaume.
I got into photography and DSLR camera's about a year ago.
i bought a d60 for my first dslr, since the price was pretty low and after
reading some review i gave it a shot. overall its a great camera.
After a few months of playing with the camera, testing, doing small shoot for friends and
family, the camera's lack of advanced features started keeping me from experiencing more technical stuff.
So 2 weeks ago, i sold my d60 and bought a d90. the body is amazing, i really like it.
I thought about buying the D300s but it was out of my budget for now and couldn't see myself hauling that heavy camera around.
Once i master the D90 and everything it has to offer me then i will think about getting a pro camera and keep the d90 for my wife.
I have a friend photographer and she was nice enough to give me all the equipement i needed to setup a home studio to practice and learn.
after setting everything up, i ran into a small problem that i am pretty sure some of you experienced before....
Here is the setup i had.
1 X 9" wide ultra white background mounted with a background stand.
room is 24 X 24.
1 X OPUS L150 studio strobe mounted on tripod/umbrella as a main light
1 X SB-600 as a background flash
1 X sb-600 that i move around to created different effect.
My camera was set to commander mode to fire both sb-600 and the strobe has a built in optical trigger.
Both sb-600s was firing correctly using ITTL but the light produced by the strobe was not showing on the pictures.
after doing a little bit of research, i found out that CLS is using a pre flash to calculate exposure then trigger the sb's using infrared pulse.
That pre flash is firing the damn strobe a little bit too soon.
problem would be solved if the d90 had a pc port but it doesn't have one.
the cheapest solution i found was to use optical triggers on both my sb-600s and set my on camera flash to manual 1/128 (no pre flash using manual mode)
so everything fires together.
Not a bad/inexpensive solution but it leaves me without CLS and this is what i wanted to experiment and test.
i would like to be able to fire those sb-600 with cls while using the strobe but if i use the commander mode to fire them, pre-flash is on.
i know that i can use an as-15 on my hot shoes to sync the strobe but this will leave me without cls on the sb's
any suggestions?
Thanks
i am also building a website with some pictures i did. mostly friends and family, my wife, my dogs, landscapes and cars all taken with my d60 the 18-55mm that came with it.
Photography By Guillaume - Home
its not completed yet so don't be afraid if there is latin words on some pages.
Enjoy!