SB600 Flash Compatibility

[DirtyDFeckers]

Is an SB 600 compatible with a Canon camera, such as a 7d?

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

This was taken from the Nikon.ca website... For the SB-600.

 

[mjhoward]

I dont think Nikon and Canon make anything interchangeable... I believe they go out of their way so that things ARN'T interchangeable. Why dont you just get the Canon 430EX anyway? Its only about $50 more but has a much higher guide number.

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

I dont think Nikon and Canon make anything interchangeable... I believe they go out of their way so that things ARN'T interchangeable. Why dont you just get the Canon 430EX anyway? Its only about $50 more but has a much higher guide number.

because i already own the sb600, and I'm borrowing a friends 7D to do a shoot this weekend. I typically shoot Nikon, but my 24-70 2.8 lens has been damaged, so I'm going to use her Canon for the shoot.

 

[kundalini]

Could you use it as an optical slave? Not likely on the hotshoe, but doesn't optical mean optical? I really don't know, just thinking out loud.

 

[Bram]

Generally speaking Nikon and Canon are not compatible.

 

[KmH]

You can use it on the 7D in manual mode only.

Both the 7D and the SB-600 would need to be in manual mode, so no TTL.

The SB-600 doesn't have an off camera optical trigger option, which for Nikon speedlights (SB-700, SB-800, SB-900) is called SU-4 mode.

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

You can use it on the 7D in manual mode only.

Both the 7D and the SB-600 would need to be in manual mode, so no TTL.

The SB-600 doesn't have an off camera optical trigger option, which for Nikon speedlights (SB-700, SB-800, SB-900) is called SU-4 mode.

So as long as I shoot in manual mode on both the camera and the flash, It will function properly?