Using SB600 as master with another SB600 as slave?

bike21bike21 Registered Users Posts: 836 Major grins
edited July 26, 2009 in Accessories
Ok, so I am new to commander mode and off camera flash and have perhaps a dumb question...

Can I use a mounted SB600 on my D300 to fire another SB600 in commander mode? I can get commander mode to work just fine with the on camera flash, but when I try putting one my SB600s on the hot shoe the off camera SB600 doesn't fire. Is there a setting I am missing?

I did a brief search and couldn't come up with anything. Thanks! Nick

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  • bike21bike21 Registered Users Posts: 836 Major grins
    edited July 25, 2009
    So after a little more searching, I think I found out...

    SB600 cannot apparently be used as a 'master' after all. Looks like I need an SB800/900 to do so.

    Can anyone confirm?
  • sweet carolinesweet caroline Registered Users Posts: 1,589 Major grins
    edited July 25, 2009
    Have you consulted your manual? If I recall correctly, you can't use the sb600 to trigger another. You could get them both off camera, and set your onboard flash to contribute no light to the shot.

    Caroline
  • dlscott56dlscott56 Registered Users Posts: 1,324 Major grins
    edited July 25, 2009
    bike21 wrote:
    So after a little more searching, I think I found out...

    SB600 cannot apparently be used as a 'master' after all. Looks like I need an SB800/900 to do so.

    Can anyone confirm?

    I believe this is correct. The SB-600 will not act as a master. You must use either the on-camera flash, an SB-800/900, or the SU-800 which is a master only (no flash) that mounts on the camera hot shoe.
  • time2smiletime2smile Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited July 25, 2009
    dlscott56 wrote:
    I believe this is correct. The SB-600 will not act as a master. You must use either the on-camera flash, an SB-800/900, or the SU-800 which is a master only (no flash) that mounts on the camera hot shoe.


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    If you want to fire the SB600 near the hotshoe, you can use a flash bracket, and fire it remotely.

    sorry
    Ted....
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  • bike21bike21 Registered Users Posts: 836 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2009
    Thanks for the replies! Time to save some cash for some SB900 action!
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