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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 586106" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>The Commander is just the same optical mode, however it is extremely more complex data, dealing with all the complex binary signals the Commander has to deal with (in the Nikon Commander system). For one example, the Commander has to relay the manual power settings from the Commander menu to all the remote flashes. Or TTL metering and setting those power levels too. That is a lot of flashing, before the shutter opens. </p><p></p><p>All of this flashing is all close together, humans only recognize one big flash, but Commander does very much flashing of commands before the shutter opens. We can better recognize there are two groups by setting Rear Curtain sync with a long shutter duration (like one second), and then we at least see the two groups, right before the shutter opens, and again before it closes. But the first group has lots of flashes in it.</p><p></p><p>You COULD set the mode of all commander groups (A & B) to mode "- -" (off), and set the internal flash mode to MAN and lowest power, and that probably works to trigger S1 optical mode. It suppresses most of the data signals. But why? When you can simply set the internal flash to real Manual mode at lowest power, to be compatible with the design.</p><p></p><p>The S1 optical mode in the flash merely needs to see a simple flash, any simple flash. Best not to confuse it, especially before the shutter actually opens. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Re Questions: I hate to post and then leave, but after this morning, I won't here be for several days now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 586106, member: 12496"] The Commander is just the same optical mode, however it is extremely more complex data, dealing with all the complex binary signals the Commander has to deal with (in the Nikon Commander system). For one example, the Commander has to relay the manual power settings from the Commander menu to all the remote flashes. Or TTL metering and setting those power levels too. That is a lot of flashing, before the shutter opens. All of this flashing is all close together, humans only recognize one big flash, but Commander does very much flashing of commands before the shutter opens. We can better recognize there are two groups by setting Rear Curtain sync with a long shutter duration (like one second), and then we at least see the two groups, right before the shutter opens, and again before it closes. But the first group has lots of flashes in it. You COULD set the mode of all commander groups (A & B) to mode "- -" (off), and set the internal flash mode to MAN and lowest power, and that probably works to trigger S1 optical mode. It suppresses most of the data signals. But why? When you can simply set the internal flash to real Manual mode at lowest power, to be compatible with the design. The S1 optical mode in the flash merely needs to see a simple flash, any simple flash. Best not to confuse it, especially before the shutter actually opens. :) Re Questions: I hate to post and then leave, but after this morning, I won't here be for several days now. [/QUOTE]
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