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Can someone explain the whole no-flash-commander, flash control, wireless, radio...
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<blockquote data-quote="GracieAllen" data-source="post: 589360" data-attributes="member: 41283"><p>I used the built-in flash for years with my D300 as a commander for my SB-800s. Worked perfectly, never fiddly, never had a problem. Did exactly the same thing when I got the D810. And continued doing it with the D7200..... So the change with the D500 is annoying, but not sufficient to prevent me from buying one.</p><p></p><p>What I would LIKE to do is have the camera control my SB-800s without having to add additional pieces or buy $600 flashes, or have to carry any additional junk or anything. BUT it APPEARS that ain't gonna happen any more...... I fer sure do NOT want to carry yet ANOTHER flash (certainly not ANOTHER SB-800) just to stick on the camera to control the off-camera ones (I always use the on-camera flash at the absolute MINIMUM 'cause I don't want the on-camera flash anywhere in my images). SO, if I just want to control SB-800s from the D500, do I just need an SU-800 clone?</p><p></p><p>OR, let's say I decide to move to 2016, and get a yongnuo YN-622n-TX... Am I correct that this thing DOES plug into the hot shoe on the camera so I don't HAVE to use one of the supplied cables? 'Cause if I have to plug it in where the remote camera release goes, where do I plug in the release? And what do I do with the 622? Let it sit on the ground or hang off the tripod? I found a picture that looks like there's a connector on the back to put it in the hot shoe... Right?</p><p></p><p>It appears there's now a YN685 with a receiver, which is fine... Will the 622n-TX ALSO control an SB-5000 should I completely take leave of my senses and spend ANOTHER fortune on strobes? Am I correct that what they keep calling "transceivers" are the receivers I plug into SB-800s to control them from the 622n-TX? </p><p></p><p>It LOOKS like it'd be cheaper to buy the 622 kit with a TX and a transceiver than to buy an SU-800 clone, and I'd have RADIO control...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GracieAllen, post: 589360, member: 41283"] I used the built-in flash for years with my D300 as a commander for my SB-800s. Worked perfectly, never fiddly, never had a problem. Did exactly the same thing when I got the D810. And continued doing it with the D7200..... So the change with the D500 is annoying, but not sufficient to prevent me from buying one. What I would LIKE to do is have the camera control my SB-800s without having to add additional pieces or buy $600 flashes, or have to carry any additional junk or anything. BUT it APPEARS that ain't gonna happen any more...... I fer sure do NOT want to carry yet ANOTHER flash (certainly not ANOTHER SB-800) just to stick on the camera to control the off-camera ones (I always use the on-camera flash at the absolute MINIMUM 'cause I don't want the on-camera flash anywhere in my images). SO, if I just want to control SB-800s from the D500, do I just need an SU-800 clone? OR, let's say I decide to move to 2016, and get a yongnuo YN-622n-TX... Am I correct that this thing DOES plug into the hot shoe on the camera so I don't HAVE to use one of the supplied cables? 'Cause if I have to plug it in where the remote camera release goes, where do I plug in the release? And what do I do with the 622? Let it sit on the ground or hang off the tripod? I found a picture that looks like there's a connector on the back to put it in the hot shoe... Right? It appears there's now a YN685 with a receiver, which is fine... Will the 622n-TX ALSO control an SB-5000 should I completely take leave of my senses and spend ANOTHER fortune on strobes? Am I correct that what they keep calling "transceivers" are the receivers I plug into SB-800s to control them from the 622n-TX? It LOOKS like it'd be cheaper to buy the 622 kit with a TX and a transceiver than to buy an SU-800 clone, and I'd have RADIO control... [/QUOTE]
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