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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 186292" data-attributes="member: 6277"><p>If you buy the right flash it will go on to the next camera. Whatever you do don't buy a cheap flash because it will not do what you want. The SB400 is a nice little flash but it is barely more effective than the flash you have on your camera now. Save up and buy the SB-700. It has the function and power to last you for a long time. It is not cheap by my standards but it will work great on the camera you have not and will transfer over to a multiple light system great later when or if you ever decide to move up.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cameta.com/Nikon-SB-700-AF-Speedlight-Flash-55125.cfm" target="_blank">Nikon SB-700 AF Speedlight Flash</a></p><p></p><p>The term you need to look up is the Commander mode. Your D3100 or even my D5100 does not have this built in but the flash does have it built in so when it is on your camera it can control over flashes that you may have later. You have to move up to the D7000 or above to get that function built in. </p><p></p><p>But right now you can stick that flash on the camera and bounce it off the ceiling with the camera in program mode and get great results.</p><p></p><p>Here is a shot I did just that way</p><p></p><p> <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/6/2/7/7/dsc_6245.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 186292, member: 6277"] If you buy the right flash it will go on to the next camera. Whatever you do don't buy a cheap flash because it will not do what you want. The SB400 is a nice little flash but it is barely more effective than the flash you have on your camera now. Save up and buy the SB-700. It has the function and power to last you for a long time. It is not cheap by my standards but it will work great on the camera you have not and will transfer over to a multiple light system great later when or if you ever decide to move up. [url=http://www.cameta.com/Nikon-SB-700-AF-Speedlight-Flash-55125.cfm]Nikon SB-700 AF Speedlight Flash[/url] The term you need to look up is the Commander mode. Your D3100 or even my D5100 does not have this built in but the flash does have it built in so when it is on your camera it can control over flashes that you may have later. You have to move up to the D7000 or above to get that function built in. But right now you can stick that flash on the camera and bounce it off the ceiling with the camera in program mode and get great results. Here is a shot I did just that way [IMG]http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/6/2/7/7/dsc_6245.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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