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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 221053" data-attributes="member: 12496">As could a speedlight with commander function be mounted off camera (on same hot shoe extension cord), but it does not speak to their range.&nbsp; The SU-800 runs on a CR-2 battery, which is hardly more than half a AAA cell capacity.&nbsp; That does not speak of its range either.But the tests I've heard people report say the SU-800 is slightly less range than the internal flash.&nbsp; Reports that the internal flash works where the SU-800 on-camera may not work are not uncommon.&nbsp;&nbsp; The red filter does not help its range.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; This is all just hear-say - I don't have the SU-800.&nbsp; Here is a test of the internal flash however:<img src="http://www.scantips.com/lights//images/dsd_4372.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />That is a Remote SB-800 being triggered at 120 feet by commander in D300 internal flash (It lights up the floor <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ).&nbsp; Cannot say it is in sunlight, since the SB-800 is not in sunlight (indoors was not big enough).&nbsp; It was careful line of sight.&nbsp; I would not expect the SU-800 to do that.&nbsp; Put the red SG-3IR panel on it and it falls to 77 feet (near half, near the side walk).&nbsp; The SB-800 commander only worked at 66 feet (still 14 feet outside).&nbsp; The SB-800 is first version technology, a couple of years older than D300.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Nikon specs all of them as 66 feet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 221053, member: 12496"] As could a speedlight with commander function be mounted off camera (on same hot shoe extension cord), but it does not speak to their range. The SU-800 runs on a CR-2 battery, which is hardly more than half a AAA cell capacity. That does not speak of its range either. But the tests I've heard people report say the SU-800 is slightly less range than the internal flash. Reports that the internal flash works where the SU-800 on-camera may not work are not uncommon. The red filter does not help its range. :) This is all just hear-say - I don't have the SU-800. Here is a test of the internal flash however: [IMG]http://www.scantips.com/lights//images/dsd_4372.jpg[/IMG] That is a Remote SB-800 being triggered at 120 feet by commander in D300 internal flash (It lights up the floor :) ). Cannot say it is in sunlight, since the SB-800 is not in sunlight (indoors was not big enough). It was careful line of sight. I would not expect the SU-800 to do that. Put the red SG-3IR panel on it and it falls to 77 feet (near half, near the side walk). The SB-800 commander only worked at 66 feet (still 14 feet outside). The SB-800 is first version technology, a couple of years older than D300. Nikon specs all of them as 66 feet. [/QUOTE]

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