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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 472968" data-attributes="member: 6277">I was having some of those same problems with my D7100 and SB700. When you set the commander mode there are options to change whether the onboard adds to the lighting or not. It you set it to off if will still fire but it is before the main flash so it does not add to the lighting. I think there is also a setting that can change the output of the SB700. Go to E3 under the Custom Setting menu / Bracketing/flash.&nbsp; Flash cntl for built in flash. That is where you set it for CMD mode (I know you know this but this is for the benefit of the ones who might like to try this) . Click OK on E3 - Scroll down to CMD and click OK. Here is where you can tell the camera if yoiu want the built in to add to the light or now and also the mode you want the SB700 in. There is a second column for COMP.&nbsp; This lets you tell the system to do an automatic exposure compensation on the lights. I was not really happy with the CMD mode and it can get very picky and not go off every time if the slightest thing is not pointed in the right direction. That is why I went with trigger. They go off every time and I can control the posed of each unit directly from the transmitter on the camera.&nbsp; Wonderful system.&nbsp; I set it all up a few minutes ago for the first time and got a couple quick shots.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 472968, member: 6277"] I was having some of those same problems with my D7100 and SB700. When you set the commander mode there are options to change whether the onboard adds to the lighting or not. It you set it to off if will still fire but it is before the main flash so it does not add to the lighting. I think there is also a setting that can change the output of the SB700. Go to E3 under the Custom Setting menu / Bracketing/flash. Flash cntl for built in flash. That is where you set it for CMD mode (I know you know this but this is for the benefit of the ones who might like to try this) . Click OK on E3 - Scroll down to CMD and click OK. Here is where you can tell the camera if yoiu want the built in to add to the light or now and also the mode you want the SB700 in. There is a second column for COMP. This lets you tell the system to do an automatic exposure compensation on the lights. I was not really happy with the CMD mode and it can get very picky and not go off every time if the slightest thing is not pointed in the right direction. That is why I went with trigger. They go off every time and I can control the posed of each unit directly from the transmitter on the camera. Wonderful system. I set it all up a few minutes ago for the first time and got a couple quick shots. [/QUOTE]

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