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Help with getting the external flash to work when using a trigger...
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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 463851" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>By "external", do you mean a hot shoe flash on the hot shoe (they are called "external", i.e., not internal), or do you mean a remote standalone flash?</p><p></p><p>If the internal flash pops up interfering with a hot shoe external flash, then <strong>get out of camera Auto mode</strong>. In camera A,S,P, or M modes, the internal flash is not involved at all, UNLESS and when you manually open its door. But in Auto mode, the internal flash pops up anytime it thinks flash is needed (surely presence of a hot shoe flash disables that, at least one with CLS communication, but I don't have camera with Auto to know).</p><p></p><p>If you mean a remote standalone flash, there are only a few ways to trigger a remote flash:</p><p></p><p>1. A sync cord, like a PC sync cord, or hot shoe extension cord, from camera to flash.</p><p></p><p>2. A radio trigger device, transmitter on the camera hot shoe, and receiver on the remote flash.</p><p></p><p>3. An optical slave on the flash, triggered by a flash from another flash, like for example the internal flash in Manual flash mode. (Nikon Commander is sort of a very special case of this).</p><p>I am guessing your remote flash has that capability, but it has to see a flash to fire itself.</p><p></p><p> It has to be one of those ways, the flash cannot read our minds. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 463851, member: 12496"] By "external", do you mean a hot shoe flash on the hot shoe (they are called "external", i.e., not internal), or do you mean a remote standalone flash? If the internal flash pops up interfering with a hot shoe external flash, then [B]get out of camera Auto mode[/B]. In camera A,S,P, or M modes, the internal flash is not involved at all, UNLESS and when you manually open its door. But in Auto mode, the internal flash pops up anytime it thinks flash is needed (surely presence of a hot shoe flash disables that, at least one with CLS communication, but I don't have camera with Auto to know). If you mean a remote standalone flash, there are only a few ways to trigger a remote flash: 1. A sync cord, like a PC sync cord, or hot shoe extension cord, from camera to flash. 2. A radio trigger device, transmitter on the camera hot shoe, and receiver on the remote flash. 3. An optical slave on the flash, triggered by a flash from another flash, like for example the internal flash in Manual flash mode. (Nikon Commander is sort of a very special case of this). I am guessing your remote flash has that capability, but it has to see a flash to fire itself. It has to be one of those ways, the flash cannot read our minds. :) [/QUOTE]
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