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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 556666" data-attributes="member: 12496">CLS is the name of the entire Nikon flash system (last ten years).&nbsp; CLS is the communication system between camera and flash for all features, iTTL, etc, including AWL (Advanced Wireless Lighting), which is the Commander operation.&nbsp; Everyone does call it CLS, possibly few would recognize AWL, but it doesn't technically match Nikons nomenclature. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; But a flash that does CLS does NOT necessarily do AWL with Commander.The line of sight control is a mixed bag. It works great in easy situations, such as a couple of flashes in umbrellas in the living room, and less so sometimes in difficult situations (distance, obstacles, sunlight, etc).&nbsp; It typically does cause pictures of blinking subjects, but FV Lock is the easy work around that. If your camera model has Commander, it will have FV Lock.<a href="http://www.scantips.com/lights/awl.html" target="_blank">Using the Nikon CLS Remote Wireless Flash System</a>Some Yongnuo flashes work with the Commander, specifically the YN-565 and YN-568.&nbsp; My YN565 does.&nbsp;&nbsp; They don't call it AWL, I guess that's Nikons name, but these two can do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 556666, member: 12496"] CLS is the name of the entire Nikon flash system (last ten years). CLS is the communication system between camera and flash for all features, iTTL, etc, including AWL (Advanced Wireless Lighting), which is the Commander operation. Everyone does call it CLS, possibly few would recognize AWL, but it doesn't technically match Nikons nomenclature. :) But a flash that does CLS does NOT necessarily do AWL with Commander. The line of sight control is a mixed bag. It works great in easy situations, such as a couple of flashes in umbrellas in the living room, and less so sometimes in difficult situations (distance, obstacles, sunlight, etc). It typically does cause pictures of blinking subjects, but FV Lock is the easy work around that. If your camera model has Commander, it will have FV Lock. [URL="http://www.scantips.com/lights/awl.html"]Using the Nikon CLS Remote Wireless Flash System[/URL] Some Yongnuo flashes work with the Commander, specifically the YN-565 and YN-568. My YN565 does. They don't call it AWL, I guess that's Nikons name, but these two can do it. [/QUOTE]

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