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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 586099" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>You cannot use the commander to trigger optical slave triggers. The Commander is a very different system entirely. Remote flashes must be in REMOTE mode to use Commander.</p><p></p><p>Because, the commander does lots of flashing before the shutter opens for the final flash, for example, flashing commands to set each remote flash group to its proper power level. This flashing will trigger the optical slaves too early, before the shutter opens. Won't be useful. S2 mode can ignore simple TTL preflash, but it cannot ignore all of the Commander flashing. Simply very different systems.</p><p></p><p>To use the remote S1 optical slave system, and trigger with internal flash, then instead set the internal flash to Manual (not Commander) and set a very low Manual power level for it, which should be sufficient for triggering.</p><p></p><p>Commander system is simply NOT to be mixed with other manual flash gear.</p><p></p><p>There are a few ifs and buts (see <a href="http://www.scantips.com/lights/awl2.html#compat" target="_blank">Using the Nikon CLS Remote Wireless Flash System - Part 2</a> ), but why fight the right way?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 586099, member: 12496"] You cannot use the commander to trigger optical slave triggers. The Commander is a very different system entirely. Remote flashes must be in REMOTE mode to use Commander. Because, the commander does lots of flashing before the shutter opens for the final flash, for example, flashing commands to set each remote flash group to its proper power level. This flashing will trigger the optical slaves too early, before the shutter opens. Won't be useful. S2 mode can ignore simple TTL preflash, but it cannot ignore all of the Commander flashing. Simply very different systems. To use the remote S1 optical slave system, and trigger with internal flash, then instead set the internal flash to Manual (not Commander) and set a very low Manual power level for it, which should be sufficient for triggering. Commander system is simply NOT to be mixed with other manual flash gear. There are a few ifs and buts (see [url=http://www.scantips.com/lights/awl2.html#compat]Using the Nikon CLS Remote Wireless Flash System - Part 2[/url] ), but why fight the right way? [/QUOTE]
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