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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 314806" data-attributes="member: 12496">There are a few ways to trigger the SB-700 off camera.&nbsp; Two common ways are:A radio trigger, which is a transmitter module on the camera hot shoe, and a receiver module on the flash foot.&nbsp; The trigger signal is sent via radio.&nbsp; Most all versions only do Manual flash mode.&nbsp; Some of these are fairly inexpensive, some cost substantially more.Or, the SB-700 has an optical slave sensor built into it, called SU-4 mode.&nbsp; It will trigger (in manual flash mode) from seeing the flash of any other manual flash (so you need this other flash in your system too).&nbsp; This could be the camera internal flash in manual mode.&nbsp; This is a good method indoors, and all studio flash units include such an optical slave sensor.&nbsp; The radio trigger is favored outdoors, and it works indoors too.&nbsp; I don't understand any remote eye you put on the camera.&nbsp; It sounds like it must be an optical slave, but these go on the flash foot instead.&nbsp; And the SB-700 already has a better one built in.Other ways are a PC sync cable, but you would have to add PC connector accessories on both SB-700 and D5200, and it is not wireless.And camera models with a Commander built in (D7000 and up today) can trigger the SB-700 that way, which is the only way that includes off camera TTL mode.&nbsp; A commander can be added to the D5200 hot shoe (for example, another SB-700 flash can be the commander)... but, the cameras without commander still don't have the FV Lock feature, which is sorely needed to prevent pictures of blinking subjects.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 314806, member: 12496"] There are a few ways to trigger the SB-700 off camera. Two common ways are: A radio trigger, which is a transmitter module on the camera hot shoe, and a receiver module on the flash foot. The trigger signal is sent via radio. Most all versions only do Manual flash mode. Some of these are fairly inexpensive, some cost substantially more. Or, the SB-700 has an optical slave sensor built into it, called SU-4 mode. It will trigger (in manual flash mode) from seeing the flash of any other manual flash (so you need this other flash in your system too). This could be the camera internal flash in manual mode. This is a good method indoors, and all studio flash units include such an optical slave sensor. The radio trigger is favored outdoors, and it works indoors too. I don't understand any remote eye you put on the camera. It sounds like it must be an optical slave, but these go on the flash foot instead. And the SB-700 already has a better one built in. Other ways are a PC sync cable, but you would have to add PC connector accessories on both SB-700 and D5200, and it is not wireless. And camera models with a Commander built in (D7000 and up today) can trigger the SB-700 that way, which is the only way that includes off camera TTL mode. A commander can be added to the D5200 hot shoe (for example, another SB-700 flash can be the commander)... but, the cameras without commander still don't have the FV Lock feature, which is sorely needed to prevent pictures of blinking subjects. [/QUOTE]

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