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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 270158" data-attributes="member: 12496">Are you certain the camera internal flash is in Manual flash mode?&nbsp; You said lowest level (which is fine, should work), but D610 menu E3 must select Manual (not TTL, and not Commander, neither of those will work, both will do what you report, which is my suspicion).&nbsp;&nbsp; E3 TTL or Commander menu choices will fire early commands or preflash which makes the optical slave trigger early, before the shutter is open (100% ineffective).&nbsp; This is an extremely common problem/question about slaves not triggering right, so it is my automatic assumption, it is always the answer.&nbsp; The first thing is to make sure D610 menu E3 says Manual flash mode.&nbsp; Then it should work, and lowest power level there probably works fine too.&nbsp;&nbsp; I really feel that has to be the only actual problem.I could not say the Neewer will &quot;sync better&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; That mostly depends on the camera flash being in real Manual mode.&nbsp; Neewer does have internal slaves, powered by the batteries, instead of powered by the sync voltage (so generally more sensitive).&nbsp; It has two slave modes, S1 and S2.&nbsp;&nbsp; S1 is regular optical slave that you would want, and S2 will ignore the TTL preflash (but probably not the commander commands), allowing it to be used with compact cameras that have no manual flash mode.&nbsp;&nbsp; It will have manual power level in 1/3 stops, and just generally modern, and in new prime condition. Here it is on their web site:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.neewer.com/index.php/neewer/product/188#.Uw0lZoVIqrg" target="_blank">neewer</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 270158, member: 12496"] Are you certain the camera internal flash is in Manual flash mode? You said lowest level (which is fine, should work), but D610 menu E3 must select Manual (not TTL, and not Commander, neither of those will work, both will do what you report, which is my suspicion). E3 TTL or Commander menu choices will fire early commands or preflash which makes the optical slave trigger early, before the shutter is open (100% ineffective). This is an extremely common problem/question about slaves not triggering right, so it is my automatic assumption, it is always the answer. The first thing is to make sure D610 menu E3 says Manual flash mode. Then it should work, and lowest power level there probably works fine too. I really feel that has to be the only actual problem. I could not say the Neewer will "sync better". That mostly depends on the camera flash being in real Manual mode. Neewer does have internal slaves, powered by the batteries, instead of powered by the sync voltage (so generally more sensitive). It has two slave modes, S1 and S2. S1 is regular optical slave that you would want, and S2 will ignore the TTL preflash (but probably not the commander commands), allowing it to be used with compact cameras that have no manual flash mode. It will have manual power level in 1/3 stops, and just generally modern, and in new prime condition. Here it is on their web site: [URL="http://www.neewer.com/index.php/neewer/product/188#.Uw0lZoVIqrg"]neewer[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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