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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 627654" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>The SB-700 also has the DX zoom mode, however, it has weaker options in Commander mode. And it is a weaker flash than the SB-800 or Yongnuo. Power is a big factor for bounce flash, and bounce flash is the way to go (when possible).</p><p></p><p>I agree that the Yongnuo flashes are very good, and fully powered, and bargain priced, very hard to ignore. The Nikon flashes are also very good, but no price bargain.</p><p></p><p>One thing the Nikon flashes offer that third party flashes don't is that the flash Ready Indicator is seen in the camera view finder with Nikon flashes. The one in the viewfinder becomes meaningless for other brand flashes.</p><p></p><p>But one strong thing the SB-800 offers (and the SB-910, and one Metz model), that the SB-700 or other brands don't have, is the menu to select TTL vs TTL BL metering mode.</p><p></p><p>The TTL menu just means automatic metered flash. The camera metering system then has two modes for it, called TTL or TTL BL. Camera Spot Metering will select TTL (but Spot refers only to ambient, it does not refer to the flash, the flash has its own metering zone). Otherwise, the camera metering default is TTL BL mode.</p><p></p><p>Nikon cameras are TTL BL by default. TTL BL is "balanced fill flash". And it is very nice in many outdoor situations in bright sun. TTL mode is not balanced, the flash does whatever the flash meters, independent of and regardless of whatever the ambient meters (which means outdoor TTL fill flash will be greatly overexposed without manual compensation, which of course, we know to do about -1 2/3 EV FC then). Other brand flashes and the SB-700 will cause TTL BL metering, which is automation that handles the outdoors flash compensation itself, nicely too. </p><p> </p><p>But indoors with bounce flash, I find I am always in SB-800 TTL mode (meaning the TTL menu mode that is NOT TTL BL mode).</p><p></p><p>TTL metering mode means that if you want more or less flash than you're getting, Flash Compensation directly controls it.</p><p></p><p>TTL BL mode is doing other automated things too, and Flash Compensation may or may not have the exact expected result.</p><p></p><p>My own notion is that TTL vs. TTL BL metering mode certainly ought to be a Nikon camera menu option, but it's not. Spot metering is generally the only way, but that also has other very strong effects in bright ambient.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 627654, member: 12496"] The SB-700 also has the DX zoom mode, however, it has weaker options in Commander mode. And it is a weaker flash than the SB-800 or Yongnuo. Power is a big factor for bounce flash, and bounce flash is the way to go (when possible). I agree that the Yongnuo flashes are very good, and fully powered, and bargain priced, very hard to ignore. The Nikon flashes are also very good, but no price bargain. One thing the Nikon flashes offer that third party flashes don't is that the flash Ready Indicator is seen in the camera view finder with Nikon flashes. The one in the viewfinder becomes meaningless for other brand flashes. But one strong thing the SB-800 offers (and the SB-910, and one Metz model), that the SB-700 or other brands don't have, is the menu to select TTL vs TTL BL metering mode. The TTL menu just means automatic metered flash. The camera metering system then has two modes for it, called TTL or TTL BL. Camera Spot Metering will select TTL (but Spot refers only to ambient, it does not refer to the flash, the flash has its own metering zone). Otherwise, the camera metering default is TTL BL mode. Nikon cameras are TTL BL by default. TTL BL is "balanced fill flash". And it is very nice in many outdoor situations in bright sun. TTL mode is not balanced, the flash does whatever the flash meters, independent of and regardless of whatever the ambient meters (which means outdoor TTL fill flash will be greatly overexposed without manual compensation, which of course, we know to do about -1 2/3 EV FC then). Other brand flashes and the SB-700 will cause TTL BL metering, which is automation that handles the outdoors flash compensation itself, nicely too. But indoors with bounce flash, I find I am always in SB-800 TTL mode (meaning the TTL menu mode that is NOT TTL BL mode). TTL metering mode means that if you want more or less flash than you're getting, Flash Compensation directly controls it. TTL BL mode is doing other automated things too, and Flash Compensation may or may not have the exact expected result. My own notion is that TTL vs. TTL BL metering mode certainly ought to be a Nikon camera menu option, but it's not. Spot metering is generally the only way, but that also has other very strong effects in bright ambient. [/QUOTE]
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