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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 307027" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>I think you mean remote (off-camera) flash with Commander, but the D3100 does not have the Commander to make that possible. The SL slave mode, including Channel 1-4 and Group A, B, C, is only for the Commander. D7100 and up models have the commander.</p><p></p><p>Someone will mention it, so I might as well too. Some flashes (SB-700, SB-800, SB-900) also have a commander in them... One of them on the hot shoe can be a commander for the D3100, and can control remote flashes, including the YN565EX in SL slave mode. However, the dirty part is that the Commander also needs the FV Lock feature to prevent pictures of the subject blinking, and only camera models with a Commander have that feature. There is a SU-800 commander (without its own flash) which uses infrared to minimize this blinking, but the remote TTL preflashes can still cause blinking.</p><p></p><p>Your D3100 choices are hot shoe flash (either TTL or Manual flash mode).</p><p>This can include a hot shoe extension cord, Nikon SC-28 cord, but these are relatively short.</p><p></p><p>Or off-camera flash only in Manual flash mode, in three ways:</p><p></p><p>1. Using Yongnuo S1 slave mode. Then the flash from any other Manual flash will trigger it. Which could be the camera internal flash, either also contributing light into the picture, or set to a very low power level so it won't affect the picture much, but should still trigger the flash. On the Yongnuo, the sensor is on the front of the flash. The flash head swivels, so you can rotate the front of the body towards camera to see the slave trigger, and the flash head at the subject.</p><p></p><p>Or, 2 & 3, off camera flash could use a radio trigger or a PC sync cord, both are Manual flash mode.</p><p></p><p>No blinking problem with Manual flash in these three ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 307027, member: 12496"] I think you mean remote (off-camera) flash with Commander, but the D3100 does not have the Commander to make that possible. The SL slave mode, including Channel 1-4 and Group A, B, C, is only for the Commander. D7100 and up models have the commander. Someone will mention it, so I might as well too. Some flashes (SB-700, SB-800, SB-900) also have a commander in them... One of them on the hot shoe can be a commander for the D3100, and can control remote flashes, including the YN565EX in SL slave mode. However, the dirty part is that the Commander also needs the FV Lock feature to prevent pictures of the subject blinking, and only camera models with a Commander have that feature. There is a SU-800 commander (without its own flash) which uses infrared to minimize this blinking, but the remote TTL preflashes can still cause blinking. Your D3100 choices are hot shoe flash (either TTL or Manual flash mode). This can include a hot shoe extension cord, Nikon SC-28 cord, but these are relatively short. Or off-camera flash only in Manual flash mode, in three ways: 1. Using Yongnuo S1 slave mode. Then the flash from any other Manual flash will trigger it. Which could be the camera internal flash, either also contributing light into the picture, or set to a very low power level so it won't affect the picture much, but should still trigger the flash. On the Yongnuo, the sensor is on the front of the flash. The flash head swivels, so you can rotate the front of the body towards camera to see the slave trigger, and the flash head at the subject. Or, 2 & 3, off camera flash could use a radio trigger or a PC sync cord, both are Manual flash mode. No blinking problem with Manual flash in these three ways. [/QUOTE]
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