Speedlight SB28DX on a D7200?

bmanley

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Anybody ever use a Speedlight SB28DX on the D7200? Just got the 7200 and already have the speedlight so just wondering if anybody has used one and how well it worked. Have all the charts for setting on the flash but looking for any help
 

WayneF

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The SB-28DX will not do the iTTL automatic flash that the current (last ten years) DSLR can do. Film TTL and early D-TTL flash is very different than todays iTTL.

But you can still use it in flash Manual mode, no issue. It will still be as useful as any other manual mode flash. For another remote flash in a manual flash situation, you could add an inexpensive Ebay optical trigger to its foot (see Optical slave triggers for speedlights )

And you can still use it in flash mode A (non-TTL auto mode), no problem, except that it cannot access the ISO and fstop numbers from the camera hot shoe (flash is not CLS, no bets on that data transfer working). But you can set these camera settings manually into the flash, and then that mode still works too. (so long as the settings don't change in the camera).

Just no TTL.
 
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You will also find when you get the right flash gun in the shoe that the iso goes to 4x the base iso ...ie 100ISO becomes 400 iso
this is not in the manual .....In bright conditions it will stick to the 100 iso but in situations where flash use is normal goes to 400 iso .
If its very dark will go above 400 but for 99% of the time 4x base iso is selected....Nikon seem to have adopted this idea from Canon

Make sure you select 1/320 FP ( flash programme) and use a flash capable of high speed sync to avoid problems if you leave the flash on outside by mistake
 
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