How to use off camera flash

[DAH265]

Thanks so much! I've been attempting to accomplish this using Nikon's user manual for a while with no luck. This has me up and running within 4 minutes. Awesome! Thanks!

[grimfaug666]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial man, really good explained!

[zboe100]

mine has a cord somtimes it flashes sometimes not :(

[bblove302]

I have a question - how do you get your 580EX II to work in a softbox?

I just bought a Photoflex Flash trigger/receiver and it didn't work. When I take a picture using my Canon 50D the flash isn't firing off and when I pressed the test button on the trigger the flash did fire.

It's just whenever I take a picture, the flash isn't firing. is there some sort of special setting that I need to do on my camera?

If you can help me, that would be great. Thank you.

[dilnuwan]

Great

[jigsawpk]

So does this mean that I don't need any sort of wireless transmitter?

Even if the settings are changed I still don't understand how does the flash gun know when to pop? :S

[kermitdafrog121]

@jigsawpk the in-camera flash sets of pre flashes a split second before the shutter goes. these send a signal to the external flash after the camera calculates the required amount of light (it does this all within less than a second). For this reason, the light from the in-camera flash has to be within range of the external unit, so the receiver can pick it up. something like the su-800 uses infra-red instead, so you have a much longer range and can use it on really sunny days.

[vittorbruno]

Congrats! Brazil congrats for you job! thank you for your post!

[SueyBones]

thank you sooo much for this tutorial!!

[Kelseashore]

...slave...flash?



[leanneqld]

Poor Phil doesn't have any best features.

[MsPhancypants]

Thank goodness...the SB800 manual is terrible and I could NOT get this figured out.

[blazinorange1]

Thanks for this tutorial! Is there a video for Canon Cameras? I have a 50D... Thanks again...

[MrKriskard]

Pop up flash still fires on the Nikon D300s even when following all of your directions to a tee...must only work for your camera model.

[RandomCaptionVideos]

no i didnt enjoy watching

[optimusPRIMEn1]

Thanks !!!!!!

[optimusPRIMEn1]

Thank you very much !!!!

[neurofungus]

Thanks! Made getting my flashes up quick and easy.

[neurofungus]

Thanks! Made getting my flashes up quick and easy.

[artistlight]

Thank you for taking the time to post this. It's a great help!

[flutterbydragonfly]

Thanks for the tips!

[nikonguy102]

Go brush you're rotten yellow teeth

[sampreap]

no matter how much lighting set ups and flashes used with expensive modifiers.... ain't gonna help fix that ugly sod's face

[artistlight]

@sampreap God sees the heart, while man looks at the flesh.

[yawdie35]

Great video and info. Thanks.

[mrkickling]

My built in flash fires even thou I have the same settings.. I have a Nikon D80

[Rufflesguy]

creeper...

[BunchOfAddicts]

i came her from watching mw2 videos LOL

[FotoSTUDIO74]

Awesome i just save on flash triggers. Thanks

[whosyourkiller]

SLAVE AND COMMANDER GOT YOU LOL

[sampreap]

would you trust this guy babysitting your kids for one hour?

[Rufflesguy]

@sampreap hummm...never? lol

[appasongs]

I looked all over the net, and couldn't get any help on how to get started with using the D300s and SB 900 as off-camera flash. Your video is the only resource that shows how to get started and get it right ! Thank you so much. I was intimidated by the thoughts of the settings, but your video put me at ease !

[904Childsplay]

Great! Have had this flash for a year and never could figure it out...In 4 min you explained it perfectly!! Thanks....

[JLGALON]

Hello Chris Rutter, I have a d90 and just bought a sb 700. I cannot work it ou how to do an off camera flash , i have read the manuals and seen your tutorials repeatedly but i just cant work it out .

thank you

[PhotographersOnUTube]

@JLGALON It's very easy. I'll be making a video on how to use wireless flash using SB700. The method Chris showed on the menu of D300 is the same except on SB700 you simply switch the button from ON to REMOTE. Once you're on Remote, the flash will work as a slave unit. If you still can't figure it out, then subscribe for my videos as I'll be doing a video on this and other flashes like SB600, SB800 and SB900 along with other tutorials.

[BvgftNbhyu]

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[willcitoman97]

soooooo the on camera flash will NOT go off? and can this technique be done on any nikon camera?

[alborzheydaryan]

EXACTLY! what i needed to know.

thanks a lot for the video.

we need more of these simple videos on youtube teaching the basics of photography.

[ultrakillertoast]

You should read the news.

[christschin1]

so wooden

[ja4307]

Great! Thanks!

[lakis200]

thank you so much!

[INS1977]

simply but very useful !

need start usin remote flashes :)

[CreamMonkey]

did you just manually pull up your pop up flash? please don't do that

[trutec]

genessa5,... your on camera flash is not firing for flash purposes rather for signaling to the remote flash. it will not light up your subject because it's firing milliseconds before, again just as a signal or trigger.

[vampiremoose5]

@trutec .... Your right! I just did a little experiment and the on-camera flash doesn't fire for flash purposes.If you use the same exposure with the off-camera flash off, you'll get the same results because the flash on the built in camera flashes before the photo is taken. Ahhhh nice one! I always had this problem. Thank you!

[bigbone38]

Can you do this with the canon t2i or t1i?

[genessa5]

Ive set up my camera and my flash just like he shows but my flash on my camera is still firing. Do you know what im doing wrong?

[1175ghost]

thanks



[BOOKY200]

i'm deeply thankful for you , for this devoted effort and very nice toturial

[siliconsurf]

what a hot model

[rokoksejuk]

hi, i am confused a little bit. when you are setting the wireless flash, does the on board flash still fires? is it possible to stop this? newbie :D

[hlshcd]

Hi, when I set the build-in flash to two-dash mode - -, i find it still fires, can you explain why?is it possible that my camera has a problem?

[uplift20]

can someone explane how to increase and decrease the flash power on a nikon sb900????????????

[JBSAINE1020]

You explain this so well. I have a new canon Rebel t2i and I don't know if I have that feature. How do I find that out? Thank you so much for explaining!

[krishpanicker]

Many Thanks!

[krishpanicker]

Many Thanks

[thehugh100]

why did i watch this i don't even have a camera... but i'm sure if i did this would help

[keithkosmal]

Thank you so much for this, I got a D300s and I was about to waste 250 dollars on the master slave lol.

[hoypinoymonkeyboy]

sickk vid, funny cuz i use a d300 and a sb800 lool

[asigravitate27]

3:50 Best face ever

[TheOn3LeftBehind]

@asigravitate27 OMFG LMFAO!!!!

[ezramajin]

@asigravitate27 lol!

[shanesoc]

great job , very well explained ! keep up the good work

[Danpepperious]

can i do that with a sb-600...?

[blackxthink]

@Danpepperious

You can ,

Depend on your camera.

it work with d80 , d90 , d300 , and probly all the others

[sladulchik]

@blackxthink

How I can set up the flash(SB600) to connect it to the Nikon d300,it is a different menu on the flash and I'm confused. Please help me. Thanks.

[jonfletcher147]

Great job....I wish you would reply to some of the questions on here though..please! ;)))

[PhotoAnswers]

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[pjos111]

@PhotoAnswers

You said that you did not want any light coming from the pop up flash ! This light fires the slave flashes? The pop up flash does Flash.

[feraudyh]

This video is about a zillion times more effective than the manuals.

[wowpta]

Thank you very much for this really informative video. Following your video I was able to have my remote flash setup and working in just a few minutes.

Excellent Video!

Thanks

Rick

[cabasolo921]

wow thanks for the tip....

[TheRoyaleOne1]

My on camera flash, still flashes even with remote set up. What am I doing wrong?

[dedo2u]

Thank you very much Mr. Chris.

That was very useful.

[MAGICBROWN1]

This is the best teaching on flash I ever watched, also he is very good.

I hope he teach more classes.

[arandomthot5]

HOW DO I TURN OFF THE FLASH!!!! I JUST WAsTED 4 BATTERIES

[EuroInvicta]

@arandomthot5 Rechargeable batteries are best!!

[rrvenkat1]

Hi

I think this is one of the simplest and best video I saw on using wireless flash in you tube. He makes it look very simple thanks for digital photo.

[Tagros]

Thanks! That was very clarifying!

[jesuisz]

thanks so much !!! i have both the same camera and flash and i never knew about these features 1!! you explained it really well 1!! thank you !!

BUT, i did everything exactly as you said an my on camera flash still fires !? do you know why this could be and what i can do to stop it ? thanks again :)

zahra

[ljadalrymple]

Hello i have a Pentax kx and wondering if i am able to use a YN-460 flash without a separate remote and receiver. The camera has a mode that says "fire the built in flash as master in the wireless mode ". Will it work with the flash?

[rhardy10]

Hope someone can help, i have the Nikon D300 and when i turn my in built flash off like Chris, it leaves 1/1 in the comp colum, whereas Chris' changes to 0.

So everytime i fire, it fires my inbuilt flash at the same time and blows out the subject!!! any ideas

[kzrick188]

@rhardy10

Go into your camera menu > Bracketing/Flash>Built-in Flash> Commander Mode> Built-in and set it to --.

[STLHRC]

@rhardy10

Dial your flash down.

I would recommend buying a sync cord so you don't have to use the built in flash at all.

[slashed60]

@STLHRC yer but if you turn ur on camera flash off, then there'll be no change in effect annyway, all its then doing is sending the signals to the slave.

[ImageXPhoto]

@slashed60

You don't have to turn it off. Just dial the flash down some.

[d1eynon]

Thanks for helping me to finally getting my remote flash to work!

[pahhhoul]

Very informative video. However you could have made the video half as short if you would have gone directly to setting up the flash for remote use which is what I wish you did.

Secondly, would you happen to know if you can setup a Nikon SB600 remotely with a D5000?

[AZNFlipy12]

@pahhhoul you have to buy a seperate accessory to allow that because the 5000 does not have a commander mode

[Lumixster]

Hi, just wanted to you, you seem very experienced with SB-800, I have just bought one and first time i used it with D300s, flash goes off lightly 3 times n real flash burst happens...I have i explained myself, flash goes off 1 2 3....in a quick mode n real flash burst happens...how can i stop that 1 2 3 n just have 1 flash happen? what am I doing wrong?

[AZNFlipy12]

@Lumixster these are the preflashes to prevent red eye and to correctly set the power of the flash if you want to turn this off press and hold your popup flash button and use the thumb wheel to change it to the flash symbol without the eye

[bobcorn1990]

thanks man that was great

helped me a lot :)

[dreichmuth]

Thank you Photoanswers!

[asadbutt1234]

thankyou very much hosh karay

[nikonguy102]

Stupid review

[Lumixster]

Thank you very much,helped so much

[vyruzdatabass]

thanks for the info!

[Jlr405]

Thanks very helpfull!!!!

[TutorialPascal]

i have the d40 and i dont have the menu flash..what should i do?

[tracymot]

great thank you!

[spen45]

does my d3 have this option, i can't find it.

[KokoroNoSama]

delightful video :3

[ElOriginalRubendj]

Health to work with the Nikon 5000 and SB 6000 as thanks

[tvbmtvnc]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[weasel98433]

You know, everytime I read people's comments on how to videos I'm absolutely fucking amazed at how many people DO NOT READ THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL. Look, I've never considered myself a photographer but read the instruction manuals. All of this I already knew before seeing the video. I ame in here looking for ideals on what angle to set up with and got something out of it. What I didn't get was how to turn the damn function on. The instructions in the manuals are quite clear.

[SteU4IA]

P.H.I.L lol

[mpksri]

Thanks

[wondnaereh]

Can you please tell me what remote flash trigger I can use for when I am out of range of the IR signal? I have a Nikon D80 and Nikon SB 800 flash. Please make a few suggestions, as I am a poor person and cannot buy the most expensive thing out there and eat at the same time.

Thank you

[photoman022]

There is a question where to purchase triggers for $10. They are called "optical wireless triggers." They work as slave triggers for your off camera flash. I bought mine on ebay for around $10 each, postage included. They work great indoors. I doubt they work outside because they have to pick up the light from your master. You can use your on camera flash for the master. My nikon d40 lets me set my on camera flash. And I set it for 1/32 power. Only misfires are when flash doesn't recycle

[Koroush51]

what if you don't have a D300?

Then what the hell do you do?

[archedmandible]

@Koroush51

It works with a D80 and (I think) D70 too.

Great video. This guy just saved me some money because I thought I'd need to buy a transmitter to fire off my flash remotely.

[Koroush51]

I'm going to have to buy a transmitter then.

[archedmandible]

@Koroush51

You could also look for a flash with a PC firing cord (my SB 600 doesn't have one) and run a physical cord from your cam to your flash to fire it off.

Or you could get a shoe-mount slave for your flash too, which would fire off the flash when it detects another flash, like that from your cam.

The transmitter thing might work best, but goddamn is it expensive!

[llamasrage]

@archedmandible Me too, I thought "commander mode" meant you still needed to buy a trigger, I just got my SB-600 and it works great with my D90 like this.

[archedmandible]

@llamasrage

Something you should know.

I used my SB-600 to shoot a Christmas lime and to my horror found everyone's eyes were closed or closing in almost every shot.

Apparently Commander mode flashes twice; Once to send wireless data and the second time when the shutter actually opens.

BUT... I found that rolling up a small piece of exposed film and taping it onto my pop-up flash blocks the light of the flash, but still allows the infra-red data to pass through and trigger the SB-600.

[llamasrage]

Very cool, thanks for the tip!

[wondnaereh]

That is because you need to turn off the modeling flash on your camera. It fires before you take the pictures almost always insuring you get that stupid almost closed eye shot.

[archedmandible]

@wondnaereh

What you're thinking of is the 'Flash Value' flash. That can be avoided by using FV Lock.

But even with FV Lock on and 'Built-in Flash' set to '- -' (as in the video), the pop-up flash STILL fires a fraction of a second before the main flashes. Trust me.

Or try it yourself; Point your cam and your remote flash toward yourself and keep your eyes open as you trigger. You'll see happen.

[AZNFlipy12]

@archedmandible or you could set the built in flash to --

[Fenix717]

has D90 remote commander? and does it can work with sb 600? i thought just with sb800 and sb900

[llamasrage]

Yes, nikon's CLS works with the D90 and SB600, I use it

[Fenix717]

and with D90?

[photoman022]

I have a nikon d40. i bought some slave flashes on ebay. I use my on camera flash set at 1/32 power as the master. it triggers my slave flashes. I also bought some optical wireless triggers (about $10 including shipping) and purchased some cheaper flashes on ebay. using the same on camera flash set up i can trigger multiples flashes for fairly reasonable amounts of money.

[Koroush51]

Wow where did you get triggers for 10 bucks? Please share.

[AZNFlipy12]

@Koroush51 the d90 is the cheapest one with commander mode

[lukeschillin]

Thanks so much Chris, big help indeeed and very simple

[damianpor2]

Good video, except the video name should be more specific, for the d 90 isnt the world of flash cams. it is only the d90 with the sb800.

properly naming the video would had helped alot in the past.

thank you.

[Fenix717]

D90 with what flashes can work with remote commander?

[hewlooo]

@Fenix717 yes it does. I am using D90 and SB800.

[dvdragon]

I have an SB600. It works with the D90.

[artc1688]

Is it possible to trigger the wireless flash without popping up the built-in flash?

[viggiv]

yes

[archedmandible]

@artc1688

If you're using Nikon equiptment, you can get an SU-800, which attaches to your cam and triggers the wireless flash with infrared.

But the cost!

An SU-800 can cost more than a whole new flash!

[kaouthiavideo]

@archedmandible

For the cost difference, you're better off just getting another SB-900 rather than an SU-800. Only slightly higher price, more versatile because you can rotate and angle the head (you can't on the SU-800), and it's a flash too for if you've ever shooting with a body that does have a buit-in flash that can be used as a commander.

[Andyhinds]

Thank you very much. I learnt a lot from that as I have the same camera and flash unit.

[enjoytheridedc]

lol this is terrible.. just say that the "flashgun" or stobe as we call it in the USA is triggered by the light of the flash on the camera theres no magical sensor in the "flashgun" to sense that youre taking a pic, theres a light sensor...

[rymdrobbe]

@enjoytheridedc Except that there isn't... Nikon as well as Canon have a much more sofisticated communication protocoll than the "oh, there was some ligth, fire the flash" schema used on older flash units and most studio flashes.

The camera actually communicates flash power etc for each photo so that you can use full auto mode just as you could with the flash on the camera...

[robyhappot]

Thank you very much ! This is very useful !!!

[Pileofdiscs]

Have you got something in your mouth?

[xllz3x]

Thank you

[surferbro13]

QUESTION: how do i make it so that the built in flash does not flash. only the external flash flashes.. THANKS!!!

[Kingsnake1]

what kind of camera do you have? usually there is a flash options menu in the settings to disable built in flash.

or more normally if you have one in the hot shoe it disables it automatically.

[eforce1200]

He shows you at 2:04 (begins with turning menu on). Of course it depends on your model camera. I have a D70 and the pop up flash will not fire in commander mode regardless. There isn't any way to adjust it or turn it on like the D300.

[JohnnyBoyzRawr]

watch from 2:24 - 2:30

[sexualburgerking]

@surferbro13 this question is clearly answered in this video.

[AZNFlipy12]

@surferbro13 goto the flash menu and set the built in flash to --

[rocklobster2112]

The video that explains it perfectly the first time. Thank you...

[kellygiz]

You are an awesome photo nerd.

[MrFiction80]

Brilliant! Thanks!

[xjoncamposx]

Thank you, thank you so much.

[kevman5]

I bought a Vivitar DF400MZ and it works fine with it. I now see a purplish/yellow bar from where i was looking directly into the flash when setting it up :(.

[reneeandben]

Thank you, very well explained and presented.

[VayCayMom]

THANK YOU. finally someone that makes each step clear and precise. Not everyone that has great equipment has experience to go along. Some beginners buy high end and don't know the basics!

[loco039]

Can I do that with my CANON 50D?

[BarrackObamah]

no u cant. that's why nikon is better.

[TassieXJ]

Thankyou so much, I have read the manual, but still couldn't figure it out until I saw your video. Thanks again

[saithihahseng]

thanks u so much for this video... i really want to know about that... :D :D

[jazzingman]

Thanks, it worked perfectly !!!

[z05f3r47u]

i can do that with my 400D (canon) and a Canon speedlite 430ex II? or a nissin speedlite Di622 ?

[XSweeneyToddX]

very useful, my D80 also has that option it's great.

[arcobalenoblue]

grazie tanto....

[qwasd0r]

Thanks!

[bman903]

would this work with the SB 600?

[pranusri]

yep it works with sb600. which camera do u have?

[z05f3r47u]

i cand do this with :

the canon 500D/rebel T1i .. and the canon speedlite 430ex II ??

[akeu08]

simuneer  Thank You :) Appreciate someone "normal". In D90 even if you do what video says it shows in Mode (--) and in Comp dimmed (1/1) not empty.

[akeu08]

Thank you for easy explanation of basic off flash setting. I tried with my D90 and SB-900. It works, but...built in flash still fires :( Why? I did all you said here, but it still fires.

[nzrockdj]

Thats because you left it switched on you idiot. In commander mode in the D90 you can switch the on camera flash off.

[akeu08]

I don`t think is very appreciate to call someone you don`t know "idiot". It seems like you are too proud of yourself, but remember you are not the one on YT. Again, I did what you showed so... who is idiot here. You may not know D90 model.

[morsha]

The D90 will always do some pre-flashes to measure exposure (TTL) and to communicate with the SB-900.

These flashes will not influence the actual exposure on the image if you have turned this flash of in the menus.

[mkz24]

thanks

[simuneer]

akeu, pay no attention to nzrockdj, the on camera falsh on the D90 will fire a tiny flash. Annoying but it should not have an effect on your results.

[kukindal]

I am having the same problem :(

[RMPalm2000]

I find this video to be good and informative, but I think it should have gone more into light diffusion. It's just my opinion here, but I feel like direct flash is always far to unflattering. I would suggest an attachable soft box, or diffuser like the gary fong lightsphere or whale tail .