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Nikon SB-400: The Basics

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Uploaded by on Oct 20, 2008

This video demonstrates the basic hands-on demonstration on Nikon's new consumer-grade speedlight of SB-400.

Music: P.S. I love you, by The Beatles

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  • will this work with my d90 with extension rings and a tokina 100mm f2.8 macro

    Thank you

  • Works fine on the D90 but not with that long lens setup. With an extension tube, you'll be required to photograph pretty close to your subject. Doing so, the front of lens will block the flash's light from reaching your subject. This is where proper close-up speedlights come in handy (i.e. Nikon R1C1).

  • @Lilkiwiguy87 I will have it off to the right on a flash bracket so the flash will come from the side. what i meant was, can the sb-400 do full manual mode? I want to use cheap extension tubes that dont have auto metal contacts but i dont think the sb-400 will work with them

  • The SB-400 can still fire, with or without a chipped lens attached. When you hook up the flash to your camera, CSM e2 will change to Optional Flash and, there, you can change the SB-400's mode to either TTL or M. If you're using extension tubes, use M mode and manually adjust the flash valve. SB-400 cannot work wirelessly, an off-camera cord is required (any cord is fine for M but Nikon TTL off-camera cord is required for TTL and M both).

  • Hellow!

    Will I be able to 'raise' the inbuilt flash, and activate the inbuilt flash commander in a D7000 body, if it is mounted with an SB 400 atop?

    Confusing points :

    the manual says : "One need to 'raise' the inbuilt flash, to activate the in-body wireless commander."

    any help would be very much appreciated..

  • No, you need to remove the external flash from your D7000's hot shoe in order to get the popup flash to function properly. D7000's Commander Mode only works with CLS-compatible external flash units (SB-600, -700, -800, -900, and -R200 only) when they're in remote mode. SB-400 cannot be used wirelessly or as a master flash (commander instead of using popup flash).

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  • @icecola79 yes, refer to page 224 of your d7000 user manual.

  • is this compatible with d7000?

  • Yep.

  • I like that he's "shooting" bullets lol...

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