--- In Nikon-D70%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D70
yahoogroups.com, "mdgolfbum" <jim...> wrote:
>
> re: CLS
>
> Thanks all! After doing a lot more research today I'm planning to get
> a couple of SBx00. I haven't made up my mind yet on whether I should
> get an SB800 or a pair of SB600 for nearly the same price. I'm
> assuming that I'll just trigger from the D70 onboard flash. Reading
> through the various reviews I can't find a "killer application" for
> the SB800. Thoughts?
Jim, I'll have to let someone else answer about some of the SB600
features vs the SB800. I have 3 of the SB800's and have no experience
with the SB600. I wanted them all the same, so that I wouldn't have
to learn 2 sets of button sequences (the menus are different on the
600 and the 800). The 800 is more powerful, look at the GN values.
You can use a 5th battery on the 800's (not sure if the 600 offers
that or not) for faster recycling time.
>
> I saw one note that indicated the D70 onboard flash has a bit of
> delay compared to the SB800 when used as a trigger. How about the
> SU800? Getting candids of kids is hard enough without an extra delay.
The system uses "pre-flashes" to set the correct power output on the
units, and then they fire to capture the image. There is a little
delay, but not much. From your comments, your daughter will be
capturing children as they move, I think you said. This may provide
some challenges with trying to keep them in the proper area for the
flashes to provide illumination, unless you have a fairly large area
as the "targeting area" (for lack of a better term). It sounds like
your use of flash units would be best as fill flash, making use of
ambient light as much as possible and having your flashes set up to
provide fill illumination over a wide "play area".
>
> I'm just doing some flash fill experimenting and looking at the
> results on WinXP. I notice that the flash info isn't in the info
> under WinXP Picture and Fax Viewer. I was hoping that it would show
> Flash exposure compensation info there rather than having to write
> it down for each shot. Is it in the EXIF but WinXP doesn't show it?
You'll need to use your editing program (Photoshop, PS Elements, or
whatever) to view the EXIF or get a program that can access the EXIF
data. Use the Advanced Search here in the Yahoo Group, and search on
EXIF in the Subject Area. This has been discussed numerous times, and
there was a recent discussion also. There are programs that you can
get to show the data if you don't want to use your photo editing
program. Also - Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is not "color aware";
and doesn't recognise the color space setting, so you won't see
accurate colors when viewing images with it.
>
T.J.
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