Sb-28 as master

[reakeener1970]

Does anyone know if my digital camera's Metz 52 af-1 (nikon) (analogous to sb-800-ish, so if you know how an sb-800 would work it is probably the same) could be optically triggered as a slave using an on-camera sb-28 (on a Nikon F5) as the master.
It does have a slave sensor that i use with my D7100's pop-up flash as master all the time, just wondering if an sb-28 could trigger it (even in a simple manual mode).
Basically trying to get the same capability on my F5 that i have on my D7100.
Thanks! (Ps not at home where i can try this out right now and trying to plan what i need for a session. )

 

[Chan Tran]

Does anyone know if my digital camera's Metz 52 af-1 (nikon) (analogous to sb-800-ish, so if you know how an sb-800 would work it is probably the same) could be optically triggered as a slave using an on-camera sb-28 (on a Nikon F5) as the master.
It does have a slave sensor that i use with my D7100's pop-up flash as master all the time, just wondering if an sb-28 could trigger it (even in a simple manual mode).
Basically trying to get the same capability on my F5 that i have on my D7100.
Thanks! (Ps not at home where i can try this out right now and trying to plan what i need for a session. )

You can trigger the flash remotely but the F5 doesn't support CLS and thus can not control the flash power of the remote flash.

 

[reakeener1970]

Yes, I can definitely confirm it works in servo mode as I am now partially blind and see nothing but a purple rectangle burned into my retinas. You can manually set power on the flash itself (the Metz 52 af-1).

As a followup, would a cable-connected Nikon flash (via sc-19) (say, sb-28 on camera hotshoe and sb-24 connected via cable) be able to have its power output controlled by the the camera during exposure (i.e. some kind of TTL) (I know there are a myriad of them...)?

 

[John_Nikon_F]

Yeah, that should work. Even the Metz would work, provided it will do TTL on a film body. You'd need an AS-10 shoe in addition to the SC-19 cable. You would probably want that anyway, otherwise you'd be holding the SB-24 or having someone else hold it for you.

LOL, had a *SPUT* episode? BTDT a few times.

-J

 

[skorpiius]

Sweet, I just got an SB-28 for my F100 and didn't even realize it can act as a controller, glad I read this.

 

[reakeener1970]

You can trigger the flash remotely but the F5 doesn't support CLS and thus can not control the flash power of the remote flash.

Could I use an SU-800 (SU not SB) "wireless speed light controller" on the F5 to control the output of the remote flashes? Or would that not work on an F5 for some reason?

 

[reakeener1970]

Could I use an SU-800 (SU not SB) "wireless speed light controller" on the F5 to control the output of the remote flashes? Or would that not work on an F5 for some reason?

Nevermind. Just found answer on answers.nikon.usa: "... with the F5 you will need to use the SC-30 TTL cord."