Posted: 12/6/2007 1:49:07 PM EDT
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I've got an older Nikon Speedlight--the SB-28. I never knew how to use it because I didn't have a manual. A friend of mine who manages a store gave it to me after it had been sitting in their lost and found box for 2 years. Anyhow, I just got a new Nikon D40x, and low and behold, the manual for the SB-28 is now posted online. I've been using the camera in M and the flash in A and it seems to be working pretty damned good boucing the light. The results, driving things manually at least indoors, are infinitely better than point the flash straight on (which is I think where all the TTL stuff comes into play). So my question is, would I really be benefitted by getting a modern speedlight (SB600/800) which really talks to the camera? Where would it really pay off? Thanks, Ty |
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You mean the SB28 doesn't do TTL on your camera? It seems to be pretty far advanced. If not, you are stuck using the auto feature. Hell, my SB16 is fully TTL OTF mode compatable. I burned many a set of NiCds on my photo trips. I always had three sets and had all remote cabling for multiple setup. |
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I have a SB-28 that I've been using on my Nikon CP-5400 and it works great. I recently bought a D80 and just like the D40x it uses the iTTL instead of the TTL format and while the SB-28 sort of works, it doesn't work as well as the SB-400 SB-600 or SB-800. I upgraded to the SB-600 and it was a huge improvement. The SB-28 just gathers dust now.... |
Right. As far as I can tell, the TTL mode on the SB28 doesn't work. I've been using it in M or A. |