On some Nikon flashes you are looking for a curved arrow symbol that signifies it is set to be controlled wirelessly. No need to change it but note what channel is selected as your flash will need to be set to the corresponding channel.įlash Settings (varies depending on flash model).This means that the camera’s built-in flash will only trigger the off-camera flash and won’t add any additional light to your exposure. If you haven’t messed around with this it will probably be set to TTL. The first line item is Built-in flash, scroll right to highlight the Mode column.

Choose the last selection on this list – Commander mode.Choose e3 on the list – Flash cntrl for built-in flash.Scroll down and select menu “e” – Bracketing/flash.Setup for Nikon Equipment Camera Settings (menu locations may vary depending on camera model) If you have a camera and a hot-shoe-mounted flash unit that are capable and you haven’t taken advantage of it yet, this is the point where you should start getting excited. Manually controlling an off-camera flash isn’t the end of the world but it requires more thought and consideration to balance the flash and camera settings to achieve desired results. Partly because it’s such a cool trick and partly because it is easy to achieve awesome results right away. Voila! Directional, moody lighting.įirst time users of this method will think they just discovered sorcery. It was placed at 45-degree from the subject and aimed towards the food. Exact same settings as the photo above except the flash was setup off-camera in remote mode, with TTL metering.

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