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Postby shaunus on Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:14 pm

Went out to Waikerie, up near the Riverland in SA on Saturday night and took these.

I am still struggling with my SB800. Anyone have any tips with the repeater flash mode?

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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:19 pm

#3 and #4 are great and my pic of the bunch, I'd probably be leading you astray if I offered any help with the sb-800, (blind leading the blind).


The last shot is really interesting, what settings did you have the Sb-800 set at ?
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Postby BBJ on Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:33 pm

Shaun, Great shots mate and well yeh i have given up trying to work the flash out.LOL I have not been able to work that repeat flash out as i think i have seen a lot of jouno's use it i think well looks like it to me, but have not worked it out. I have aquired a Metz flash so this a pic of my setup now and will give it a go soon at speedway.
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Postby Aussie Dave on Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:38 pm

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what model Metz is that ? CT5 ??

If you don't mind me asking, what is your reasoning for ditching the SB800 in favour of the Metz ? I'd have thought the SB800 would be quite an advancement over the Metz - especially with a late model Nikon dSLR(though I am far from an expert on these matters :))
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:57 pm

Wow - Off Topic, but that's a seriously sized Flash.

Love how it has a hand grip for easier handholding. I'm with Aussie Dave, why the change of flash ?
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Postby BBJ on Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:31 pm

This flash is a 60CT 2 Metz, i am going to give it a try as want something with a bit of punch to it as a mate used to shoot speedway with film and had it sitting home doing nothing so i pinched it too try. It has a seperate battery that you charge up and yeh i like the SB800, but i have noticed 1 fellow who shoots canon has 2 flashes on on camera and one on a flash bracket, so yeh will still use sb800 early evening and then swap over to the Metz, all trial and error of course.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:35 pm

Well definitely keen to hear how your trial and error does John. Looks like a fun toy to play with regardless. :)
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Postby shaunus on Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:34 pm

as for the repeater flash, i can get it to work on a 2 second shutter, but thats pretty useless when i am trying to shot around 160 to 200 at night.

alpha_7 - thats just a sequence of 3 shots stitched together

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