SB 800 as a commander!

[ozboyerp]

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen,

A quick on,

I've been reading my manuals!!!

I have a SU 800 with 6 SB r200 for macro jobs and work very well, but I would like to use the SB 800 flash as well?

Can I use the SU 800 to control SB r200 and SB 800!!!!!

[chrisk]

of course. set the sb800 to remote mode and fire away.
i think from memory the su800 can control 3 groups, so you can have the sbr's on one group, (or seperate them into 2 groups), and the sb800 on a seperate group to better control strobe output.
(this is the way i set up my sb200's and sb800's)

[aim54x]

DROOLING!!! I want the R1C1 kit as well, and adding more SB-R200's would be awesome.

I think you should be able to use the SB-800 in place of a SU-800 as a commander, but not sure what you will get in terms of lighting though.

[Yi-P]

of course. set the sb800 to remote mode and fire away.
i think from memory the su800 can control 3 groups, so you can have the sbr's on one group, (or seperate them into 2 groups), and the sb800 on a seperate group to better control strobe output.
(this is the way i set up my sb200's and sb800's)

The SB800 can control 3 separate remote group as well as having a Master group which is itself in output control. So if you take the onboard SB800 as a 'firing' unit, you will have 4 groups to control.

[chrisk]

just on the sb-r200's, the close up filter is not included when you purchase sb-r200's seperately to the R1 kit. for macro work i find this invaluable and i think its pathetic that its not included in the sb200 package.

[aim54x]

just on the sb-r200's, the close up filter is not included when you purchase sb-r200's seperately to the R1 kit. for macro work i find this invaluable and i think its pathetic that its not included in the sb200 package.

Thanks for the info Rooz, i'll have to keep that in mind if I am buying SB-R200's

[Oneputt]

Absolutely I do it all the time, makes the R1C1 kit even more effective.

[ozboyerp]

Cool as...

After playing around.

Putting the SU 800 on the D3 I fire all SBR200 and the SB 800 with is Super fine

Guys...

[ozboyerp]

Guys

I shoot out some food photo, and I am more then happy with the result

Cheers Heaps again...

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