Grays' Live Stream: Let's talk Nikon Speedlights Compatibility

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Grays' Live Stream: Let's talk Nikon Speedlights Compatibility

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@gilbertsandberg4736 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to add my comments, after the session... re: PC I was led to believe it was name after Prontor-Compur, the German leaf-shutter manufacturer The popular explanation is Poor Contact For that reason Nikon added a screw fitting (starting with the last iteration of the NIkon F) Re: BC and cables As far as I know one does not need a cable when mounting it on a camera like F/F2 re: why no ISO hot shoe on some early Nikons ? My take: On the Nikon F and F2, the interchangeble finder was not considered strong enough to mount a flash on the finder, hence the alternative flash-sloe over the rewind-assembly. re: SB-800 As far as I know it has the widest compatibility of any Nikon flash, one could use it (with some limitations) from the Nikon F to D6 (that is a spread of over fifty years) I agree the ergonomics are horrible, but the small size , compatibility and moderate secondhand cost make it attractive.

@north45j 3 жыл бұрын

On the Nikon F and F2 there are contacts for triggering a flash above the rewind knob. The Nikon BC flash unit had corresponding contacts built in to mate with those contacts. Nikon also made a hot shoe that slid over those contact allowing other flash units such as the Vivitar 283 to be used without a pc cord.

@greyghost938 3 жыл бұрын

The designation BC for the early flash units such as the BC-7 shown mounted on the Nikon F today stands for Battery Capacitor (the battery for the firing voltage and the capacitor for firing)

@UmbertoAmante 11 ай бұрын

I killed my top of the line Sony flash (HVL-F60M) after 2-3 years of heavy once per month use. One night it made a clunk sound and that was it for the flash. That was the only flash that failed on me :(

@ron5935 3 жыл бұрын

I had a Honeywell BC with folding fan.. Wonderful light.

@MrKenrwi 3 жыл бұрын

Pc means Prontor/Compur which is an old leaf shutter made by Alfred Gauthier many moons ago.

@smkunder1 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to learn about HSS flash techniques

@petertoogood4585 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly the replay of this event is all but unwatchable with adverts every 3 minutes !

@janolander4760 3 жыл бұрын

Off course i would like to win that book //Jan

@MrKenrwi 3 жыл бұрын

The sb 28 does do TTL.

@lubomirkotik8870 3 жыл бұрын

Company as good as Nikon is should make their flashes powered by Li-Ion batteries and definitely up to today's standard remote flash controller like Godox and others. Current situation is, to me, pathetic. And I am a Nikon user. :-)

@giklab 3 жыл бұрын

Users still overwhelmingly prefer AA batteries, at least here.

@lubomirkotik8870 3 жыл бұрын

@@giklab :-) of course. Even when you do "events" like weddings and other gatherings, right? All you have to say: One moment please, nobody moves, I just change batteries in one of the flashes. :-))))))

@giklab 3 жыл бұрын

@@lubomirkotik8870 I'm a bit confused, since you'd still need to swap batteries. Li-Ions and Li-Polys don't provide infinite power. In any case, I'm sure we'll see more and more flashes with dedicated batteries, but for now, people are overwhelmingly sticking to AA powered flashes.