D70 support for Sb26 Sb28

groupwest · 19th August 2004

Hello,

I need to buy a flash for my D70 cos the built-in one is too weak and cannot swivel/bounce. I wont be using CLS, wireless and those more than 1 flash thing. Can I use the old SB28/50/80/DX ones instead of the SB600/SB800 ?

The only main thing will be I-TTL is not supported, right.
How good/important is I-TTL ?

Pls advice......
Thanks a lot.

BurgaFlippinMan · 19th August 2004

Anything other than the SB800 and SB600, and you will be forced to either use A mode, or M mode. iTTL, is rather excellent to put it modestly.

reflecx · 19th August 2004

Originally Posted by groupwest

Hello,

I need to buy a flash for my D70 cos the built-in one is too weak and cannot swivel/bounce. I wont be using CLS, wireless and those more than 1 flash thing. Can I use the old SB28/50/80/DX ones instead of the SB600/SB800 ?

The only main thing will be I-TTL is not supported, right.
How good/important is I-TTL ?

Forget about the old Nikon flashes, they and the D70 don't communicate at all, which makes them only as useful as third party auto flashes from Vivitar, Metz, etc

wudabao · 19th August 2004

buy a SB800, u can use your build in flash + the SB 800 to create 2/3 CLS

and SB800 can accept SB600 if you want to upgrade ur lighting system next time. but SB600 cannot work with SB600.

at least i think SB800 can still work with the next 2 nikon generations.

click here to see how important is iTTL and CLS

the purpose for speedlite is not only for light. if ur purpose is for light only, then 80DX is enough.

justarius · 20th August 2004

Basically if you want to just fix a speedlight on top of your D70 and forget about it, you need the SB600/800. If you get ANY other Nikon speedlight, you can only work them in A or M mode, which means you need to think.

groupwest · 20th August 2004

Thanks for that guys. I will buy SB600 then.

19th August 2004	#1
groupwest Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 107	D70 support for Sb26 Sb28 Hello, I need to buy a flash for my D70 cos the built-in one is too weak and cannot swivel/bounce. I wont be using CLS, wireless and those more than 1 flash thing. Can I use the old SB28/50/80/DX ones instead of the SB600/SB800 ? The only main thing will be I-TTL is not supported, right. How good/important is I-TTL ? Pls advice...... Thanks a lot.

19th August 2004	#4
wudabao Deregistered Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 346	buy a SB800, u can use your build in flash + the SB 800 to create 2/3 CLS and SB800 can accept SB600 if you want to upgrade ur lighting system next time. but SB600 cannot work with SB600. at least i think SB800 can still work with the next 2 nikon generations. click here to see how important is iTTL and CLS the purpose for speedlite is not only for light. if ur purpose is for light only, then 80DX is enough. Last edited by wudabao; 19th August 2004 at 10:44 PM.

19th August 2004	#2
BurgaFlippinMan Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: KL Posts: 585	Anything other than the SB800 and SB600, and you will be forced to either use A mode, or M mode. iTTL, is rather excellent to put it modestly.

20th August 2004	#5
justarius Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Western side of Singapore Posts: 1,163	Basically if you want to just fix a speedlight on top of your D70 and forget about it, you need the SB600/800. If you get ANY other Nikon speedlight, you can only work them in A or M mode, which means you need to think.