NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/photo/24271

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From: [e-mail] (Russell Arrowsmith)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Dedicated bounce flash for N6006
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Date: 22 Jan 93 20:29:11 GMT
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I want to buy a dedicated bounce flash for my Nikon N6006 (601) and
none of the Nikon Speedlights seems suitable; The SB-20 and SB-22
only swivel vertically and not horizontally (so you can't bounce
the flash off the ceiling when taking photographs "vertically").
The SB-24 & SB-25 seem over the top since you can't even use many of
their features with the N6006.

So, I'm considering buying a non-Nikon dedicated bounce flash, such
as the Sunpak 433AF or the new Vivitar 736AF.  Does anyone have any
experience using these or any other non-Nikon dedicated flashes with
the N6006?  I'm particularly concerned with any ways in which these
flashes are not "as dedicated" as a Speedlight would be as I want to
be able to use all the flash capabilities of the N6006 (rear-curtain
sync, slow-sync, automatic balanced fill-flash, AF illumination for
low-light focusing etc.).

Also, I'm wondering what happens if you use a bounce flash (off the
ceiling, for example) in automatic balanced fill-flash mode as this
mode seems to assume that the flash is only going to illuminate the
foreground (i.e. direct flash). Or am I better off just using the
regular TTL flash metering mode for bounce flash?

Thanks,

Russ Arrowsmith
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