D700 wireless flash setup

Not sure the question. The "wireless flash" means that the pop-up flash can be used to fire compatible flashes that are set up around the camera.

The term is commander mode and is talked about on page in the D manual. Hope that helps. Not really much to setup. Put the pop-up flash in the commander mode, put your off-camera units into remote, and fire away.

Anything specific you need to know? Do you have an SU perhaps? Put the on-board camera as commander and the flash as Remote. Works great. You'll be surprised at how flexible the equipment is. I have 3 Speedlights -- 's and a I frequently shoot with all of them off camera. That is called "Remote" in Nikon-schprach. The camera then must be set to "Commander" mode. The thing that does the 'Commanding', in other words — signalling the Remotes to fire, is the pop up flash. This requires that, aside from pushing the little lightning bolt button on the top left side of the prism to open the pop-up flash , you must instruct the camera.

This is done through the Menus. You get this far by pushing the MENU button at the top left of the camera back. You'll see a list of different menus. All your next choices in this submenu begin with the letter 'e'. The one you want is 'e3' — 'Flash Control for Built-in'. Built in is another name for Pop Up. Click on that and you can do a number of things via the Pop Up.

Tell it to signal remote flashes to fire. Tell it which flash mode you want the CLS components to operate in. TTL is the most common. Here's where it gets exciting. Once you set the Pop Up to be in Commander mode, there are sub controls for whether the Pop Up just triggers the remote flashes without wires , or whether it contributes some light power.

And how much. Or nothing at all. In any case, the Pop Up triggers all the lights out there if the distance is moderate, if the red window of each flash faces the camera, and if nothing obstructs the IR beam from the camera to the remotes. The TTL submenu then allows you --via remote control - to individually set the power of 3 groups of remote flashes. Learn how to get started with off-camera flash using nothing more than your Nikon dSLR and an external speedlight.

Known as Nikon's creative lighting system, the CLS lets you trigger flashes wirelessly using the camera's pop-up flash. It's ideal for photographers who want to experiment with off-camera flash without investing in radio triggers.

Don't worry if you're a Canon user, as there is a tutorial covering the same process for you right over here. Press the Menu button. Now, scroll down until you see the Flash cntrl for built-in flash option. On the newer Nikon models this is usually option e3, but a full list of where to find this option within the menus of your Nikon dSLR can be found on this page.

Choose Commander mode which will present you with many different options on the screen. Because the pop-up flash is being used to trigger the speedlight that is off-camera, it needs to be raised in order for the wireless system to work. You do get the option of including the output of the pop-up flash in your exposure which you can set on this screen. In this example we want to have the flash fire, but not be included in the final exposure, so in the Built-in flash option on the menu, change the option to the two dashes, or off.

Next, we have the option of using groups for different flashes. This is usually found in the first page of the shooting menu red camera icon. Then, scroll to Built-in flash settings and choose EasyWireless.

Step two: Pop up the flash on your dSLR -- don't forget this step otherwise your wireless system won't work! Step three: It's now time to get our flash unit on the same channel as the dSLR. For models like the EX II, use the screen to set the flash as a slave unit by pressing and holding the Zoom button.

This will bring up the channel and slave options. Make sure the channel is set to the same number as on your dSLR. You should see the front receiver start flashing, which means it's ready to receive a signal. If applicable, leave the flash on ETTL.

This stands for Evaluative Through The Lens, which is a Canon system that fires a small pre-flash before the actual flash goes off, in order to determine the exposure. Step four: Position the flash wherever you like, as long as it's within line of sight of the camera.