If you want to use and control external flash unit like SB-600, SB-800 or SB-900 through wireless media using your Nikon DSLR camera built-in flash, you have to setup commander mode in your camera. If you have already setup commander mode in your camera, you can follow the steps to setup your flash unit. But if you haven’t figured out how to setup commander mode in your camera, please follow the link to setup Commander MODE in your Nikon D90 camera. And if you are looking for how to configure SB-800 and SB-900 flash units in wireless mode, here are the links for How to configure SB-800 flash unit as a Master flash unit and Setting the SB-900 as a Master Speedlight Unit.
How to setup SB-600 as a Wireless Remote Unit?
1. On the SB-600, press the ZOOM and “-” buttons simultaneously for 2 seconds to display the Custom Settings mode. You will see OFF displayed by default.
2. Press the ZOOM or MODE button to select wireless mode ON. Now you have activated wireless remote mode.
Next step is to set the Channel and Group as per your camera settings.
3. To set the group and channel, press the ZOOM and “-” buttons simultaneously for 2 seconds. You can also alternatively press power (ON/OFF) button for one second. Default settings for Channel and Group are CH 3, Group A.
4. Press the MODE button to highlight the Channel (1, 2, 3 or 4 ) and it will display the blinking channel number.
5. Then press the “+” or “-” button to set the Channel number and press the MODE button to lock the selection and move to the Group display.
6. When you see blinking Group displaying on the screen, press the “+” or “-” button to set the Group and then press the MODE button to lock the selection.
Now you are all set to use SB-600 flash unit remotely to be controlled by your Nikon D90 built-in flash unit. But remember to pop up your built-in flash unit to be able to send signal over wireless media to control SB-600 unit. Otherwise your setup won’t work. If you want to turn remote wireless mode off after getting the job done, simply follow the last two steps.
7. Press the ZOOM and “-” buttons simultaneously for 2 seconds. Then the screen will display ON (Which we did on step 2).
8. Press the MODE button and the screen will display OFF. Which means wireless remote control is off.
Related posts
- Nikon Flash and Commander Mode
- Nikon Wireless Speedlight Commander SU-800
- Setting the SB-800 as a “Master Flash Unit”
- Setting the SB-900 as a “Wireless Remote Unit”
- Setting the SB-800 as a “Wireless Remote Unit”
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Kindly guide as to how to use SB600 on camera’s Hot-shoe and camera set in Aperture Priority. When I set camera in A priority, and press the shutter release button, the shutter takes a longer time to close. Please do guide me step-by-step like the above tutorial for using SB in wireless mode. Thanks.
Actually there is no such settings you have to do to use SB-600 on hot-shoe. You may want to set power level or adjust exposure compensation on flash itself but it depends on lighting condition. On your second question, you said you used Aperture priority and when you press shutter release button, it takes long time to close shutter. That means when you are into A mode, you set aperture and camera will set shutter speed to adjust exposure. So chances are, you are shooting in dark condition and camera chose longer shutter speed and took long time to close. It is just how it works.
If you are in confusion, try using different modes like S, A and M (Manual mode where you set aperture and shutter manually).
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is just the info that this newbie needed.