Hi all, I recently bought a Nikon D100 and decided to experiment with it and
my SB-50DX speedlight. It seems to not be performing exactly right. Here's
what's happening: If the built-in flash is down, then the SB-50 will
function properly in D-TTL 3D Multi-Sensor metering at all angles (whether
the flash head is pointing straight ahead or all the way up). However, with
the built-in flash activated, the SB-50 will not fire AT ALL in the D-TTL...
mode. But, if I put the SB-50 in Manual mode, it WILL fire when the flash
head is tilted up (50 or 75 on the flash head) but won't if it's straight
ahead.
I use this flash with my Nikon N80 and don't remember ever having this
problem, so just to make sure I tested it with the N80 and it worked no
matter how I set it up. I've read both the SB-50 manual and the D100 manual
and unless I've simply overlooked it or I'm just having a problem with
comprehension I don't see anything mentioning or explaining this.
Does this situation make sense as to why it would happen? Is anyone else
using this combination of camera and flash and experiencing this? I've
tried just about every thing I can think of trying different combinations of
settings and no matter, if the built-in flash is up, the SB-50 just won't
fire if it's in D-TTL mode and in Manual mode it won't fire unless it's
tilted up.
Thanks for your help!
amy
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