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using a EN-EL15 is a brilliant solution!

who wants to carry around AA's or a different lithium battery, when they could reuse the existing camera battery which is nice and small -= and you have spares anyway

I had an SB-600 and SB-700 that I hadn't used for awhile - then needed them for an event in Jan of this year

they worked - but I wanted to get an all new solution, so I sold them and went all in on ProFoto

2 x A10 (Speedlight)

1 x A2 (moonlight)

1 x B10x (on the way today)

expensive - YES

just works - YES
 
michaeladawson said:
olyflyer said:
Good luck. But which "problems using flash with the Z System" have you heard about? It's news to me that there are any problems at all.
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The most obvious "problem" is that the flash's AF assist light doesn't work with mirrorless cameras. I don't really care about this but many people do.

Another "problem" would be the banding that occurs under some conditions with the Z8 and Z9 that have no mechanical shutter.

I'm not sure if there are other "peculiarities" of Nikon flashes when mounted on a Z body. But those seem to be the two things most mentioned.
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The lack of AF assist is not a Z system problem, nobody else has it.
 
olyflyer said:
michaeladawson said:
olyflyer said:
Good luck. But which "problems using flash with the Z System" have you heard about? It's news to me that there are any problems at all.
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The most obvious "problem" is that the flash's AF assist light doesn't work with mirrorless cameras. I don't really care about this but many people do.

Another "problem" would be the banding that occurs under some conditions with the Z8 and Z9 that have no mechanical shutter.

I'm not sure if there are other "peculiarities" of Nikon flashes when mounted on a Z body. But those seem to be the two things most mentioned.
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The lack of AF assist is not a Z system problem, nobody else has it.
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Therefore, unless competition has made an advancement or found a solution; Nikon needn't bother.
 
astirusty said:
olyflyer said:
michaeladawson said:
olyflyer said:
Good luck. But which "problems using flash with the Z System" have you heard about? It's news to me that there are any problems at all.
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The most obvious "problem" is that the flash's AF assist light doesn't work with mirrorless cameras. I don't really care about this but many people do.

Another "problem" would be the banding that occurs under some conditions with the Z8 and Z9 that have no mechanical shutter.

I'm not sure if there are other "peculiarities" of Nikon flashes when mounted on a Z body. But those seem to be the two things most mentioned.
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The lack of AF assist is not a Z system problem, nobody else has it.
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Therefore, unless competition has made an advancement or found a solution; Nikon needn't bother.
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I disagree. I think Nikon should be the first.
 
Fred Mueller said:
What I want from Nikon is rational auto iso behavior when my z8 senses a flash attached …
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Fred, in what way is your Z8 behaving irrationally and what flashes/strobes are you using?
 
My SB-800s seem to do what I want on my Z8, but I did buy a SU-800 instead of trying to use it as a controller for the R1 system. What settings cause issues? I will admit that it took a little doing to get my BC-7 flash to work, but that was mainly brain fade on my part.
 
Fred Mueller said:
What I want from Nikon is rational auto iso behavior when my z8 senses a flash attached …
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I think many when shooting with flash rely on manual iso. That's what I do. There have been many past discussions where it seems Nikon cameras tend to default to high iso values when set to auto-iso with flash.
 
NikonMan09 said:
Nikon, please issue updated flashes designed to work with the peculiarities of the Z System! (But, please, keep the top-of-the line well under $1K. $1K for Canon's top-of-the line is ridiculously absurd for a flash!)

Lately, there have been many threads about problems using flash with the Z System. Canon has recently issued new flashes that work with their R System, I think Nikon is way overdue in doing the same. Nikon also needs to embrace RF technology without requiring additional devices to use RF remote flash, as is the case with the SB 5000. Nikon used to be the leader here; why have they let things slip?
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