I have just been dropped a quick job out of the blue for the morning which by special request has to be on film! I will be using my F6 and 24/120 F4 lens. but because of the location where the pictures will be taken from under a steam locomotive, flash will have to be used. I have an Nikon SB28 flash which works(ed) very well with the F6, but true to life it does not seem to want to wake up (I have not used it for several months, but with no batteries fitted).
The only other flash I have is a sigma EF500 which was designed to be used with digital cameras up to and including the D700, but I know that some of the early digital flashes also worked with cameras as early as the FE2/FA, (the EF 500 has the same max guide number as the Nikon SB28)
I have tested it on the camera with no film in and the flash does work, what do you think are the chances of this flash working in TTL mode with the F6? When it is switched on and the camera ready to fire, the 'ready' light comes on as it should. The correct shutter speed is displayed for flash, and the auto zoom in the flash gun works as it should when the lens is zoomed in and out. True to form though, there are no guidelines in the F6 manual for flashes which are not Nikon. Any ideas?
The only other flash I have is a sigma EF500 which was designed to be used with digital cameras up to and including the D700, but I know that some of the early digital flashes also worked with cameras as early as the FE2/FA, (the EF 500 has the same max guide number as the Nikon SB28)
I have tested it on the camera with no film in and the flash does work, what do you think are the chances of this flash working in TTL mode with the F6? When it is switched on and the camera ready to fire, the 'ready' light comes on as it should. The correct shutter speed is displayed for flash, and the auto zoom in the flash gun works as it should when the lens is zoomed in and out. True to form though, there are no guidelines in the F6 manual for flashes which are not Nikon. Any ideas?
