Can a Phottix Odin trigger be used while also using a Nikon pop-up flash or CLS commander mode?
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If I mount a Phottix Odin transmitter on a Nikon camera, can I still raise and use the built-in pop-up flash? More specifically, can the pop-up flash participate in lighting or be used in Nikon CLS commander mode at the same time as the Odin system?
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Simply, No. I have a D600, and a set of 3 photix odins (nikon) and 3 sb600s. The commander fits on top the D600, but the cameras built in flash only incompletely opens and will not flash with the odin on top. The Odin commander does allow full CTS with three flash groups, and remote zooming of your flash (so it is an improvement on the Nikon inbuilt CLS with 2 flash groups as it does not rely on line of sight and allows you to zoom the flashes also) Odins also allow you to balance group a and group B to get optimal lighting ratios, also controls autofocus illumination on/off. Not sure when you would need IR and radio separately. just get enough odin triggers to fulfill all your needs then you never have to worry about line of sight again. of course IR is cool for simple one flash set ups, so you dont have to carry all that gear all the time. Enjoy.
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Generally, no. With a Phottix Odin transmitter mounted in the hot shoe, the Nikon pop-up flash is typically obstructed and may not fully open or fire. Community experience with a Nikon D600 reports that the flash only opens incompletely and will not flash with the Odin attached.
The Odin system itself provides its own TTL radio control for multiple groups and does not rely on Nikon’s optical CLS line-of-sight signaling. In practice, that means you would normally use the Odin as your flash control system instead of combining it with the camera’s built-in CLS commander.
So if your goal is to mix radio-triggered and pop-up-flash CLS control at the same time, the Odin is not the right tool for that setup. A community answer notes that triggers specifically designed around the camera’s pop-up flash control signals are a different category.
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