Can I use the Nikon D5000 pop-up flash with an off-camera SB-700 at the same time?
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I have a Nikon D5000 and an SB-700 speedlight. I’d like to use the SB-700 off-camera while also firing the camera’s built-in flash. Is this possible, and if so, what setup or mode would I need to use?
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Yes, using the on-camera-flash in manual power setting and the SB-700 in SU-4 optical slave mode.
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Yes. A workable option is to use the D5000’s built-in flash as the on-camera flash and set the SB-700 to SU-4 mode, which lets it fire as an optical slave when it sees another flash. Set the on-camera flash to manual power so it provides a simple trigger pulse and contributes light to the scene.
This is an optical setup, so the remote flash needs line of sight to the triggering flash, and reliability can vary in very bright conditions. Also, this method is not Nikon CLS/i-TTL wireless control; in SU-4 mode the SB-700 is effectively being triggered by the visible flash, so automatic remote TTL control is not the point of this setup.
If your goal is simply to use both flashes at once, the built-in flash in manual plus the SB-700 in SU-4 is the straightforward solution mentioned here.
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