skyace888
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Hi all!
I'm planning to shoot an event soon at a venue in the evening with both outdoor and indoor space. Planning to bring my Z8 and Z6II along with the 50 F1.8, 24-70 F4, and 70-200E F2.8 w/adapter. I'll be photographing candid shots of individuals and groups with various settings and lighting conditions.
The only speedlight I currently own is the older SB800. I haven't tried it yet with my cameras but from what I saw on Nikon's site it should work in manual and TTL. In my mind for a "run-and-gun" type setup I was thinking set camera to manual with widest aperture and 1/200 shutter max sync speed with auto ISO. Then SB800 set to TTL or manual and bounce it.
My questions are...
- Has anyone used the SB800 with the Z series and if so what was the experience?
- Any suggestions for my camera and speedlight settings mentioned above?
- What are your preferred modifiers to bounce and diffuse with speedlights to create soft light?
- Should I consider getting a newer Nikon speedlight or something like the Westcott FJ80II (either instead of the SB800 or in addition to it) with the two camera bodies?
- Saw that lensrentals.com has the Profoto A10 available to rent and that looks really tempting. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance for any guidance!
I'm planning to shoot an event soon at a venue in the evening with both outdoor and indoor space. Planning to bring my Z8 and Z6II along with the 50 F1.8, 24-70 F4, and 70-200E F2.8 w/adapter. I'll be photographing candid shots of individuals and groups with various settings and lighting conditions.
The only speedlight I currently own is the older SB800. I haven't tried it yet with my cameras but from what I saw on Nikon's site it should work in manual and TTL. In my mind for a "run-and-gun" type setup I was thinking set camera to manual with widest aperture and 1/200 shutter max sync speed with auto ISO. Then SB800 set to TTL or manual and bounce it.
My questions are...
- Has anyone used the SB800 with the Z series and if so what was the experience?
- Any suggestions for my camera and speedlight settings mentioned above?
- What are your preferred modifiers to bounce and diffuse with speedlights to create soft light?
- Should I consider getting a newer Nikon speedlight or something like the Westcott FJ80II (either instead of the SB800 or in addition to it) with the two camera bodies?
- Saw that lensrentals.com has the Profoto A10 available to rent and that looks really tempting. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance for any guidance!