Smoke and Windows
ONE SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE of the SB-900 is definitely the 200mm zoom option. The ability to gather light and punch it out with concentration and force over a distance gives these small flashes a range and versatility they have not previously enjoyed.
This solution is one light—an SB-900, out on a porch, with a warming gel (half CTO). I am triggering it with an SU-800 unit, again, pulled off my camera with the SC-29 cord. I can shoot the very directional and linear triggering impulse to the SB-900 out on the porch through one window while my subject, Thomas Wingate, looks through another and creates his own ...
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