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Commander

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In the Nikon Creative Lighting System CLS, a commander is a flashgun or specialised unit which can send out pre-flash signals instructing up to three groups of CLS equipped speedlights to fire with a particular setting.

There are three types of commander in the Nikon system currently.

  • A Nikon Commander is a specific device which only issues commander signals, and is attached to the camera hot-shoe.
  • An SB800 or SB900 can act in commander mode, where it can fire itself as Master, and fire A, B and C groups of flash
  • The pop-up flashgun on the D70 and later cameras can act as a commander in the same way as the SB800.
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