From: avidgamefan (avidgamefan_at_antispamdomain.not)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 13:07:35 EDT
Another option is a "slave flash". My 880 does not have any way to
control an external flash. However, I was able to get an
inexpensive flash that triggers when the camera's flash triggers,
and it gives out a lot more light. Slave flashes do NOT work with
all CoolPix models, however! I found a review page, but I don't
recall it mentioning the 3100 model. (The page for the slave
reviews is somewhere on this site:
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/ .) I guess it'll cost ya $20
to find out. ;-) The model I got was the Sunpak Digital Flash, but
my understaning is that they have another model that has a swivel
for about the same price. Well, it's a good excuse to visit a
camera store. :-) If you already have a flash, there are other
options; if I were to do it over again, I'd probably go that route,
but at the time, I didn't know what was available.
Gary
--- In NikonCoolPix_.at._yahoogroups.com, Beck Chew <mail_.at._b...> wrote:
> Chet, I am also the happy owner of a 3100. I don't know about the
slave
> flash situation, but I will tell you that it is characteristic of
the 3100
> to take dark flash photos. I have greatly improved the quality of
my flash
> by increasing the exposure by at least 0.7, sometimes 1.0
depending on the
> room I'm in. With those settings I have gotten good exposure to 10
or 15 feet.
> Beck
>
> At 10:53 AM 9/28/2003 , you wrote:
....
> >Speedlight, but I would also like to look at other, less expensive
> >options for extra flash "power."
> >
> >Any suggestions, or is the SB-30 way "the only way"?
> >
> >Chet Swanson
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