Nikon D100 shutter synch

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I have a Nikon D100 and just recently bought a Nikon SB-600 Speedlight, which I
have yet to do much work with. I'll have to figure it out since I'm supposed to
shoot a concert next Saturday night. Correct, I'm not a professional
photographer. And I don't want to screw things up with this flash. In reading
the manual, it seems straight-forward enough for basic shooting, but there's one
part that I'm not sure about and that's where it says to be sure the camera's
flash synch mode is set to front curtain synch. I'm going through the manual for
the camera and for the life of me can't find anything about this, and how to set
it. Can someone help me out? Where do I find that setting, or, is front curtain
synch the default for the camera and I shouldn't have to worry about it? I
appreciate any help. Thanks.

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<rfdjr@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Nikon D100 and just recently bought a Nikon SB-600 Speedlight,
>which I
> have yet to do much work with. I'll have to figure it out since I'm
> supposed to
> shoot a concert next Saturday night. Correct, I'm not a professional
> photographer. And I don't want to screw things up with this flash. In
> reading
> the manual, it seems straight-forward enough for basic shooting, but
> there's one
> part that I'm not sure about and that's where it says to be sure the
> camera's
> flash synch mode is set to front curtain synch. I'm going through the
> manual for
> the camera and for the life of me can't find anything about this, and how
> to set
> it. Can someone help me out? Where do I find that setting, or, is front
> curtain
> synch the default for the camera and I shouldn't have to worry about it? I
> appreciate any help. Thanks.

Hi.

Do make some test shots well before hand. I and some others have reported
that the SB600 and SB800, both give slight under-exposure. It seems to be
deliberate Nikon policy, perhaps a hangover from the days of underexposing
to get saturated colour on slide film.

I almost always use plus a half or plus one stop Flash compensation.

Roy G.