Speedlight on cable

[Peter Connan]

Can anybody tell me if a D800 or D4 can control the exposure of a Nikon speedlight connected to the camera by flash cable?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Depends on the cable. If it is the "PC" type, no, otherwise yes.

[Jan Anne]

With the D800E I could change the flash exposure of a wired SB400 with the flash exposure button and dials ment to control the built-in flash, a huge improvement over the D3s which didn't have this capability and neither did the SB400 itself. If I'm not mistaken Nikon corrected this design fault with the D4.

[richardHaw]

yes. i am using the one with the coil wire 

[Peter Connan]

Thanks Gentlemen