Recent content by DavidP

Hmmm, thanks. Good idea to produce some 'free' light from above. DavidP

Hello, the flash unit was about 4' away and on min setting so I hope plenty of light left to fire into an umbrella and bounce light back to the victim....errr subject. Most of my photo work is journalism for a tractor magazine so studio flash is a new aspect of photography for me. It's also...

Hello again, Well, I'm happy to report that I have some progress. The biggest improvement was down to switching off the Red-eye reduction. This stopped the pop-up from pre-flashing. Unfortunately I have been unable to get the flash unit to fire with the pop-up down and attachment via the...

Hello everyone, thanks for all your replies and info. Looks like exactly the answers I'm looking for. Will read thoroughly tomorrow and put suggestions into practice. The picture of the flash unit is the correct one. Goodnight and thanks again.

Hi both, thanks for further replies. Yes, have tried wireless setting but again no difference. Wasn't sure whether this was specifically for wireless connection or would work with the hotshoe. I'm aiming for around 1/125 @f8 but dont really enough consistency to establish this yet. The flash...

Further to the link that you posted; Turning the camera flash off prevents a signal being sent by the pc cord to the flash unit so no wiser there. One of the people appears to mention that his off-camera flash is triggered by the pop-up flash. Is this possible as I would have thought that the...

Hello, thanks for your quick reply. "Sounds like pre-flash on the built-in flash" The only menu items under 'Flash Control' are Pre-flash TTL and ADI flash. Have selected both with no change. Pre-flash TTL was the original setting. The above is the only mention of the word 'FLASH' that I can...

Hello everyone and compliments of the season. I have a Sony A57 camera and over a period of time have bought 3 studio flash units to set up a home studio. It has been just over a year since I tried the setup for the first time with a degree of success........and a lot of cursing!!!!! I want to...