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Sorry if it's s stupid question, but I don't know the answer, so it's not stupid to me lol!

Can the above flash be used remotely with the built-in flash?

e.g. can I place the 430ex on a shelf nearby, and use the pop up flash as a fill-in flash and get it set flashed in sync... or do I need to but some extra bits to do so?

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With the 450D you would need extra kit, some sort of transmiter/Reciever will be needed.
 
The simplest trigger is an optical slave often known as a peanut. It looks like a black dice with a small, opaque dome on one side. This fits to the bottom of your flash and when another flash is fired (ie the one in your camera) the optical slave triggers the flash it is fitted to. They cost about a tenner and can be bought from Jessops, really any phot shop will have them.
 
I use Flashinthepan's PT-04's (See the forsale section "Storibst gear" thread)

Thats for my 400D and a 430 EXII
 
A 550 or a 580 will also act as a transmiter for the 430 and can be hot shoe mounted but told to not fire (they fire a very low powered flash to tell the 'slave/430' to fire) without adding any light to the main gun or picture. Expensive option but retains fully auto E-TTL functionality.
Something to think about for the future maybe.

Alternative you could get an off camera cable for the 430 (Jessop etc if you dont want to pay Canon prices) so the pop-up doesnt add to the lighting effect.

Matt
 
subseasniper said:
The simplest trigger is an optical slave often known as a peanut. It looks like a black dice with a small, opaque dome on one side. This fits to the bottom of your flash and when another flash is fired (ie the one in your camera) the optical slave triggers the flash it is fitted to. They cost about a tenner and can be bought from Jessops, really any phot shop will have them.
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An optical slave won't work in this situation as it will fire the remote flash on the E-TTL pre-flash from the camera (which you cannot disable) and will miss the main flash completely. It's a common problem.

If you want to retain E-TTL operation, the remote flash either has to be connected to the camera with a dedicated cord (very short) or controlled by a master unit (eg 580EXII or ST-E2) which is expensive.

If you are happy with manual, and it's really not that much hassle if you're setting up a remote shot anyway, then a radio trigger is the way to go. Yongnuo RF-602 is the one everybody is using now, including me, and Flash In The Pan sells them for £28 a set from here http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=157807
 
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