Beginner Lighting Question

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If I buy something such as this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phot-R-Professional-Reflector-Flashguns-Speedlights/dp/B00MTMW11S (views on the product would be appreciated aswell)

and I mount my Speedlight in it would I still be able to control the flash using my camera (Canon 60D) as I do now when the flash is mounted inside the softbox? Currently the speedlight and my camera have to be line of sight, just wondering if the material would stop the signals?
 
It'd almost certainly impede the line of sight communications. Radio triggers would fix that though.
 
Phil V said:
It'd almost certainly impede the line of sight communications. Radio triggers would fix that though.
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Thanks. More gear to buy then = more nagging!

I also want to get another speedlight making 2 in total. I have a YN-565EX at the moment can the the other slave flash be simpler/cheaper and what triggers should I get to control them both?


And the product itself?
 
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There are lots of different types of radio triggers some carry information with regards to ETTL and control the power of the flash, where as others just tell the flash to fire when used in manual mode. Basic radio triggers can be bought quite cheap if you are prepared to fire the flash purely in manual mode. As for the best cheap ones I don't know them off hand but I am sure quite a few people on these forums can point you in the right direction.
 
Michael D Beckwith said:
There are lots of different types of radio triggers some carry information with regards to ETTL and control the power of the flash, where as others just tell the flash to fire when used in manual mode. Basic radio triggers can be bought quite cheap if you are prepared to fire the flash purely in manual mode. As for the best cheap ones I don't know them off hand but I am sure quite a few people on these forums can point you in the right direction.
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Thanks. Just wondering the benefits of ETTL in a static situation. Am I right in thinking not a great deal?
 
ETTL is great for constantly moving subjects. Manual is great when the subjects distance to the flash stays the same, say like shooting a portrait of a person where the light and persons position stays exactly the same.
 
WelshNoob said:
Thanks. Just wondering the benefits of ETTL in a static situation. Am I right in thinking not a great deal?
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As Michael says, auto-TTL is great for fluid situations when distances are changing and you don't have time to fiddle. Flash exposure is very sensitive to distance.

But in a studio situation where you have time, control, and distances aren't changing, manual is preferable. A problem with auto-TTL is that even when distances and light are not changing, if the subject moves to one side, the exposure will probably change; if you swap a light top for a dark top, exposure will change; if you swap to a lighter/darker background, the exposure will change.

Good, cheap, basic manual triggers are Yongnuo RF-603 Mk2, but the smart money is probably spent on YN 622 receivers with 622-TX transmitter. They're not that costly and give you the choice of auto-TTL or manual, plus remote power control.
 
HoppyUK said:
... They're not that costly and give you the choice of auto-TTL or manual, plus remote power control.
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That might make buying the ETTL triggers and another ETTL flash the best option.
 
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