I have a canon 60d and want to know if it can wireless trigger two slaves like the 430ex? or do i need one of the flash units to be a master like the next model up...reason i ask is i understand 60d has wireless controller built in. anyone tried this?
can canon 60d be a master to 2 slaves?
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Not tried it as I don't own a 60D yet, but the manual (p. 143 onwards) says that you can control multiple Speedlights in one or two groups.
The wireless flash control is one-way.. from camera (or commander flash) to slaves. The camera doesn't know how many flashes there are in each group, and the flashes themselves don't know either. They just emit a pre-flash, the camera meters through the lens and then sends out an adjusted flash command with the appropriate power setting in the command.
Short version: You can have as many flashes as you want as slaves and as stated, split them into 2 groups if you want. The reason to split them into groups is if you want to set the power ratio.
Short version: You can have as many flashes as you want as slaves and as stated, split them into 2 groups if you want. The reason to split them into groups is if you want to set the power ratio.