help with slave mode

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Hi all,

I am looking to buy a third light source for my indoor shoots still. I bought a neewer strobe and it works totally fine in spite of the low price tag but I am only using it to blow out the background wall. I could buy another one but now I notice that the same company sell speed lights with a slave function.

I have one question, if a flash has a slave function, does this mean that it fires when any flash in the room goes off? Or is it more complicated than that. My strobe has this ability and I think it is perfect. It mentions firing from the built in flash but I don't use this. I use a yongnuo and remote triggers for it.

Here are links to two very cheap flashes:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pro-Digit...ories_CameraFlashUnits_JN&hash=item58a81b46bf

http://www.amazon.com/Neewer-TT560-...iewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

Thanks a lot

J
 
If it is an optical slave function then yes it'll fire when ever another flash fire triggers it. Both that you've linked to seem to support optical slave firing it's just whether or not they actually suit your intended use e.g. are powerful enough, have enough configuration options.
 
Sharky said:
If it is an optical slave function then yes it'll fire when ever another flash fire triggers it. Both that you've linked to seem to support optical slave firing it's just whether or not they actually suit your intended use e.g. are powerful enough, have enough configuration options.
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Thanks Sharky, I looked the specs again. I think the first doesn't and the second I am not sure about. Optical slave is what I want, yes. Maybe someone else has some suggestions too...
 
Both will do what you need:

First is a completely slave flash from the looks of it, no electrical connections on the hotshoe and:

Flash Mode Settings: 4 Slave Switch Selected Modes (No delay + 3 additional delays that can be set to ignore the various “pre-flash” types used by different camera models)

Second support S1 and S2 modes so will be fine, S1 = optical trigger which fires when another flash / strobe fires, S2 will ignore any preflashes (red eye / focusing assist) and fire on the full flash.

I personally wouldn't touch the first one with a barge pole. My choice of manual flash is a Yongnuo YN-560 III, excellent kit. Lots of power strength options, zoomable head and in built radio trigger if you have the supporting radio triggers (Yongnuo RF-602 / RF-603).
 
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