Infrared trigger and speedlight 430ex

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Hi , I've just bought a Walimex infrared trigger mainly for studio photography at my camera club , what I don't know Is , is it possible to set up my 430ex to be triggered by it , for use at home , I've tried but not sure if I'm setting it up correctly , all help much appreciated . :D
 
platty said:
Hi , I've just bought a Walimex infrared trigger mainly for studio photography at my camera club , what I don't know Is , is it possible to set up my 430ex to be triggered by it , for use at home , I've tried but not sure if I'm setting it up correctly , all help much appreciated . :D
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No. It will only trigger a standard optical slave (eg studio head) which Canon guns don't have.
 
Kris said:
But can be added for very little money.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seagull-SYK-4-Optical-Slave-Trigger-with-PC-Sync-Socket-/221006478393
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Yes sorry, I should have said, but that one won't work with Canon guns. Sonia does a special Canon version for £11, here http://www.colinsfoto.com/Sonia_Canon_EX_Optical_Slave_trigger_Rotating_Hotshoe/p43950_466761.aspx Not quite so neat, but much more versatile. I've got a couple of Sonias :thumbs:

One of Canon's other annoying little quirks is their guns leave a residual voltage in the foot between firings so with a normal optical slave, the gun will fire once but then the slave won't reset. Turn it off/on and it will fire once more. It's a real head-scratcher until you know :D
 
HoppyUK said:
Yes sorry, I should have said, but that one won't work with Canon guns. Sonia does a special Canon version for £11, here http://www.colinsfoto.com/Sonia_Canon_EX_Optical_Slave_trigger_Rotating_Hotshoe/p43950_466761.aspx Not quite so neat, but much more versatile. I've got a couple of Sonias :thumbs:

One of Canon's other annoying little quirks is their guns leave a residual voltage in the foot between firings so with a normal optical slave, the gun will fire once but then the slave won't reset. Turn it off/on and it will fire once more. It's a real head-scratcher until you know :D
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Weird.

I have never had that happen to me to be honest, with hummmm, lemmeessee 420ez, 430ez, 430ex, 430exII, 580ex, 580exII. Crikey, too many flashguns....

I have several hot-shoed slave cells, and they all work as expected.

Maybe I've just been lucky.

I did notice that that ebay listing did say canon incompatible though.
 
Kris said:
Weird.

I have never had that happen to me to be honest, with hummmm, lemmeessee 420ez, 430ez, 430ex, 430exII, 580ex, 580exII. Crikey, too many flashguns....

I have several hot-shoed slave cells, and they all work as expected.

Maybe I've just been lucky.

I did notice that that ebay listing did say canon incompatible though.
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That's strange Kris. I had that very same slave (in your link) a few years ago and it really puzzled me when the damn thing wouldn't work. But then it would work, then not... LOL Then google revealed the issue, very common.

I was under the impression that the problem applied to all Canon EX guns when triggered via the hot-shoe, and that's what the general mantra seems to be. Though thinking about it, I think I only ever tried it with my (four) 580EX guns and I don't have the slave any more to try others.
 
My optical slave cells are over ten years old I think, with big chunky sold resin blobs on the front for the sensor and are marked Nissin I think.

Maybe early ones were more tolerant.
 
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