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Yes, they work fine on most flashes. I had tape on mine as sb600s don't play too happily with them, and 430ex users have problems as they seem to with every hot shoe thing.

Ordered some more to put in a headphone jack as cheap and reliable sb600 hot shoe adapters for hooking up to modded trigger recievers. Put some tape over the sensor and they're just an adapter, take the tape off and you've got a backup triggering solution.


http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8201 wee bit cheaper and with some comments here, though linkdelight's dispatch will probably be slightly faster. They also do ones with a pc socket in the side.


Don't forget to put your built in / on camera flash into manual mode, or the TTL preflashes will set this off and the actual exposure will miss the flash.
 
so i would be able to attach my flash, stick it on a tripod and the on cam flash will trigger this?
 
yes.

unless it's a 430ex, in which case it might be dodgier, might not be. :shrug:
 
at the mo i only have a cheap jessops flash, just playing around with it really till i get a bit more money for something better :)
 
so would the second one be better? i want to use it for... i want to take a picture with a model upgainst a iron gate to a crypt and i want the flash taped to the gate behind her back (the gate is locked) so that the crypt lights up upon the flash... what would be best
 
the second one you linked to is JUST the transmitter, you need the receiver as well, the total price is about £12 on ebay, or for much better ones, check out flashinthepan's thread in classifieds (I'll be after my commission cheque later ;) ).

But yes, they will be better, especially for stuff out of line of sight of the on camera flash.
 
itsdavedotnet said:
the second one you linked to is JUST the transmitter, you need the receiver as well, the total price is about £12 on ebay, or for much better ones, check out flashinthepan's thread in classifieds (I'll be after my commission cheque later ;) ).

But yes, they will be better, especially for stuff out of line of sight of the on camera flash.
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:whistling:
 
itsdavedotnet said:
Yes, they work fine on most flashes. I had tape on mine as sb600s don't play too happily with them, and 430ex users have problems as they seem to with every hot shoe thing.

Ordered some more to put in a headphone jack as cheap and reliable sb600 hot shoe adapters for hooking up to modded trigger recievers. Put some tape over the sensor and they're just an adapter, take the tape off and you've got a backup triggering solution.


http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8201 wee bit cheaper and with some comments here, though linkdelight's dispatch will probably be slightly faster. They also do ones with a pc socket in the side.


Don't forget to put your built in / on camera flash into manual mode, or the TTL preflashes will set this off and the actual exposure will miss the flash.
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Canon flashes fire 2 flashes whatever the mode.
 
classcams said:
Canon flashes fire 2 flashes whatever the mode.
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Why do you say that? As far as I know, Canon only fires two flashes in E-TTL mode - the pre flash before the shutter opens for exposure calculation, then main flash for the picture.

In manual mode, the pre flash is not required for exposure calculation so only the main flash fires. Pretty sure all othe TTL system brands work the same way :thinking:

Edit: hang on, maybe you are refering to the on-board flash and different camera exposure modes? In which case, yes that always fires two flashes - it only does E-TTL hence pre-flash and main flash. It does not do manual flash control like the external guns and the only way you can moderate the flash 'manually' is to use +/- flash compensation in menu.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
The wee optical one, they were totally hopeless, I bought other ones which were better, but still really only suitable for indoor shots.
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FITP, what do you think is best optical slave for basic hot shoe triggering?

I don't want radio triggers (got Pocket Wizard for that) but I would like two or three little optical slaves to integrate multiple Canon Speedlights into a studio outfit. Cheaply ;) Those little Oxo cube thingies look perfect, but if there is something better...?

Cheers.
 
wjames said:
so would the second one be better? i want to use it for... i want to take a picture with a model upgainst a iron gate to a crypt and i want the flash taped to the gate behind her back (the gate is locked) so that the crypt lights up upon the flash... what would be best
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KINKY:thumbs:
 
itsdavedotnet said:
Yes, they work fine on most flashes. I had tape on mine as sb600s don't play too happily with them, and 430ex users have problems as they seem to with every hot shoe thing.

Ordered some more to put in a headphone jack as cheap and reliable sb600 hot shoe adapters for hooking up to modded trigger recievers. Put some tape over the sensor and they're just an adapter, take the tape off and you've got a backup triggering solution.


http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8201 wee bit cheaper and with some comments here, though linkdelight's dispatch will probably be slightly faster. They also do ones with a pc socket in the side.


Don't forget to put your built in / on camera flash into manual mode, or the TTL preflashes will set this off and the actual exposure will miss the flash.
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How do you put the onboard pop up flash into manual mode ?
 
My question above is tongue in cheek. When a thread is posted in, the writer has a certain camera and he thinks all cameras are the same. Referring to the above question, the Nikon camera has detailed info for making the pop up flash, single flash (E2). Members with a Canon camera are lost when trying this. So please state the make of camera you are using.
 
classcams said:
My question above is tongue in cheek. When a thread is posted in, the writer has a certain camera and he thinks all cameras are the same. Referring to the above question, the Nikon camera has detailed info for making the pop up flash, single flash (E2). Members with a Canon camera are lost when trying this. So please state the make of camera you are using.
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By the same token, in the interests of clarity, perhaps you could respond to the replies you get, like the question in post #14 here for example ;)
 
Re post 14. I did not reply because your answer is correct. Just the small matter that on a Nikon D90 via E2 menu you can convert to single flash.
 
classcams said:
Re post 14. I did not reply because your answer is correct. Just the small matter that on a Nikon D90 via E2 menu you can convert to single flash.
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That's cool bud :thumbs:
 
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