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01/13/2005 05:14:00 PM · #1 |
| I recived a new 550ex flash today , and I have been playing around with my 420ex as a slave , it's awsome |
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01/13/2005 05:57:46 PM · #2 |
how do you have them connected?
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01/13/2005 06:01:27 PM · #3 |
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01/13/2005 06:02:05 PM · #4 |
| 550 on the camera and the 420 on a stand |
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01/13/2005 06:04:48 PM · #5 |
alright. that's my plan shortly.
for the money, seems like a decent set up of lights.
easier to meter than normal studio lights too.
got the 550ex recently. next pay out i'll get the 420 and the st-e2.
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01/13/2005 06:05:52 PM · #6 |
Using the 550 and the 420 together still require e-ttl flash metering, which is fine in most cases. You get a finer level of control over the flash with two 550ex units...
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01/13/2005 06:07:21 PM · #7 |
| My wife will kill me if i but anything else |
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01/13/2005 06:08:53 PM · #8 |
| is the ste2 a transmitter for both flashes |
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01/13/2005 06:12:52 PM · #9 |
yeah - controls up to three speed lights. mounts on the hot shoe - how are you wirelessly connecting them now?
Originally posted by TLL061:
is the ste2 a transmitter for both flashes |
they are both ETTL flashes - not sure what you mean here.?
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Using the 550 and the 420 together still require e-ttl flash metering, which is fine in most cases. You get a finer level of control over the flash with two 550ex units... |
Message edited by author 2005-01-13 18:14:04.
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01/13/2005 06:14:26 PM · #10 |
look in the back of 550ex manual for some basic info on set up.
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01/13/2005 06:15:14 PM · #11 |
It means you can't use the 550ex in it's manual mode in conjunction with the 420.
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01/13/2005 06:18:10 PM · #12 |
| I have the 550 in the hot shoe and the 420 on a stand and set the 420 to slave anf the 550 to ETTL and shoot away wireless |
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01/13/2005 06:18:47 PM · #13 |
ah i see - when do you find manual mode necessary?
you have exposure comp both with the flash heads, and the camera
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01/13/2005 06:19:09 PM · #14 |
| yea john I see that , the 420 wont fire in M |
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01/13/2005 06:20:06 PM · #15 |
i am aiming for two off camera lights - to the sides of subject - for instance.
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01/13/2005 06:26:24 PM · #16 |
| I see that john , maybe i'll sell the 420 and buy another 550 |
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