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11/08/2006 05:31:56 PM · #1 |
I recently purchased two small flash heads for a home studio setup. I have a Canon 10D. I got everything set up today in order to experiment.
The flash heads are set as slaves using photo cells. I put my 420EX flash on the 10D and pointed it straight up in order to trigger the two flash heads. I have vaulted ceilings so the 420 won't interfere. I set my camera to Manual and the shutter to 1/60. I first set the apeture to 4.0. I took the pic. The 420 and the two flash heads went off, but the pic was very dark. I varied the apeture up and down (from 4.0 to 22), but the pic was almost exactly the same everytime. I turned the flash heads off and took the pic at 1/60, 4.0. With the flash heads off, the pic was much brighter and closer to the right exposure! So what is going on here? |
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11/08/2006 05:33:16 PM · #2 |
Preflash of the 420 ex is firing the strobes before the shutter even opens.
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11/08/2006 05:33:34 PM · #3 |
what flash heads did you buy?
^agree with him
Message edited by author 2006-11-08 17:33:57.
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11/08/2006 05:36:54 PM · #4 |
This is what I got:
Interfit Flash Kit |
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11/08/2006 05:39:06 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by hsteg:
Preflash of the 420 ex is firing the strobes before the shutter even opens. |
That's my guess too.
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11/08/2006 05:44:37 PM · #6 |
You guys were right. I hooked the synch cable directly to camera and the flash went off at the right time. Guess I cant use the units with the 420
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11/08/2006 05:46:53 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by pottersclay75:
You guys were right. I hooked the synch cable directly to camera and the flash went off at the right time. Guess I cant use the units with the 420 |
Well, it's better that way. Although you have high cielings, you could get some spill here and there you don't want.
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11/08/2006 05:48:48 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by pottersclay75:
You guys were right. I hooked the sync cable directly to camera and the flash went off at the right time. Guess I cant use the units with the 420 |
No, you just have to take the 420 off of TTL flash and use it on manual. Useful for if you want to put a reflector behind your head for some fill flash, otherwise use it on 1/128th and point it at the ceiling.
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11/08/2006 06:20:02 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
Originally posted by pottersclay75:
You guys were right. I hooked the sync cable directly to camera and the flash went off at the right time. Guess I cant use the units with the 420 |
No, you just have to take the 420 off of TTL flash and use it on manual. Useful for if you want to put a reflector behind your head for some fill flash, otherwise use it on 1/128th and point it at the ceiling. |
Ahhh, if only it were so easy.
The 420EX does not have a manual setting on the flash.
Some cameras give manual control over the 420, but the 10D is not one of them.
I discovered this soon after buying my 10D. At the time, I was using a G5 and the G5 gave me manual control over the 420, yet when I upgraded to the 10D, that feature was missing.
Message edited by author 2006-11-08 18:20:44. |
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11/08/2006 06:41:09 PM · #10 |
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