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05/12/2006 01:12:48 PM · #1 |
Can some one recomend me a decent slave flash? around $150. or so.
There are a TON of canon speedlites on e-bay but how do i know it will work with my built in camera flash? there is no hotshoe on my camera so i need it to fire along with my cameras built in flash.
Whats the difference between the cheap slave flash and the good ones? |
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05/12/2006 01:34:03 PM · #2 |
S&P Slaves
Check 'em out $22 a piece... They come in really hand. They see light changes and they fire. Really simple. Get used to using your camera in manual or Av Modes.
Message edited by author 2006-05-12 13:34:30.
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05/12/2006 01:45:26 PM · #3 |
Thanks fotomann
Those look kick booty. I might have to get a few! |
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05/12/2006 02:46:23 PM · #4 |
| I use mine in manual most of the time but indoors the S2 is lacking. 100 ISO indoors needs about 1/60th to get a good shot and that is pushing it. Its a good camera if it has good lighting |
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05/12/2006 02:55:01 PM · #5 |
Before buying a slave flash make sure your camera doesn't have a preflash. Incase it does have preflash, can preflash be turned of incase not than you will have to buy a wein digital peanut slave, it design to ignore preflash and fire on second flash
P.S I did something similar with my canon a40, instead of slave flash i fired my studio strobes that were attacted to peanut slave with help of PC chord
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05/12/2006 03:09:45 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
S&P Slaves
Check 'em out $22 a piece... They come in really hand. They see light changes and they fire. Really simple. Get used to using your camera in manual or Av Modes. |
Do those have a digital slave that will ignore the initial flash and only trip with the main flash??
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05/12/2006 08:35:43 PM · #7 |
The A70 has a preflash if its in redeye, the S2 doesnt.
What about a good flash like the canon speedlite and one of those hotshoe triggers? The hotshoe triggers say they turn an older SLR flash into a slave.
I want one that has a rotating head and i can mount it to one of those little mini tripods. |
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05/12/2006 08:39:29 PM · #8 |
Just bought this one and received it last friday. Plugs right into a standard light bulb socket. Works great, but cant really take it with you.
Morris AC Super Slave |
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05/12/2006 11:17:56 PM · #9 |
| Since S2 has no pre flash you can simply buy any flash that suits you and buy a simple optical slave trigger. Optical slave trigger would be very cheap and will simply fire the flash when you fire your camera's in built flash |
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05/12/2006 11:35:04 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
S&P Slaves
Check 'em out $22 a piece... They come in really hand. They see light changes and they fire. Really simple. Get used to using your camera in manual or Av Modes. |
Do those have a digital slave that will ignore the initial flash and only trip with the main flash?? |
No, they are very simple. So definitely make sure to turn off the red-eye reduction on your cam.
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05/13/2006 01:13:05 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by General:
Since S2 has no pre flash you can simply buy any flash that suits you and buy a simple optical slave trigger. Optical slave trigger would be very cheap and will simply fire the flash when you fire your camera's in built flash |
Do you recomend any? wich would you prefer? are there any that has a stepped level of flash control? i know on the S2 there is only 3 levels. Fill, medium and high. Ide like a few more adjustments to how bright and stuff the flash is.
Are there any that have settings you could program? |
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05/13/2006 01:24:21 AM · #12 |
Mike, the optical triggers will fire pretty much any standard ISO hot shoe flash (ie older flashes). So, if the flash unit has multiple power settings, you have that versitility.
I think (not sure about this) that Pentax flashes and those for Pentax cameras will work with them also. Someone correct me, if I'm wrong about the Pentax thing.
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05/14/2006 03:42:48 AM · #13 |
| Can anyone recomend me a flash? |
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