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08/05/2009 10:37:59 PM · #1 |
I bought an optical slave trigger this evening, one of these from Wein Products:
I have 3 flashes. A Canon 430EX, a Quantaray (Sunpak) XLF-50 for Canon, and a generic Vivitar, that I found in a bargain bin for $5.
Using the test button to fire a trigger strobe, I can get the Vivitar to fire with no trouble, but the two flashes designed for a Canon Shoe don't do a thing. Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to get a special trigger unit for my Canon flashes? |
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08/05/2009 10:43:53 PM · #2 |
I had a similar situation with some equivalent sorts of optical triggers I got off ebay--they worked fine with my older, generic flashes and my olympus units, but would not trigger my nikon speedlights. And I could not use them as a connector for my radio trigger to my connector-less SB600.
As it seems to turn out, this is a common problem--I had to order a special shoe adapter for my sb600. Alienbees recommended another company at the time, but now sells such a thing directly, here
Note that they sell one that will trigger speedlights (at the bottom of the page) and one that will not (higher up on the page). So I guess you need something like that--it solved my problem |
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08/05/2009 10:44:37 PM · #3 |
I have read a lot of strobist posts in regard to Canon flashes (as I have canon also) and I understand that Canon flashes don't work with optical triggers (happy for someone to correct me if I'm wrong).
I don't think there is a brand that works with them, it's ST-E2 or radio triggers as far as I know.
PS. Thanks for your comment on my 'Pigeons of the Sea' hehe
Message edited by author 2009-08-05 22:46:09. |
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08/05/2009 10:46:30 PM · #4 |
Thanks. The guy at the shop seemed sure that these were compatible with anything but Sony. Apparently not. Well, that gives me one flash I can use off camera, and the shoe can only fire one. Would be nice to use it with all the flashes, though. I'll have to decide if I want to return it.
Message edited by author 2009-08-05 22:48:15. |
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08/05/2009 10:49:10 PM · #5 |
Might be simpler to go radio triggers all round and then you have 3 off camera flashes.
There is a new cheaper radio trigger out (talked about over at strobist) that seems to be working well, I would give you a link but I'm at work at present. I have just ordered some myself and hoping they work better with canon flashes.
Cheers |
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08/05/2009 11:02:19 PM · #6 |
| Trying to be cheap here. Even a cheap set of radio triggers is more than I can justify at the moment. I think this will work. With this device, I'll need to use manual mode anyway, so the bargain bin flash is just as good for this purpose. It's all for learning right now anyway. I also committed to Wendy's "drop shot challenge for drop shot newbies", so I need some bright fast light for that. |
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08/05/2009 11:39:02 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by RamblinR:
I have read a lot of strobist posts in regard to Canon flashes (as I have canon also) and I understand that Canon flashes don't work with optical triggers (happy for someone to correct me if I'm wrong). |
You just need a special type... If I use the wrong optical trigger, I get my Canon 580 to fire ones and that's it... The older EZ series work great..... Does not help the OP but here is a link for one that works on the EX (that stands for Etremely eXpensive by the way) series..... |
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