Masters, slaves, and cords
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Another post got me thinking about what I need to purchase re. flash accessories. I saw some who were very fond of their off camera hot shoe cord, then started looking around, and here is what I have come with, or a question: If I have a a Canon 580 EX II Speedlite as a master and the 430 as the slave, will the 580 EX not transmit wirelessly to the 430 EX, negating the need for the hot shoe cord? Is the advantage of the cord only financial?
Thanks for the advice guys,
DustyDusty, that would work, though I think you might find yourself running out of hands when trying to use more then one flash for most photos.
The cord allows you to hold the flash in one hand and the camera in the other and still works like normal TTL on camera flash – it’s very fast & easy and really works well for action stuff like fishing.
More then one flash can get tricky, for example they don’t always fire and getting the exposure right can take time.
In saying that – you can get some nice shots using two or more flashes if you take the time.
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More then one flash can get tricky, for example they don’t always fire and getting the exposure right can take time.
David,
Thanks for the input. I really did not consider the physical aspects of handling two plus flashes. I spoke with a photog. buddy of mine today, and he warned me about the two flashes having to have perfect line of site w/ each other as well. And you also make a great point about this centering around fishing photography. I guess to pull off what I was referring to I would need to have several small tripods to hold the remote flashes- no thanks! I already hump in too much gear as it is.So, in the field I am looking at the off shoe cord and a hand-held speedlite, while snapping pics of flies at the vise I can use the extra speedlite and set up the Master/slave scenario?
Dusty
More then one flash can get tricky, for example they don’t always fire and getting the exposure right can take time.
So, in the field I am looking at the off shoe cord and a hand-held speedlite, while snapping pics of flies at the vise I can use the extra speedlite and set up the Master/slave scenario?
Yeah, a small set-up with a couple of speedlights for flies could be good and much easier to get right.
Mind you, I only use one light from above to shoot flies with a bit of bounce from the bottom because flies are so small.
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