Hi Richard,
I didnīt have the time to make a big test with the SU4. So far a few experiences
Iīve got. The SU4 is very easy to use and it works realy perfect. I get the
results of my first test slides and they where all proper exposed with the use
of two flashes (one on the hotshoe the slave about 5 mtrs away near the object).
I tried this also with two additional slaves and connected them to the slave on
the SU4 with TTL cables SC18 and SC19. All slaves were set on normal TTL. This
works perfect also. The slides had no over- or underexposure. If you forget to
switch off the preflash function or your master flash youīll get underexposure
from about -1/3 to -1.
The SU4 sounds with one accustic response ("beep") if the slave flash is
ready. You get another "beep" after shooting if the synch connection did
work correct. And it give several "beeps" if the slave didnīt give the necessary
light. In addition to that failure message the control lamp on the master flash
is blinking.
The slave flash works in standby mode also. The manual says theat the TTL (Auto)
function works up to 7 meters and the manual function (without TTL) will work
up to 40 meters. I didnīt test this yet.
Of course are the general rules of TTL flash still valid; the TTL slave is
controled by the master flash only. That means, if you want to get more flash
power (time) on the slave, you have to switch the slave to auto or manual and
the SU4 also to manual. Here you have to set the salve with the adequate ISO and
aperture, or what you want in order to the expected effects. If you work in M
or A mode on the slave flash you can still use the master flash with TTL.
Over all I think, the SU4 is a real good tool and donīt want to miss it now.
regards, Hans-Ferdinand
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> I have been waiting for your followups reporting on your experience with
> your new SU4. Why not post to the group. How did it work? Is it
> convenient, reliable. How far away can you get from the main flash and
> the slave still flash correctly etc.
>
> Most importantly, how did you pics come out?
>
> Thanks,
> Richard Davis
