Hi all,
-Original Message-
From: Big Mike
I've got two 550EX flash units that I would like to use as
[...]
shoe adapter
and when one flash fires the Wein optical slave will fire the
connected
flash.
What am I missing? I'm sure it's obvious but I don't know.
- Original Message
"Craig Zendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to:
>I've had a chance to read the instruction book again and try this. I can't
>find any combination of CFs or settings to make the 550EX work as described
>by Miha.
>
>What am I missing?
I looked in my manual yesterday and didn't find any referen
I have never heard of a 'manual slave mode' on the 550EX before, and
certainly haven't found one on mine.
I did do some experimenting a while back with the peanut slave and found
that, although the peanut would fire the 550EX once , you had to
disconnect the slave and then reconnect it to fire the
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Big Mike
> >> I'm probably expecting too much or just have no idea what I'm
> >> doing. Well, I
> >> admit I don't really know what I'm doing but ...
> >>
> >> I've got two 550EX flash units that I would like to use as
> >>[...]
> >> shoe adapter
> >>and w
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Big Mike
>> I'm probably expecting too much or just have no idea what I'm
>> doing. Well, I
>> admit I don't really know what I'm doing but ...
>>
>> I've got two 550EX flash units that I would like to use as
>>[...]
>> shoe adapter
>>and when one flash fires
Hi!
You don't even need Wein optical slaves. 550EX can be optical slave by itself. What
you want to do is put you 550EX in manual slave mode. (not E-ttl slave mode) Set the
power, zoom, put it on tripod or something and you are done. When a flash (your Alien
bees, or your on-camera flash) will
I'm probably expecting too much or just have no idea what I'm doing. Well, I
admit I don't really know what I'm doing but ...
I've got two 550EX flash units that I would like to use as backlights or
hairlights in conjunction with my two Alien Bees. So, I bought two Wein
Peanut Optical Slaves along
