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Kenski
20th of March 2006 (Mon), 17:09
Just got my set of Photogenics and was wondering if I could use the 550ex to light up the background from behind the subject, or should i just get a smaller flash, like their 160 w/s... It only has full/half/quarter power though.
PacAce
20th of March 2006 (Mon), 17:54
As long as you have a way of triggering the 550EX, there's no reason why you can't use it to light up the background.
bolantej
20th of March 2006 (Mon), 20:14
I've used my 420EX with success. might need a home made snoot or something to control the beam though.
Kenski
20th of March 2006 (Mon), 21:32
Hmmmm, I don't think triggering it will be a problem... Making a snoot might be alittle more dificult... :)
Titus213
20th of March 2006 (Mon), 23:26
I'm not so sure triggering your 550EX will be all that easy. As I understand them they do not work well with optical slave units. How were you planning on doing this?
Kenski
20th of March 2006 (Mon), 23:41
I have a hot-shoe adapter that attaches to a tripod and the 550, then it connects to the other hot-shoe adapter VIA PC on the camera...
PacAce
20th of March 2006 (Mon), 23:45
Hmmmm, I don't think triggering it will be a problem... Making a snoot might be alittle more dificult... :)
Snoot? In a pinch, I've just rolled a couple of pages of newpaper and attached it to the front of my flash to serve as a make-shift snoot. And it worked perfectly. :lol:
Titus213
21st of March 2006 (Tue), 02:14
Duh, simple triggering. I just don't consider the obvious sometimes.