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fade
9th of January 2004 (Fri), 09:50
is it possible that the flash on the s40 will trigger a slave flash?

im planning on using a 540ez with a wein peanut.

:D
S45_fornow...
9th of January 2004 (Fri), 10:29
Isn't slavery illegal?

:lol:
billh101
9th of January 2004 (Fri), 15:29
I don't know about the s40, but I've used a slave flash with my A70. It took a little trial and error to get the exposure right, but it worked.
fade
9th of January 2004 (Fri), 18:13
I don't know about the s40, but I've used a slave flash with my A70. It took a little trial and error to get the exposure right, but it worked.

whats your setup?
Don Schaeffer
9th of January 2004 (Fri), 21:05
How did you do that? I tried it with my slave flash and got no response. It works great with my Casio camera.
--Don
andre.plasse
10th of January 2004 (Sat), 07:59
I have a S45, I use a slave flash, but you have to:


- connect your slave flash with a cell

- select manual mode (to avoid the pre-flash in the other mode)

- select 1/3 to full flash power on the S45 (to test)

Good luck

Andre
Don Schaeffer
10th of January 2004 (Sat), 09:14
Thanks for the suggestion. I did try this once without success on the basis of a discussion of digiforum. I'll try again. I'm not very systemmatic and I might have left something out.
--Don
billh101
12th of January 2004 (Mon), 15:10
Sorry, I haven't checked this forum in a little while. What I have used is my Nikon SB-26 flash from my SLR. It happens to have a built in slave sensor, so I just switched it to slave, put the A70 on manual, and experimented with the aperture and flash power until I got good results. That big flash sure did the job. I completely lit up a dark room, about 14' x 20'. Any flash and an inexpensive slave sensor should do the job.
snapshooter
12th of January 2004 (Mon), 22:13
I have a S45, I use a slave flash, but you have to:


- connect your slave flash with a cell

- select manual mode (to avoid the pre-flash in the other mode)

- select 1/3 to full flash power on the S45 (to test)

Good luck

Andre

could you tell us as well what type/brand of flash you use? and do yo use a lens adapter as well? tnx
fade
13th of January 2004 (Tue), 19:47
has the pre-flash interrupted the slave flash at all? i know the a-series messes with the slave flash by firing the pre-flash

thanks