300d lighting problem

[djtaz]

Hi All,
My girlfriend recently entered the world of Digital Photography and got herself the 300D.

She also got 2 interfit 300 watt external light - modelling with built in flash.

Anyway , the problem seems to be that no matter which way we take a photo , there is either a shadow on the backdrop, or the image is too dark.

Personally, i think that the external lights are not in sync with the cameras flash and i was wondering if there was any suggestions about this.

We have tried different distances for the lights , softboxes, lighting levels , and lots more.

I have noticed that if i cover the flash on the camera there is almost no light in the image at all , which led me to my theory about the external lights being out of sync.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Taz

[PhotosGuy]

Post a pic showing the "a shadow on the backdrop," + the exif data, so we have something to work with.

[djtaz]

Hi Guys,

We looked up a few things online and discovered that it might be as we suspected.

The timing on the Interfit lights flash was coming in just a tad 2 late.

We got a small connector that fits into the hot shoe and has a connection for a sync lead.

We wired up this lead to the Interfit fill light and Hey Presto ... timings were right on the External lighting and we didnt need the onboard flash anymore.

Amazing really .... a 1000 euro Camera , 1200 lighting system , 1000 backdrop setup , and a little piece that cost 10 euro (about 8 dollars) pieced them all together.

Thanks for your input PhotosGuy .. id have put up the images if i had them on this computer, but we'll take a few soon and throw them up and see what people think.