580EX II manual commander control

[MagicNikon]

Can anyone shed some light on the 580EX II commander mode for me. I am used to Nikons CLS system, and I normally use the SB800 as a commander and it allows me to control my other flashes either in i-TTL mode or manually.
Can I also do manual control via the 580EXII? I dont have one yet, and I'd like to know if this is going to work out for me. I need to control at least 3 flashes (I know the 580EX does this) but I want to do it manually.

example:

channel A: 1/4 power (main)
channel B: 1/8 power (fill)
channel C: 1/16 power (hairlight)

[cosworth]

The 580 Ex II master mode will do this manually. Distance indoors is about 10 metres. Outdoors, 3 metres.

M mode will cascade to all flashes no problem.

[canonpink]

Agreed. Should work fine.

[MagicNikon]

OKay, thanks. Too bad Canon seems to be higher on their speedlights than Nikon. Everything else, they seem to be a little cheaper, but not on the lights. Have to bite the bullet.

[MagicNikon]

Thanks for info. Sounds about right then. I just needed to confirm before I buy three of them.

[PacAce]

Thanks for info. Sounds about right then. I just needed to confirm before I buy three of them.

You can download the 580EX manual from here:

http://eosdoc.com/manuals/

The information you are looking for (for confirmation) can be found in page 42 of the 580EX manual.