ABR800 and ST-E2???

[dangillan]

looking at picking up the abr800. I was wondering if it is possible, since the ringlight uses the sync port, if it was still possible to fire the ST-E2 from the hot shoe? has anyone tried this? Besides going to pocketwizards is there any way to make my multi flash set up work with the ringlight?

[drisley]

I don't think it will work.
You could get optical triggers for your flashes, but they usually don't work well with canon flashes.

[Lotto]

You could use both the sync port and hotshoe at same time, but the way the ST-E2 is mounted on the camera, front the ST-E2 is sticking out past the lens mount, possibly interfear with the ABR800 mounting. And the ABR800 will block the ST-E2's IR sensor.

Maybe with the off shoe cord, you can mount the ST-E2 pass the ABR with some sort of bracket?

[dangillan]

interesting. that is what i was worried about.
has anyone ever tried an ST-E2 with an off shoe cord?