Wireless Flash

[benetton1981]

Hi guys,

Have a quick question, does the canon 350D supports wireless flash? any recommendations on what brand of flash to get? I found a 2nd Sigma 500 DG, and I'm contemplating of buying one.

Enlighten me (with the lack of words to use hehehe)

[benetton1981]

anyone?? LOL

[tim]

You waited a whole 12 minutes for a reply? You have the patience of a saint! :p

The FAQs cover your questions in detail (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=138907). Short answer: you can't have a single remote flash without other equipment, but there are many ways to do it, some cheap, some expensive, some manual, some automatic.

Read the FAQs then come back with questions.

[benetton1981]

well I'm patient, LOL but not sure about being a saint though, that was a very hard read, I'm trying to scheme through it, but to lazy to understand word for word, I'll get the answer though, Thanks for the heads up

[Livinthalife]

I found the easiest way to go wireless was to invest into http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/home.php?cat=274

I know the XT and the 30D have no way of directly communicating to a flash without the infrared attachment.

[GerBee]

Short answer is NO! The 350D does not support wireless flash.

You might be getting confused with the Nikon commander system which does but Canon does not support this protocol.

**Put an ST-E2 on your 350D and it will wireless control some flash units in ETTL.
**Put a 550EX or higher flash on the 350D and it will control other wireless flash in ETTL.
**Put an optical slave on your remote flash and the 350D in M Mode ONLY will trigger a remote flash which may be in M, AV or ETTL ~ but the camera control is manual only.
**Put a PW [Pocket Wizard] on the 350D and it will fire any flash that has another PW attached to it. All in manual mode. Aperture selection by trial and error or by flash meter, shutter within sync or slow for effect as desired.

[PacAce]

Short answer is NO! The 350D does not support wireless flash.

You might be getting confused with the Nikon commander system which does but Canon does not support this protocol.

**Put an ST-E2 on your 350D and it will wireless control some flash units in ETTL.
**Put a 550EX or higher flash on the 350D and it will control other wireless flash in ETTL.
**Put an optical slave on your remote flash and the 350D in M Mode ONLY will trigger a remote flash which may be in M, AV or ETTL ~ but the camera control is manual only.
**Put a PW [Pocket Wizard] on the 350D and it will fire any flash that has another PW attached to it. All in manual mode. Aperture selection by trial and error or by flash meter, shutter within sync or slow for effect as desired.
What do you mean by the above (in bold above)? I didn't know flashes could be set to AV mode.

BTW, if the flash is in ETTL mode and is triggered via an optical slave trigger, it'll only fire at a fixed power level, usually full power.

[GerBee]

AV is the automatic aperture control. It may have different names.

A Nikon SB26 flash has A, M, Strobe, TTL.

Setting A can be convenient as it attempts to get the correct exposure from the subject to flash distance. In average situations for portraiture this may be good enough. Set ƒ8 on the flash and the camera.

M needs the output level measured and adjusted

Strobe is a manual setting and releases a predetermined amount of pulses and intensities.

TTL [in wireless] merely fires the flash, usually full power.




What do you mean by the above (in bold above)? I didn't know flashes could be set to AV mode.

[PacAce]

AV is the automatic aperture control. It may have different names.

A Nikon SB26 flash has A, M, Strobe, TTL.

Setting A can be convenient as it attempts to get the correct exposure from the subject to flash distance. In average situations for portraiture this may be good enough. Set ƒ8 on the flash and the camera.

M needs the output level measured and adjusted

Strobe is a manual setting and releases a predetermined amount of pulses and intensities.

TTL [in wireless] merely fires the flash, usually full power.

OK, I see. I guess that's the mode which I generally refer to as Auto mode. Thanks for the clarification.