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am_pitbull_terrier

4th of March 2005 (Fri), 10:30

Hi I was thinking of buying this, and was wondering if anyone else has used it.
I wanted to buy the DigiSlave Flash Trigger to correct my slave strobes from firing with the preflash. Do you think this would work.
http://www.srelectronics.com/sa10.html

Thanks for your help.

scottbergerphoto

4th of March 2005 (Fri), 11:13

They are a little more expensive, but I buy the Wein Digital Ultra Slaves, just because I trust Wein.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=wein+ultra&image.x=7&image.y=12
Scott

am_pitbull_terrier

4th of March 2005 (Fri), 15:01

Thanks Scott.

scottbergerphoto

4th of March 2005 (Fri), 20:06

You originally posted that you will be using a slave that ignores the preflash. That suggests to me that you are using an ETTL flash and want to add a monolight to be fired by a slave. No PC cords are involved. You plug the slave into the external slave input of the monolight. You would have to plug one into each light that you add. Combining ETTL and manual lights is a pain. You would be better off going all manual or all ETTL. You can put a 550EX on the hot shoe in M mode and arrange your monolights anyway you want. Then use a flash meter to adjust them.

If you are just using your G3 and monolights, you don't need a digital slave at all. Connect the pc cord to the G3 via a PC connection if it has one or use a Hot Shoe to PC Connector and then the other end of the PC cord to a monolight. Set the other monolights to slave. There is no ETTL in this situation.
Scott

am_pitbull_terrier

4th of March 2005 (Fri), 22:17

Thanks Scott, Sorry you had to explain it to me like i'm an idiot (right now, basically I am when it comes to strobe lighting) but You answered ALL of my questions in the last post. Thanks again.
Sean

gary_hendricks

5th of March 2005 (Sat), 08:35