e-bay optical trigger for 430EX

[nwa2]

I picked up a cheap optical trigger off e-bay for my 430ex, plan is to trigger it of the pop up flash for a bit of extra flexibility.

It is a Seagull SKY-3, remote flash controller.

It does work, triggers 430ex when pop-up flash goes off, however the 430ex will only fire once. To make it fire again I need to turn the 430ex off and on again, or remove it from the optical trigger and replace it. It will not fire again using the test button either.

Question: Is this normal with these cheap triggers? Is there a way to fool the 430ex by taping some of the pins?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110313816087

I am not concerned enough to send it back as it did not cost much and is more of an inconvenience than anything.

Neil ..

[Headcase650]

Its not the trigger. Its the flash, Canon designed the EX series of flashes so they don't work properly with 99% of optical triggers. On top of that the built in flash has a preflash that cant be disables so they dont work to trigger an optical slave very well to begin with.

[nwa2]

.. Thanks for the explanation ..