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Vacant Theory
4th of January 2009 (Sun), 19:34
I've been wondering if there are any other speedlights like this...

The ones I know: Nikon sb80dx,sb26,sb800,sb900

Maybe good to know especially for all those other strobist-freaks among us.
if you know some:shoot!

joey1234
4th of January 2009 (Sun), 20:27
i believe the sigma dg500 super has optical slave.

40Dude6aedyk
4th of January 2009 (Sun), 21:05
Sigma EF-530 DG Super as well

Lotto
4th of January 2009 (Sun), 21:27
Flashzebra has the external optical slave that works with Canon EX Speedlites, so one can use any manual flash via a hot shoe adapter.

http://flashzebra.com/products/0118/index.shtml

Curtis N
5th of January 2009 (Mon), 14:41
The Promaster 7500DX, and I believe other Promaster models also.

But I'm with Lotto. Don't buy a high-priced flash just for that capability. Get a cheap one and stick a cheap slave on it.

Vacant Theory
6th of January 2009 (Tue), 02:17
The Promaster 7500DX, and I believe other Promaster models also.

But I'm with Lotto. Don't buy a high-priced flash just for that capability. Get a cheap one and stick a cheap slave on it.

I'm not planning on buying high-priced stuff...there's just a shop around my corner which sells a heap of 2nd hand speedlights and really dirt-cheap, just handy to know if there are some with built in slaves ;)

msowsun
6th of January 2009 (Tue), 03:45
There are a lot of cheap flashes with built in optical slaves on Ebay. http://photography.shop.ebay.ca/items/Flash-Units__slave-flash?_trkparms=66%253A2%257C65%253A15%257C39%253A 1&_catref=1&_dmpt=Digital_Camera_Flashes&_sacat=48515&_sc=1&_sop=15&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_pgn=1

Quite a few of the 3rd party flashes had them in the 80's and 90's also.

Here is one I bought many years ago, that I sometimes use for a little fill. It has a slave on/off switch on the side and a little white dome on top for the optical sensor. The new versions today are able work with pre-flash as well.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/msowsun/photo%20stuff/2a.jpg