550EX/430 EX II - What else do I need to fire off camera?

[CosmoKid]

I am taking pictures of my kids for their first birthday. I have my own 430 EX II and my buddy lent me his 550 EX.

My plan was to mount the 550 on a tripod left and the 430 on a tripod right.

Would I just need a cable to connect to my camera to trigger the 550 which would then, using the IR, trigger the 430?

I plan on buying the cactus or cyber synch remotes in the future but they would never get here on time anyway.

[mmahoney]

Would I just need a cable to connect to my camera to trigger the 550 which would then, using the IR, trigger the 430?


You will need the Canon off-camera-shoe-cord (or the ebay equalivent) as the "cable". Just make sure you position the front of the slave so that it's sees the flash from the master.

[JCH77Yanks]

Check out FlashZebra for extended off camera shoe ETTL cords - That will get that 550 of camera to command that 430 on the other side. This is what I do when I want both of my flashes off camera.

[btmlinedan]

there is always these...

http://cgi.ebay.com/PT-04-Wireless-Flash-Trigger-PT04-NIKON-2-receivers-T3M_W0QQitemZ330340393471QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?hash=item4ce9d261ff&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1234|293%3A1| 294%3A50

if you really wanna get some great range, you can look up the "antenna mod" for em, or check this out...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/btmlinedan/sets/72157610173957672/

[btmlinedan]

ps--here's the range i get...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3677751866_e0da6525e7.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3496488470_1d3b854fd7.jpg