580 ex2 as optical slave in manual ?

is there a way to make the 580 ex2 act as a manual slave with optical trigger from a studio strobe? I ca not find it in the manual. am I missing something??

Thanks SteveP

BigStig wrote in post #12256619
is there a way to make the 580 ex2 act as a manual slave with optical trigger from a studio strobe? I ca not find it in the manual. am I missing something??

Thanks SteveP

580EXII doesn't have a optical slave. You can only use ETTL or radio triggers with this flash. Or you can get them optical triggers from BH, but they don't have good reviews.

You can usually do it the other way, though. Many studio strobes have optical triggers. You could set the 580exII in manual and make the strobe the optical slave.

klr.b wrote in post #12257455
You can usually do it the other way, though. Many studio strobes have optical triggers. You could set the 580exII in manual and make the strobe the optical slave.

Thanks that is a great idea.