dandan Senior Member  658 posts Joined Jan 2005 Location: Chiba, Japan More info | Feb 27, 2006 22:44 | #1 what is the cheapest thing i can get that will remotely fire my (non canon) flash? im looking for something that will fire it from about 5 feet away. I realy dont care how its dont, or if i need a direct line of sight to the flash to fire it, as long as it fires 30mm, 50mm, 85mm, and some zooms here and there.
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cosworth I'm comfortable with my masculinity  10,939 posts Likes: 21 Joined Jul 2005 Location: Duncan, BC, Canada More info | Feb 28, 2006 01:05 | #2 Off camera show cord. Not quite 5 feet but close. people will always try to stop you doing the right thing if it is unconventional
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tim Light Bringer  51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Feb 28, 2006 05:08 | #3 Perhaps get a couple of cheap vivitar units with optical triggers, run them in manual, it's cheap and reasonably powerful. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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Mark_48 Goldmember  2,068 posts Joined Nov 2004 Location: Brookfield, MA More info | You didn't mention what camera and flash you have. Could you use a simple PC cord (cheap)connection? If so, just be absolutely sure your camera can handle the flash triggering voltage. Some Canons have a 6 volt limit. Megapixels and high ISO are a digital photographers heroin. Once you have a little, you just want more and more. It doesn't stop until your bank account is run dry.
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tim wrote: Perhaps get a couple of cheap vivitar units with optical triggers, run them in manual, it's cheap and reasonably powerful. I already have an external flash, im looking for something to fire it. 30mm, 50mm, 85mm, and some zooms here and there.
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tim Light Bringer 51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Mar 01, 2006 05:27 | #6 Get an optical trigger, and a cheap flash unit to mount on your hotshoe. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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SkipD Cream of the Crop  20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | dandan wrote: I already have an external flash, im looking for something to fire it. For this stuff i normaly use a fuji s7000 and a national/panasonic (forget the model name) flash. I will repeat a question from above - what camera are you trying to use? Skip Douglas
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Mark_48 Goldmember 2,068 posts Joined Nov 2004 Location: Brookfield, MA More info | Skip, Megapixels and high ISO are a digital photographers heroin. Once you have a little, you just want more and more. It doesn't stop until your bank account is run dry.
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SkipD Cream of the Crop 20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | Mark_48 wrote: Skip, After a quick Google search, I'm guessing he may have a Fuji Finepix S7000 camera. It does have a flash hot shoe (no PC connection). The flash is sort of an unknown. The guessing is why I asked.... This is essentially a Canon forum, and I wondered if he had a new Canon camera of some sort. Oh well.... Maybe the OP will reply with some details. Skip Douglas
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Mar 02, 2006 21:40 | #10 OH OH, sorry, I use a fujifilm s7000 camera. not cannon, sorry. (though i am planning on upgrading to a 30d soon 30mm, 50mm, 85mm, and some zooms here and there.
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