Can the 550ex flash that is mounted on the camera be only used to trigger other flashes like the st-e2? I want the flash mounted on the camera not to fire but the other 550ex to fire.
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tpinchback Senior Member 657 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2004 Location: Houston More info | Mar 03, 2005 09:02 | #1 Can the 550ex flash that is mounted on the camera be only used to trigger other flashes like the st-e2? I want the flash mounted on the camera not to fire but the other 550ex to fire. 1D MKIII 5D MKII
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jbradc Senior Member  409 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Lynchburg, Va USA More info | Mar 03, 2005 09:15 | #2 You can do that, use the 550EX as the master and set it to not fire. It will only send IR to the slaves. Website: http://www.jbradcampbell.com/
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Mar 03, 2005 09:17 | #3 How do you set the flash not to fire, with out turning it off? 1D MKIII 5D MKII
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Mar 03, 2005 09:22 | #4 Page 57 of your manual. Jon
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Mar 03, 2005 09:25 | #5 Considering I did not get a manual with my flash, "page 57" does me no good! Is it really that hard to spell it out for me?? 1D MKIII 5D MKII
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jbradc Senior Member 409 posts Joined May 2004 Location: Lynchburg, Va USA More info | Mar 03, 2005 09:39 | #6 If I had my 550EX in front of me I could tell you step by step, but I can't do it from memory. Website: http://www.jbradcampbell.com/
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jbradc wrote: If I had my 550EX in front of me I could tell you step by step, but I can't do it from memory. Sorry 
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Jon Cream of the Crop 69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Mar 03, 2005 10:16 | #8 The link to the 550 manual PDF at the Canon Germany site's been posted here before. Have you done a search on this site for "550 manual"? Jon
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Mar 03, 2005 10:23 | #9 Thanks Jon! 1D MKIII 5D MKII
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Mar 03, 2005 12:25 | #10 http://www.pbase.com …550ex/550ex_manual&page=3 1D MKIII 5D MKII
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steven Senior Member 568 posts Joined Jul 2004 Location: Austin, TX More info | Mar 03, 2005 12:25 | #11 While you can set the 550 as a master to not flash for the actual picture, it still will do the pre-flash. 1Ds
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robertwgross Cream of the Crop  9,462 posts Likes: 3 Joined Nov 2002 Location: California More info | steven wrote: While you can set the 550 as a master to not flash for the actual picture, it still will do the pre-flash. No, you don't want it to be doing any pre-flash, because that would affect metering at the camera. When the 550EX is set as a master with no flash, it will still dribble out the command data to the slaves, and they will do their proper pre-flash and main flash.
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