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larrysl -> Triggering a remote strobe? (1/21/2008 1:44:21 PM)

Hi, I'm very disappointed with my indoor digital photographs, especially of model and machining projects. They have no snap to them. I think it's mostly a lighting problem. Setting up floods is a pia. I bought a Nikon SB16 strobe at a garage sale and would like to trigger it remotely with the camera strobe. What is the best inexpensive way to do this. I use a Canon SD850 camera. Also have an old Olympus Z2020. I think they both preflash. Thanks for any help. Larry



MinnFlyer -> RE: Triggering a remote strobe? (1/21/2008 3:21:36 PM)

You could make a home-made unit like this:

http://home.rochester.rr.com/carlvogt/Strobe.htm

Or just get one of these:

http://www.adorama.com/JTS25M.html

But have you tried using different exposure settings?



PhotoPunk -> RE: Triggering a remote strobe? (7/4/2008 6:16:13 AM)

Well...somewhat...a slave driven flash will be triggered by your camera's PRE-flash and not your exposure flash. The result will be a*very* dark image.

The only way to fool the system is if your camera has a manual mode...you won't have the pre-flash and your slave will fire with your camera flash.


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sfsjkid -> RE: Triggering a remote strobe? (7/24/2008 2:44:39 AM)

Larry could you define what you mean by "snap" or some samples? In the meantime here are 2 random shots of a gimbal using 2 different methods. Please excuse the hand;)



rckitbuilder -> RE: Triggering a remote strobe? (8/3/2008 4:40:01 PM)

There are some gadgets you can buy (optical slave) the fire the other flash, as your flash fires, you would want to make sure the room is lit well enough that the camera does not fire its flash to assist the auto focus and take the camera off red eye reduction. I would like to see some of the shots your talking about. You can try to up you ISO to 800-1600 just be aware of the increaded noise you might get especially if you under expose? There are times you have to go to full manual on a Point and Shoot and experiment with the different settings.

The optical slave I'm talking about canbe found here. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/109466-REG/Kaiser_201501_Hot_Shoe_Flash_Slave.html

I hope this helps.



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