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


 

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Status: offline 		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
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RE: Triggering a remote strobe? - 1/21/2008 3:21:36 PM   
MinnFlyer



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Status: offline 		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?

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


 

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Status: offline 		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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