So I have a canon 5d with 430 and 580 speedlites. It I want both flashes off camera, is this all I need to fire them bot or am I missing something?
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Yes and No. It will work IF you purchase separate sync ports for your speedlights. I know the 430 does not have a pc port and am pretty sure the 580 does not either. all you need to do is go to flashzebra or call them up and they can set you up with them. they are around $15 but will allow you to use the pocket wizards. Another important question is do you want to adjust your flash power by your camera or do you want to do it manually? Pocket wizard offers a ttl trigger for speedlights. The PWIII trigger you are asking about is a "dumb" trigger as it will only trigger your flashes and you will not be able to adjust the power or use your ttl functions with it. If you just want a trigger to fire your flashes I would recommend you save some money and get the new pocket wizard Plus X triggers. they are $99 vs $140. If you want to control the power of your flashes and or use the ttl functions I would recommend the Pocket Wizard Mini TT1 and Flex TT5 systems. you can read about each of these on the pocket wizard website.
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I have a 5d mk3 and two 430ex II. Can I make them work with the PW plus III?
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I cannot vouch for the 480, but what comes in the box will allow you to trigger the 580 remotely. You will need one for the camera, and one for each flash you wish to trigger.
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Nope, the remote flashes are sync only - fire signal only. Whatever setting they are set to they will fire, must change them manually on flash. The transmitter on the camera is ETTL hotshoe, so that might work for that one (maybe), but not the others.
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Hi there -- this may be irrelevant, but they're asking me to communicate. I never used Canon, bought this slave to enable me to use auxiliary flash with a Fuji 3D camera. The idea is this: Most today's hi-tech flashes emit a series of light impulses to pre-evaluate the scene, the pop responsible for actual exposure (when the shutter opens) being the last one. To use an external slave flash you need either turn off all camera's pre-flashes (switch it to 'dumb' mode -- impossible with my Fuji) or use a slave that will ignore pre-flashes, such as this unit. That's why I bought it and it works for me. Try to read the manual for your Canon and see what your options are. It always helps to have a clear understanding what goes on. Cheers! M.B.
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I do not have a D800, but there is a YouTube video showing the unit controlling both the camera as a remote and simultaneously triggering a studio strobe. In that case the unit on the camer hit shoe has to be hardwied to the camera body. If you are not triggering an off camera flash using a third unit, then the unit on the camera hotshot works as a receiver to fire the camera using the other unit in your hand.
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If you just want to trigger an off-camera flash, you need to have a hot shoe on the Canon. Then you'll need pocket wizards (PW) for the camera and the flash. Without a hot shoe on the camera, the PW won't work.
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Anytime the flash is off camera it is best. This just makes the light a little bigger which makes the light softer. This will work on camera... A bit softer than without.
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If the flash is mounted on the camera properly it should be firing automatically. If that isn't happening then it suggests that either the flash or the camera is damaged or the flash isn't on the hot shoe properly.
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Yes, you can turn the flash off. It also has different settings for the type of flash you might want.
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The Canon User's Manual for your camera says:"Speedlite 600EX-RT/600EX/580EX II/430EXII/320EX/270EX II zz Shoe-mounted flashunit that enables many stylesof flash photography. Speedlite580EX, 430EX, 270EX, and 220EXare also supported." This unit is a copy of the 430 Canon, so it should work just fine..
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Yes! We use 2 flashes , off camera and with on camera flashes too.. each of us can fire off all flashes, or just one flash, etc.. up to 4 flashes can see used. And if you are camera flash shopping, I recommend buying the Phottix flash. It comes with a built in transmitter.
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First yes it has ettl but it has to be on the camera. If you want ettl to work off camera then you need a tranmitter on your camera that transmitts ettl and a receiver on this flash that receives ettl. You can set up this flash as a slave,meaning another flash will make this flash yn568ex go off without having any receiver on it. But it will not be ettl. It is ,I think, supposed to speak to ext flashes if they are built to do this. Don't have another yn568ex to do this yet. Hope this help DM
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how did you do this? I read the booklet that comes with the camera, & can't seem to find what page to look in to change the flash intensity. Please tell me where to look to do this. thanks. missjudyb@msn.com I will look for your reply. missjudyb@msn.com
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I do not know because I do not have the same camera. More likely it will still trigger the flash.
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I'm not sure what to tell you on that one. But it is a manual flash. Plug-in a trigger and take some test shots with brightness settings and you will get dialed in pretty quick. Do you have any other specific questions that you need help with?
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Hi, I have a 60D and the YN568exII. I ended up buying two yn622c triggers to make it work off camera. One in the hotshoe of the camera, the other under the yn586. I think there is a way to trigger the flash off camera using the 60d's built in flash but I have not done it. Hope this helps.
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By default the flash is automatic. It might be helpful, as the others say, to go to the 'thunder' sign on the Function's Circle on the back of the camera to set it and turn it on. If the flash doesn't work turned on, then it is a manufacturing problem and you should contact the seller and/or Cannon.
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Yes it will trigger the flash but no communication will be passed through the Hot shoe for TTL exposure settings. Just fire a test shot and make exposure adjustments on the fly. Isn't that what makes Digital Great? P.S. Make sure your in single shot mode unless your shooting at 1/3rd power or less the flash won't trigger for the second,3rd,4th,5th,6th,11th shot. 1-2sec or worse recycle time on that flash.