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Hi!
I have only owned speedlites for a week and a bit - take that as an indication of my speedlite knowledge repitoire. I do read a lot though. Here is the question:
I have a PC sync cable that I use to fire a 580EX II. I am shooting with an XSi (damn 5D2 backorders), so I used the Nikon AS-15 hotshoe adapter. The system works great to trigger the 580EX II off-camera (without ETTL of course).
When I set the 580EXII to master mode, and my 430EXII to slave mode, everything works great when the 580 is camera mounted in ETTL mode. When I take the 580 off camera and trigger it with the PC sync cable, I get some wonky results. The 580 frashes right on time, providing the beautiful light it provides. It also still triggers the 430, but the 430 goes off a good half second later (and no matter what I change, I can't alter the delay). What I don't understand is why I'm seeing the latency in the 430 firing, when there is no latency when the 580 is camera mounted in ETTL mode.
Is it possible to use a 580 to trigger a 430 when the 580 is first being triggered via PC sync?
Thanks for the help, smart ones!
John
(P.S. I have some cheap third-party RF triggers on the way anyway, but this still irks me!)
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