I have posted this question in our Lighting and Studio forum recently as well, but have not really received much.

I am new to the world of OCF, but after seeing many of the beautiful images in this forum was intrigued enough to get my first setup.

I have now: 3 580EXII's, two Cheetah stands. Two softboxes. And a Radio Popper JrX system, with the cubes to control output power from the transmitter.

My question is: If I still want to fire one of the 580EXII's off my camera for fill light, is it possible to do this with this system?

Any insight would be great. Thank you.

Sure you can. Use a threaded pc sync cable and screw it into the 580ex II on your cameras hot shoe and place the JrX on top of the flash, I use a rubber band to hold it in place.

Oh, it's a custom cable . One side is threaded for the pc sync ( it won't pop off that way) and the other is a 1/8 mini plug that goes into the side of the JrX.

Here is the link where I got mine
http://michaelbass.blogspot.com/2007/09/sync-cords.html#StartSyncCords

Its the screwlock pc sync to RA mini plug 10 inches long. If you use a bracket then you can attach the JrX to cold shoe mount.


StowePhoto wrote:
I have posted this question in our Lighting and Studio forum recently as well, but have not really received much.

I am new to the world of OCF, but after seeing many of the beautiful images in this forum was intrigued enough to get my first setup.

I have now: 3 580EXII's, two Cheetah stands. Two softboxes. And a Radio Popper JrX system, with the cubes to control output power from the transmitter.

My question is: If I still want to fire one of the 580EXII's off my camera for fill light, is it possible to do this with this system?

Any insight would be great. Thank you.

Thank you teebat. Can you point me in the direction of the bracket you would recommend?

This is what I use. I prefer to rotate the camera instead of the flash so the flashes shoe mount doesn't get messed up and this is a real fast system.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/478303-REG/Custom_Brackets_DIGITALPROMK_Digital_PRO_M_Camera_Rotating.html

Why not just use the master/slave function on the 580s?

Chris Beaumont wrote:
Why not just use the master/slave function on the 580s?

I just 'd.... literally.

Chris Beaumont wrote:
Why not just use the master/slave function on the 580s?

Because it often does not work, especially outdoors. That's why I went with radio triggers.

This was my solution to this kind of thing...

And which L Bracket is that?

StowePhoto wrote:
And which L Bracket is that?

It's a Kirk bracket...

Scott Clark wrote:
This was my solution to this kind of thing...

RichardLavigne wrote:
Scott Clark wrote:
This was my solution to this kind of thing...

jcolman wrote:
Chris Beaumont wrote:
Why not just use the master/slave function on the 580s?

Because it often does not work, especially outdoors. That's why I went with radio triggers.


And for me I use a Quantum Qflash for my OCF for the extra power. This way I can control the output from where I am.

Scott Clark wrote:
RichardLavigne wrote:
Scott Clark wrote:
This was my solution to this kind of thing...