dortizphoto wrote: Question ... can I use my Canon 580EX-2 (I have two of them) together with the ABs? Just wondering if anyone has tried mixing the two.
Sure. I haven\'t used ABs, but I\'ve mixed Speedlites and other studio strobes. It works great to put the Speedlite, set in Manual power mode, out on a boom to act as a hair light, for example, and keep the big boys on the ground as key and fill.
I use a Canon-compatible optical slave to trigger the Speedlite from the flash of whichever strobe is connected to the camera. The Sonia brand uses a green base to indicate Canon-compatible units so you don\'t confuse them with non-compatible ones.
You can\'t use Canon\'s optical wireless triggering without some special workarounds, because the command preflashes will trigger the strobes prematurely, but going the other way around works fine.
Jan 04, 2012 at 03:33 PM
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