Re: Triggering a strobe and my 580exII with a ST-E2
If you want to use the Canon gear and the third party manual together fire the manual flash via a radio link with the transmitter attached to the PC connector of camera.
The ST-E2 is simply a flash with a deep red filter just at the threshold of human vision (you can see it in a dark room according to Chuck Westfall, who I asked about the IR thing) will signal the 580exII with coded pre-flash but then the camera will send the \"fire main flash\" signal via the center pin of the hot shoe and the PC socket at the same time.
What would be simpler is what Baclionur suggests. Put the 580exII on the camera (better yet on a bracket to keep it above the lens) in OFF / M mode with a diffuser and it will both trigger your other strobe and give you some neutral fill to lift all the shadows the camera see up to the point the sensor can capture the full range of the scene with detail. You could also bounce it up off the ceiling or backwards into the corner behind you for fill.
Chuck
Mar 17, 2009 at 04:24 PM
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