I don\'t know if this has been brought up, but with the flash commander in the 7D, when using a flash bracket with a Speedlite, you would not need the OC-E3 off-shoe flash cord.
I know some Nikon fellas with the D300 doing this using an SB-800.
Wow, I hadn\'t thought of that, thanks! One less nuisance when using my Kirk macro flash bracket.
Mark
You can do the same with an ST-E2 of course. However, in either case you loose rear-curtain sync with Canon (an unfortunate limitation of wireless E-TTL). Often I\'m dragging the shutter a bit in situations where I\'m using a bracket, so the cord is still useful.
I was wondering about that. My flash manual indicates that the slave flash has to be in front of the master and within an 80 degree arc centered on the flash axis, assuming that both are 580EX IIs. Is that not the case when using the ST-E2 as the master?
Not entirely. In most indoor settings, and even outdoors when you are close enough to the subject, the slaves will pick up the trigger signal being reflected off the subject, and so may be positioned behind or to the side of the camera position.
Sep 24, 2009 at 07:22 PM
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