Help with flash setup...
canoflan
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I have a scenario and wondering if someone can help. I have the following:
Canon 580EX, Metz 58, wireless trigger from Canon ST-E2, PWs...lightstands, etc... basically all you need to have two flashes off camera.
I use the 5D/30D, so I have ETTL II capability.
Right off the bat I have to say that the Metz 58 flash is well known to not work off camera unless by a TTL cord. Their firmware is being updated, best I understand at this point.
What I want to do is use both the Canon and the Metz in manual mode and trigger the Metz in slave mode with the Canon in master, however, I cannot do this with the PWs because there is no TTL communication from the camera to the master flash without the TTL info that the ST-E2 provides.
I, therefore, have come to a realization that I will have to use the Canon wireless ST-E2 to run both the 580EX and the Metz 58 as slaves to the ST-E2 as master. This means my PWs are useless, unless I want to trigger just the 580 off camera in manual mode.
I really don't want to sell the Metz flash because I love the secondary reflector and it is supposed to get a firmware update to fix the off camera capability.
Pat
Canon 580EX, Metz 58, wireless trigger from Canon ST-E2, PWs...lightstands, etc... basically all you need to have two flashes off camera.
I use the 5D/30D, so I have ETTL II capability.
Right off the bat I have to say that the Metz 58 flash is well known to not work off camera unless by a TTL cord. Their firmware is being updated, best I understand at this point.
What I want to do is use both the Canon and the Metz in manual mode and trigger the Metz in slave mode with the Canon in master, however, I cannot do this with the PWs because there is no TTL communication from the camera to the master flash without the TTL info that the ST-E2 provides.
I, therefore, have come to a realization that I will have to use the Canon wireless ST-E2 to run both the 580EX and the Metz 58 as slaves to the ST-E2 as master. This means my PWs are useless, unless I want to trigger just the 580 off camera in manual mode.
I really don't want to sell the Metz flash because I love the secondary reflector and it is supposed to get a firmware update to fix the off camera capability.
Pat
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