Vincent Laforet, Using Off-Camera TTL from Way Back When
I was Googling around this afternoon when I found this 2001 SportShooter article by (then) NY Times shooter Vincent Laforet. I had seen it before, but many of you probably haven't.
He was basically just discovering ETTL wireless, and was already doing cool stuff with it for his daily assignments. Several NYT photos and lighting diagrams are shown.
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He was basically just discovering ETTL wireless, and was already doing cool stuff with it for his daily assignments. Several NYT photos and lighting diagrams are shown.
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I first saw this article 3 or 4 years ago - it and the lighting diagrams from filmlessphotos.ca were what first got me excited about trying off camera flash. The Strobist blog has definitely taken things to a whole 'nother level though.
Most newspapers I've seen/interned with standard issue 2 580's and an st-e2, I personally own a 580ex2 and the st-e2, the best combination for everything. You get quick off camera lighting, if you're shooting a concert I'll frequently just take my flash and slide it along the stage, have the guitarist kick it back to me later.
Plus, the st-e2 has focus assist, so clubs and night life is another great thing about it. I'd never make another camera back without one.
Oh this set up is so popular now that B&H actually sells a whole kit of 2 580exII and an st-e2 for a discount FYI
really interesting, is the 550ex wireless connection radio or IR?
someone knows if 550ex can control a 430ex as a slave?
thanks
Kevin
Kevin Pistone: she sure can, basically all the 500 series flashes can trigger any flash that can be a slave (i thnk thats any EX flash but not sure about that), plus to add to the reassurances, i own a 550ex & two 430ex-s wireless ETTL works!
for non static things i do prefer the ETTL, but the ST-E2 is such an outdated item, it doesn't even have an LCD (when i think it should). that i have found that using the commander flash is better (but what i tried to avoid doesn't happen, that is keeping the on camera weight down.)
Kevin, the 550EX should be able to drive a 430EX. It is IR, although with the forthcoming RadioPopper, it looks like radio is in Canon's ETTL future.
Although, if you've used ETTL, it's occasionally hand-to-hand combat trying to get it to achieve what you want, but it's an awesome 95% solution if you're having to work fast on the move in varied lighting conditions and don't have your Strobist manual techniques down to a 'T'. ;)
-Steve
Unless I missed something, you're in Paris and you're Googling? Sacre bleu! Don't waste time on the internet - there's too much to do and see in Paree. You're the lighting expert, and Paris is the City of Light. You'll have plenty of time to Google after you return home.
This article is what spurred me to be my second 550ex. I now have three on-off camera strobes.
I bought the 550ex and everything works fine. I'm studying the manual now :)
only thing that disappoint me is that if I connect the 550ex with a NON TTL cable to my camera it still send some kind of message to the 430ex but they fire one after the other, not at the same time :(
anyway thanks :)
Kevin
If you liked this article from SportsShooter, be sure to check out the great (and Strobist-sensibility) 5-Minute Portrait viseo series by Joey Terrill:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/special_feature/2003_luau_video/5_min_light/index.html
Or Robert Seale's lighting video:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/special_feature/2002_luau_video/seale_lighting/index.html
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