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designboy
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Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

#802795 - 19/06/2009 11:26

Can this be done? I want them to trigger by the light sensor like my studio strobes? Never done it before but thought it would be easy done, I'm stuck

help, help, help!

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frank1
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Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

[Re: designboy]
#802798 - 19/06/2009 11:41

Two rival camps trying to communicate with each other. Wouldn't hold my breath

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Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

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#802800 - 19/06/2009 11:49

Setting the guns to manual and triggering using an ordinary (cheap) slave may work.

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Barney
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Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

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#802819 - 19/06/2009 12:19

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Setting the guns to manual and triggering using an ordinary (cheap) slave may work.

It will work as each flash is dumb there's no compatibilty issues to deal with.

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designboy
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Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

[Re: Barney]
#802826 - 19/06/2009 12:34

cheers guys, its a sb 80dx nikon and a dirty canon 580 EX. I got a wireless trigger for the nikon that works its just the canon I cant get to trigger ;(

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Barney
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Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

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#802862 - 19/06/2009 14:49

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cheers guys, its a sb 80dx nikon and a dirty canon 580 EX. I got a wireless trigger for the nikon that works its just the canon I cant get to trigger ;(

Well that's a different question, one regarding compability of wireless triggers with flashes.

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Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

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#802897 - 19/06/2009 16:11

I have a small hot shoe slave cell (£8 from WHE iirc) that lets my studio strobes trigger my cannon flashes if i ever need another light.

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