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    Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

    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

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    Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

    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?

    Setting the guns to manual and triggering using an ordinary (cheap) slave may work.
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    Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

    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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    Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

    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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    Re: Link a canon and a nikon Speedlight up?

    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?

    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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