 | 05 May 2012 17:38 |
| marco2011 Photographer Location United Kingdom East Yorkshire Withernsea/hull | Hiya, Just wondering if someone can help i have asked my local photography shop but their no help what so ever, im gunna say sorry in advance if my question is dum or something like thats real simple anyway i have seen some togs have their flash guns mobile like on a tripod sat on the floor i asked one that i saw was using it this way and he said its just a cheap normal flash gun sat on a tripod, but not too sure how it works etc can somebody help me will mine work like this if so how? soz again guys but would really like your help if possible. thank you marco |
| 05 May 2012 17:55 |
| HowardJ Photographer  Location United Kingdom Surrey | You buy what they call a cold shoe and attach it to a light stand like a Manfrotto nano by screwing it on. You then insert the foot of the flash gun into the cold shoe on the stand. You can also buy a umbrella clamp for the light stand. if you do then you can attach the cold shoe to that instead. the umbrella clamp has a angled hole into which you can insert an umbrella. you can then point the flash gun into the umbrella to have the light spread out and softened. You next challenge is how to fire the flash gun on the stand from your camera. you could use a cable with a PC connector assuming your flash has such a connector or you flash might have a light sensor on it which could be fired by an Infra red trigger attached to the top of your camera. See Strobist.com and their lighting 101 section for a full tutorial in off camera flash. There are also numerous books on the subject available. see Morris photo's Manfrotto section or eBay for cheap umbrella clamps, cold shoes, light stands and umbrellas. Links: http://www.morrisphoto.co.uk/ http://www.Strobist.com |
 | 06 May 2012 02:52 |
| StNeots Photographer  Location United Kingdom Bedfordshire Potton | Another way to fire the flash is via a transciever. such as a yongnuo RF-603., which can be bought in pairs or more. These give a wireless connection between the camera hot shoe and the flash (via the shoe or PC socket on the flash gun). |
| 06 May 2012 04:18 |
| marco2011 Photographer Location United Kingdom East Yorkshire Withernsea/hull | thank you for your ans but how do i know if my camera and flash have this on it thank you marco |
| 06 May 2012 06:39 |
| StNeots Photographer Location United Kingdom Bedfordshire Potton | Your flash may have an optical slave built in -Yongnuo 560 does for one. Consult the gun's instuction book for slave modes. Optical triggers can be bought which will fire guns without this built in . Examples are http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-kaiser-k1501-slave-unit-trigger/p1006117 or alternatively, search ebay with "optical flash slave trigger" and you will find them in UK for under £6. The optical ones have the advantage of working with the older flash guns with unsafe trigger voltages, which may sometimes be found in some charity shops for very little cash. If you use the transceivers then almost all flashes will work (provided they don't have high trigger voltages which will fry the TTL circuitry - these are quite old pre-digital camera flashes). |
| 06 May 2012 07:28 |
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| mph Photographer  Location United Kingdom Cheshire Crewe |  Quote from marco2011thank you for your ans but how do i know if my camera and flash have this on it thank you marco Have what on them?  Tell us the make and models of the camera and flash. |
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| 06 May 2012 12:03 |
| HowardJ Photographer Location United Kingdom Surrey | Tell us what camera and flash you have and someone might be able to tell you |
| 06 May 2012 13:21 |
| theperfectgentleman Photographer  Location United Kingdom Essex Chelmsford |
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| 06 May 2012 18:22 |
| marco2011 Photographer Location United Kingdom East Yorkshire Withernsea/hull | hiya sorry guys im such a derrrrr the make and mods of my cam and flash would be useful wont they lol my cam is an olympus e500 and my flash is fl-36 if these are ok can you please give me some details how to do it as i have read the instructions of both and cant find nothing thank you again. Marco |
| 07 May 2012 02:56 |
| StNeots Photographer  Location United Kingdom Bedfordshire Potton | From the Olympus America site:-
The EVOLT E-500 does not have an RC mode and so cannot communicate with electronic flashes in the Olympus wireless RC flash system when those flashes are in RC mode. However, when connected to these electronic flashes via hot shoe or the optional FL-CB05 Hot Shoe Flash Cable, the EVOLT E-500 can communicate with them in traditional TTL modes. |
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