Will it control the intensity (No E-TTL) of flashes. Presume this would be in manual mode. If so, how many flashes can be controlled?
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Yes it can, in both Radio mode with compatible 600ex-rt flashes, or Optical mode with other flashes. It functions essentially the same as Canon's speedlite transmitter, allowing you to control up to 5 individual flashes or 15 flashes ins groups of three all from the transmitter. It will allow you to individually set the ratio of each flash to that of the main flash or Group A. From there you may also adjust the power of the A group, and the subset groups will adjust accordingly. I.E. if the B group is set to 1/2 ratio to the A flash group, when A is set to 1/1 power , B group will fire at 1/2 power. If A is then lowered to 1/2 (from the Remote transmitter) power the B group will automatically reduce and fire at 1/4 power.
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It also works from the hot shoe which will trigger the units. It doesn't do TTL like more costly unit does. They do make ones that do TTL. These you need to set the flash power at each remote flash. They work just fine if you can set the flash at different powers. I'm shooting animals at night and they work find for me because I need as much light as I can get for a big area. For studio work I'd get ones that do TTL and send the signal back to the sender and camera. They are cheap enough to have hanging around for special shots. I got two sets so I can control four flash units with one sender.
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You can change setting on flash to "Slave" and the flash unit is auto triggered by another flash. Very nice feature.
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Hi .... I'm not sure to tell you I work with Auto flashes with a slave unit that works any where in the room or out side Sorry about that Hope you get a answer of some one .......Mike
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Both, the little lights at the 12 and 6 o'clock position are just "pre-lights" I use to help focus. They're manual which means you have to press a button on the flash to activate them. They only stay on for around 8-10 sec. Then you have your ring flash which is ttl using your cameras metering. Through the flash head you can adjust intensity independent left to right or right to left. Of course the whole ring flash is also adjustable through flash exposure compensation.
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Yes, this is a manual flashs...i use this flash with our 3 cameras...5d miii.. 60d...and T3i...we only shoot manual...it give you 100% control...i have 6 of these for flash photography which I set off with wireless triggers...love these...inexpensive but work great...
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it will set the flash off and I don't know what the trigger life is I just got it, will not transmit ettl settings but it will fire the flash
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There are 4 mode buttons on the back. Macro for close range. Self timer option. Various Flash functions. Brightness adjusting. The instructions included will explain how to use these. I hope this helps. STM
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No, it only works with Phottix Odin, Strato, and Strato II triggers.Apologies, it should work with YN flashes, but I think it will only function as a manual trigger, with no power adjustments or TTL.
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I have a D800 and Sb 900 and Yongnuo YN568EX flash , and they work al the time the SB9oo control the other flash, I had problem with the SB 800, it will not communicate in TTL and was not able to adjust.
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Yes, it can. The only thing this unit can't do is function in TTL mode. Other than that, it is a great manual flash.
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Make sure your flash is set to ettl, thats the way you can make changes.to the flash, even for manual flash.
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You can set each one if this triggers as you like to, if you want to have one as transmitter the rest if them have to be set as receivers and they will trigger the flash, hope this help I have 3 and I use one as a master the other 2 as slaves and I can have a set up of 3 lights using the one in camera if I need to and 2 off camera flashes with the other 2 set up as a receivers.
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Yes it will work but it does not do E-ttl so you will only shoot in manual mode for the flash a good rule is to start the flash power at 1/8 then go up or down depending on the picture
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I don't know about that but this flash is fully manual. It will not monitor anything thru your camera and mine stopped working the 2nd time I turned it on. I would not recommend it. If you want a TTL ring flash that is fully automatic you will have to go for the Canon ring flash, about $500.
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I have the same problem with the flash. It cannot be disabled in the Auto mode with the current firmware. The only option is to use a mode other than auto. I guess when they say auto they really mean auto. Hopefully Nikon reads these posts and will allow the flash to be disabled when the phone is turned off and on in a firmware update. As on Nov. 27, 2014 there is no firmware update yet.
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Thanks NutMac. I just got the Canon XSi so I'm guessing that would control this flash (being very new itself). The one thing I didn't consider before was that the price of this new 430EX II will be at list price for a while, making it a lot more expensive that the current model! That will put it out of my price range, so I guess I'm sticking with the older technology for now! Thanks again,Stew