Topic: Flash triggers

I never used TTL, ever, as you know. But i noticed a while ago that while on M mode, the flash was very, very accurate on TTL mode...so accurate in fact that it gave me creative control over the type of shot i was doing, allowing me to change settings on the fly to create effects....concentrating on that rather than getting the flash power etc right was great for that nightclub shoot!!

I was able to set up for rear curtain sync giving me creative blurring and light trails, slow sync for real motion in the dancing, instantly switching to normal fill for a group club shot and finally at a press of a button, overpower the background and get a close up portrait with a dark background....all without touching the flash at all!! It certainly helped me get a lot of the shots simply due to the speed with which i was able to choose and change. In a club, the shot you want doesnt hang around waiting for you to change everything and set up, its bang, bang bang...did that work

Alex, when using flash (And for that matter without flash in high contrast situations) be carefull to select the appropriate metering for the situation. 99% of people will never touch the metering. and to be fair 80% of the time it works....but you get more control knowing when to switch, using your AE lock and an 18% grey card when needed. 

Well, it seems that my hotshoe is fine. The problems I had with macro flashes must have been...

1) bad luck for the first SB21 which died on me last december
2) electrostatic discharge for the Sunpak 8R (realised today - see other thread on corrupted files)

...because these wireless triggers are great. I even managed to get my old Cobra AF700 into action. Although it doesn't have any manual settings you can vary the zoom and the head angle and tilt - so not completely useless, merely almost useless.   (filters and/or diffusers too).

I'm going to have lots of fun with these. Optical slaving works great too. Only took 10 days from Hong Kong too.  

Wouldn't be without mine now Alex . First thing in the bag after the camera , everytime