Interesting. The studio flashes use optical triggers for slaving, so that may
work.
Paul Braun WD9GCO
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> On Aug 1, 2016, at 16:42, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I would recommend a hotshoe PC adapter. Generic as dirt and usually a
> little bit less problematic. Another option, if you don't want to use
> radio triggers is to put the stand-mounted flashes in optical slave
> and trigger them with the built-in camera flash. I'm not sure which
> settings you have to adjust to make sure you don't get pre-flash, but
> since you are in manual exposure mode, that should do the trick if you
> put the flash in manual mode at the most minimum power setting it
> takes to fire the flashes. Typically, you can go up to 1/4 power with
> no evidence whatsoever of the camera flash, except for a little
> twinkle in the eyes.
>
> If you have one the E-system flashes that is "wireless" control, place
> that as the background fill, or position it to trigger the optical
> slaves of the stand flashes. That way, you'll pretty much entirely do
> away with any evidence of on-camera flash.
>
> But, I personally like the eye-sparkle and the way the on-camera
> direct flash opens up the eyes and further takes a few years off of
> the people.
>
> AG
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