I recently got a EF-500 Super and I asked Sigma if the multi flash ratio control works with the Elan 7 and they said it works with the EOS 1v, EOS3 and Elan 7. I also called Canon and they said the Elan 7 will support ratio control with the 550ex which is (from what I understand) basically the same thing. I only have one EF-500 Super right now so I can't verify this but it sounds like the Elan 7 will work with the ratio control. Now I need to save up for another one.
If anyone has two of these or even two 550s I would be curious how well this type of set up works. Gary "Icoz, Evrim" wrote: > > I'm using an Elan 7. > > Does Elan 7 allow ratio control? I love my Elan II but the lack of ratio > control limits my creativity in certain cases. Of course after getting a > flash meter etc it might not be necessary. > > > > You can use Flash ratio to do this, and 550ex/Super 500 > > should be able to > > do > > > it, but not on Elan II's. As far as I understood from the > > manual, only the > > > master flash needs to be able to set this, so your second > > flash can be > > > 420ex. Correct me if I am wrong. My understanding is with no ratio > > control, > > > both flashes fire at the same power. > > > > So I'd just leave the FEC controls on the Elan 7 alone, and > > set the ratio on the EF 500 itself? > > I think that is how it should work. At least on my 550ex. You are supposed > to set the ratio on the 550ex, and then fire away. But as I mention, this is > from what I read since my camera does not support this. Why it does not > support it (should be a function of the flash, not the camera) is probably a > marketing thing by Canon. > > -e > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photos of Animals, Flowers, and More http://www.naturefocus.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
