Hi Steve, I published a short web-page about a year ago before I got the ST-E2. Needs updating now, but I only put it together because I hadn't found the manual that easy to follow in the very simple situation of one gun on camera and one elsewhere in a second group. I'm sure others must have published more and better stuff than me. www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk
I've done some more tests since getting the ST-E2 and I've found the combination of two 550EXs and an ST-E2 plus brollies (and of course, stands) to diffuse the light sources, to work very well, indoors. Even without the brollies, it's great for photos of the family which definitely look better than what you get from a P&S! I've also discovered that if you want your 550EXs to give equal power, it's not sufficient to set both 550EXs to the same group, and leave the Ratio ON and set at 1:1. (It's in the manual, but ...) You must turn Ratio OFF, otherwise the flash exposure monitor doesn't tell the truth. With Ratio ON the system is expecting two separately timed flashes, from two different groups of flashes... I've also tried (fairly short range) wireless ratio flash outdoors when photographing mushrooms last October. Certainly helped getting some modelling into the scene. I think you'll like the ST-E2. It makes controlling the 550EXs somewhat easier. M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: EOS List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 4:05 PM Subject: EOS Multi-flash > I just ordered an ST-E2 and a second 550EX. I vaguely recall one of the list > members here has a good tutorial on using remote flash techniques. Could anybody > provide any pointers to web resource on this subject? > > Thank you! * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
