That is my experience as well with the Elan II and also 550 Ex and Ef 500.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 3:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS Turning an EF 500 into an ST-E2? > > > > On page 21 of the Sigma EF 500 Super manual that I have > (which may be an > > older printing) there's a section called "Master Flash > On/Off Setting" > > in the box at the top of the page that is titled "Preparation for > > Wireless Flash". It tells you how to keep the master from firing. I > > can't imagine it works differently on the Elan 7 than on my > EOS 1V or > > EOS 3. It works fine on those cameras: when I turn of > master firing, > > the EF 500 Super acts like an ST-E2. > > Yeah, I followed those directions and did some test shots, > but it didn't > seem to work--except on the first few shots that I took after > taking the EF > 500 out of the box. After that, regardless of the setting on > the EF 500, it > would fire every time. There are rumors that only the EOS-1v > and -3 allow > the master to be turned off, but I can't see why...:( * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
