Hi Howard,
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> My last post asking for a summary of the multiple flash possibilities was pretty
>dumb and written in a moment of frustration.
Don't worry. I think it was quite a valid summary for yourself.
> I have thought through this and figure that the best option might well be to get the
>550. This would 1)be cheaper than an ST-E2 and another 420EX
And you can get a ST-E2 in the future and have both flashes wireless. A future-safe
decision while you have wireless capabilities already.
> 3)offer some of the nicities of the 550 such as FEC on the flash body
Great to override the "automatic fill-in" of your -7 and be sure *how* much
compensation is being used.
> The only real downside is that I would need to have the 550 mounted to the
>camera...but I do have the OCSC2 as well as the smaller pieces to assemble a 6 foot
>off camera wired flash.
>
> I assume that:
>
> The 550 can still be used as a master with OCSC2, is this correct?
Yes! with the OCSC2. (and 'no' with the "small pieces" that will only keep TTL
capabilities, although you can use both flashes off camera with this wired system and
support TTL)
> Also, if I only want an off camera slave, can the 550 flash be disabled and used as
>only a wireless trigger for the 420?
Yes. You set it to master and disable the output. Once you have it, read the manual
for the how-to.
Have fun!
Gerard.
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