You should be able to use it as a manual flash even if you don't get the
dedicated module. You'll learn more about flash photography that way to
boot. To you it as a slave you have to get some kind of remote trigger,
the least expensive would be an optical slave, Wein peanuts are
available for less than $10 and are very reliable. They may not work
properly with your flash, I believe you need either a Male PC connector
or the propitiatory Vivitar, (some use the intermediate audio plug and
that won't work). plug. There are others that attach directly to the
hot foot on the flash, and are often less expensive than the Wein. Be
careful when you purchase an optical slave, you don't always get what
you pay for, but with cheap camera accessories especially flash
accessories you can pay a lot more for a fancy looking piece of crappy
equipment that doesn't work reliably, while a much better yet simpler
option may even sell for less.
On 4/9/2012 8:40 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
It seems the flash requires a dedicated module according to the brand
of camera it's used on. So, while it does actually fit the regular hot
shoe, apparently it won't communicate with the camera unless I have
the PX module rather than the ML that's on it. And I'm not sure how to
go about using it as a slave flash -- something I'll have to do some
reading up on.
-- Walt
On 4/9/2012 3:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
Also, the flash may work perfectly well in a manual slave mode, or
even just triggered with a cable off the pc jack.
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Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthily search.
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