Leon,

Great information from one who has tried it!  Thanks for sharing.


Bruce Dayton



Friday, March 15, 2002, 4:02:23 AM, you wrote:

LA> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:41:31 -0500 (EST), Brendan wrote:

>>Just another dumb question, But will this work via
>>TTL? One Af500 on camera hotshoe and another connected
>>via the 5p connector and 5p sync cord to the flash (
>>ie no adaptor FG involved ). Will TTL work to the
>>other flash this way? Boz ?

LA> Yes it will.  The 5p system is meant for daisy chaining just like that.
LA>  I quite often use 2 in a chain and have used up to 4 and they work
LA> fine TTL.  The flash ready indicator in the viewfinder even waits until
LA> ALL the flashes are ready before showing that the flash is ready (The
LA> downside of this is that if one flash is not charged NONE of them go
LA> off).

LA> I use them all off camera but there is no reason you can't have one
LA> mounted on camera.  you can also turn off one flash in the middle of
LA> the chain (I use the built in 5p sockets in the flash and an adaptor on
LA> the hotshoe) and the rest will still work ok.  It's a neat system that
LA> is meant for multiple flashes.


LA>  Leon
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