The problem I face has apparently to do with the the response time of my slave's sensor. The result is totally inadequate light on the subject. To compensate for this I put a cover over the camera's flash. The greatly reduces the light output from the camera, forcing a longer shutter speed to compensate. Then, with that new time available, my slave has a window to respond in and it works fine. I did try adding a diffuser to the camera flash to soften it so more light would come from the slave unit. Unfortunately I had to put the slave close to the subject and ended up with a light source that was too difficult to control at such close proximity. (I like to keep the slave light about 18" from a small subject. It's generally in a soft box. Since it's a low-power slave [GN48 in ft] that resulted in not enough light on the subject. A higher-power slave light would do a more adquate job.) Because of the slave sensor's oritentation even then I have to do some experimentation to be certain that it's all working fine. IOW, it's fine when working if I leave everything set up. But after taking it down and setting it back up, it's a hassle repeated. BUT using a white reflector close to the subject I have gotten some generally nice shots.
This is why a PC sync on a more modern digicam would be useful. Collin *************************************************** Collin, Since I am experimenting with a similar setup now, would you share your experience(s) with off-camera slave? I am really curious about what and when and how goes wrong with it. ***************************************************
