mike_gss
VERY new birder
Hi all,
Not sure if this is the right place for this, neither is it a bird-related question but here goes...
I have a very old Vivitar 286 flashgun (c.35 years old - it still works on ASA and DIN if anyone remembers those! ) which is built like a tank and still works perfectly. I know it's not TTL metering on my Canon but it still does a great job. I recently bought a slave unit to fire the flash while off camera but an initial run of test shots seemed to show that although the Vivitar fired, it seemed to have no effect on the final image.
I rigged the set up with a mirror so that I could see both the built-in flash and the slave flash. All the shots (but three) showed that, while both flash units fired, only the on-camera flash registered on the final image.
I kept the shutter speed to 1/100 or longer and also varied whether the flash fired synchronous with the first and second shutter curtains but it didn't appear to make any difference.
Is there something basic I'm doing wrong? Any clues would be very useful.
Many thanks!
Not sure if this is the right place for this, neither is it a bird-related question but here goes...
I have a very old Vivitar 286 flashgun (c.35 years old - it still works on ASA and DIN if anyone remembers those! ) which is built like a tank and still works perfectly. I know it's not TTL metering on my Canon but it still does a great job. I recently bought a slave unit to fire the flash while off camera but an initial run of test shots seemed to show that although the Vivitar fired, it seemed to have no effect on the final image.
I rigged the set up with a mirror so that I could see both the built-in flash and the slave flash. All the shots (but three) showed that, while both flash units fired, only the on-camera flash registered on the final image.
I kept the shutter speed to 1/100 or longer and also varied whether the flash fired synchronous with the first and second shutter curtains but it didn't appear to make any difference.
Is there something basic I'm doing wrong? Any clues would be very useful.
Many thanks!