I have a Canon 200D and a Yongnuo Speedlite Flash YN568EX 2. Looking for cheapish and simple off camera wireless flash triggering device. It doesn’t need to do anything fancy, just fire the flash, the camera and flash settings will be set manually. I’m out of my depth on this subject. Thanks!
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RF603 II Manual Flash Trigger For Canon/Nikon/Sony Cameras，Wireless Flash Trigger, Speedlite Transmitter，Compatible with all flashes and cam
RF603 II Manual Flash Trigger For Canon/Nikon/Sony Cameras，Wireless Flash Trigger, Speedlite Transmitter，Compatible with all flashes and cam
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Using the cameras own flash would be counter productive. I need strong side illumination with very little/no front light.
If I understand correctly the RF603 that the guy above recommended, you can trigger the flash/take the picture from the flashgun, that’s exactly what I need.
You can normally throttle the on camera flash to its lowest level, so it doesn’t impact the image.
Alternatively you can diffuse it with white cloth or similar as the sensors on the flashes are very sensitive.
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And/or deflect it away from the subject and towards the receiver flash with a little piece of card stock.
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Thanks for all your replies.
You might be wondering the purpose of this. There’s a technique for enhancing/revealing readability of indented engraving on stonework, usually a grave headstone. The usual method is to reflect strong sunlight with a mirror at an acute angle across the face of the stone, obviously the vagaries of weather, time of day, relative position of the stone come into play. Replicating the effect with a hand held torch is a non starter, at least in daylight.
I was thinking maybe the effect could be replicated using a flashgun? That unit DemiLion recommended seems ideal for this. Set the camera on a tripod facing the headstone, then take the shots from the flashgun – it would be easy to adjust the position/strength of the flash for repeated shots. That’s my theory
Am I overlooking anything?
The 200D does have centre pin hotshoe, it's replacement the 250D didn't.
You might be wondering the purpose of this. There’s a technique for enhancing/revealing readability of indented engraving on stonework, usually a grave headstone. The usual method is to reflect strong sunlight with a mirror at an acute angle across the face of the stone, obviously the vagaries of weather, time of day, relative position of the stone come into play. Replicating the effect with a hand held torch is a non starter, at least in daylight.
I was thinking maybe the effect could be replicated using a flashgun? That unit DemiLion recommended seems ideal for this. Set the camera on a tripod facing the headstone, then take the shots from the flashgun – it would be easy to adjust the position/strength of the flash for repeated shots. That’s my theory
Am I overlooking anything?The 200D does have centre pin hotshoe, it's replacement the 250D didn't.
Yes, a flash should work for this - you would want the headstone in shade, if possible, to maximise the effect - you could use one of the '5 in 1' pop up reflectors (with one of the diffusion options) held above it to provide that.Thanks for all your replies.
You might be wondering the purpose of this. There’s a technique for enhancing/revealing readability of indented engraving on stonework, usually a grave headstone. The usual method is to reflect strong sunlight with a mirror at an acute angle across the face of the stone, obviously the vagaries of weather, time of day, relative position of the stone come into play. Replicating the effect with a hand held torch is a non starter, at least in daylight.
I was thinking maybe the effect could be replicated using a flashgun? That unit DemiLion recommended seems ideal for this. Set the camera on a tripod facing the headstone, then take the shots from the flashgun – it would be easy to adjust the position/strength of the flash for repeated shots. That’s my theory
The 200D does have centre pin hotshoe, it's replacement the 250D didn't.
Spot on you will have made your life so much easier using the method you mention. go for it you won't regret it for a minute.Thanks for all your replies.
You might be wondering the purpose of this. There’s a technique for enhancing/revealing readability of indented engraving on stonework, usually a grave headstone. The usual method is to reflect strong sunlight with a mirror at an acute angle across the face of the stone, obviously the vagaries of weather, time of day, relative position of the stone come into play. Replicating the effect with a hand held torch is a non starter, at least in daylight.
I was thinking maybe the effect could be replicated using a flashgun? That unit DemiLion recommended seems ideal for this. Set the camera on a tripod facing the headstone, then take the shots from the flashgun – it would be easy to adjust the position/strength of the flash for repeated shots. That’s my theory
The 200D does have centre pin hotshoe, it's replacement the 250D didn't.
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Buying a cheap flash trigger may solve your immediate need, but you will likely wish you had bought the more expensive with the ability to adjust and fire multiple lights as your photography experience grows. Most of the cheapest flash triggers seem to work no matter what camera you add it to, though level adjustment and selecting which flash will be in use will not be possible. The hot shoes on all brands of cameras seem to have standardized the flash trigger to the center pin of the hot shoe, but then as flash control electronics progressed further, each camera manufacturer seems to have gone their own separate ways, adding more contacts and functions from there, and these additional features will only work with their brand of cameras.
Godox seems to have come up with a way to make cameras and flashes more universal by developing their X band communication system (actually part of the high WIFI band of frequencies). So they standardized the communication method, but you still need a different flash transmitter for each camera brand. My flashes are all Godox or relabels of Godox, and all recently purchased within the last 6 years, so all work directly with the Godox X System communication standard without needing additional communication receivers, but Godox also makes receivers that will translate their X band signals to operate and adjust other brands of flashes so they will operate with the X communication system. These are small modules (receivers) that were made for each non Godox brand of flash. Each has a hot shoe and attaches to the hot shoe of your brand of speedlite flash to translate the Godox X band so it operates your flash if it is designed to control that brand of speedlite flash. This lets you use any brand of camera with the right version of Godox flash transmitter for it to control any brand of speedlite flash if it has a Godox X Band receiver that is designed to operate the functions of that brand of speedlite.
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Godox seems to have come up with a way to make cameras and flashes more universal by developing their X band communication system (actually part of the high WIFI band of frequencies). So they standardized the communication method, but you still need a different flash transmitter for each camera brand. My flashes are all Godox or relabels of Godox, and all recently purchased within the last 6 years, so all work directly with the Godox X System communication standard without needing additional communication receivers, but Godox also makes receivers that will translate their X band signals to operate and adjust other brands of flashes so they will operate with the X communication system. These are small modules (receivers) that were made for each non Godox brand of flash. Each has a hot shoe and attaches to the hot shoe of your brand of speedlite flash to translate the Godox X band so it operates your flash if it is designed to control that brand of speedlite flash. This lets you use any brand of camera with the right version of Godox flash transmitter for it to control any brand of speedlite flash if it has a Godox X Band receiver that is designed to operate the functions of that brand of speedlite.
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