sony wireless flash triggers

[powell7]

i`d like to have two flash guns running at the same time from my sony.
anyone know of a kit so that i can do this,e-bay amazon, and what there like ?

 

[Johnd2000]

i`d like to have two flash guns running at the same time from my sony.
anyone know of a kit so that i can do this,e-bay amazon, and what there like ?

There are a couple of ways to do this. The cheapest would be to buy some cheap eBay triggers (I use Pixel Soldier 373's) and a couple of el-cheapo flashguns. This will give you manual flash in pretty much any conditions.

The other option would be to buy two Sony flashguns and trigger them optically, from you pop-up. This gives you TTL metering (or manual if you prefer) but struggles to work outside in strong sunlight, or where the remote flashes can't see the light from the pop-up.

I use both setups. Sony optical for indoors, radio triggers for outdoors.

HTH

John

 

[Johnd2000]

I should have asked which camera you are using. There are a couple of models ( the FF and SLT cams) that may require a slightly different setup,or have some issues with radio triggers.

 

[nano]

Not sure about the models you have in your bio, but afaik sonys have a weird hot shoe mount, the sony adaptor is about £100! So be careful of that when buying flash triggers, i like my rf-602 kit for this stuff (i hear the 603 are even better)

If your camera has a sync port on it you could hook that up to the trigger and save yourself the £100 sony tax

 

[Johnd2000]

Not sure about the models you have in your bio, but afaik sonys have a weird hot shoe mount, the sony adaptor is about £100! So be careful of that when buying flash triggers, i like my rf-602 kit for this stuff (i hear the 603 are even better)

If your camera has a sync port on it you could hook that up to the trigger and save yourself the £100 sony tax

My hotshoe adapter cost £5 on eBay. The Pixel Soldiers have Sony shoes, but I use an Elinchrom skyport in the studio.