I am in the process of trying to setup a flash system to help boost the light for my garden bird shots. I first started looking at slave remotes for the canon eos system. This was looking very expense with a 430EX and STE-2. Then I suddenly realised under the rubber flap the Canon 20D has a PC connector. So far I have managed to get a 30 feet cable and PC to hotshoe adaptor. I was hoping to get a very cheap secondhand gun with a trigger voltage under 250 volts. The best I could find locally was a Sunpak 888AFZ for £30. Atleast it has a bounce and zoom head with a guide no of 21M plus the trigger voltage is only 5 Volts. If I get another short cable and a 3 way adaptor I should be able to hook my canon 380EX onto it as well.
Next job will be to knock up some cheap method diffusing and then calculate the lighting effect for exposure.
Rob
Last edited by robski; 17-12-05 at 00:24.
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