Hi, all.
Need some advice from experts here.
Started playing around with strobing recently. I was testing out this setup:
Pentax K-5 using pop-up flash as trigger in controller mode (not master mode as I do not want the popup flash to contribute to the image) .
YongNuo 460-II in slave S1 mode, mounted on a simple stand.
I put my hand in front of the external flash and use my other hand to aim and shoot. This is what I get:
Not exactly what I had in mind. Light source appears to be only from my popup flash, powered down heavily as its in Controller mode.
Mode is Manual, 1/125 and f/4.5 (widest I can go at near max zoom).
I've played around with a few other shots and realized one thing: the external flash is triggering faster than my shutter can open. Or rather, my shutter opens after the flash has triggered.
Tested it out and it proves to be the case:
Essentially I aimed my camera at the external flash and shot at it. By right, I should see the light emitting from the flash in the image if the flash is triggered at the time the shutter exposes the sensor. But its pitch black in this shot.
I know the flash works if I use radio triggers as I did a personal shoot using triggers and can see the flash triggering correctly with the shutter.
But using wireless optical master-slave mode is giving me very funny results.
Based on my settings above, can experts here who have played around with YongNuo 460-IIs as optical slaves correct me if I missed out anything?
I can test with another flash but that would take some time.
Need some advice from experts here.
Started playing around with strobing recently. I was testing out this setup:
Pentax K-5 using pop-up flash as trigger in controller mode (not master mode as I do not want the popup flash to contribute to the image) .
YongNuo 460-II in slave S1 mode, mounted on a simple stand.
I put my hand in front of the external flash and use my other hand to aim and shoot. This is what I get:
Not exactly what I had in mind. Light source appears to be only from my popup flash, powered down heavily as its in Controller mode.
Mode is Manual, 1/125 and f/4.5 (widest I can go at near max zoom).
I've played around with a few other shots and realized one thing: the external flash is triggering faster than my shutter can open. Or rather, my shutter opens after the flash has triggered.
Tested it out and it proves to be the case:
Essentially I aimed my camera at the external flash and shot at it. By right, I should see the light emitting from the flash in the image if the flash is triggered at the time the shutter exposes the sensor. But its pitch black in this shot.
I know the flash works if I use radio triggers as I did a personal shoot using triggers and can see the flash triggering correctly with the shutter.
But using wireless optical master-slave mode is giving me very funny results.
Based on my settings above, can experts here who have played around with YongNuo 460-IIs as optical slaves correct me if I missed out anything?
I can test with another flash but that would take some time.