Photobeat 0 Posted February 10, 2006 Assuming you do not have TTL on your rig I was wondering if anyone really tested the difference on having the second strobe wired vs. just using slave flash for the second from the wired first strobe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craig nelson 4 Posted February 10, 2006 Hello Stephen I often used my second Sb-105 in slave manual mode. usually this would be in the macro situation as there is 100% certainty that it will behave as it should. i've recently done a little testing on my new 12-24mm zoomer, this was carried out in using 1x Sb-105 wired the other slaved on 8-4 tlc arms & all worked well take a look. simple pool test of myself holding the camera at me. the strobes were tested in lots of different position and worked 100% of the time. However , i must say that this was in a indoor pool that is quite dark, and that the camera is approx 1.5ft away from me. I've completed some testing a long time ago using a pair of Ys90 Duo in a typical WA situation with blue water around and it was HIT & MISS as the reflectance is very low to trigger the slave. Personally i always DUAL cable my SB-105's if shoot blue water WA shots, If i know i might have to disconnect a strobe underwater to say BACK LIGHT a subject with a strobe in a cave or similar, then i'll wire up with a single cord. hope this helped a little regards Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Photobeat 0 Posted February 11, 2006 Thanks - I appreciate it - I wanted the option to disconnect and backlight - I think I would if it was 100% of the time but for sure reliability I guess the second cord is the way to go. Hope to see more responses thanks for yours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fdog 3 Posted February 11, 2006 I often use a slave strobe for macro, where it fires about 99%. Wide angle, not so much. It seems to fire maybe 30%. This is using the slave built into the strobe, however, not a separate slave controller. It is handy for disconnect oddball slave placement...if I'm entering the water anticipating this (WA), I'll take a third strobe in a pocket, and have the other two wired. All the best, James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arnon_Ayal 1 Posted February 11, 2006 A solution for WA with slave can be Colin's suggestion with the fiber optic cable, that mention few thread down here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
