Not from a pipsqueak on-camera flash but my Alien Bees will easily be
triggered by another B800 80-100 feet away even though the photocells
are on the back and facing the wall. They're amazingly sensitive.
Chuck Norcutt
AG Schnozz wrote:
>>I know that some lights can be triggered by an on-camera
>>flash, but then that would add an additional, unwanted light
>>source to the mix.
>
>
> Not really. Set the on-camera flash to the lowest possible power
> output that will trigger the slaves. The on-camera flash will
> actually do a fine job of adding just a touch of sparkle to the
> eyes and will ever so slightly soften the shadow under the nose
> and chin.
>
> The studio lights will have at least a four-stop advantage over
> the pip-squeek on-camera flash essentially rendering it
> non-existent.
>
> You'll need just one of the slaves to be able to "see" your
> camera flash. If you have a studio flash above and behind the
> subject (hair light), this will will usually be the one to be
> the first to fire and the left/right/background lights will
> slave off of that one.
>
> AG
>
>
>
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