Hi guys,
I've been asked to do some promo shot photography for a friends band and I will want to make use of some off-camera flash. Can anyone recommend a decent, but cheap (as it's a friends band, this ain't no earner...) set of triggers that would be both reliable and safe (considering possible voltage issues) to use with my 5DII and a 430EXii along with an old Vivitar zoom thyristor 285?
So far I've had a a look at the RF-602 (or RF-603 - although I've read they're not as reliable as the older model) and the cactus v4/v5. Does anyone have any experience triggering the older Vivitar I've got alongside my EX430ii?
Not bothered about TTL as I shoot manual 100% of the time anyway, although if I could get the transmitter on the hotshoe to give me the option of attaching the EX430ii on top of it for fill-lighting (and having the option of TTL might be welcome for this) and the Vivitar always fired remotely that would be ace. Failing that I would happily settle for a full manual setup with both flashes triggered off-camera.
Any thoughts from some strobists on here would be much appreciated - thanks!
I've been asked to do some promo shot photography for a friends band and I will want to make use of some off-camera flash. Can anyone recommend a decent, but cheap (as it's a friends band, this ain't no earner...) set of triggers that would be both reliable and safe (considering possible voltage issues) to use with my 5DII and a 430EXii along with an old Vivitar zoom thyristor 285?
So far I've had a a look at the RF-602 (or RF-603 - although I've read they're not as reliable as the older model) and the cactus v4/v5. Does anyone have any experience triggering the older Vivitar I've got alongside my EX430ii?
Not bothered about TTL as I shoot manual 100% of the time anyway, although if I could get the transmitter on the hotshoe to give me the option of attaching the EX430ii on top of it for fill-lighting (and having the option of TTL might be welcome for this) and the Vivitar always fired remotely that would be ace. Failing that I would happily settle for a full manual setup with both flashes triggered off-camera.
Any thoughts from some strobists on here would be much appreciated - thanks!