Hi Folks.
Another question about the Canon optical master slave flash gear.
My camera buddies and I were taking some macro shots of flowers last night, we started with my 5D with mirror lockup with a 550EX in master setting triggering my Triopo flashes on Slave Canon setting, all worked ok, pre flash as the shutter went up then main flash on shutter actuation. Result, well exposed shots.
Next photographer up was using a 7D with my 550EX, preflash on mirror lockup, solitary flash from 550EX, result underexposed shots. We also tried using the built in master, same result.
The third photographer, another 5D was using a 580EXII as master, this worked ok with mirror lockup as well.
I tried with my 7D and 7DII, same thing, no flash on slaves when shutter opened.
It all works when mirror lockup is taken out of the equation, it also all works on 5D and 40D with mirror lockup enabled, but the newer cameras only work without mirror lockup.
Any ideas, this has me baffled, I have no idea why the 550EX would trigger the slaves on an old camera and not on a newer camera only if shutter lockup is active. What has Canon changed?
Cheers, Graham.
Another question about the Canon optical master slave flash gear.
My camera buddies and I were taking some macro shots of flowers last night, we started with my 5D with mirror lockup with a 550EX in master setting triggering my Triopo flashes on Slave Canon setting, all worked ok, pre flash as the shutter went up then main flash on shutter actuation. Result, well exposed shots.
Next photographer up was using a 7D with my 550EX, preflash on mirror lockup, solitary flash from 550EX, result underexposed shots. We also tried using the built in master, same result.
The third photographer, another 5D was using a 580EXII as master, this worked ok with mirror lockup as well.
I tried with my 7D and 7DII, same thing, no flash on slaves when shutter opened.
It all works when mirror lockup is taken out of the equation, it also all works on 5D and 40D with mirror lockup enabled, but the newer cameras only work without mirror lockup.
Any ideas, this has me baffled, I have no idea why the 550EX would trigger the slaves on an old camera and not on a newer camera only if shutter lockup is active. What has Canon changed?
Cheers, Graham.