Slave flash for cheap digital cameras?

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Practically all of my indoor (flash aided) shots with my Kodak DX4530 are
too dark. I now accept that given ISO and lack of manual over-rides, this
will always be the case. The camera takes great o/door shots ...and good
unaided daylight indoor pix.

My question to the group, is has anyone used the relatively cheap ($59 on
ebay) slave flash units made by Bower or Phoenix? These units *do not*
require a hot shoe .....and are mounted on the accessory shoe of the
enclosed mounting bracket, which is screwed on to the tripod mount of the
camera. Alternatively, they can evidently be set up on a mini tripod and be
triggered by the camera's flash.

My understanding is that these are pretty much compatible with any point and
shoot digital camera. I'm quite interested in whether the little extra
"boost" will make these pictures tolerable w/out having to resort to PC
software enhancement.

Thanks,
Keith
heydon@gmail.com

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You want to get the ones specifically for digitals that fire a preflash if
you camera does this. They cost a bit more but are worth it. I keep one with
a tiny tripod in my bag in case I want to light up areas that are beyond the
reach of my on camera flash.


"PNWestposter" <nothinghere@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Practically all of my indoor (flash aided) shots with my Kodak DX4530 are
> too dark. I now accept that given ISO and lack of manual over-rides, this
> will always be the case. The camera takes great o/door shots ...and good
> unaided daylight indoor pix.
>
> My question to the group, is has anyone used the relatively cheap ($59 on
> ebay) slave flash units made by Bower or Phoenix? These units *do not*
> require a hot shoe .....and are mounted on the accessory shoe of the
> enclosed mounting bracket, which is screwed on to the tripod mount of the
> camera. Alternatively, they can evidently be set up on a mini tripod and
be
> triggered by the camera's flash.
>
> My understanding is that these are pretty much compatible with any point
and
> shoot digital camera. I'm quite interested in whether the little extra
> "boost" will make these pictures tolerable w/out having to resort to PC
> software enhancement.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
> heydon@gmail.com
>
>
>

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Hi Keith,
I'm considering the same thing myself. If you made the leap, would you
post your experience.
Thanks!

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Ritz Camera has a bare bones slave flash for 20 bucks.

Steve


<imacoffman2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Keith,
> I'm considering the same thing myself. If you made the leap, would you
> post your experience.
> Thanks!
>