Off camera flash sync with slave

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Perk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone tell me why my off camera flash (Vivitar), when used with a
> slave unit, does not sync with the on camera(Olympus C700UZ) flash ?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Perk

Your OLY C-700UZ probably has a preflash. (A small flash that the camera
uses to focus and set exposure.) It fires right before the main flash.
It is strong enough to trigger the Vivitar Slave.
Bob Williams.

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"Gene F. Rhodes" <nospam.gfrhodes@cox.net> writes:

> My camera flashes twice and requires a special digital slave trigger. See:
>
> http://www.srelectronics.com/sa10.html
> I use a Digi-Slave SA-10 trigger for $70 approx. See below.
> Gene http://www.photoprojects.net/sony.html

A somewhat cheaper digital slave trigger is the Sunpak Digital Camera Flash
Adapter Bracket with Built-in Slave:
http://www.adorama.com/SUDCFA.html.

Or the Wein digital slave triggers:
http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl [...] al%20slave

(Note, Adorama which I used to reference these items as well as B&H are closed
until Wednesday this week).

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Michael Meissner
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